Sermons on Love Of The World:

Is Seeing Believing Or Is Believing Seeing?

Contributed by Darian Catron on Aug 19, 2016

Christianity is the Good News that we can be saved, not by trying harder and depending on ourselves or our own promises, but in trusting God's power to save through the cross and the blood and the resurrection.

INTRODUCTION: We've been hearing about those fires in Southern California and floods in Louisiana. And I found this story that really spoke to me... One night a house caught fire and a young boy was forced to flee to the roof. The father stood on the ground below with outstretched arms, calling to ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1, Romans 1:16-17, Romans 3:10-12, Romans 3:22-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

#2 The Skeleton At The Feast--- Attitudes Series

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 10, 2017

Have you ever wolfed down food to find that your are devouring yourself? Do you consider how your attitudes give birth to mean words, unkind deeds and bitterness? Your attitudes have a cause-effect on your thinking patterns.

#2 THE SKELETON AT THE FEAST --- YOUR ATTITUDE DETERMINES YOUR ALTITUDE By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com part #2 WHY DO PEOPLE REFUSE TO SEE THAT THEIR ATTITUDES HAVE A GREAT IMPACT ON THEIR DAILY LIFE. It is all about the choices we make, the words we say and the deeds ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:18, 1 Corinthians 4:12, Hebrews 12:12-15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Let's Start A Movement!" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Jul 10, 2017

If I want to learn to be truly happy, I want to learn from someone who didn’t have everything just handed to them, I want to learn from someone who had some struggles and was still happy. So I choose to learn from the Apostle Paul.

“Let’s start a Movement!” Philippians 1: 9-19 For those of us who really enjoy reading your probably will aware that there is a book out there on every topic you can imagine. Many offer self-help; advice on how to change your life for how to achieve a particular goal. If you want to be wealthy ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:9-19

Denomination: Baptist

Easter According To St. John

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Mar 21, 2018

What a blessing it is to have John's account of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead along with the other witness of the Gospels.

Easter According to St. John John 20:1-18 Today we remember the most important day in human history, the day Jesus rose from the dead. This is a day of great joy to us. We put the sorrows of Jesus death behind us and celebrate that Jesus lives. There are basically five accounts that talk about ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Lesson 22: Innovative Preaching Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 30, 2018

Preach the timeless Gospel with modern techniques

Lesson Goal This lesson is designed to encourage preachers to be innovative and culturally relevant, to be a Greek to the Greek (1 Corinthians 9:20). Lesson Intro Jesus' preaching was innovative and different than the usual preaching in the synagogues of his day. Throughout church history art ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Committed Journey Series

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Apr 4, 2018

As Jesus and the disciples departed Capernaum and headed toward Jerusalem for the last time, there was a sense of heaviness. He accurately described the events that would transpire there - His betrayal, death, and resurrection.

A Committed Journey Mark 10: 32-34 As we have studied the gospel of Mark, we have grown accustomed to the rapid nature in which the events in Jesus’ life and ministry were recorded. Mark left very little in between material, and fewer details than the other gospels. The first ten chapters cover ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:32-34

Denomination: Baptist

Lesson 40: Preach A Series Of Statements Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 21, 2018

Preaching a sermon using several mottos

Lesson Goal Learn how to preach a sermon that builds on several mottos. Lesson Intro In the previous sermon model we tied several points together by the continual repeating of a refrain, a phrase or motto. In this sermon, we do something similar except that the refrain evolves, builds, or ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10, Ephesians 3:14-21, Romans 8:28-39

Denomination: Baptist

Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbour

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Apr 28, 2018

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOUR By Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (April 28, 2018) “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour” [Exodus 20:16, King James Version, The Ten Commandments]. Greetings in the Holy Name of Jesus, My sisters and brothers, ...read more

Denomination: Friends

"Step Into The Water" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Apr 25, 2016

A step of faith can change everything. It did for Joshua and can for you too!

MOVING TO THE PROMISED LAND “Step into the Water” Joshua 3:1-17 Every one of us at some point in our lives reach a time when we are called to make critical decisions-decisions that can be life-changing. We come to an intersection; a crossroads and we have to make a decision as to ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Big Picture Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on May 2, 2016

The Messianic representations embrace equally Israel and the Gentile nations, starting with the restoration of Israel and then including the nations. We are going to explore that concept.

Isaiah 2:2-5 The Big Picture in Isaiah 10/8/00e D. Marion Clark Introduction I felt this morning like I was on The Hulk roller coaster that shoots you forth and never slows up until you come to the end. We will try to slow down a bit this evening, keeping with the book of Isaiah. There are two ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 2:2-5

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Hometown - Pt. 3 - Playin' Keep Away Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on May 19, 2016

Hometown. Comfortable confines. Known streets. Familiar sights. Our people. Our mission field? Our challenge? Our assignment?

Hometown Pt. 3 - Playing Keep Away Introduction Apathy. It is the target of our attack. It is the epidemic of our day. We are swamped with the "I don't cares!" We don't want to be bothered or interrupted with concern. We walk through life avoiding involvement by using every excuse/loophole we can ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:13-48

Denomination: Pentecostal

Put Down Your Bullhorn Series

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 8, 2015

There were times where Jesus started out a sentence by saying, “I tell you the truth”. It was a declaration of affirmation where he was placing a strong emphasis on what followed. Today we'll look at his use of it in Matt. 6:1-4.

“PUT DOWN YOUR BULLHORN” Matthew 6:1-4 There were times where Jesus started out a sentence by saying, “I tell you the truth”. We would say that everything Jesus said is the truth. We would also say that everything Jesus said is important so we might wonder why he sometimes ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Mixing Faith With The Word

Contributed by Dr. David Wesner on Jun 15, 2015

We can’t have someone else’s faith.

Hebrews 4:2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith. The Israelites failed to trust what God was saying to them in the wilderness. God promised that he would care ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:2

Denomination: Charismatic

Be A Mighty Warrior Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 20, 2015

To be a mighty warrior for God, Gideon needs to overcome his disappointment with God and his doubts in God.

Judges 6:1-24, 33-40 Israel did evil in the sight of God, again. They worshipped the false gods of the Amorites (6:10) and were greatly oppressed by their enemies. • The Midianites, the Amalekites and other Eastern nations came against Israel in big numbers, like swarms of ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:1-24, Judges 6:33-40

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jesus Is Invited By A Pharisee Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Jan 4, 2016

When you invite others to experience Jesus, we demonstrate our submission to Christ. How? Because when we invite others by telling them what Christ has done for us, we demonstrate to them Who it is that has changed our life.

Jesus is invited by a Pharisee Luke 7:36-50 Invitations, Part 5 Introduction - On the heels of our Advent study, we continue with our Invitations series - It is important that you and I understand the power of an invitation -- Whether it’s an invitation to a ballgame, to a BBQ, or even ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational