Sermons on Open Door:

We Have Overcome!

Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000

God's love empowers us to overcome all that would keep us from experiencing loving relationships with others.

We Have Overcome! 1 John 5:2-5 Walter Gowans knew that God was calling him from his homeland to share the gospel in the Sudan. He traveled there to work among the people of the region because he knew that was God's plan for his life. God had so impacted his life that it was evident to those ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:2-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christian Love

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 2, 2001

An exhortation to love!

Christian Love We have written and sung about love from our earliest history. Yet, in our recent history the song said it was the only thing that there was just too little of. The Beatles said that love was all you need. Candy and card companies prosper from our trying to demonstrate and ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21

Denomination: Baptist

How To Build Your Relationship To Jesus!

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 2, 2001

An exhortation to maturity.

How To Build Your Relationship To Jesus! As we get closer and closer to 2000, there is a whole lot of talk and excitement about meeting Jesus soon, maybe. I have extreme doubts, but I will not be upset if I am wrong. If I am right, I am concerned that all this loose lips stuff might hinder the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-7, Psalm 133:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Chest Of Joash, Part One: Why?

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 5, 2001

A three-fold rationale for keeping stewardship a primary focus in the church...It is a Lordship matter, Heart matter, and Eternal matter.

Chest of Joash, Part One: WHY? 2 Chronicles 24 March 4, 2001 1Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother¡¦s name also was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

Denomination: United Methodist

To Pray Well, Obey Well

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jan 13, 2002

If we do not merit God’s blessings, then how is it that those who are obedient are more likely to see their prayers answered?

This morning, we continue our series of messages on prayer. I’ve chosen this topic to begin the year because of its great importance. Prayer is absolutely foundational to the Christian life. It’s basic to our identity as Christians. Prayer is a necessary practice for anyone who wants to know and ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:21-24

Denomination: Baptist

God's 3 Answers To Prayer

Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 18, 2002

God always answers our prayers. But He may not answer them the way that we desire. This sermon examines some reasons for God’s response to us.

September 23, 2001 John 11 “God’s three answers to prayer” INTRODUCTION 1. God says “yes” to some requests. We like that. We respond well to that. In the passage that we looked at last week, Acts 4, the disciples received exactly what they asked for. They asked for boldness to continue ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-44

Denomination: Baptist

Family Troubles: How Did I Get In This Pit?

Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 22, 2002

Our natural tendency when we get into a problem is to blame other people. Joseph could’ve blamed others for his problems, but he chose not to.

Genesis 37 October 24, 1999 Family troubles: How did I get in this pit? INTRODUCTION Have you ever asked yourself this question: “How in the world did I get in this mess?” Maybe the mess that you find yourself in is your marriage. You fight constantly, you never seem to see things from one ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:18-36

Denomination: Baptist

Yet Will I Praise Him!

Contributed by Mike Hays on Jan 27, 2002

In the midst of heartache and suffering the Psalmist assures us that we can still praise God for His faithfulness and mercy.

Yet Will I Praise Him! Psalm 46 Grief is greatest when love abounds. Is it any wonder that so many hearts all across our city and far beyond have been shattered with the loss of our precious sister Jill? Is it any wonder that we ache when we think about the struggle that our brother Jason is still ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Mystery Of Light Part 1 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 19, 2002

Scientists are baffled by the mystery of light they can study it but still don’t understand what light is. God is light according to the Bible and he’s as mysterious as light in the natural sense but like scientist we can study God and understand what lig

The Mystery of Light - part 1 Illustration- God is light show by Scott Kinney (www.interviewwithGod). Thesis: Scientists are baffled by the mystery of light they can study it but still don’t understand what light is. God is light according to the Bible and he’s as mysterious as light in the ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12, 1 John 1:5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Funeral Eulogy Sermantha Gillespie

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 21, 2002

This the funeral service for my wife’s mother. She died knowing the Lord.

Sermantha Mary Dubose Gillespie Death first appeared in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve disobeyed God. It was a frightening concept to them and has been for most of humankind ever since. But even before Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 116:15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Philippians 1:12-19 Series

Contributed by Craig Simonian on Sep 4, 2001

This sermon shows how Jesus was not only magnified through the life of Paul but purposes to be magnified thru our lives as well.

Philippians 1:12-19 Last week, while flipping thru the stations, I happened to see Jim Baker’s son, Jay, on Larry King Live. It was so encouraging to hear to how God brought him out of a life of alcoholism and drugs and raised him up as a minister to the broken, punk culture of Atlanta. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12-19

Jeremiah, Pt. 2 Series

Contributed by John Covell on Sep 20, 2001

A three-part series looking at Jeremiah’s spiritual journey and how he could be a prophet of compassion instead of anger and judgment.

Faith & Failure #54 Jeremiah, pt. 3 John Covell This is the third look at Jeremiah, trying to focus not so much on the message he gave to his people, but what giving that message to his people meant to him and his relationship with God. Jeremiah had a very close relationship with the ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Is The Author Of My Identity

Contributed by Kyle Meador on Sep 26, 2001

God has created, shaped and redeemed you with a specific identity, common to all of His creation, unique to you. Discover this wonderful identity that God is writing on your heart.

God is the Author of My Identity “I’ve always wanted to be somebody. But now I see I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin “Who am I?” One of the great myths of our day is that in your teenage years you figure out who you are and then you live out that identity after you’ve grown up. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:3, 1 Corinthians 15:10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

More Milk Or Meat

Contributed by Cedric Portis on Oct 1, 2001

Is your desire for the milk or the meat of the word? Just like the body, the soul will die of starvation with a diet of just milk.

More Milk or Meat The Choice is Yours Corinthians I 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. Corinthians I 3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

How's Your Appetite?

Contributed by Kirk Devine on Jul 20, 2001

Expounds on what Jesus said in Matthew 5:6; "Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled."

HOW’S YOUR APPETITE? MATTHEW 5:6 I once read a story written by a man named Franz Koffka. The story was entitled “The Hunger Artist.” And of all the works by Koffka, this one short story seemed to sum his personal thoughts about life. This story was such an expression of him and had such an ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational