Sermons on First Things:

Jesus Said "It Is Finished Not I Am Finished!" Series

Contributed by Phillip Frye on Apr 7, 2012

Jesus is still Alive and doing things for all of us!

1. Living before God Our Father Before I got saved from my sins, I lived in fear of eternal Hell knowing God was seeing all I ever do or did! I didn't want God to see what I was doing and I wanted to continue to do those things. They made me feel good and I was having fun doing them. That all ...read more

Scripture: John 11:29-35

Denomination: Pentecostal

"How Does Your Garden Grow?"

Contributed by David Henderson on Aug 24, 2015

Patience is a difficult thing to get. We must practice..

How Does Your Garden Grow? OBJECTS: Packages of garden seeds. THEME: Waiting patiently upon God. SCRIPTURE: But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. Romans 8:25 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:25

Denomination: Baptist

To Be Missional Is To Go And Make Disciples

Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009

Second sermon in the second part of an initial 2009 series, ‘2 Things 2 B in 09’

When I started writing this sermon, I noticed in my notes that I had written down a question for each of this month’s sermons with the intention of asking it at some point in the sermon. Well, I failed to do so last week and so it is with that question we begin this week’s message. (Slide 1) What ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 24:47

Denomination: Church Of God

Liberty In Jesus Or Free To Do What? Series

Contributed by David Welch on May 17, 2018

Message 45 in our exposition of Romans. This if the first of two messages dealing with our Christian liberty.

Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Free to Do What” Romans 14:1-15:12 with other selected passages Review Last time we blitzed through 35 verses of instruction regarding how we should respond to those whose convictions lead them to different conclusions and practice. See last week’s ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:10-14, Galatians 5:2-15

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Jesus The Resurrected King Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002

Four things we find in the fact that Jesus is Alive - life, love, hope, and power

Jesus the Resurrected King March 31, 2002 Intro: Every year thousands of people climb a mountain in the Italian Alps, passing the "stations of the cross" to stand at an outdoor crucifix. One tourist noticed a little trail that led beyond the cross. He fought through the rough thicket and, to his ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:14, 1 Corinthians 15:14-23, 1 Corinthians 16:20-28

Denomination: Baptist

Fix Your Mind On These

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jun 21, 2013

To enumerate the things needed for your mind to fix on.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you have a mind? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To enumerate the things needed for your mind to fix on. IV. TEXT: Philippians 4:8 (Amplified Bible) For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Kingdom And The End. Series

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Mar 22, 2002

A simple look at end time things: the ’consumation of the Kingdom’

The kingdom and the end. Lk 17:20-38 WBC 17/3/2 am 1) SIMPLE? v20 We’re looking at the KOG and the ‘end of the world’, here Many think = simple! Can extrapolate a text… the texts… revn - get chronology - work out exactly what’s gonna happen, when My experience is- this is NOT simple! - think ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:20-38

Denomination: Baptist

God Keeps Us When Death Is In The Way

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jun 13, 2005

When things seem bad remeber God is in Control

The African King The story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, "This is good!" One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:17-24

Denomination: Wesleyan

Pondering The Paradox Of Christmas

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Dec 13, 2006

There are many great truths in the Christian faith that are paradoxes - Mary was the first to ponder the great truth of the incarnation.

Pondering the Paradox of Christmas (note: this sermon was delivered at Maranatha Christian Fellowship, Nevada, MO) December 10, 2006 Luke 2:8-19 (NIV) 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Unity Of The Believers

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jun 24, 2018

What if a church lived like the first church? What would that look like? Can we be such a church today?

The Unity of the Believers Psalm 133 Acts 4:32-35 1 John 1 and 1 John 2:3-6 Message: Opening Reading: Luke 24:36-49 This past week was for so many of us a week of celebration and affirmation. We belong to those who are called Christians or in a larger context “The Church”. We recognize only ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-35, 1 John 2:3-6, Luke 24:36-49

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Made For So Much More

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Aug 28, 2024

The first several verses of Ecclesiastes capture this reality well and sum it up in one word: Futility.

Have you ever been disappointed with your life? Has there ever been a time in your life where you found yourself saying, “What’s the use?” Life can do that to us. We work hard—at our job, at our ministry, at school, on our relationships. And then comes that time when you stop, and look it all ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Handling Marital Differences

Contributed by Yewande Olowookere on Feb 10, 2022

Marriage is ordained by God which its a spiritual thing.

It’s hard to guess how many arguments could be prevented if couples would simply pray about their differences and let them go. This is hard to do, since most of us want to be “right” and justify our behavior. Differences are usually what attract partners to one another. Agreeing to disagree, when ...read more

Scripture: Amos 3:3

When He Was On The Cross, You Were On His Mind Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Jan 29, 2018

Four important things that happened when Jesus was crucified.

INTRODUCTION It’s been my joy to lead hundreds of Holy Land visitors to a cliff outside Jerusalem that looks like the face of a skull. You can see indentions in the rock that look like the eye sockets of a skull. Even after twenty centuries of erosion, the cliff still resembles a skull. And many ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:21-39

Denomination: Baptist

4 Essentials Of An Effective Church

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Sep 17, 2016

A sermon examining 4 things that are necessary for a church to be effective.

4 Essentials Of An Effective Church Acts 16:6-10 Effectiveness is "the degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result". You can have a business and not have an effective business... Just ask the owners of Radio Shack. You can have a sports team and not have an effective ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-10

Denomination: Baptist

Feast Or Famine

Contributed by Judith Hand on Jan 14, 2015

The ONE THING we need is to feast on the Word of God

Feast or Famine? Amos 8:1-12 Luke 10:38-42 Colossians 1:15-28 As is my usual preaching or teaching style… I want us to take a look at each of the passages from our readings today in Amos, Colossians and Luke to see the complete teaching. So here we go, let’s dig in! In ...read more

Scripture: Amos 8:1-12

Denomination: Methodist