Sermons on Legend: showing 376-390 of 2,484

Do It With Thy Might

Contributed by Robert Simmons on Oct 1, 2002

Challenge to the congregation to give God the best of your talents and labor.

There was a young boy who was the son of a drifter. This boy worked as a store clerk for a while, but the store failed. He bought a partnership in another store, but it failed also. He ran for legislature and lost both times. He ran for vice-president and lost. He became the 16th President of the ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:4-11, Ecclesiastes 10:4

Denomination: Church Of God

"You Are The Vince Lombardi Of...”

Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 4, 2004

What is your ministry passion?

Every year for the past several years, the trophy that is given to the winning Super Bowl team is called “The Vince Lombardi Trophy” because it is so named for the first coach who won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968– Vince Lombardi of the Green Bay Packers. Vince Lombardi became a ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Christmas - The Final Hope Of A Lost World

Contributed by Joo-Ching Chng on Jan 1, 2008

Christmas is God final dealing with mankind.

Theme: Christmas Text: Galatians 4:1-7 Proportional Statement: Christmas is the final hope of a lost world. 1.Christmas is when God sent forth His Son into the world, Gal 4:4 a.God’s birth into the world b.God’s expression in Jesus c.God’s final dealing with man 2.Christmas is when God sent forth ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:1-7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Three Coins In The (Spirit) Fountain Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 28, 2007

Everyone wants fulfillment. Some try being good, but that only brings smugness. Some try religion, as Luther did, but that brings only busy-ness. Life and peace are found in the Spirit of God as our companion.

When I look deep down and ask myself what I really want out of life, one answer keeps coming back over and over: I want meaning. I want significance. I want fulfillment. When I look deep down and ask myself what I really want for my life, I know that the accumulation of things is not it. These ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

An All-Weather Love Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 18, 2007

How do "live for Christ"? Do we only do that when things are going our way? Or is our faith deeper and more focused on our love for Him?

OPEN: A young man’s fiancé had broken off their engagement. But a couple of months later, he received the following letter from her: Dearest Jimmy, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I’ve felt since breaking our engagement. Please say you’ll take me back. No one could ever take ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:1-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Da Vinci Code: There's Something About Mary Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 29, 2006

Part 2 of Cracking the Da Vinci Code looks at who Mary Magdalene was and who she wasn’t.

There’s Something About Mary She has been vilified and deified. Her name is Mary Magdalene and through the years she has been surrounded with myth and legend. With the exception of Mary the mother of Jesus there is no other woman from the bible who has been the subject of so much discussion and ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Da Vinci Code: Is There Something About Mary Series

Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on May 30, 2006

Exposing the fiction of Mary Magdalene.

The DaVinci Code – Fact or Fiction Is There Something about Mary- Mt. 7:24-27 Intro: Much as I anticipated, despite the poor reviews, the DVC has been a smash hit at the box office taking in 85 million in the U.S. and over 224 million worldwide in the first weekend – meaning that millions of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27

Denomination: Baptist

Control Series

Contributed by Alan Tison on Jun 19, 2006

This is the first of six sermons dealing with general Christian principles. The idea for the message came from the keys of the computer keyboard; Escape, Control, End, just to name 3

Introduction Several years ago, there was a slogan put out by one of the shoe manufactures, which simply said – LIFE IS DIFFICULT - PLAY HARD! There was a lot of truth in that slogan – LIFE IS HARD…Every age group has its unique set of challenges. From the teenager navigating high school to the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Living In The Light

Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Jan 18, 2014

If we are to walk in the light of God, we must be in fellowship with God and our fellow man.

Learning To Be The Light 1 John 1:5-10 Intro. There’s a new show on television called Sleepy Hollow. Have any of you seen it? It’s loosely based on the old story of the legend of sleepy hollow and the headless horseman. When I say loosely, I mean really loosely. The story ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10

Denomination: Baptist

They Might Be Giants Series

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Oct 28, 2014

The flood was a historical global event of God’s judgement upon a corrupt/sinful mankind.

“They Might Be Giants” Giant Mysteries Series (From Ron Phillip’s book “Unexplained Mysteries of Heaven & Earth”) April 27, 2014 Chester’s FBC Chester, IL Dr. Mike Fogerson, Speaker A The global flood is a story that exists in over six hundred ancient ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Python Spirits

Contributed by Chika Ossai-Ugbah on Jun 23, 2011

It treats demonic avenues through which people are deceived and enslaved even with the supernatural. It calls on believers for discernment and confrontation through prayers

In Acts 16:16, Paul and Silas encountered a young woman who prophesied to them through what Luke calls a “spirit of divination.” However, the Greek word from which “divination” is translated is python. “Python” was a word associated with prophecy amongst the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-18

Denomination: Baptist

"don't Give Up!"

Contributed by David Nolte on Aug 6, 2019

Sometimes we feel like "throwing in the towel" -- but that is precisely when we must not give up!

“DON’T GIVE UP!” Psalm 27:1-6 David P. Nolte There are some things in life that attack us: wasps (ask Lonnie or me about that); injuries and illnesses; false accusations; enemies of the church, the Bible and God; an unresolved guilty conscience, temptations fitted to our own desires, to name ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Queen Of Sheba Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 11, 2021

We want to focus our attention on a woman of the Bible who is probably the most brilliant of them all. We do not know if the Queen of Sheba was beautiful or plain, but the record is clear, she was a brain.

Emma Hart Willard founded the first permanent institution of higher learning for women in America. None of the usual courses for women were even offered. There were no cooking or needle work classes. Instead, she offered zoology, geometry, trigonometry, and other subjects thought to be beyond the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 10:1-13

A Reality Frozen In Anticipation

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 30, 2021

There are moments in life when the webbing of our delusions lift, and we are able to see the truth unobstructed. Oh so rarely do we get to see things in the fullness of how they really are. Our preconceptions cloud situations. Our minds cloud things.

"I am trying to rip open the inconsolable secret in each one of you—the secret which hurts so much that you take your revenge on it by calling it names like Nostalgia and Romanticism and Adolescence; the secret also which pierces with such sweetness that when, in very intimate conversation, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:5-8, Revelation 22:1-5, Proverbs 11:2, Romans 10:21

Denomination: Salvation Army

Seven Last Words

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2018

Easter

SEVEN LAST WORDS OF JESUS (LUKE 23:34) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya (Filipino) https://bible.ryl.hk ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34

Denomination: Independent/Bible