Sermons on dysfunction:

Who Is Building Your Home? Series

Contributed by Jim Mooney on Jan 6, 2001

Allow God to build your home and then it will stand the storms that come against it.

HOME IMPROVEMENT SERIES WHO IS BUILDING YOUR HOME? PSALM 127:1-2 THERE IS A WORD THAT IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE BROKEN AND SHATTERED HOMES OF TODAY. THAT WORD IS DYSFUNCTIONAL. IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY YOU WILL HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT DYSFUNCTIONAL HOMES OR DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES. THIS LEAVE THE ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 127:1-2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Healing The Hurts In Families

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 4, 2001

Healing the relationships in our homes involves 1. Honest confession. 2. A willingness to stop the things that hurt the other person. 3. Opening our hearts to them once again and allowing them to come in.

In the Scripture reading this morning, we find one of the most dysfunctional families in the Bible. The irony is that it is a family led by one of the most godly men in the Old Testament — King David. David is described as a man after God’s own heart (1 Samuel 13:14), and he was. But he was ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 13:24-31

Denomination: Methodist

Touching Your Family And Friends Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 2, 2007

This is the third sermon in a series of five to help my congregation become more outward focused. It is based on the church outreach program titled - "Outflow". 1. Things you can’t do. 2. Things you can do. 3. Leave results to God.

Touching Your Family And Friends – Overflowing Outreach God wants to give us an overflowing life – an abundant life. For the last two weeks we have talked about how God wants to fill you to overflowing. In John ten – ten it says: “I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance.” ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Uplifted, Untied, Unchained, Free

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 30, 2015

Freedom is a result of knowing a loving God.

“Uplifted, Untied, Unchained, Free” “And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing”. Isaiah 10:27 Intro: In northern Mesopotamia ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 10:27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Where Is God When It Hurts

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 11, 2005

The life of Joseph shows God’s continual presence

Intro: One of the truths we learn very quickly in life is that things will not always go well. There are good days and bad days. God tells us he sends rain on the just and the unjust. Sometimes we question that. Did you ever know someone who seemed to have everything go their way? My ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Positive Conduct In A Negative Culture Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on May 17, 2004

Behavioral guidelines for the believer for engaging a post-Christian culture in a postive manner.

Most of us know that there is currently a war raging. But what we don’t hear on the news every night is that there is a war raging on our own soil - not just halfway around the world in Afghanistan and Iraq. The war in which we are engaged is a culture war. It is a conflict to see what our ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Real-Life Discipleship: Spiritually Dead Series

Contributed by Anthony Seel on Feb 27, 2011

The second sermon in a series based on New Testament teachings and the book Real-Life Discipleship by Jim Putnam

The Rev. M. Anthony Seel, Jr. St. Andrew’s Church February 27, 2011 Romans 5: 12-19 Real-Life Discipleship: Spiritually Dead Perseveration is a brain dysfunction that causes people to get stuck in a particular pattern of behavior. Perseveration is what led a legendary German flying ace to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-19

Denomination: Lutheran

Is God Mad Or Madly In Love?

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Aug 15, 2007

Thoughts on the Bridal Paradigm

God’s very essence is love. (1 John 4:7-10) He has always been love, even before He created mankind. He has always sought to have a close relationship with mankind. Human Beings were made for this love. The entire story of humanity is wrapped up within it. Love is why humans were created, and love ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 4:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Decisions Daddies Make

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jul 3, 2013

The decisiosn we make define our life and determine our destiny. Genesis three shows us the decisions of two daddies. We see Adams destructive decision and Gods redemptive decision.

Intro: Genesis is a wonderful book of beginnings. It carries some amazing truths. We find out what sport God likes best. In the big inning God created the heavens and the earth so he must like baseball best. We find His favorite state Noah looked out of the Arkansas. Really God is no respecter ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Get Your House In Order Physically Series

Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 14, 2008

This sermon give the physical responsibility of each member of the family

“Get Your House In Order Physically” Text: II Kings 20:1 “In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.” Timothy 2:15-17 15 Study to shew thyself ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 20:1

Denomination: *other

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 18, 2007

Jacob, Pt. 4 (Final)

WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER (GENESIS 29:15-30, 31:36-42) Charles Sykes, a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Institute, a public policy think tank, didn’t like the way his fellow citizens whine, evade responsibility and point fingers. The infamous 1991 Los Angeles riot was a case in ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Dealing With The Madness In The Middle

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Nov 13, 2011

In the center of everyone’s life there is a source of madness some 1) Self Inflicted 2) Self Propelled 3) Self Induced msot of which God ordered for you life to get you to enbody the promise.

Dealing With the Madness In The Middle Genesis 25: 21-28 Genesis 27:1 - 27:41 21And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22And ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:21-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Don't Be A Lame

Contributed by Claude White on Mar 5, 2007

Christ the Great deliverer!

Lame - 1 a : having a body part and especially a limb so disabled as to impair freedom of movement b : marked by stiffness and soreness a lame shoulder 2 : lacking needful or desirable substance : WEAK, INEFFECTUAL a lame excuse 3 slang : not being in the know : SQUARE I. YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE ...read more

Scripture: John 5:5-10

Denomination: Baptist

Vision Series

Contributed by Ricky Sinclair on Feb 19, 2013

Preparing to Lead series will help teach you the foundations of being a leader in a church with good leadership skills.

Vision Leadership Exodus 2:23-25, 3:1-5, 10-14, 17-18, 21-22 4:1-4, 10-14 Have any great men been born in this world? No, only babies. In America we have a leadership crisis. We live in an age of tolerance where protecting feelings is more highly valued than proclaiming the truth. People ...read more

Denomination: *other

Caring For The Family Series

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Nov 12, 2012

The church family

Caring for the Family - 1 Timothy 5 - 11/2/08 Join me in turning to the book of 1 Timothy, chapter 5. Timothy is towards the end of the New Testament, in the second half of the Bible. We have been going through this book together. I once heard a story about a little second grader who had to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational