Sermons on love dare:

Preparing For A Showdown

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010

Jacob Prepares to Meet Easu. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Genesis chapter 32 verses 1-21: Ill: • James Whistler, the Victorian artist, • Showed scant respect for the hierarchy of any profession. • When his poodle fell ill with a throat infection, • The artist sent immediately for the country’s leading ear, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:1-21

Denomination: Brethren

Character Study: Zacariah And Elisabeth

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010

Character Study: Zacariah and Elisabeth (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Luke chapter 1 verses 5-24 & 57-80. Quote: “The seven ages of man: spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills, wills”. Ill: You know when you are growing old when… • Everything hurts and what doesn’t hurt, doesn’t work, • Your knees ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-80

Denomination: Brethren

Talk Is Cheap

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010

Talk is Cheap (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Colossians chapter 4 verses 2-6: Ill: • There are 800,000 in the English language, • 300,000 are technical terms. • The average person knows 10,000 words and uses 5,000 in everyday speech. • A journalist knows approximately 15,000 and uses around ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6

Denomination: Brethren

A Better Covenant

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010

A Better Covenant (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Hebrews chapter 8 verses 1-13. Quote: Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary describes ‘covenant’ as: "A binding agreement between two or more parties expressly for the performance of some action." • Notice that God makes a covenant and not a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 8:1-13

Denomination: Brethren

Burger King Church (Have It Your Way)

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Mar 9, 2009

The currently popular idea of the "church of the individual" would have the apostles spinning in their graves - the local church is critical for the making of disciples and the idea of a have it your way church is in no way a good thing

Burger King Church (Have it your way) TCF Sermon January 11, 2009 Open with Youtube video of BK commercial – commercial jingle sings: Have it your way. We’ve just finished the football bowl season – and you may have noticed that every bowl has a sponsor these days. It’s not the Sugar Bowl – ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Came To Serve Others (2014)

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 18, 2014

He came to serve others - Jesus our example - PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

SERMON OUTLINE: • (1). The Parable (vs 1-16). • (2). The Announcement (vs 17-19). • (3). The Mistake (vs 21-25) • (4). The Example (vs 26-28) SERMON BODY: • If there is one word in the English language that is sure to cause a debate when spoken, • That word ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:27-28

Denomination: Brethren

Silenced By My Sinfulness Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 15, 2015

Salvation comes only to those who are silenced by their sinfulness.

I want you to consider for a moment two different doctors. Both are equally competent, but the way that they deal with their patients is quite different. Let’s imagine that you’re not feeling well so you go to both doctors who both do the same thorough examination and run the same tests ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:9-20

Denomination: Baptist

A Tough Promise To Keep Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 7, 2016

This message looks at the story of the Vow of Jephthah, what he could learn looking back, and what we can learn looking ahead.

A Tough Promise to Keep Have you ever made a promise you regretted? Given your word and then realized the price was way too high but couldn’t find a graceful way to back out? Happened different times in the bible. Herod had John the Baptist arrested because John wouldn’t stop harping ...read more

Scripture: Judges 11:29-40

Denomination: Wesleyan

Who Made You Judge? Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 10, 2016

A study of the book of Job 8: 1 – 22

Job 8: 1 – 22 Who Made You Judge? 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2 “How long will you speak these things, and the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If your sons have sinned against Him, He has ...read more

Scripture: Job 8:1-22

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Discerning The Will Of God Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 17, 2015

We can Discern the Will of God through 1) Providence (v. 22), and 2) Planning (vv. 23–24)

Events over that past week have derailed many plans. For the people of Suncor, Target, Sony and others, mass layoffs have radically changed family directions. For a provincial and federal standpoint, fallings prices of Oil have meant the readjustment of budgets and plans. From individual families ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:22-24

Denomination: Other

The Curse Of Adam Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Mar 1, 2016

The cure for those who are in Jesus by faith is much more powerful than the curse for those who are in Adam by nature

It seems that in our world, doctrine has gotten a bad rap. Perhaps you’ve seen or heard people use a slogan like “Love unites, doctrine divides” or one of its relatives like “Service unites, doctrine divides” or “Justice divides, doctrine divides”. While ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-21

Denomination: Baptist

Why Works Won't Work(2013) Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Nov 7, 2013

A deeper look at the issue of Justification by Faith: Theological explanation in chapter 3:21-31. Chapter 4 Paul gives us a practical example out of the OT: Abraham and David

Old story of frog that jumped in a bucket of milk. Instead of just giving up the frog began to swim and swim and swim. The frog swam so much that the milk turned to butter and the frog hopped out of the bucket. Great story about working so had that you eventually get to where you want to go. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:1-15

Arrival Of The Christ-1

Contributed by Byron Sherman on May 29, 2011

Luke records for us the revelatory/telling circumstances/events surrounding the arrival/birth of Christ the Lord. What are the revelatory/telling circumstances/events surrounding/dealing with the arrival/birth of Christ the Lord? Christ the Lord is reve

ARRIVAL Of The CHRIST-I—Luke 2:1-20 Luke records for us the revelatory/telling circumstances/events surrounding the arrival/birth of Christ the Lord. The circumstances/events surrounding/dealing with the arrival/birth of Christ the Lord are revelatory. What are the revelatory/telling ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

How Faith Works For God

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on May 31, 2011

By Faith, Noah went on mission for God. He believed God about the future and adjusted his life accordingly, and went on Mission for God.

How Faith Works For God! Reading: Hebrews 11v7 Three weeks ago we had a look what faith is. Then we looked at the life of Abel and discovered that the life of faith begins with worship. Last week we looked at the life of Enoch and discovered what the life of faith consists of. Tonight we’re ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:7

Denomination: Baptist

How To Become A Dynamic Christian

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Sep 18, 2013

Do you have a desire to be a dynamic believer in Jesus Christ? To be the real thing instead of playing religious games?

Romans 1:1 - Paul, a bondservant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart unto the gospel of God, Do you have a desire to be a dynamic believer in Jesus Christ? To be the real thing instead of playing religious games? Years ago the Emperor of China had a famous orchestra. One ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:1