Sermons on fringes: showing 121-135 of 978

Diy Disasters

Contributed by Michael Treston on May 8, 2002

builiding hazards and who to avoid them

DIY disasters – the hazards of building with the wrong equipment If your lucky you can make a hash of it and the experts will come in. Reason for failure- underestimated what’s involved and how much it’s going to cost. Then they invariably get fed up with the lack of progress.. it’s a downward ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:2-10

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Colors Of Redemption

Contributed by Tommy Hames on Aug 15, 2002

A brief study into the four main colors God instructed Moses to use inside the tabernacle in the wilderness.

November 24, 2001 THE COLORS OF REDEMPTION Exodus 39:1-5,8,22-25 INTRODUCTION God instructed Moses to build a tabernacle in the wilderness. He gave specific instructions for the tabernacle and for the clothing the priests were to wear. The clothing was to be of predominantly gold, blue, purple ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 39:1-25

Denomination: Baptist

A Woman, A Crowd, And Jesus

Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Nov 27, 2001

Don’t Judge

“A WOMAN, A CROWD, AND JESUS” JOHN 8:1-11 INTRODUCTION: TO BE CONDEMING AND JUDGEMENTAL OF OTHERS AND NOT OURSELVES, IS AN ACT OF GROSS HYPOCRISY. WHEN IN REALITY IF THE TRUTH WERE TOLD, MANY OF US ARE JUST AS GUILTY THAN THE ONE THAT WE CONDEMN. FURTHERMORE, WHEN ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

United In Faith And Mission Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jun 17, 2006

Once we are firmly established in God’s powerful, life giving grace, we are then able to walk before others--as brothers and sisters in Christ united in our faith and in our mission.

Ephesians 4:1-16 “United in Faith and Mission” INTRODUCTION Some people have described the Christian life as not difficult, but impossible. I think we can agree that without the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives, we would not be able to live in faithful obedience to God and experience ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

Denomination: Lutheran

Love Heals Your Heart

Contributed by Philip Cunningham Iii on Dec 16, 2007

A message of thanksgiving & the heart-healing power of love to motivate the broken-hearted & un-loved to come and accept the love that God has for them.

Love Heals Your Heart Sunday AM – Lynn Haven Church – 11/18/07 FOCUS: • Thanksgiving • Love Heals Your Heart FUNCTION: • To motivate the broken-hearted & un-loved to come and accept the love God has for them. A. Pleasantries B. I look forward to have lunch with you today. 1. Call it our ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 3:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Part 2 - Matthew 12:5-7 - Does Scott Rush Deserve Mercy? Do I? Series

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 17, 2010

Scott Rush is one of four Australians who were arrested in Bali in 2005, with about 8kg of heroin strapped to his thighs. He was found guilty of a capital crime. DOES SCOTT RUSH DESERVE MERCY? What has this got to do with keeping the Sabbath?

Part 2 - Matthew 12:5-7 - DOES SCOTT RUSH DESERVE MERCY? On the news recently a former federal police chief Mick Keelty went into the witness box to PLEAD FOR MERCY for the "drug mule" SCOTT RUSH who is condemned to death before a firing squad in Bali. Scott Rush is only 24 years old. He is one of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:5-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Can We Refuse To See Our Brothers And Sisters? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 3, 2015

We cannot love God if we refuse to work for the betterment and evangelization of the poor.

Thursday after Epiphany 2015 Joy of the Gospel St. John’s letter is pretty stark today: “If any one says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.” Our love for our brothers ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

Evil Embedded In The Structures Of Society Leads To Death Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 17, 2015

The sacrifice of Christ needs to be imitated by the Christian, by loving service and working to put down evil.

Thursday of 2nd Week in Course Joy of the Gospel There is an innate drive in every human, once he has discovered the existence of a transcendent reality, a creative Being who can impact his life, to offer something to that Being. In pagan societies, where the forces of nature, or economics, or ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

Evangelization--Sacred Vs Secular Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 31, 2015

The pope encourages us to understand that non-Western cultures are suspicious of Christian evangelization because they confuse it with the spread of secularism and the culture of death.

Thursday of the 4th Week in Course 2015 Light of the Gospel St. Mark’s Gospel is rarely verbose. He always tells the story of Jesus using an economy of words, perhaps because the Church of Rome was too poor to supply him much in the way of writing supplies, or because it was often ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:7-13

Denomination: Catholic

Why Are You Mute?

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 6, 2016

If a man could not keep quiet when Jesus told Him not to speak, why are you not speaking?

Mark 1: 40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 42 And as soon as he had spoken, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: Baptist

We Must Serve The Poor Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 25, 2016

The church ministered to the poor. If we lose that character, we are no longer the true church.

Fifth Day of the Christmas Octave 2016 Joy of the Gospel St. John the Evangelist is the apostle and evangelist of love, but he can write in very black-and-white manners. In his first epistle his language is stark: if you obey the law to love your brother you are walking as Jesus did. If you say ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:22-35

Denomination: Catholic

Kingdom Relationships Series

Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Feb 9, 2019

Today we will focus on the importance that Jesus placed on Kingdom Relationships. We will also discuss the meaning of Luke 14:26 where Jesus used the word "hate" in reference to our relationship with our family.

Luke 8:16-21 Introduction: Recap of Part 14 • Jesus Introduces the Kingdom • The Kingdom of God is the realm of God, visible or invisible, where God’s systems and ways of doing things are already established and working. • We showed the development of the Kingdom from the declaration of John ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:10, Mark 3:21, Mark 3:31, Matthew 10:36-39, Luke 14:26-27, Luke 8:16-21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Church Of God

Open The Doors Of The Church Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 29, 2014

Jesus enjoins us to do the will of the Father, but learning how to do God's will is a lifelong journey.

Thursday of the 1st Week in Advent Joy of the Gospel When I read this passage from the great prophet of Advent, the Hebrew priest Isaiah, my memory goes back almost ten years to our pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Both the Old and New Testaments contain a recurring theme, one we see most perfectly ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-27

Denomination: Catholic

The Last Creation Story--Also The Greatest Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 6, 2021

Watch for signs that our friends and relatives are bored or in crisis or somehow dissatisfied with trying the world’s failed ways to joy through pleasure and honor and vanity.

Monday of the 5th Week in Course 2021 There are several creation stories in the collection of sacred books we call the Bible. Today we heard the first from Genesis. But shortly after this story, the moral depravity of the culture got so bad that God decided to start over with Noah and his ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:53-56, Genesis 1:1-19

Denomination: Catholic

Wings Of Jesus

Contributed by Michael Hobday on Jul 13, 2024

Today we explore Malachi, the last of the 12 minor prophets in the Old Testament, meaning “my messenger.” This book exposes Israel's corruption but also offers hope, leading us to our topic: "The Wings of Jesus."

Praise be to the wonderful and amazing name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Let us turn to The Book of Malachi, also called The Prophecy of Malachias, where God promises to redeem His people and send a Messiah to fulfill His covenant promises. The Intertestamental Period Between Malachi and ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:2, Mark 5:30-34, Mark 5:27, Leviticus 15:27, Matthew 14:34-36, Matthew 21:22  (view more)  (view less)