Sermons on Gray Issues:

Calming The Storm Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Aug 27, 2007

1 of 5 messages on the Miracles of Jesus. This message is on calming the storm. It was presented at our annual outdoor worship at a band shell in Lansing, MI

Calming the Storm August 26, 2007 Band Shell Sunday Part One: What are you afraid of? Ferris Wheels Have you ever been afraid? I have been. I don’t mind working on roofs and climbing a ladder but there are some moments on the edge of a roof I feel like I’m about to pitch right off the edge and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:35-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Live Lives Worthy Of God's Gospel

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Oct 3, 2007

Pentecost 18(A) - Believers can live lives worthy of God’s gospel because they are united by faith to God and other believers. This unity leads to joyfulness in faithful, godly living.

LIVE LIVES WORTHY OF GOD’S GOSPEL (Outline) September 30, 2007 - PENTECOST 18 - Philippians 1:18b-27 INTRO: Every day you and I and everyone else in this world make choices, value judgments. According to our standards we decide what is important or not important. We judge what is ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:18-27

Denomination: Lutheran

Facing Your Giants: Desperate Days Series

Contributed by Max Lucado on Nov 1, 2006

These sermons served as the foundation for Max’s newest book, Facing Your Giants. God wants to give us bread for our souls and a sword for the struggle.

“Desperate Days” 1 Samuel 21: 1-9 These sermons served as the foundation for Max’s newest book, Facing Your Giants. THEME: God wants to give us bread for our souls and a sword for the struggle. Introduction: The desperate man sits in the corner of the church assembly. Dry mouth, moist ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 21:1-9

Denomination: Christian Church

Honest Doubt

Contributed by Darrell Coats on Mar 25, 2008

Sermon designed to reveal the place that doubt can have in relation to faith.

Honest Doubt John 20:19-31 Introduction: When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969 and sent back televised pictures of the earth, Britain’s Flat Earth Society continued to stick staunchly to its ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19-31

Denomination: Methodist

Unwrapping The Gifts Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Feb 21, 2009

God has given everyone spiritual gifts. Our job is to discover and develop those gifts so that we can be a blessing to others. This illustrated message is an overview of the gifts in Romans 12.

DISCOVERING YOUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS #3: UNWRAPPING THE GIFTS OPENING: Discuss Beausejour Blades hockey game this past Friday night. Why did they lose? No teamwork, no training, no tenacity / passion. What’s our win as a church? Why are we here in our community? Our vision is to become a centre ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:4-11

Denomination: *other

Breaking The Brat Series

Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Aug 13, 2008

God loves brats. God has placed the responsibility of breaking the brats in the hands of parents. Here’s how we can break the brat!

God loves brats! I came across this list of what another parent had learned . . . 1) There is no such thing as child proofing your home. 2) Baseballs make marks on the ceiling. 3) You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. 4) A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way. 5) ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Praying Without A Sense Of Failure

Contributed by Nigel Heath on Sep 6, 2009

When it comes to prayer most of us feel a sense of failure and some of us give up. This need not be. There is no one-size-fits-all method. You can be encouraged and enable in your prayer life.

COLOSSIANS 4:2-18 ’Devote yourselves to prayer’ PRAYING WITHOUT A SENSE OF FAILURE INTRO One of the great discoveries we make as Christians, particularly when we begin to read the early chapters of Genesis, is that we were created by God, NOT to go it alone -- not to live a life disconnected from ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-18

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus: The Life Of The Party Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jun 1, 2009

This message looks at Jesus’ life and how ministered through social engagements.

Our text opens with Jesus and His disciples receiving an invitation to attend a wedding celebration in Cana of Galilee. This event often leaves us scratching our heads. We picture Jesus as being a man on a mission, focused and always serious. We have a very difficult time picturing Him having fun ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Honor One Another

Contributed by Andy Barnard on Dec 27, 2008

To honor one another, although couner-cultural, is Biblical

Honouring To Honour: • To esteem • To ornament • To boast about • To worship • To dignify • To value a person’s worth by saying encouraging things to one another (often this is counter culture) Rom 12:9-13 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Family Roles Series

Contributed by John Eldridge on Feb 9, 2009

Family roles are defined for Parents, Grandparents, extended family and church family

Family Roles Family Series 1 The role of the Parents a. Protector Kings 1:5-6 (NIV) - Now Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, put himself forward and said, "I will be king." So he got chariots and horses ready, with fifty men to run ahead of him. [6] (His father had never interfered with him by ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:18-21

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Keep The Fire Burning

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 20, 2008

Why does the fire of revival burn so brightly but so shortly? What can the church do to keep the fire in our belly burning brightly? Stop filling the church with people and ask for the people to be filled with God!

Intro: Second Timothy is Paul’s farewell address to Timothy and the church at large. Paul is in prison in Rome waiting for execution. This is one of the letters that Paul wrote called the Pastoral Epistles. That simply put is the pastoral letters. First and Second Timothy and Titus make up the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:6

Denomination: Baptist

I Want To Be Loved And Accepted

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Oct 4, 2004

What to do when you don’t fit in and it hurts

THE WINDOW Bible Teaching Ministry of CEDAR LODGE BAPTIST CHURCH Thomasville, NC ---------------------------------------- 1Corinthians 13 Jan 19, 1992 ---------------------------------------- It was once said of a particular statesman that, "...the tragedy of his life is that he never ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7

Denomination: United Methodist

: The Art Of Conflict — Part Ii Series

Contributed by Mark Perryman on Jun 22, 2006

Looking thru the song of songs and what it teaches us about relationships and sex.

INTRO: In way of summary, last week we witnessed Solomon and Shulamith’s first conflict. 1. We learned that when you’re hurt in a relationship — you don’t react (you don’t re-enact what they’ve done to you.) 2. When you are hurt in a relationship — you respond to God. You keep your focus on Him and ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 5:10-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Jesus, The Dayspring From On High

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Jan 20, 2006

Some reasons we should praise God

Luke 1:67-80 Jesus, The Dayspring From On High Introduction A. In Luke 1, Luke introduces us to a man by the name of Zacharias, the husband of Elizabeth, and also the future uncle of Jesus. Zacharias and Elizabeth were both getting old, and they had never had any children. B. Zacharias was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:67-80

Denomination: Baptist

Halfway Boulevard

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 9, 2005

Paul wasn’t ASHAMED of the GOSPEL, Paul didn’t ARGUE with GOD, Paul wasn’t AFRAID of a GOAL. How to get off "Halfway Blvd." and relocate to the corner of "Busy Street" and "Active Avenue". Free Powerpoint template at website.

Halfway Boulevard Acts 20:24 Powerpoint Template at: http://www.gbcdecatur.org/sermons/HalfwayBlvd.html "But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:24

Denomination: Baptist