Sermons on Dying Like A Fool:

Like A Hand In A Glove

Contributed by Craig Cramblet on Sep 1, 2004

I read a devotional by Corrie ten Boom and it stirred my imagination. This is really a children’s message/object lesson but certainly could be expanded to challenge any group of believers to fully surrender to God’s work in their lives.

(For the object lesson, I found thin, inexpensive food service gloves in the church kitchen. If you want to expand the illustraion...the fragile, temporary nature of these gloves makes a point that a cotton or leather glove would not!) What is this? A glove. Actually, it is a specific kind of ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:13, Philippians 2:13-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fly Like An Eagle Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 6, 2004

Beginning sermon in my Romans 8 - What a Way to Live! series - what Christ came to do in relation to the law and sin, and what that means for Christians.

Romans 8:1-4 – Fly Like an Eagle There is an old Native American story about an Indian brave who found an eagle’s egg and put it into the nest of a prairie chicken. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life, the changeling eagle, thinking he was a prairie ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Journey Like Jesus Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Oct 8, 2004

Being imitators of God will cause us to travel certain paths in life. The path of Love, Truth, Forgiveness, and Obedience.

Intro: There seem to be many imitators today. But for the most part the imitations are cheap imitations. They are just surface cover ups as a way to make a living or to cheat people. From Wal-Mart you have Great Value In branson and many other towns you have the famous people imitators But ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1

Denomination: Baptist

A Witness In Times Like These

Contributed by Billy Noel on Dec 4, 2008

These are times that try men’s souls and God needs His children to be witnesses

I Peter 4-11 The climate of our culture is becoming increasingly more secular All you need to do is turn on CNN It’s not just in the United States it is all over the world Dafar , Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Russia, Venezuela, and on and on the list goes. There is hate everywhere; there are ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-11

Denomination: Christian Church

Life Is Like A Sandcastle Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 11, 2009

2nd in a series from Ecclesiastes. Even though life "under the sun" is fleeting, we can still enjoy the journey.

Over the years, many of people have come up with metaphors to try and describe what life is like. Perhaps you are familiar with a few of these. Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. • Forrest Gump Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11

Denomination: Baptist

Awake To His Likeness

Contributed by Karl Walker on Apr 29, 2009

Awake into the likeness of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Time to awaken into His likeness Zechariah 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and was standing before the Angel [of the Lord]. 3:4 And He spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And He said to [Joshua], Behold, I have caused your iniquity ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 3:3-7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Crazy Like A Christian Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Jan 18, 2010

This continues my series through the book of Acts.

“Crazy Like a Christian” Acts 25-26 August 10, 2008 It’s what Patsy Cline sang that that was what she was, for making the mistake of falling in love. It’s what Paul Simon sang that he still was, “after all these years”. Alanis Morrisette and ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Serve Like Hur

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Jan 26, 2010

A sermon examining the importance of those who work "behind the scenes" in ministry.

Serve Like Hur! Exodus 17:8-13 I recently read that bees visit over 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey. They have to fly about 55,000 miles in order to make that one pound of honey. That same article stated that it takes about 560 bees to make 1 pound of honey. Imagine if one bee ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-13

Denomination: Baptist

A Faith Like Abraham Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on May 29, 2008

When we examine Abraham’s faith, we discover a model which leads us to a relationship with God.

A Faith Like Abraham Romans 4:13-25 * The word Faith carries many different meanings. First, it means “belief in, devotion to, or trust in somebody or something and many times without logical proof.” In fact, true faith will defy logic. Faith also denotes a ‘system of religious belief or the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:13-25

Denomination: Baptist

Maturing Like Christ

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Jun 9, 2008

A broad challenge on "Academy Sunday" for ALL of us to be life-long students of Christ striving for the fullness of His maturity.

MATURING LIKE CHRIST Luke 2:40-52 Rev. Todd G Leupold Perth Bible Church 6/8/08 AM “Academy Sunday” SCRIPTURE: LUKE 2:40-52 PRAYER INRODUCTION: From this passage we are examining this morning with help from the Holy Spirit, God the Father communicates and Jesus the Son demonstrates that as ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:40-52

Denomination: Baptist

Think Like A Leader

Contributed by David Ibeleme on Jun 20, 2008

Getting Leaders to take time to think

Think Like A Leader & Lead Like A Thinker 2 Cor. 10:3-6; Rom. 12:1-2; Prov. 21:5 (Exploring The Power Of Creative Thinking) Man is a spirit; he has a soul and lives in a physical body - 1 Thess. 5:23. Man’s successful existence on earth is tied to creative thinking. Hence, he became a living soul ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

In Whose Image And Likeness?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 9, 2008

God created us in his own image and likeness, with intellect and free will. He respects our dignity by allowing even bad choices.

The temptation that humans in an unredeemed state constantly undergo is the temptation to create gods in their own image and likeness. So Zeus, the king of the gods, was created in the image of earthly kings–capricious, selfish, lusty and unfaithful. Dionysius, god of wine and revelry, was a ...read more

Scripture: John 15:4-10

Denomination: Catholic

Life Is Like A Motorcycle

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Aug 10, 2008

Wrote this message for a "Bring Your Bike to Church Day" friend event

Life is a Bike (This was written for our annual Bring Your Bike to Church Day) As you can tell from the video and from some of the rides out front there are all kinds of motorcycles. Some are really nice and cost a lot of money and some are just basic transportation. But they are all ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 20:1-9

Denomination: Wesleyan

Live Like There Is No Tomorrow! Series

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Oct 23, 2008

How can we live like there is no tomorrow? Today the apostle Peter is going to answer that question by reminding us to keep doing four things to be sure that we won’t be ashamed when the end does come.

Live like there is no tomorrow! Am October 19th 2008 1 Peter 4:7-11 Introduction Some years ago Willie Day Smith, a Dallas radio preacher, made a startling announcement: the rapture was to occur on April 1, 1980, around two o’clock in the afternoon. Smith was quoted as saying: “Things are coming ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Denomination: Baptist

A Priest Like No Other

Contributed by John Harper on Nov 4, 2008

Jesus Christ is a High Priest unlike past or present priests

“A PRIEST LIKE NO OTHER” Hebrews 5:1-11 August 3, 2008 Pastor John L. Harper Warden Assembly of God Introduction: Jesus was made a High Priest because • He understood the condition of mankind • He is compassionate to those who are weak I read about a small boy who was consistently late coming ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 5:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal