Sermons on Ex Nihilo:

Where Are You?

Contributed by Patrick Doherty on Nov 19, 2001

We all get off track sometimes, and part of getting our focus back is determining where we are spiritually

Where are you? A: Church, it’s Sunday Morning, remember preacher. Ok, But Where are you? Gen. 3:9 God wasn’t asking for directions to Adam’s hiding place he knew where he was. (By the way God is not someone you want to play hide and seek with.) Propostion: Three places people find themselves ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Breaking Bondages

Contributed by Kurt Heisey on May 31, 2002

For bondages to be broken we must deal with sin: that we have committed and that which has been committed against us, then we can be free.

Breaking Bondages VCC August 19, 2000 Intro:God Wants Us Free! Last week we saw the importance of dealing with sin issues. Acts 10:38,39 -- “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:18-19, Acts 10:38-39

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Tabernacle (The Offerings)

Contributed by Wade Biggs on Oct 18, 2000

All material is not original, references include Soltau, The Tabernacle, Dean Weaver, The Testimony of Typology in the Tabernacle, Pink, Gleanings in Exodus This evening we will begin our study on the Tabernacle, last week as you might remember we gave an introduction to the Tabernacle (dwelling

All material is not original, references include Soltau, The Tabernacle, Dean Weaver, The Testimony of Typology in the Tabernacle, Pink, Gleanings in Exodus This evening we will begin our study on the Tabernacle, last week as you might remember we gave an introduction to the Tabernacle (dwelling ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 25:1-3

Woman Thou Art Loosed

Contributed by Jerry Lewis on Aug 23, 2003

Three important truths about sickness, God’s will for healing, and the Sabbath.

“WOMAN, THOU ART LOOSED” Luke 13:10-17 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17, Psalm 103:1-5, Luke 13:10

Denomination: Baptist

Simple Truth Series

Contributed by Allen James on Apr 6, 2010

The fifth message in a 7-Part Series, Shift - A New Way of Thinking. Today's message from Matthew 5:33-37 explores a follower of Christ's responsibility to tell the truth.

Simple Truth • Matthew 5:33-37 • March 20-21, 2010 INTRODUCTION: Billy Joel Song – Honesty Ex. Children – cross your heart… hope to die… stick a… Email half-truths… (snopes.com; truthorfiction.com) Matthew 5:33-37. Simple truth. Stand. Read. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:33-37

Denomination: Baptist

Let Us Go Up...

Contributed by Rusty Tardo on May 9, 2009

In a time of trial and seemingly impossible circumstances, Caleb tried to rally the people with a call to go up....

Let Us Go Up… Dr. Russell K. Tardo I. Let Us Go Up Text: Numbers 13:30 “And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it…” Scripture Reference: Numbers, chapters 13 and 14. And they returned from searching of the ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lesson 2: How God Leads Through Prayer

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 8, 2007

When prayer is wrong.

Lesson 2: How God Leads Through Prayer A. WHEN PRAYER IS WRONG 1. Can’t pray to make something right, that is wrong. 2. Can’t pray to force your will on God. 3. Can’t pray to make the impossible happen. Can’t make yesterday, not happen. 4. Can’t pray for God to do what He expects us to do. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:10

Denomination: Baptist

Miracles Happen Part 2 Series

Contributed by Et Tapper on Feb 9, 2009

How to believe and pray for miracles in our lives.

MIRACLES HAPPEN PT2 INTRODUCTION: MATT 17:14-20 God has a way for getting your need met, your problem solved. That way is rooted in your faith’s becoming a SEED When you plant a seed, God changes the nature of that seed so that it becomes a plant, and the power of life surges in that tender ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:14-21

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Velvet Rope

Contributed by Chanon Mullens on Jul 5, 2006

Spiritual and Physical Barriers Can’t Prohibit our Salvation or Service

The ‘Velvet Rope:’ a signal of separation and division between those who can and those who cannot. When we see this barrier we know that it is a threshold that one cannot cross unless invited to do so. 1. THE DIVINE ‘ROPE’ • There were two veils to the tabernacle. The one which is described in Ex ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:51

Denomination: Baptist

The Positive Side Of The Ten Commandments: The Second Commandment

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 15, 2002

The hidden motive back of each commandment is worship. Since everything a Christian does should praise God, all of the Ten Commandments revolve around worshipping God.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. People are worshippers. What is suggested in the Commandments? “If you will indeed obey My voice and keep My commandments . . . then you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Ex. 19:5). 2. Worship reflects God. How should people worship? “God is spirit, and they ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:4-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Saint's Prayer

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 4, 2015

THE SAINT'S PRAYER

1 Chronicles 4:9-10 THE SAINT'S PRAYER Hosea 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. I. JABEZ PROBLEM - What A Test ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Denomination: Holiness

The Normal Christian Life Series

Contributed by Willem Nel on May 17, 2014

Bill Johnson says: It is abnormal for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible. It has been written into our spiritual DNA to hunger for the impossibilities around us to bow at the name of Jesus.

The Normal Christian Life Bill Johnson It is abnormal for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible. It has been written into our spiritual DNA to hunger for the impossibilities around us to bow at the name of Jesus. Scripture: 1 John 4:1-4 (NASB Updated) "By this you know the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:1-4

Denomination: *other

What Is A Family

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on May 13, 2012

A Family is: ❶ Responsible ❷ United ❸ Determined

Clovis Chappell, a minister from a century back, used to tell the story of two paddleboats. They left Memphis about the same time, traveling down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. As they traveled side by side, sailors from one vessel made a few remarks about the snail's pace of the other. ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:14-15

Denomination: Baptist

Mardi Gras Or Shrove Tuesday?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 22, 2020

The season we begin tomorrow is a time to draw near to God so that He can draw near to us.

Tuesday of the 7th Week in Course Mardi Gras Passions. We don’t hear much about that plural noun lately. Oh, the word “passion” turns up in seamy novels and videos, I suppose. And those of us for whom the Catholic religion, the word “passion” stirs up thoughts of the torture Jesus had to undergo ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:30-37, James 4:1-10, Psalm 55:22

Denomination: Catholic

God Will Make A Way For You.

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Apr 16, 2021

Jesus is the way. When all other ways fail, He makes a way for his children. He will make a way for you.

TEXT: ISAIAH 43:16,18-19 "I am the lord, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. “But forget all that— it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-19, Job 14:1, Exodus 14:10-12

Denomination: Pentecostal