Sermons on Dodge Ball:

Power For Pressures

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 7, 2001

This Sermon Is An Easter Sermon Dealing With the Pressures We Face In Life As The Disciples Did Just Before Easter.

Power For Pressures Easter Psalm 46:1-11 Matthew 28:1-20 There were pressures of all kinds hanging around after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Mary was dealing with the pressures of grief and anger over the death of her first born ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14-16, Matthew 28:1-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Be Open To The Crumb Snatchers

Contributed by Andre Johnson on Oct 5, 2001

jesus opened up to everybody and so should we

Mark 7:24-37 Friendship Baptist Church 9-10-00 Be Open to the Crumb Snatchers Whether we want to admit it or not, we all want to be included. We want to be where the happenings are. We want people to call us and let us know what’s going on. Even if we can’t make it, just the fact somebody ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:24-37

Denomination: Baptist

Christians: Party Animals? Part Iii Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Oct 10, 2001

This sermon was part of a series I preached on Nehemiah’s one holy passion, the glory of God.

One Holy Passion Nehemiah 8:13-18 May 13, 2001 “Christians: Party Animals?” Part 3 Here is the recipe: boil strong, black tea leaves. After you’ve made the tea, stir in rich milk—and…yak butter. And there you have the delicacy of Tibet: yak butter tea. When you visit a family there, good ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:13-18

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Big Mistakes That People Make

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 14, 2000

People make some big mistakes in life.

BIG MISTAKES THAT PEOPLE MAKE Luke 12:13-21 INTRO.- ILL.- A newspaper in Kansas, trying to correct a mistake that had occurred in a previous issue, carried the following item: “We wish to apologize for an error in the wedding story in last week’s paper. Due to a typesetter’s mistake we said, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Tell Us Pleasant Things

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 30, 2000

The rebellious want to believe a lie, escape responsibility and avoid God, but the people of God are called to model truth and love.

Very often, on my day off, I enjoy going to the state forest near Loudonville and hiking through the woods. I put something to eat and drink in my pack and head out. I am energized by being alone where there are no phones or other means of communication — except the best communication one can ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 30:8-15

Denomination: Methodist

Lust Series

Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Jul 10, 2005

A continuation of a series on unfortunate behaviors dealing with the issue of sensual lust. The sermon is rated PG.

In one movie some shipwrecked men are left drifting aimlessly on the ocean in a lifeboat. As the days pass under the scorching sun, their rations of food and fresh water give out. The men grow deliriously thirsty. One night while the others are asleep, one man ignores all the previous warnings and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:1-12

Denomination: Lutheran

The Triumphant King

Contributed by Brien Sims on Jul 3, 2008

Victory in Jesus through hard times.

With all the bad weather, I can’t imagine that I am the only one who has driven on ice. It can be incredibly frightening to hit a patch of ice. Why? Because you lose control of the car and slide, spin, and even crash into other people and objects. I remember clearly on Tuesday, February 19th, Amy ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-44

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

From Exiled Shepherd To Exodus Leader Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008

Though our own lives may seem insignificant or confusing, God is able to take them and use them for His great purpose

He single-handedly saved the Jewish nation on several occasions. His life foreshadows that of Jesus, and he’s like Him in many ways. He predicted Jesus would come. He makes an appearance in the Bible many years after his death. His body is buried by God himself – an honor we read about no one ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Playing It Safe: Job's Friend Zophar Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 7, 2009

For Lent and Annunciation: Zophar’s counsel is to "play it safe" by sticking to ideas rather than engaging persons. He thinks that security is the goal. God in Christ takes the risk of loving us and living with us.

Every human heart is so made that it can be hurt. Of that I have no doubt. Every human heart is subject to hurt, to pain, to shock. Every one of us is subject to feelings that we do not enjoy -- disappointment, anger, despair, guilt, anxiety -- a whole range of painful feelings. And we either deal ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Sometimes Peter, Never Judas Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 18, 2007

Apostles, Pt. 22

SOMETIMES PETER, BUT NEVER JUDAS (JOHN 21:1-22) A group of prospectors set out from Bannock, Montana (then capital of the state), in search of gold. They went through many hardships and several of their little company died en route. Finally they were overtaken by the Indians who took their good ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-22

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Forgiveness Factor

Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jul 4, 2007

The ingredient that separates the men from the boys, and the girls from the women, the mature from the immature spiritually is the ability to have a heart of forgiveness for those that have wronged you...

"THE FORGIVENESS FACTOR" Text: 1 Sam. 24:1-15 What ingredient is it that makes a man or woman great in the sight of God? Is it their ability to pay back every act of unkindness or offense against them through vengeance? Is it their ability to do all they can to expose and damage the character ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 24:1-15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

We Shall Recover It All

Contributed by Stephen Robinson D on Mar 6, 2007

A sermon of encouragment when it seems like the devil has you defeated. You can have your stuff back!

My bro & sis we are living in the last and evil days. My bros & sis we are living in a crazy time. We are living in a world where people are running around out of control. We live in a world filled with people plotting terroristic attacks on our country We live in a world where some of us has ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:1-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Thrashing Threshing Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 22, 2003

In an attempt to give meaning to our lives, we "thrash" -- do something impulsive that has to be acknowledged as sin and has inescapable consequences. But as we confess our sin God "threshes" us, dividing the positive from the negative, so that we recove

The longer we live, the more we have to be thankful for. Isn’t that true? The longer we live, the more blessings we receive, and therefore the more we have to be thankful for. If you are thirty years old, you can count your blessings, name them one by one. If you are sixty years old, you can ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 24:10-35

Denomination: Baptist

I Know History; I Do Not Know Myself Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 4, 2002

It is one thing to know history and theology; it is another entirely to understand our own hearts. Job’s pilgrimage into self-understanding led to self-hatred, but in Christ that can be redeemed.

I’ll ask you to repeat with me this wonderful, ringing affirmation from the New Testament: But I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to him. I know. I know the one in whom I have put my trust. ...read more

Scripture: Job 9:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

A Pattern For Life And Love Series

Contributed by David Welch on Apr 2, 2002

Exposition of Romans 12:11 regarding diligence and laziness.

“The Pattern for Life and Love” Romans 12:11 Review I. Receive the gift of righteousness II. Apply the Gift of Righteousness III. Place of Israel in the God’s Plan of Salvation IV. Live the Gift of Righteousness • Dedicate fully your body and soul to God’s service • Renew your thinking ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:11

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance