Sermons on Matthew 15:1-23:33:

Happy New Year Of Renewal – Part 2 Series

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jan 23, 2013

To magnify our great Lord for His attribute of renewing things!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR OF RENEWAL – PART 2 Continuing with series on “God of renewal”, now in the concluding part of the series, let’s focus on these subjects… GLOBAL God can not only renew an ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:28

Denomination: *other

Desert Survival Training

Contributed by Bret Bone on Jan 28, 2013

For VP church to be successful this year in reaching in our community… I felt it necessary to go beyond the training we have already have put in place here at the church.. Many of you are currently involved in the Sunday morning Apologetics class as

Video…Awkward Invitation Slide #1 Welcome…Guest/Holy Grounds For VP church to be successful this year in reaching in our community… I felt it necessary to go beyond the training we have already have put in place here at the church.. Many of you are currently involved in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:14

Forgiving Our Family

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 28, 2013

Why is it that the hardest people to forgive are often those we love the most???

Forgiving Our Family Matt. 18:23-35 Today I want to address the first of the Giant issues in the family... Forgiveness. It seems ironic, crazy even, that we would ha ve to talk about forgiving our wife, our husband, or kids, our parents, our siblings. These are the people we love! You would ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:23-35

Denomination: Baptist

A Servant's Heart

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jan 29, 2013

Christians must have an attitude of service, following the example of Christ.

A Servant’s Heart January 27, 2013 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Christians must have an attitude of service, following the example of Christ. Focus Passage: Matthew 20:20-28 Supplemental Passage: Sitting down, He called the twelve and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:20-28

Denomination: Baptist

Passion For God

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 31, 2013

How can we develop a passion for God?

Passion For God Matt. 22:37 A lawyer once asked Jesus what was the greatest commandment. I believe that Jesus' answer probably shocked him. See, the Pharisees had over 300 commandments that they had made up. They had gotten so caught up in the law, in keeping the law that they had forgotten what ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:37

Denomination: Baptist

Only God....could Do That!

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Feb 4, 2013

Absolutely everything, ranging from small to large, as you make it a part of your believing prayer, gets included as you lay hold of God.”

Only God could Do That! How many here this morning believe God can answer prayer, no matter what? Matt. 21:21,22 MSG 21-22. But Jesus was matter-of-fact: “Yes —and if you embrace this kingdom life and don’t doubt God, you’ll not only do minor feats like I did to the fig tree, but also triumph ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:21-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Prayer Focused Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 7, 2013

The church and all of us Christians should be prayer focused within our lives. Business should never choke out our prayer life instead we should be committed to pray first. When we pray we discover God’s presence then we receive God’s power.

Series Summary: We are here! Thesis of the series: We are here in 2013 as a church and as Christian individuals to declare the message of Jesus and to bring in God’s heavenly harvest of souls. We are here to be the salt and the light of this world. Sermon 2: Prayer ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:10-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Grace - Part 6 Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Feb 8, 2013

A powerful series based on the book "Grace: More than we Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine." The series will look at the many different aspects of Grace. Part 6

December 16, 2012 Grace Happens - 6 Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Binding And Loosening Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Feb 10, 2013

A different angle on the term "binding and loosening" from Jesus message in Matthew 16.

Title: Binding & Loosening Theme: To show that the Lord has called us to bind up the wounds of people and loosen their bonds. Text: Matthew 16:13 - 19 Introduction We had a wonderful Prayer Conference this year. The Lord really touched some hearts and revived our spirits. As one preacher ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-19

Denomination: Church Of God

The First And Greatest Commandment / Short Homily In Lent

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 12, 2013

To Love the Lord Your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength; you must be in relationship with Him. You must have a passion for that relationship.

Let us pray.... Let us pray.... O Heavenly Father .... help us to be mature in the faith. To be passionate ....in our relationship with you and with those that you place into our lives. ....That we may be open to the transforming power of the Holy Spirit and be conformed to the image of your ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:30-32, Matthew 22:34-40, Exodus 20:1-6

Denomination: Anglican

God’s Version Of Labour Relations

Contributed by Craig Condon on Nov 24, 2015

If we start asking ourselves who deserves to be forgiven, we soon find out that the answer is no one. No matter how hard we work, we can’t be “good enough.” The good news of the Gospel is that what can’t be obtained by good works,

A poor man walking in the forest felt close enough to God to ask, “God, what is a million years to you?” God replied, “My son, a million years to you is like a second to me.” The man then asked, “God, what is a million dollars to you?” God replied, “My ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Anglican

Characteristics Of A Healthy Church-Things We Should Know First Series

Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Nov 29, 2015

There are some basic things we should know about Spiritually Healthy Churches

Characteristics of a Healthy Church Matthew 16:18 Introduction: illustration “Frail Health” I. Why do we need to know what the spiritual health of the church is? 1. Good spiritual health is a sign of the true church. (Matthew 7:17-19) 2. An unhealthy church is an ineffective church. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:18

Denomination: Baptist

The Truth About Christmas Carols

Contributed by Paul Basehore on Dec 1, 2015

Jesus is the reason for the season, and because of that everything about this season can point back to Him in some way.

The Truth About Christmas Carols Now that Thanksgiving has passed, we’re starting to hear Christmas carols everywhere. Radio stations have them on 24/7, we hear them in movies and on TV; it’s getting harder and harder to find some sort of media that doesn’t have Christmas carols ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 23:24, Matthew 28:12-15, Revelation 1:13-14, Matthew 18:3, Matthew 19:14, John 16:5-7, John 16:16, John 16:20, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 4:6, 1 John 1:7, Matthew 10:22, Matthew 5:10-12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Four Myths About The Church

Contributed by James Lee on Dec 4, 2015

I would like to thank Pastor Jerry Shirley for sharing. It has been a blessing as well as a great help as I spend my days caring for my dying father.

“Four Myths about the Church” Math16: 18 The church is THE vehicle that God uses to push back the darkness and change our world. I think we need a reminder, today, that there was a group of men and women who have gone before us, here at EBC, who boldly proclaimed the gospel of Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:18

Denomination: Baptist

Parable Of The Generous Landowner Series

Contributed by Dan Raymond on Dec 7, 2015

Since when does it make sense to pay the guys hired at the last hour the same as those hired at the beginning of the day. This is the 1st of 4 sermon that consider the astounding mathematics of grace.

Introduction Aeneas’ eyes snapped open from his deep sleep. He could hear the desert winds relentlessly blowing the trees outside and whistle through the cracks and crevices of the house. Years of working as a day laborer in the vineyards taught him what these winds meant. It was the time of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Christian Church