Sermons on Humble Beginnings:

What Are You Looking For? Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 23, 2009

Have you found what you’re looking for? The people in our passage today thought they found what they were looking for in Jesus. But He wouldn’t have anything to do with them. Why was that? Because they were looking for a king, but they were looking for

One of the most popular music groups over the past 25 years has been a band called U2. The lead singer of U2 is a man named Bono. It seems like every couple of years it gets reported that Bono is a professing Christian. I don’t know whether he is or not. I do know that several years ago, he ...read more

Scripture: John 6:14-15

Denomination: Baptist

Goal 1: To Know Him Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 23, 2009

Three part series based on Paul’s great goals in Phil 3:10: "that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death."

God’s Greatest Goals for Your Life Part 1: To Know Him Philippians 3:7-14 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - Oct. 25, 2009 *One of God’s greatest goals for our lives is to know Him. The greatest believers in history are those who had great passion to know God. -In Exo 33:18 Moses ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-14

Denomination: Baptist

What To Do With Failure....lessons Learned From Peter Series

Contributed by Mark Nichols on Nov 29, 2009

You have two options in dealing with failure - Growth or Paralysis. Peter chose growth!

TEXT: Luke 5:1-11 TITLE: What to do with failure - Peter SERIES: When Life Gets Messy… TOPIC: Failure OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, October 18, 2009 PROP.: INTRODUCTION: Good morning! We are currently in a sermon series simply called: When Life Gets Messy. Because when life gets ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Calvinism

Contributed by Jb Hall on Nov 29, 2009

’Calvinism’ presents the the tenets of Calvinism in light of the Biblical position on these issues.

“Calvinism” Galatians 1:6 – 9 By: Pastor J. B. Hall Introduction: From time to time throughout history false doctrines have surfaced, or resurfaced, and have gained great popularity. But as we learned in our reference text, those who preach, teach, and espouse such false doctrines, must not ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 1:6-9

Denomination: Baptist

The Passion Of Self-Gratification Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 30, 2009

God’s wisdom gives peace but the churches to which James wrote were experiencing chronic hostility & sharp confrontations. They fought, coveted, quarreled & condemned others to obtain their desires. They were dominated by self-will

JAMES 4: 1-5 THE PASSION OF SELF-GRATIFICATION [Romans 7:14-25] Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote of a man who was dominated by the driving desire for self-gratification. To possess land was his highest pleasure. Someone promised him that he could own all of the land he could walk around ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Fruit Of The Spirit "Self Control" Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009

Not only does self-control mean saying no to yourself, it also means doing what has to be done.

Tomorrow is Labour day. Interesting isn’t it that Labour Day is a celebration of work yet we get the day off. Wouldn’t it make more sense for us to go work for free to celebrate the fact that we get to work? Anyway I’m not going to talk about Labour Day today, we’ll touch on work more next week, ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Joy In Knowing The Shepherd

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Dec 10, 2009

There is only one way to acquire real lasting joy and that is personally knowing the Good Shepherd.

Text: “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation” (Habakkuk 3:18). There were problems in the world when Habakkuk wrote these words. At the time, the Babylonians were very strong and Judah (the southern kingdom) would soon feel the pressure and destruction of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Christian Church

The Christ Who Cares

Contributed by Dr. Travis Campbell on Dec 12, 2009

No matter the problem we are facing, no matter how helpless or hopeless we feel, there is a Christ that cares for us.

A faithful study of this, the third of the four Gospels, the book of Luke, will reveal that it was written by the beloved physician, Luke. This is one of two books that Luke penned, the other being the Book of Acts. Luke was greatly influenced by the Apostle Paul. It is even suggested that Luke ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:11-18

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed Assurance

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Dec 12, 2009

This messages focuses on our assurance in Christ Jesus.

Blessed Assurance Scriptures: Hebrews 10:22; Judges 6-7; Romans 8:31 Introduction: I received this story (a Cherokee legend) in an email and I thought I would share it with you. Some of you may have already read this before. “Do you know the legend of the Cherokee Indian’s youth’s rite of ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:22, Hebrews 10:22-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Our Prince Of Peace

Contributed by Mark Roper on Dec 12, 2009

We have peace with God, then we have the peace of God. We also look into how peace comes to us and the price of peace.

Jesus Our Prince of Peace Down deep inside all of us long to have a great desire to be at peace, within ourselves, within our families and all those we interact with. Humanity’s quest for peace is illustrated by the architecture constructed in symbolic fashion in many countries. If the Statue ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:9

Denomination: Church Of God

Thanksgiving When The Water Is Over Your Head

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 13, 2009

Jonah found himself in one of the worst jams I can think of. But Jonah made it to the place of thanksgiving. Let’s look into God’s Word, and see how he got there.

Thanksgiving When the Water Is Over Your Head Jonah 2:1-10 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - Nov. 22, 2009 *Thinking about Thanksgiving, let me ask you to turn to the Old Testament Book of Jonah. Almost everybody knows the story of Jonah. It’s one of the first Bible stories we ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Pentecost?

Contributed by John Butler on Jul 14, 2009

A message preached on Pentecost Sunday answering an all to familiar question.

What Is Pentecost? Intro: Praise the Lord! How many came in here to have church this morning? I ain’t talking about playing church! Amen? I said how many came to have some church? How many came to shout...dance... How many came to bless the Lord with all your soul? I don’t know about you ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-4

Longing For Forgetfulness

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jul 15, 2009

When we seek God’s forgiveness, He not only forgives, He forgets.

We’ll be looking at Psalm 25 today, paying particular attention to verse 7. This is an acrostic psalm, one of the four psalms using the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet as the first letters of each line. You remember the old acrostic song we used to sing about mother. M is for the many ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 25:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Father To Pharaoh

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 16, 2009

There is pain in family relationships. Jacob’s emptiness created Benjamin, the zero. Judah repeats parental manipulation. But Joseph shows that God’s grace can turn family pain into accomplishment.

The emotional scene we are about to confront comes out of a long history of deals and double deals. When this man stands before his brothers and weeps, his tears flow out of a whole reservoir of pent-up feelings. When this man, this strong, savvy, sophisticated official, cries out in a pain so ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of Pull

Contributed by Monty Newton on Jul 18, 2009

The pulls in our lives compel us to act compassionately in behalf of others... and ourselves.

Title: The Power of Pull Text: Mark 6:30-34 (53-56) Thesis: The pulls in our lives compel us to act compassionately in behalf of others… and our selves. Introduction Sometimes when we think of the word “force” we are thinking in terms of power and speed. G-Force as related to gravitational ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:30-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational