Sermons on Hostile Environments:

Enduring With Runners Cramp

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Sep 11, 2011

Show video about lady runner falling, and getting up and wins the race. Ten years ago, Flight 93 soared over the skies of Pennsylvania, headed possibly to destroy the White House or the US Capitol. Todd Beemer said a prayer with others on board flight,

Enduring With Runners Cramp Hebrews 12:1-3NKJ Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Identity Unity Of The New Humanity

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Feb 27, 2009

You identity will determine your activity. Your identity will also determine you destiny. If we as the church find our identity in Christ we will be united as the new creation.

Intro: For the past five weeks we have talked about our identity. Your identity will determine your destiny. If you are a child of wrath you will spend this life and the next without God. If you are in Christ you will spend this life fulfilled. If you are dead in your trespasses, purposeful ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of Christ's Reconciliation Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 12, 2015

The Power of Christ's Reconciliation Big Idea – The gospel turns enemies into friends and promises that we will one day stand before God sinless and pure. Our Present Status: Reconciled through Christ (vs. 22)

The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ, part 6 The Power of Christ's Reconciliation Colossians 1:18-23 David Taylor March 1, 2015 We are in a series on Paul's letter to the Colossian church, called “The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ.” Two weeks ago we saw Paul describing the ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:18-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Integrating Spirituality In Our Living Space Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jul 22, 2009

There is a false division of life… even if unclear or unconscious… that can cause us to compartmentalize and confine our spiritual growth. The result is that… • For 166 of the 168 hours in the week we lose our sense of God’s interest and involvement.

Integrating Spirituality in Our Living Space This morning… take up our series on Integrating Spirituality into our Everyday Life. Last week…introduction… Noted there is a false division of life… even if unclear or unconscious… that can cause us to compartmentalize and confine our ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lesson 32: Preach A Q And A Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 10, 2018

A question and answer style sermon

Lesson Goal I hope to teach how to preach a question and answer style sermon. Lesson Intro Have you ever been interviewed or been asked a lot of questions that you had difficulty answering. Christians are encouraged to give an answer for the hope that lies within them, but so much of the time, ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 26:4-5

Denomination: Baptist

God's Plan For The Parents & Kids

Contributed by Ed Taylor on May 6, 2002

God’s plan for parents and kids is a clear and attainable.

What has gone wrong with America’s Children? · Did you know that in the US, every 8 seconds of every school day a child drops out of school? · Every 26 seconds a child runs away from home. · Every 47 seconds a child is either abused or neglected. · Every 7 minutes a child is arrested for a drug ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fourth Dimension Love Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Nov 8, 2003

John calls the body of Christ to love each other as Jesus loved us.

Loving In The Fourth Dimension I John 4:7-12 A man passed by a cage at the zoo and noticed that in the cage was both a large lion and an active monkey. He saw a zoo worker nearby and asked, ‘How does that work having both a lion and a monkey in the same cage? It works ok for the most part. Do ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-11

Ten Commandments For Marriage Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 12, 2001

Ten ways to improve your marriage. Five for the ladies and five for the men.

Survivor’s Series How to Survive in the Real World Sermon # 3 Surviving Marriage The Ten Commandments for Marriage Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 “Americans have one of the highest marriage rates in ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Denomination: Baptist

Birth Of A New Era Series

Contributed by William Jewett on Nov 27, 2001

part 3 of 4 of our series on worship as a lifestyle

In a television program I watch there is an episode in which the minister stood up before the congregation. It was a vast sanctuary -- but it was almost empty. The minister looked out upon all of the empty seats and surveyed the 4 lonely people in the congregation -- one young man, and three ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-23

Denomination: *other

Knowing God's Power Series

Contributed by W F on Sep 16, 2004

We can access God’s power in order to bring him glory in our own lives and in our world (Part 1 "Fresh Lessons From Former Leaders").

24 year old Danny Simpson was sentenced to 6 years in jail for robbing a bank. Danny got 6 years in the clink for stealing $6,000. But the gun he used in the robbery ended up in a museum. The .45 caliber Colt semi-automatic turned out to be an antique made in 1918 by the Ross Rifle Company. His ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:16-40

Denomination: *other

The Terror Of The Cross

Contributed by Roger Spaugh on Jul 6, 2008

This sermon explores the Suffering Christ endured to pay the price for sin.

“THE TERROR OF THE CROSS” TEXT: Mark 14:32-36, "And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; And saith unto them, My soul ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:32-36

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Harvest Of Peace

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 11, 2007

As gardeners grow beauty, so also we must grow peace: speak truth without prejudice; pass judgments but do something to help the troubled grow; pay attention to our own hearts; and settle for nothing less than Christ as the full truth.

As if we did not have enough yard work to do at home, my wife and I have taken on a gardening project at the church to which we belong, Montgomery Hills Baptist Church. The landscaping had deteriorated, and so a gardening team was formed to take care of it. My wife volunteered; I got volunteered. ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 8:9-17

Denomination: Baptist

Perfect Nonsense Series

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Nov 9, 2006

#3 in a series on 1 Corinthians: This sermon focuses on the wisdom of God in the Cross of Christ.

PERFECT NONSENSE Wisdom is the proper use of knowledge. It is not enough to know something; we have to be able to put knowledge into action. Some wisdom seems like nonsense to us, painfully obvious but somehow elusive. Things that we take for granted and forget, children will remind us of and we ...read more

Denomination: Mennonite

In The Beginning God Created Series

Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Apr 21, 2008

The proper beginning place to discover where we came from and why we are here is not in evolution, but in Genesis.

In The Beginning God Created Genesis 1:1 By Dr. R. Bruce Montgomery Introduction • Where did we come from? • How did our universe around us come into existence? • When and how did animate life begin? • Why are we here? • Are we merely the products of chance, or is there a purpose and plan behind ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lose That Weight!

Contributed by Victor Ramlall on Jan 8, 2012

We need to look forward the coming year with a new sense of commitment and resolve free ourselves from the impediments that hinder us from being effective servants of God.

January is named after Janus, the god of the doorway; the name has its beginnings in Roman mythology, coming from the Latin word for door (ianua) – January is the door to the year. In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions, thence also of gates, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-4

Denomination: Pentecostal