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  • "The Ultimate Love (Revised)"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 29, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 8,035 views

    How can we even begin to comprehend God’s love for us?

    John 3:14-21 “The Ultimate Love” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Have you ever noticed while reading the Gospel of John…How the author of this Gospel refers to himself? He doesn’t refer to himself by name…or in a sense maybe he does. He ...read more

  • The Church - A Family

    Contributed by Troy Harkey on Apr 16, 2003
    based on 101 ratings
     | 35,293 views

    When we think of the church, we most often think of a place like this where we come to worship and to study and be taught God’s Word, but before the church was the institution, as we know it today, the church was a family.

    THE CHURCH – A FAMILY (Mat 12:47-50) 47, Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48, But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49, And he stretched forth his hand toward his ...read more

  • Getting Into Action Series

    Contributed by Jay Patton on Jul 8, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,885 views

    Part four of a series on solving problems God’s way. This is a particularly good series for pastor’s/leaders instituting change within a congregation.

    Introduction: New Coke Read Scripture/Pray Background: Nehemiah is headed into unfamiliar territory-four months and 8000 mi. Purpose Statement: to be effective change agents for God it is essential that we... I. Use the authority given you (v. 9) A. Nehemiah went forth in the Kings Name 1. More ...read more

  • "The Prophetic Voice" Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 11,935 views

    Being prophetic meant foretelling and forthtelling

    “The Prophetic Voice” Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts When I was assigned to a Combat Engineer battalion, I walked over to the Headquarters Company one afternoon and knocked on the door of the Company Commander. I was there to tell him (tactfully) that ...read more

  • "Justice Is Coming" (Obadiah) Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 10, 2002
    based on 154 ratings
     | 23,444 views

    God’s warnings are to restore us--His purpose is to help and restore us

    Obadiah—“Justice is Coming” Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Perhaps where you work you have an annual evaluation. In the Army we receive written efficiency reports. The following are some phrases you wouldn’t want on your report: Ø “His men would ...read more

  • Three Lessons From A Thief

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Apr 7, 2002
    based on 175 ratings
     | 31,096 views

    What can we learn from the thief on the cross? Today we will find out.

    THREE LESSONS FROM A THIEF There is a minor debate among theologians and Bible historians as to why Jesus was hung between the two thieves. Some say that it was Pilate’s doing. Since Jesus took the place of Barrabas it was Pilate’s way of saying, “if were going to do this lets do it all the ...read more

  • Faith To Touch The Hem Of His Garment

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 157 ratings
     | 80,779 views

    The gospel account of the woman who reached out and touched the hem of Jesus’ garment is a very moving one and contains an incredible lesson on faith.

    FAITH TO TOUCH THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT Matthew 9:18-22 Matthew 9:18-22 (NIV) 18 While he was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him and said, "My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live." 19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples. 20 ...read more

  • Tear It Down! Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 6, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 12,426 views

    A look at Josh and Jericho and removing obstacles in your life

    TEAR IT DOWN JOSHUA 6:20-27 INTRODUCTION The story of Joshua and the city of Jericho (found in chapters 6 and 7) is one of those stories that are familiar to all of us. It is an amazing story. As I have looked at this passage, I have found some very profound spiritual lessons, but one more than ...read more

  • The Sabbath Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 12, 2003
    based on 86 ratings
     | 10,001 views

    A brief sermon on #4 of the Ten Commandments

    Evening Service for 2/9/2003 Exodus 20:8-11 Introduction: A. Pocket calendars stuffed with appointments. Meals eaten in the car. Evening after evening spent away from home. Weekends that are busier than weekdays. Trouble sleeping and trouble waking up. Feeling fatigued. Feeling stressed. ...read more

  • The Games People Play - Life Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 7,489 views

    Using Board Games as a jumping off place we looked at our Christianity.This sermon deals with abundant life.

    The games people play - Life A LIFE WORTH LIVING Introduction: 1. I was in the summer of my Eighth grade year when my family moved to Huntsville, Alabama. The primary reason that we moved to Huntsville was the church. Mayfair Church of Christ was the largest congregation that I had ever seen, ...read more

  • 4 - Tempted In The Wilderness

    Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jan 26, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 12,895 views

    Jesus was tempted, yet He didn’t succumb to the enticement to sin. Jesus Reigns!

    Satan tempts Jesus three times, and Jesus isn’t in his full strength at that point. He actually had just fasted forty days in the wilderness. Luke 4 gives an account of Satan’s tempting of Jesus, as does what we have read in Matthew 4. As we go further into the Gospels, a lot of harmony ...read more

  • Have You Got Jesus?

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 21, 2002
    based on 110 ratings
     | 9,244 views

    This sermon explores the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus.

    HAVE YOU GOT JESUS? Text: John 3:1-17 I remember that as a youth our United Methodist Youth Fellowship group once had something like a talent show. We put on something of a skit. The skit went like this. There was a man who was sitting on a park bench. His friend comes to the park and ...read more

  • Acceptable Worship Series

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Feb 28, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,137 views

    Jesus confronts Pharisaic tradition.

    Acceptable Worshi) Mark 7:1-23 INTRO.: As we read the second through the seventh chapters of the Gospel of Mark, it seems to me there is a major emphasis on the controversy between the Pharisees and Jesus. The great expositor, G. Campbell Morgan, thought Jesus was intentionally confronting the ...read more

  • Until Debt We Do Part Series

    Contributed by Jim Mooney on Jan 6, 2001
    based on 176 ratings
     | 5,581 views

    Learn to manage your money rather than allowing your money to manage you.

    Home Improvement Series UNTIL DEBT DO US PART LUKE 19:12-27 Disclaimer --- I do Not make any claims of being a monetary or economic Expert: Besides, X is an Unknown Quality or a Has-been --- and Spurt is a Drip Under Pressure. WHEN WE SAY OUR MARRIAGE VOWS, WE FINISH THEM BY SAYING, UNTIL DEATH ...read more

  • Related By Blood

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,884 views

    Topic - First in a series on the covenant. Theme - The covenant according to O. Palmer Robertson, is a "bond in blood, divinely administered." Today we discuss this definition.

    Introductory Considerations 1. As I looked ahead, thinking and praying about what God would have me preach to you this fall, I sensed we need to work on our relationships - with our spouses, parents, children, families, and with one another in church. 2. But as contemplate this, I though we ...read more