Sermons on Fathers Are Priest:

Guilty Of Our Own Undoneness

Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on Sep 8, 2004

Many people have heard the statement that history often repeats itself. Many have also perhaps heard that the reason we study our history, is so that we learn from the past and not make the same mistakes over and over and over.

Sermon Title: Guilty of our own Undoneness Text: Isaiah 1:1-4 Date: July 11, 2003 Context of Scripture: Many people have heard the statement that history often repeats itself. Many have also perhaps heard that the reason we study our history, is so that we learn from the past and not make the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:1-4

Denomination: *other

Church - It's Not About You! (Part 1)

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Sep 12, 2004

Message attempting to take the focus off us and onto God and the unreached.

Church – It’s Not About You! (Part 1) Various Scriptures September 12, 2004 Introduction We’re setting aside our study of Matthew for a few weeks, because I want us to just cover something that is at the basis of what we are trying to accomplish as a church here at AWC. If you have been part of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:18

Denomination: Wesleyan

"Why Does God Allow Suffering

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Sep 12, 2004

Suffering is an all too common reality in our world. God permits suffering, obviously, but is He responsible for it?

CATM Sermon - “Why Does God Allow Suffering?” September 12, 2004 Sometimes it’s too easy to find illustrations to a sermon. Sometimes as a preacher you search and struggle to find stories from the community and stories from other places that help to make what you’re trying to say ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Example Of A Great Church Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Sep 20, 2004

A look at the church in Antioch of Syria and what made it a great church

SERIES: “LESSONS FROM THE EARLY CHURCH” TEXT: ACTS 11:19-29; 12:25-13:3; 14:26-28; 15:1-3 TITLE: “AN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT CHURCH: 9 Marks of a Great Church as Exemplified in the Church at Antioch” INTRODUCTION: A. What does being “great” mean? 1. The ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A New Commandment

Contributed by Roger Thompson on Jun 18, 2002

A sermon on the command of Jesus to love one another.

TOPIC: ?A New Commandment? TEXT: John 13:34-35 Here?s the scene, from the 13th chapter of the Gospel of John: Jesus and his disciples are in the Upper Room. It?s the Last Supper. Judas has already left to do his evil deed of betrayal. Jesus and the other eleven disciples are still at the ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35, Matthew 5:43-44

Denomination: Methodist

How To Lead An Unashamed Ministry

Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on Jun 26, 2002

We need to be careful that we don’t spend more time pondering over how we say something to the detriment of what we are trying to say.If we claim to be a Christian, then we had better act like Christians.

Sermon Title: How to Lead an Unashamed Ministry Sermon Text: 2 Timothy 2:14-26 Sunday Evening, July 16, 2000 Scripture Introduction: In our society there is much emphasis on what were the last words of a man before he dies. What is it in a persons life that would be so important that they would ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:14-26

Denomination: *other

Praise God For His Deliverance From Your Fears - Psa. 34:1-7

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 4, 2002

Praise God for His Deliverance From Your Fears - Psa. 34:1-7

Praise God for His Deliverance From Your Fears - Psa. 34:1-7 Quote: "Unbelief puts our circumstance between us and God, but faith puts God between us and our circumstances." F.B. Meyer We live in a world where many people allow themselves to be limited by their fears of hurt, disappointment or ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:1-7, Psalm 34:8-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Becoming A Loving Person Series

Contributed by Marty Baker on Jul 8, 2002

A message based on the fruit of the spirit with a primary concentration on Matthew 22:35-40. Pracitcally speaking, this message encourages people to love one another.

Series: Being the Best You Can Be Sermons: Becoming a Loving Person Dr. Marty Baker Matthew 22:35-40 June 23, 2002 www.stevenscreek.net Becoming a Loving Person Imagine that you have just been told you have only a few days to live. No chance the prognosis was wrong; no chance the files were ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23, Matthew 22:35-40

Denomination: Church Of God

Winning The Battle Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 9, 2002

After the defeat at Ai and Achan’s sin, God and the Israelites recommit to their covenant relationship.

Winning the Battle Joshua 8 Intro: War movies are a staple of our culture. There is always at least one playing at the theatre, often more than one. This past week I rented ¡§Black Hawk Down,¡¨ a true story of American soldiers in the Battle of Mogadishu trying to capture two Somalian ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 8:1-35

Denomination: Baptist

Good News About Hard Times Series

Contributed by Tim Bond on Jul 13, 2002

God takes the hard times of our lives and will use them to change us into the image of His Son if we will give them to Him.

Read Text: James 1:1-4, 12 Patriotic pride is at an all time high lately, and as we come to the 226th celebration of our nation’s birthday, you are going to be seeing the symbols of the US everywhere. Stars and stripes, fireworks and eagles are going to be all over the place in the weeks to come. ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Silence And Sin, Strength And Summer

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 14, 2002

Our lives have seasons like summer: heated, turbulent, conflicted. This is a result of unconfessed sin and of not listening to God’s priorities.

Every season of the year has its joys and its challenges. But God has ordained them all for the benefit of His creation. And every season of our lives has its joys and its challenges. Yet again God has ordained all these for the benefit of His people. Every season of the year is ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

God's Choice & Our Choices Series

Contributed by Tim Bond on Jul 15, 2002

Temptation offers us many choices that might distract us from serving God. We have the choice to follow God because of one ultimate choice God made on our behalf.

Recently I heard about a middle school in Oregon that faced a unique problem. It seems that a number of girls there were going into the bathrooms and putting on their lipstick. After they put it on their lips, they pressed their lips to the mirrors leaving dozens of little lip prints. I guess they ...read more

Scripture: James 1:13-18, Psalm 37:4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Pray Like A Righteous Man

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 30, 2002

James gives us the example of how to pray by referring back to Elijah’s prayer for rain. What did he do that we can copy in our prayers?

OPEN: A man by the name of Harold Lamb told this story of a sales presentation he made at a church board meeting: "My co-worker and I were making a sales call to a rural Baptist church. We gave our presentation to the church committee, and then the group’s chairman walked to the altar and knelt ...read more

Scripture: James 5:1-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Bridge Builder

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 1, 2002

We need bridge builders in the church today.

THE BRIDGE BUILDER By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Ecc. 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a three fold cord is not easy broken. Living Bible: Ecc. 4:12 And one standing alone can be attacked and defeated. But two can stand back to back and ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:12, Psalm 142:2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Knowing Jesus Impacts Others

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Aug 12, 2002

Once we know that God sees Jesus in us, that will have a dramatic impact on how we view others around us.

Knowing Jesus Impacts Others August 10, 2002 I hope you had a better week, this one just ending, than some have been, and that you were able to bask in the light of God’s view of yourself, because of understanding, more fully, how He views you. What we considered last week is very important- that ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:13-15, Ephesians 4:31-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational