Sermons on Faithful Service:

Power In Partnering

Contributed by Bret Bone on Aug 27, 2012

How important are Partnerships in life? How important are partnerships to you? How important are partnerships to God? Open your bibles to Exodus 17:8-13. It’s in these 5 verses where we find 4 partnerships that hold great value that need to be ident

Slide #1 Video –(welcome to our church) Welcome-guests Introduction: During the summer of 1904 an unlikely partnership was formed at the World’s Fair in St. Louis. The summer was unusually hot and people were searching the fair for something to help cool them off… A vendor ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-13

Arise And Shine

Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Aug 29, 2012

It is the will of God that all His children rise unto a greater height in all areas of life and show forth His purpose and glory in order to attract others to the kingdom.

ARISE AND SHINE STUDY TEXT: Isaiah 60:1-5 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Darkness Before Dawn Series

Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 6, 2012

Nature gives us insights into who God is and what he does as well as how we are to live before him. In this lesson we recognize that the darkness of night, ths shining of the stars, and the dawn of the sun parallel the darkness of evil that encompasses th

1. Aggie and Sun Story The rivalry between UT and Texas A&M is well known. While living in Texas, a UT fan told me an “Aggie” joke. “Did you hear about the Aggie” who stayed up all night wondering what happened to the sun? Then it dawned on him!” 2. Psalm 8.2-4 3 When I look at your heavens, the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Job Versus Solomon

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Sep 15, 2012

To focus on the wisdom of Job, even while comparing it with that of King Solomon

JOB VERSUS SOLOMON The phrase “Patience of Job” is not so much inked as engraved not only in the chronicles of English literature but also in the minds of every Bible student. Whenever our mind zeroes in on this great hero of faith, it is his perseverance and ...read more

Scripture: Job 28:28

Denomination: *other

Self-Discipline And Self-Control Series

Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jul 15, 2013

“For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”(Hebrews 12:11) "A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.

Self-Discipline and Self-Control A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls. Proverbs 25:28 (NLT) “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 25:28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christ Comes For His Bride Series

Contributed by Michael Blitz on Jul 19, 2013

Gomer's unfaithfulness as a symbol of us, and Hosea's humility in purchasing back his bride as a symbol of Christ's humility to come and suffer for us.

The King Comes for His Bride If you are a little down, and looking for a pick-me-up, the Minor Prophets are probably not the thing to read. Usually within them are some fantastic nuggets of encouragement, and prophecies about Christ's redemption, however, most of what they have to say can be ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

Acts 16 - God Always Leads Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 25, 2013

God leads. God leads us to where He wants us to be. Therefore watch where you are, and be the instrument that God can use to accomplish His purposes.

1. God LEADS… are we following? Paul has chosen Silas as his partner for the 2nd missionary journey. He also took Timothy along this time. • Something interesting happens in 16:6. They were in the region of PHRYGIA but they were ‘kept by the Holy Spirit’ from moving into ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How To Be A Good Baptist Series

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jul 29, 2013

John the Baptist is the exemplar of the Christian witness which always points away from self and towards Jesus. The Gospel is all about Him, not us.

How to Be a Good Baptist John 1:19-51 Rev Mark Barber When I first preached this at Mt. Zion UMC, I put the sermon title “How to Be a Good Baptist” out on the sign in front of the church. You would not believe how many comments I received from people in the community, especially since the next ...read more

Scripture: John 1:19-51, John 1:43-51

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"One Is The Loneliest Number" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Jul 30, 2013

One of the primary figures in the OT was a man named David. The Bible tells us that he had it all. He was handsome. he was strong. he was a hero. But he was also very lonely.

LIFELINES “One is the Loneliest Number” Psalm 142:1-4 One of the primary figures in the OT is David. All of us know who David was. According to the Bible this is a man who basically had it all. The Bible tells us that David was • Handsome. Even Goliath said so and he despised ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 142:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Will God Forgive?

Contributed by Harold Kouwenberg on Aug 3, 2013

Psalm 51 gives us an insight to the deeply personal confession of David and a glimpse of the grace God affords sinners like us. The emphasis isn't on judgement, it is on confession, repentance and grace. Our response is worship, thansgiving and testimony.

"WILL GOD FORGIVE?" Psalm 51: 1-19 Matthew 7: 1-5 "NEVER! I'll never in a million years forgive that man! After what he's done to me, he can just forget about ever talking to me again! That's one thing I can never do. I just can't forgive what he has done." ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 15:1-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Remission Of Sin

Contributed by David Parks on Aug 6, 2013

The most corrupting force in the universe can be overcome by the blood of Christ

THE REMISSION OF SIN Text: Romans 6:23 Introduction: 1. Go back With me back as far as you can into human history, Back beyond the founding of America Beyond the rise and fall of the Roman Empire God is love and mercy created a world of imagination I was going to beautiful California history ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:23-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Realities Of Hell

Contributed by Clay Gentry on Aug 7, 2013

Hell is a real place, with real punishment, for real people.

We live in a time when so many things about our society have succumb to the forces of capitalism and have become commercialized. No longer do families look forward to sitting down together for a Thanksgiving meal but they look forward to the early sales for Christmas. Even the sacred day of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:28

Denomination: *other

The Wonder Of Wonders Series

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Aug 7, 2013

A sermon the unparalleled life of Jesus Christ.

THE WONDER OF WONDERS 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 (Antioch Baptist Church: Sunday Morning July 20th, 2025) The word “Wonder” is defined as “a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable.” For the last week our children have ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

It's All Over But The Singing Series

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 8, 2013

Jesus finished the work of redemption. We are just waiting to sing the Song of the Lamb

It's All Over But the Singing John 19:25-31 Introduction Last week Pilate handed over (betrayed) Jesus to the will of the Jewish people to have Him crucified. It made mention that Pilate took personal responsibility for writing the accusation on the placard which would have hung around Jesus neck ...read more

Scripture: John 19:25-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Principle Of Personal Conviction

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 12, 2013

A sermon on Romans 14:5-12 on how to view Christians who are different from us (Material adapted from Dave Swavely's book, Who Are You to Judge?, chapter 8, What To Do When Someone Is Different From You)

HoHum: What to do when someone is different from us and claims to be a Christian- motorcycle club ministry. Very different from my ministry so I might be tempted to judge them and what they do WBTU: Already talked about one principle from Romans 14:1-4, the principle of acceptance. Need to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:5-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ