Sermons on Good Enough:

More Than Fringe Benefits Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Apr 18, 2011

Exposition of Hebrews 9 regarding four benefits of Good Friday on those who believe

Text: Heb 9:11-14, Title: More Than Fringe Benefits, Date/Place: NRBC, 4/17/11, AM 1. Opening illustration: “The cross of Christ, once respected, if not reverenced, as a significant religious symbol, has undergone a transmutation. For example, on a Holy Week cover of The New Yorker ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:11-14

Denomination: Baptist

Slain From The Foundation Of The World

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Apr 27, 2009

time intersects with eternity, especially at the cross on Good Friday.

Slain from the Foundation of the World TCF Good Friday Sermon April 10, 2009 The crucifixion is perhaps the most significant place in time, where time intersects with eternity. Of course, God interacts with time often. We could easily make a case that He does it constantly, daily, moment by ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 13:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Answer To The Stress Of The Future Series

Contributed by Vernon L Caruthers on Oct 27, 2009

This is the final sermon in the series of messages from psalm 23. It deals with God’s Answer to the Stress of the Future.

Sermon Series: Sermons from Psalm 23 Sermon #7: God’s Answer to the Stress of Fearing the Future Scripture Ref: Psalm 23:7 ‘’Surely goodness & mercy shall follow me all the days of my life & I shall abide in the house of the LORD forever.’ Introduction: This morning we bring this series ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:7

Hope Through The Cross

Contributed by Fred Sigle on Mar 12, 2007

We call it "Good Friday", but on that Friday when Jesus died seemed anything but good. But with the bad, there came hope.

HOPE THROUGH THE CROSS Area-wide Good Friday Service 2004 A. It is certainly great to see everyone here today for this area-wide combined Good Friday Service. Have you been BLESSED by being here TODAY? COMMENT: Our community has been through a lot lately with the devastating fire that ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Preaching Of The Cross #2 Series

Contributed by David Carter on Mar 14, 2007

Sermon on the Cross

THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS (2) I CORINTHIANS 1:18 - FOR THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS IS TO THEM THAT PERISH FOOLISHNESS; BUT UNTO US WHICH ARE SAVED IT IS THE POWER OF GOD. THANK GOD FOR THE CROSS BUT PRAISE GOD FOR THE PERSON OF THE CROSS! It is not the cross that makes Jesus special – it is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Am I Not To Drink The Cup?

Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Mar 31, 2007

The cup of Jesus was seen several times during the last week before the cross. This lesson centers on His cup and why it had to be drunk.

Am I Not To Drink The Cup? (John 18:1-11) Introduction: A. About this time of year, 2000 or so years ago, the greatest event in the history of mankind took place. It took place in a country that most people saw only as a tool, no longer as a theocracy. It took place in the shadows and cover of ...read more

Scripture: John 18:10-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Don't "Kill The Rooster"

Contributed by Jesse Evans Jr. on Apr 6, 2007

WHEN THE ROOSTER CROWED PETER REMEMBERED THE WORDS OF THE LORD.

DON’T “KILL THE ROOSTER” ……… LUKE 22:60-62 …… Rev. Jesse W. Evans Jr. LUKE 22:60-62 AND PETER SAID, MAN, I KNOW NOT WHAT THOU SAYEST. AND IMMEDIATELY, WHILE HE YET SPAKE, THE COCK CREW. AND THE LORD TURNED, AND LOOKED UPON PETER. AND PETER REMEMBERED THE WORD OF THE LORD, HOW HE HAD SAID UNTO ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:60-62

Denomination: Baptist

A Summary Of The 7 Last Sayings

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Apr 6, 2007

SUMMARY OF THE LAST SEVEN SAYINGS - PRACTICLE, PRECISE AND TO THE POINT

7 LAST SAYINGS SUMMARY THE WORDS OF: 1) FATHER FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO = FORGIVENESS. LUKE 23:34 2) TODAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE = SALVATION LUKE 23:42-43 3) WOMAN BEHOLD THY SON - BEHOLD THY MOTHER=AFFECTION JOHN 19:25-27 4) MY GOD, MY GOD WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34-46

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lemon Trees In A Snowstorm

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Apr 7, 2007

Lemons peeked through the snow outside the tomb of Lazarus. Just so, on Good Friday, there remains the promise of a better tomorrow.

Lemon Trees in a Snowstorm John 12:1-8 Good Friday April 6, 2007 Let me begin this evening by reading to you from the prophecy of Isaiah. In the 43rd chapter, we read these words. This is what the Lord says – he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the ...read more

Scripture: John 12:1-8

Denomination: Methodist

By His Stripes We Are Healed

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Apr 9, 2007

700 years before Good Friday, the crucifixion was on God’s heart.

By His Stripes We Are Healed Good Friday Sermon Isa. 53:4-10a Apr. 6, 2007 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: A Isaiah 53 is the heart of this book, the Gospel, & the redemptive history of man. 1 We see a picture of the suffering ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-10

Denomination: Baptist

Who Was At The Cross?

Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Apr 9, 2007

A meditation on the people who were at the cross in order to evoke faith in Christ.

A Meditation: Who Was At The Cross? Some of the people who were at the cross… Mary, the mother of Jesus, whose heart was stabbed with the deepest pain of grief. Luke tells us: Lk 23:35 “And the people stood looking on…” John, the disciple Jesus loved, was obedient to his beloved Master and so ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:32-43

Denomination: Baptist

Do You Want To Be Free Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 15, 2007

This is a complete Good Friday service, with Scripture and readings and songs.

Good Friday Service – April 14, 2006 Welcome; instructions Invitation to worship; time of silence “Message of the Cross” “A Dark Passover” – Kids’ sketch Lazarus: John 11:37-44 37But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 19:16-27

Denomination: Baptist

Anyone Could, But....

Contributed by Dan Mahan on Jan 7, 2007

Have you ever thought of faith as busy? Is yours? Will you be the somebody who did it or the anyone could, but…NOT ME!

Anyone Could, but…. Rev. Dan Mahan James 4:17”Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” Darlene and I love to go to thrift stores and flea markets. One day, while at a thrift store, I picked up an old children’s reading book-you know the kind with all of the ...read more

Scripture: James 4:17

The Lawyer Got More Than He Bargained For

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 14, 2007

Jesus told many of his stories with a sting in the tail - This was one of them

IC 15-07-07 The lawyer got an answer he didn’t bargain for Jesus told a great many stories that we love and cherish The Story of the Prodigal Son The Story of the Pharisee and Tax Collector The Story of the Good Samaritan to name a few Yet to their original audiences they were shocking – and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Anglican

Is It Nothing To You?

Contributed by Joseph Neil Adams on Feb 25, 2008

Good Friday address with the text - Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around & see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was inflicted on me, that the Lord brought on me in the day of His fierce anger”

In parts Matthew’s passion & death narrative is read throughout the service which had the sermon very near the end & was followed with an extended period of silence. Text - Lamentations 1:12“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around & see. Is any suffering like my suffering that was ...read more

Denomination: Methodist