Sermons on Great Adventure:

The Great Divide Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Jun 15, 2011

Jesus comes to bring division

30. Who is Jesus? March 27th, 2010 Biblical Division Our study through the Gospel of Luke will take about 60 weeks. This is week is week 30 marking our halfway point. We are spending a lot of time in this book studying Jesus life as our goal is to get know more about who Jesus really is. For ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:49-59

Denomination: *other

The Great Turnaround

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jun 16, 2011

There has never been any event in human history as powerful at Christ's battle in the Garden of Gethsemane. And we are the beneficiaries of it.

Passage: Matthew 26:36-46 Intro: This is one of the most challenging passages to preach in the Bible. 1. not because of great controversies. 2. but because there is so much going on, at so many levels. 3. Christology, soteriology, theology, hamartiology 4. at yet also very simple; a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:36-46

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Great Announcment

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 17, 2011

If you yield to Christ your meager realm – if you fly the white flag of surrender over the dominion of your heart – your life will become yours in a way you never dreamed.

First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas June 19, 2011 THE GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT Isaac Butterworth Matthew 28:16-20 (NIV) 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

True Greatness

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Sep 20, 2009

A sermon for Pentecost 16B/Proper 20 preached September 20th, 2009 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Audubon, Iowa. It talks about greatness in the Kingdom of God vs. greatness in the eyes of the world.

I’d like for you to imagine the following scene, and tell me what you think about it. You’ve just been told by a doctor that you have an incurable disease. This disease is fatal. You know you have a short time until you die. The doctor describes in detail how the disease will progress and rob you ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:30-37

Denomination: Lutheran

A Great Reconciliation

Contributed by Gerald Steffy on Sep 25, 2009

The death of Christ makes a great reconciliation with God possible so we can live a life of faith.

A GREAT RECONCILIATION—Colossians 1:19-23 Proposition: The death of Christ makes a great reconciliation with God possible so we can live a life of faith. Objective: My purpose is to challenge the saved to appreciate this great reconciliation and to challenge the unsaved to trust Christ as Savior ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:19-23

Denomination: Baptist

Great Expectations Series

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Oct 4, 2009

This sermon deals with a difficult parable of Jesus and challenges us to do well with what God has given us.

Sermon for CATM – “Questions of All We’ve Been Given” – October 4, 2009 When you think about your life, when you consider who you are, how you live; when you really think about it, what do you think of your life? Now there are some common mistakes people make when answering a question like this. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Great Deliverance

Contributed by Chris Layton on Oct 5, 2009

Israel’s bondage in Egypt is really a physical representation of our spiritual bondage in sin.

A Great Deliverance Exodus 12:13 Scripture Reading: Introduction • Imagine a young woman named Sarah, caught in the grip of addiction. For years, she’s been chained to substances that promised freedom but delivered only pain—broken relationships, lost jobs, and a heart full of shame. She tried ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

A Great Multitude Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Sep 13, 2010

The great multitude before the throne reveals that our worship of God requires us to serve Him continually.

On September 20, 2009, 105,121 fans, the largest crowd ever to watch a regular season NFL game, watched in dismay as the home team Dallas Cowboys lost to the New York Giants 33-31. But as big as that crows was, it pales in comparison with some other large crowds throughout history: • On ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 7:9-16

Denomination: Baptist

The Great Chasm

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Sep 25, 2010

Death seals our fate for eternity so we must decide now to place our faith in Christ.

THE GREAT PURITAN LEADER AND FOUNDER OF THE COLONY OF CONNETICUT, THOMAS HOOKER, WROTE THIS OF HELL: “CONCEIVE THIS MUCH, IF ALL THE DISEASES IN THE WORLD DID SEIZE ON ONE MAN, AND IF ALL THE TORMENT THAT ALL THE TYRANTS OF THE WORLD COULD DEVISE, WERE CAST AGAINST HIM; AND IF ALL THE ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Free Methodist

True Greatness Series

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 1, 2010

"This sermon looks at the minsitry of John in the light of Jesus."

John 3:22- 35 “ True greatness” True greatness for some is thrust upon them (Monarchy) for others its pursued & they make a success in a particular field whether sport entertainment business and so on . You’ve received or the accolades, you have a vast ...read more

Scripture: John 3:22-35

Denomination: Baptist

Great Commandment

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Oct 8, 2010

The silver thread running through Scripture is love.

Text: And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live” (Luke 10:28). Who was Jesus talking to when He gave the response, “You have answered rightly…?” He was talking to a lawyer who was testing Jesus. The lawyer asked Jesus, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-46

Denomination: Christian Church

The Great Tribulation Series

Contributed by Jon Miller on Mar 2, 2011

This is part of a series on the Second Coming , the titles are based on the book by John Macarthur titled "The Second Coming"

The Great Tribulation Matthew 24:15-31 -Last week we looked at the Birth Pangs that will continue to increase until the rapture of the church we looked at six that Jesus gave his disciples in this passage False prophets, Wars, natural disasters and diseases, persecution of the righteous, a falling ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:15-31

Guidelines For Greatness Series

Contributed by Donald Rapp on Apr 6, 2011

What does it take to be "great" in God's Kingdom?

Guidelines for Greatness The Book of Mark Mark 9:20-42 I. Introduction: A. How do you define greatness? B. Some people spent a lot of time and energy attaining greatness. 1. In the business world your position is determined by how big a name you make for yourself. a) The greater you are the more ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:20-42

Denomination: Baptist

Great Expectations

Contributed by Craig Benner on Nov 14, 2010

Tell the devil to get off your back. Yes, times are rough and the trials are many, but we have a God who is always thinking about us and we must anticipate the good things He wants to send our way.

YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE GREAT EXPECTATIONS Expectation is similiar to hope and faith, yet unique. Examples: the crowds who came together to see Jesus Jeremiah 29:10,11 10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:10-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Great News!

Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Dec 2, 2010

The birth announcements by the angels 2000 years ago was great news. Like the shepherds we need to get the news, celebrate the news and spread the news.

GREAT NEWS It was June 18, 1815, the Battle of Waterloo. The French under the command of Napoleon were fighting the Allies (British, Dutch, and Germans) under the command of Wellington. The people of England depended on a system of semaphore signals to find out how the battle was going. One of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-18

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance