Sermons on No More Excuses:

A Mother's Love

Contributed by Jerry Flury on May 30, 2011

As we honor Mother’s today, the one thing that stands out to me as the most divine attribute that God bestowed in women is that of a mother’s love. A mother’s love is nurturing, comforting, sacrificial, and unending.

A Mother’s Love Proverbs 23:25 “Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you rejoice.” Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.” Three sons, who were very successful, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:12

Denomination: Baptist

Living A Legacy: Hope Series

Contributed by Ryan Reed on Jun 1, 2011

Part 1 of 3 (Hope, Faith, & Love)

Text: Gen. 37-50 Introduction: 1. My sister while she was here last week shared with me some stories she’d uncovered while visiting with some relatives. She is very much into genealogies and the history of our family. She told me of German ancestors that I didn’t know existed, of ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

"Let's Get This Party Started"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 2, 2011

A sermon about reaching out to the world in the name of Christ.

Matthew 8:1-4 “Let’s Get This Party Started” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN eastridgeumc.org “Who’s in charge here?” The policeman suddenly appeared in the doorway, and everyone stood still. It had ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:1-4

Denomination: United Methodist

Unstrained Mercy

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 9, 2011

Unstrained mercy needs to be constrained by the same constraints that God himself recognizes: by wisdom, by justice, by the long-term, eternal good of the person you are trying to help.

We’ve seen a lot about pardons in the news lately, haven’t we. Why did former President Clinton pardon Marc Rich? The “fugitive financier” is the nicely alliterative phrase that all the commentators use - I bet the journalist who coined the phrase is wishing he - or she - ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Providence: The Active Hand Of God Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jun 13, 2011

The key to success and significance as a Chrisitan, a Church, part of the Kingdom of God is God active working in your life.

Intro: Remember that the book of Joshua is not about a group of people that were really good at conquering. They were instead at times really good at following the commands of the Living God. They learned to live with God active in their lives. What have we discovered so far? God did not ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

The Bruised And Dim

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Jun 15, 2011

Where we are quick to speak and quick to react, God’s ways puzzle us. Where we might be too proud and too quick to consider aggressively taking charge, God in His infinite wisdom demonstrates His loving mercy, humility, a

THE BRUISED AND DIM Text: Isaiah 42: 1 - 7 Someone (Dr. Thomas Long) reiterates how this passage of scripture illustrates who God is as someone who will neither break a bruised reed, nor quench a dimly burning wick but will bring justice. Beside these metaphors of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 42:1-7

Denomination: United Methodist

"The Hanging However"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 24, 2011

A sermon about allowing God to work miracles in our lives.

John 2:1-11 “The Hanging ‘However’” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN eastridgeumc.org A few months ago a friend of mine sent me a video clip from the t-v show “Ellen.” And the background to this clip is about a lady ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11

Denomination: United Methodist

The Last Trumpet Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 27, 2011

The last trumpet signals the beginning of the judgment of the world, the flip side of the redemption purchased on the cross.

Trumpets grab your attention, don’t they. When we can talk Elaine into warming up her lips and accompanying the choir on her trumpet, you can practically feel the temperature rise here in the sanctuary. And the suspense has been mounting steadily since the first seal was opened. The ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 11:15-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Signs, Signs, Everywhere A Sign Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jul 6, 2011

This is the 30th sermon in an expository series we are doing on the book of Genesis. In this sermon we examine circumcision and how it relates to communion.

Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign (Genesis part 30) Text: Genesis 17:9-14 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) Anthropologists will tell you that signs are one of the most important things in human society. And believe it or not, that’s one instance where I happen to agree with them. Just think ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:9-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

His Name Through Faith In His Name! Series

Contributed by Victor Ramlall on Jul 10, 2011

The power to effectively witness for Christ comes from dependency on the Holy Ghost, The Word and His Name as explained by Peter after the healing of the lame man at the temple gate Beautiful.

(Act 3:16) And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. (Act 2:21) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Spot The Difference

Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jul 18, 2011

Wanna play a game? how about spot the difference? Which one is the Christian?

The title of my sermon today is taken from the visual puzzle where you are given 2 pictures very similar, but there are a few subtle differences in the pictures. Doubtless you have all at one time in your live done one of these puzzle, probably as a child, and today we are going to do something ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:22

Denomination: Baptist

Smyrna, Mail Call Series

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Sep 24, 2012

One of seven sermons on the churches of Asia Minor to encourage believers.

Smyrna, You’ve Got Mail! Revelation 2:8-11 Revelation 2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

Obedience - #7 Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 26, 2012

Nothing says "I Love You" like Obedience. Nothing replaces Obedience.

OBEDIENCE Authentic Christianity - #7 of 7 Jerry Watts John 14:15, 24 / 1 John 2:3-6 * The former fisherman turned disciples who morph into a divine writer of Holy Scripture, John, gave us the reason for his writings. In 1 John 5:13 he offers, “I am writing these things to you who believe in the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:15-24

Denomination: Baptist

Living Daddy Down

Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 9, 2012

You blew it. It was a mistake. Others saw it. Humiliated. Shamed. The laughing stock. Now what? It is time to live daddy down!

Living Daddy Down I. Text - Numbers 16:1-7, 16-35 Getting on his high horse one day, Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, along with a few Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On, son of Peleth—rebelled against Moses. He had with him 250 leaders of the ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 16:1-35

Denomination: Pentecostal

Follow God’s Plan For The Family

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Oct 14, 2012

Follow God’s Plan for the Family 1) Wives, submit to your husband. 2) Husbands, love your wife. 3) Children, obey your parents. 4) Fathers, instruct your children.

XL Foods has been in the news quite a bit recently. Their beef has been less than X-L-ent thanks to unchecked E. coli contamination at its meat-packing plant in Brooks, AB. It turns out that the plant wasn’t even following its own safety plan for packaging meat. Nothing good happens when you ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran