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  • People Count (Memorial Day)

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 29, 2001
    based on 134 ratings
     | 9,595 views

    People count most of all.

    PEOPLE COUNT II Tim. 1:3-5 INTRO.- ILL.- Ron was a fifteen-year-old teenager, a tenth-grade student at Granger High School. It was game day, and he was the only sophomore suiting up with the varsity team. Excitedly, he invited his mother to attend. It was her very first football game, and she ...read more

  • What Am I Going To Wear To Church? Series

    Contributed by David Gauthier on Jun 18, 2001
    based on 101 ratings
     | 7,816 views

    What we "wear" communicates what we believe.

    Are any of you ladies like my wife? Looking through her closet saying, “What am I going to wear?” Sometimes it’s funny just watching her mix and match blouses with skirts, then the shoes… Then when I think we’re all ready to go, she comes out wearing something completely different than what she ...read more

  • Dealing With Delay Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 2, 2001
    based on 109 ratings
     | 38,794 views

    Joseph teaches us how to deal with delay when we find ourselves in one of the "waiting rooms" of life.

    “When Life is The Pits” A Study of the Life of Joseph Sermon # 5 “Dealing With Delay” Genesis 40: 23- 41:1-40 What we are talking about today is the “waiting rooms” of life. Have you ever noticed that some rooms ...read more

  • Lunacy? Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 10, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,252 views

    This sermons illustrates the forms that division takes in the church as well as the absolute necessity to end it! Then the sermon outlines attitudes that can defeat division.

    Lunacy? 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 January 12, 2003 INTRO: A. [Lunatics Never Unite, Citation: Haddon Robinson, "The Wisdom of Small Creatures," Preaching Today, Tape No. 93.] A man went to an asylum for the criminally insane. He was a bit surprised to find that there were three guards to take care ...read more

  • Occupied Territory Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 77 ratings
     | 12,997 views

    Principles about demonic activity drawn from Jesus’ encounter with the man possessed with a legion of demons.

    Note: This sermon was introduced with the drama "The Price of Pigs" Today we’re going to look at a story that’s likely to make us uncomfortable. It’s the story described in the drama, the story of a man who was delivered from demonic possession. It’s a story of demons being sent into a heard of ...read more

  • America's Greatest Sin

    Contributed by Bradford Robinson on Jan 22, 2003
    based on 67 ratings
     | 4,620 views

    This sermon looks at the issue of abortion and dispells many of the modern myths we have about abortion and reminds us of the forgiveness found in Jesus Christ.

    This morning we come to an issue that I believe to be one of the most crucial topics we have ever addressed here at this church...an issue that I myself am very passionate about yet an issue that to often the church has been willing to turn a blind eye to. Abortion. It’s an issue that divides ...read more

  • Believers Or Belongers? Series

    Contributed by George Alves on Jan 27, 2003
    based on 57 ratings
     | 11,988 views

    Many in Canada are saying yes to God but no to the church. This sermon address why we NEED to belong. Statics presented, issues of loneliness discussed. Reasons why people avoid church share and God’s design explained. The Church, God designed, God o

    FORMED FOR GOD’S FAMILY (title borrow from Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Church and Purpose Driven Life) One day a little boy was asked by his pastor if he knew why they always served coffee after the sermon. Little boy responded, "I think I know. Is it’s to get the people awake before they ...read more

  • How Important Is The Sabbath?

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 21, 2000
    based on 175 ratings
     | 13,876 views

    What role should the Sabbath play in our lives?

    In 1981 the movie, Chariots of Fire, won the Academy Award for Best Picture. This Hollywood film told the true story of a devout Christian, Eric Liddell, in a very positive way. I want to just show you a clip of the film. Eric has decided he must forfeit his chance to run in the 200 meter dash at ...read more

  • What Do We Do With The Weeds?"

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 21, 2000
    based on 94 ratings
     | 10,575 views

    When the end comes, it will become clear who those people are whose faith is truly in Jesus, and it will become clear who those are who have been just playing a religious game.

    When I was a kid, weeding the garden was one of my least favorite activities. It was often hot out there and my back would hurt from bending over. Worst of all, I thought it was monotonous work, so often I did not pay real close attention to what I was doing. And, sure enough, I would sometimes ...read more

  • Looking Both Ways

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 22, 2000
    based on 77 ratings
     | 5,967 views

    We are going to look back at some of the obstacles and opportunities the church has faced the last decade, and look ahead at some obstacles and opportunities which may be in our path during the next ten years.

    A few weeks ago I was sitting at my desk planning my sermon schedule for the holiday season. I came up with topics for Advent, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, but I really wasn't sure what would be appropriate for the first Sunday of the year 2000. So, I paged through my files and came across an ...read more

  • Making Sense Of Baptism

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000
    based on 421 ratings
     | 11,937 views

    the meaning and significance of Biblical Baptism

    There is a story about a Baptist pastor who had just started serving a new congregation. For eight Sundays in a row he preached on the importance of baptism. Finally, the chairman of the deacon board approached him and said, "Preacher, we think you need to choose another theme to preach on." The ...read more

  • Base Ten Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Dec 2, 2000
    based on 93 ratings
     | 6,147 views

    Introduction to Sermon Series on the 10 Commandments: Why God gave them, what they say about God, what they say about people.

    How many of you like murder mysteries? It’s one of the most popular genres around. I myself have been a major fan of murder mysteries for years. I excuse the habit because Dorothy Sayers approved of them (She not only wrote the Lord Peter Wimsey mystery stores but was also a rather brilliant ...read more

  • Big Mistakes That People Make

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 14, 2000
    based on 90 ratings
     | 9,952 views

    People make some big mistakes in life.

    BIG MISTAKES THAT PEOPLE MAKE Luke 12:13-21 INTRO.- ILL.- A newspaper in Kansas, trying to correct a mistake that had occurred in a previous issue, carried the following item: “We wish to apologize for an error in the wedding story in last week’s paper. Due to a typesetter’s mistake we said, ...read more

  • Beyond Easy Believism! Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 19, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,080 views

    In James 2:14-26 we find two great truths about genuine saving faith that are meant to give you a solid foundation upon which to build your life and ministry.

    Scripture A Chicago-based newspaper, StreetWise, is sold by homeless people, who collect a portion of the proceeds. One day as Dr. Joseph Stowell, then serving as President of the Moody Bible Institute, walked to work, he passed a StreetWise vendor. It was a bitterly cold January morning, and he ...read more

  • God Bless America

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 29, 2005
    based on 189 ratings
     | 13,229 views

    God has blessed America. Now it’s our turn.

    INTRO.- God bless America! That’s not just an expression used by politicians and presidents! It’s an expression that we, too, should use. Why? BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS BLESSED AMERICA AND WE STILL WANT HIM TO BLESS AMERICA! ILL.- Lee Hufstettler wrote in Reader’s Digest, “ It was a ...read more