Sermons on Natural To Unnatural:

Walking In The Spirit~ No Other Life

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Oct 25, 2016

The consistent way to overcome the sinful desires of our human nature the flesh, is to live step by step in the power of the Holy Spirit as He works through our spirit. Walking each moment faith by faith in God's word under the spirits control assures...

Walking In the Spirit~ No Other Life Galatians 5:16-18NKJB I once read of a little boy who used to escape his bedroom after being punished. He would crawl out of his bedroom window down an old fruit tree to the ground. One day, his father told him that he was going to chop down the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:16-18

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Punk In Me

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Nov 22, 2016

Under the right circumstances even the best of us will will say no to God and let our "punk within us" take over. Only Jesus can deal with the "punk" in me. God makes a way to deal with our sinful nature through a child at Christmas.

Title: The Punk In Me Date: 11/27/16 Place: BLCC Text: Matthew 1.18-21, John 1.9-14, Colossians 1.19,27 CT: Only Jesus can deal with the punk in me. [Screen 1] FAS: I had the privilege to sit and listen to Max Lucado back in October down in Pigeon Forge. He opened with a story that many of us can ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-21

Denomination: Christian Church

Don’t Say God Can’t

Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 5, 2022

Many times we think our situation is beyond hope. We're tempted to accept the natural, inevitable outcome. But are we calculating without God? What if we served a God of miracles! Could things be different? A thousand times YES!

DON’T SAY GOD CAN’T 2 Kings 6:25; 7:1-2 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: I’ve Heard Crazier Things 1. When King George VI was a boy, he and his older brother Edward were standing at the window of their palace looking out on the snow-covered city. Just off the palace grounds they could see a mob of common ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:1-2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God's Repentance Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 9, 2021

The thief on the cross was only minutes away from an eternity in hell, and because he turned to Jesus in faith he was only minutes away from an eternity in heaven. Thank God for His unchanging nature that will change a lost man to a saved man in an instant,

One of the attributes of God is His immutability. This means that He is unchangeable. God cannot change because He is perfect, and any change would be for better or worse. If it was for better, it would mean He was not perfect before the change. If it was for worse, He would not be perfect after ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:10

God's Promises For Every Need: A Dirty Mind Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Nov 10, 2020

Thread: Aim for the Heart We find the Apostle Paul describing the push and pull and tension and struggle between good and evil and righteousness and unrighteousness that happens inside the mind of each person. Every person who has ever lived deals with the sinful nature.

GOD’S PROMISES FOR EVERY NEED: A DIRTY MIND 2 Timothy 3:1-17 #EveryNeed INTRODUCTION… The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (p) I don’t know what kind of movies you all like, but one of my favorite types of movies are westerns. I like “Sons of Katie Elder.” I like the original “True Grit” and the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When There Is Persecution Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on May 22, 2020

Persecution, and the emotions which come when we think about persecution, do not naturally cause us to feel blessed. Yet, when we stand firm in Jesus, we can hold on in strength to Jesus who is sovereign when we are persecuted.

Jesus Is Still Sovereign Matthew 5:10-12 When There Is Persecution These past months of COVID-19 have initiated a whole range of conversations and topics – one of those topics has been persecution of Christians. A QB church this week noted with irony … and with a subtle reference to persecution … ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:10-12

Denomination: Baptist

Do Everything Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Feb 24, 2020

We all struggle with a "dual nature." We sort of like Bannon/The Hulk from the movies and comic books. It doesn't take much to move us away from Christ-likeness to self-interest and rebellion.

You can listen to this sermon on my podcast at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697261/2134049 Do Everything  Intro: • Jekyll & Hyde, The Hulk o Book cover o Jekyll/Hyde illustration o Bannon/Hulk o Bannon/Hulk meld • Stories like these illuminate the struggle in all of us. Good vs. ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Just Around The Corner – Is Victory!

Contributed by John Gaston on May 28, 2018

You’re PREDESTINED TO GLORY! You have a future so bright, so awesome, so wonderful that your mind can’t even conceive it! God has put his overcoming nature within us; we are going to win!

JUST AROUND THE CORNER – IS VICTORY! 1 John 5:4-5 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. One day a big Hulk of a guy got onto a bus. Standing 6'8" tall and built like a wrestler, with arms hanging down to the ground, he glared at the driver and said, "Big John doesn’t pay!" 2. Naturally, the bus ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:4-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Full Of The Holy Spirit

Contributed by Richard Papafio on May 29, 2018

When a man is full of the Holy Spirit he honours the true nature of God and lives as such. Like Stephen emulated Christ by asking for forgiveness for his killers from God at the point of death. He was able to because He was full of the Holy Ghost

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST Acts 7:54-60 King James Version (KJV) 54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:54-60

Denomination: Charismatic

Face To Face With God

Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 5, 2023

The Bible frequently mentions that God spoke face to face with Moses. What does it mean to see God face to face? Seeing God face to face means seeing and understanding the nature, attributes, and character of God. Getting a glimpse of understanding about God.

The Bible frequently mentions that God spoke face to face with Moses. What does it mean to see God face to face? Seeing God face to face means seeing and understanding the nature, attributes, and character of God. Getting a glimpse of understanding about God. Moses might have seen God every day for ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:11

The Lord Whose Name Is Jealous Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jul 21, 2022

The way this name of God is used here is unique and only as part of the ten commandments or in the giving of the ten commandments. You could sum up the name of the Lord, Jealous as: it is his nature to give and expect us to obey the first two of the ten commandments.

The Lord Whose Name is Jealous Exodus 34:14 God is without sin. He is perfectly Holy. He is perfectly righteous. There is an exclusivity of worship God desires from his people. There are two of his names that reflect these aspects of his character. The Lord is our Holiness. The Lord is our ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:14

Denomination: Baptist

Taking Control Your Tongues Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jun 21, 2022

Man has the power to subdue the largest, strongest, and wildest beasts in nature, yet he has not the power to subdue his tongue. All that he can do, is to put on it the bridle (James 1.26) and be slow speak, swift to hear and slowness to wrath.

Sermon - Control Your Tongues to Work God's Way Scripture: Ephesians 4:29-32 “Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. 30 And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:29-32, Proverbs 18:21, Psalm 19:14, Ephesians 4:15, 1 Thessalonians 5:11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

Jonah: Running From The Reality Of Grace Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Feb 16, 2018

This week our nation celebrates its independence. And like all countries… over time such holidays become more about a time to have fun than to be sobered by the nature of freedom. There can be a strange mix of two types of pride that we can celebrate.

Intro This week our nation celebrates it’s independence. And like all countries… over time such holidays become more about a time to have fun than to be sobered by the nature of freedom. There can be a strange mix of two types of pride that we can celebrate. When we feel a pride is in the source ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Look Beyond The Fact! Series

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Oct 27, 2019

When we see things in the natural, we may think, “Nothing good can come from this.” But what happens, when we look at the same picture with “the eyes of faith? It's time to look beyond the facts.

LOOK BEYOND THE FACTS! Genesis 1:1-3. (NKJV) "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-3, Numbers 13:33, 2 Corinthians 4:18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Language Of Faith

Contributed by Clement Manenga on May 25, 2024

It’s important for us to understand that faith has a language. If we want to be people who walk in faith and believe God for things that goes beyond the natural realm - beyond our 5 senses, then we must learn to operate in the language of faith.

The Bible in 2 Kings chapter 5, introduces us to two characters: the little Jewish slave girl and Naaman the Syrian army commander The Jewish slave girl, could be a former servant of the prophet Elisha. The Bible does not mention the name of the girl. All we know about her is that, she was a slave ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-3

Denomination: Charismatic