Sermons on Formula For Failure:

Happy, Happy, Happy!

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on May 6, 2013

A sermon that helps us to see the true path to happiness in life.

“Happy, Happy, Happy!” Philippians 3:13-14 Philippians 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Baptist

God Honoring Marriage

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 9, 2013

A sermon on marriage from Jesus at Matthew 19:3-6

HoHum: Sonja R. Ely- I was watching my 5 year old granddaughter Christy play with her dolls. At one point, she “staged” a wedding, her being the bride and her teddy bear was the groom. She picked him up and said to the “minister” presiding over the wedding, “Now you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:3-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Principles Of Multiplication

Contributed by Jay Mccluskey on Dec 31, 2011

A sermon based on the story of the fishes and the loaves, noting principles about the way Jesus multiplies things in our world.

PRINCIPLES OF MULTIPLICATION School days, school days. Dear old golden rule days Readin' and 'ritin' and 'rithmetic. Taught to the tune of the hickory stick We do not use hickory sticks in schools today. But school was not that way when Gus Edwards and Will D. Cobb composed that little tune in ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Mystery Of God’s Plan Revealed (4) Series

Contributed by Herbert Armstrong Bosantog on Nov 7, 2012

What is a MYSTERY? A MYSTERY is like a rose bud that when it begins to sprout, the REAL BEAUTY of the ROSE is exposed. The same manner, when the MYSTERY of God’s PLAN is REVEALED, it becomes so WONDERFUL and MAGNIFICENT that catches our SOUL. You will SEE

“Now to Him that is of POWER to ESTABLISH you according to MY GOSPEL, and THE PREACHING of Jesus Christ, according to the REVELATION OF THE MYSTERY, which was KEPT SECRET SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN.” (Romans 16:25) A REVELATION of God’s Word makes the PURPOSE and PLAN of God CRYSTAL CLEAR. “The LIGHT ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:25

Denomination: *other

Bringing People To Jesus

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Nov 10, 2012

In our text there's only one follower of Jesus, but he finds someone who found someone, and they each brought someone to Jesus, who in turn did the same. Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

Bringing People to Jesus John 1:35-51 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/BringToJesus.html Our missionaries in NYC are seeing some great ministry right now, reaching out to those suffering in their area from the storm damage. People are guarding their possessions in their driveways. Looters have ...read more

Scripture: John 1:35-51

Denomination: Baptist

Faith Without Works

Contributed by David Mcnally on May 27, 2012

We are sinners saved by grace through faith but how can we prove it, how can we show it? By our words, actions and attitudes, in all of which people, especially non-believers, should see Christ in us.

James 2: 17 Sermon – Faith without works is dead Let us pray: May the words of my mouth ….. What do we have to do to get to Heaven? – FAITH. As the writer of Hebrews put it in chapter 11 verse 6: “Without faith it is IMPOSSIBLE to please God”. What is ...read more

Scripture: James 2:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Can Escape The Horrors Of A Place Called Hell

Contributed by John Lowe on Jul 1, 2012

God is sowing His Word in human hearts and looking for fruit. He is sowing His people in the world where they can produce a harvest. At the end of the age, He will separate the true from the false and the good from the bad.

You Can Escape the Horrors of a Place Called Hell God is sowing His Word in human hearts and looking for fruit. He is sowing His people in the world where they can produce a harvest. At the end of the age, He will separate the true from the false and the good from the bad. The reference here, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Sheep And Goats

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Aug 21, 2013

One day the Lord will separate the sheep from the goats. One day we will answer to God for our actions and our decisions.

Sheep and Goats Matthew 25:31-25:46 Introduction- Please turn to Matthew 25:31-25:46. This chapter is a conclusion to what they call the Olivet Discourse in which Jesus reveals the truth of His second coming, and the gathering of believers and the judgment of the wicked and the lost. The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Nazarene

In The Name Of! Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Aug 30, 2012

A study of the Gospel of Mark 9: 38 – 41

Mark 9: 38 – 41 In The Name Of! 38 Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:38-41

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Law Of Love Series

Contributed by David Smith on Nov 18, 2008

But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord you

We’re in Matthew 22, and Jesus is brawling! To be exact, we’re in the last round of a three-round brawl, where over the chapter in Matthew’s Gospel we’ve seen Jesus do battle with a group known as ‘the Herodians’, followed by a round with the Sadducees, followed by this week’s third and deciding ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Action And Reaction

Contributed by Lew Slade on Dec 22, 2008

Why is it that we so often look for the negative in situations and fall back on fault-finding and grumbling?

Action and Reaction I am not a scientist by any stretch of the imagination but I have, for some unknown reason, always remembered since my school-going days Sir Isaacs Newton’s third law of motion. I know that all of you are thoroughly familiar with it – but just in case you’ve momentarily ...read more

Scripture: John 6:25-51

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

How's Your Love Life Series

Contributed by Mark Perryman on Jan 11, 2008

Looking at a church that has lost it’s first love

INTRO: How’s your love life? Take a poll on how long honeymoons last (answer by a show of hands). -How many think a honeymoon lasts one year, 6 months, 3 months, 1 month, 2 weeks, 1 day. Saying: Some say the honeymoon is the period of time when you say "I do". .& you better. ex couple watching TV, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Dead Church Series

Contributed by Mark Perryman on Jan 11, 2008

Looking at the 5th church in Revelation

INTRO: Clayton Carpenter, one of the first casualties of Dessert Storm, was a helicopter pilot shot down was listed as KIA (killed in action). After the war, prisoners were released and Clayton Carpenter was one of them. As soon as he was freed, he called his mom back home in Kansas. Called, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Glimpses Into Hell Series

Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008

Last sermon in a series focusing on eternity. Hell is very real. This is sobering message on Hell reality. Bill Weise’s book "23 minutes in Hell" was used as a resource for this sermon

Glimpses into Hell Series: Driven by Eternity Sunday Sermon / September 30th 2007 Intro: The reality of hell is one of the most neglected doctrines in all of Scripture. Whenever hell is mentioned today, it is generally ridiculed, as if the whole idea of hell were so old-fashioned that only the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hindrances To Prayer Series

Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Jan 24, 2008

Do you know that your prayers are heard. There are some things that will stop your prayers from being heard.

Hindrances to Prayer We have been in a study of How to get prayers answered. We have looked at several things about prayer that all must be taken together for the proper results. If we had preached them all together we would have been here a long time and that is why we are on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God