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Extreme Home Makeover: Couples Edition Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 26, 2012

Every home could use a little work. This six-sermon series, starting on Mother’s Day and ending Father’s Day, calls for a extreme makeover of the home according to God’s blueprints. Alliterated. Expository.

EXTREME HOME MAKEOVER: COUPLES EDITION Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 5/27/2012 One of the things that always amazed me about shows like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is how this team of designers and carpenters can come in and totally remodel a house from the ground up in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:18-25

Denomination: Christian Church

Forgiveness, Celebration And Embrace - Father's Day

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 4, 2012

Even if our kids are old and have families of their own, they still look at us as their father, and their relationship with the God of the Universe is shaped by our character.

Forgiveness, Celebration, and Embrace Father’s Day June 17, 2012 Intro: I find father’s day quite a difficult day to preach. There are lots of reasons – first is the great diversity in our various experience of father. Some here today had wonderful, affectionate, Godly fathers ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:4-7

Denomination: Baptist

So That You Will Not Sin Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 27, 2010

John tells us what we can do to overcome sin. 1- We must accept God’s sacrifice for our sins 2- We must obey His commands 3- We must walk as Jesus walked

INTRO.- ILL.- A 77-year-old granny made a citizen’s arrest in Germany when she rugby-tackled a 25-year-old jay walker. The pensioner sat on him until police arrived - because he had walked across a road before the light was green. The woman, from Freital, near Dresden, shouted at the man as he ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Finish Line - Running The Race Of Life Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 3, 2010

We are to neither run wild without direction, like a man running with poor eyesight, nor are we to look back at a past we cannot change, instead we are to live our life forward.

When I was a high school kid, one of the sports I competed in was Track and Field. We had a great track team and usually won our track meets by a large margin. One of the great assets we had was in the 100 yard dash, we had the kid that was the fastest kid in the whole league. His name was Andy. As ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:22-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Evidence That You Have Been With Jesus Series

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Mar 4, 2010

A sermon examining the change that Jesus brings in the lives of His followers.

Evidence That You Have Been With Jesus Acts 4:13-21 When I was in the road construction industry, one of my vendors was a huge fan of Alabama football. Even though I made it abundantly clear that I could not care less, he would spout out useless facts and statistics every time he came into my ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:13-21

Denomination: Baptist

Courage For The Way Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 16, 2010

When there is no way out but through, go through; it's the only way to the higher ground of home.

“Go in Peace: Courage for the Way” Ps. 23:4 In the Peanuts comic strips, Snoopy often tries to be an author. In one particular strip He’s shown on his doghouse typing a novel. He begins his story with, “It was a dark and stormy night.” That’s the way he always ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-4

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

John’s Christmas Story

Contributed by Asun Delong on Mar 25, 2010

Who is this man, Jesus?

Theme: John’s Christmas Story Text: John 1:1-18 Introduction: How many are looking forward to Christmas? Most of us don’t realize that there are two sets of Christmas stories in the gospels. One set is from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke and the other from the Gospel of John. The first set is ...read more

Denomination: *other

"What Kind Of Guy Is God?"

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Aug 25, 2009

Expository sermon based on Paul’s sermon on Mars Hill about the Unknown God. What kind of guy is God? He’s a creative, caring, and commanding God. Powerpoint avaible if you email me.

THE UNKNOWN GOD Scott R. Bayles, preacher First Christian Church, Rosiclare, IL At a Youth for Christ rally a curious college student once posed a provocative question to the great mass-evangelist, Billy Graham. He asked, “What kind of guy is God?” He may not have realized it at the time, but ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:20-31

Denomination: Christian Church

"The Church At Ephesus" Series

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Aug 25, 2009

Relates the truths the angel revealed to the Ephesion church to our modern times.

REVEALING THE REVELATION –PART 1 “The Church at Ephesus” August 30, 2009 "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7, Ephesians 2:8-10, Ephesians 1:15-16

Denomination: Holiness

The Holy Spirit - Who Is He? Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Aug 28, 2009

The third person of the Trinity is not out there, some where. He is with us, in us.

God in YOU Series Intro: EXPERIENCE! We remember experiences, don’t we? ∙ I can still recall, in vivid detail, the sounds, smells, and sensations that were a part of my extended visit to India in 1985! After a quarter of a century, the experience of stepping off the plane in ...read more

Scripture: John 14:15-26

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Cause For Celebration: An Examination Of The Cosmological Argument

Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Sep 11, 2009

Cause For Celebration: An Examination Of The Cosmological Argument

Often the classics rank among the best. Even though time passes and intellectual fashions change, certain insights and perspectives address something so profound they forever earn a place as a steadfast pillar among sifting seas of opinion. Much of what comes after such a point simply serves as ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:20-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How Then Shall We Recover Our Biblical Mind

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Sep 15, 2009

How to recover our biblical mind and way of thinking.

HOW THEN SHALL WE RECOVER OUR BIBLICAL MIND By Jerry Falwell INTRODUCTION My good friend, Francis Schaeffer wrote a challenging book entitled How Then Shall We Live? which challenged us to ground our daily living in the Word of God. Schaeffer warned America that it was losing its Biblical ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 8:27

Denomination: Baptist

Struggling With The Pain Of Faithlessness Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 20, 2009

July 1989. Our sexual behavior matters to God, and He has expressed His will. When we go our own ways, it hurts Him as well as others and ourselves. He can and will redeem even from this most painful sin.

A number of years ago a friend of mine was teaching a group of children the Ten Commandments in Vacation Bible School. In order to teach the Ten Commandments, she says, she was given a set of pictures. Each of the pictures illustrated the bad behavior forbidden by the Commandment; each picture ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Work In Progress Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Sep 22, 2009

What God has in mind for us ahead is far greater than that which we have already experienced.

A Work in Progress: The Beginning of the Acts September 20, 2009 Acts 1:1-11 Intro: Many of you know that during my June Sabbatical I began some courses at the University of Alberta, working on a Masters of Education degree. Among many other things, one of the implications is that during this ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Do Not Forsake The Assembly

Contributed by Douglas Turner on Jul 23, 2009

An invitation to consider anew the precious opportunity we have to enter the presence of God.

Our text begins with the word “therefore.” Now in the Greek, this word points backwards to the teaching that has gone before. In other words, “in light of this teaching,” these following things are true. The writer had carefully built a case that Christ is the Superior, once-for-all sacrifice, and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-24

Denomination: Baptist