Sermons on Life Problems:

The Good Or Not So Good Life Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 9, 2024

This is a look at Psalm 1. It lists six things: Things to Avoid - Things to Pursue - Things to Produce - Things to Cast-Away - Things of Warning - Things to Choose

The Good Or Not So-Good Life On the news this past week there was a report on the most expensive neighborhoods in the United States. I don’t recall all the neighborhoods it talked about so I looked it up. Here are some of them: 3. Beverly Hills – Cal. $22.8 million 2. Snowmass – Col 23.6 ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Brought To Life; Brought Together

Contributed by David Taylor on Nov 12, 2024

God is Able, from 3:20-21, we finish looking at Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21

Brought to Life; Brought Together God is Able Ephesians 3:20-21 February 8, 2020 David Taylor We are about halfway in our series, Brought to Life; Brought Together, based upon the New Testament letter Ephesians. In today’s message, God is Able, from 3:20-21, we finish looking at Paul’s prayer in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Brought To Life; Brought Together

Contributed by David Taylor on Nov 12, 2024

Ephesians has six chapters. The first three chapters describe what God has done for us in Christ; last three chapters describe how we are to live out what God has done for us

Brought to Life; Brought Together Walking Worthy: Diverse Gifts to Build His Church Ephesians 4:7-10 February 23, 2020 David Taylor We are in the second half of our series, Brought to Life, Brought Together, based upon the New Testament letter of Ephesians. Ephesians has six chapters. The ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Required Living For Holy Life

Contributed by Edison Jay Sanz on Nov 15, 2024

Apostle Paul counseled the Colossians on what they should live and what they should forsake for holy living.

1. Good WORKS in life. a. The RENEWED life. *verses 10-11, (to put on the NEW man which is NOW renewed) Col 3:10  And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:  Col 3:11  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:10-17

Denomination: Baptist

New Life To Dead Things

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Nov 18, 2024

Paul in 2 Corinthians 5 reminds the Christian about being reconciled to God and living a new life. Old things have passed away. This ties into Ezekiel's vision in Ezekiel 37 about prophesying life to dead things.

New Life to Dead Things Theme: To show how Christ brings salvation to dead people. Also how He can breath life into our dead situations. Text: 2 Corinthians 5:17 – 19, Ezekiel 37 2 Corinthians 5:17-19 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-11, 2 Corinthians 5:17, 2 Corinthians 5:1-18

Denomination: Church Of God

Brought To Life; Brought Together

Contributed by David Taylor on Nov 19, 2024

God has given gifts his people to build up His church to maturity (4:7-16). More specifically, God has given gifted leaders to his church to equip everyone in his church to build it up to maturity (11-16).

Brought to Life; Brought Together Walking Worthy: Building Up Christ’s Church Ephesians 4:11-16 February 23, 2020 David Taylor BI: God has given gifts his people to build up His church to maturity (4:7-16). More specifically, God has given gifted leaders to his church to equip everyone in his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Brought To Life; Brought Together

Contributed by David Taylor on Nov 19, 2024

God has given gifts to every Christian to build up His church to maturity (4:7-16). Maturity is speaking gospel truth so we build each other up in love (14-16).

Brought to Life; Brought Together Walking Worthy: Working Together Toward Maturity Ephesians 4:14-16 March 8, 2020 David Taylor BI: God has given gifts to every Christian to build up His church to maturity (4:7-16). Maturity is speaking gospel truth so we build each other up in love (14-16). ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:14-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Brought To Life; Brought Together

Contributed by David Taylor on Nov 19, 2024

Those who have been freed from a life of futility must flee from that life of futility.

Brought to Life; Brought Together Walking Worthy: Fleeing Futility Ephesians 4:17-21 April 19, 2020 David Taylor We are back in our series in Ephesians, Brought to Life; Brought Together. As a recap, chapters one through three describe what God has done for us in Christ while chapters four ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Live A Life Of Startling Generosity

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Nov 26, 2024

We need perpetual reminders of God's undeserved love (his grace) for us. The Apostle Paul shows us how we as individuals and we as a congregation can then excel in the grace of giving.

A 6th grade Sunday school teacher was struggling with a lesson. She was preparing to teach a lesson on how Christians manage their material blessings. She knew that when her students were in confirmation class the pastor would share what the Bible says about stewardship of time, talents, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9

Denomination: Lutheran

Sermon On The Diversity Of Perceptions In Life

Contributed by William Meakin on Dec 6, 2024

Uniqueness is defined as the quality of being particularly remarkable, special or unusual.

Isaac Bashevis Singer, an American novelist once remarked: “The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.” Psalm 19:1-5 reminds us: ”The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day-to-day pours out speech, and night-to-night reveals ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:14, 1 Samuel 16:7, Isaiah 55:8-9, Matthew 6:22-23

What Is The Arithmetic Of The Christian Life?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jul 23, 2023

Peter gives direction for growing Christians regarding the character qualities to develop in our lives.

1 Peter was written to comfort and support believers amidst misery and mistreatment, which was an outer attack. This epistle was composed to causation against an inside (inward) attack, lack of concern and sin. Here, Peter gives the antitoxin for dormancy and foolishness in the Christian life. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:2-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Live With Confidence In The Lord Of Life

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Jul 24, 2023

When the Shunammite woman's son became ill and died she went to the prophet Elisha. The woman recognized that it was at the Word of the Lord that she gave birth to her son. And she believed that it would be at the Word of the Lord that her son would live again!

Although we will be focusing our Old Testament Lesson for a sermon together this morning I want you to think back to our Gospel Lesson for this Sunday. I want to use those verses from John 11 as the introduction to my message today. Perhaps you were already familiar with the account of Mary, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:17-37

Denomination: Lutheran

The Life Of The Kingdom Begins Now

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Sep 4, 2023

We are often guilty of limiting the Kingdom of God as being some future reality. But there is an aspect of the kingdom in the present. What foes this tell us.

The Kingdom of God Begins Now Romans 13:8-14 In times of distress, we often dream of heaven. We cry out “Maranatha” (O Lord Come). We think of the millennium and a reign of the Prince of Peace while we seem surrounded by the noise of war. We await justice while we live in a world where justice is ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Transitory Life And A Better Prospect.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 7, 2023

Mortal man seeks divine assurance.

A TRANSITORY LIFE AND A BETTER PROSPECT. Psalm 90:1-6, Psalm 90:13-17. 1. A Transitory Life. Psalm 90:1. It is remarkable that the children of Israel survived 400 years in Egypt, and for some of that time under unspeakable oppression. Yet despite their hard labour and sorrow, the LORD had been ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 90:1-6, Psalm 90:13-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus And His Prayer Life Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Oct 6, 2023

We all need a daily pattern of prayer. Sometimes we also need an extended time of prayer. It means we are following the pattern of our Lord and really making time for solitary prayer a priority along with our corporate time of prayer.

We need to pray. We need to follow the example of our Lord Jesus who made prayer a priority. We will look at the passage of scripture that tells us about when Jesus got up very early and got off by himself to pray. There was a cartoon where one praying mantis was talking with another and said, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:35-37

Denomination: Baptist