Sermons on Knockout Blow:

The Sealed Of Israel Series

Contributed by Tim Byrd on Oct 25, 2002

Part 18 in a Wednesday evening study on the book of Revelation

WEEK 18 “The Sealed Of Israel” Date: October 23, 2002 Place: Allendale Baptist Church Text: Revelation 7:1-4 As we closed last week with the end of chapter 6, we studied the opening of the 6th seal of the Book of Judgment by the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ. We will see in this 7th chapter the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 7:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Saved To Suffer

Contributed by Steve Hereford on Oct 30, 2001

Many times when we present the Gospel we fail to share that there will be times of suffering and persecution for our faith. In this message Pastor Steve shows how that is part of God’s plan.

INTRODUCTION Festo Kivengere, a leading evangelical minister in Uganda, wrote a book called I Love Idi Amin. In this book, he described the history of the church in Uganda, and in the following excerpt he told of the first Christian martyrs in the nation’s history: "Earlier that same year, 1885, ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33-34, Philippians 1:29-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Kind Of Salvation I Want

Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 6, 2001

describes the salvation I desire and the Bible presents

Jeremiah 3:23 The prophet Jeremiah did not come with a message of deliverance to announce but rather a tragic message of judgment. So dangerous was his message that people hearing it called him a traitor. He would be misunderstood, persecuted, arrested, and imprisoned; and more ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 3:23

Denomination: Baptist

Mom, I Love You

Contributed by Andrew Rogers on May 5, 2003

This is a message that looks at three great men of the Bible and attributes part of their greatness to the love, submission, and Faith in God that their mothers show.

I. Introduction A. As I was growing up there was a lot of turmoil in my family and my mother and I were not very close. We got along ok, but never really got to know one another. I left home when I was 13 and my mom moved back to Tennessee so that she could be closer to here family after she ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Making Sure Of Your Election

Contributed by Billy Cox on Nov 4, 2002

As we approach election day we need to be concerned about a far more important election than the one determining the government of our country.

I was coming home from San Antonio Tuesday night and called my brother to see if he would like to meet me for coffee. He said no, he was on his way to the capital. He asked “when else in my lifetime will I get to see someone either accept or concede the Presidency of the United States?” So I met ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Unshackled!

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 11, 2002

This is message designed to remind God’s people of the power of the Word of God to change lives.

Unshackled! II Timothy 2:1-10 Main Text: II Timothy 2:8,9: 8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained. There are some things in life that ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:2-10

Denomination: Wesleyan

My Very Dear Antichrist

Contributed by Robert Baker on May 23, 2003

A sermon for the 6th Sunday of Easter, series B, in the style of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. The author addresses the spirit of the Antichrist in today’s Church, particularly in reference to the Holy Scriptures.

“My Very Dear Antichrist” 6Easter2003 1 John 4:1-11 May 25, 2003 © 2003 by the Rev. Robert C. Baker, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Vero Beach, Florida, with sincere apologies to C.S. Lewis! My very dear Antichrist, Cordial greetings in the name of our most abysmal potentate, the Prince ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Build The Fire

Contributed by Henry Shellman on Sep 26, 2002

A message of revival comparing the renewal of the spirit to a physical fire.

Build the Fire Psalms 85:6-7 Acts 2:3 Psa 85:6 “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? Psa 85:7 Show us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. Act 2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.” We want ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 85:6-7, Acts 2:3

Denomination: *other

Killing God !

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Feb 24, 2006

We have seen churches burned sense the early times of mans existence. Time after time, the ungodly take it upon themselves to try to change the course of mankind’s involvement with God.

Killing God ! COLUMBUS, Ohio - A church that burned to the ground earlier month was deliberately set on fire, officials announced Wednesday. The fire took place on Feb. 10 at the Full Gospel Sons of God Church, located at 1200 Vera ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 6:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Six Lessons From The Lives Of Cain And Abel

Contributed by William Mccaffery on Mar 16, 2006

The lives of Cain and Abel teach us some important lessons about ourselves and our spiritual lives.

Introduction: In Genesis 3 we have the root of sin; in Genesis 4 we see the fruit of sin The root of sin is disbelief and disobedience to God –God said, “Don’t eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” The serpent talked Eve into doubting God – and the result of her disbelief was ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-16, Genesis 4:4-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Purifying Fire Of Trials Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 19, 2006

Our lives are orchestrated by God to refine us.

The Purifying Fire of Trials (I Peter 1:6-9) 1. Life is filled with difficult to answer questions. Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat? If the professor on Gilligan’s Island can make a radio out of coconut, why ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:6-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Are You Doing Here?

Contributed by Glenn Branham on May 11, 2005

God knows where we are physically and spiritually.

"What Are You Doing Here? " 1 Ki. 19:9-18 There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him: "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 10 He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:9-18

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Plot & The Promise Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on May 18, 2005

Abraham and Sarah think they know best how to fulfill Gods promise. Doing things our way can have unintended consequences.

What happens when God doesnt move fast enough for us? Do we wait patiently or do we start thinking - "maybe I was supposed to do something." In the end we muck it up by inventing answers to prayers. Thats what happens to Abram and Sarai - and it almost ruins the family. Fortunately, God is in ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Working It Out

Contributed by Jane Willis on Oct 18, 2004

Work gets overwhelming. The people we work with seem hurtful and self serving. Yet, work is a place where we live out our faith--a setting where we must learn to be more Christlike.

This passage about Mary and Martha is familiar to many of you. It is fairly well known. It is a story about one women working in the kitchen and making preparations to entertain guests while her sister is involved in spiritual pursuits and assisting directly in the ministry of Jesus. And, when the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Congregational

The Grinch Really Didn't Steal Christmas

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Jan 2, 2006

No one can take Christmas from us because it is a gift of God. The Word has become flesh and has come to live among us.

The Grinch Really Didn’t Steal Christmas Galatians 4:4-7 John 1:1-18 Christmas Day, 2005 There was once this fellow called Grinch and Grinch hated Christmas. He disliked the whole season so much that one year he decided that he would do all he could to stop it. He decided to steal all of the ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Denomination: Methodist