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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
I love the 51st Psalm. It’s a very personal prayer of Confession - Self-Examination - A Cry For Forgiveness. I can really identify with the author of this Psalm. Not with what he did, but with his own sense and need for forgiveness.
TITLE: A CLEAN HEART IN A DIRTY WORLD SCRIPTURE: PSALM 51:1-12 Out of all the 150 Psalms, I believe this is one of the most heart wrenching of them all. It is a heart filled and genuine account of David’s guilty heart. There is no real need to enlarge the circumstances, the heading tells the ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 51:1-12
Denomination: Baptist
Explores the importance of repentance, forgiveness, and anticipation of Jesus' coming.
Good morning, beloved congregation. It is indeed a joy to be with you all today, gathered in the house of the Lord, ready to immerse ourselves in the boundless wisdom of His holy word. We are standing on the precipice of a powerful message today, one that resonates with the very core of our faith, ...read more
Scripture: Mark 1:1-8
Topics: Repentance, Forgiveness
Guilt holds you down, and guilt holds you back, and it doesn’t have to.
Getting Past Your Guilt From Your Past May 1, 2005 If we could somehow step on a scale today that measured the weight of our spiritual baggage, some of us would break the machine. So many people are groaning under the strain of the baggage in their spirits. That weight is called guilt. We all have ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:1
Denomination: Independent/Bible
God is ready to forgive all sinners and use them for His purposes; and God’s people must receive them, no matter the nature of their sin, for all have sinner and are forgiven. (Spools of scarlet thread were distributed for people to unroll and hold).
Soon through your hands will be passing a scarlet thread, a scarlet cord. I do not say a red cord, but a scarlet cord. Scarlet, you see, is a special kind of red color. The art books tell us that scarlet is a bright red with just a tinge of orange in it. And scarlet has some special ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 2:1-24
A look at the difficult command to love our enemies.
What “Love Your Enemy” Is. . . And Isn’t: - Matthew 5:44. a. It is not excusing their actions, - Often those who are our enemies have done things to us that have hurt us. Many people misunderstand Jesus’ command to forgive as a call to excuse their actions. - ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48
A sermon on the parable of the unmerciful servant from Matthew 18:21-35 (Many SermonCentral Contributors helped with this one along with an article in Bible Study Magazine)
Evening Service for 11/22/2009 Matthew 18:21-35 HoHum: A. I read a psychologist who said that Christians were very much like porcupines on a cold winter’s night. The cold drives them to huddle together to keep warm, but as soon as they get close to another they start jabbing each other with ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Praise and a humble spirit characterize the passion of those who experience the ongoing forgiving power of God.
The Passion of the Forgiven Griffith Baptist Church – 4/19/09 P.M. Service Text: Psalm 51:14-19 Key verse: Psalms 51:15 – O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. Premise: Praise and a humble spirit characterize the passion of those who experience the ongoing ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 51:14-19
Memorial Day sermon - "Remember" to remember those who gave their lives for freedom; what we should remember and not remember as followers of Jesus and what is the most important thing to remember.
Memorial Day - Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday which occurs every year on the final Monday of May. Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 8:9
Denomination: Nazarene
I think that if your going to try and dig up something on a person from God's pond that you are fishing from a private pond, you are on private property.
No Fishing Allowed - by Bishop Charles C Jones Micah 7:19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. When we “we confess our sins, [God] is faithful and just and will forgive us our ...read more
Scripture: Micah 7:19
Denomination: Pentecostal
Our Savior invites us to partake of his body and blood at his table as a proclamation of the forgiveness that is ours made possible through his death.
Maundy Thursday was a significant day in the life of our Savior. Many important things happened in Jesus’ life on this evening. On the first Maundy Thursday Jesus prayed to his Father so intensely that his sweat was as drops of blood. On this night our Savior was betrayed by Judas with a ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-28
Denomination: Lutheran
Discussion of what it means to be made Holy and Blameless by Christ
This is the second in a series looking at the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Christians at Ephesus. Last time we looked generally at the Spiritual blessings that Christ has won for us. We saw how these blessings are not material blessings, not blessings of worldly goods or of good health or ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-5
Denomination: Salvation Army
We’ve all heard the question, Who is my neighbor? But no one ask the question, ’Who is my enemy?’ Inside you will find out the answer to this question and may be surprised just who our real enemy is.
WHO IS YOUR ENEMY? ROMANS 12:14-21 Pastor Ryan Akers Warrenton Wesleyan Church Romans 12:14-21: 14Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them. 15When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad. 16Be friendly with everyone. Don’t ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:14-21
Denomination: Wesleyan
This is a sermon about the dangers of un-forgiveness and why we should forgive others. Feel free to use my personal story that is in this sermon.
There was a married couple that had many disagreements and heated arguments, but somehow the wife always stayed cool, calm and collected. One day her husband brought this to light and stated “When I get mad you, how come you never fight back, how do you control your anger so well?” The wife said: ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 18:21-22
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
There is no amount of works that can get you a pass into heaven. It is only by the blood of Christ, applied to a contrite heart,that we may be saved.
There is a great deal of differemce between the appearance of righteousness and the actual condition. Do you understand that pride is a major obsticle to salvation? The parable of the Pharisee and the publican is a good illustration of the difference between pride and true righteousness. The Word ...read more
Scripture: Luke 18:10-14
In the Pharisees' hammering out of the truth, they missed Jesus' point. The real question wasn’t, “How many are going to be saved?” The real question was, “Are you going to be saved?”
Intro Swollen and bloated with pride, convinced their conclusions were correct, the Jewish rabbis hunkered down to refute the other side. So who was the other side? They were other Jewish rabbis. Some of them were saying that everyone who was Jewish would be saved. Others were saying that only ...read more
Scripture: Luke 13:22-30
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