Sermons on Paschal Feast:

Developing Proper Judgment Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 29, 2008

Spiritual understanding is not produced solely by learning facts or procedures, but rather it depends on love for God & obedience to known truth. Obedience to God’s known will develops discernment between falsehood & truth.

JOHN 7: 19-24 DEVELOPING PROPER JUDGMENT [John 5:1-15 / 39 – 47] Jesus has just explained that if their lives are in harmony with God, they will recognize the character and source of His teaching. [Similarly, in John 5:42-47, Jesus said that if they had the love of ...read more

Scripture: John 7:19-24

Denomination: Baptist

"The Religion Police"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 28, 2010

Our value as a person has nothing to do with having our name on the up in lights. God loves us; we can’t improve on that! You don’t have to try and prove you are worthwhile by sneaking your nametag a little higher up on the table. And praise God for that!

Luke 14:1-14 “The Religion Police” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN Luke opens chapter 14 by telling us that Jesus “went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee,” on the Sabbath and that “he was being carefully ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14

Denomination: United Methodist

Jesus Is Both Lord And Christ Series

Contributed by Tom Owen on Dec 7, 2010

Learning how to be the church in today's world through learning from the book of Acts.

You know sometimes we run across things in life that intrigue us and confuse at the same time. We don’t quite understand what we’re seeing – but we can’t look away. And sometimes we’ll do anything to find out more about it. [Discovery channel giant snake and mummies ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:21-41

Denomination: Baptist

Shake And Bake Series

Contributed by Tom Owen on Dec 7, 2010

Learning how to be the church in today's world through learning from the book of Acts.

[2] How many of you have ever heard of the cooking method called shake ‘n bake? [Shake ‘n bake demonstration.] Ever feel like that piece of pork? Let me rephrase that… Ever feel like that piece of meat? Wait a minute… Ever feel like your trapped in a situation ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:13-33

Denomination: Baptist

Laughter, Little Things, And The Lord

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 27, 2010

A sermon on how to have some zest for life with laughter, enjoying the little things and fearing the Lord. Sermon based around Proverbs 15:13-17

HoHum: In writing about Lincoln’s Civil War years, author Richard Hanser says that on September 22, 1862, the War Cabinet was summoned to the White House for a special session. Lincoln was reading a book as everyone came in. Secretary of War Stanton later said this of the meeting: “Finally the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 15:13-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus Lord Of The Impossible

Contributed by Richard White on Feb 20, 2010

How easy is it for a cripple to get up on his own? How easy is it to love our enemies? How easy is to forgive someone who hurt us deeply? Jesus commands us to do all this.

This morning we visit a place called Bethesda. An invalid, crippled, lying on the ground waiting for the miraculous. Jesus says "Do you want to get well?" Some people do not want to get better, they like the attention they get, or possibly the thought of doing anything different scares them. ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Confession Do's And Dont's Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on May 3, 2011

THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE MESSAGE FROM HOSEA THAT LOOKS AT WHAT IS APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY IN CONFESSION.

CONFESSION DO’S AND DON’T’S HOSEA 6 AND 7 Hosea 6:1-11 1 "Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Humble Character Of The Believer

Contributed by Sean Lester on Apr 20, 2007

Proposition: The humble make up the population of God’s kingdom.

Luke 14:7-35 (ESV) Introduction A. One of the delights of pastoring this church is the fact that few of us are considered to have come from the best part of society. Indeed, most of us at time belonged to the very worst segments of society. Yet, God chose to save us and to pour out His Holy ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:7-35

Denomination: Pentecostal

Super Hero

Contributed by David Thompson on Dec 29, 2005

This lesson reminds us that we have a real, super hero to look up to

SUPER HERO How many of you remember the introduction to the first superman show? He can leap tall buildings in a single bound, he’s faster than a speeding bullet, and stronger than a locomotive. There’s spider man, batman, wonder woman, and the green hornet. What do they ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Word From God For Sensible People

Contributed by Jack Harris on Dec 15, 2004

This sermon is designed to emphasize the importance and the benefits of the Lord’s Supper.

A WORD FROM GOD FOR SENSIBLE PEOPLE. 1 Cor. 10:14-21 Int: The Apostle Paul was a man whose approach to life was totally reordered by his personal experience with the Lord. The wisdom, which he gained through this experience, had enabled him to see through the pressures and preferences that tend to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:14-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How The Sovereign God Conveys Grace

Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Jan 20, 2006

I could really jump with joy and fall in love again with God to know the fascinating aspect of His grace. Never I thought that as I become more acquainted with it, I could even jump higher with GREATER joy!

If we really know how the Sovereign God exercises grace, we will truly be amazed! After our denomination changed many of its teachings and began to recommend other Christian books, the first one I read was Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges. Grace is defined in that book as “God’s free and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:3-11

Denomination: Baptist

Power For Ministry Series

Contributed by Duane Smith on Aug 15, 2005

This message is meant to encourage the Church to seek God’s power for ministry and to be a verbal witnesses of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

POWER FOR MINISTRY Acts 2:1-13 INTRODUCTION: A. It was good to see our space shuttle crew get back safely, was it not! But I want you to think about this 1. Two years plus had gone by since the last space shuttle mission 2. Billions of dollars of equipment, safety improvements, crew ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Too Angry To Dance Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Aug 22, 2005

Message 1 of 6 on Emotions. Anger. Maybe Snoopy was right: To live is to dance! To dance is to live! Maybe we’d all live a lot more gracefully if we realized that it’s all a dance.

Learning to Dance Every Day To Live is to Dance Maybe Snoopy was right: To live is to dance! To dance is to live! Maybe we’d all live a lot more gracefully if we realized that it’s all a dance. Managing your emotions is an important part of learning to live the abundant life that Jesus wants ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spreading The Wealth

Contributed by Bishop Johnathan Hester on Jul 22, 2009

The title of the subject is Spreading the Wealth, and the subject comes from one of the many observances the Israelites were supposed to practice:

Spreading the Wealth Leviticus 25:8-25:55 Spreading the Wealth Leviticus 25:8-55 Introduction The title of the subject is Spreading the Wealth, and the subject comes from one of the many observances the Israelites were supposed to practice: Every seven days the Israelites observed the ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 25:8-55

Denomination: Apostolic

Genuine Repentance? Series

Contributed by Alan Mccann on Oct 5, 2007

Words and actions must match if repentance is to be genuine

Hosea 6.1-7.16 Is your repentance genuine? We all know the story of the little boy who cried “wolf” and when the wolf did eventually come no one believed him and he was eaten up. I am sure you have met people who say sorry for something and then turn around and do the same thing all over again. ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican