Sermons on Officer:

Two Ways To Live

Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Jul 19, 2001

Do you live according to God’s will or the world’s ways? This message helps us know the difference.

James 3:13-17 " Two Ways To Live" By Pastor Mark Hiehle Do you live your life with certainty or with confusion? Are you sure of what is right and what is wrong? Is there anything today that does not change? Instead of black and white, does everything seem gray and is the line of distinction ...read more

Scripture: James 3:13-17

Denomination: Nazarene

You Pray Even When Things Are Good Series

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Jul 23, 2001

Part one of four sermons that describe a healthy Christian and give steps on how to be one.

You Might Be A Healthy Christian If............. (Series) You pray even when things are good. July 22, 2001 First Baptist Church, Chester, Illinois Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: 1. There was a tavern being built in a town that was formally dry. A. The baptist church held an ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

Paul's Perspective On Ministry Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Aug 13, 2001

When Paul stopped at Miletus he gives us his perspective on his ministry.

A Study of the Book of Acts Sermon # 35 Paul’s Perspective on Ministry Acts 20: 17-38 Acts 20:17 (NKJV) “From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church.” Paul stopped at Miletus on his way to Jerusalem and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:17-38

Denomination: Baptist

Rejoice In The Lord

Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 18, 2000

Billy Sunday said, "If your have no joy in your religion, there is a leak in your Christianity.

Billy Sunday said, "If your have no joy in your religion, there is a leak in your Christianity. The missing thing in a lot of Churches today is real Christian joy. In a lot of Churches it is made up, its a put on. Some Churches look like the house of the dead rather than the house of the living or ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:10-11

Denomination: Baptist

Loving God

Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Nov 3, 2002

Our forst responsibility as Christians is to love God. But how? This sermon shows what loving God looks like.

34But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they thought up a fresh question of their own to ask him. 35One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: 36“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40

Denomination: Methodist

"Pride: It'll Get You When You Least Expect It”

Contributed by David Yarbrough on Nov 5, 2001

Pride has caused the fall of many people, nations and churches. Sometimes it sneaks up on you before you see it coming.

Eccl 10:1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. Intro: A young woman asked for an appointment with her pastor to talk with him about a besetting sin about which she was worried. When she saw him, she said, "Pastor, I have become aware of a sin in ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 26:16-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Against Christian Pride And Arrogance

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 10, 2002

Christ instructs the seventy to have correct priorities as Christians and in so doing takes a stand against Christian pride and arrogance

In Luke 10:1-16 instructions are given by Jesus to his seventy followers as he prepares them for ministry. Verses 17-20 describe the debriefing that took place following their return. In this debriefing, Christ instructs the seventy to have correct priorities as Christians and in so doing takes a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Inagurating The Kingdom Series

Contributed by Gary Moore on Mar 12, 2002

The inaguration of Jesus "kingdom" ministry was accompanied by three things: His baptism, the temptation in the wilderness, and the calling of His disciples.

Matthew 3 – 4 Jesus: The Beginning February 24, 2002 The celebration of the resurrection on Easter Sunday is the high point of the Christian calendar. While remembrance of the resurrection is a weekly event, it is, I believe, profitable for the Christian regularly to focus on the extraordinary ...read more

Denomination: Congregational

Called As A Failure

Contributed by Eric Sellgren on Feb 27, 2002

"A personal story for Good Friday" - part 2 of a presentation for Good Friday

I`d like to share some personal discoveries. I hope they`ll help you too. It`s my Good Friday gift to you. Here goes: At the age of 8 I was at the bottom of my Class at School. I`d been at the bottom or very near to it for the whole of my School life. But something happened to change that. It was ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

A Sense Of Togetherness

Contributed by Tim Zingale on May 11, 2002

Seventh Sunday of Easter Fellowship

  7th Sunday of Easter John 17:1-11 I Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 "A Sense of Togetherness"   1* ¶ When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee, 2* since thou hast given him power over all flesh, to ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

The The Answer To Your Deepest Need

Contributed by Andrew Clark on Aug 23, 2002

Exploration of forgiveness.

Luke 7:36-50 (Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman) Title: The Answer to your deepest need Theme: Forgiveness Aim: To present the need for forgiveness that will make the congregation ask if they are missing out on something. Introduction A Salvation Army Officer, who worked with street people, was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50, Luke 10:38

Denomination: Holiness

Lessons On Living The Christian Life

Contributed by Michael Luke on Aug 31, 2002

Practical guidelines for living the Christian life.

TEXT: ROMANS 12:9-12 (read at each point) TITLE: “LESSONS ON LIVING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE” INTRODUCTION: A. TATER PEOPLE 1. Some people never seem motivated to participate, but are just content to watch ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our God: The Patron Of Lost Causes

Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Jun 6, 2002

It’s easy to identify others as "lost causes". It’s not nearly so easy for us to see ourselves this way. Nevertheless that’s exactly where we need to be, where we’ll want to be; for empty of all our righteousness we cling to Christ and find life.

Pentecost 3 A Matthew 9:9-13 Our God: The Patron of Lost Causes 06/09/02 Speaking of Lost Causes, take a listen to these stories. In New Orleans, a man broke into a home and stole, some jewelry and took the home owner’s season tickets to the New Orleans Saints. The police arrested him the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13

Denomination: Lutheran

The Widow's Son

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 15, 2007

Yes, there is help for the widow and the fatherless!

No, this not a Masonic or Mormon article but a reflection and praise to God for caring for this son of a widow woman. I am sure I have thought about it before but this morning it came to me that God has surely done wonderful things for me before I even cared to know Him and indeed while I ...read more

Scripture: James 1:27, Exodus 22:22, Proverbs 23:10, Psalm 146:9, Psalm 68:4-5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Politically Incorrect

Contributed by Don Schultz on Jul 31, 2003

God’s Word is politically incorrect. Speaking it makes you politically incorrect. But God gives you strength...

POLITICALLY INCORRECT Do you know anyone who is politically incorrect? To be politically incorrect means that you say things and do things that wouldn’t go over very well politically. The media would disagree with you. Lots of people would say that you are unkind, or narrow-minded. To be ...read more

Scripture: Amos 7:10-15, Mark 6:7-13

Denomination: Lutheran