Sermons on Faith In Christ:

Do You Really Care?

Contributed by Judah Thomas on May 17, 2002

We ask people how they are doing, but do we really care? This message is to inspire people to reach others.

Tell a story of when you did help someone in need. [Romans 12:9-11] Don’t just pretend that you love others. Really love them. (What do people answer when asked, “How are you doing?” When we ask the question do we really care?) Hate what is wrong. Stand on the side of the good. {10} Love each ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Restoring Your Household Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Jun 3, 2002

Biblical insights on family restoration.

Notice the word "restored" in the following Bible passage: 2 Kings 8 1 - Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had RESTORED to life, saying, "Arise and go, you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for the LORD has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 8:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed

Contributed by Joey Nelson on Nov 17, 2002

I have this little quotation on my bulletin board in my office. It is entitled, “Life – But No Living”. It reads: First I was dying to finish high school and start college. And then I was dying to finish college and start working. And then I was dying

SERMONIC / WORSHIP THEME Opening Statement: I have this little quotation on my bulletin board in my office. It is entitled, “Life – But No Living”. It reads: First I was dying to finish high school and start college. And then I was dying to finish college and start working. And then I was dying ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 103:1-5

How To Celebrate Easter When You're Living Good Friday

Contributed by Troy Brewer on Dec 16, 2002

It’s a word about how to hold on when it’s difficult to hold on. A word with three or four very real biblical strategies of what to think on and how to think during those difficult times when you are waiting on the power of God.

HOW TO CELEBRATE EASTER WHEN YOU’RE LIVING GOOD FRIDAY I have heard dozens of Easter Sermons over the course of my life, and I have delivered many Easter Sermons myself. Each year the preacher tries to find that clever, unique way of articulating the Easter message. Sometimes they are ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Flirting With Disaster

Contributed by Dennis Cocks on Oct 23, 2003

Disasters happen every day it seems in this age we live in. We read of school children being murdered by some lunatic. An earthquake that has devastated homes and lives that are lost. Floods that seem commonplace any more. Huricanes, Tornadoes. It

FLIRTING WITH DISASTER TEXT: HEBREWS 10:31 INTRODUCTION: Disasters happen every day it seems in this age we live in. We read of school children being murdered by some lunatic. An earthquake that has devastated homes and lives that are lost. Floods that seem commonplace any more. Huricanes, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:31

Denomination: Baptist

The Good Shepherd - Pt1 Series

Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Oct 7, 2005

Part 1 of the Good Shepherd Series on Psalm 23.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD – Part 1 First Baptist Church of Tawas City Michigan Rev. Bruce A. Shields www.TawasBaptist.org • Psalm 23 1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3He restoreth my soul: he ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Bible Church

Be A Lifter Of The Arms, Be A Gapstander

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 15, 2005

We need people to lift the arms of those that hang down. We need people to stand in the gap for the lost, the hurt, and the dying.

BE A LIFTER OF THE ARMS, BE A GAP STANDER! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. WE MUST PRAY FOR THE UNHINDERED POWER OF THE GOSPEL TO BE FREELY RELEASED ALL AROUND US. WE MUST BUILD A TEAM THAT RELEASES GOD’S UNHINDERED POWER! A. LET US NOT HINDER THE GOSPEL THAT WE TEACH! LOOK HOW ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:37-38

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Gift At Pentecost

Contributed by Cynthia Ballard on Oct 19, 2005

How do we view Pentecost?

Hear now the reading from the book of The Acts of the Apostles, beginning with the second chapter as I read today from the New Revised Standard Version: Acts 2 1When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Getting The Word Into Our Lives Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 24, 2005

4th of the Take a Hike: Walking in the Spirit series. This lists different ways we can get the Bible into our lives.

2 Peter 1:19-21 – Getting the Word into Our Lives I read of a minister who was visiting one of his members. The lady of the house was trying to impress him about how devout she was by pointing out the large Bible on the bookshelf and talking in a very reverential way of it as "the Word of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:19-21

Denomination: Baptist

Hell

Contributed by Tony Grant on Nov 28, 2005

God does not warn us about hell to scare us into a relationship with God, but God does tell us the natural consequence of separation from our Creator.

Hell Mark 9:43-48 2268 words 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if thy foot offend ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:43-48

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Luc 15/1-10

Contributed by Créteur Fabien on Mar 30, 2006

Il n’y a aucun chapitre du Nouveau Testament si bien connu et a tellement chèrement aimé comme quinzième chapitre de l’évangile de Luc. On l’a appelé "l’évangile dans l’évangile," comme si il a contenu l’essence très distillée des bonnes nouvelles que Jés

ETUDE COMPLEMENTAIRE LUC 151-10 Il n’y a aucun chapitre du Nouveau Testament si bien connu et a tellement chèrement aimé comme quinzième chapitre de l’évangile de Luc. On l’a appelé "l’évangile dans l’évangile," comme si il a contenu l’essence très distillée des bonnes nouvelles que Jésus est venu ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Victory Of The Cross

Contributed by Wendy Pratt on Mar 30, 2006

The Easter story from the perspective of Mary Magdalene, including a recap of recent events.

Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I come to you this morning to share the story of what happened on that first Easter. My name is Mary—Mary of Magdala, though you know me as Mary Magdalene. Just to be correct, Magdalene was not my last name—it referred to ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Sarah Laughed

Contributed by William Hayes on Apr 26, 2006

A meditation on Biblical themes joined by the word laughter.

I had a terrible thing happen a few weeks ago when I was taking a service in a wee church (that shall remain nameless) in the country. I had got to that stage in the service where I was leading people in the prayers of confession and as I was just about to finish a particularly sombre bit about ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day

Contributed by Dean Morgan on Sep 6, 2006

Difficult times (horrible days) are often God’s way of making you what He longs for you to be. Don’t pull the plug before the work is done.

Difficult times (horrible days) are often God’s way of making you what He longs for you to be. Don’t pull the plug before the work is done. In her children’s book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst captures one young man’s really bad day. Alexander starts ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Loving The Fearsome God

Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Sep 10, 2006

How can you love the Fearsome God? Did God give you a heart to really fear Him, so you can also enjoy His blessings?

“And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the LORD’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good? To the ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:12-22

Denomination: Baptist