Sermons on Have A Vision:

What's Needed In The Next 5 Years

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 13, 2018

This sermon deals with the church's 5th year anniversary, but instead of casting a vision of what the church should do, the focus is on what the church should become.

What's Needed In The Next Five Years? September 9, 2018 Numbers 13:26-33 Acts 16: 6-10 It was five years ago today that we came together to merge Glenville New Life Community Church together with Calvary Presbyterian Church to give birth to New Life At Calvary. Two weeks ago Pastor ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

How To Deepen Your Insight - Mark 10:47-52 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Feb 3, 2024

How do you increase your spiritual insight and find blind spots? Jesus answers that question in the account of blind Bartimaeus.

Mark 10:46 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus was leaving the city with his disciples and a large crowd, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:47-52, Matthew 20:29-34, Luke 18:35-43

Joshua Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 7, 2016

Lessons from the life of Joshua

Joshua Joshua 1:1-9 In this series we’ve been looking at heroes because the stories we tell and the people we lift up and celebrate tell us a lot about the lives we seek to lead and the people we long to be. There are numerous stories in Scripture of people who have been embraced and ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9

Denomination: Methodist

Spiritual Ambition

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Aug 6, 2010

Go to Rome regardless of the cost!

Acts 19:21 KJV After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. I. INTRODUCTION—AMBITION A. General Quotes T. D. English—Ambition is the germ from ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:21

Denomination: Pentecostal

Signs Of Life: Hill Blocks View Series

Contributed by David Simpson on Sep 1, 2016

There are road signs everywhere we go. This sermon ties in a spiritual meaning with a subdivision road sign. Sometimes an obstacle, or hill, blocks a clear view of God's work in our lives.

Sermon Lanier Christian Church August 28, 2016 David Simpson Sermon Series: Signs of Life Sign: HILL BLOCKS VIEW 2 Corinthians 4:4; Psalm 40:12; 2 KINGS 6:17 I noticed a yield sign this past week and thought of a classic hymn: “Yield Not to Temptation.” So, I decided, for the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:4

Denomination: Christian Church

Hindered Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Nov 27, 2017

A study of the book of Acts 16: 1 – 40

Acts 16: 1 – 40 Hindered 16 Then he came to Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek. 2 He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium. 3 Paul wanted to have him go on ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Stupid Breeds Stupid... As A Person Thinks....

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 14, 2017

They say: 85% of people never think? 10% of people think they think? 5% of people think? It is that 5% that think that change the church and the world!

STUPID BREEDS STUPID...AS A PERSON THINKS By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I do this in several parts. While the USA has the highest standard of living in the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 23:7, 2 Corinthians 5:7, 2 Timothy 3:7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Here Comes The Dreamer

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 29, 2009

When Joseph’s brothers saw him they said "Here comes the dreamer" They meant it as a slur but it is a great compliment.

Here Comes The Dreamer Rev. D.V. Guptill He was just a kid. A kid who had dreams A kid who was loved by his father and a kid who was loathed by his brothers. Perhaps you know of him? The clip we just saw was from Andrew Lloyd Weber’s referred to as “Joseph and the Technicolor Dream Coat”. If ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-5

Denomination: Wesleyan

The One Who Hears You

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Oct 25, 2021

A sermon for the Sundays after Pentecost, Year B, Lectionary 30

October 24, 2021 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Mark 10:46-52 The One Who Hears You Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. There is a deeper story behind every person we meet. It’s very easy for us to minimize others. We ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: Lutheran

Straining Toward The Goal Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Nov 9, 2019

Philippians 3:12-4:1 teaches us what is involved in straining toward the goal of seeing Christ in glory.

Scripture The Philippian Church was a mostly healthy church, but Paul was concerned that false teaching might infiltrate the church. After the opening greeting, thanksgiving, and prayer, Paul wanted the Philippians to know that despite his imprisonment, the gospel was still advancing. Then, he ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Heart-Eye Coordination Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 24, 2022

"To an impure heart, God cannot be seen anywhere; but to a pure heart God is to be seen everywhere.” -- Charles Spurgeon

How many of you wear glasses? I’ve worn mine since I was seven years old. I was able to wear contact lenses for about 20 years but after about 40 they don’t work so well. And since I got cataract surgery and don’t need glasses for distance, I’m using reading glasses – so I have to take them on and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Passionate Worship - Five Practices 3 Series

Contributed by Spencer Homan on Nov 19, 2009

This is the thid week of a sermon series based on a book by Robert Schnase. It uses the worship wars between contemporary and traditional worship services as the basis to question... what is worship?

Colossians 3:12-17 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:12-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Dream On

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Oct 9, 2011

This is the fourth week of our "Dream Campaign" this week we're talking about dreaming you're dreams again. Maybe it's been lost over time, maybe you feel as though it's too late. Dream on is for you! Before speaking show video from Sermon Spics.com on dr

Dream On Text: Genesis 37:5-11NLT One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever. 6 “Listen to this dream,” he said. 7 “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:5-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Are You Looking At !

Contributed by Joann Ables on Jul 10, 2006

Don’t look back something may be gaining on you.

Don’t Look Back Did you ever hear the saying “don’t look back something may be gaining on you”? Luke 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Looking back can only hinder our progress in God. Looking back can ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:62

Denomination: Apostolic

Joseph-Dreams Can Come True Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 10, 2021

A dream can be an escape from reality, but it can also be an alternative to a present inadequate reality. A dream can provide an ideal toward which we strive and thereby change reality for the better.

Vanna White, the glamorous star who shows the letters on Wheel of Fortune, was a leader in her church youth group in North Myrtle Beach, North Carolina. Her pastor wrote about how he asked her, when she was a senior, what she was going to do after graduation. She responded that her dream was to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:2-20