Sermons on How We See Jesus:

The Debt We Owed

Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Aug 12, 2015

An explanation of how exactly we were debtors to God.

The Debt We Owed A parable in Matthew 18 speaks of us sinners as being debtors to God. Many of our favorite hymns and spiritual songs we sing speak of our debt to God being paid by Christ. The question we may have is: just how exactly were we in debt to God? We are created to glorify and please ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:23-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Everything We Need!" Series

Contributed by John Brooks on Aug 27, 2018

#1 out of 2 Peter. We learn that we have "everything we need" through the true knowledge of Jesus Christ.

EVERYTHING WE NEED! "Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Scouting The Land (Numbers 13)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 15, 2024

How much does attitude play into faith? Let's look at Numbers 13.

Do we approach life with negative or positive attitudes? Does this have anything to do with faith? As we look forward to a better promised land, what is our attitude? Let’s look at Numbers 13. What did the Lord want Moses to do in preparation for entering the promised land? The Lord spoke to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Who We Are

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jan 13, 2019

Paul was a great missionary who's example can show us how to witness to others. God has a plan for us all to follow. What can we do get help us understand and follow that path?

As we start our new year, we’re going to start by looking at who we are. Concordia isn’t just this place. It includes all of us that come here to worship. Its not confined to just the walls of this building but has to look towards the people that live near us. We’re called to shine the love of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran

We Can Do This

Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Apr 18, 2012

The mission of the church no matter how you word it is to make disciples

WE CAN DO THIS Matthew 28:18-20 Intro: There’s a story told about a Barber who got saved. Now this Barber was known to be eccentric. He was actually mentally deficient and although he had a good heart, he usually did or said things the wrong way. People would overlook him because they knew ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Baptist

How To Tell The Truth

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 25, 2010

Monologue, as if the speaker were James, illustrating points by incidents in the life of Jesus. Truth comes with compassion, it does its own convicting, and must be backed with a life of integrity.

One of the peculiarities of the letter of James is that it has so very little direct reference to the life of Jesus. If it was written, as has traditionally been believed, by the James who was the brother of our Lord and who became prominent in the Jerusalem church, then it does seem odd that he ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Now Represent Jesus! Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jan 7, 2012

We are new creations, we are called to live that way, we are to be representatives of God himself, how?

I tend to be a closet grumbler, I grumbled this morning when I saw someone had smashed the sign out the front of the hall. I went on the internet and saw something that put my grumbling in perspective, 17 Christian people in Nigeria killed by radicals of a different religion, The Coptic Christian ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21

Denomination: Salvation Army

Recognizing Jesus On The Road

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Mar 25, 2008

We Believe in the risen Christ, how can we recognize his presence?

Recognizing Jesus in the Road to Emmaus Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 Luke 24:13-33 33 year olds? – tell the story of my first funeral at Humber – people would not leave the grave Jesus was 33 – not just a young mother, but “we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel” Tell ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-33

Denomination: *other

Jesus Teaches Us To Pray

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Jul 23, 2010

Jesus teaches us five distinct ways of formulating our prayers to our Heavenly Father.

PRAYER IS A PART OF EVERY CHRISTIANS LIFE IN SOME WAY. HOWEVER, HOW WE USE PRAYER AND WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF PRAYER TO BE CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT! WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS OF WHAT PRAYER IS TO BE USED FOR AND WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. WE ALSO HAVE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-4

Denomination: Free Methodist

Where Do We Find Comfort (Friend’s Day)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 14, 2021

Most of us, at one time or another, have attempted to comfort someone in distress. We all have different ideas about how this should be done.

Illus: The different ways we do this, reminds me of three elderly men who were passing the time discussing the ideal way of leaving this world. • The first man, age seventy-five, said he would prefer to go to sleep one night and not wake up the next day. • The second man, age eighty-five, said he ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

When We Are Called To Those Who Are Ready

Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 22, 2009

Philip’s call to travel the road to Gaza doesn’t make human sense, but it reminds us to trust God when we have to go through the wilderness of life experiences.

There is a theme in American Literature, U.S. movies, and Broadway musicals where protagonists from rural areas come to the big city and make it big. Even Clark Kent has to move from the farm to Metropolis before he makes the big time as the investigative reporter who doubles as Superman. And we ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:26-40

Denomination: *other

Forgive Like Jesus

Contributed by Kumar Aryal on Nov 27, 2019

We see two main things happening in our passage this morning. Let us look at them one at a time: First,…

Good Morning Everyone! What a joy it is to worship God, and now to study His word. We are going through 70X7 series during our MGroup Campaign. This is our 4th Sunday and today we will be looking at John 8:1-11. Illustration: In a courtroom trial in South Africa, an elderly black woman ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It All Comes Back To Jesus!

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jun 16, 2009

As believers, we fight and fret with our old nature. It is sort of like a boomerang, we throw it out only to see it come back time and time again. Today we are going to take a short look at Peter and one of the episodes in his life and we are going to see

Sermon Brief Date Written: June 11, 2009 Date Preached: June 14, 2008 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Sermon Series: Sermon introducing VBS Sermon Title: It All Comes Back to Jesus! Sermon Text: Matthew 14:28-29 (ESV) 28 And Peter answered him, "Lord, if it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:28-29

Denomination: Baptist

Sitting @ The Feet Of Jesus: We Find Grace Series

Contributed by Louis Pantelis on Sep 16, 2009

This series, takes a look at what folks found as the humbly entered into the presence of Christ and by sitting at His feet.

Sitting at the Feet of Jesus: We find Grace Luke 7:36 – 50 A man walks into a small antique shop in San Francisco. It’s mostly cluttered with knickknacks and junk. The man notices on the floor what looks like an ancient Chinese vase. On closer inspection it turns out to be a priceless relic from ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Church Of God

We Need More Hannah's - Prayer Warriors Series

Contributed by Charles Jones on Apr 11, 2013

Although the phrase “prayer warrior” is not found in Scripture, a prayer warrior is generally thought of as a Christian who prays continually and effectively for others in the manner of praying taught in Scripture. Therefore prayer warriors pray to Father

Proverbs 29:18 King James Version (KJV) 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 English Standard Version (ESV) 18 Where (A)there is no prophetic vision the people (B)cast off restraint,[a] but blessed is he who (C)keeps the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1

Denomination: Pentecostal