Sermons on Our Heart:

Using Our Gifts

Contributed by Delray Lentz on Oct 31, 2023

• Today is Fathers’ Day and I suspect most churches in America are hearing a Fathers’ Day sermon today. • There’s nothing wrong with that! • However, Cross Pointe Church is not most churches.

Yesterday, I watched a video of the metamorphosis of a butterfly. As a youth, I learned of the 4 stages: The egg- layed in a host plant The caterpillar-breaks out of the egg, eats the eggshell, feeds on the host plant The cocoon-hangs on the host plant and forms a cocoon, then emerges as a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, Ephesians 4:11, Romans 12:3-8

Our Hope Is In The Lord

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 27, 2023

We trust that God, who has been faithful in our past, will remain faithful in our present and our future. Why? Because we have three assurances.

I God Sustains Us at All Times (Psalm 71:17-18) 1 God Remained with Us in Our Youth (71:17) ‘O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds’ (v. 17). 2 God Remains with Us in Our Age (71:18) ‘So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 71:17-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"Monsters In Our World”

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Sep 8, 2021

Spiritual warfare. The casting out of a demon demonstrates the power of Jesus, and He is the Messiah. Includes a story about how an overcoat could not save children from a snow storm, but Jesus is big enough to save us.

In Jesus Holy Name September 12, 2021 Text: Luke 9:14-32 Text: James 2:19 Redeemer “Monsters in our World” Today’s message is not about “the way to heaven”. The text before is about our “walk with Jesus” and how we must confront evil in our world. We have arrived at chapter 9 in the ...read more

Scripture: James 2:19, Luke 9:14-32

Denomination: Lutheran

Jesus And Our Preacher! Series

Contributed by Larry Vollink on Feb 23, 2021

God has something great to say about preaching and it begins with Jesus, the greatest preacher of all time! Listen!

A few years back, some of family and friends asked the question, "Why do you want to be a preacher? You could be a teacher, or an engineer, or a lawyer, or something else. Well, I would tell them about the farmer who had 3 sons, like me. He was proud of 2 of them, one who went to UofM and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Setting Our Minds

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Feb 27, 2021

Peter has good intentions, but they are not in agreement with God's ultimate plan. We must covenant to deny ourselves and align ourselves to God's will and ways.

WE MAY HAVE HEARD THIS FAMILIAR SAYING: “THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.” AN INTENTION IS SIMPLY A PLAN OR GOAL WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH. IRONICALLY, INTENTIONS DON’T ACHIEVE ANYTHING. THEY ARE MERELY IDEAS AND DREAMS OF SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE’D LIKE TO SEE DONE IN THE ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:31-38, Joshua 24:15, Romans 12:2, Hebrews 12:1, 1 Peter 5:6, Galatians 2:20, Philippians 3:8, Revelation 3:15-16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Free Methodist

Jesus And Our Redeemer! Series

Contributed by Larry Vollink on Mar 1, 2021

What did Jesus mean when he said to us, "I came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give my life as a ransom."? A RANSOM? Listen!

Job's hope came through the toughest times of his life as he lost every thing, almost dying, and hated by his friends, he said, 'I know that my Redeemer lives!" (Job 19:25) It meant that God would rescue him, and deliver, and claim and avenge him in his life. In the NT, the Greek ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus And Our Resurrection! Series

Contributed by Larry Vollink on Mar 2, 2021

What's the greatest event of all-time? The Resurrection of Jesus Christ! Listen why!

Have you ever been to an Easter Pageant? In the past, SouthEast Christian Church has attracted crowds of 80,000. I remember a small community of churches came together to put on a local Easter Pageant. The director searched hard to find the right persons and had auditions to be the best. The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our Hiding Place

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 27, 2022

Corri Ten Boom wrote a best selling book in 1973 called, “The Hiding Place.” In 1975 it was made into a movie by the same name.

The book and the movie are about the true story of how the Ten Boom family quietly sheltered Jews in their small house until Nazis discovered the ''hiding place.'' This is the remarkable true story of Corrie’s and her sister Betsie's endurance of the death camp, and of their ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:7

Denomination: Baptist

Maintaining Our Victory

Contributed by Rolando, Jr Pama on May 2, 2022

It is finished – This is the victorious shout of our Lord Jesus Christ. Declaring His victory and our victory.

MAINTAINING OUR VICTORY: 1. STAND FIRM. • Maintain, preserve, hold, hang on, keep it up, resist, withstand. • The word stand is translated from the greek word HISTEMI and in this context it means to continue, endure or persist. • Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:57-58

Our Eternal Reward Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 31, 2021

It is the reward of heaven, however, that motivates us to add these values to life, and to apply them so that we bare fruit, and become profitable servants of Christ.

Among the Kamba people of East Africa there persists an ancient legend. The story goes that the people of that region long ago were very embittered by death's merciless destruction. They sent messengers to all countries of the world to seek a place where death did not reign so they could all ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:11

Meeting Our Needs

Contributed by Grant Adams on Aug 3, 2021

We all have needs of some type in our daily lives.

1. We all have needs of some type in our daily lives. 2. Some of these needs, we are the source for the answer. Some needs others can meet. a. Other needs of life only God can supply. b. Some needs are met by fellow believers. 3. Blind Bartimaeus was asked an honest question. “What wilt thou that I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:35-43

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Our Struggle?

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 22, 2021

Looking for the truth? Where do we find it?

Sermon Title: What is our struggle? Scripture Text: Ephesians 6:10-20 ILLUSTRATION: As a group of frogs was traveling through the woods, two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs crowded around the pit and saw how deep it was, they told the two frogs that there was no hope left ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Our Cosmic Christ Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Oct 12, 2021

Jesus is our closest friend AND the ruler of the universe.

Cosmic Christ Walk in Wisdom / Hebrews 1:1–4; Hebrews 2:5–12   • Intro • Perceptions of Jesus over time. (slideshow) • Pendulum shift over past half-century or so to a more “human” Jesus. Perhaps an overreaction to a perception that we had focused too much on the church and not the head of the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:1, Hebrews 1:1-4, John 1:3, Colossians 1:17, Colossians 3:1  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our Security Is In God Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 17, 2021

On this path of sanctification, we will experience sufferings and hardships, but we can trust in God's providence, His divine purpose and His protection over us. We will grow into the likeness of Christ and finish the race in victory.

We’ve come to what many considered the most beautiful and encouraging part of the book of Romans. As Christians who know God, do we feel safe and secure in life? • Now that we are children of God, with the indwelling Holy Spirit in us and the glorious hope before us, do we feel secure? Are we ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28-39, Galatians 1:14-16

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Our Huge Debt Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 25, 2021

Biblical Love does not just happen; we can make choices that nurture it, and we can make choices that hinder it.

Our Huge Debt (Romans 13:8-14) 1. What will happen to you if you get so badly in debt that you cannot pay your electric bill? You will experience the darkest days of your life! 2. We can make jokes about debt, but actual debt is no laughing matter. 3. Many folks seek to live within their means ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible