Sermons on Need To Be Ready:

Principles Of Judgment Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 26, 2007

This sermon examines the principles of God’s judgment.

Scripture Let’s read Romans 2:12-15: 12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:12-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Remember The Greatest Love

Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 30, 2007

On this Memorial Day weekend, let us remember that more than one million men and women have died defending our liberty. Most of all let us remember the One who sacrificed His life for our eternal freedom.

Remember the Greatest Love John 15:9-15 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - May 27, 2007 *Memorial Day Video Clip: (“...under God” from HE IS FAITHFUL Films) -“Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” *On this Memorial Day weekend, as we ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

Steps To Strengthen Our Faith Series

Contributed by Ron Murphy on Jun 10, 2007

Lazarus has died. What can this story tell us that can help strengthen our faith.

Introduction I. One of the questions that I typically ask of scripture is “Why?” A. Why did God have this particular passage placed in His written word to us? B. Particularly in the case of the gospels, the easy answer is that it is the next act that a particular writer remembers or wants to ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-25

Denomination: Methodist

Why Are There So Many Hypocrites In The Church?

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 25, 2007

How do we answer those who use hypocrites as an excuse for not attending Church?

Why are there so Many Hypocrites in the Church? Galatians 2: 11-16 11 When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. 12 Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:11-16

Denomination: Wesleyan

Stewardship Of A Brave Heart Series

Contributed by Samuel Stone on Oct 31, 2007

It was a stewardship Sunday out our church and the lectionary text falls on Mark 10:17-31.

Mark 10:17-31 17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Mystery Of Christ (Ephesians 3)

Contributed by David Smith on Nov 18, 2007

Paul preaches the Mystery of Christ. To many of us it seems to have remained a mystery! ...

"In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets. This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

A Life Transformed By The Lamb Series

Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Jan 2, 2008

Simon was a very impetuous man. He was unstable, impulsive, spontaneous. Sinking Sand. It was Simon who followed Jesus for 3 years then denied Him 3 times. Shifting sands. He promised “though all forsake you Jesus, I never will” and then he promised the l

John Hiebert was a bank robber. It is said that he had robbed more than 30 banks in his lifetime before getting caught and put into prison. In prison he became a Christian simply through reading one of the prison Bibles and submitting to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. One day he wrote to his mother. ...read more

Scripture: John 1:42

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Man Who Would Build An Ark

Contributed by Ben Peak on Jan 3, 2008

There are three things in this verse that tell us a great deal about Noah. And in this short, little sentence I believe we can gain a deeper understanding of how we should live.

A grandchild sitting on her grandfather’s lap listening to the Bible story of Noah’s Ark, asked "Were you in the Ark, grandpa?" He chuckled and replied, "Why, no I wasn’t." There was a pause, and the child looked up at him quizzically and asked, "Then why weren’t you drowned?" Someone once wrote ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:9

Denomination: Holiness

Finding Out Who Really Cares Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 6, 2008

Who really cares? NOT those who are full of fear, like Herod. But those who believe from the beginning and who give gifts for the future, like the wise men; and those who sacrifice to protect, like Joseph.

Some people have friends. Some people have enemies. Most people have acquaintances. But everybody has people you do business with. The people you do business with -- usually, that’s not an intimate relationship. It’s distant, it’s limited to transactions. We deal with people who may not even ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

Abraham Justified By Grace - Part 1 Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 18, 2008

In this sermon we notice that Abraham was justified not by circumcision but rather by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

Scripture What does the word Yankee mean to you? Robert W. Mayer, in a Wall Street Journal article, writes, “To people in other parts of the world it simply means someone from the United States; to people in the United States it means someone from north of the Mason-Dixon Line; to us Northerners ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:9-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

On Fire! Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 20, 2008

Say it! [Tell the truth about Jesus]

ON FIRE! I Corinthians 9.15-18 S: Evangelism C: Using the spoken Word Th: Plan to Win! Pr: SAY IT! ?: Why? Why should we say it? KW: Reasons TS: We will find in I Corinthians 9.16 three reasons why we should speak the good news about Jesus. Type: Propositional The ____ reason is… I. IT ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:15-18

Denomination: Baptist

God Came Down

Contributed by Ivan Casteel on Jan 20, 2008

TO HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE MAJESTY OF JEHOVAH GOD

PP0902 GOD CAME DOWN!! Numbers 12:4-9 Nu 12:4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 12:4-9

Denomination: Baptist

God's Extraordinary Promise! Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 21, 2008

God fulfilled His promise in Jesus and He is ours for the asking.

God’s Extraordinary Promise! Acts 13:13-41 Intro: As we look at this speech or sermon that Paul gave to the people of Antioch in Pisidia, we find that a theme becomes quite clear. Paul relates to his Jewish and Gentile listeners that God has fulfilled His promise. One might ask, “Which promise are ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:13-41

Denomination: Assembly Of God

You Can Make A Difference Series

Contributed by Carl Greene on Jan 29, 2008

We all want to leave the world a little better place for having lived here. But if that is true, then we must have a plan. Do we? Jesus suggests a plan "Follow me."

Have you ever wondered why you come to church every Sunday, at least most Sundays? And why is it that for each one of you faithful attendees, there are 10 or more non-attendees? I pray you understand I am glad you are here and of much more importance, God is pleased and that you come as often as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:19

Denomination: Methodist

The Nazarene

Contributed by Charles Scott on Feb 2, 2008

Jesus "fills full" the prophecies that Messiah would be a Nazarene and a light to the Gentiles. His place of birth and service is part of his humiliation as God reached down to lift us up.

Matthew 2__19-23 The Nazarene "Jesus of Nazareth" Jesus moved from Bethlehem in Judea to Nazareth in Galilee with a stopover in Egypt. Saying you are from Nazareth is a bit like saying you live in Shelbyville or Knightstown. You aren’t living in a place known for its class or appeal. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:19-23

Denomination: Anglican