Sermons on Men As Trees Walking:

Walking On Water Series

Contributed by Raymond Perkins on Jun 19, 2001

The first of a four part series based on Matthew 14:22-32.

WALKING ON WATER Matthew 14:22-33 INTRODUCTION: R. Kent Hughes, in his book, James—Faith That Works, shares this story. "It is said that Napoleon, while looking at some papers, let slip the bridle of his horse, which reared so that the Emperor was in danger. A corporal of the grenadiers leaped ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Walking And Leaping Series

Contributed by Scott Jewell on Sep 12, 2016

The Gate may be called Beautiful, but the scene was anything but. What can we learn about helping those in need from Peter's decision to give?

We’ve been studying the book of Acts and have reached a series of events that covers two chapters consisting of three scenes: at the Beautiful Gate, in front of the council, and gathered together with the believers. We’ll examine one scene each week because I know no one wants me to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Peter: A Fisher Of Men.

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010

Peter: A fisher of men. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: • Mark chapter 1 verses 16-20, • Luke chapter 5 verses 1-11. Ill: • A potter does not throw the clay away when it collapses on the spinning wheel! • When the clay begins to wobble the potter will simply start again. • The clay is unable to shape, hide or ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Brethren

Men Of The Bible - Job Series

Contributed by John Murphy on Oct 25, 2012

Often we only see our situations but not the reasons. There is a vast battle taking place in the spiritual realm and we are right in the middle of it.

Perhaps one of the most amazing men in the Bible and the one we can learn the most from, especially in today’s world, is the man named Job. There are two ways to look at this man’s life. One from an earthly perspective and the other is from God’s perspective. How many of us can ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

Fishers Of Men . . . And Women!

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Feb 17, 2020

Jesus calls all of us to be disciples

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart by acceptable to you, my Lord and my Redeemer. Last week we heard John’s version of Jesus calling Andrew and Simon as disciples. Today, we heard the very familiar scripture calling them to be ‘fishers of men’. Last week Jesus asked Andrew ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22

Denomination: Episcopal

Walking With The Shepherd

Contributed by James May on Mar 18, 2007

This past year has been some challenging and yet some very rewarding times as we have walked with the Great Shepherd.

Walking With the Shepherd By Pastor Jim May Hasn’t God been good to us! To sit back and just see the hand of God as He has so graciously moved on our behalf has been such a blessing. Who can doubt that the windows of Heaven have been opened and the blessings of God have been poured out on this ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Keep On Walking Series

Contributed by Louis Bartet on Jul 12, 2007

Don’t doubt that God can use you! Yes you!

KEEP ON WALKING or Step! Stop! Sink! 7/8/2007 A.M. SERMON TEXT NIV Matthew 14:22 Immediately [following the feeding of the five-thousand] Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Walk Worthy Series

Contributed by John Oscar on Apr 27, 2022

How to walk in way that God can bless and reward us.

Walk Worthy Ephesians 4:1-6 CCCAG, March 27th, 2022 Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6 Introduction I have a small confession- I’m a bit of a skeptic about most things. I want to see evidence of whatever someone says is true or claims is true. That’s different from being a cynic. A cynic doesn’t care ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God's Gift To Men

Contributed by Jon Lipka on Jul 8, 2014

The sacred mystery of Christmas is the Incarnation, that God became flesh and made His dwelling among us. The world opposes this mystery as irrational and offensive, because it points to our fallen nature and need for a Savior.

The Mystery of Christmas, what makes it special, is the Incarnation. A mystery is not part of our human, rational understanding. It is sublime, and part of divine revelation. Non-Christians can witness the events of Christmas—the baby in the manger, etc.—but without God’s ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Denomination: Anglican

Walking In Christ

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Mar 19, 2014

Walking In Christ

Walking In Christ Matthew 14:22-32 A Scotsman, was taking a trip to the Holy Land, and when he got to the Sea of Galilee he was aghast when he found it would cost fifty dollars an hour to rent a boat to go out on the water. He said, "in Scotland I could ha got a boat for about $20." "That might be ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-32

Denomination: Baptist

Walking On Water Series

Contributed by Steve Lawson on Jan 7, 2004

Peter was the only one who got out of the boat.

Walking on Water Matthew 14:22-33 Romans 1:17 – “The righteous will live by faith.” Hebrews 11:6 – without faith it is impossible to please God While on this earth, Jesus was amazed by one thing – people’s faith. While on this earth, Jesus was limited by one thing – people’s faith. They ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Walking Into The Sunset Series

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Aug 17, 2006

Part 2 of the series looks at the life of Enoch. 5 key points demonstrate how Enoch was set apart in his life of faith.

WALKING INTO THE SUNSET Big Faith Series-Part 2 Hebrews 11:5-6; Genesis 5:21-24 Sunday, July 23, 2006 Pastor Brian Matherlee Introduction I was sitting by the ocean when a man and his sons came by. The father was a tall man and one son was an older teen while the younger son was no more than ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:5-6

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Closer Walk

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Apr 13, 2015

God wants us to walk closer with Him so that we might better understand just how wonderful we are and how wonderful this thing called life is. It is only truly wonderful when we live our life in the light of God’s presence.

A Closer Walk with God in 2015 Psalm 139 Have you ever spent much time contemplating Gods presence? There are a lot of people who do not believe that God exists and struggle to put up with people like us. David was a shepherd before he was King of Israel and he had a lot of time to think about ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Light And Life Of Men Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Apr 7, 2024

The bedrock promise of the Bible is this: “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28). Everything terrible will turn around for good because of the birth of Christ!

Christmas is in high gear at Cross Church and allow me to say to wish you a very merry Christmas! Thank you for joining me for a Christmas sermon series entitled, A Timeless Christmas. I invite you to find John 1 with me. People are increasingly talking about the holiday as Christmas Day ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-11, Isaiah 9:1-2, Isaiah 9:6-7

Denomination: Baptist

Of Foxes And Feeble Men

Contributed by Paddy Venner on Jan 27, 2003

Some clear guidelines about handling criticism and good, honest self evaluation

Foxes and Feeble Men  As we stand now we are about 2 weeks away from next year, and about 349 days from the last New Year when we promised that this year would be different and that we would finally accomplish all that we’ve been putting off for the last 10 years.  ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal