Sermons on Limitations:

Watchman On The Wall, Who Is The Safest Of Us All?

Contributed by James May on Sep 18, 2002

God’s watchmen aren’t always trumpeting God’s warning, neither do many hear when the alarm is sounded.

Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 33:2-11, Romans 9:33

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Matter Of Power

Contributed by Dwight Davis on Oct 1, 2002

Power from on High is always available to children of God but seldom is it summoned. Do you know where to find it and how to access it?

“A Matter of Power” About six years ago, something terrible happened to man named Sid Taylor and his wife Christy. It seems that one afternoon, Sid was underneath Christy’s car working on the steering linkage, when the jack that was holding the front end up suddenly ...read more

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

How's Your Hearing?

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Apr 2, 2006

If we are to hear the message of Christ we must deal with three misconceptions.

Luke 4:14-30 How’s Your Hearing? Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church April 2, 2006 Introduction A man who smelled like a brewery flopped on a seat at a bus stop next to a priest. The man’s shirt was stained, clothes unkempt, and a half empty bottle of wine was sticking out of his torn coat ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:14-30

Denomination: Baptist

Christ Gives Us Total Freedom? Series

Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 13, 2003

Luther gave 2 statements about Christian Freedom: "A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to everyone." St. Paul tells us what Christian Freedom really means.

Epiphany 4 I Corinthians 8:1-13 In just one word, what is the reason that thousands of our young men and women are being deployed half-way around the world to Iraq? Well, if you had to boil it down to just one word, that reason would be: freedom. Freedom for the Iraqi people from the dictator ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Out Of Despair...hope Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Nov 22, 2006

Rather than shine light into the darkness, God brought light out of darkness, hope out of despair for Israel and will do so for us.

Introduction: In America today, when most people think of Christmas, they think of images like these. (Show slides of Christmas images.) We have a very glamorous, glittery, plastic, cheery, bright image of Christmas here in America. It’s a holiday of parties, and gifts and shopping and ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:1-6

Denomination: Wesleyan

Finding Christ In Spite Of The Barriers

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008

Christmas sermon discussing how the Magi overcame many obstacles to find and worship Christ and how we can help others overcome barriers to Him as well.

Finding Christ in Spite of the Barriers Matthew 2:1-12 December 16, 2007 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me/We: Top 10 Reasons why there was no room for Joseph and Mary in the Inn. 10. The Roman Government’s ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Unstoppable Work Of God Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 10, 2008

Because God’s purpose is unstoppable, we would do well to cooperate with Him, pursuing His will for our lives.

The Unstoppable Work of God [Give background of passage: Arrested for healing/ freed from jail by an angel who told them to go and tell more people about new life in Jesus/ brought before the Sanhedrin, who confronted them concerning their disobedience/ Peter replied that they should obey God ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:33-42

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Other People's Pain

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Oct 25, 2007

Is it possible to really feel another person’s pain? When are we willing to allow our selves to feel others pain. How did Jesus demonstrate the feeling of pain?

Other People’s Pain My mother and father both said it. I never believed it and I think I told them so. They would always say it just before “IT” happened…. They would say “this is going to hurt me a lot more that it is going to hurt you!” Has anyone said that to you? Just as they told ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Congregational

In Him We Have Redemption

Contributed by David Baeder on Nov 3, 2007

Our redemption is one of the great themes of the Bible. It expresses our fallenness; it expresses God’s great love for us. To redeem, in the most simple of terms, is to buy something back. In a word, redemption is the theme of the Bible. When God

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight. (ESV) Introduction: Our hymns include many songs, in which we rejoice in our redemption: “Redeemed how I love to proclaim it, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:7-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Each Day I Live

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Dec 31, 2009

This sermon is a challenge to each of us as we enter a new year

Each Day I Live Ephesians 5:15-17 15So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.(NLT) Introduction I’m sure you’ve noticed that ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Conquering Mountains

Contributed by Norbert Garcia on Oct 23, 2009

In life we are faced with obstacles on a daily basis. Many times we cannot conquer them on our own. With God’s help mountains will become molehills.

CONQUERING MOUNTAINS Peaks and valleys. Ups and downs. Mountains and molehills. We use different euphemisms to explain how our life progresses such as peaks and valleys or ups and downs. Life is never simple we all have our good days and our bad days. If we were to plot our life on a graph it ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:30

Denomination: Adventist

Temptations, Trials & Tests: God Guides Us Through All.

Contributed by Doug Koehler on Feb 27, 2009

We give credit to God for much but, we should never give credit to God for Tempting us. Rather the credit should go to God for helping us through our temptations, tests and trials.

Temptations, Trials and Tests: Text: Genesis 22:1-18 Text: Mark 1:9-15 JOKE: I am going to lay claim to this joke because I have never heard anyone else tell it. So blame me first if you shake your head after hearing it. Here it goes: Did you know that cars existed in the days of Jesus? It is ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 22:1-18

Denomination: Lutheran

God's Plan For Supernatural Living Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Mar 10, 2009

What is God’s plan for the church? Is it to be a bunch of sacrificial people or is it to be people who Re-Present Jesus to a lost world?

Living the Supernatural Life – Part Two: God’s Plan Last week we introduced the concept that many of us are living far below our potential (kind of like a eagle living with turkeys) when it comes to the supernatural life. We live on a plane of existence that the rest of the world does…an arena ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 22:30-31

Denomination: Baptist

Finding Jesus Series

Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on Jun 21, 2009

(PowerPoint slides and Cell Study Notes freely available by emailing Emile@Wolfaardt.com) Understanding the profound revelation behind Nathaniel’s confession on who Jesus Christ was - this is a ’wow’!

Journeying with John, It’s a Trip (JWJ-10) Finding Jesus John 1:43-51 I had to smile this week as I came across some cynical statements that I thought you would enjoy - a few of them I had not yet heard.  If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.  For ...read more

Scripture: John 1:43-51

Denomination: *other

Part Five - Choosing Worship Series

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Sep 3, 2009

What it means to be a church member

Some people go through life like Calvin, the obnoxious little seven-year-old in the comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. Now, Calvin has a sense of humor, but it’s all cynical and gruesome. There is no joy connected with the humor. It’s somewhat like the faces of those who claim to be followers of ...read more

Denomination: United Methodist