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Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 11, 2006

If you could spend your entire life listening to and obeying your God-given conscience, you could live a perfect life. But the Bible says we have ALL sinned and we fall short of the glory of God. All of us end up with a messed-up conscience.

INTRODUCTION This is the penultimate message in this series on spurious Bible verses. Next week, we’ll consider the final adage, “To Thine Own Self Be True.” I encourage you to investigate this week and see if you can find the true source of that saying. A helicopter pilot flying over Seattle got ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:15-16, Romans 2:14-15

Denomination: Baptist

Jehovah Series

Contributed by Chip Van Emmerik on Oct 19, 2006

If God has a proper name by which men can call Him, it is Jehovah.

Open Who is God? That is the question we began looking at last week. All of Scripture tells us about God - what He is like, what He wants, how we can know Him and please Him. Yet, in all the Bible, there is not more eloquent answer to our question than what we find revealed in the names God ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Worship: Why? Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 8, 2003

We worship because that is the way we can express our deepest fears and instabilities; we can be freed from ourselves; and we can gain motivation for the use of our lives.

Few things are shared in by more human beings than worship. Worship is something nearly everybody does, in one way or another. Now I didn’t say that everybody goes to church. Obviously not. Not even half of the American population attends any kind of worship on a regular basis. The Gallup Poll ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-12, 1 Peter 2:4-11

Denomination: Baptist

Bullet Proof Your Life Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Jul 9, 2003

Accessing the righteousness of Christ helps bullet-proof our lives when the enemy attacks

Bullet Proofing Your Life (Accessing the Righteousness of Christ) Ephesians 6:10-18 Open your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 6. Introduction: Sunrise was dawning when Los Angeles motorcycle police officer Bob Vernon saw a red pickup truck speed through a stop sign. ¡§This guy must be late to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Wesleyan

Bible Passages We Would Have Understood If We Were Jewish

Contributed by Richard Goble on Mar 19, 2008

Many today are obsessed with making the Bible fit our cultural perspective, even when it means abandoning sound principles of interpretation. Today we will find how important the historical/cultural context really is to sound biblical exegesis.

BIBLE PASSAGES WE WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD IF WE WERE JEWISH Interpreting New Testament passages through Jewish eyes. Various Texts Introduction Illustration: What Children Say About The Bible · In the first book of the Bible, Guinness’s, God got tired of creating the world, so He took the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:20-21

Denomination: Baptist

Living With Confidence Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Mar 30, 2008

Things God’s children can be confident about.

During the first half of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco 23 workmen fell to their death. Working on the project became so dangerous that they halted construction of the bridge to install a huge net at the cost of $100,000 (a large sum in the early 1930’s). After the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

A Legacy Of Faith Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Apr 17, 2008

God promises Abram that if he will go on this faith filled adventure that he would be made into a great nation (a great legacy), that his name would be great! He would be a blessing, and moreso, ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH would be blessed in him. I w

1. Overview and Review a. Last week I began my December sermon series on what it means to leave a legacy. i. I talked about how we all leave a legacy, good or bad, whether we want to or not. ii. Legacies are what one generation leaves to another, what one ancestor passes on to his descendents. b. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Many Hands Make Light Work Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 22, 2008

The Hebrews pair up the practical human effort with the practical Godly effort to address the dire circumstances they find themselves in.

In February of 1945 Joe Rosenthal pulled out his camera and clicked a photo that would later become the most reproduced photograph in the history of photography: Five young Marines planting the American flag on the island of Iwo Jima. The photo of these young men raising the flag was splashed ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I And Thou Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 16, 2008

Today, we’re going to be talking about the one relationship which impacts all the others, our relationship with God. Harry Staiti puts it this way, “Of all our relationships, God is the most important. Your relationship (or lack thereof) with God will inf

I and Thou Hosea 11:1-4 and Psalm 18:1-3 Timothy Smith tells the story of Chris. Chris was in his mid-thirties, married and living in Pennsylvania with his wife and two high energy little boys. Chris was always physically fit, ate a healthy diet, but one day he went to the Doctor because of some ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 11:1-4

Denomination: Methodist

And Now - The Good News

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Dec 2, 2008

As we go into the time of Christmas, we revert our attention back to Jesus - the Good News. Full text and communion message at: www.sermonlist.com/2008.html

For the last year, the only news we hear has been bad, hasn’t it? During the presidential campaign, all we heard was negative campaigning, and how our economy is failing. Everywhere you turn, there seems to be nothing but bad news. Have you ever noticed that the only thing this old world can ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:26-35

Denomination: *other

The Gift Of Myrrh Series

Contributed by David Flowers on Jan 11, 2009

Part 3 in series The Three Gifts. Scripture records that the third gift given to Jesus by the Magi was myrrh – a gift given to one who was to die. Why was Jesus given this gift at such a young age?

The Gift of Myrrh The Three Gifts, prt. 3 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers December 13, 2008 Matthew 2:11 (NRSV) 11 On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, ...read more

Scripture: John 19:38-42

Denomination: Free Methodist

Round Ticket On The Ark Cruise Series

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 19, 2008

How many of us have been on a cruise? We went on one for a whale watching cruise in the Atlantic from Boston. Would you get on one if you were told that it did not have a rudder or engine and did not know the destination? Well there was one enterprising m

Illustration: Who Are the Saved OR Evangelicals? Gallup has at times asked 3 qualifying questions to make the determination; have you had a born-again experience committing yourself to Jesus Christ, have you tried to encourage someone to believe in Christ, and do you believe the Bible is the actual ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Who Do You Think You Are? Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Sep 12, 2007

We are living advertisements of God’s greatness.

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? (AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?) I Peter 2.9-10 S: Church purpose Th: His power, His work – in us! Pr: WE ARE LIVING ADVERTISEMENTS OF GOD’S GREATNESS. ?: How? How do we do that? KW: Advantages TS: We will find in our study of I Peter 2.9-10 six advantages we have been ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

Finding Contentment In A Culture Of Discontent

Contributed by Monty Newton on Sep 29, 2007

Christians who choose to pursue godliness rather than greed will find contentment in living a life of trust.

Title: Finding Contentment in a Culture of Discontentment Text: I Timothy 6:6-19 Thesis: Christians who choose to pursue godliness rather than their cravings, will find contentment in living a life of trust. Introduction According to a study by a non-profit research organization, RTI ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Will The Real Jesus Please Stand Up? Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Jan 18, 2010

In a world that is trying to define Jesus so many different ways, it is important that we answer the questions about Jesus the right way.

“Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?” Matthew 16:13-16 January 10, 2010 TossUp Think back to your first memories of hearing about Jesus. What do you remember thinking of Jesus? How did He “come across” to you? In his book American Jesus, Steven Prothero details how ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-16

Denomination: Evangelical Free