Sermons on New Character:

Planning For The New Year

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jan 2, 2003

As we consider the resolutions and plans we are making for the New Year ahead we need to realize that planning is important and that there is a right and wrong way to plan.

PLANNING FOR THE NEW YEAR JAMES 4:13-17 Introduction: Most of us make resolutions and plans for the coming new year ¡V things we resolve to do and plans we intend to carry out. At the beginning of a new year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers¡¦ new year¡¦s resolutions on the ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

Light A New Fire

Contributed by Mitch Chapman on Jan 4, 2003

Help God’s people find a renewed faith, and begin to serve him in there fresh start.

New Beginnings I. Intro A) Three pastors from different congregations were having lunch and sharing experiences and ideas to help each other out with their different fellowships. After several minutes of animated conversation, the first one remarks, "Hey, you know, we’ve got a serious problem ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

New Life In Christ

Contributed by Mark Williams on Jan 5, 2003

The power of temptation, where does it come from and how do we beat it

) All scripture is quoted from “The Amplified Bible” unless marked with ( * ) then scripture is quoted from NIV. By Gods grace and mercy we are saved Romans 10:13 “For everyone who calls on the name of the lord invoking him as Lord will be saved.” INVOKE ( Oxford dictionary )Call upon ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:13

Denomination: Baptist

Emperor's New Groove Series

Contributed by Chris Thron on Sep 19, 2002

Pacha is a "good guy", but lives his life without prayer -- so he is bound to make wrong choices.

Introduction: Pacha – Is he a good example of what a Christian should do? Keep these Scriptures in mind: ***Psalm 37:5 ***Prov. 16:2-3 (Show the section of the movie starting from Pacha letting llama Cuzco out of the sack, up to the point where Pacha agrees to take Cuzco back in exchange for ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:5, Proverbs 16:2-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

236 - New In Attitude Series

Contributed by Joel Vicente on Sep 21, 2002

What do you receive after water baptism? A new attitude!

Sermon Study # 236 - NEW IN ATTITUDE Illustrate: Attitude is everything! 1. A chaplain told a young soldier who’s laying on a cot, “Son, you lost your right arm in this war.” The young soldier said, “No, I kept my left arm in this war” 2. A neighbor told her Christian neighbor after a care ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:22-24

Denomination: Baptist

Our New Life

Contributed by Richard White on Sep 25, 2002

Many have heard about being born again, but what does this new life mean? How are we to live it?

Our New Life Eph. 2 Illustration: The change in a child, physically, emotionally, and mentally Introduction: When we accept Jesus as Lord and Savior we must change in our lifestyle, we cannot keep living the way we were and expect change. Insanity is doing the same things over and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Finally The Good News Series

Contributed by Neil Richardson on Mar 14, 2008

Application questions for small group study.

Romans 3:21-31 Recapping last week (verses 1-20) 1. What advantages are there in being a Jew? (v1,2) 2. If God’s chosen people are the Jews, does this mean He is unfaithful in letting the unbelieving ones perish? (3-8) 3. In verse 1 Paul affirms the word ‘advantage’ (Gk perissos, above and over) ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-31

Denomination: Baptist

Heaven- The New Jerusalem

Contributed by Neil Richardson on Mar 16, 2008

What will and won’t be in heaven

Revelation 21-22:5- ‘Heaven- the New Jerusalem’ Intro Notions of Jerusalem • Archaeology & the Bible. “In Jerusalem in 1880 some school boys were wading in the Pool of Siloam when one…discovered some peculiar…marks that looked like writing. When they informed their teacher, Professor Conrad Schick, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Get A New Heart!

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Mar 17, 2008

Get A New Heart! 1) A heart that recognizes its own sinfulness 2) A heart that treasures God’s forgiveness

With it beating an average of 100,000 times a day it’s surprising that the heart doesn’t give out more often than it does. After all, have you ever heard of a car engine that ran 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 70 years without the need of a tune-up? Still, there are times when the human heart ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 18:1-32

Denomination: Lutheran

"Finally! Good News!!!"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 20, 2008

A sermon for Easter Sunday.

John 20:1-18 Acts 10:34-43 “Finally! Good News!” by Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor, Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org I don’t know about you folks, but I am getting sick of THE NEWS!!! And I am one who has always had a sort of love affair with news. As a young boy, I ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: United Methodist

Good News For Sale

Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008

A warning against false words and lives.

GOOD NEWS FOR SALE! Micah 3:5-12 At shopping malls throughtout the country there are shops can literally put you on the cover of your favorite magazine. Through photography and computer technology, they can superimpose your face on the figure of your dreams. That’s right, you can be on Time, ...read more

Scripture: Micah 3:5-12

Denomination: Baptist

A Whole New World Series

Contributed by T. Michael Crews on Mar 24, 2008

Exposition of Rev. 21

A Whole New World Rev. 21 The year was 1516, when Sir Thomas More (who later became patron saint of politicians) first wrote a novel about a perfect society on an imaginary island off the coast of South America. Its people lived in 54 identical towns. They gardened, devoted their spare time to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Brand New Day Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Mar 24, 2008

God wants us to experience a brand new day! His plan for us includes a new beginning, new hope, and new faith. In Christ Jesus, all things will become new.

BRAND NEW DAY: RESURRECTION SUNDAY INTRO TO TOPIC: What does the resurrection of Jesus Christ mean to us today? • “Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43:18). THE BIG IDEA: ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-34

Denomination: *other

Proclaim The Good News Series

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Mar 25, 2008

Easter Sunday! Like the Prophet Isaiah, like Jesus who was prophecied, we are to be proclaimers of this Good News! Jesus has risen from the dead!

PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS The top news headlines for March 19, 2008, were as follows: Brenda Martin continues to languish in Mexican jail awaiting charges for fraud. A junior cabinet minister from the Canadian government visited her in the Guadalajara jail but held out little hope that the Harper ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-11

Denomination: Mennonite

The Unhindered Good News Series

Contributed by Tim Bond on May 27, 2004

The primary hinderance to the Good News being taken to all the world is our willingness to share it.

I’ve told you about Myrtie Howell in the past, but she is such a perfect example of what I want to talk about his morning that I want to remind you of her inspirational story. Myrtie was a deeply Christian lady, but she lived a tough life from the start. Her family was very poor, so when she was 10 ...read more

Scripture: Acts 28:17-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ