Sermons on Kick:

Empowering The Church Through Creativity

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 27, 2003

Focus: The Holy Spirit desires to empower the church by unleashing His creative power into its life. We can be the conduits which God will use to unleash this power force into the lives of our church and community.

Empowering the Church through Creativity! By Michael McCartney Opening Illustration: Have Communion set up front with a light on it and have the power point playing of the pictures of Jesus. Also have the song by Mark schultz called Remember Me playing on the CD player. Focus of class: The Holy ...read more

Scripture: James 1:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Staying On Track For God

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Feb 26, 2009

Examine four ingredients that are essential to staying faithful to God.

Last month we did a series entitled “The Finer Points Of Love.” That series lead into the focus for this month. This month we are going to focus on the concept of faithfulness. As a part of this focus we are going to do a renewal of marriage vows on March 15th. Throughout this month we will be ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:20-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Obvious Choice

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Aug 23, 2009

Text: Year A, 12th Sunday after Pentecost (Josh 24:14-18, John 6:58 – 69) FCF: We must focus on the grateful words of life or else will miss out on the obvious goodness of God. MP: The Gospel is an obvious choice, but there are things that prevent us

The Obvious Choice Text: Year A, 12th Sunday after Pentecost (Josh 24:14-18, John 6:58 – 69) FCF: We must focus on the grateful words of life or else will miss out on the obvious goodness of God. MP: The Gospel is an obvious choice, but there are things that prevent us from making it ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:15-18

Denomination: Baptist

Taming The Tongue Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 9, 2009

The Bible makes the control & proper use of the tongue a matter of great importance. The tongue is far too prone to excess, perversion & pollution. But the Christian who gains control over the tongue can control his life as well.

JAMES 3:1-6 TAMING THE TONGUE [Matthew 12:37, Proverbs 13:3] The children in a prominent family decided to create for their father’s birthday a book of the family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family’s "black sheep" problem: ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

From Peace To Destruction Series

Contributed by David Mcbeath on Oct 20, 2011

Abram’s spiritual journey mirrors his eartly journey in the promised land and contrasts with Lot’s spiritual journey. Abram journey’s to peace as opposed to destruction.

INTRODUCTION For those of you who don’t know, I am the oldest of three boys and I grew up in a family that went to church every church every Sunday? Let me just say, most of the time, it wasn’t a piece of cake. My brothers and I would fight our parents about getting ready. Then, my parents ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Ways To Submit (For Women And Men), Prt. 1

Contributed by David Flowers on Apr 12, 2010

Part 1 in 2-part mini-series, Dave and Christy Flowers examine needs three and four on Willard Harley’s list of the top needs for men and women, and shows that meeting needs for our spouses is simply a concrete way of practicing the Biblical call to submi

Ways to Submit (for women AND men), prt. 1 Joint Lecture w/ Christy Flowers, M.A. Wildwind Community Church David Flowers March 21, 2010 About six years ago Christy and I did a joint sermon based on the book His Needs, Her Needs, by Willard Harley. We got a lot of positive feedback on it and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33

Denomination: Free Methodist

Being Peacemakers In A World Of Troublemakers

Contributed by David Owens on May 4, 2010

In this sermon we look at the call to peacemaking, the need for peacemaking and the how of peacemaking.

Introduction: A. The story is told of a young girl who was working so diligently on her homework that her father became curious and asked her what she was doing. 1. She said, “I’m writing a report on how to bring peace to the world.” 2. Humored by this, her father smiled and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Facing Temptation...and Living To Tell About It Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jun 13, 2010

Temptation effects all of us. How can we overcome temptation and live to glorify the Lord?

Facing Temptation…and living to tell about it Series: James – Real Faith for Real Life James 1:13-18 To overcome temptation, we need to Know the origin of temptation and sin Know the process of temptation and sin Evil Desire + Opportunity = Temptation Temptation + Action = Sin Sin + ...read more

Scripture: James 1:13-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hold Onto Your Word

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Aug 27, 2011

The most powerful thing you have in your life is the word of God, the devils main objective is to strip the word of God out of your life. (Hold onto your word) it makes you unsinkable.

Lu 8:22 ¶ Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. (He went into a ship with his disciples) The ship represents your life, your destination, the course of your ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:22-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fire Series

Contributed by Troy Richards on Dec 9, 2010

Part three of looking at four elements in faith.

-tonight we will be continuing our discussions on elemental faith. It feels a little weird to be here this late, like I should be at home in pain or something… -we’ve already talked about earth and how sometimes living for Jesus can be a little messy, but we need to be growing. Then this morning ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 42:1-2

Denomination: Methodist

Jesus To The Rescue

Contributed by Shad Comeaux on Feb 29, 2008

Jesus is always there to save us when we sincerely call upon Him.

Children today have so many toys, electronics, and video games that the days of making up your own games for fun and entertainment are almost lost forever. I’m not saying I’m old or anything, but I do believe that I’m a part of one of the last generations that has scars on our knees from playing ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

We Care Series

Contributed by Chip Monck on Jul 19, 2007

First in a series exploring life crisis. Based on the "Who Cares" campaign of Outreach.com. Introductory message explores the role of the church in crisis.

(This message extensively based on the sermon starters provided in the "Who Cares" package materials from Outreach.) Who cares. Despite the structure of that phrase, which should be a question, it is probably used more frequently anymore as a statement of fact rather than a question. Who ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33

Denomination: Wesleyan

Part 2 - Living In The Overflow Of The Lord Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Aug 14, 2007

4 keys to living in the overflow of the Lord

Advance to the Abundant Life (Part 2 of 4) Living in the Overflow of the Lord Psalm 23:1-6 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - August 12, 2007 *We live in a day of discontent. Jason Lehman put it this way: -It was spring. But it was summer I wanted -- The warm days, and the great ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Significance Of The Resurrection Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 5, 2012

Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, so live your life with confidence. Be confident that your faith is useful, your witness is true, your sins are gone, your loved ones are safe, and you are truly blessed as a believer in Jesus Christ.

Some time ago, a cartoon appeared in Leadership Journal that shows a couple leaving church and shaking hands with the pastor. The man says to the pastor, “You're in a rut, Reverend. Every time I come here, you preach about the Resurrection.” (Wendell Simons, The Best Cartoons from ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Journey Towards Hope: The Emmaus Road (Updated 3/4/24) Series

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Apr 11, 2016

On this road and journey, we’ll look at three secrets we’re all carrying. We see these secrets in two of Jesus disciples that took this road following His death. It’s the road to Emmaus, and it’s a journey we take towards renewing a hope within us that erases exhaustion, emptiness, and enslavement.

A Journey Towards Hope: The Emmaus Road Luke 24:13-35 With all that is happening in our world today, there is simmering just beneath the surface Three Basic Secrets no one wants to admit, but the truth is more than evident. 1. We Feel Exhausted The first one is that most of us just feel ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

Denomination: Foursquare