Sermons on Nascent Faith:

Faith Walk Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jun 29, 2012

Paul challenges his readers to "walk by faith. What does Paul mean when he uses this phrase. How does walking by faith affect our daily lives.

2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17 "Faith Walk" INTRODUCTION This past week I posted on Desert Streams' Facebook page the question, "What does it mean to you to walk by faith?" I didn't get any responses, but I hope that I at least started people thinking about this perspective of Christian ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:6-17

Denomination: Lutheran

The Inportance Of Faith Series

Contributed by Angel Collazo on Jun 30, 2012

The bible contains about 4000 plus promises for every situation in our lives. These promises are provided to us from spoken word of God in the form of a seed to meet every specific need in our lives.

The Importance of Faith Hebrew 11:1-6 Sermon by Pastor Angel M. Collazo Ebenezer Christian Center Chicago Big Idea: The bible contains about 4000 plus promises for every situation in our lives. These promises are provided to us from spoken word of God in the form of a seed to meet every specific ...read more

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Faith Works

Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Jul 8, 2012

Fifth message from the series, 'FAith The Greatest Power in the World

Faith Working Hebrews 11:7; Gen.9 INTRODUCTION As we resume our study on faith, it would be proper at this point to do a brief review. This chapter introduces the second half of Paul’s teaching on the superiority of Christ to the Jewish Old testament system of works. In chapters 1 through ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Life Of Faith Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jul 9, 2012

Motivation to Christians to keep the faith and a look at the interpretive allusion found in the scripture to salvation as we know it.

Text: Heb 11:27-29, Title: A Life of Faith, Date/Place: NRBC, 7/8/12, AM A. Opening illustration: B. Background to passage: The author here is trying to give motivation to the Hebrew Christians to keep the faith, rather than apostatize back to Judaism. He is giving them example after example of ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:27-29

Denomination: Baptist

The Roadsigns Of Faith

Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011

In times of confusion and angst, sometimes people want a sign that God is around. This message reveals God's roadsigns, that point to life with him.

INTRO Have you ever wanted proof – a sign, something tangible that you could see, touch, taste, feel with your senses that God really exists, something beyond the extraordinary? People everywhere are always looking for a sign that God exists, that God is moving in and through their ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:38-42

Denomination: Lutheran

Faith In The Famine Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on May 18, 2011

Sermon number 24 in our series on the Book of Genesis. In this sermon we examine the developing faith of Abraham.

Faith in the Famine (Genesis part 24) Text: Genesis 12:10 – 20 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) The very first sentence of our text tells us that while Abram was living in the Promised Land, a famine struck and he moved to Egypt to escape it. Last week we read that Abram was 75 years old when ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:10-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Results Of Faith Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 9, 2012

What is true faith and what are the results?

We continue our study of the Gospel of Luke. Please open your Bibles to Luke Chapter 8. Luke 8 starts with “After this”. What happened before Chapter 8; chapter 7 of course! We studied the different stories there in Luke 7; but there is really one main theme in that Chapter before we move on to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:1-3

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Faith That Knows Series

Contributed by David Dewitt on Feb 5, 2013

Faith places trust in God to finish and fulfill His divine plan

Faith understands that God not only cares for our needs but that He answers to meet those needs. Faith places a trust in God to fulfill His word, to extend His grace, to move on our behalf. Faith is simply placing our trust in the word of Jesus. Trust sounds like a simple things but it is any but ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:1-10

Denomination: Church Of God

Faith That Saves Series

Contributed by David Dewitt on Feb 5, 2013

Faith begins with the goal of salvation.

What is faith? The question is one that few can answer and even fewer have a good grasp on. Faith is seems as some sort of mystical, magical kind of thing or it is seen as something like pixie dust in Ptere Pan. Faith is not some pipe dream or fairy tale thinking. Faith is the ability to take God ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-18

Denomination: Church Of God

"Official" Faith

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Feb 18, 2013

Looking at Jesus' encounter with the official and how the official exhibited true faith.

‘OFFICIAL’ FAITH John 4:43-54 1) Official faith pursues (vs. 43-47). Vs 45 “The Galileans welcomed him”. The reason they welcomed him was because they wanted to see Jesus perform more of the miracles they had seen in Jerusalem. Soren Kierkegaard, the famous Christian ...read more

Scripture: John 4:43-54

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Beyond Faith Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Feb 27, 2013

Jesus power over sickness and death is demonstrated in both the presence and absence of faith.

Luke 7:1-17 “Beyond Faith” INTRODUCTION It used to be so easy. If something bad happened to you, it was God punishing you. God was seen as a God of judgment and vengeance. When Job lost everything, he’s friends tried to console him by telling him that he obviously sinned ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:1-17

Denomination: Lutheran

Saving Faith Series

Contributed by Peter Toy on Mar 12, 2013

Real faith leads to real action.

Real faith leads to real action. When I was going to university I often came home to my hometown on holidays. During one Christmas break, a young man started attending the church. I recognized him. His name was Alan and he was in my grade in the local high school we attended together. My friends ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Baptist

Righteousness By Faith

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Mar 18, 2013

I. EXORDIUM: Are you righteous by yourself? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show faith righteousness always works for those who loved GOD. IV. TEXT: Romans 9:30 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) What does

I. EXORDIUM: Are you righteous by yourself? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show faith righteousness always works for those who loved GOD. IV. TEXT: Romans 9:30 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) What does all this mean? Even though the Gentiles were not trying to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:30

Denomination: Pentecostal

Walk By Faith

Contributed by Demarquis Johnson on Mar 23, 2013

This sermon reflects on how we walk by faith, but find it difficult to take steps in life by faith

Introduction There are studies and reports about how many steps we take each day. Many men and women working to get in shape wear clickers to track their steps. All of this talk about taking steps is exciting. People who have no concept of God or having faith are exercising faith simply by ...read more

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A Life Of Faith

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Apr 21, 2013

A funeral message for a faithful servant of Christ whose life reflected His undying loyalty and absoulte faith in Christ.

A Life of Faith Hebrews 11:13-16 As we gather in tribute to our brother in Christ at his home-going and consider his life and influence the one thing that rings out so laudably is that he was a man of faith whose life was characterized by his faith. He was saved through faith, lived by faith, and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:13-16

Denomination: Baptist