Sermons on Fowl And Fish:

Paying The Temple Tax Lesson 19 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 15, 2016

We must do what we are commanded to do even though we are not able to do it. God will do through us and begin only what only God can do.

A. INTRODUCTION: THE DILEMMA “On their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, ‘Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?’ ‘Yes, he does,’ Peter replied. Then he went into the house. But before he had a chance to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:24-27

Denomination: Baptist

Hardship: Something Smells Fishy Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on May 3, 2007

The thing that you think might do you in, may be the thing that saves you. What should have killed Jonah, saved him.

Sometimes what you think might do you in you, will be the one thing that saves you. Sometimes the worst possible thing that could happen to you – is exactly what you need. Sometimes the thing you fear, is the thing that will turn your life around. We see this with the prophet Jonah. He is thrown ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Part 3 - Deep Grace Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Sep 23, 2019

The incredible story of Jonah and the depth of God's grace

Grace Community Church, Winchester VA www.gracecommunity.com Watch this message at: https://youtu.be/pXQsyXd0fAw God’s grace can come in ways we least expect and take on forms that appear imposing, like a whale swallowing you up. Grace is often comforting but bringing you to a place of comfort may ...read more

Denomination: Brethren

Jesus In The Boat Of Your Life

Contributed by Tesh Njokanma on Aug 16, 2022

This sermon highlights the benefits of having Jesus, the Captain of our Salvation sail with us as we go through different situations and seasons of life.

Jesus is always looking for a ‘boat’ – a heart, a life, a ministry, a business, a family, a church, a nation to enter into. When Jesus got into Peter’s boat, Peter didn’t shut or shove Jesus out of his boat, he allowed Him in. Allowing Jesus into his boat, gave Peter a life-changing encounter with ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11, Matthew 8:23-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Peter The Rock And Roller Series

Contributed by Kevin Landis on Sep 20, 2007

Peter

Disciple 1 Peter The Rock and Roller Back in 1980, Denny Brauer was earning his living as a mason and pursuing his true passion on the side -- bass fishing. One day he revealed a desire that no doubt shocked his spouse to the core. He announced that he wanted to move from their home in Nebraska ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

Parable Of The Net Series

Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Jun 5, 2005

Part of the series on the Parables of Jesus - Parable of the Net

Parable of the Net – 7 When I was a kid growing up in North Queensland we had this holiday house on the beach at a place called Cardwell • We would spend most weekends up there playing on the beach, swimming, fishing, beach nut tree fights • The area had islands, rivers and mangrove swamps so it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:47-49

Denomination: Christian Church

Breakfast On The Beach

Contributed by Darren Rogers on Jul 11, 2007

Part 3 in a series "At the Master’s Table"

I. Old Habits – Verses 1 - 4 The disciples have once again found themselves in their old haunts. They left Jerusalem head back to their home town of Galilee. The feast of unleavened bread was over and they would not return to Jerusalem for a few weeks when they would be there for the feast of ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Call Me Maybe

Contributed by Charles Mims on Oct 7, 2012

Many receive the call of the Lord and choose not to follow Him. Looking at what it means to respond to that call, and the journey we choose as we practice faith and obedience to The Way.

Call Me Maybe September 30, 2012 Mark 1:16-20 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Calls His First Disciples 16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 17 “Come, follow ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:16-20

Denomination: Baptist

Reaching Out: The First Breakfast - 9 Of 14 Series

Contributed by Russell Metcalfe on Jan 28, 2021

God needs us to be bridge builders, people who will reach out. Jesus will meet with us at the place of reaching out in fellowship to one another within the church. And he certainly will meet with us at the place where we are willing to reach out to those who do not yet know this Savior.

April 26, 1998 Acts 9; John 21 Our God is a bridge builder. In all his thoughts and actions toward us he is reaching out to let us know that in this vast and mysterious universe we are not alone. In the first pages of scripture God is seen as looking for Adam and Eve in the Garden, calling, ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

More Than Enough PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 5, 2024

This sermon explores experiencing God's abundance, magnifying Jesus in our lives, and witnessing the multiplication of blessings through His involvement, using Luke 5:1-10 as a guide.

Grace to you and peace, brothers and sisters, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I am thrilled to stand before you today, not because of who I am, but because of who He is - Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, the one who abundantly showers us with His love, magnifies His presence in our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-10

Topics: Abundance, Sufficiency

#1 Filled With Power Series

Contributed by Robert Malcolm on Jan 8, 2025

I think, as followers of Jesus, just like the first disciple, we find ourselves wondering why God would leave us all alone … abandoned. But we are never really along … God has surrounded us with His family, the church and given us a great promised gift.

~ Intro: What do you do when you feel abandoned and alone. When I was 6 or 7 I was fishing with my father up in the mountains. It was beautiful, good fishing but dangerous because the country where we lives was in the middle of a revolutionary war and the area we were in was known to have rebels ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

What Will It Take?

Contributed by Robert Tallent on Jul 26, 2024

How much are we just like Jonah?

What will it take? Jonah 1:1-2 Intro: Jonah 1:10 Matt 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 1. Because of his Reasoning? 1:2 ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Dangerous Catch

Contributed by Steve Ely on Jul 24, 2012

We all have been blessed but when was the last tiime we were so blessed that it almost destroyed us?

Dangerous Catch I. Introduction I am excited today to share the Word with you. The passage of Scripture that I am going to share with you is not new. It has been preached and repreached! However, while I was away doing a camp I was sitting on the porch of the little dorm room I was staying in this ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:1-7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fishers Of Men Series

Contributed by Rule Digal on Mar 13, 2006

At one point of our lives, Jesus came by and we heard His call to follow Him.We responded and followed Him. But it did not end there –Jesus had a plan, just like to these four disciples we have in our text, a very wonderful plan to make us “fishers of men

Theme: Fishers of Men Text: Mark 1: 16-20 INTRODUCTION: A. One day, when Peter and Andrews, James and John were on their usual work as ordinary fishermen, Jesus came by the shore of Galilee and called them to follow Him with a promise to make them “fishers of men”. They never expected that ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:16-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Second Of Four Things That Will Change Your Life...obedience 3 Series

Contributed by Clayton Beck on Jan 16, 2009

When we are obedient to what God wants us to do…He will open doors that seem impossible for us to be opened.

Four Things that will Change Your Life…2c…Obedience Over the past couple of weeks we have discussed obedience. We talked about the obedience of Noah doing all that God commanded him, even when it all seemed too much to accomplish. Last week we began talking about Jonah. And, that he was ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational