Sermons on Life Of Gratitude:

Child Did You Hear? Series

Contributed by Bishop Talbert Swan on Jun 15, 2010

Part 3 of a Three sermon series on the power of the tongue

CHILD, DID YOU HEAR? Zip It Week Number 3 Text: Psalms 57:4, James 3:5-6 INTRODUCTION This is week number three, the final week of our “Zip It” Sermon series. This week we’re talking about gossip. I’m sure you can all rest easy because none of us at Spring of Hope have challenges in that ...read more

Scripture: James 3:5-6

Denomination: *other

Evangelizing Our Culture Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 3, 2010

We must boldly and strongly confront the culture of death with the Truth of the Gospel in our evangelization.

Monday of 14th week in Course July 5, 2010 You Will Be My Witnesses The easy course of action for any people is to acculturate themselves to the people around them. That’s what the Hebrews did when they entered Palestine. They saw that the indigenous people worshiped the Ba’als on ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 2:16-22

Denomination: Catholic

Jack Out Of The Box

Contributed by Rj Davis on Jul 6, 2010

Ever feel like a Jack in the Box? Ever feel crammed or pressured by people or problems in life? God never designed you to be stuck in a box that limits you. Discover how to escape the the box that you find yourself in.

Take a stroll down memory lane with me for brief minute. I want you to think back to your childhood and all the toys you played with as a little girl or a little boy. Maybe you had an Etch N Sketch or a Simon Says. My favorite was Lego’s. I loved building things. But there is one toy that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:40-44

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Opposition: Part 2 Series

Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 13, 2010

Sermon 7 of the series. Ezra is very quick to remind us of the truth that ... 2 Tim. 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. While Ezra is recording the opposition to the rebuilding of the temple, he adds materia

The Book of Ezra Study #9 (Ezra 4:6-23) Opposition: Part II INTRODUCTION: 1. In what ways does Christianity go against the flow of society today? 2. What sacrifices do you think Christians have to make for their faith today? 3. What would you do if it were illegal to go to ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 4:6-23

Denomination: Baptist

Getting To Know Jesus - #5, The Teacher Series

Contributed by Steven Buhr on Mar 3, 2010

Jesus was a teacher, a fantastic, yes PERFECT teacher. He begins by teaching his disciples the beatitudes...

The beatitudes…part 1 – February 21, 2010 I’d like to do something a little different this morning. Today, rather than stand and preach, I would like to sit, and teach. In Jesus’ day, it was the custom for teachers in the synagogue to sit while they taught from the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Significance Of The Person And Work Of Jesus Christ Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Mar 6, 2010

In the person of Christ we are presented with two complete and integrated natures, the human and the divine. At his birth He was named “Jesus”, the Greek form of Joshua, meaning “the Lord Saves”. Jesus is not man becoming God but God incarnated into fl

“I am the Alpha and the Omega ­— the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give the springs of the water of life without charge” Revelation 21:6 In the person of Christ we are presented with two complete and integrated natures, the human and the divine. At his birth He was named ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Choices--King Herod Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Mar 21, 2010

In today's lesson we wrestle with what it means to repent and believe, as we examine King Herod's refusal to do so.

Scripture What is it that determines the choices we make? Is it our consciences? I ask this because my conscience is currently being pricked by advertisements I see in some magazines that promised me washboard abs within three months. Well, it’s three months later and I still don’t ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:17-28

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Jesus Came To Us, But Who Knew? Series

Contributed by John Murphy on Mar 27, 2010

So many prophecies, so many witnesses, and yet no one spread the news.

The shopping is over, the packages have been opened, the real trees are wilting and only those returning gifts are in the malls. Perhaps they are even re-wrapping them to re-gift any unwanted gifts to someone else next year. Soon everything Christmas will be stored away until next year. Is that ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Living Above Our Storms: Part 3 - The Reasons For Storms In Our Lives Series

Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Oct 6, 2009

Discovering the three main reasons why God allows us to experience hardships and difficulties

THE REASONS FOR STORMS IN OUR LIVES Reading Text: Proverbs 6:23, Romans 8:28-29 INTRODUCTION As stated in our previous teaching series, no one is exempt for the storms of life. Trials, tragedies, and misfortunes will come to the righteous as well as the unrighteous (Matthew 5:45), ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28-29

Denomination: Charismatic

Tried It All?

Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Oct 10, 2009

Ordinary Proper 23: A sermon looking at three erroneous ways we often attempt to inherit eternal life: religion; good works; riches. Set in the context of a fair that has many things from which we can pick and choose.

If you all didn’t make it to the Pan American Fair, you missed a good time! You could buy yourself a bunch of tickets and take them from place to place and play a game or buy a drink or get yourself some good food. Let me tell you a bit of what I tried yesterday: I started off by eating a couple ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-22

Denomination: Lutheran

A Messiah In The Midst Of A Storm Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 15, 2009

No matter what the storm may be, Jesus will always be there to see us through it.

A Messiah In the Midst of a Storm Text: Matt. 8:23-27 Introduction 1. Illustration: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27

Denomination: Methodist

Laying Down The Water Pot

Contributed by Ken Crow on Dec 28, 2010

As we read the story in John Chapter 4 of the lady at the well it becomes evident that she had became in her past a victim of circumstance.

Laying Down The Water Pot John 4:28-30 (King James Version) Pastor Ken Crow 28The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30Then they went out of the city, and came ...read more

Scripture: John 4:28-30

Denomination: Church Of God

Crossroads Of Anxiety.

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010

Mary & Martha. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Luke chapter 10 verses 38-42. Ill: Photographs can be very deceptive, • Whoever said; “The camera never lies”, • Never had a studio portrait done of themselves or their family. Studio portrait are perfect prints: • Every hair is in place, people ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Brethren

Jesus Appears To His Disciples

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010

Jesus appears to his disciples (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Luke chapter 24 verse 36 to 49. Ill: • It was November 1942: • Hitler's air-force had invaded and was terrifying English skies, • Britain was feeling the dread of his enlarging shadow, • And the country was asking the question; "How long can they endure the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:36-49

Denomination: Brethren

What You Got Ain't Nothin'

Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Mar 20, 2009

To many trust in their wealth to get them through in life, but it will never be enough to get them through in the next. It is all about righteousness, not riches.

What You Got Ain’t Nothin’ Griffith Baptist Church – 3/22/09 P.M. Service Text: Psalm 49 Key verse: Psalms 49:16-17 - 16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; 17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 49:1-20

Denomination: Baptist