Sermons on Dynamic Equivalence:

A Set Free Mindset

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 16, 2020

God did what the law could not.

A SET FREE MINDSET. Romans 8:1-5. “Then-now-no” begins the Greek of this wonderful chapter of God’s Book. This firm negation placed right at the beginning of the sentence serves to emphasise the absolute impossibility of there ever being any “condemnation” - to whom? “To those in Christ ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Our Nation Turned Its Back On God's Commandments Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 26, 2021

No city, no nation, no culture deliberately sets out to become a society of depraved miscreants, to be forever remembered as abhorrent, to give its name to an unspeakable sin.

Homily for Monday of 13th week in Course Gen 18; Mt 8:18-22 Have you ever wondered how Sodom and Gomorrah got to be the way they were in the time of Abraham and Lot? In their day gangs of violent homosexuals roamed the city night after night, invading the homes of law-abiding citizens, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:16-33, Matthew 8:18-22

Denomination: Catholic

Judgment And Restoration For God's People Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 3, 2009

Joel’s vision of a near-term army invasion pictures the judgment and restoration that God brings to His people.

This morning, we’re going to continue our examination of the Book of Joel as we look at most of Chapter 2. But before we do that, we need to take just a moment to put this chapter in its proper context by reviewing what we discovered last week about the overall structure of the book. Review [Use ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:1-27

Denomination: Baptist

Genesis 7-8 Series

Contributed by Richard Cathers on Mar 17, 2007

Verse by verse study of Genesis 7-8

Genesis 7-8 Sunday Morning Bible Study December 17, 2006 Introduction God has given a warning that He would judge the earth because of their wickedness because … (Gen 6:5 NKJV) …the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

A Messiahs Road To The Cross Begins Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 6, 2012

We must be willing to travel down the road that God is leading us down even when it is difficult.

A Messiah's Road to the Cross Begins Text: Matt. 26:1-16 Introduction 1. Illustration: There was a family in our last church in Arkansas that I dreaded to go visit. Now they were really nice people, but they lived on a really difficult road. First, it was a dirt road filled with huge rocks, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:1-16

Denomination: Methodist

Is Homosexuality A Sin? How Do We Respond As Christians?

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jul 11, 2013

Maybe one of the biggest moral issues of our day, and the Bible has lots to say about it. If the church won't respond to this issue, who will?

Is Homosexuality a Sin? What should my response be to those who chose this lifestyle? Pastor Glenn Newton, July 7, 2013 Prayer – I put a question on our sign this week, “How do you decide what is true and false? And for the answer, I put “We use God’s Word”. So this ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-32

Denomination: Nazarene

Interpretation Of Tongues Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Oct 5, 2024

This message explains the supernatural gift of the Holy Spirit, which is mentioned as "the interpretation of tongues" in 1 Corinthians 12:10. Attention is given to how this gift is to operate in the church.

I. KINDS OF TONGUES Last week, we talked a lot about the baptism in the Holy Spirit and the New Testament pattern of speaking in tongues. We learned: (1) The importance of the baptism in the Spirit to equip the believer for service. Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Acts 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21, Romans 12:6

Denomination: Charismatic

Templegate: Jesus Cleanses The Temple - Easter 2024

Contributed by Scott Maze on Apr 1, 2024

The Bible says that many were willing to believe in Him because of His signs, or His miracles. Still, Jesus can see through such false “belief.” If belief were a pool of water, then their belief would have been a puddle.

Happy Easter to all of you, and we are so glad you are here this morning. Ever since Watergate that took down the 37th President of the United States, scandal and corruption stories often end with the word” gate” as a result. There was Nannygate, Deflategate, Grannygate, and Spygate. I invite you ...read more

Scripture: John 2:12-25, Matthew 27:63, Mark 15:29-30

Denomination: Baptist

Micah Series

Contributed by Michael Goodfellow on Jul 17, 2002

Continuing a series on the minor prophets.

Today I continue my teaching on the Minor Prophets with Micah. He is the last great prophet of the 8th century, the century which gave us Amos and Hosea and Isaiah. His father’s name is not recorded leaving some to think he was of low birth, from a peasant family. He was from a small village in the ...read more

Scripture: Micah 7:1-20, Micah 2:6-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The God We Worship

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Nov 6, 2010

A sermon to get us thinking about the God we worship, how awesome he is, and why we worship him.

(With thanks to a sermon by Louie Giglio and books by Matt Redman and Matt Hyam) For those of you who knew that today I was going to speak about worship I wonder what your expectations were, if any. When you came to Church today, I wonder what expectations you had of our worship, if any. When I ...read more

Scripture: John 4:19-26

Denomination: Anglican

Blinded By Hate Blinded By Love

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jan 14, 2008

Hatred is a dark, violent, selfish emotion that can destroy the human heart even the best of them. Hatred has a way of taking root within us like no other emotion can. It twists our thinking and speaking until all that spews out of us are dark sentences

Blinded by Hatred, Blinded by Love Hatred is a dark, violent, selfish emotion that can destroy the human heart even the best of them. Hatred has a way of taking root within us like no other emotion can. It twists our thinking and speaking until all that spews out of us are dark sentences. It’s ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:1-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Just A Few Men Of Faith

Contributed by James May on Sep 28, 2005

Jonathan and his armor bearer were just a few men of faith who, with God’s help, put the army of the Philistines to flight. We need more men and women with that kind of faith.

JUST A FEW MEN OF FAITH By Pastor Jim May Saul was king in Israel and Israel was at war with the Philistines. Jonathan, Saul’s son had led an army that attacked the Philistines and destroyed a garrison of soldiers. Of course, that only served to anger the Philistines even more and they had ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 14:1-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Why Is The Pursuit Of Success So Empty? Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Apr 8, 2013

This is the second message in a series from the book of Ecclesiastes that examines Solomon's wisdom in regard to the mistakes that he had made in his life. This message examines the pursuit of success how it is always elusive and leaves one feeling empty.

Dear Diary, “I want to be a success but the harder I pursue success the more empty I feel.” As we begin I really feel that we must answer three extremely difficult questions. What drives you? What causes you to work the way you do? What happens to all you have worked for when you exit ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:17-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jewish Festivals - A Shadow Of Christ Part 2 Series

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Oct 8, 2012

In this season of Jewish festivals (Sept 18th-October 7th 2012), when the Jews the World over would have celebrated three of their important festivals-Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkoth- to glean lessons from them, which are significant to Christians

JEWISH FESTIVALS-A SHADOW OF CHRIST-PART 2 Before coming to the second group of Jewish festivals signifying those events in Christian history, which are yet to occur it is pertinent to ponder…if paramount events in Christian history, such as crucifixion of Christ, pouring ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:17

Denomination: *other

Sin No More

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 28, 2012

Don’t use the excuse that you can’t help slipping into sin. Call on God’s power to free you from sin’s grip. Don’t run to sin but run away from it. Do not deliberately put yourself in a situation where you become vulnerable to sin. Tactic: ‘Submit to God,

Opening illustration: Play a video on ‘SIN’ and what people today perceive it to be … Introduction: Jesus’ instruction to “sin no more” was a command to end her adulterous activities and adulterous relationship. Being a member of the body of Christ does not give us excuse to continue a sinful ...read more

Scripture: John 5:14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational