Sermons on Hidden Things:

I Did It My Way Series

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jul 11, 2005

The story of Cain is the story of a man determined to do life his way rather than God’s way. It didn’t work then. It won’t work now.

I Did It My Way Genesis 4:1-16 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Introduction: If our text were a movie, I have the perfect musical soundtrack for it. It is the song Frank Sinatra made famous. In fact, it became his theme song. Sinatra co-wrote and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:2-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Gentleness Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jul 15, 2005

The Fruit of The Spirit (Part 10) How is gentleness developed in our lives? Sometimes we learn gentleness through God’s tender touch, and at other times we learn gentleness through difficult situations. (See sermons in Word format at www.praiseag.org)

GENTLENESS The Fruit of The Spirit (Part 10) Galatians 5:22-23 • Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV) [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, [23] gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. INTRODUCTION: Fragile: Handle with ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Servant Leadership

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jul 21, 2005

Jesus’perspective on servant leadership changes the way we see our our Master, our fellow leaders, and the church members we serve.

Servant Leadership Matthew 20:20-28 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Introduction: Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s, who died a few years, became a familiar sight to millions in his company’s television commercials. I used to refer to him as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:20-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When The Record Plays, Will You Like The Tune?

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 23, 2005

What are you recording for your final performance?

When the Record Plays Will You Like The Tune? For some of the younger folks in the audience you may not remember a record player or records. CDs are possibly all you know. Well, a record is like a CD only bigger and usually black though I have seen red, blue and green ones.. They started ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11-15

Denomination: Baptist

Wake Up!

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jul 25, 2005

This sermon is a call to be spiritually alert when we are tempted to be spiritually sleepy.

Some time ago Judy (my wife) and I attended a funeral on a Sunday afternoon. At that funeral I had an embarrassing experience with drowsiness. In fact, to be totally honest¡I fell asleep at the funeral. Falling asleep was not so bad. The embarrassing part occurred when Judy elbowed me and I jumped. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:37-41

Denomination: Baptist

The Parable Of The Sower, The Seed And The Soils

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jul 28, 2005

Jesus explains the conditions of entry into God’s Kingdom - He is the Sower, the Seed is His Word and men and women are the Soil, either "Bad-Soil" - along the Path: responding NO; on the Rock: YES & NO; among Thorns: YES BUT; or "Good-Soil" : YES!

The first recorded parable of Jesus is “The Parable of the Sower” (Matthew 13:1-23) but it’s equally the story of the seed and the soils. Earlier that day He’d had a confrontation with the Pharisees and religious lawyers about His claim to be the Son of Man and the great gulf that separated them ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-23, Isaiah 55:10-11

Denomination: Baptist

Paul's Expectations Of The Church

Contributed by Alan Tison on Aug 2, 2005

The apostle Paul gives us his expectaions for the church from a very familiar passage.His expectaions are found through out his writings

Introduction: High School Reunions can be some of the best of times and some of the worst of times. One thing about High School reunions is often people are surprised with the changes that have occurred with their classmates. • The computer Geek is now a successful the businessman • The awkward ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Church On The Edge Of Eternity Series

Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Aug 20, 2005

What the church needs to be on the edge of. we do nt worship the place we meet but we can worship at the place we meet.

Matthew 16:16-19 The Church on the edge Last week we talked about being the church on the edge and how to get there. What it show us even though it might be scary or way out of our comfort zone. We talked about how the church has no walls. We can not worship the place we meet at but we can ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:16-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Just Do It Series

Contributed by Dan Jackson on Aug 21, 2005

4th message in James Series. How to receive, react, and respond to the Word of God in obedience.

“The Bible: Highly Revered but Seldom Read” was the headline for a Christianity Today article reporting the results of a Gallup Poll. Americans expressed their attitudes toward God, the church, the Bible and their personal faith. Interestingly, 42 percent recognized in principle that the Bible is ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-27

Hearing From God In A Crisis Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Aug 26, 2005

Positive precepts for hearing from God in a crisis based on Christ’s healing of the nobleman’s son.

John 4:46-54 (NLT) In the course of his journey through Galilee, he arrived at the town of Cana, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a government official in the city of Capernaum whose son was very sick. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea and was traveling into ...read more

Scripture: John 4:46-54

Denomination: Baptist

Forgiveness

Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Mar 17, 2006

We will be talking about Seeking Forgiveness, Finding the way to Forgive, and offering Forgiveness.

Today we are talking about Forgiveness and even as a young pastor I have come to realize that most people are uncomforted with Topic. We don’t like to think that we need forgiveness. We can’t bare the thought of letting those hurtful unchanged people off the hook. When we talk about forgiveness we ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 45:1-28

Denomination: Methodist

Commercial Babylon Under Fire

Contributed by W. Alderman on Mar 21, 2006

This is a very revealing study that shows how the Apostate religious systems will come to an end during the Great Tribulation.

COMMERCIAL BABYLON UNDER FIRE Revelation 18 The last chapter shows the awful ending of the satanic religious system that we refer to as “The Great Harlot”. Now we will be observing the fall of the same system, but in a different facet. The political, the commercial, and the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 18:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Doubting Daddy Series

Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 3, 2006

A verse by verse exposition of Luke’s Gospel.

SERMON SERIES: “The Gospel of Luke” SERMON #2: “Doubting Daddy” OPENING TEXT: Luke 1:5-7 (Sermon Expounds on vv.5-25) OBJECTIVE: To show that when God says something, it can be trusted. He promised Zechariah a son, and Zechariah doubted. He has promised eternal life to all who believe in Christ. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Is The Cornerstone

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 4, 2006

Lent 5(C) - Jesus is still the Cornerstone even though some spurn God’s word and reject God’s love. In the end God’s judgment will come.

JESUS IS THE CORNERSTONE April 2, 2006 - Lent 5 - Luke 20:9-29 * * * * * * * * * * Dear Friends in the name of our Savior: Each of us turns to many different people for all kinds of advice during our lifetime. When we don’t feel well, we go to the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:9-19

Denomination: Lutheran

Csi Jerusalem - Who Killed Jesus? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 23, 2006

Christ’s death on the cross was a crime of passion. The crime was ours... the passion was God’s.

OPEN: (began with music theme of CSI – “Who Are You”) The year was 1910. The place - Chicago, Illinois. The time - The early hours of the morning. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hiller were lying in bed when Mrs. Hiller sensed something was wrong. She awoke to see that the gas light outside their bedroom ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:1-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ