Sermons on Election Free Will:

Purpose Of The Church

Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 28, 2002

Exhortation to church on our purpose on a membership Sunday.

We will be a church deeply in love with God. We will fervently worship God with our whole heart, soul, mind, strength, time, and finances. We will avoid the complacency of lukewarm, status-quo religion. We will pursue a deeper relationship with God through committed prayer, fasting, studying ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:14-16

Denomination: Church Of God

Real Prayer = Real Revival

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jul 5, 2008

If you could pray only one prayer what would you pray?

Real Prayer = Real Revival Text: Luke 18:1-8 If you could pray only one prayer what prayer would you pray? Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, 2 saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. 3 Now there ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

4 Realities About Real Fellowship

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jan 3, 2008

real fellowship means that we experience life together. Real fellowship includes unselfish love, honest sharing, practical sharing, sacrificial giving and sympathetic comforting.

4 Realities of Real Fellowship Colossians 3:12-17 12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:12-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Pursue Godliness Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on May 5, 2014

If we don't pursue godliness, we are pursuing ungodliness!

Open your Bibles to the Letter to Titus, Chapter 1…… Read along with me v1-5….. And so we note as led by God the Holy Spirit; In v1: the writer of the letter was Paul the Apostle, servant of God. Let us just briefly note that Paul was a special servant of God; only he and the ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:1-5

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Longsuffering Of God

Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on Apr 30, 2012

If God was not longsuffering, the bible would've ended in three chapters. No one would've been here to read it except God and the unfallen angels. Oh how He loved us so! I am alive today for one reason; "The Longsuffering of God".

Introduction: This is a subject near and dear to my heart. When I consider how much God loves me, my soul cringe within. I could be dead, but for the longsuffering of God. I have been through numerous experiences that placed my life on the verge of death. The Lord has delivered me from the mouth ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 130:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

Christian Attributes (Acronym)

Contributed by Joshua Hetrick on Aug 11, 2009

An acronym of the word Christian

The Attributes of a Christian C. Commitment, Romans 6:16 Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence. Their conviction resulted in untold sufferings for themselves and their families. Of the 56 men, five were captured by the British and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Are You Nearsighted? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 25, 2010

Are you serious about growing in the Lord, are you nearsighted? If you actively pursue growth, you are on the road to great spiritual blessing.

Are You Nearsighted? (2 Peter 1: 5-11) 1. One of my favorite riddles is this one Q: What did the near-sighted porcupine say when it backed into a cactus? A: Pardon me, honey! 2. If you are near-sighted, you see objects that are near, but distant objects are blurry or unclear. To put is simply, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:5-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Anointed: The Influence Of The Holy Spirit As Foretold In Isaiah 61. Part 1 Series

Contributed by Ted Stidham on Feb 3, 2014

Foretold by Isaiah... the role of the Holy Spirit upon the Messiah was a pattern for the Church to follow.

Theme: To Study Isaiah 61 and uncover the amazing Promises of God! Isa 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-11

Denomination: Church Of God

The Centrality Of Christ Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Feb 7, 2014

Second week of the Ephesians Series. God designed the Church to Be Christ centered. If we are Christ centered we will speak well of God and fulfill our purpose.

Intro: We said last week that the culture is opposed to the person and principle of Jesus Christ. We must remember that we are chosen in Christ to please and praise God. We are continuing to clear our thoughts about the church with this powerful theology that encourages us to keep our lives ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

3-1=4(Ever)

Contributed by Joel Newman on Jan 21, 2022

Allowing the Holy Spirit to Deduct Sin, so Holiness can be added

3-1=4 (ever) Living a life filled with the Holy Spirit is as much about getting rid of things, as it is about adding things. A life lived by the Holy Spirit is not earned. It is a gift of grace. A gift that DOES require life long maintenance. As a part of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is more ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-11

Denomination: Nazarene

From Woe To Wow! Part 1

Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 27, 2021

The world is falling apart. God doesn't seem to care. But He has a plan.

1. There are problems everywhere! a. I read of a Missouri couple who built their 5,300-square-foot home in a gated community in Florida. The three-story house had five bedrooms, three floors, beautiful verandas, and it was bordered with palm trees. The only problem: The contractor built the house ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 1:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Empty The Quiver

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 8, 2021

Christians have been fighting the wrong battle with the wrong weapons and when they get a clue they do not empty their quiver

This was written in 2017 and it would appear that I was correct. 2 Kings 13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 13:14-19, 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

Denomination: Baptist

Suppose You Show Up At The Banquet With No Oil?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 10, 2023

The experience of God is transcendent, in a sense more real than anything we’ve felt or smelled or seen. It is an experience of ultimate goodness, awesome beauty, and absolute truth.

Thirty-Second Sunday in Course 2023 Every human being yearns for true happiness. The problem with us as we grow up, however, is that our earliest experiences even before birth start us off in life as materialists. After conception, we are either growing or we are dying, so we are nutrition hogs; ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 63:2-8, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Catholic

Rebuke Hirelings

Contributed by Nettie J Pennington on May 27, 2023

This message aims to proclaim that hirelings are not true shepherds.

Key Scripture: "The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it" (John 10:12, NIV). PRAYER – Father God, we humble ourselves and come once again thanking ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3, John 10:12, Romans 16:18

Denomination: Other

Questions In Genesis (Answers In The Gospels)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 31, 2024

Genesis does not give us the final answers. Rather it poses a lot of questions and mysteries which are only answered later in the Gospels. Let's look at some of those questions.

Excellent resources are the ministry of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Research Institute. However, there are questions in Genesis not answered until the Gospels. Let’s look at some of those questions. At creation, God described humanity as “very good.” Are we now totally depraved or ...read more

Denomination: Baptist