Sermons on Journey Of Faith:

God's Calendar

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 4, 2009

God has a timetable of redemption for His creation - God’s Calendar - covering the Birth of Jesus, His Cross, Resurrection, Ascension, the Day of Pentecost and the Second Coming of Jesus.

GOD’S CALENDAR I think every home will have at least one calendar telling the family of coming events, marking the next birthday or when the school term ends and the holidays begin! They’re useful things to have so we know what’s going to happen. Do you think God’s got a calendar? I think He ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1, Isaiah 42:16

Denomination: Baptist

"I Have A Filthy Mouth"

Contributed by Ken Harris on Jun 7, 2009

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that in the presence of God, all believers are humbled and realize they have "unclean lips".

7 June 2009 Trinity Sunday U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Fortress Chapel Contingency Operation Site (C.O.S.) Sykes Tall-afar, Iraq BIG IDEA: When believers are in the presence of God, they are humbled and realize their “lips are unclean”. REFERENCES: Isaiah 6:1-7 (ESV); Job 42:5-6 (ESV) I ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hope Does Not Disappoint

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 8, 2009

Suffering, endurance, character, hope: the formula is not automatic. All depends on whether we learn to live in the resurrected Christ.

One of my friends begins nearly every conversation with the phrase, "You just can’t win.” "You just can’t win." One day recently he was wearing a long, long face. He had just gotten his car repaired, but some inebriated partygoer had slammed into it. He had just worked off his debts, but suddenly ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Right Relationship With Jesus

Contributed by Grant Sisson on Jun 9, 2009

Contrasting life under the rigidity of Law to life of freedom under the sweet grace of God.

What Is “The Right Relationship With Jesus”? by Grant S. Sisson Yesterday was a long hard day for me. After the Board meeting yesterday morning, Ann and I went to White House, TX to visit my dad, who, as you know, is suffering with terminal cancer. The Hospice people had arranged all this in ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-10

Warnings About Worship Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Jun 11, 2009

Not all worship is acceptable to God

SERIES: “BE SATISFIED” “WARNINGS ABOUT WORSHIP” ECCLESIASTES 5:1-7 OPEN Some warnings seem humorous. I remember seeing a box some years back with the following label: WARNING! This box contains envelopes. It’s been reported that there is a sign posted on a Catholic church that reads: ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Is The Church Full Of Hypocrisy? Series

Contributed by John Barry on Jun 12, 2009

The editor-in-chief of Bible Study magazine addresses hypocrisy in the Church and explains how to limit hypocrisy in your life.

Is the Church full of hypocrisy? At many points in my life I have thought, "Yes. Most definitely, yes. The Church is full of hypocrisy." At other times I have thought, "Well, it is not as bad as I thought it was." But, I have never thought, "There is no hypocrisy in the Church." That would simply ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:6-8

Denomination: *other

Integrity Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jun 12, 2009

Integrity is becoming a lost art.

INTRODUCTION  SLIDE #1  Paul Harvey told a story of some young men who were late to class.  Four high school boys were late to their morning classes one-day. They entered the classroom and solemnly told their teacher they were detained due to a flat tire. The sympathetic ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:33-37

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Guiltless Grief

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 22, 2009

We can deal with grief if we allow ourselves to recognize its complexity, if we accept the love of caring friends, and if we permit God to use the grief to change us.

They stood at the gravesite, looking at the flower-covered casket of their father. The committal service had been over for ten or fifteen minutes. Everyone else had gone back to the cars. But the two sisters stood there, lingering long, staring into space. Their faces were masks: no emotions, no ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:5-11

Denomination: Baptist

Crowns For The King's Kids

Contributed by Andy Grossman on May 13, 2008

Crowns the Christian will wear

“Crowns for the King’s Kids” May 18, 2008 I have been telling you for years that if you are a King’s kid – then that means you are princes and princesses. Isn’t that what we call the children of a king? There’s Prince Charles and Prince Andrew and Prince William. There’s Princess Fergie and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-4

Denomination: Holiness

As The Silver Is, So Are We Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on May 17, 2008

Message looks at the correlation between the refining of silver and the Christian life.

As The Silver Is, So Are We Scripture: Malachi 3:1-3; 1 Peter 2:9; Matthew 13:22; 1 Corinthians 3:11-14 Introduction This will be a two part series that I have titled “As The Silver Is, So Are We.” I received an email several months ago about the refining of silver. In the email, a women’s ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:1-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Your Lost Friend Looks Like Series

Contributed by Denny Feasby on May 21, 2008

A series looking at the lost.

What Your Lost Friend Looks Like Ephesians 4:17-19 Intro: Last Sunday I made a comment that Baptist Churches aren’t growing today like they were up until the last 20 years or so not because Baptists have become outdated or obsolete but because the members of most Baptist Churches have lost their ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-19

Denomination: Baptist

God Cares For You

Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 22, 2008

The symphony of creation was orchestrated out of love for mankind.

Text: “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning” (Genesis 1:31). What did God create? First of all, God created the heavens and the earth. This is recorded in the very first verse of Genesis. This was only the beginning of God’s great ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:1-9

Denomination: Christian Church

Led By The Spirit Series

Contributed by Nathan Johnson on May 27, 2008

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:14

Led By the Spirit Griffith Baptist Church – 6/1/08 A.M. Service Text: Romans 8:12-14 Key verse: Romans 8:14 - For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. The Introduction A lady went to a jeweler to have her watch fixed. He disappeared to the back and soon returned ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:12-14

Denomination: Baptist

Run The Play Series

Contributed by Eric Ferguson on May 27, 2008

Teach your teens how to effectively follow through with their commitment to Christ when facing opposition using these three steps gathered from Jehoshaphat’s confrontation.

Opener: Air Guitar Contest Choose contestants that you know will really "ham it up" on stage. Find some music that has a lot of guitar solos. Tell the contestants each will be judged (by the audience’s applause) on how well each can play the "air guitar". Send each contestant in one at a time, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:1-29

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Name Abuse Series

Contributed by Tim Shepard on May 28, 2008

This is the third in my series on the Ten Commandments and tells how we are not to misuse God’ name for our own ends.

NAME ABUSE This series began in a search for answers to a very common misconception when it comes to whether or not a person is going to heaven. There is this belief in our society that in order for a person to be accepted by God, in order for God to hear a person’s prayers, and in order to ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:7

Denomination: *other