Sermons on Dominant Sin:

If God Is Just, Why Isn't Life Fair?

Contributed by Tim Harrison on Mar 27, 2001

Staying Anchored to God through the Storms of Life

Title: If God is Just, why isn’t life Fair? If you have your bible, I want to invite you to turn to Luke 7:11 We’ve heard it all our lives – we’ve probably even been guilty of saying it Now Children, play fair Hopefully the concept of fairness was instilled in us by our parents and our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:11-23

Denomination: *other

A Season Of Doubt Series

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 30, 2001

Doubt can be a beneficial step in our spiritual journey.

Have you seen the campaign ads that have been running on TV lately? Here’s a question: how many of you believe everything you hear in those commercials? Do you think they tell the whole truth? How many of you watched all or part of the presidential debates? How many of you believed everything that ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:1

Denomination: Baptist

God Is Good Series

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 31, 2001

God is good. He always does what is right, and always acts for the good of those who follow Christ.

How many of you say grace at meals? At our house, we divide it up by days. So on Monday, I give thanks, on Tuesday, it’s my wife, and so on. That arrangement at least eliminates arguments over whose turn it is to pray, although enthusiasm for the task varies considerably. We don’t have a set ...read more

Scripture: Job 34:10-12, Psalm 100:5

Denomination: Baptist

Transfiguration Is A Season Of Transformation.

Contributed by Dr. Stafford Miller on Apr 4, 2001

Transfiguration Sunday, is a SUNDAY in which we as the church community, celebrate Jesus’s Trans-figuration.

LENTEN MESSAGE of TRANSFIGURATION THE TEXT is The Gospel:.......LUKE 9: 28-43 I AM FAVORED TODAY TO SHARE MY VIEW FROM WHERE I SIT ALONG THE RIVER ON THE PURPOSE OF LENT AND ITS VALUE TO THE CATHOLIC (UNIVERSAL) CHURCH. AND ALTHOUGH LENT IS A MAN DESIGNED OBSERVANCE. THE GENESIS ACCOUNT OF ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:26-36, Exodus 34:29-35

Denomination: Methodist

Surprised By Joy

Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Apr 10, 2001

The same joy that surprised the followers of Christ in the upper room that first Easter can bring us joy that is permanent, powerful, and plentiful.

Near the end of the nineteenth century a little church high on the cliffs at the entrance to the English Channel was destroyed by a hurricane. A few weeks later, a British Admiral came to ask the pastor if they intended to rebuild the church. The clergyman explained that they were a poor ...read more

Scripture: John 16:19-20, Luke 24:41

Denomination: Baptist

Turning Your Pain Into Gain

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Apr 10, 2001

The Prayer of Jabez gives us insight into how we don’t have to hang onto the past but press forward into the future.

Turning Your Pain into Gain Ballard Assembly Pastor Bob Briggs April 22, 2001 The top selling Christian book recently is “The Prayer of Jabez”. How many of you have read the book? It is written from the perspective of an obscure prayer found in 1 Chronicles 4. Everything written in ...read more

Scripture: James 4:2, 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Survivor: A Matter Of Finishing Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2001

Part four in Television series, looks at how we need to start, continue and finish.

So, who’s it going to be? The dentist, the bartender or the deputy? We know it won’t be the postal worker as she was the first person voted off this Thursday. When Survivor Two began in Australia last winter the smart money was on Kel Gleason, the US Army intelligence officer who graduated ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Wesleyan

God Cares Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2001

Part 14 of Sermon on the Mount, God cares about our needs.

How’s your prayer life? What I mean is how are your prayer habits? Do you pray much? After all Jesus said, when you pray. now he seemed pretty definite at this point, he didn’t say, if you pray, instead he said when you pray. he seemed pretty convinced that christians would pray. and he said ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-14

Denomination: Wesleyan

Faith Unites Series

Contributed by John Bugg on Oct 25, 2001

Response to the terrorist attack on America; Our faith is the key to our unity

FAITH UNITES Ephesians 4:1-6; John 17: 20-23 Introduction Yesterday [September 11, 2001] on national TV, we witnessed the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers in New York City - the financial center of the greatest nation on this earth. Each of the towers stood over 100 hundred ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6, John 17:20-23

Denomination: Baptist

My Father's World Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Oct 29, 2001

This is installment two in a series I preached on "Anchor Points: Anchoring to the TRUTH in a Post-Modern World".

Anchor Points "My Father’s World" Genesis 1:1-25 February 6, 2000 Anchor Point #2: God has created all that is... Introduction ¡§Inherit the Wind¡¨ ¡V A Cinematic Travesty ¡§I was postmodern, when postmodern wasn¡¦t cool!¡¨ Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee were men ahead of their time! They ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-25

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Keeping Hope Alive

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Nov 11, 2001

How do we keep our hope alive, even after weeks, and months, and years of disappointment?

This morning, we continue looking at the topic of "hope". Over the past two weeks, we’ve seen that a Christian hope isn’t just a wish or a desire, but a settled confidence in God and in His promises. Christian hope is a continuing reliance upon God’s wisdom, and love, and power. What distinguishes ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 25:3-21

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Content? Series

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 14, 2001

When the Apostle Paul says, “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation,” it seems to me that he deserves a hearing.

MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED - 2018) TEXT: Philippians 4:10-15; Isaiah 26:3 ILL. This is reportedly a true story about George Phillips of MS, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he had left the lights on out in his workshop. George ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:8, Philippians 4:10-23, Luke 12:18-20, Isaiah 26:3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

You Don't Have To Grumble - There's Hope For The Weary! Series

Contributed by Rick Shockley on Nov 16, 2001

There’s hope in the midst of the daily challenges of life. Even when we are weary and seem to lose hope, God provides and sustains us with His presence and promises.

Take Heart! #6 THERE’S HOPE FOR THE WEARY! Matthew 11:28; Exodus 15:1-7; 22 – 16:1 Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Exodus 15:1-7 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord: "I will sing to the Lord, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28

How To Become A Generous Person

Contributed by Chris Oswald on Nov 18, 2001

Message on giving using Paul’s thank you note to the Phillipians as the main text - Phil. 4:9-20

Giving: How To Trust God With My Resources The whole point of this Survivor Series to identify the most necessary habits and disciplines Christians must keep if they hope to keep growing in their faith. Jonathan has shared three of those so far: Bible Study; Prayer; and Evangelism. Today I’ve ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:9-20

Denomination: Baptist

You've Got All You Need Series

Contributed by John Gullick on Nov 20, 2001

A sermon that encourages us that we have all we need to fulfill God’s calling on our lives.

You’ve got all you need! Winston Churchill "This is a war of the unknown warriors," Churchill told the world in the summer of 1940, "The whole of the warring nations are engaged, not only soldiers, but the entire population, men, women and children. The fronts are everywhere. The trenches are ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:5-14, Psalm 133:1-5

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed