Sermons on Healing Hands:

God's Forgiveness Is Not Like Our Forgiveness-That's A Good Thing!

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Sep 11, 2011

A sermon preached 9/11/2011 for a joint service of the McConnellsburg Lutheran Parish that speaks of the topic of forgiveness.

Our Gospel reading has quite a parable to it. One that has a lesson that seems so simple and practical, yet, when the rubber meets the road, we find out it’s not so easy. It even seems as if Peter doesn’t quite get it at first. And on this day, 10 years after the terrorist attacks in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Lutheran

The Good And Beautiful God: God Is Love Series

Contributed by Scott Walker on Sep 12, 2011

God's love cannot be manipulated by our actions. God chooses to love us even though we do nothing to deserve or earn His love.

“The Good & Beautiful God: God Is Love” Luke 15 February 13th, 2011 "‘My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.  But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Nazarene

Living Faithful And Free For The Lord Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Sep 18, 2011

How should we deal with and treat others regarding a conviction we have about a matter that the Bible does not give specific guidelines on or how should we respond to others that have convictions regarding things we find acceptable regarding these matters

Living Faithful and Free for the Lord Romans 14:1-23 We should not Judge others based on our Convictions (Romans 14:1-13a) We should not Stumble others based on our Freedom (Romans 14:13b-23) Intro Have you ever felt like another person has judged you for something you had no convictions about ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:1-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Transformers

Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Sep 21, 2011

So many so-called Christians are only Christians outwardly, what needs to happen is a Transformation of our heart.

(All my sermons use illustrations found at www.sermoncentral.com and all scripture is NIV unless otherwise noted) TRANSFORMERS Recently I took my children to see the new Transformers movie, I had already seen it in 3-D, but they had not seen it so we went and truly enjoyed the family time ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When The Bear Is Giving Chase Series

Contributed by John Sears on Sep 28, 2011

We all experience conflict in life. Often times conflict happens with people we are closest to. Somtimes, the relationship we thought would last forever is blown apart by it. How do we handle this conflict when it happens or repair the relationship?

Introduction: Two long time friends decide to go camping in the woods for the weekend. They pack up their gear and head out. As they hike to their favorite campsite, a large grizzly bear ambles onto the path about 100 yards in front of them. Both friends freeze in their tracks hoping the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-16

Denomination: Christian Church

Joy Series

Contributed by Don Vanzant on Sep 30, 2011

God gives joy to those who abide in Him which is not dependent on circumstances but is actually compatible with pain.

Years ago I spent the last four months of seminary in the Clinical Pastoral Education program or CPE as a chaplain on the third floor of Central Baptist Hospital. It was a great experience, but not one that suited me too well. I was assigned to the respiratory ward where people were mostly ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

Trumpets Series

Contributed by Don Vanzant on Oct 3, 2011

The sixth trumpet warns of a terrible taste of hell for those in the Tribulation.

Well – today we have a formidable task, to somehow cover three chapters of the book of Revelation. We are using the same portion of Scripture in worship that we are using for our Bible study on Wednesday evenings and these chapters are difficult and appear very strange – like most ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 8:1-12

Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

Sloth Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 8, 2011

This sermon looks at the Deadly Sin of Sloth. Often when we think of sloth, we think of people who are lazy and aren’t doing anything with their lives. In a word, they’re lazy. When most of us picture the idea of sloth we picture someone like Frank. So wh

Sloth Matthew 25:24-25, 44-45 Frank is 32 years old, lives in his parent’s home and works part time at a restaurant. His parents pay all of his bills and provide all of his meals. Frank doesn’t have lots of friends and he doesn’t go out very much. He spends the majority of his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:24-25

Denomination: Methodist

Building A Life Of Thanksgiving Series

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Oct 10, 2011

Growing in the area of thankfulness

Building a Life of Thanksgiving 1 Chronicles 29:1-22 Today we're celebrating the Together We Build giving campaign with our offerings and commitments. This is the day we've waited for, we've prayed for, we've talked about; we've planned about, considered for about 10 weeks. If you're a visitor, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Slow Starters Are Not No Starters. Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 14, 2011

Abram is finally getting into gear and making some real spiritual progress.

Intro: 1. Some things are slow starters. The first electric light was so dim that a candle was needed to see its socket; One of the first steamboats took 32 hours to chug its way from New York to Albany, a distance of 150 miles; Wilbur and Orville Writght's first airplane flight lasted only 12 ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 13:5-18

Denomination: Baptist

Running On Empty

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2011

IN A WORLD WHERE WE CAN SO EASILY END UP RUNNING ON EMPTY, THE FORGIVER OFFERS US AN ALTERNATE EXPERIENCE.

Running on Empty July 4th, 2010 Introduction: As a teen in the70's one of the classic songs was Jackson Brown's Running on Empty. Listen to it with me. Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields In sixty-five I was seventeen and ...read more

Scripture: John 6:6-42

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

A Royal Wedding

Contributed by Jay Mccluskey on Dec 30, 2011

This is a narrative sermon that tells the story of Ruth and Boaz.

A ROYAL WEDDING Mother’s Day is typically a time to emphasize and celebrate not just motherhood, but home and family. And the surrounding weeks are also popular seasons for weddings. With the storms of last week, the Royal Wedding of William and Kate did not get as much local attention ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Wounded In The House Of My Friend

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jan 3, 2012

The child of Jeroboam was sick and was not responding to treatment. Jeroboam did not know what to do. So, he decided to go and find out from the prophet what was wrong. He wanted to know the source of the sickness. But because he had offended the God of I

This week, we are looking at the message entitled, “Wounded in the house of my friend.” Zechariah 13:6 says, “And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.” A careful look ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 13:6, Zechariah 13:6-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Caution Is Better Than Cure

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 3, 2012

Joshua 9

CAUTION IS BETTER THAN CURE (JOSHUA 9) I have been exercising and swimming in a pool for 30 minutes a day since 2003 due to my weak knees from too much basketball. The hardest thing to avoid in swimming is the swimmers themselves. In the States swimmers in a lane are required to swim to one side ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 9:1-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Where Do We Go From Here? Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 5, 2012

Where do we go from here? -- Go forward: 1. With determination to find the Lord (vs. 1-2). 2. With declarations of your faith (vs. 2). 3. Depending on God’s guidance (vs. 3-9 & 12). 4. With great devotion to the Lord (vs. 10-11)

Back to the Best of Christmas Part 4: Where Do We Go from Here? Matthew 2:1-12 Sermon by: Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Jan. 1, 2012 BACKGROUND: *We usually put three wise men in the manger scene, even though they don’t really belong there. The Scripture doesn’t tell us how many there ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist