Sermons on God Is Our Refuge:

How To Deal With A Controversial Passage Series

Contributed by Larry Osborne on Jun 13, 2007

Working your way through a controversial passage that’s dividing the ranks can at times be no small challenge. When reading the New Testament it doesn’t take long to find some examples of these kinds of controversies and their adverse impact. Paul gives

1 Timothy: Doing Church God’s Way North Coast Church Message #3 July 22-23, 2006 Dr. Larry Osborne How To Deal With A ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical Free

After Christmas ... What?

Contributed by Brad Easley on Dec 12, 2009

This message, for a Sunday following Christmas, looks at the boyhood of Jesus.

"AFTER CHRISTMAS ... WHAT?" OPENING: After Christmas…Now what? Easy….we get ready for the next holiday! Take down the tree, get out the East decorations. The choir meets and plans the Easter cantata. I retire to my study and begin on the Easter sermon series. But something is happening ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-53

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Believers In Fellowship. Pastor's 15 Year Anniversary.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jan 10, 2021

Believer and fellowship go hand n hand. The early church gained momentum because of fellowship. Remember, Jesus ordained the body as His living-breathing believers. Jesus also clarified, that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His church—His body. Meaning me and you.

Believers In Fellowship. Acts 2:37-47NKJV Believer and fellowship go hand n hand. The early church gained momentum because of fellowship. Remember, Jesus ordained the body as His living-breathing believers. Jesus also clarified, that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His church—His body. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:37-47, Matthew 16:18-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Believers In Fellowship.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jan 19, 2021

Believer and fellowship go hand n hand. The early church gained momentum because of fellowship. Remember, Jesus ordained the body as His living-breathing believers...

Believers In Fellowship. Acts 2:37-47NKJV Believer and fellowship go hand n hand. The early church gained momentum because of fellowship. Remember, Jesus ordained the body as His living-breathing believers. Jesus also clarified, that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His church—His body. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:37-47, Acts 2:1-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

I’m Just A Nethinim.

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Dec 7, 2018

A study in the book of 1 Chronicles 9: 1 – 44

1 Chronicles 9: 1 – 44 I’m just a Nethinim. 9 So all Israel was recorded by genealogies, and indeed, they were inscribed in the book of the kings of Israel. But Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 2 And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 9:1

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

4 Requirements Of Following Jesus

Contributed by Terry Hensley on Jan 26, 2002

Jesus gives us a step by step method of the requirements that must be made to be a follower of him.

4 Requirements of Following Jesus Mark 8:34 “And when he had called the people unto Him with his disciples also, He said to them, whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” There is a song we sing during church service, “What a friend we have in ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34

Denomination: Baptist

Tear Open The Roof

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 14, 2004

This is about getting people to Jesus anyway we can.

Imagine if someone all of a sudden began banging on the roof. Then a hole opened up. We are being showered with sheetrock and debris. Then, slowly, a cot is let down through the hole in the roof with a man lying on it. Could you imagine someone so desperate to get to Church that they would open ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12

Denomination: Wesleyan

Comes A Time

Contributed by Camillus De Almeida on Dec 12, 2004

Life is time, time is life...

COMES A TIME “The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.” Eccl 9:11 Time is Life and Life is Time “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Truth About Anger

Contributed by Joshua Bowers on Aug 30, 2005

So what is Anger? More importantly, what isn’t anger?

INTRO: Define anger and its effects Anger is 1. Proper use of anger. Illus: My gun has proper use 25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26"In your anger do not sin"[a]: Do not let the sun go down while you are ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:25-27

Denomination: Church Of God

Mary’s Joy

Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Dec 22, 2020

Mary’s Joy

Mary’s Joy Scripture: Song of Songs 2:8-14, Luke 1:39-45. Reflection My dear sisters and brothers, Today, we read from the Gospel according to Saint Luke (Luke 1:39-45): “Mary set out in those days and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 2:8-14, Luke 1:39-45

Denomination: Other

Divisions In The Church Series

Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Mar 19, 2019

Paul strongly, yet tenderly, appeals for unity in the church at Corinth. They were not only “saints” they were also brothers (members of the same family).

DIVISIONS IN THE CHURCH I CORINTHIANS 1:10-17 INTRODUCTION: Paul strongly, yet tenderly, appeals for unity in the church at Corinth. They were not only “saints” they were also brothers (members of the same family). One of the finest tributes paid to the church in Jerusalem was that they were ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Denomination: Baptist

Eclipse Of The Sun - Return Of The Son

Contributed by David Simpson on Aug 17, 2017

A brief sermon/devotion based on the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 and how it compares to the return of Christ

Eclipse Monday is the day! Rain or shine, the total solar eclipse is coming to a town near you! The path of totality is just miles from Gainesville. The whole process of the moon blocking the light of the sun will take place over three hours. In Clayton, GA (where you can see the total eclipse) ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:7

Denomination: Christian Church

Why Is Pentecost Important Today?

Contributed by Eugene Pansler Jr on May 7, 2016

why is Pentecost important today

Why is Pentecost important, Christ said in Acts 1:7&8, "It is not for you to know the times and seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, an ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Pray Not For This People!

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 9, 2022

The context of Jeremiah 14:11.

PRAY NOT FOR THIS PEOPLE! Jeremiah 14:7-10, Jeremiah 14:19-22. A series of droughts affected Judah during the reign of King Jehoiakim. The watercourses were empty, the ground was chapped, and there was no grass for the livestock. Nobles and their children, ploughmen, and both domestic and ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 14:7-10, Jeremiah 14:19-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Special Light

Contributed by Jacob Brimm on Apr 20, 2021

The Star of David – the Star of Bethlehem This special star, shining bright enough to catch the attention of people who were looking for something – guided people to find someone extraordinary. Jesus.

A Special Light Matt 2 (all) The Star of David – the Star of Bethlehem This special star, shining bright enough to catch the attention of people who were looking for something – guided people to find someone extraordinary. Jesus. • It was a special star – V2 – ‘for we saw HIS STAR” – this star ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12, Matthew 5:14-16, Isaiah 52:7

Denomination: Baptist