Sermons on Novel:

Betrayal And Desertion Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Dec 25, 2012

Jesus has come to give his life as a ransom for many (10:45). Man needs to be saved from himself, from his deceitful heart, his bent to do evil.

Introduction What is worse – to be told that you will fail or to watch your failure played out just as it was told? And what is more difficult for the condemned prisoner – waiting for the hours to tick by or the moment of execution finally arriving? Not very good choices either way, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:43-52

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Purging Procrastination Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011

Procrastination is something that many of us struggle with. There’s something in your life you know you need to do, and yet you keep putting it off. That is called procrastination. Procrastination is a spiritual issue. The Bible says that procrastination

Purging Procrastination Jonah 1:1-5, 17 A recent survey of Americans found that only 10% of Americans say they struggle with procrastination. Right! Of course 90% never got around to filling out the survey. Did you know there’s actually a Procrastinators Club of America? Formed more than 50 ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

Teach Us To Pray

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Apr 8, 2011

We must understand the need for prayer to bring about God's will for the church.

April 10, 2011 Morning Worship Text: Luke 11:1-13 Subject: Prayer Title: Teach Us To Pray How important is prayer? I suppose a better question might be, “How important is prayer to you?” The truth is, if you are a Christian, then your life in Christ began with a prayer. When ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Hell

Contributed by Joel Smith on Apr 16, 2011

Hell is the eternal, conscious, tormenting state of existence of those separated from God.

The summer of my seventh year I attended a Vacation Bible School at Grace Baptist Church in Tyro, North Carolina. My family attended a United Methodist Church in the neighboring community and this VBS was quite similar to what I was used to: games; sugar wafers; cherry Kool-Aid; flannel-graph; I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed Are The Humble Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Apr 18, 2011

In this text we want to ask and attempt to answer four questions concerning the poor in spirit.

“Blessed are the Humble” Matthew 5:3 In the last message we compared happiness and blessedness. So if I asked you this morning, “Are you happy?" Being the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3

Denomination: Baptist

Out Of The Mouth Of A Fish

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 24, 2011

Often we wonder where we will get the resources to support God's work, but in many cases we already have it.

Peter just shook his head. That was all they wanted was money. Couldn’t they see the bigger picture? That there was more at stake then just money. They had just arrived back in town and before they could even get settled the church was there with its hand out. Well it wasn’t ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:24-27

Denomination: Wesleyan

Bible Reading Series

Contributed by Troy Richards on Dec 9, 2010

A two week series looking at spiritual habits we can do on our own with God.

-for the next two weeks we’re going to take a look at things you can do when you are alone with God. Hopefully you realize that although coming to church and serving together are wonderful things that everyone should be doing, there are also things you should be doing that are just you and ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:16-17

Denomination: Methodist

Spiritual Disciplnes Series

Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jan 17, 2011

Looks at the type of community God wants us to be from a biblical perspective. Is the vision for your church biblical, are we moving in the right direction? Is our teaching biblical? Is our prayer life vibrant? do we welcome the stranger into our home?

South Perth Baptist Church Vision for 2011 The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is a pipeline and dam project which delivers water to communities in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, particularly Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. The project was started in 1896 and was completed in 1903. Taking 7 ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Baptist

God's Nobodies

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 20, 2011

We as the church, facing today's challenges, think of ourselves as nobodies. But we are God's kind of nobodies, those in whom He has been at work to make changes, and we are needed by the world around us.

(Originally preached at Luther Rice Memorial Baptist Church, Silver Spring, MD, Aug. 12, 1973; subsequently, with variations, at Woodbrook Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD, Aug. 19, 1973; Viers Mill Baptist Church, Rockville, MD, Sept. 9, 1973; Bethesda First Baptist Church, Bethesda, MD, Oct. 14, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

I Am Here; Did You Notice?

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Nov 27, 2012

We need to take time to intentionally focus on God because... "when we obey, when we accept, when we pause, when we awaken, when we realize and recognize and receive, love transforms everything."

I am Here; Did You Notice? August 12, 2012 Intro: I am learning a valuable lesson lately – about things I’ve never noticed. Things I’ve taken for granted for a long time. Things that have been around, doing their job, with never a celebration or a word of thanks or the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:16-17

Denomination: Baptist

I Am Here; Did You Notice?

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Nov 27, 2012

We need to take time to intentionally focus on God because... "when we obey, when we accept, when we pause, when we awaken, when we realize and recognize and receive, love transforms everything."

I am Here; Did You Notice? August 12, 2012 Intro: I am learning a valuable lesson lately – about things I’ve never noticed. Things I’ve taken for granted for a long time. Things that have been around, doing their job, with never a celebration or a word of thanks or the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:16-17

Denomination: Baptist

Living Like A King

Contributed by John Perry on Jul 17, 2011

All of us at some time have dreamed about what it would be like to live like a king. In our text Jesus tells us how we can live like a king.

Bunbury Sun pm 17/07/2011 “Living like a king” Intro: Living like a king has b/co a euphemism that we are all familiar w/ - it has come to mean that we are living a life of luxury. I’ve often heard people say when visit foreign lands say how they could live like a king in this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Triune Marriage Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 25, 2011

Just as the church is made one with God through Jesus Christ, man and women are made one through Christ. Christian marriage consists of three people: husband, wife, and Jesus.

Many preachers would probably prefer to avoid today's passage if at all possible. The idea of submission isn't particularly popular in today's world. In fact, when the Southern Baptist Convention issued a newly revised declaration in June of 1998 that included a special section on marriage and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-33

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Habakkuk's Disturbing Burden Series

Contributed by Steven Boersma on Oct 17, 2011

It seemed as if the Lord would not even lift a finger to save the righteous from the oppression of violent men. And so, Habakkuk wanted to know why God wouldn’t listen, why God wouldn’t help, and why God even tolerated all this.

Habakkuk’s Disturbing Burden Habakkuk 1:1-2:1 Introduction The story is told of a man who was washed up on a small, uninhabited island after being the only survivor of a shipwreck. Every day the man prayed feverishly for God to help him. Every day he sat at the beach, scanning the ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Spiritual Bootcamp

Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Nov 8, 2011

Perhaps the greatest lessons I learned about life came during Marine Corps bootcamp, Paris Island, the Summer of 1978. Christians need bootcamp too.

(All my sermons use illustrations found at www.sermoncentral.com and all scripture is NIV unless otherwise noted.) SPIRITUAL BOOTCAMP When I was young I was a very active kid, I am sure many of you were as well. We may have to strain a little to remember those days, but most all of us could not ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ