Sermons on Mental Hospital:

What If God Spoke To You The Way He Did Mary?

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Dec 15, 2002

Asking yourself the question, "what would you do, if God spoke to you the way He did Mary?"

"What if God spoke to you the way He did Mary?" There is really no other way to begin this message than to just come straight out and ask the question? "What if God spoke to you the way He did Mary?" I imagine that just about everyone wants God to speak to them at some point in their life: Is this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: United Methodist

The Risen Savior Series

Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002

Jesus is our resurrected savior.

Portraits of Jesus The Risen Savior Luke 24:1-12 (Story of Jesus on trial at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington DC. Emphasize the remark by ACLU advocate Bruce Fein.) Is it possible that the resurrection is not all that important? Is it possible that our sins could be forgiven ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Thanksgiving Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jun 11, 2002

A thanksgiving sermon about living life in focus and highlighted from passages in the first part of Ephesians which we had been studying in a sermon series.

Thanksgiving Sunday 2001 Steve Simala Grant I saw a commercial on TV last week - you are in an opera house, looking at the stage The soprano is hovering over a dead body, singing in some foreign language, then she takes out a ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Death Stinks

Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 22, 2002

Regardless of how bad your situation might be, Jesus can take death and turn it into life.

March 19, 2000 John 11 ¡§Death stinks!¡¨ INTRODUCTION How many of you in this room have ever had to deal with the death of someone who was close to you? Go ahead and raise your hands. I became acquainted with death at a very young age. I don¡¦t remember very much about my ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-57

Denomination: Baptist

Tell Me That Story

Contributed by Paul Etterling on Jun 1, 2001

A sermon on salvation using the illustrative parable of the lost sheep.

Introduction Last weekend as I sat in the hospital room with my wife, our nephew Trenton, found a can of shaving cream sitting on the table. He picked up the can, brought it over to me and began to ask questions about it. So, I began to explain to him that when he got older like Uncle Paul and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:11-14, Luke 15:3-7

Denomination: Baptist

A Woman With A Past Series

Contributed by James Hayford Sr. on Jul 6, 2001

A discussion Jesus had with a Samaritan woman.

A Woman With A Past Fifth in a series: “Conversations With Christ” John 4:4-19 The text this morning is lengthy, but it important that week look at it in it’s entirety to get the full impact of this conversation a women had with Jesus. So, get close to a Bible and let’s look at it ...read more

Scripture: John 4:4-19

Denomination: *other

United We Stand...

Contributed by Johann Neethling on Sep 15, 2001

Spiritual implications for the church and nation of the terrorist attack on NYC, DC, and Pennsylvania.

UNITED WE STAND 1. Play the song “We Pledge Allegiance” (Lee Greenwood: American Patriot) 2. My Brothers and Sisters, the unthinkable has happened. That which we never, in our wildest imaginations, would ever have dreamed could take place on U.S. soil, has ripped into the very soul and psyche of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:15-21, 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

Denomination: United Methodist

"What Shall I Render To The Lord...?"

Contributed by Jenny Inglis on Feb 13, 2003

Today we view Australian Anglicanism=s beginnings as a lens through which we may better know God who calls us ever onwards into Christ=s mission sustained with the true and living bread.

In the name of our living God, creator, redeemer and sanctifier. Amen. Today we view Australian Anglicanism’s beginnings as a lens through which we may better know God who calls us ever onwards into Christ=s mission sustained with the true and living bread. How do we as Australian Anglicans ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 116:11-18, John 6:25-35

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

A Message To The Compromising Church Series

Contributed by Tim Byrd on Oct 18, 2002

Week 6 on a Wednesday evening study through the book of Revelation

WEEK 6 “A Message To The Compromising Church” Date: July 3, 2002 Place: Allendale Baptist Church Text: Revelation 2:12-17 Introduction We continue tonight in our study of the book of Revelation in chapter 2 and the letters or messages to the 7 churches in Asia. This is the 3rd letter and directed ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

"Yes We Can"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 15, 2004

God opens and closes doors so that we can do His will.

Acts 16:9-15 “Yes We Can” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org What were the chances that Jeanne and I would ever meet each other? Jeanne was born in Arkansas. I was born in Ohio. Jeanne grew up in Georgia and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:9-15

Denomination: United Methodist

"The Promise"

Contributed by David Washburn on Dec 29, 2002

To what do we cling, now that the manger is empty?

Christmas Day has past, and it is now four days later. Had Mary been able to give birth to her son in a hospital, she would’ve already been discharged, probably sometime on Friday. She and Joseph would’ve checked out of the hospital and gone home. As such, the manger is now empty, much like the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:10-11

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer Partnerships

Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 25, 2002

One of the key needs in churches today is for the congregation to partner together in prayer

Prayer Partnerships Selected Passages September 21, 2002 Introduction I. The Power of Prayer A. San Francisco General Hospital study 1. Cardiology Dept. – Dr. Randy Byrd a.) Patients were divided into two groups 1.) 192 patients were in the Prayed for group 2.) 201 patients were in the Not prayed ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:31, Acts 2:42

Denomination: Church Of God

Behold My Hands

Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Mar 3, 2001

The scars tell a story.

What is the only man made thing in heaven? I believe it is the scars on the body of Jesus. What do those scars teach us? When one goes on vacation, they so often bring back a souvenir. When Jesus visited earth as the God-man, he brought back a souvenir, but it was not something cheap and ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19-31

Denomination: Baptist

Restoring The Broken Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 30, 2007

When you let the natural nature of the human heart take over you don’t go from bad to good you go from bad to worse. Yet in the midst of a tragic story we find tremendous hope.

The events of Judges 19-21 probably represent the worst of the worst of the history of Israel. They happened, surprisingly, not long after Joshua passed away signaling, I think, the fact that shortly after conquering the Promised Land, the people fell away quickly into idolatry which then infected ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Why Do They Give Series

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 18, 2007

This expanded outline examines why we give/tithe. It is part of series on questions people have asked in the church. Specifically, it attempts to answer the question, "I don’t understand why people who have less money than I, continue to give to the chu

WHY DO THEY GIVE? Several weeks ago I gave you some index cards and asked you to fill them out if you had questions or had been asked any questions about church, the Bible, things we believe or about Christianity in general. We got a number of responses. The first week I asked, we got a couple ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:38-44

Denomination: Baptist