Sermons on Influence:

Resurrected Lifestyle

Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 9, 2009

Nehemiah shows us that to be a leader, you must really become a servant leader. He gives us some keen insight and lessons of what it means to be a servant leader today.

Resurrected Lifestyle Nehemiah 5:14-19 Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s became a familiar sight to millions in his company’s television commercials. Dave also appeared in a lot of in store training films. In those, as in many of the more familiar commercials, he would dress as his workers. One ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 5:14-19

Denomination: Methodist

Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 17, 2009

We damage ourselves as well as the others when we write off whole peoples through racism. When we see them as persons, with human faces, we discover that to write them off is to damage ourselves. Fellowship in Christ leads us to value difference.

A widow, shortly after her husband’s death, was going through his papers. She found a couple of old certificates, yellowed with age and crumbling into dust. They had been made out to her husband more than fifty years ago, and seemed to be some kind of promissory notes. Some sort of company had ...read more

Scripture: Esther 7:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Uncommonly Average Series

Contributed by Quint Pitts on Oct 17, 2009

A look at Priscilla and Aquilla. They weren’t especially gifted, rather average people, but they lived an uncommon life.

UNCOMMONLY AVERAGE The Cure For The Common Life—Part 1 Bud Villers was a good man. Bud was my neighbor. I grew up beside him until he died when I was in college. Bud helped my dad put a roof on our house, he assisted my dad when they poured concrete sidewalks and porches. My dad helped him put ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:1-26

Denomination: *other

The Proverbs 31 Mother

Contributed by Tim White on May 7, 2011

Just as D. L. Moody praised his mother for the impact in his life so does the author of Proverbs 31 praise his godly mother.

The Proverbs 31 Mother The greatly used evangelist, D. L. Moody, said this about the influence of his mother, “All I have ever accomplished in life I owe to my mother.” I hope you can say that about your mother. Moody’s mother like all mothers was not perfect but D. L. Moody ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 31:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

Green Means Go Series

Contributed by John Sears on Feb 16, 2012

The last words we speak are important. Join the adventure as we learn how Jesus disciples moved from fear to faith in their journey to follow Jesus’ final words.

Introduction: My wife and I were nervous about our mission trip to Globe, AZ. It wasn’t the trip itself. It was because this would be the first time we had left our children in the care of another person for such an extended length of time. So like any parent, before we left we made sure that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Christian Church

"The Big Lie"

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Mar 2, 2011

Traces the Big Lie - that we may sin and not die - from Eden to End Times.

“The BIG Lie” March 6, 2011 1 John 3:4-10 “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:4-10

Denomination: Holiness

Hey, Preacher. Leave Those Weeds Alone. Series

Contributed by Larry Turner on Mar 16, 2013

We live in a world where wheat and weeds live together. How we live can convert the weeds to wheat. This sermon looks at a four step program to accomplish this.

Last week we acknowledged the existence of two spiritual kingdoms. There is the kingdom of sin that established itself in rebellion against God’s rule. And there is the Kingdom of Jesus that is crying out for us to rise up against the kingdom of sin. We also acknowledged the fact that we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: Foursquare

Community-Distinctive Church

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Feb 6, 2017

We are not to be distinctive by our man made rules and traditions. We as the church are to be distinctive by the way we love.

Title: Community-Distinctive Church Place: BLCC Date: 2/12/17 Text: John 13.34-35; Colossians 3.12-14 CT: The church is to be distinct in how it loves. [Screen 1] FAS: In Hot Springs, Arkansas, you'll find the Morris Antique Mall. Nothing on the inside distinguishes this antique store from dozens ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

Clearing The Heir

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Dec 25, 2011

Many people live every moment completely oblivious to their rightful divine inheritance.

“Clearing the Heir” Gal. 4:1-7 You might just be the long-lost heir to someone’s fortune. Because unclaimed money from estates reverts to the state after a period of time the government is not really eager to spend a lot of time or money looking for deserving heirs. But the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Five Mothers Of Jesus

Contributed by Greg Nance on May 12, 2012

Matthew's mothers help us celebrate Mother's Day with lessons that challenge us, but bring us to deeper faith.

Happy Mother’s day! Today’s lesson will be a brief overview of the mothers listed in Jesus’ genealogy in Matthew with a focus on the most prominent quality of each. What would you say is the defining characteristic or quality in your own mother? Of all the things that stand ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How The Pharisees Got It Wrong

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Aug 20, 2011

In this topical sermon we are going to examine how the Pharisees missed it so badly by examining their history, their beliefs, and where they went wrong.

How the Pharisees Got it Wrong Text: Matthew 15:1-14 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) Well we’re taking a little break from Ecclesiastes. We did last week so that I could talk to you all about how we might better serve God as a church. And tonight, I want to talk to you about how the Pharisees ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Signs Of A Strong Church Series

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Sep 14, 2019

A sermon examining the qualities of a strong church.

SIGNS OF A STRONG CHURCH II Thessalonians 1:1-4 You may be surprised to learn that America is one of the top 4 largest "un-churched" nations in the world. Each year between 3,500 & 4000 churches close their doors forever, while only 1,000 to 1,500 new ones are started in the same ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

This Spirit Called Jezebel- Part 2 Series

Contributed by Nelson Emeonu on Jul 14, 2014

This is the end time.We are living in a terrible moment and the spirit of this dangerous woman called Jezebel is at work in our age

THIS SPIRIT CALLED JEZEBEL- Part 2 You are welcome to THE TRUMPETER. Remember, its a moment we share the UNDILUTED word of God, preparing the saints for the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We sincerely thank God for the people that have been following this preaching of the word of God ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:18-29

Denomination: Anglican

Agents Of Change Series

Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 15, 2014

How was salt used in the Bible? How does salt lose its taste? How is light a parallel for salt?

“Agents of Change” Matthew 5:13-16 Toward the end of 2013, we began a series of messages on the Sermon on the Mount. Our goal is to take this great message of Christ, verse by verse, and seek to understand the profound truths within. Before Christmas, we stopped having completed the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Divine Ability For Human Necessity Series

Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Oct 8, 2015

“Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.” Proverbs 19:21

Proverbs 19:21 says “Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.” A "man's heart" is a little world, full of Dreaming, scheming, and planning. We are always devising. To every device of all hearts, God's "counsel," His design, exists ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 19:1-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational