Sermons on New Zealand:

How To Choose What Is Best Over Simply What Is Good

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 19, 2001

Guidance in helping us make distinctions between decisions that are good, better or best. Failure to make these distinctions in our decision-making leads to mediocrity, apathy and complacency.

How To Discern Between Decisions that are Good, Better or Best (Acts 11:27-30) Quote: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight. In ALL your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths. (Prov. 3:5,6) Quote: This I pray that you would be filled with the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 11:27-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Deeper Work In Us Through Faith In A Mighty God

Contributed by Ian Johnson on Jun 10, 2007

Walking by faith brings us into the supernatural power of God. The Spirit works in us to accomplish things that are impossible to our understanding. So there is a large measure of faith required to gain inward growth.

As we press further into walking in the Spirit, it becomes obvious that faith holds a major key to our seeing & hearing in the Spirit. Walking by faith brings us into the supernatural power of God. The Spirit works in us to accomplish things that are impossible to our understanding. So there is ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sacred Space

Contributed by Monty Newton on Aug 29, 2011

Sacred space may be anyplace you encounter the presence of God.

Title: Sacred Space Text: Exodus 3:1-15 Thesis: Sacred space may be anyplace you encounter the presence of God. Introduction In The World’s Fastest Indian, Anthony Hopkins plays the part of Burt Munro, a New Zealander who set a number of world speed records in the 1960s riding an ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Greets You Or Easter In Revelation!

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 22, 2019

Jesus rose the victor on the third day, ascended to heaven forty days later, and is waiting to return. He has sent a message to us in the interim. Think of it as an Easter card!

Jesus Greets You or Easter In Revelation! (Revelation 1:4-8, 17-18) 1. In 1914, British World War I soldier Pvt. Thomas Hughes wrote a letter to his wife, sealed it in a ginger ale bottle, and tossed it into the English Channel. He died two days later fighting in France. Fast forward to 1999 when ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:4-8, Revelation 1:17-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

In This Together

Contributed by Jim Keegan on Sep 30, 2022

We need each other in order to become whole and to live in the fullness of God’s blessing.

In May of 1953, two men became the first in history to summit Mount Everest: Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper and explorer, and a man named Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide from Nepal. Hillary’s name remains famous for this inspiring achievement, but how many of us remember Tenzing Norgay? ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-13

Sermon On Anchovy Toast

Contributed by William Meakin on Sep 6, 2024

During the Victorian and Edwardian eras in the United Kingdom, the delicacy and brine of anchovy toast was considered a popular appetizer, often favored by the rich or noble.

Iris Murdoch, an Irish-British novelist and philosopher once remarked: “For lunch, I may say, I ate and greatly enjoyed the following: anchovy paste on hot buttered toast, then baked beans and kidney beans with chopped celery, tomatoes, lemon juice and olive oil. (Really good olive oil is ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:12, Ezekiel 29:4, Ezekiel 47:10, Luke 5:4-7

Knowing God's Will Through Prayer Series

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 28, 2005

How to know God’s will through prayer. Gives some practical questions to ask yourself

SBC Philippi 5/29/05 am Rev. Jeff Simms Knowing God’s Will Through Prayer Mark 14:32-42 Primary Purpose: To evaluate how God speaks to us through prayer and how we can hear him. We started talking last week about how to know God’s will. One thing I emphasized to you was that often times we ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:32-42

Denomination: Baptist

Shield Of Faith Series

Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Apr 9, 2019

Series looking at Spiritual Warfare

SHIELD OF FAITH London, England is farther north than Saint John's, Newfoundland, yet London has a very mild climate and Newfoundland a very harsh climate. The difference is caused by the Gulf Stream, that ever- flowing current of warm water from the Gulf of Mexico. Likewise in life we see ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:16

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

In Christ, I Am...made New Series

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Aug 17, 2018

In Christ, we have new passions, a new attitude, and a new source of righteousness. Includes specific actions to live in new ways.

IN CHRIST, I AM…MADE NEW—Ephesians 4:17-5:2 (Series on Ephesians: In Christ, I Am…) When our son Andy went off to college, he decided to become Andrew—again. If we called his roommate to ask where Andy was, his roommate did not recognize the name. Andrew’s name change was symbolic of a new start ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Jesus Can Heal Our Broken Hearts

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Aug 18, 2014

How does He do it? 1. By setting us free from our past. 2. By giving us a new perspective on life. 3. By His presence in our lives.

Jesus Can Heal Our Broken Hearts Luke 4:14-21 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - August 17, 2014 *One of the biggest news stories this past week was the tragic death of actor Robin Williams. Millions of Americans were stunned and saddened by his unexpected death. *Part of that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:14-21

Denomination: Baptist

God Is ... Part 2 Series

Contributed by Miles Mc Pherson on Dec 12, 2013

Who created everything? Who created God?

Let’s see your bibles today, let’s see your bibles today, say word. One more time say word. Let’s see your pens, lesson plan. Let’s turn to Genesis 1. Genesis is the first page of the whole bible. It’s easy. Genesis 1, the first page of the whole bible. It ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Four Essential Perspectives To Give To Those You Are Discipling – Acts 20:1

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 30, 2002

Four Essential Perspectives to Give to those you are Discipling – Acts 20:16-38

Four Essential Perspectives to Give to those you are Discipling – Acts 20:16-38 Illustration: There is power in peer pressure. One day as I took my campers, from the Navigator Eagle Lake Camp, in the mountains of Colorado Springs, to the dining hall, the rumor spread that we were having lima ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:16-38

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Can The Lord Help Me Gain Real Confidence?

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Confidence comes from believing that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us to do what He wants us to do and be.

What are the ways to gain real confidence? 1. Appropriate every aspect of the greatest promise in the Bible! - Paul writes, "I can do everything God asks me to do with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power. (Phil. 4: 13) Illustration:James Dobson tells of a friend of his during ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:6-8, Philippians 1:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Victor's Crown

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 20, 2004

>We have a purpose—to finish the race >We have a plan—strict training >We have a prize—a crown of glory

“The Victor’s Crown” I Cor 9:24-27 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts. Introduction: During the Athens Olympics, the Today Show had a “Greek Word of the Day”. Today’s word is stefanos, meaning wreath or crown. This word has several meanings in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: Congregational

How To Be A Good Finisher

Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 3, 2003

Paul desired to finish the work God had called him to do. – Ask the Lord to help you fulfill the ministry He has directed you in. Even though we may not know what the future holds, we know who holds the future.

Four Essential Perspectives to Give to those you are Discipling – Acts 20:16-38 Illustration: There is power in peer pressure. One day as I took my campers, from the Navigator Eagle Lake Camp, in the mountains of Colorado Springs, to the dining hall, the rumor spread that we were having lima ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:16-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational