Sermons on Parable 10 Virgins:

Abraham: Making Covenants

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 11, 2005

Looking at covenants in the life of Abraham

Intro: How do you like telephone telemarketers? They are one of my least favorite occupation of people I deal with. What I especially hate is their low level of integrity. First, I wonder how they can always catch me sitting down at a meal. It never seems they call at a time when you say, “Oh, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Snare Of Hypocrisy

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 11, 2005

How hypocrisy ensnares our lives

Intro: We have spent the last few months considering times when failure in the eyes of the world, can really be a success in the eyes of God. However, we want to spend the next few weeks looking at snares that lead to failure, even in the lives of those who are otherwise successful. Even ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dare To Be A Daniel Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 20, 2005

Daniel gives us a great example of how to live in a secular world

Singing the Songs of the Lord in a Strange Land January 16, 2005 Daniel 6 Dare to be a Daniel This is a great story, and a popular story. Even people who have never read the Bible know the story of Daniel in the lion’s den, at least by name, or by many songs that have been sung about it. We ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 6:1-28

Denomination: *other

When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Go Fishing...

Contributed by John Nadasi on Jan 20, 2005

A message addressing the reality of time catching up to our rural church. This is an initial call to embrace a paradigm shift within church and society. In order to speak to a new generation, we have to be willing to find new methods of communication.

Matthew 4:12-23 Paonia United Methodist Church January 23, 2005 “When the going gets tough, the tough go fishing” Can you remember back to when I gave you a message that Began with the words… Life is complicated? Well, this morning starts off with a similar statement. Life is rough. It ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23

Denomination: Methodist

Carnal Christian

Contributed by J. B. Hall on Mar 30, 2008

I believe there are 2 major problems in the local church: lost church members, and carnal Christians; this sermon discusses the latter.

“Carnal Christian” 1 Corinthians 3:1 – 3 By: Pastor J. B. Hall Introduction: I believe there are 2 major problems in the local church: lost church members, and carnal Christians. Today I’d like to discuss the latter. The title of the message is Carnal Christian. If we’re going to discuss ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

"Elijah's Mantle - Who Will Pick Up Elijah's Mantle"

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Mar 31, 2008

God wants to do greater things in every generation then what was done in the previous one however someone needs to pick up the mantle and take it to another lever.

“Elijah’s Mantle” “Who will pick up Elijah’s Mantle” By District Elder M.L. Maughmer, Jr. 2nd Kings 2 We find here a miraculous part of history. It is the story of Elijah being taken up into glory on one of God’s fiery chariots and the transference of power and authority from one generation to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-25

Denomination: Apostolic

Direct Dialog Demanded Details Series

Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Apr 10, 2008

Once Jonah finished giving his testimony about the God of the Hebrews, the crew began asking more questions seeeking the "Why" of his leaving such a God as He described.

JONAH 1:10 DIRECT DIALOG DEMANDED DETAILS I. DISCREDIT: A. Divine. B. Director. C. Doctrine. II. DWELLING: A. Darkness. B. Danger. C. Disbelief. III. DELIVERANCE: A. Discovery. B. Departing. C. Determination. What would be the response to Jonah when the sailors heard about ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

Is Your Lord Large Enough? Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on May 18, 2008

Wholeheartedly follow and worship God.

IS YOUR LORD LARGE ENOUGH? Revelation 4.1-11 S: Change C: Worship Th: Choose the Fire Pr: WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOLLOW AND WORSHIP GOD. ?: Why? KW: Reasons TS: We will find in our study of Revelation 4 three reasons why we should follow and worship God. Type: Propositional The ____ reason is ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

How To Handle A Scandal Series

Contributed by David Owens on May 20, 2008

In this lesson we discover the necessity of church discipline for both the individual and the congregation.

Introduction: A. I’m told that Willie Nelson (the country singer) apparently at one time owned a golf course. 1. He said the great thing about owning a golf course was that he could decide what is par for each hole. 2. For you non-golfers, par is the number of hits of the ball you are allowed ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sovereign Over Circumstances Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on May 21, 2008

God orders everything for his glory and for saving his people.

Scripture Introduction Back in January we resumed our study in John at chapter seven. Since then we have moved verse by verse, arriving now at the end of chapter eleven. (Next week, Lord willing, we will begin a summer series on the Dynamic Church.) Here is a convenient place to pause, because we ...read more

Scripture: John 11:45-57

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Gr3ed Series

Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 22, 2008

When people think about greed, a lot of us picture Scrooge. But this an extreme picture. The truth is none of are immune to the effects of greed that runs rampant in our culture. We look at the manifestation of greed and how to deal with it.

SE7EN: GR3ED 1 Timothy 6:6-12 May 18, 2008 True or false. The bible says that money is the root of all evil. Who votes for true? False? It is false. The bible says (and this is our passage of focus today) that the love of money is the root of evil. The love of money is also known as greed. In the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-12

Denomination: Church Of God

Exiting This World In Fashion

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 25, 2008

Let’s think about how Paul was going to leave this world and how this applies to our exiting this world. 1- He wanted to exit while serving the Lord 2- He wanted to exit while preaching strongly 3- He wanted to exit while compelled by God’s Spirit

INTRO.- ILL.- There was an elderly man at home, upstairs, dying in bed. He smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookies baking. He wanted one last cookie before he died. He stumbled down the stairs and crawled into the kitchen where his wife was busy baking cookies. With his ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:17-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Skin Deep Grace Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on May 6, 2008

Sometimes our apprehension of God’s grace is only skin deep. It only touches the temporal and not the eternal.

Embracing Grace – Part 2 – Skin Deep Grace Introduction and review Last week I introduced this sermon series and the key concepts concerning grace. For those of you who were not here, I urge you to get the audio tape or cd and get on the same page as the rest of us. Let me quickly review our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Baptist

What A Fellowship, What A Joy Divine

Contributed by Cleavon Matthews Sr. on May 11, 2008

Christian fellowship is based on Apostolic Doctrine.

WHAT A FELLOWSHIP, WHAT A JOY DIVINE! 1 John 1:1-4 by Cleavon Matthews November 28, 2004 INTRODUCTION Error is combated by affirming the truth. John writes to the church under attack by early forms of Docetism and Gnosticism. These two inseparable philosophical and theological ideas plagued ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Only Mary Raised A Perfect Child

Contributed by Jack Martin on May 12, 2008

Often on Mothers Day we preach high lofty sermons that only serve to make the moms feel bad. This is intended to show the struggles and victories of Moms

“Only Mary had a perfect child!” Today is mother’s day. Tendency is to hold up a high lofty view of motherhood that no one, other than Mary, could ever possibly live up to. a.And that not of herself, but only because Jesus was Gods Son. So instead of making you moms feel better, we often tend ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-2

Denomination: Assembly Of God