Sermons on Lust And Adultery:

Living In Lion Country

Contributed by Karl Sexton on Aug 3, 2006

We are all facing a real battle with a real devil and we need to know our enemy and how to defeat him.

Living In Lion Country Intro: We have a real foe and he has many names, but the one you may recognize is Satan or the devil. Many today believe that Satan is a myth¡Xa figment of someone¡¦s imagination. Many are being devoured because they do not recognize the enemy. Some doubt his ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

Pergamos - The Compromising Church Series

Contributed by David Moore on Aug 29, 2008

To show how a church may subtlety compromise their witness in the world.

Pergamos - The Compromising Church Text: Revelation 2:12-17 Introduction: The city of Pergamos was situated 80 miles north of Smyrna twenty miles inland in what is now Western Turkey. In its day it was the capital of Mysia, a Roman province in the NW. of Asia Minor. Unlike the two previous cities ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Building For The Right Reasons Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Apr 2, 2007

1 of 4 messages on Nehemiah. We are in a building campaign and we need to make sure we are building for the right reasons.

Building the Right Way Building for the Right Reasons February 18, 2007 Building for the Right Reasons How the Walls were Ruined… About 1,000 years before Jesus was born, David became king of Israel. After David, his son, Solomon was king, and after Solomon, the kingdom was split in half: the ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When Sin Trips Us Up Faith Repents Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Oct 31, 2007

This message looks at the type of Faith displayed by Samson.

If we were really honest, all of us could admit that at some time or another in our life we have been tripped up by sin. Some of us may have fallen harder than others but the pain and the guilt remains the same. In the midst of our failure we often are tempted to give up and quit. Because Satan is ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-34

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Will You Have To Move? Eroded Confidence?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 14, 2006

We live in such a mobile society, it is easier to move than to have a change of heart. We have eroded confidence, then we want to run away. We are breeding divorce and church hopping.

ERODED CONFIDENCE DO WE HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGE OF LOCATION? OR A CHANGE OF HEART. By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I do this is two parts... Luke 21:26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-46

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Growing Church

Contributed by John Perry on Feb 12, 2011

Everyone today wants to know the secret for a growing church. There are an endless number of seminars & workshops on how to ahve a growing church but I believe that the ebst workshop is the one where we sit down & study how the first church in the books o

Bunbury Sun am 13/02/11 “A growing church” Intro: T/m I want to speak on something we are all interested in & if we are not interested we should be! I want to speak about a growing church & how our church can be a growing church. It’s the kind of church we read about in the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:47

Denomination: Pentecostal

New Law, Old Principle Series

Contributed by David De Kock on Jun 17, 2009

To follow Christ is an amazing adventure

Genesis 22:9-18 9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-20

Denomination: Charismatic

Love Is

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 13, 2010

Regardless of what the world calls love and thinks about love, we must consider what God says about love. 1- Love is a continuing debt 2- Love is a command of God 3- Love is a completion of the law

INTRO.- ILL.- I went to the Suddenlink Cable TV office recently to change our subscription. The lady behind the counter and I were discussing TV programs and I told her that I watched Lifetime movies with my wife. She said, “YOU DO?!” as in debelief. The she said that whenever the Cubs were ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Do I Still Lack? Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 8, 2008

The young man raising this question with Jesus lacked historical memory, lacked self-awareness, and lacked a vision for one compelling pursuit. For Maundy Thursday

I: Remember The third of our ultimate questions sounds almost like a throwaway. Like a sarcastic castoff. “What do I still lack?” The young man had already asked the most sweeping question possible, “What good deed must I do to have eternal life?” As you may remember if you were here two ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:16-22

Denomination: Baptist

Straddling The Fence

Contributed by Robert Cox on Dec 4, 2008

Change we can all believe in!

REV 3:14 “And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write, ‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: 15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:14-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Enemies - Part 1 - Enemy Appeal Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Apr 30, 2010

Enemies . . . you have them. You need them. You must be aware of them and handle them correctly. Welcome to the fight!

Enemies Pt. 1 – Enemy Appeal Text Backdrop for Series: Read these to you as a backdrop for entire series and then will come back and read some specific text for today’s thoughts. Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3, 8 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 3 a time to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 15:1-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Best Is Yet To Come: Bad To Good Series

Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 8, 2008

God specializes in changing people¡Ktaking us from where we¡¦ve been¡Kto where we are¡Kto where we ought to be. This message could be a 3-part series or condensed into just one.

II Peter 1: 3-11 3. His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. 4. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hypocrites In The Church

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Dec 15, 2008

Let us learn and then never forget the example found in the lives of Ananias and Sapphira. Give Him your all...hold nothing back from the Lord...and then stand and see His power unleashed

HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH ACTS 5:1 16 (Opening: #399 of Illustrations of Bible Truths Spiros Zodhiates) Last week we left off on a positive note with the story of Barnabas, the encourager, who set an example of just how positive of an influence becoming a Christian can make not only in an ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-16

Why God Hated Easu

Contributed by Joseph Miller on Mar 20, 2015

Explore how it's "fair" for a loving, non discriminating God to love one brother and hate the other.

WHY GOD HATED ESAU Romans 9:13 13  As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. This has got to be one of the most difficult verses in the Bible. This verse seems to totally contradict the very nature of God. There's a book called, 'The hard sayings of Jesus' and also one ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:13

Denomination: Apostolic

Beware, Beware Series

Contributed by Leighton (Lee) Vary on Nov 17, 2016

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

Introduction A. A man having lunch at a Chinese restaurant noticed that the table had been set with forks, not chopsticks. He asked why. The waiter said "Chopsticks are provided only on request." "But," the man countered, "if you gave your patrons chopsticks, you wouldn't have to pay someone to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:15-20

Denomination: Baptist