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Birth Pains

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Feb 1, 2024

This message unpacks Jesus teaching about how to live as his coming approaches and the church is challenged and persecuted by the secular and pagan culture.

Title: “Birth Pains” Text: Matthew 24:1-14 (The Olivet Discourse) Subject: How do we live for Christ as the age moves toward his return? Complement: We live wisely, fearlessly, courageously, devotedly, missionally…with endurance inspired by his coming. Big Idea; Jesus calls us to faithfulness as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:1-14, 1 Timothy 4:1-3, 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sitting On The Fence

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Sep 30, 2024

A first person narrative sermon from the perspective of Gamaliel.

Title: Sitting on the Fence Text: Acts 5:12 Subject: How Did The Sanhedrin Decide To Spare The Lives Of The Apostles? Complement: By Waiting To See If God Was Involved Big Idea: I'm trying to decide what to believe about Jesus. The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:12-42, Acts 22:3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Signed, Sealed And Delivered

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Oct 22, 2024

A funeral sermon about the guarantee of resurrection.

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-26. Subject; What does Jesus’ resurrection tell us about our inevitable(impending) death? Compliment; his resurrection is the first fruits of our resurrection! Big idea; Jesus’ resurrection is the guarantee of our resurrection! Introduction/attention - Pastor Earl had ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Always Persecuted Church

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 11, 2024

A message about the first martyr Stephen and the ongoing persecution of the church

Title: “The Always Persecuted Church” Text: Acts 6:8 - 7:60 and 8:1-4 Subject: How does the church react to the stoning of Stephen & subsequent widespread persecution? Complement: …by spreading the word wherever they went. Big idea: _________________________. Persecution becomes a pathway to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:54-60, Acts 8:1, Acts 11:19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Christmas In Heaven Or Cosmic Christmas

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 25, 2024

A Christmas message about the spiritual reality from Revelation 12

Revelation 12 - The Woman and the Dragon 12 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: an ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:1-17, Philippians 2:5-11, John 1:14

Denomination: Pentecostal

"The Barrier Breaker"

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 27, 2010

Jesus tears down barriers of all kinds

“Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were), 3 He left Judea and went away again into Galilee. 4 And He had to pass through Samaria. 5 So He ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-26

Denomination: Orthodox

What's Your Limitation

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 29, 2012

Life is not fair. We are all limited by something in life, but that's not a reason to simply allow that limitation to keep us from becoming what God wants us to be.

What’s Your Limitation? Glenville 6/24/2012 Hebrews 11:32-40 Text Mark 10:46-52 As you have gone through your life, have you ever said “wait a minute that’s not fair? Have you ever secretly desired the success of others. The quickest to discouragement is to compare ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

21 Methods Of Having A Ministry Of Healing According To James 5:14-18

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2001

By faith claim promises that express your belief in God to work restoration, revival, and renewal through His healing

Suggestions For Having a Ministry of Healing According to James 5:14-18 1. Seek the will of God for healing in the context of His greater purposes in scripture. These will include evangelism, discipleship, spiritual maturity, the fruits of the Spirit, and the growth of His church qualitatively and ...read more

Scripture: James 5:14-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

To Have Endurance For This Life You Have To Keep Your Eyes Focused On Jesus

Contributed by Ernest Canell on Jan 23, 2001

runinng the race with endurance

Intro- prayer – open your bibles with me to; Hebrews 12: 1-3 “ Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3

Denomination: *other

The Lazarus Man

Contributed by Wayde Wilson on Mar 17, 2001

Easter, Jesus

The message of Easter is the central theme of Christianity: Jesus Christ has power over death, hell and the grave! Illustr. – Christian and Muslim sitting together on a plane. (LAZARUS) John 11:21-26; 38-44 (READ) Now that is one awesome, true story! One of the events I would like to have seen ...read more

Scripture: John 11:21-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

In Worship As In Life, Part 2

Contributed by Dana Chau on Aug 30, 2001

Biblical Ingredients from the Songs of Ascents to Prepare for True Worship of God.

Psalms 120, 128, 132 (If you feel this sermon is helpful, you are welcome to visit www.danachau.com for a free online course.) Last Sunday, we saw that in worship as in life, preparation makes the difference between success and failure. Most of us want to succeed in school, in work, in marriage, ...read more

Denomination: *other

Big Fat Liar

Contributed by Nate Barbour on Feb 2, 2004

Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth...and get some help doing it with this sermon about honesty.

Big Fat Liar Secrets for Telling the Truth 10/22/03 I. Introduction Clip – beginning where J Jason Shepherd is a "serial" liar. He always has excuses for his homework, that is until he gets busted! He has one last chance to turn in a story or face the terror of Summer School (every student’s worst ...read more

Scripture: John 8:32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spirit Of Infirmity

Contributed by Martin Scarce on Dec 3, 2002

What hinders God’s church and God’s people from serving God? In Luke 13:10-17 we will consider the Proper Interpretation, the Prophetic Interpretation and the Personal Interpretation.

The Spirit of Infirmity Introduction – Luke 13:10-17 This passage can be interpreted three ways: 1) The Proper Interpretation 2) The Prophetic Interpretation 3) The Personal Interpretation I. The Proper Interpretation By the proper interpretation I am referring to what really happened in this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Baptist

Simeon's Eyes And Mary's Heart

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Dec 23, 2002

The blessings of Simeon by the Spirit and the love of Mary.

I am not a traditionalist in some things as you can probably imagine. The traditional way to write a sermon is to find your biblical text, write the sermon and then pick the title. I work a bit backwards; I come up with the title, find the text and then write the sermon. Sometimes that gets me ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 12:2-6, Luke 2:21-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Dealing With A Giant

Contributed by William Neel on Jan 14, 2003

How to deal with the problems of life and gain the victory.

DEALING WITH A GIANT I SAMUEL 17 INTRODUCTION Overheard one employee at a health club speaking to another at the beginning of the new year. “It will be busy for the next couple of weeks but then things will be back to normal”. There is a person with an understanding of their culture. But isn’t ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-50

Denomination: Baptist