Sermons on Facing Giants:

Hope: The Anchor Of God's Promises Series

Contributed by David Owens on Apr 6, 2020

This is the first sermon in a series on hope, which is our anchor in times of trouble. God's promises are the anchor that helps us in the storms of life. God is a promise making and promise keeping God.

A. The story is told of a time when a storm was raging on the open sea, and a sea captain realized his ship was sinking fast. 1. He called out to his crew, “Does anyone here know how to pray?” 2. One crewman stepped forward, saying, “Aye, Captain, I know how to pray.” 3. “Good,” said the captain, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hope For The Hopeless Series

Contributed by David Owens on Apr 5, 2021

God has given us the ability to feel the emotion of hopelessness, so that we will look for the ultimate source of hope. I believe that the resurrection of Jesus is the greatest source of hope in the universe.

A. Happy Easter to everyone – I’m so thankful we get to worship the Lord on this Easter Sunday! B. As we get started, I want to share this cartoon – it really tickled me. 1. The cartoon shows Jesus telling the angel that resurrection morning: “I want you to fold up my burial clothes, wait for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-7, Ephesians 1:18-20, 1 Peter 1:3-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Parable Of The Soils Supplementary Notes - Mark 4:1-25 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Sep 16, 2023

These are the footnotes from the studies on the parable of the soils in Mark 4.

Mark 4:14 The sower sows the word. 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. Immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-25

Unity Series

Contributed by Ken Ritz on Dec 30, 2005

The unity that comes in Christ, based on Ephesians 4.

Unity Ephesians: God’s Riches In Christ, Part 7 Ephesians 4:1-16 We’re in a series on the book of Ephesians. Today we’re going to be looking at Ephesians Chapter 4. In August of 1987, there was suppose to have been a world changing event. According to the New Age movement it was the time for ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Uses Cracked Pots Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Aug 11, 2010

Like the clay jars that Gideon and his soldiers broke, there a tremendous value in being broken. We throw things away when they’re broken, but God cherishes and uses broken people. So, broken down, cracked pots, rejoice because God uses cracked pots so th

INTRODUCTION The title of my teaching series from 2 Corinthians is “Hope for Cracked Pots.” Today, we’re going to look at 2 Corinthians 4:6-7 which is the passage for which I named the entire series. Today we’re going to talk about “God uses Cracked ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6-7, 2 Corinthians 4:7

Denomination: Baptist

Lord Help Us

Contributed by Cleavon Matthews Sr. on Feb 5, 2010

A revival message.

LORD HELP US! 2 Chronicles 14:1-15 by Cleavon P. Matthews Sr. February 24, 2003 INTRODUCTION The shattering saga of God’s people during a divided kingdom presents heartbreak; hope, but most importantly instruction. After the exciting, adventurous, industrious, and thrilling reign of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 14:1-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Developing The Attitude Of Faithfulness Series

Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Jan 10, 2016

When God blessed us, He wants to know if we have been faithful with these blessings. In this message, we will learn from Joshua 22 that God requires us to be faithful in our lifetime. May we develop this attitude of faithfulness starting this New Year.

Last week, we talked about building great attitudes for the New year. We said that attitude is everything. Attitude is more important than facts, than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances. We cannot change the past but we can change the way we react to difficult situations. And ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 22:1-8

Denomination: Nazarene

Sing A Song Of Celebration Series

Contributed by Bobby Oliver on Aug 27, 2018

Sing because God is victorious, Sing because God cares for His people, & Sing because God delivers His people.

TITLE: SING A SONG OF CELEBRATION TEXT: EXODUS 15:1-21 INTRODUCTION: - We’re continuing our study through the book of Exodus. - As we go through this study, we’re asking the question, “What can I learn from this passage about honoring God?” - Last week, we looked at the folly of the wicked. ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 15:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

Passing Through Series

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Aug 8, 2021

The "crisis" at the border is not a Republican or Democrat problem, a conservative or liberal, progressive or libertarian problem … it is a “human” problem … and my goal today is to get you to stop thinking of this as a political issue and start looking at it from a Christian perspective.

Since this service started, 60 immigrants have showed up at our southern border. By the end of this service, 190 more will have joined them. Roughly 250 people show up at our southern border every day in the hopes of either legally or illegally entering our country. We have a big problem. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 17:26-27, Acts 10:34-35, Revelation 7:9-10

Denomination: United Methodist

The Miracle That Never Happened Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Aug 31, 2011

The night He was arrested, Jesus could have called for twelve legions of angels to rescue Him from the mob's hands—but He didn’t.

INTRODUCTION In light of all the economic news about the debt ceiling and Wall Street’s wild ride, you might have missed the news of the death of a very important American recently. If you ever sung or danced to the song “Hokey Pokey,” you might be interested to know that Larry ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:47-56

Denomination: Baptist

Be Still And Know (Ukraine Situation)

Contributed by Brian Bill on Feb 26, 2022

In light of events in Ukraine, we’re calling an audible today. No matter what happens, we can rest in God’s promise, presence, and power.

In light of international events, we’re calling an audible today. Instead of continuing in our On Mission series, I’m going to take us back to a passage I preached online and for Cozi TV right after Covid first hit our country and our community. We’ll return to Acts 24 next weekend. Preaching ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The King Of Kings Has Come To Us! Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 15, 2022

What does the Lord's coming on Palm Sunday tell us about His coming to us? 1. He comes with the greatest humility (vs. 1-3). 2. He comes as the Prince of Peace (vs. 4-5). 3. He comes deserving our faithful service (vs. 6-7). 4. He comes worthy of our heartfelt worship (vs. 8-9).

The King of Kings Has Come to Us! The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 21:1-9 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared December 15, 2022) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to Matthew 21, as we focus on one of the greatest wonders of Christianity. Today's Scripture took place on the day that we call Palm ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Inspecting Our Church Field-4(2015) Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Sep 1, 2015

4 of 4. Joshua sent spies to determine what they would encounter in the promised land. We can & should determine/examine what we will encounter on our church field. But what will we discover? Examining our church field, we discover People given to...

INSPECTING Our CHURCH FIELD-IV—Joshua 2:1-24 Attention: Camouflage—Short Video TV ad begins with a scene of a pristine forested area. Everything looks natural, peaceful...then you see movement...a completely camouflaged bow-hunter has been standing against a tree, blending in so ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

When The Excitement Fades And Your Ready To Quit

Contributed by John Hamby on Jun 25, 2002

Peter is given as an example of one of the first preachers who wanted to quit, from this text we can glean three questions that can cause us to desire to quit.

“When The Excitement Fades; And you feel like quitting.” John 21:1-22 [Sermon suggested in an article by the same name by Ed Underwood. (Kindred Spirit publication of Dallas Seminary, Spring 1992) pp. 10-13] (All Scriptures quoted unless specified ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Hope Of Glory Series

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Nov 12, 2012

Hope in difficult times

The Hope of Glory - Romans 8b - 3/1/09 Turn with me this morning to the book of Romans, chapter 8. This morning, we want to talk more about problems, something that happens to us all. Normally when we face problems, we go to one of two extremes. Either we hide our problems, and act like ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:18-39

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational