Sermons on Hypocritical Prayer:

The Intersection Of Heaven And Earth

Contributed by Brad Bailey on May 20, 2022

The Intersection of Heaven and Earth Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 – Brad Bailey

The Intersection of Heaven and Earth Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 – Brad Bailey Earlier in service… video (Easter Morning: Mary at the Tomb (2015)) followed by reading of narrative text John 20:1, 16-22 (NLT) ? Intro I want to express a wide welcome today. My hope is that we may dare to consider ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus' Heads-Up: The World Will Hate You (John 16:1-33) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Mar 29, 2022

So don't be surprised, or discouraged. Prepare yourselves, testify anyway, and don't fall away. Also, how the Spirit partners with you, in testifying to the world.

Let's start this morning by rereading John 15:18-16:4. In these verses, Jesus describes our relationship to the world: (18) If the world, you, it hates, know that me, before you, it has hated. (19) If of/from the world, you were, the world would love its own. Now, because of/from the world ...read more

Scripture: John 16:1-33

The Great Divide Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jul 29, 2022

1) The Dividing of Deeds (Romans 2:6), 2) The Deeds of the Unredeemed (Romans 2:8–9), and 3) The Deeds of the Redeemed (Romans 2:7, 10).

Romans 2:6-10. 6 He will render to each one according to his works 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:6-10

Denomination: Other

Forget It!

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jul 31, 2022

In order to press on, to move forward, in the Christian life, we must first "forget" the past. We must forget the sins of others and our own sins and mistakes; we must forget our successes and failures; we must forget our vision of how our life would turn out.

My text this morning is a familiar one, from Paul’s letter to the Philippian church, chapter three, verses twelve through fourteen. Let me set the context. Paul begins by listing his credentials as an authentic descendant of Abraham, in rebuttal to those who were attacking him and his message. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:4-11

Denomination: Baptist

For The Sake Of Righteousness And Me Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Sep 7, 2022

As we unpacked the final of Jesus' beatitudes we will see that persecution is both a given and a gift.

For The Sake Of Righteousness And Me Matthew 5:10-12 SO – Maple Grove are you ready? OKAY THEN – let’s do this! It’s Thursday night… the night of His arrest. • Jesus’ has washed their feet in the upper room, telling them to, “go and do likewise” • HE - has given them a new command to love each ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:10-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Trust And Hope

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jun 20, 2019

A study in the book of Jeremiah 17: 1 – 27

Jeremiah 17: 1 – 27 Trust and Hope in The Lord 1 “The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; With the point of a diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars, 2 While their children remember their altars and their wooden images by the green trees on ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:17

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Thinking Of You

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jul 26, 2019

A study in the book of Jeremiah 29: 1- 32

Jeremiah 29: 1- 32 Thinking of you 1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders who were carried away captive—to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:29

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Principles & Ideas Of Deism

Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Nov 8, 2021

One of the perplexities of philosophical and religious research is that it can be easy to misconstrue the personalities and movements one is attempting to study through the prism of one's own respective worldview.

One of the perplexities of philosophical and religious research is that it can be easy to misconstrue the personalities and movements one is attempting to study through the prism of one's own respective worldview. This tendency, if one is not careful to adjust for it, can be compounded when ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Sign Of The Savior Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 27, 2021

1) The Meaning of the Sign. (Isaiah 7:10-11), 2) The Miracle of the Sign. (Isaiah 7:12-14), and finally, 3) The Message of the Sign. (Isaiah 7:15-17).

Isaiah 7:10-17. [10] Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, [11]"Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven." [12] But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test." [13] And he said, "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-17

Denomination: Other

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jul 31, 2016

A study of the book of Job 23: 1 – 17

Job 23: 1 – 17 Now You See Me, Now You Don’t 1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; My hand is listless because of my groaning. 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come to His seat! 4 I would present my case before Him, and fill my ...read more

Scripture: Job 23:1-17

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Singer

Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 6, 2016

Thinking of worship through examining Jesus' singing of the hymn before His Passion.

“When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.” [1] Jesus was a singer; on four occasions Scripture informs us that Jesus sang. I cannot help but wonder what songs Jesus sang. Perhaps my training in the sciences compels me to ask such questions; nevertheless, I ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:26

Denomination: Baptist

The Triumphal Entry Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 19, 2016

1) The Faithful Arrival (Mark 11: 1– 7), 2) The Faithless Approval (Mark 11: 8– 10), 3) The Faithful Appraisal (Mark 11:11)

Carved into a towering cliff in central Afghanistan stood two gigantic statues. Hewn out of the living sandstone rock, they were figures of the Buddha, dominating the Bamiyan Valley which they overlook. The statues stood on the ancient Silk Road, the old trade route which stretched through ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-11

Denomination: Other

The Passing Of This World Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 2, 2016

1) The Command not to love the world (1 John 2:15a), and 2) Reasons believers are not to love the world (1 John 2:15b–17).

After years of pressure, the Canadian Federal government declared Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization on Wednesday. According to the U.S. National Counterterrorism Centre, the IRGC is the Iranian regime’s “primary organization responsible for conducting covert lethal ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Other

His Blood Cleanses Our Sins – Part A Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 14, 2015

A study of the book of Hebrews chapter 9 verses 1 through 15

Hebrews 9: 1 – 15 His Blood Cleanses Our Sins – Part A 1 Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary. 2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lamp stand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:1-15

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Antichrist, The Temple, Wormwood, And More... Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Sep 22, 2015

A series of messages within a message, regarding the things that Scripture says surely will come.

"Number seven", or... the next world ruler is not antichrist There is a new world order in the works. Angelic forces fight for it. When all is said and done, the world will look exactly as God saw it when He revealed it to us in the first century, not to mention Daniel’s century. Revelation ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God