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Let's Go Christmas Shopping

Contributed by Jon Earls on Feb 13, 2003

based on 428 ratings

| 107,005 views

UPDATED: For 2007. One thing that can’t be avoided during the Christmas season is the shopping. Here are some practical pointer’s to help out with your shopping. (This sermon ties in the Salvation message with shopping)

A small boy was writing a letter to God about the Christmas presents he badly wanted. “I’ve been good for six months now,” he wrote. But after a moment’s reflection he crossed out “six months” and wrote “three.” After a pause that was crossed out and he put “two weeks.” There was another pause and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15, James 1:17

Denomination: Holiness

Jesus & The Party Crasher Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 13, 2001

based on 432 ratings

| 34,001 views

What did Simon intend to do by snubbing Jesus as he did, and what exactly was the woman doing there at the party?

Alan Calhoun, Bristol, Connecticut told of a tag sale (garage sale) he and wife had a year or so ago. They had decided to put out a mirror they’d received as a wedding gift. The reason they were selling it was that it had a gaudy aqua-colored metal frame and they just couldn’t find a room in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Don't Check Your Brain At The Door

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 3, 2001

based on 104 ratings

| 9,734 views

A message concerning the "reasonableness" of our faith.

Don’t Check Your Brain at the Door Acts 17:16-34 (September 9, 2001) Introduction One of the most often heard challenges to Christianity is that it is not a rational or intelligent religion. Some people feel you have to be a bit on the slow side to believe that God would become a man, born of a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34, Colossians 2:8

Denomination: Wesleyan

Love Your Enemies Series

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Mar 5, 2005

based on 29 ratings

| 13,765 views

A pratical look at one of the hardest commandments

Last week we began to look at what Paul calls the greatest internal force in all creation; love. This week we need to make a rather specific and probably painful application of what we’ve been learning; we’re going to talk about loving our enemies. We have a lot of ground to cover, so let’s get ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-36

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Cross Reference Your Pastor

Contributed by Eric Vertein on Apr 28, 2005

based on 5 ratings

| 3,754 views

If you hear something in the sermon that you aren’t quite sure is true, how do you get a second opinion? Cross Reference your pastor with God’s Word.

Acts 17:1-12 5th Sunday of Easter – A April 24, 2005 Acts 17:1-12 When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:1-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Jesus Comes To Be Baptized

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Jan 12, 2004

based on 40 ratings

| 4,810 views

EPIPHANY 1(A) - Jesus comes to be baptized to reveal the sinners’ Savior and to show sinners how to be saved.

JESUS COMES TO BE BAPTIZED Matthew 3:13-17 - January 11, 2004 MATTHEW 3:13-17 13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" 15Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Denomination: Lutheran

Don't Just Stand There Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 2, 2004

based on 91 ratings

| 20,560 views

One of the greatest temptations for Christians is to "just stand around" and watch others do things for God. This sermon got a great response from many in the audience.

OPEN: Back in the 1800’s there was a group of believers known as the Millerites, who were led by a man named William Miller – a Baptist preacher who had predicted (in 1831) that about 12 years later - sometime between March of 1842 and March of 1843 - Jesus would come …. His announcement caught the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:6-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Are Different Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Sep 12, 2004

based on 33 ratings

| 4,819 views

Our spiritual gifts are given to be used.

WE ARE DIFFERENT I Corinthians 12:7-11 S: Spiritual Gifts C: Our possession of spiritual gifts Th: Live the Difference Pr: WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN GIFTS TO BE USED. ?: How? How are the gifts given? KW: Ways TS: We will find in our study of I Corinthians 12:7-11 four ways the gifts are given. The ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:7-11

Denomination: Baptist

Heroes Without Borders Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Oct 14, 2004

based on 30 ratings

| 8,434 views

Parables for Christian Living, Pt. 3

HEROES WITHOUT BORDERS (LUKE 10:25-37) A few years ago I saw a truck in front of me roaring fiercely as it was about to turn the corner onto the freeway ramp. In the driver’s seat of the humongous truck was a man in his late 20s, ramming his engine and blasting his stereo. The guy had dark glasses ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Repentance: A Prelude Series

Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jun 5, 2005

based on 94 ratings

| 22,551 views

I ask this question because I see something in the text that suggests to me that there is a lot more to repentance than is often taught in the Christian church today.

Repentance: A Prelude 2 Corinthians 7:9-11; Revelation 3:14-21 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI February 27, 2005 3rd Sunday of Lent Last year, I learned a little something about weeds. Rach and I have a modest vegetable garden by the house. Every year we grow some green beans and tomatoes with ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:9-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Love Is More Than A Four-Letter Word

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jul 8, 2005

based on 14 ratings

| 9,376 views

"What you do defines you" - a line borrowed from movie "Batman Begins" summarizes this message.

Love is more than a four-letter word 1 John 3:11-16 "Batman Begins" movie has a scene in it that I like – Bruce Wayne aka Batman puts on the playboy act—meant to keep people from connecting him with the crusading hero Batman— Wayne’s girlfriend from his past and now a zealous district attorney, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:11-16

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Finish Line 5: Hanging On Through Life's Turns Series

Contributed by Geoff Baggett on Aug 1, 2005

based on 4 ratings

| 6,081 views

This is the fifth message in my NASAR-themed "Finish Line" series, focusing upon a biblical pattern for dealing with stress in life. (05-08-05)

Hanging on Through Life’s Turns Philippians 4:4-9 **Special Note – I utilized Pastor Paul Fritz’s sermon entitled Paul’s Eight Point Stress Reduction Plan - Phil. 4:4-8 from sermoncentral.com. I adapted his study and many of his main points to my NASCAR themed message. I am very grateful to his ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9

Denomination: Baptist

2. 3 Keys To Unlocking True Worship Series

Contributed by Don Jaques on Aug 3, 2004

based on 28 ratings

| 12,150 views

3 principles found in God’s word for how to unlock deeper experiences of worship in your life.

The Heart of Worship 2. 3 Keys to Unlocking True Worship Don Jaques July 31/Aug 1, 2004 INTRODUCTION Have you ever been underwhelmed? You know what I mean, you hear a huge buildup for some big event or some great place only to find out it’s not what everyone said it should be. How many of you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Holiday Attitudes

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 1, 2003

based on 134 ratings

| 5,735 views

The story of the Good Samaritan gives us three different holiday attitudes.

INTRO.- ILL.- An angry lady went into a grocery store and told a clerk that she wanted a half-head of lettuce and she wanted it right now. "Get going!" she screamed at the clerk. "But lady," said the clerk, "we don’t have half heads of lettuce." "Young man," she shrieked, "get a knife and cut a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How The Grinches Steal Christmas

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 22, 2003

based on 40 ratings

| 9,089 views

There are all kinds of Grinches trying to steal Christmas, here’s a look at five of them.

How the Grinches stole Christmas Read from the Grinch who stole Christmas up to the Page “Then he got an idea! An Awful Idea! The Grinch got a wonderful awful idea! And you all know what the idea was right? I mean everyone of us here without exception has seen, read or heard “How the Grinch Stole ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Wesleyan

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