Sermons on Gladness In My Heart:

"The Church Is Not An English Garden"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 14, 2008

A sermon about coming closer to God through accepting our messiness.

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 “The Church is Not an English Garden” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org I have never seen an English Garden, but I am told they are so beautiful. The flowers are carefully arranged in rows, fancy ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: United Methodist

Heroes #7: The Forgotten Heroes Of Judges Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Aug 16, 2008

The book of Judges is a book of Heroes and cycles. When the hero would die, the children of Israel would turn back to their sin, God would let their enemies defeat them, they would cry out to the Lord, and He would raise up another hero.

HEROES #7: THE FORGOTTEN HEROES OF JUDGES OPENING: This morning, we are going to take a look at the lives of some of the forgotten heroes of the Book of Judges. We are all familiar with the stories of David and Goliath, Daniel and the lion’s den, and Jonah and the whale, but how many of you ...read more

Scripture: Judges 2:16

Denomination: *other

Wounded Healer Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Dec 10, 2008

Christmas is not just about the birth of a child, it’s about who he was born to become. Today, we’re going to consider Jesus who was born to be a Wounded Healer.

Wounded Healer Isaiah 53:1-7 When I lived in Tulsa, OK and worked at Boston Avenue UMC, an 8000 member church with 13 ministers on staff, I would go over to one of the other associate pastor’s homes on Saturdays to watch college football. As I got off the interstate and there was an antique store ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-7

Denomination: Methodist

The Real Oil Crisis (Be Prepared)

Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008

This is a sermon that focuses on being prepared to receive Christ.

Matthew 25:1-13 1"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4The wise, however, took oil in jars along ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Fast Food Of Feasting? Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Oct 7, 2009

I am the Bread of Heaven... Christ satisfies, sustains and saves those who eat His flesh.. World Communion Sunday

Can you guess what Denver, Orlando, Palm Beach, Cleveland, and Las Vegas have in common? They all have passed ordinances to stop groups from feeding the hungry in public.1 You can have 24 hour gambling but you better not hand out sandwiches in a park in Las Vegas. You can party like mad on the ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-41

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Yield Of Your Life

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 27, 2009

We are the branches in His vineyard. God watches over us, and works in our lives, for the purpose of bearing more fruit. Glorifying God is our life’s purpose.

These were the parting words of Jesus, as He would soon be betrayed, to be judged and crucified. • The disciples will be separated from Him for a while, having been with Him for 3 years. He will return as the resurrected Lord in their lives. They need to stay focus and faithful to Him, to ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Our Duty To Forgive Our Enemies

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 12, 2009

To the rabbi who wrote "The Virtue of Hate," we must respond that the real Enemy is not Osama bin Laden, and the real Victor is Christ, who bade us to forgive and pray for our human enemies.

November 15, 2009 33rd Sunday in Course The great division. The end. The separation of sheep from goats, of good from evil, of winners from losers. That is the day we anticipate, not just on the 33rd Sunday in Course, but every Sunday, and indeed every day of our lives. If we don’t arise each ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:11-18

Denomination: Catholic

The Specifics Of Christian Development - Part 2 Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on Oct 22, 2008

This is sermon #4 in a series of messages concerning Developing Christian character.

The Specifics of Christian Development, Part 2 2 Peter 1:1-11 Intro Today we are going to continue our consideration of the specifics of Christian character development. We note that Peter is very specific concerning what character qualities we should seek to develop as a Christian if we are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The First Commandment Series

Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Dec 8, 2008

people often give the glory that belongs to God to the gods

FIRST COMMANDMENT NO ROOM FOR OTHER GODS “Thou shalt have no other goods before me.”Exo.20:3. This is the first commandment that God gave to Moses to be passed on to his people. This implies that God hates idolatry – the belief and worship of other goods. In Africa and the Greek world, there are so ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fighting His Way

Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Aug 26, 2009

Regardless of the situation or circumstance we all have this tendency to fight first and hope we win. Unfortunately, what ends up happening is we all have had to come to others asking for help on the bad side of a good old-fashioned defeat. We come out li

Who here has ever watched an action flick and felt like you were involved in the fight scene? You know, like when you’re watching Jackie Chan and it’s so intense that you start sweating. You finish watching the movie and you feel like, “watch out anyone who tries to get in my way, I could take on ...read more

Scripture: Judges 7:1-22

Success In God Series

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 3, 2009

Just as Paul experienced in Acts, we can have success in God no matter where life takes us.

Are We There Yet? How we can experience success in God’s will. Have you ever thought “Will we ever get there?” Do you feel successful? Or do you feel like a failure? Paul is a prisoner for Christ. He had some tough days. The book of Acts with Paul getting to Rome as God had told him. How ...read more

Scripture: Acts 28:11-30

Denomination: Pentecostal

"Weapon Of Mass Destruction (Wmd)"

Contributed by Ken Harris on Sep 13, 2009

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that mature Christians can be idenified by their speech.

13 September 2009 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris 504th Compound’s Multi-Purpose Facility C.O. B. Adder Tallill, Iraq BIG IDEA: There is a direct correlation between spiritual maturity and a disciplined tongue; and spiritual immaturity and an undisciplined tongue (or a Christian who talks ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

You Smell Like Hell Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Sep 13, 2009

The last in our series on Jude. In this sermon we discuss how Jude tells his readers how to rescue those who are on the verge of eternity without the Lord.

You Smell Like Hell Text: Jude 22 – 25 By: Ken McKinley Well we are finishing up our study of Jude tonight, and we are going to be looking at verses 20 through 25 so lets go ahead and turn to the book of Jude and read the last few verses there (read). I’ve titled my sermon tonight, “You Smell ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:22-25

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God's Hand In Our Redemption Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Sep 21, 2009

In Boaz, we see a picture of our kinsman-redeemer, Jesus Christ.

For free, weekly sermons by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com, or visit Jonathan’s blog: http://jonathan-mcleod.blogspot.com/] REVIEW • The book of Ruth takes place “when the judges ruled” (1:1). • Elimelech and Naomi move from Bethlehem (“house of bread”) to Moab to escape a ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 4:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Unity

Contributed by Darrin Fish on Oct 3, 2009

If you haven’t placed your complete trust in Christ, Then You will truly never fully experience the joy of belonging to God’s family.

I would like to take a little time this morning and talk about our goals for the future. • Not our futures as in ourselves but the future of our church. • And we have to understand that this is a very serious topic. • We have to concentrate on growth for two reasons. 1 If we don’t grow we will ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church