Sermons on Martyrdom Witness:

Friends For Christ's Sake

Contributed by Tim Adams on Dec 1, 2009

A sermon on the value of soul friendship in the church.

"FRIENDS FOR CHRIST’S SAKE" I SAMUEL 18:1-5 (Focal Text: Verse 1) On March 11, 1991, eight-year-old Anthony Henderson upset the distinguished leader of our nation, President George Bush. President Bush was visiting Anthony’s school and had sat down beside Anthony to read him a book. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Leave The Old Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 28, 2008

We must 1) Forsake our Former life, 2) Understand our Present Life and 3) Live for our Future Life

At year end tends to be a time of extremes. Some fall into one extreme of debauchery and falling back into a lifestyle that they were redeemed from. Or the other extreme, like that of the Galatians, of falling into a type of legalism of trying to earn their favour with God. The Galatians has ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:8-11

Denomination: Other

Fiscal Faithfulness Series

Contributed by David Welch on Dec 29, 2008

Second of three messages dealing with giving and money.

“Fiscal Faithfulness” Every Christian serious about a deeper walk with God and greater impact in our world must incorporate some disciplines indented to increase capacity for a deeper walk as a way of life. One such discipline has to do with personal sacrifice. Someone estimate that 17% of what ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:7-10

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Temptations Senior Citizens Face Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Jun 25, 2006

Temptations common to senior citizens

(adapted from a messages by Mark Jones, Bob Russell, and Dan Webb) SERIES: “FATAL TEMPTATIONS” TEXT: JAMES 1:14-15; JOSHUA 14:6-14 TITLE: “TEMPTATIONS SENIOR CITIZENS FACE” INTRODUCTION: A. You Know You’re Getting Old When… 1. You and your teeth don’t ...read more

Scripture: James 1:14-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Help Wanted, Help Needed Series

Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Aug 24, 2007

Lessons to be learned from the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

At 3:20am on the morning of March 13, 1964, 28-yr old Kitty Genovese was returning home in a nice middle-class area of Queens, NY. She parked her car in a parking lot near her apartment complex, turned off her lights, then started to walk to her apartment building only about 35 yards away. She ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Baptist

Grace: How Can God Accept Us? Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Nov 5, 2015

This sermon examines God's grace and its implications.

Scripture Today is the sixth week of a seven-week series of messages based on a book that is titled Christianity Explored by Rico Tice and Barry Cooper, out of England. The purpose of this series is to explore Christianity, primarily through the writing of Mark in his book we call The Gospel of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-22

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Eating Supper With Sinners Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Nov 14, 2015

We're called to follow the Savior and focus on sinners.

Eating Supper with Sinners Mark 2:13-17 Rev. Brian Bill November 14-15, 2015 I’ve been a bit quiet about the Green Bay Packers lately. I’m sure you’ve noticed. It may or may not be because they’ve lost their last two games. I actually have a solid theory about why they ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Purpose Of The Gospel Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 15, 2015

The primary purpose of the gospel is to display God’s righteousness, not just to make me right with God

I want to begin this morning by looking at a few pictures and asking you to tell me what you see. [Show “optical illusion” faces and ask people what they see]. With every one of those pictures, what you saw depended on your perspective. And by changing your perspective, it was possible ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-26

Denomination: Baptist

Christ The Coming King

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 28, 2015

In Revelation 1:7-8 John presents five truths about His second coming and answers these questions in considering its 1) Necessity (Revelation 1:7a), 2) Glory (Revelation 1:7b), 3) Scope, Response (Revelation 1:7c), and 4) Certainty (Revelation 1:8).

As the end of the year approaches, it is natural to consider what comes next. We spend so much time considering the birth of Christ. But for every time the Bible mentions the first coming of Christ, it mentions the second coming 8 times. Despite the scoffers who deny the Second Coming (2 Pet. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:7-8

Denomination: Other

The Pure & The Phony Series

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 7, 2016

Philip & Simon the Sorcerer - The Pure & the Phony – Acts chapter 8 verses 9-25 - sermon by Gordon Curley PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

SERMON OUTLINE: A wrong view of self (vs9-11) A wrong view of salvation (vs 12-13) A wrong view of the Spirit (vs 14-23) A wrong view of sin (vs 22-24) SERMON BODY: Ill: • When architect Sir Christopher Wren; • Designed the interior of Windsor Town Hall near London in 1689, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:9-25

Denomination: Brethren

The Corinthian's Conversion Series

Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Feb 28, 2016

To establish that the Corinthian’s conversion was consistent with the “pattern of conversions” outlined in the Book of Acts. Their conversion experience included hearing the gospel, believing it, and being baptized.

Outline. 1. The Corinthian’s Heard 2. The Corinthian’s Believed 3. The Corinthian’s Baptized Introductory Remarks. 1. In our lesson today, we will discuss the Corinthian Conversion. This lesson will clarify that their conversion experience followed the same “pattern of conversions” outlined in ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:8-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Focus

Contributed by Richard Tow on Feb 29, 2016

In this sermon, Pastor Richard illustrates the importance of maintaining focus. Victories have been lost because someone lost focus. Success in almost any endeavor requires focus. But what causes people to lose focus?

Focus 
 08-09-16 (www.LifeChurchSpringfield.org) In the 1996 Olympic Games in ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2

Denomination: Charismatic

Hope Against Hope Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Mar 1, 2016

Biblical hope is a matter of trusting that God’s promise is greater than my predicament

It’s easy to believe in God and have hope when I can see an answer to whatever situation I might be experiencing: • If I go to the doctor and he or she prescribes some medicine and assures me that medication will take care of whatever health issue I’m experiencing, it’s easy ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

God's Guarantee Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Mar 1, 2016

God’s love guarantees that since He saved me, He will keep me

I’d like to begin this morning with a question, one that I first came across more than 30 years ago in an evangelism training program called Evangelism Explosion: “Have you come to the place in your spiritual life where you know for sure that if you were to die today you would go to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Through The Bible - Genesis 1-3 Series

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 1, 2015

In our desire to completely go thru the Bible, teaching it so all may have a working knowledge of it, we post Sermon #1 - an overview of Genesis 1-3. I also suggest some ideas of images you can find on the Internet to enhance their visual understanding.

(The video of this sermon can be seen by going to ... www.cowetanazarene.org/videos.html) My calling as a Christian is to live the kind of life Jesus of Nazareth has laid out for me, showing His love and grace in everything I do, say, and think. That is such a huge task for me, I often fail to ...read more

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