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A New Name

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 5, 2003

based on 214 ratings

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As we think about the new year, we need to see that: 1. God is always doing a new thing. 2. Only God can bring about real change. 3. God’s new name for us means a new beginning.

I love to read the comics, and one of my favorites used to be “Calvin and Hobbes.” Calvin and Hobbes are talking about the new year when Calvin says, “I’m getting disillusioned with these new years. They don’t seem very new at all Each new year is just like the old year Here another year has ...read more

Scripture: John 1:25-42

Denomination: Methodist

A Mother's Faith

Contributed by Matthew Sickling on May 14, 2007

based on 10 ratings

| 11,689 views

This is a mother’s day sermon that focusses on the Gentile mother whose daughter was possessed by an evil spirit.

Title: "A Mother’s Faith" Text: Mark 7:24-30, (Matthew 15:21-28) Date: May 13, 2007 (Mother’s Day) Location: Sulphur Spring Baptist Church Today is Mother’s Day, the day we set aside each year to recognize and honor our Mothers. Now since I’m obviously not a mother, I don’t know what kind of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:24-30

Denomination: Baptist

Holiness: A Culture Or A Lifestyle?

Contributed by Steve Greene on Jan 14, 2008

based on 26 ratings

| 12,674 views

This message looks at eight characteristics we often find in holiness culture and then contrasts them with the characteristics of an authentic holy life.

Holiness: A Culture or a Lifestyle? Christianity has an image problem in America today. Many, who are outside the church, are convinced that lifestyle does not line up with beliefs for the average churchgoer. As a result, Christians have acquired a hypocritical image. The perception of those ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:14

Denomination: Nazarene

The Point Of No Return Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 19, 2007

based on 2 ratings

| 4,461 views

Joshua, Pt. 2

THE POINT OF NO RETURN (JOSHUA 2:1-24) Worldwide Challenge, the Campus Crusade magazine, published an inspiring and heartfelt testimony of a former monk named Yuttasak Nok Sirikul. Sirikul was a dutiful son who had been a monk four times even before entering college, a few months each time, in ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Woman's Place Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 20, 2007

based on 4 ratings

| 6,777 views

Judges. Pt. 1

A WOMAN’S PLACE (JUDGES 4) Eleven people were hanging on a rope under a helicopter, ten men and one woman. The rope was not strong enough to carry them all, so they decided that one had to leave, Because otherwise they were all going to fall. They weren't able to choose that person, until the ...read more

Scripture: Judges 4:1-22

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Popularity

Contributed by Rick Thiessen on Sep 19, 2007

| 1,029 views

Our world is obsessed with outer beauty and poplarity, but the Bible has something to say about stucturing our lives to be about "the crowd"

SE090907 3QUELS 1 Shrek - Popularity TITLE SLIDE If you went to our Visioncast retreat 2 weeks ago, you remember our speaker Tim Bergmann, buddy of mine from college. Well, last month he tells me about a bunch of pictures of himself with these really cool cars. Their church did a fund raiser ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Abram's Horror Of Great Darkness. Series

Contributed by Fredric Lozo on Oct 2, 2004

based on 9 ratings

| 6,080 views

This Sermon (#5) is from the Rev. Andrew Lee’s SERMONS published in 1803 by Isaiah Thomas,Jr. at Lisbon, Connecticut. Transcribed by Fredric Lozo, October 2004.

INTRODUCTION: The entire book Andrew’s Lee’s Sermons is available free at Project Gutenberg as e-Text #15031. SERMON V. Abrams Horror of great Darkness. Genesis xv.12. "And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him." IF we ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Committed To Doing Something Part Ii

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 30, 2006

based on 158 ratings

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1- Committed to encouraging 2- Committed to contributing 3- Committed to leading 4- Committed to demonstrating mercy

INTRO.- ILL.- Lawyer and statesman Daniel Webster was a powerful orator who gave early evidence of his quick mind and his way with words. One day Webster’s father, who was to be absent from the home, left Daniel and his brother Ezekiel specific work instructions. But on his return he found the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:6-8, Romans 12:6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Troublemakers

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jul 9, 2001

based on 65 ratings

| 5,707 views

There are troublemakers in our own lives which need to be dealt with.

THE TROUBLEMAKERS INTRO.- ILL.- An evangelist was speaking in a meeting when a heckler shouted, “Listen to him! And his father used to drive a wagon led by a donkey.” “That’s right,” said the evangelist, “and today my father and the wagon are gone. But I see we still have the donkey with ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Pathway To Being A Christian Encourager

Contributed by John Gullick on Mar 6, 2007

based on 6 ratings

| 7,951 views

A sermon that looks at three steps for being an encourager. 1. identity in god. 2 Overcoming discouragement 3. encouraging. Borrows heavily from David wilkinson on point 2

The Pathway to being an encourager. Encouragement. HEB 3:12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:12-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Will We Be Blessed By God Or Be A Disappointment To God Series

Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 27, 2005

based on 7 ratings

| 8,224 views

Looking at who God blesses and why

Will we be blessed by God or be a disappointment to God? – Luke 6:17-26 Gladstone Baptist Church – 28/11/04 am "Most people who call themselves Christian would not follow Jesus if he returned today. His teachings were, after all, very radical - love your enemies, turn the other cheek, shelter the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-21

Denomination: Baptist

Characters Will Be Disclosed, And Justice Awarded. Series

Contributed by Fredric Lozo on Dec 24, 2004

based on 4 ratings

| 2,695 views

This Sermon is #16 from Rev. Andrew Lee’s SERMONS published in 1803 by Isaiah Thomas, Jr. at Lisbon, Connecticut.

INTRODUCTION: The entire book Andrew’s Lee’s Sermons is available free at Project Gutenberg as e-Text #15031. SERMON XVI. Characters will be disclosed, and Justice awarded. 1 Corinthians iv.5 "--Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both wilt bring to light the hidden ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Getting Past The Glitter #4 - "Living" Differently About Christmas Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 28, 2004

based on 20 ratings

| 4,722 views

Last in Christmas series, this one about living with a Christmas attitude throughout the year.

Getting Past the Glitter #4 - "Living" Differently about Christmas Romans 12:2, Philippians 2:3-8 December 26, 2004 Introduction Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents’ house the week before Christmas. At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:3-8

Denomination: Wesleyan

7 Stars 7 Lampstand Series

Contributed by David Scudder on Aug 24, 2008

based on 1 rating

| 5,135 views

Beautiful buildings do not make a church. The important question is, “What is God doing here?”

7 Stars 7 Lampstands Revelation 1:19-20 Purpose: To display Christ as the light of the world. Aim: I want the listener to look for ways to spread the light of Christ. INTRODUCTION: Beautiful buildings do not make a church. A tour group was going through Westminster Abbey. [ Pictures of ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:19-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Don't Be Fooled By Appearances Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 7, 2007

based on 69 ratings

| 23,713 views

The Israelites had returned from captivity to find their city and their temple in ruins. They rebuilt what they could, but they became despondant because they weren’t wealthy enough to restore the temple to its former glory. However, God gave them insight

OPEN: An old farmer was about to die and he called his 2 sons to his bedside. He said, "Boys, my farm and the fields are yours. You each have equal shares. I leave you a little ready money, but the bulk of my wealth is hidden somewhere in the ground of the farm. I’m not sure anymore quite where it ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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