Sermons on Live Not By The Law:

Living As A Witness

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Aug 5, 2019

Peter's call to witness

Living a Witness - 1 Peter 2b July 13, 2008 Turn with me this morning to the end of your Bibles, to the book of 1 Peter, chapter 2. We want to continue on in our study of the book of 1 Peter. Remember that Peter is writing to give practical help to Christians dealing with daily problems. He ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Principled Living Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on May 22, 2014

Why does James get so harshly judgmental against the wealthy?

“Faith That Works: Principled Living” James 5:1-12 Throughout his letter, James has been bold and blunt. He’s not wasted any words as he has outlined the basics of living out the Christian faith. He has told us to be tough in tough times, to stand firm against temptation, to ...read more

Scripture: James 5:1-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Living In The Light Series

Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Feb 3, 2005

Living in the light means our life is exposed, is action oriented, is saved by Jesus.

Living In The Light (John 3:19-21) Intro: A. Conflict. We hate it, but everyone faces it. There are personal conflicts that we may have with other people. Sometimes those conflicts literally churn within us. There is the conflict we have internally as we strive to do good and find within ...read more

Scripture: John 3:19-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Living With Honor Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Dec 9, 2009

A children’s sermon on obeying and honoring their parents- also applicable to adults.

Living with Honor [Read “Am I Praying?” & encourage kids to pray at home, school, and everywhere.] Ephesians 6:1-4 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother"-- which is the first commandment with a promise-- 3 "that it may go well with you and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Grace To Live Series

Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 2, 2013

The grace that God gives allows us to have a life that is full and abundant.

A story is told about Fiorello LaGuardia, who, when he was mayor of New York City during the worst days of the Great Depression and all of WWII, was called by adoring New Yorkers 'the Little Flower' because he was only five foot four and always wore a carnation in his lapel. He was a colorful ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Church Of God

Living Wisely

Contributed by Dan Santiago on Oct 17, 2013

Christians are expected to know how to live wisely.

LIVING WISELY Ephesians 5:15-21 Preceding paragraphs argued that being followers of Christ requires different lifestyles. The pagans live their lives in ignorance due to their stubbornness. Now since they trusted Jesus as their Savior and Lord, they were taught in accordance with the truth that is ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-21

Denomination: Baptist

Living Abundantly

Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Jun 24, 2012

As christians serving a living God, we must be careful, that we fear the right one instead of the wrong ones

Read John 10:10 Going into a new faze and moving forward disarmingly to the carnal man, I can’t stop now. You can’t stop now. We can’t stop now because Jesus empowered us to move forward. The locality that I stand fast in not only as a life style but also as a posture is keeping ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Old Testament Law And The New Testament Christian Series

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 22, 2015

Paul said in Romans 6:14, “we are not under law but under grace”. So does that mean the law has no value to us? If we think because we are a Christian under the new covenant we don’t have to pay any attention to the old covenant we are mistaken.

“OLD TESTAMENT LAW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIAN” Matthew 5:17-20 INTRODUCTION: (‘I tell you the truth’-first instance we find this phrase is in Mt. 5). We might think that because we are a Christian and under the new covenant, as I talked about last week in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Famine Living

Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Aug 26, 2009

Famine times in our life challenge all of our convictions. These are often difficult times in our lives, but they also present an opportunity for God to show Himself in miraculous ways.

During the 20th century, an estimated 70 million people died from famines across the world, of which an estimated 30 million died during the famine of 1958–61 in China. Dictionary defines it as any extreme and general scarcity. In biblical times famines weren’t uncommon and this scarcity of food ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:1-13

To Live To Give Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 24, 2024

I’ve found over the years that the Lord is constantly turning things upside down. That's the way He gets things rightside up.

Fifth Sunday of Easter 2024 The psalm that we sang or heard just a little while ago, our responsorial today–does anyone remember the first words of the whole psalm in Scripture? It’s Psalm 22. The last time we encountered it this year was during Holy Week. The first words were spoken by Jesus from ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8, 1 John 3:18-24, Acts 9:26-31, Acts 20:35, Matthew 7:1, Psalm 22:26-31  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

To Live: Shine Series

Contributed by Mark Nichols on Aug 5, 2009

If you have joy, let others see it! So that they may come to know Christ!

TEXT: Philippians 2:12-18 TITLE: To LIVE - SHINE SERIES: To Live TOPIC: live a life of holiness OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church July 12, 2009 PROP.: It’s important to let others see how you live your life so that they may be won and that you may live blameless… INTRODUCTION: Good ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Living As The Church

Contributed by Mark Engler on Jan 23, 2015

We can't be the church as individuals, yet in the American church today many have the mentality of being lone rangers. If we are going to be the church that God intended we must be committed to the church and to each other.

Living As The Church Ephesians 4:1-16 INTRO: Have you ever read the Gospels and looked for the church? If you haven’t you should try it sometime. But I can tell you that you will not find much about church in the Gospels. Mark, Luke, and John don’t even mention the church and the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Treacherous Living Series

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Nov 19, 2015

In this passage God is going to reveal what He calls treacherous living. Problem: People deal treacherously against their brother.

Introduction: According to Dr. Lana Staneli, author of a book on marital triangles, “Of those who break up their marriage to marry someone else, eighty percent are sorry later. Of those who do marry their lover, which is only about ten percent, about seventy percent of them get a divorce. Of ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 2:10-16

Denomination: Baptist

Live Simply Series

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Nov 18, 2019

When we realize that we have enough, we are freed from the merry-go-round of chasing after more.

November 17, 2019 Stewardship Week Three Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Philippians 4:10-13; Luke 20:45-21:4 “Live Simply” Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. “For I have learned to be content with whatever I have.” ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:10-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Living By Faith

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Apr 13, 2005

This sermon is to inspire us to "live by faith" despite what happens in our life and the world around us.

Max Lucado tells a story in his recent book "Come Thirsty" that is so humerous, but has me a little worried about Max. In it, he has a conversation with a fly... (read it)...   So then why is it, that we try to fly the thing ourselves?; fix it without relying upon the power of God?; Or worse yet, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:1-17

Denomination: United Methodist