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Expanding Our Souls Through Compassion Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jun 11, 2009

Our truest self lies not in independance from God but in relationship with God and others…. and finds itself when given to these.

Last week began series entitled LIVING BEYOND SELF… Jesus understood that if we want to truly find ourselves we can’t just look within… to do so will become like the onion being peeled away to find it’s essence… We find ourselves by losing ourselves… not literally ‘losing’… but in giving ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

E Pluribus Unum Series

Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 28, 2009

To show the nature and diversity of Christ’s Church along with every person’s place within it.

E PLURIBUS UNUM Matthew 12:46-50 (The fourth in a sermon series from Matthew 12 called “Words We Live By”)* Sermon Objective: To show the diversity of Christ’s Church & every person’s place within it. Supporting Scripture & documents: John 17:22-23; The Apostle’s Creed PREFACE We are finishing ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:46-50

Denomination: Nazarene

The Gift With A Cost Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 19, 2009

This time of year, we get excited and touched by Baby Jesus in a cradle but you can’t separate the cradle from the cross. This gift of Jesus comes with a sacrificial cost. A lot of us understand the cradle but we fail to connect the cradle with the cross.

The Gift with a Cost Isaiah 53:1-12 Christmas has become the #1 self-focused consumer day in America. It’s so interesting that Good Friday leads into Easter and Black Friday leads us into the Christmas holidays. The church needs to lead a movement of conspiracy to reclaim Christmas from ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

Love Myths #3 Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Feb 2, 2010

How do we love like Jesus? For love, to be true, has to hurt just as it hurt Jesus to love us.

The day is December 11, 1979: in Oslo, Norway, an Albanian nun named Teresa, who has dedicated her life to live a simple life of love among the world’s poorest and most desperate people, receives one of the world’s most significant awards – the Nobel Peace Prize. As part of the ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-13

Denomination: Baptist

Is There Spirituality Without Jesus? Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 23, 2007

God’s mercy and love is evident in his provision of living bread from heaven.

Scripture Introduction A Christianity Today poll (February 10, 1992), found that half of all Americans believe in extrasensory perception. One of every four professing Christians believe in clairvoyance, and almost half in psychic healing. 25% believe the movement of the stars governs the affairs ...read more

Scripture: John 6:41-59

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Learning To Play Nice

Contributed by Monty Newton on Jun 20, 2011

Our lives are lived most peacefully when we live in a "roundabout" way.

Title: Learning to Play Nice Text: II Corinthians 13:11-14 and Romans 12:14-21 Thesis: Our lives are lived most peacefully when we live in a “roundabout” way. Introduction Bonnie and I saw our first Lacrosse match two weeks ago in Wheaton, IL. Our oldest Granddaughter, Matti, was ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:14-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Can Clean You Up! Series

Contributed by Ronald Franklin on Jul 7, 2012

Based on the story of the Gadarene demoniac, highlights the power of Christ to deliver anyone who will believe from all the power of the unclean spirit.

Mark 5:1-2 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. The story we read in Mark 5 seems like a very dramatic, very unusual situation that is ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Standing Out In The Kingdom Series

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Jan 21, 2014

There is a word here for us as well! • There will be times when things appear hopeless. • times when/shattered pieces/our dreams will lie around us.

Pastor Allan Kircher Shell Point Baptist Church Jan 5th, 2014 Genesis 37:1-11 Standing out in the kingdom Intro: “There are two great days/person’s life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.” • One is easier than the other. • One is a date in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Be My Valentine

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jul 17, 2010

Love -

Be My Valentine John 3:16 I was thinking about love this week. I don’t know what made the subject cross my mind…. The stores have had valentine’s day decorations up since at least New Year’s. I was a little shocked when I saw them but, I was able to ignore that ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Congregational

Don't Miss The Point

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Dec 19, 2005

This sermon challenges listeners to evaluate thier comprehension of the truth of Jesus birth.

Did you hear about the farmer that decided to buy a chain saw? A logging foreman sold him one that he guaranteed would cut down 15 trees in a single day. A week later, a very unhappy farmer came back to report that the power saw must be faulty - it averaged only 3 trees a day. The foreman grabbed ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:31-38

Denomination: Baptist

The Art Of Making Peace Series

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jun 6, 2016

This sermon in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount deals with the seventh beatitude and how we are to be peacemakers and how we go about making peace.

The Sermon on the Mount “The Art of Making Peace” Matthew 5:9 A three-year-old boy named Matthew had his friend Luke over for playtime. Matthew, however, was having a tough time. He was arguing about the toys Luke was playing with and became very grumpy. When his mother put him down ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Foursquare

Unqualified Series

Contributed by David Ward on Jun 27, 2016

BIG IDEA: Those who talk God's talk need to walk God's walk.

INTRODUCTION: In 2007, the I-35 bridge that crosses the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapsed suddenly during rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The investigation revealed that the gusset plates that connect girders together in the truss system were undersized, ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 2:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Mary: Learning To Trust God In Times Of Crisis Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2013

In the midst of such a crisis, what is Mary to do? She really had three choices that day: she could turn her back on God because the God she knew and understood would never allow such a thing to happen to His own son, her son. She could take matters into

Mary: Learning to Trust God in Times of Crisis John 19:16-27 Belong to this group and you’re a member of one of life’s most pain-filled communities. It’s a select group with one of the most painful rites of passage imaginable. To enter this fellowship, you have to experience ...read more

Scripture: John 19:16-27

Denomination: Methodist

Faith That Works

Contributed by Hiram Withers on Nov 12, 2018

While there is nothing we can do on our own to be saved. Evidence of an active growing Christian life is seen in our works.

A pastor I learned under once pointed out that we never want to be back window Christians. I asked him what a back-window Christian was. He said it was an old southern term that pointed to people who attended church every Sunday and then threw their bibles in the back window of their cars and ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

I Love Sundays (Part 3) Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Oct 30, 2020

In Psalm 122, David rejoiced to go to the house of the Lord! Why? Because David loved the PEACE of God!

Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 2/7/16 • Bumper Video: I Love Sundays (Peace) Good morning and welcome to church! I found some interesting statistic this week that I thought I’d share with you. It turns out 46% of fatal accidents happen in the home, 33% of fatal accidents ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 122:1-6

Denomination: Christian Church