Sermons on Perfect Creation:

Incarnation

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Dec 16, 2011

The Word creates the universe and all that is within it and centuries later he presents Himself in human form as a helpless little baby, all to woo us.

Incarnation Advent #3 Dec 11, 2011 Blackness. Deep, inky, heavy, darkness. The kind that presses in from all sides, crushing, chaotic and formless, and yet powerful. It is not eyes-shut blackness – it is eyes wide open blackness, pupils straining to dilate further, desperate for the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

In The Potter’s Hands

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jul 9, 2012

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

In the Potter’s Hands June 7, 2009 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Focus Passage: Jeremiah 18:1-6 Supplemental Passage: For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Diagnosing The Reason For God’s Wrath Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Oct 6, 2014

This passage answers three important questions about God's wrath: 1) What is it? 2) How is it revealed? 3) Why do we deserve it?

A week ago Friday, a man went to the emergency room at a Dallas hospital with flu like symptoms. Even though he told a nurse that he had recently returned from Liberia, the hospital sent him home. Two days later, after his symptoms continued to worsen, that same man was finally admitted to the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-23

Denomination: Baptist

Six Days Or Millions Of Years Series

Contributed by James Lee on Nov 14, 2014

this question is not argued by the skeptic outside the church but in the church, as well. Learner hand outs are available.

Did God create everything in six literal days? __YES __NO __I’m not sure __How can we know? My NOTES Here’s the issue with many who answer with a loud and forceful YES! They truly don’t know how to explain their answer. How do we know that God created everything in 6 days ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Genesis; Answering The Skeptic Series

Contributed by James Lee on Nov 14, 2014

Looking at Genesis 1: 3-8 Learner handouts available.

[Gen 1:3-8 NIV] - 3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day. 6 And God ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:3-8

Denomination: Baptist

Finding Answers For The Skeptic Series

Contributed by James Lee on Nov 14, 2014

If the Christian can't get past the first eleven chapters of Genesis, how could we ever get the skeptic to believe in the Christ of the Bible?

Let’s look at some of the verses skeptics will use to argue that the Bible is a book of myth. 1. According to [Gen 1:11-13 NIV] trees were made on day 3 before man. - 11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Where Did We Come From 2 Series

Contributed by James Lee on Nov 14, 2014

Much of the information in this study comes from Dr. David Dewitt's book "Unraveling the Origins Controversy" and "Answers in Genesis"

HOW DID WE GET HERE? Slide 1 shows the Tree of evolution. What is the first thing you notice about the picture? Slide 2 shows the Creation orchard. What is the difference this picture and the tree of evolution? God created them after their own kind. Slide 3: Gen 1:11, 21, 24-26 NIV - 11 Then God ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Creating Space For The Holy Spirit

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Mar 15, 2022

A message about being used by the Holy Spirit

Creating Space for the Holy Spirt Act 3:1-10 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. (2) And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-10

Denomination: Church Of God

Thinking About God

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 15, 2022

Does the existence of God also mean that He knows how we, His creatures best function? Does that mean that He loves us? Does it mean that we can get to know Him personally? Jesus gave a simple two step process that one should think about when confronted with the truth of the Gospel.

Does the existence of God also mean that He knows how we, His creatures best function? Does that mean that He loves us? Does it mean that we can get to know Him personally? Jesus gave a simple two step process that one should think about when confronted with the truth of the Gospel. “The time is ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:15, Galatians 4:8-9, Galatians 5:1

Denomination: Baptist

Created As Humans Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 8, 2022

This is a follow up to the message about being created in God's image and looks at the question: What does it mean to be human?

If you were to visit the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. you could visit an exhibit called The Hall of Human Origins, and you could spend the better part of a day visiting the various displays that make up the exhibit. Now if DC isn’t on your vacation list for this year, you could ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:7, Genesis 1:26-31

Denomination: Wesleyan

Created In The Image Of God Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 8, 2022

This message looks at the concept of being created in the image of God, what that means and how the image becomes distorted.

In the Beginning. That’s where it all started and where God created all things. Now, I have no interest in dating when that creation may or may not have happened. Everybody has a theory. For me, it’s enough to believe that God created everything. That this world as we know it was not an ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31

Denomination: Wesleyan

In The Beginning

Contributed by Ryan Ferwerda on Apr 2, 2023

A look into what the Bible says about "the beginning"

What makes a good story? For me, I am not an avid reader. I average reading probably only one book every three years or so. It takes me a long time to read a book, usually. Most often when I have a hard time reading a book it is because I have a hard time getting into reading that book, and it ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 2:3

Denomination: Lutheran

Back To The Beginning For 2016

Contributed by William Akehurst on Jan 8, 2016

We’ve got to start 2016 somewhere. Why not go back to the very beginning? If we go to the beginning, we find that we must start with GOD the Father, Jesus Christ the Son and the Holy Ghost Spirit.

2016.01.03.Back to the Beginning William Akehurst, HSWC We’ve got to start 2016 somewhere. Why not go back to the very beginning? If we go to the beginning, we find that we must start with GOD the Father, Jesus Christ the Son and the Holy Ghost Spirit. Jesus is the beginning John 1:1-5 ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

71. The Church - Hope Series

Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Nov 17, 2018

Despite the evil we see in the world around us, “hope” is believing this twilight period is the dawn before the new day when light overcomes darkness

IN GOD'S IMAGE 71 - THE CHURCH - HOPE This message is part of a series of 90 sermons based on the title, “In God’s Image – God’s Purpose for humanity.” This series of free sermons or the equivalent free book format is designed to take the reader through an amazing process beginning with God in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:9, Hebrews 11:1, Matthew 24:22, Ephesians 1:21-22, Colossians 2:15, Matthew 13:27-30, 2 Corinthians 5:17-20, Philippians 3:20, 1 Corinthians 15:20-22, 1 Timothy 1:1, 2 Corinthians 1:21-22, Romans 8:23, Romans 15:13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian Church

Faithfulness And Betrayal Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Sep 17, 2016

We run from the commitment that God's steadfast love and overwhelming grace invite us to make.

INTRODUCTION The are two pictures of God that we receive in the first two chapters of Genesis. Chapter one paints a portrait of a transcendent creator God who can create with a word. A very different picture of God is seen in chapter two. In that chapter God is a master craftsman who lovingly ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran