Sermons on Finding Mercy:

What To Do When Your Ship Is Sinking! Series

Contributed by Winson Butler on Apr 13, 2004

God never promised a life without hurt. However, He has promised hope to all in need. Find that needed hope He has promised in the following example!

What To Do When Your Ship Is Sinking! St. Mark 4:35-41 Introduction I. I was in need of a little encouragement when I discovered this little piece of advice from an unknown source, "Don’t wait for your ship to come in...SWIM out to meet it!" I guess there’s a lot ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Baptist

More Than A Job, Its An Adventure

Contributed by Tammy Garrison on May 7, 2002

Expectations from employees of the workplace has changed over the last 50 years. This sermon addresses how we find meaning to the chaotic work world we are in.

Bibliography: Culture Shifts, lesson 7; sermon illustrations, work The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their source of income. The terms of the labor contract, working conditions, and the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:10-22

Denomination: Methodist

To Simple To Accept

Contributed by Fred Edwards on Sep 29, 2001

As Naaman found the cure for leporsey to simple and to cheap, so do many people today find the "grace" of God to simple and to cheap. Cheap for us - a great sacrifice for God!

To Simple to Accept 2 Kings 5:1-15 Our Condition v1) Naaman - good man; accomplished a lot; honorable position; the perfect man, except, he was a leper; he had a problem; he was imperfect. Many people are good folks; good mother, father, provider; upstanding in the community; appear to be the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

Escape Hatch

Contributed by Joe Harding on Apr 18, 2001

Our text this day speaks of finding the escape hatch. Death is not inevitable! We must, like Dmitry Kolesnikov, keep hope alive. There is a way out of this delima/temptation.

ESCAPE HATCH I CORINTHIANS 10: 1-13 NOVEMBER 5, 2000 INTRODUCTION: (Mount Holly Pageant/temptation) THE KURSK: 118 SAILORS DIED IS SUB SINKING: READ PRINT OUTS TRANSITION THOUGHT: Our text this day speaks of finding the escape hatch. Death is not inevitable! We must, like Dmitry Kolesnikov, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

What Not To Wear

Contributed by John Mayes on Jan 17, 2006

Why would a king invite the good and the bad to a formal party and then reject one of his guest because he was not dressed as well as the others? Click here and find out!

What not to wear. The Learning Channel, (TLC) has a program where a person gets picked to come on their show and receive $5,000.00 to use on a complete fashion makover. There is one catch: The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:1-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Revival In The Holy Spirit

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Feb 4, 2006

When we purposely do not grieve the Holy Spirit, we are acting within the confines of a disciple, and we shall find revival in our souls. EPH. 4:30

I want to share one verse with you tonight. It is a short verse, but I think it might be among the most important verses found in the New Testament. EPHESIANS 4:30 – ‘And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit, who sealed you for the day of redemption.’ We are told in the Word of God not to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:30

Denomination: *other

Friendship 101

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 18, 2004

Things to do in preparation for a Friend Day service. 1- We must pray and believe 2- We must find and bring 3- We must befriend and listen

INTRO.- Math 101, English 101, Speech 101, History 101, etc.. You name it and it’s out there. But what we are talking about? 101 is a term when referring to an introductory course of some subject or the basic knowledge of some subject. Here is an example of what I would call Atheism 101. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Committing A G-Rated Marriage Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 22, 2006

My original premise for this sermon was "strong Christian marriages are built upon the commitment the Christian has to their marriage" - but I don’t believe that anymore... find out why.

OPEN: In our series of building a G-rated home in an R-rated world, one of the things we need to realize is that much of what we’ve come to believe about marriage has come from those who teach an “R-rated” view of how married people ought to think. God’s view of marriage is far different than this ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Seven Habits The Church Needs

Contributed by Richard White on Aug 25, 2005

Steve Covey wrote a book about the habits of Successful people. The Church needs to have these type of habits. What attracts people to churches, it is habits of people that they find attractive.

Seven Habits Churches Need Romans 15:1 ff RO 15:1 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: "The ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Surprising Cross!

Contributed by John Gullick on Mar 30, 2005

A sermon that looks at the cross and it’s impact on our lives.Concludes with a little poem that you might find helpful - I wrote it so it isn’t Wordsworth.

The surprising Cross We live in the twenty first century. There are things that we value in this culture and things that we don’t. One of the most least desirable things to have in your neighbourhood is a prison. Nothing is more likely to drop your property values than the building of a prison ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:27-54

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Backfiring Schemes Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on May 20, 2005

What happens when everyone does the wrong thing? We find that in this chapter - and how God gets His way despite our best efforts to mess up!

Do you ever find a situation where absolutely everybody does the wrong thing - and yet God still gets His way? That’s what we find in Genesis 27. Everyone - Isaac, Essau, Jacob, and Rebekah - all have plans they want hatched and so they go about trying to maneuver God’s blessing to their benefit. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 27:1-46

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

New Testament Teaching With Roots In Zechariah

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 18, 2000

Find many fasicinating New Testament truths couched within Zechariah regarding both the first and second comings of Christ and His present ministry in heaven as our intercessor.

So many dear and central New Testament doctrines are contained in the Old Testament. The Old Testament is the New concealed, the New Testament is the Old revealed. Unlike many topical sermons which pull verses out of context, we have here foundations of familiar New Testament verses. It is ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Enoch: A Faith That Sustains.

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Oct 28, 2005

One of the most interesting characters you find in the Word of God is a man by the name of Enoch. Interesting in many ways; for he was born before the flood but never died in the flood.

Fabulous faith #02 Enoch: a faith that sustains. Hebrews 11:5 10/30/05 One of the most interesting characters you find in the Word of God is a man by the name of Enoch. Interesting in many ways; for he was born before the flood but never died in the flood. As a matter of fact, he has never died ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:5

Denomination: Baptist

The Ideal God Series

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 4, 2005

I would suggest that (today) modern man certainly knows how to look for, find and worship the false gods of this world without having to use a hammer or chisel.

THE IDEAL GOD Text: Exodus 20:1 thru 6 There is a Bible story (found in the book of II Kings) that illustrates for us what can happen when the people of God look for (or try to create) THE IDEAL GOD. The story is about a very young king, named Hezekiah, and how he brought the backsliden nation ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Resolving Church Conflict Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Feb 14, 2006

What does an argument that took place 2000 years ago between two ladies have to do with our church here today? We will find out plenty.

A few years ago I was talking to a minister that told me the story of his church. He said that at one time the place where the church is located was very heavily populated. It went through a period of depopulation. There were two churches in the area but as people left neither church could afford a ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-3

Denomination: Baptist