Sermons on Examples Of Truth Suppressed:

A Great Faith

Contributed by Dan Santiago on Mar 13, 2007

Every person is capable of demonstrating great faith in God.

A GREAT FAITH Matthew 8:5-13 INTRODUCTION Please open your bibles to Matthew 8:5-13. This passage says that Jesus was amazed at the centurion’s faith and healed his servant. Jesus said that he had not found anyone in Israel with such great faith. What makes one’s faith ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

Living By Faith

Contributed by Dan Santiago on Mar 14, 2007

Abraham’s faith is an excellent example that must be imitated by Christians.

LIVING BY FAITH Hebrews 11:8-19 INTRODUCTION ILLUSTRATION Two boys were playing in the snow one day, when one said to the other, "Let us see who can make the straightest path in the snow." His companion readily accepted the proposition, and they started. One boy fixed his ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-19

Denomination: Baptist

"Beauty And The Beast"

Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Oct 2, 2006

You can be beautiful or you can be a beast. What made Abigal beautiful? What made Nabal a fool?

Title: “The Beauty and the Beast” Sub title: “I married a fool.” Are you familiar with the story of Nabal and Abigail? If not, please take the time to read the entire chapter of 1 Samuel 25. David has been anointed by Samuel to be the next King of Israel, but King Saul, in his jealousy, has kept ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 25:1-42

Denomination: Baptist

What Do You Really Want?

Contributed by Tony Searles on Nov 19, 2006

A devotional from a Prayer & Praise Concert. Encouraging us in not just asking for things from the Lord , but to actually begin to seek them out too...faith without work is dead.

"What do you REALLY want?" John 5:1-9 Prayer… Most of us are familiar with this story… There is a man here who has had an infirmity for about 38 years… And he, among many others who were sick with a variety of infirmities, would wait beside a pool called Bethesda… -Waiting for it to be stirred ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-9

Denomination: Other

What Does God Want From Me? Series

Contributed by Rob Willis on Nov 27, 2006

This was part of a three month emphasis on faith, and this message focuses on what God wants from us.

Discovering the Possibilities of Faith Lesson: What Does God Want from Me? Hebrews 11:17-19 Turn to Gen. 22. Today we are wrapping up our Discovering the Possibilities of Faith campaign – it has been quite a journey over the past three months, watching many of you wrestle with issues of faith and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:17-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Canaanite Woman's Daughter Healed

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 11, 2006

The faith of the Canaanite woman moved Jesus with compassion to meet her need - even though she wasn’t within his primary goal at that time

Mt 15:21-28 The Canaanite Woman Have you ever wondered why St Matthew included this story about Jesus in his Gospel? As you know the first century Jews used to refer to non- Jews as Gentile dogs. And it used to grate me when Jesus said to the Canaanite woman "It is not right to take the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28

Denomination: Anglican

Faith And Perspective Series

Contributed by Simon Fullylove on Mar 13, 2006

This message looks at how faith changes our outlook on life

Introduction A young couple rented a vacation cottage for a week. One afternoon the husband looked out a window at the swimming pool and exclaimed, "Let’s change our clothes and go get some exercise!" His wife, who was washing the dishes in the kitchen and looking out the window watching some ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Live By Faith Series

Contributed by Josh Reich on Feb 23, 2007

The emerging culture wants to see whether or not we as Christians have faith we live by, more than just talk about.

*Author’s note: A lot of my ideas came from Erwin McManus’ book "The Barbarian Way."* For the past two weeks, we have been talking about the church, what it looks like, what it does. For the next 3 weeks, we are going to put some skin on the bones so to speak. There has been one verse that has ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Keeping The Faith #1 Series

Contributed by Timothy Shirley on Apr 17, 2002

This is a study of faith from the book of Hebrews chapter 11.

Keeping the Faith#1 Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Introduction. There is a close relationship between faith and hope. Faith is something you believe in. Hope is something you expect. And so our faith, or belief, is the substance, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Abraham: What's His God Like?

Contributed by Dana Chau on Mar 3, 2003

Discover what Abraham’s God was like throught God’s perception of Abraham.

Abraham: What’s His God Like? Genesis 15 As a pastor I’ve gotten used to talking about God. It’s not that have a special line to God or that I’ve known God the longest of all of us. It’s a privilege and a calling to be a pastor, and part of the pastor’s role is to tell others about God, based ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-21

Denomination: *other

Into The Hand Of God

Contributed by Daniel Birchfield on Nov 27, 2001

This sermon deals with some implications of placing our lives fully and completely in God’s hands.

Into the Hand of God, Ex. 14:10-28, 11-4-01, AM EBBC Intro. A careful study of the life of Moses reveals how that he had to trust God throughout the entire ordeal of leading God’s people the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. What it required was that he place himself totally and completely in ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 14:10-28

Denomination: Baptist

Household Religion

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jul 31, 2003

I believe the Bible teaches that faith is intended to be a household matter.

HOUSEHOLD RELIGION Acts 18:1-3, 18-19, 24-26 11/10/02 Let me introduce to you before we read God’s precious Word, Aquila and Priscilla. I have never truly met them until this past week. These are a Godly family. I believe the Bible teaches that faith is intended to be a household matter. You ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

A Call For Passionate People

Contributed by Terry Stivers on Aug 18, 2003

What are you passionate about? Mark 2:1-5 gives us a great example of what passion looks like. Studies in the Gospel of Mark

Scripture: Mark 2:1-5

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Call For Passionate People

Contributed by Terry Stivers on Aug 18, 2003

What are you passionate about? Mark 2:1-5 gives us a great example of what passion looks like. Studies in the Gospel of Mark

Scripture: Mark 2:1-5

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Whole Enchilada

Contributed by Marianne Unger on Sep 1, 2003

How a Syrophoenician Woman’s faith overcomes barriers.

Mark 7:24-37 Today I thought I’d take a challenging text and work with you on it. Now it may be perfectly clear to many of you, but I know for at least few it is not. It was one of the questions which came up in the adult Sunday School class last year, and today it is one of our lectionary ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:24-37

Denomination: *other