Sermons on Going Home:

One Day In The Temple

Contributed by Allan Quak on Aug 29, 2020

We don’t have a temple anymore yet we gather as a church as we gather we recognise that God is bring pilgrims home to be encouraged with spiritual strength as we help each other see the reality of God’s strength.

You can listen to the message here:- https://soundcloud.com/necallanquak/special-sermon-one-day-in-the-temple-psalm-841-12 Message Psalm 84:1-12 One Day in the Temple 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Channel Of Blessing To Your Family Series

Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on May 20, 2021

Each person in the home ought to be a Channel of Blessing to one another. God tells the husband to love his wife- a blessing. The wives are told to submit to her husband- a blessing. Children are told to honor their parents- a blessing. Parents are not to exasperate their children- a blessing.

Channel of Blessing to your Family Introduction By now, if you have been coming to services the last couple of weeks, you know that you are a priest according to the First Epistle of Peter. And you may also know that your function as a priest is to be a Channel of Blessing. We are to be that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9

Denomination: Baptist

The Mission Of Christ Series

Contributed by Tony Mccreery on Sep 8, 2007

The 11th in a series going through all Christ endured leading up to the Cross. The series ends Easter Sunday with the Glorious Resurrection

Jesus suffered immensely on the cross. All that He suffered was for a world that was lost. He gave His life so the world could be saved. Never once did He lose focus of His mission. Whatever was done to Jesus to torture him/make Him suffer, never made Him forget what He was doing. He was ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:29-30

Denomination: Baptist

Lost Things

Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Sep 24, 2007

We are unhappy if we lose something precious and really glad when we find it again. God is sad when we wander away from him, but really happy when we let him lead us home again.

I really enjoy doing jigsaws – when I get the time, that is. Does anyone else here like jigsaws? What’s the biggest jigsaw you’ve ever done? The biggest one I’ve ever done is 1000 pieces. Just imagine you’d spent days and days doing a 1000 piece jigsaw and just when you thought you would ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Spiritual Battle Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on May 21, 2009

Every aspect of the Christian life -- salvation, sanctification (being cleansed and made holy), our home in heaven being made ready for us, everything -- is ours because Christ’s work is done. He is seated in the heavenlies at the right hand of God...

The Spiritual Battle 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How Will You Be Remembered? Series

Contributed by Ray Pritchard on Sep 5, 2003

Build your life on Jesus Christ and you will never be disappointed, and those who know you will be sorry to see you go.

How Will You Be Remembered? II Timothy 2:1-13 How will you be remembered? It’s a simple question that defies a simple answer. After you are dead and gone, after you’ve lived your 40 or 60 or 80 years, when your time on earth has come to an end, when you are here no more, how will you be ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Endurance & Love To Receive The Crown Of Life – Resisting Temptations Series

Contributed by John Wright on Feb 1, 2010

James teaches the importance of endurance, love, resting temptations and responding obediently to God's word if we are going to receive the crown of life.

INTRODUCTION 1. Open your bibles to James 1:12-27. 2. Studying the book of James will help Christians with an age old problem. The problem that we are talking about is the fact that not everybody who grows old, grows up spiritually. There is a vast difference between physical age and spiritual ...read more

Scripture: James 1:12-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Changeless Series

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Aug 30, 2018

One thing is sure. Everything is going to change and the change is going to come faster and faster. While everything around us changes at warp speed, inthe center of it all is an Almighty God who never changes. In a rapidly changing world, take hold of God’s unchanging hand,

[Hold up my laptop] You all know what this is, I hope. Yep … it’s a laptop … a computer. It has an Intel Pentium NB 540 processor … whatever that is. It has four gigabytes of RAM. It has 500 gigabytes of memory on the hard drive. Anyone here know what a gigabyte is? A “gigabyte” is a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 102:25-28

Denomination: United Methodist

What Happens When We Love Our Sons And Daughters More Than God?

Contributed by Sheryln Miller on Jun 7, 2017

In this message I try to answer the following questions.Has sin infiltrated the church because we have loved our sons and daughters more than Jesus? Have we tolerated sin in our homes in order to show unconditional love?

Jesus said if any man or woman love son or daughter more than Him, he or she is not worthy of Him (Matthew 10:37). What does that mean? Thomas Coke said the following regarding our passage, "He who preferreth the friendship of his nearest relations, though the sweetest of all earthly satisfactions, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:37

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Parenting 101: Mamma Sang Bass, Daddy Sang Tenor

Contributed by Joe Harding on Nov 5, 2002

TRAIN A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO, AND WHEN HE IS OLD HE WILL NOT TURN FROM IT (PROVERBS 22:6)

PARENTING 101: MAMMA SANG BASS, DADDY SANG TENOR DEUTERONOMY 11: 1-21 NOVEMBER 3, 2002 INTRODUCTION: GREAT THEOLOGY! KIDS STILL HAVE IT RIGHT! 1. Dear God, Please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now. Amanda 2. Dear God, Thank you for the baby ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Bislett Effect

Contributed by Tony Grant on Oct 31, 2005

Christianity is not made up of lone individuals going their own way; rather, Jesus connects us all into one fellowship.

Bislett Effect April 24, 2005 1 Peter 2:4-10 2441 words 4 Come to him, a living stone, though rejected by mortals yet chosen and precious in God’s sight, and 5 like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10, 1 Corinthians 12:12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Even Though! Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 12, 2004

It’s easy to praise God when things go our way, but what happens when they don’t.

You ever argue with God? Or complain to God? Wanting to know why He did what He did and why He didn’t do what He Didn’t do? Perhaps you were simply offering him advice on how to run the world. Not necessarily the entire universe but the world, or at least your little corner of the world. Do you ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-19

Denomination: Wesleyan

Journey To Hell

Contributed by Shawn Miller on Mar 27, 2017

What kind of man went to hell and what kind of hell did he go to in Luke 16:19-31

Journey to Hell Introduction: Herman Goering stole millions and killed thousands in World war II. At his trial at the end of the war, he laughed and mocked when a preacher was sent to his cell to pray for him. twenty minutes before his hanging, he was found dead in his cell. He had taken a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Overcoming Fear

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jul 24, 2020

There so many things going on that can cause fear to seize us. But the whole time, God is right there next to us.

Opening and Introduction We live in a wild world today, don’t we? There’s a lot of things that can cause us to be uneasy and afraid of how things might turn out. I know I’ve gone through a lot of experiences like that. Many things can make us anxious, and get us concerned, get us worried about ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:5, Matthew 10:21-33

Denomination: Lutheran

Sisera's Mother-Her Son Was Missing In Action Series

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 8, 2023

She had to be proud of him--he was a high-ranking officer in the army. But when the battle was over and he didn't come home, she began to have some concerns. "Missing" is the worst status ever for a soldier.

Introduction: Nearly everyone who has ever served in the military is aware of the risk in any armed conflict. Some warriors are killed in action, others are taken prisoner, but the worst fate of all is to be listed as missing. Sisera’s mother was one of the many mothers whose son never came home ...read more

Denomination: Baptist