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The Rich Fool – Balancing The Temporal With The Eternal Series

Contributed by Joey Nelson on Feb 11, 2002

Jesus told a story in Luke’s Gospel to teach us to balance the temporary with the eternal.

INTRODUCTION Sermonic Theme Opening Statement: There are many literary forms used in the Bible. There is poetry, proverb, legal document, dramatic narrative, hymn, sermon, theological treatise, personal letter, and apocalyptic vision. And sprinkled into all of these genres are figures of speech ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:16-21

A Heartbeat For Our Change Series

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Jun 11, 2012

Jesus' Heart Beats to Change Our Story

His Heartbeat: A Heartbeat for Our change March 4, 2012 Luke 19:1-10 How Does Jesus Heart beat for us? Let me give you a few stories. Here is C.S. Lewis: militant atheist, Oxford don. The last thing he wants is to be converted. God sneaks up on him, and Lewis is "surprised by joy," and he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

4 Advent C

Contributed by Roger Haugen on Sep 20, 2001

"My Soul magnifies the Lord"

Here we are on the fourth Sunday of Advent. The morning of Christmas Eve. It’s hard not sliding right into Christmas. Snow, the excitement, the baby to be born, the manger, the Shepherds -- the whole nine yards. Christmas as we have come to know and love and expect. Gifts under the tree, a feast -- ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Luggage Longing To Be Lost

Contributed by Monty Newton on Feb 17, 2013

God in his mercy and grace hears us, renews and restores us, when we are broken and repentent.

The Season of Lent… is something of a roller coaster ride in which we confront our own sinfulness in light of the suffering of Christ. And yet during this time of introspection we are also keenly aware of how the story ends with Christ’[s victory over sin and death. This morning we ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Getting Out Of A Rut

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Mar 8, 2021

4 Keys from the book of Nehemiah on how to get out of a rut. The Jews had stalled on building the walls around their city for 87 years. 4 Keys he employed: 1. Water the Ground, 2. See with fresh eyes, 3. A promise to fight by, 4. Tokens of God's favor

Getting Out of A Rut PPT 1 Message Title Today we are going to use the story of the book of Nehemiah to talk about getting out of a Rut. If you remember the Jews had started worshipping idols, God punished them by having the Babylonians overrun them and take most of them to Babylon as slaves. They ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-4, Daniel 9:25, Luke 18:1

Denomination: Pentecostal

Backtrack To The Bible Series

Contributed by Paul Robinson on Sep 15, 2022

When dealing with perilous times brought on by a corrupt culture, the Apostle Paul knew the answer: it was to go back to godly living and the foundation of truth as found in the Word of God. This was his counsel to Timothy in II Timothy 3.

Our culture has long been going in the wrong direction. We have made great progress in technology, but it has also been our undoing. Existentialism and Post-modernism have taught us to focus on ourselves and selfishly pursue our own desires despite the consequences. Instead of the church affecting ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:14-17

Denomination: Baptist

De-Junk Your Faith

Contributed by Geoff Etherton on Nov 20, 2003

Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple - something the Jews revered. We need a ’de-junking session’ in our faith - a good clear out of what is not ultimately lasting

De-junk your faith! Mk 13: 1-8 Introduction House de-junk – programmes on TV ‘Life laundry’; ‘Cash in the attic’; ‘Everything must go’ Life laundry – everything laid out in garden/in a hall Have to get rid of a certain proportion of ‘junk’ I’m a hoarder! Liz – letters: Sensible sort out! This am ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:1-8

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Generosity

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jun 24, 2022

This sermon is about the false narratives that surround the idea of "generosity" or "giving" and the things that hinder Christians from having a generous spirit.

I want to start off by saying giving in the Christian life is not so much an external action. Something that we do out of guilt or obligation, but really what we do in response to the love of God and the generosity of God. A generosity that we try to imitate as we seek to be more like Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 1:16, Deuteronomy 8:18, Luke 6:38, 2 Corinthians 9:7-8

Denomination: Christian Church

How To Live In The Face Of Uncertainty Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jun 30, 2009

19th in a series from Ecclesiastes. How Christians are to respond to uncertainty in the world.

There was once an elderly gentleman who loved playing golf. But he was almost eighty, and his vision was not very good anymore. He always had partners with him when he went out to play so they could watch his ball and tell him where it went. One day his buddies did not show up. It was a beautiful ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

The Generous Life Is A Blessed Life

Contributed by Rev. Randy Barker on Sep 11, 2014

be generous

Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. my sermon ideas and illustrations are often taken from many sources including those at Sermoncentral.com, there could be instances where other ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:1-18

Denomination: *other

The God Of Gold Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 22, 2015

How can I tell if money has become my "god?" What is the tell-tale sign of this kind of idolatry, and what can this idolatry do to me that Jesus is warning me against?

(Comments before the scripture reading and prayer): This sermon series has been entitled “The Guardrails of Life” with the intention of exploring the guardrails God has set up for our lives to keep us from going off the road in our faith and crashing our lives and relationships. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:24-34, Matthew 6:34

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Danger Of A Dollar Series

Contributed by Chris Anderson on Mar 19, 2023

Message 10 in a series through James that helps us explore the relationship between faith and works in our lives. James was the half-brother of Jesus and the leader of the church in Jerusalem.

Three little girls are in the schoolyard bragging about their fathers. The first girl says, “My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him $50.” The second girl says, “That’s nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song, they ...read more

Scripture: James 5:1-6, Luke 12:34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

White As Snow!!!

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 7, 2016

In this World, the corruption of the heart is more dangerous than corruption seen in Government offices...Jesus by removing corruption from the heart can remove financial corruption of the Society!!!

White as Snow In our Great Country, the talk of the town since November 8th (since evening of Nov 8th to be more precise) has been “Demonetization” of Rs 500/- and Rs1,000/- currency notes by the Central ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: *other

Receiving Through Giving

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 30, 2001

A sermon on giving

Sermon for 4/29/2001 Luke 6:38 Receiving Through Giving Introduction: Mother Teresa visited Australia. A new recruit to the Franciscan order in Australia was assigned to be her guide and “gofer” during her stay. “Thrilled and excited at the prospect of being so close to this woman, he dreamed of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:37-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Except There Be No Poor Among You Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 1, 2010

Exposition of Deut 15 regarding our duty to aid those less fortunate, related to our vision statement with the same subject matter

Text: Deut 15:1-18, Title: Except When There Be No Poor Among You, Date/Place: NRBC, 1/31/10, AM A. Opening illustration: “shirt off his back” we say it a lot but it usually never happens that way, tell the story of Gary Tryon and Bill and that last $100 B. Background to passage: the ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 15:1-18, Deuteronomy 15:7-11

Denomination: Baptist