Sermons on Paul And Silas And Timothy:

The Lord Is Refining Fire Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 22, 2007

Like Job they complain about howe God is treating them, but they get more than they bargained for. Their behaviour doesn’t stand up before the gaze of God’s righteousness.

I love courtroom dramas especially the ones written by John Grisham: The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, Runaway Jury. Then there are the TV shows like Perry Mason, JAG, Judging Amy, Law and Order and so forth. It’s great to see these great legal minds in a battle of wits trying to prove their case. ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

Other People's Pain

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Oct 25, 2007

Is it possible to really feel another person’s pain? When are we willing to allow our selves to feel others pain. How did Jesus demonstrate the feeling of pain?

Other People’s Pain My mother and father both said it. I never believed it and I think I told them so. They would always say it just before “IT” happened…. They would say “this is going to hurt me a lot more that it is going to hurt you!” Has anyone said that to you? Just as they told ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Congregational

Where Is God When Disaster Strikes?

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 28, 2007

In the midst of the emotional shock wave that has swept across our nation due to the still-burning fires in Southern California throughout this past week, finding that place where the Providence and grace of God merges with massive devastation and extreme

Can we trust and rely on God all the time, in every circumstance? What about when disaster strikes? Is He really there? Is He really listening? Does He really care and answer? In the midst of the emotional shock wave that has swept across our nation due to the still-burning fires in Southern ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

24.18 What Are You Building? Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 29, 2007

Jesus finishes the Sermon on the Mount by leaving his listeners with a responsibility for what they had heard.

That pretty well tied up the morning. Jesus has been teaching his disciples about a whole range of subjects involving the kingdom of God and now he ties it up with a pretty bow and hands it to those who were listening and basically tells them, “You are responsible for what you are going to do with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-29

Denomination: Wesleyan

Spiritual House: Peter And The Stones Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 27, 2007

We don’t rid ourselves of vices to build a spiritual house, God has cast aside that old life, that’s old news. You are being built into a holy place, not as a guest, but as a worshiper.

Os Guinness tells a story of an experience in a Pyrenean village. A farmer had tied an enormous load of wood onto the back of a donkey. However hard the farmer whipped the animal, it could only stumble along, getting progressively slower and slower, until it sank down in exhaustion under the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It Is Finished Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Feb 5, 2007

We can recognize the finished work of God in creation and His Sabbath rest as a foreshadow of Christ’s finished work on the cross and the rest we have in Him.

1. A work was finished. a. In creation (2:1-2a) b. In Christ (John 19:30) 2. A rest was entered. a. In creation (2:2b) b. In Christ (Hebrews 4:1-10) 3. A blessing was pronounced. a. In creation (2:3) b. In Christ (Revelation 21:6-7) GENESIS 2:1-3 This morning one of the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

3 Million Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Feb 5, 2007

Second in a six-part series on the life of faith as seen in the person of Abraham

When we left him last week, he had stepped out in great faith and was on the move, going at the behest of God to a place known only to God. He had marched what must have seemed like 3 million steps. What courageous faith! What derring-do! He built two separate altars, one at Shechem and one at ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Joy Of Generosity Series

Contributed by Fred Sigle on Feb 6, 2007

Giving God’s way creates joy and peace, not guilt and fear.

THE JOY OF GENEROSITY (Based on Dr. Kregg Hood’s book: Take God At His Word) A. I Chronicles 29:12-14 (READ and COMMENT) LLUSTRATION: Arthur DeMoss, a gifted and godly BUSINESSMAN, built one of the most successful businesses of its kind in America and in the process gained a fortune of an ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:12-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Know Your Judge Before Judgment Day!

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Feb 8, 2007

As we consider Judgment Day let’s not worry about the exact day that Jesus will return. Let’s make sure we are ready for his return every day. Let’s take this opportunity to learn the truth about our judge and the basis of his judgment.

2012. I am sure that between now and the year 2012 A.D. you will hear a lot about what some think is going to happen at that time. According to the September 25, 2006 issue of Newsweek magazine that year could be the end of the world, as we know it. Followers of New Age spirituality have noticed ...read more

Scripture: John 5:19-27

Denomination: Lutheran

Reflections

Contributed by James May on Feb 11, 2007

We use a lot of mirrors to examine and determine the kind of person we are, but the only true mirror is God’s Word. Every other mirror will leave us with a warped view of ourselves. We must be transformed into the image of Christ.

Reflections By Pastor Jim May (This sermon was presented using projected pictures of people standing in front of different carnival mirrors that distorted their true appearance) How we see ourselves will always determine how far we go in life, and how far we go with God. If we are going to be ...read more

Scripture: James 1:23-25

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Why Bother? Series

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Feb 15, 2007

This is the first in a series on evangelism based on Bill Hybel’s book of a similar title. What is our motivation for reaching out with the gospel of Jesus?

WHY BOTHER? Who can name the five purposes of the Church? Do you know what they are? Can you name one of the five purposes of the Church? (Worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and evangelism). To be honest, I think that after the three ships most of us start scratching our heads. A ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-7

Denomination: Mennonite

Genesis 2

Contributed by Richard Cathers on Feb 17, 2007

Verse by verse of Genesis 2

Genesis 2 Sunday Morning Bible Study November 12, 2006 Introduction Show “The Watchmaker” animation. :1-3 The Seventh Day :1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. :2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:1-25

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

What Gets Your Dandur Up Series

Contributed by Ron Murphy on Feb 23, 2007

What really got Jesus’ dandur up. Was it selling for a profit, or a superficial following?

Introduction: I. Down south there is a familiar saying that goes something like, “That just get’s my dander up.” A. Now I’m now real sure what “dander” is or where the term came from, but B. The idea is; to get ones “dander” up, is to get excited about something, typically an angry type of ...read more

Scripture: John 2:12-25

Denomination: Methodist

Heaven

Contributed by Robert Cox on Mar 2, 2007

What’s it gonna be like in Heaven?

Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. 2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Do You Want Your Church To Grow? Series

Contributed by Greg Carr on Mar 6, 2007

Breaking the 125 barrier in attendance

A few weeks ago, some of us attended a workshop on churches breaking the 125 barrier. It was one of the best workshops any of us had ever attended. My message today is based on the thoughts and notes from that day. I have had some time to chew up what we learned and digest it and figure it out ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:15-18

Denomination: Pentecostal