Sermons on Making The Best:

The Kind Of Church That Makes Jesus Sick

Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Oct 9, 2019

THE DANGER OF BEING LUKEWARM

THE KIND OF CHURCH THAT MAKES JESUS SICK REV. 3:14-16 1. INTRODUCTION. THERE ARE MANY CHURCHES TODAY THAT THRIVE ON THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THEY HAVE A PACKED HOUSE, BUT THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY EMPTY. THEY HAVE MONEY IN THE BANK, BUT THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY BANKRUPT. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR SINGING, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:14, Revelation 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

What Makes Jesus A Great King?

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 15, 2004

What Makes Jesus a Great King? 1) Ability; 2) Humility; 3) Popularity

When Pierre Trudeau passed away not too long ago I could hardly keep up with all the articles about the man and his career. I suppose that kind of coverage is only natural for a former Prime Minister of sixteen years. The articles I enjoyed reading the most were the ones debating whether or not Mr. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-41

Denomination: Lutheran

Why Celebrating Makes All The Difference Series

Contributed by Kent Kessler on Apr 8, 2007

Final in the series which discusses how the celebrations in our lives are significant and how Easter is one continuous celebration!

“Why Celebrating Makes All The Difference” John 20:1-20 How many of you like to attend parties, I mean really good parties? What does it take for a party to be a really good one? [some participation this morning please]. Americans don’t need too much excuse to have a party. Wedding ~ Super Bowl ~ ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-20

Denomination: Methodist

Employment - Making Your Job A Ministry Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 9, 2010

Everyone is called into the ministry - your ministry is right where God has placed you now.

When we hire a new pastor we, regard the pastor’s new position as a call, not just a job. When we brought on Pastor Karlin a few months ago we said that he was answering a call from the Lord to this position here in Anchorage Alaska. We were very intentional when we preformed our search - this is a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:1-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stupid Mistakes People Make With Their Money Series

Contributed by Chris Edmondson on May 26, 2007

We have a tendency of doing stupid things with our money. Here are just a few.

Stupid Mistakes People Make With Their Money Hope for the Financially Challenged - Part 1 For those of you that have been at our church for some time, there is no need to make this disclaimer, its really for those who are not regular attenders here. Whenever we talk about money at our church, we ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:12

Denomination: Baptist

How To Make Friends And Influence People Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 26, 2019

"How To Make Friends And Influence People" has been in print for over 70 yrs. It's popular because it addresses how to make friends. But Colossians tells us God's fool-proof way to make friends

OPEN: I read the true story of a woman who’d just given birth and had brought her newborn to the office to the child off to her fellow office workers. Everyone gathered around, ohhhing and ahhhing and totally enthralled with the baby. In the meantime, her 7-yr. old son had gotten bored and he ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:5-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Better Than Ever - Water Into Wine Series

Contributed by William Akehurst on Jan 22, 2020

The custom is to serve the better wine first, then the watered down. But when Christ encounters the plain water, he makes all things better than before. As we age in life, we lose our zeal and become watered down, but CHRIST revives us to do greater things even in our older age.

2020.01.05 NEW YEAR MESSAGE for EEs (ELDER EARS) William Akehurst, HSWC John 2:1-11 The Cana Wedding – Water into Wine 1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when they ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 1:13-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ladies, Do What You Do

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jun 9, 2015

Mothers Day message. Ladies, You make such an impact on the people that you comer into contact with. God continues to want to use you for Kingdom work.

Ladies, Do what you do Selected Scriptures Introduction- Good morning again, Happy Mother’s Day, Happy ladies day as we celebrate all the women in our lives. (Amen) I have two verses we will center on this morning. One is the faith of a Canaanite women recorded in Matthew The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28

Denomination: Nazarene

What Difference Does The Resurrection Make? Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 12, 2021

Pagans expected nothing to happen after a person dies. Jews expected the faithful to be resurrected at the end of time. And Christians have felt that not only has Christ risen from the grave but His resurrection guarantees His follower's resurrection.

Happy Resurrection Day to Cross Church! Maybe you grew up thinking miracles happened a long time ago, if at all. Over the course of the next few weeks, we’ll introduce you to both ancient miracles and modern ones. But if you’re looking for a miracle, you need not look any further than the empty ...read more

Scripture: John 5:28-29, Romans 6:5-11, 2 Timothy 2:11

Denomination: Baptist

Something Borrowed To Make You New

Contributed by Royce Hendry on Dec 18, 2000

Three fulfilled prophecies, at Christmas, that reassure us we have a God who loves us.

Luke 1:26-33; 2:1-7; 23:53 Something Borrowed to Make You New INTRO: The place was Dallas, TX; the year, 1987; there are at least 500 people standing behind police barricades trying to catch a glimpse of what is happening. Paul Tavilla holds the world record for grape catching. He catches grapes in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-33, Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Beware Of Inconsistency Series

Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Jan 9, 2017

Inconsistency is a habit we need to break if we want to prosper this New Year.

BEWARE OF INCONSISTENCY INTRODUCTION: We will continue our series on the Book of 1 Samuel. We are now in the second half of chapter 14. We will be focusing our lessons on the inconsistencies displayed by the decisions of King Saul. His inconsistencies as the King brought about harmful consequences ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 14:24-46

Denomination: Nazarene

Meddling Makes Matters More Miserable

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Sep 9, 2018

A study in the book of 2 Samuel 14: 1 – 33

2 Samuel 14: 1 – 33 Meddling makes matters more miserable 14 So Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was concerned about Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel; do not ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 14:1

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Lord, Make Us A Strong Church

Contributed by Herman E. Wesley Iii on Sep 10, 2010

As the Lord has blessed each one of us to enter into a new year, 2010, I have been in prayer and have found myself very contemplative about the healthy and consistent spiritual growth of this congregation. Looking back over 2009, it is probably evident t

Evangelist Herman E. Wesley III LORD MAKE US A STRONG CHURCH Acts 4:23-31 (NIV) The Text On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-31

Happiness Through - Peace Making (Beatitudes) Series

Contributed by Thomas Bartlett on Nov 2, 2020

You are never more like God than when you are restoring broken relationships. This is the heart of God and Jesus said it this way. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”

Happiness In An Unsettling World Steele Creek Church, Eastfield Campus Dr. Tom Bartlett – November 1, 2020 Matthew 5:9 PEACEMAKER OUTLINE Peacemaker “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Matthew 5:9 (ESV) Why be a peacemaker? • Broken relationships hinder your ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9, 1 John 4:20, Psalm 37:21-22, James 3:18, Matthew 5:23-26  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Grace That Makes You Say Wow!

Contributed by Jeremy Herr on Oct 16, 2003

Exploring and applying the amazing grace of God.

Grace that makes you say, “WOW!” Illustration- Christian Conference in Britain, “oh that’s easy, its grace.”- C.S. Lewis What do you think of when you hear the word grace? In the Christian community we are surrounded by the word. I mean I go to a school named Grace Bible College, this church ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational