Sermons on Impression:

The Blessing Of Baptism

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 8, 2007

A sermon showing the necessity of baptism and how it affects your walk as a Christian. Power Point and audio will be placed at: www.sermonlist.com

There was a church that met at a river one day to baptize some of its members. While they were there, the town drunk stumbled by and ended up being the next in line to be baptized. The preacher dipped him under and brought him up, asking him if he had found Jesus yet. The drunk said, “No.’ So ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:38

Denomination: *other

From Such Turn Away

Contributed by Jose R. Hernandez on Jul 11, 2007

Do not allow yourself to be involved with those that practice and preach doctrines of men that only serve to divide and destroy the kingdom of God.

I don’t know how many of you have been attentive to what’s happening around the world, but of something that we must all be aware is what is occurring the in area of religion. I say this because it isn’t difficult to find that just about every day new groups or cults proclaiming to be Christians ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-5

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Work Ethic Series

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Jul 11, 2007

God’s wisdom for our work ethic

Do you realize you’re going to spend (or have spent) about 150,000 hours of your life working, which is about 40% of your waking hours. Unless you’re retired, you are probably groaning inside. A Harris survey found out in 1973 the average American spent 40 hours a week at work, but by 1987 the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:5-8

Denomination: Methodist

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

Go And Sin No More

Contributed by Wes Humble on Nov 10, 2006

A sermon for serious disciples

"Go and sin no more." -- Jesus I would like to take a look at a very simple passage of scripture found in the second chapter of Titus. “11For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. 12And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-14

Denomination: *other

The Unsafe Savior Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 26, 2005

Why is Christmas seemingly under attack? Why would a seemingly harmless story of a baby in a manger stall elicit such anger and opposition?

OPEN: James Martin (in an article in the devotional "The Upper Room") wrote the following: On a trip to the Holy Land, I bought a nativity set for my Sunday School. It was carved out of olive wood in Bethlehem itself, and had all the traditional figures - sheep and oxen, wise men and shepherds. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Extreme Makeover: What Looks Good To Jesus? Dirty Hands

Contributed by Jay Mcphearson on Oct 26, 2006

Become those who put the word into practice.

James 1:21-27; 2:14-26 “Extreme Makeover: What Looks Good to Jesus? Dirty Hands” “Become those who put the word into practice.” Sunday Morning Sermon 11.14.04 Intro: (Start with Sermon Text) There was once a pastor who had a little five-year-old daughter. Now the little girl noticed that every time ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Life Of Christ #5 - He's Coming Back! Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 11, 2005

Last in this series on the life of Jesus. Sorry, no date-setting, or even a strong position on pre,post, mid, stuff.

The Life of Christ Part 5 - He’s Coming Back! Various Scriptures April 18, 2005 Introduction Today we wrap up our series about the life of Christ. So far we’ve looked at the fact that Jesus lived, and that he lived to glorify God and bring people into his kingdom. We’ve also looked at his ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:11

Denomination: Wesleyan

Faith & Future

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 8, 2006

1. Our faith in the future is built on God’s faithfulness in the past. 2. Our faith determines our Future. 3. We need to build an altar of faith for future generations.

An old Chinese proverb says, “May you live in interesting times.” That has certainly been the case for the world this past year. Mark Bowden, editor of The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, offered this observation about the year we have just come through: “The world was wracked with pain in 2005, ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

The Holy Innocents

Contributed by William Mouser on Jan 10, 2006

This jarring episode is just as much a part of the Christmas season as the manger scene. Though grim, the fate of the Innocents shows us how and why we share the hope they had in Christ’s second advent

Psalm 124, Jeremiah 3:15-17, Revelation 21:1-7, Matthew 2:13-18 The Holy Innocents The Gospel lesson that is read today is actually from the lectionary for the Feast of the Holy Innocents, which in the liturgical calendar is celebrated on December 28 – four days ago. The Book of Common Prayer ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:13-18

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

You Can Make A Difference Series

Contributed by Carl Greene on Jan 29, 2008

Am I qualified? Who could have foreseen lowly fishermen of Galilee had the potential to become fearless apostles, or that simple peasants could leave their net behind to become founders of the church?

A Letter from Jesus to the Church called Mainline: "You know me; I love to make the oldline new. If you will stick with me, I shall give you a future, new wineskins, and all that. I am Lord of Life, not death. I shall move you from cynical decline to life. I still have plans for you. You’ll be ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:13

Denomination: Methodist

The Author Of Life Series

Contributed by Chris Clay on Feb 1, 2008

This sermon describes how that God is the author of all life.

God of Wonders The Author of Life Genesis 1:31 Introduction: “Top Ten Ways to Know You Need to Study Genesis”: 10. The kids are asking you too many questions about your unusual bedtime Bible story: “Noah the Shepherd Boy and His Ark of Many Colors.” 9. You keep falling ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:31

Denomination: Baptist

On That Great Gettin' Up Morning

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 26, 2009

For Remembrance Sunday: getting past grief means crying out honestly and insistently for help, and it means having confidence in the God who raised Christ from the dead and thus defeated death itself.

The hymns we have sung and the Scriptures we have read have one important word that is common to all of them. That word is "morning". "Morning", as in "good morning". "Morning" is an important Biblical image. I am leading us to worship around the symbol of morning today because I want us to use it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:2-3

Denomination: Baptist

Barefoot Christians

Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009

The most basic footwear of life is mutual love for one another.

"I arrived in the city of EVERYWHERE early one morning. It was cold, and there were flurries of snow on the ground. As I stepped from the train to the platform, I noticed that the Baggage man and the redcap were warmly attired in heavy coats and gloves, but oddly enough, they wore no shoes. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:12

Denomination: Baptist

The Three R's Of Revival

Contributed by Adam Profitt on Jan 27, 2009

I used this as a follow-up to scheduled revival services in our church. It talks about what true revival is and how we can see it. I got the three R’s from Greg Laurie’s devotional a few weeks ago.

The Three R’s of Revival We’ve just come through Revival services recently… We have “Revivals” several times a year… Other churches have “Revivals”… We hear a lot about needing a revival… Sometimes churches call their meetings a “revival effort”… If we look at the world around us, or even at the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:2-5

Denomination: Holiness