Sermons on Live Reconciled:

A Living Sacrifice

Contributed by Kerry Bauman on May 10, 2006

This message looks at the effect upon our lives of presenting ourselves to Christ as living sacrifices.

A Living Sacrifice Text: Romans 12:1-8 Introduction: The church is in the people-changing business. It’s what we do, really. We help people to enter into a personal relationship with God that has dramatic effect on their lives. I think of a couple that came to me recently and asked if I would do ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Fruitful Lives

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on May 12, 2006

Realizing we must be attached to Christ Jesus and not He to us makes all the difference in the world concerning our fruitfulness.

John 15: 1 – 8 Fruitful Lives Intro: There are some shrubs in the flower beds in front of our house with purple leaves that are really pretty; but, they grow rapidly and can get huge. They were definitely hearty and productive. Last summer it seemed as though I had to trim those bushes almost ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Living In The Valley Series

Contributed by Tim Hedberg on May 15, 2006

Sermon series on 1 John.

Living in the Valley 1 John 1:1-4 April 30, 2006 For the next 2 months we will be exploring and going through the book of 1 John on Sunday mornings together. As we begin this series that I’m calling "Living Well in the Valley", I want to tell you 2 things I wish for you. Two things I wish for ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Living With Purpose Series

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Sep 10, 2004

Actually living with purpose will free us for God’s work.

Living with Purpose Purpose Driven Life #40 Montreal/Cornwall June 19, 2004 Today, we conclude our series of 40 messages on the theme of living with purpose. We have taken a great deal of time to consider the five biblical purposes God sets before us, and to think about ways these apply in ...read more

Scripture: John 13:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Living In Fear" Series

Contributed by H. Kevin Derr on Sep 17, 2004

An expositoin of 1 Peter 1:17-21

17Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. 18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19but ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17-21

Denomination: Brethren

Live In The Difference Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Sep 26, 2004

We use our individual gifts for the benefit of all.

LIVE IN THE DIFFERENCE I Corinthians 12:27-31 S: Spiritual Gifts C: Spiritual gifts are to be used. Th: Live the Difference Pr: WE USE OUR INDIVIDUAL GIFTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL. ?: What? What do we need to know to do it correctly? KW: Factors TS: We will find in our study of I Corinthians ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:27-31

Denomination: Baptist

Living In The Desert Series

Contributed by David Asch on Oct 5, 2004

A look at 3 different scenes from desert living. Three scenes that show us how God uses the desert to form his people, to call his people to himself. By the time we’re done, maybe you will want to go out to the desert too…

LIVING IN THE DESERT Mark 1:1-13 INTRO: Have you spent much time in the desert? I have. For over 30 years I lived in Southern California, which is basically one big desert – with lots of sprinklers! We traveled, camped, and explored the desert. As a youth pastor, we took kids on desert motorcycle ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Live On The Rock

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 15, 2005

A look at the final words of the Sermon on the Mount - living as the wise person who listens and applies the words of Jesus.

Live on the Rock Matthew 7:24-29 September 4, 2005 Introduction Well, folks, we’ve covered a lot of ground since starting to look at the life and words of Jesus in the gospel according to Matthew. And today, we finish up our look at the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus has talked about a wide range ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-29

Denomination: Wesleyan

Living In A Fishbowl Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Dec 2, 2007

You live in a fishbowl and people are watching to see if your walk matches your talk.

I remember when I was pastor of a church and living in the parsonage directly across from the church. It was like living in a fishbowl. It was the glass house syndrome where it seemed everyone could see right into our house. People knew if I was home, because my car was parked there. They knew who ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:33-37

Denomination: Baptist

Living For Today

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Dec 31, 2007

It doesn’t matter how long we live. What matters is how well we love Christ in the years we have.

Living for Today Isaiah 61:10-62:3 December 30, 2007 I remember a story from a few years ago. An eighty two year old woman appeared on Good Morning America. She had just gotten a face lift, breast implants, botox injections to smooth out the wrinkles, lip resculpting, and a chemical peal. I ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Living In Victory Series

Contributed by Keith Andrews on Jul 1, 2008

We are all looking for ways to have victory in our lives. The Bible says “For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.” (Jn 5:4, ESV)

Living in Victory Sermon By Keith J. Andrews All scripture marked ESV: The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001.Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. July 4, is the day of celebration for Americans. Is special to us because we won our independence from Great Britain. We look at this day as a ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

A Living Sacrifice

Contributed by Steven Haguewood on Aug 5, 2008

What are you to do with your life? It is to be a sacrifice to God. But your sacrifice leads to life not death!

“A Living Sacrifice” Introduction: 1. The concept of justification by faith only is often taught from the letter written to the Romans. 2. We know that we show our faith by our actions, James 2:14ff. 3. “Therefore” here refers to the entire doctrine taught in Romans of being justified by ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Living In Laodicea

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Aug 9, 2008

Are you opting out of Sunday morning because you are a cutting edge postmodern thinker blazing the trail to a new kind of christianity; or are you just sleeping in and living in lukewarm apathy?

Dakota Community Church August 10, 2008 Living in Laodicea Last week in my sermon on baptism I mentioned that for a while I described myself as emergent on my Facebook profile but that I had removed it. I like the idea of having a discussion about how we do things, how we treat sin and sinners, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:14-22

Denomination: Mennonite

Dying To Live Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Aug 14, 2008

Jesus invites us to a great faith than one where we hang on to the sides of the boat for the storm to pass. He invites us to get out of the boat and walk on water.

Matthew 14:22-33 “Dieing to Live” INTRODUCTION The story of Jesus walking on water is a familiar story to most of us. I first heard the story in Sunday School and I remember thinking to myself how neat it would be to be able to walk on water. I really wasn’t very interested in feeding a lot ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Lutheran

Dying To Live

Contributed by Paul Aguilar on Sep 17, 2008

Dying to self that we might live for Christ

The Book Of Romans. Sunday, September 7, 2008. Romans 6:1 - 14. Dying To Live. I considered another title to this teaching which was -- Putting Sin 6 Feet Under, and that idea will also play a major roll in our study today. But, a full 15 times in the first 14 verses of this chapter the word ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational