Sermons on Permit:

Incredible Hope

Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Feb 11, 2004

The Easter message of resurrection hope from John 20

INCREDIBLE HOPE John 20:1-18 INTRO.- Easter Sunday. What’s it all about? What does it mean to people? Well, that depends on who you are talking to. Mary Louise Duggard, age 8, of Seat Pleasant, MD, said of Easter, "You get eggs, and you remember God." Not bad! Jamila Young-Hogan, age ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, John 20:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

When Two Become One... And Become Two Again Series

Contributed by Timothy Archer on Feb 27, 2004

It’s time for us to look again at what God’s views are on the subject of divorce. We need to do something to break the cycle of divorce in our churches.

I remember back when I was in school at Abilene Christian University, a friend of mine went to interview with a church in South Carolina. Before he went, the congregation sent him a message: “Preach about whatever you want… except tobacco.” Now while I would like to think that there was a godly ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 2:13-16, Luke 16:18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Focus Series

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Apr 16, 2004

Week four in a four week series on the essentials for conquerors.

14, March 2004 Dakota Community Church The Essentials The Essential Characteristics of Conquerors WEEK FOUR: FOCUS Introduction: The bride was very nervous. It was right before the wedding and she wasn’t sure she could even walk down aisle. So her father gave her some words of wisdom. He said to ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9, Daniel 6:10

Denomination: Mennonite

God's Eye For The Queer Guy Series

Contributed by Gary Cox on Apr 20, 2004

What is our response as God’s people to homosexuality

WE begin a new series today titled “culture in crisis”. I think it was Merle Haggard who had a song in the 80’s describing America that said “Were rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell”. That is a pretty good description. Amazingly we live in a world where What was once bad is now ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Deleted Scenes From "The Passion Of The Christ"

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 27, 2004

Your people saw the movie...it would be good for them to not the miss the tremendous truths found on the cutting room floor that will help bring it all together for them! Link included to PowerPoint.

Deleted Scenes from “The Passion” Matthew 27:45-54 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/DeletedScenes.html Read the crucifixion story and you’ll find many incredible aspects which fell to the cutting room floor in film production of The Passion, not the least of which is the explanation of why Jesus did ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:45-54

Denomination: Baptist

"Count Me In!"

Contributed by Dwight Davis on Jul 14, 2002

Jesus tells us time and again that if we follow Him, we will be despised and even persecuted by the world. How many of us are willing to stick it out for Jesus even when the going gets tough?

"Count Me In!" How many of you know the amount of our present national debt? As of last night our country was $6,103,548,889,112 in debt. Just to give you and idea of how large a sum of money that is and how fast we are sinking, this country’s deficit increases by an average ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-27

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

"One Women Man"

Contributed by Stephen Fournier on Aug 28, 2002

Titus 1:6

"ONE WOMEN MAN" TITUS 1:6 In doing research for this sermon I came upon some disturbing statistics. There are about 2,344,000 marriages preformed annually in the US. There are 1,150,000 divorces annually in the United States. That is just under half. The likelihood of a new marriage ending ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:6

Denomination: Bible Church

Entering The Joy: A Five Talent Man

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 7, 2002

Funeral service for Robert Cecil White, poet, jazz musician, self-professed prodigal.

It’s hard to believe that it was only a few months ago when onto the scene, here at this church, there burst like a blaze of light a small intense man, dressed in a loose-flowing shirt, speaking up frequently. People took to him immediately; he was so open and so outgoing, and we at Takoma ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

What's God Up To Part 2

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jan 25, 2002

Remember God’s incredible offer of life and love through the riches of His grace when we deserved hell and death

WHAT’S GOD UP TO PART 2: THE RESCUE PLAN Eph. 2:1-10 Feb.3, 2002 Grace International Baptist Church Vacationing in Arizona, a group of Brit. tourists spots a cowboy by the side of the road, with his ear to the ground. "What’s going on?" they asked. " 2 horses, one grey one chestnut, are puliing a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Conviction For Witness—part 2

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Feb 14, 2002

Who will bear witness of/to Jesus’ revelation? 17 convictions for bearing witness to Jesus’ revelation. Part 2 of a 2 part sermon.

A CONVICTION FOR WITNESS—Part II—Revelation 1:9-20 Some of us have trouble ‘witnessing’. We allow other things to call us away from that responsibility. The apostle John was convicted to record the fantastic images of Jesus’ revelation. Those loyal to Christ will be convicted to bear record of ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:9-20

Denomination: Baptist

When Jesus Pray For Us

Contributed by Priscilla Haselrig on Sep 18, 2002

HOW SATAN IS STILL TRYING TO SIFT GOD PEOPLE, BUT JESUS IS STILL SAYING , NO SATAN, I AM STILL PRAYING AND WATCHING OVER MY PEOPLE.

I AM GLAD JESUS PRAYED I am so glad that Jesus took the time and got down on His bended knees and prayed to GOD on our behalf. And it is when we pray for somebody else, we let God know that it¡¦s not all about ourselves, and that what Jesus did, He let us know, it was not just about Himself, but ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:31-32

Denomination: Holiness

Duty Calls! Series

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 20, 2002

This sermon challenges us to look at the cross of Calvary and ask ourselves if we are honestly living and serving the way we should.

Duty Calls! Acts 23:1; Ecclesiastes 12:13; 2 Corinthians 5:14 September 22, 2002 Intro: A. [Count Nicholaus von Zinzendorf] Nicholaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf was born into one of Europe’s leading families in the year 1700, and he grew up in an atmosphere of prayer, Bible-reading, and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 23:1, Ecclesiastes 12:13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

By Submitting Series

Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Sep 25, 2002

Facing life by submitting to God, authorities, wives and spouses

Sermon: Surviving the Drought by Being Submissive I Peter 3:8-12 September 22, 2002 I. Introduction A. Weather Report B. But it takes more to survive a drought then a few days of rain. It takes perseverance and change, lifestyle changes. We don’t know how long this drought is going to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18-22

Denomination: United Methodist

Repentance Brings Restoration

Contributed by Andy Almendarez on Apr 11, 2002

This sermon deals with the fact that as beleivers we don’t always get what we deserve and we don’t always deserve what we get.

“Repentance Brings Restoration” Scripture Reading: Hosea 14:1-9 Text: Hosea 14:2-4 Sermon Idea: Do we get everything we deserve? In the movie Les Miserables, the main character a man named Jean Valjean is released from 19 years of captivity for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister’s ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 14:1-9

Denomination: Holiness

Weapons Of Our Warfare Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Apr 20, 2002

How a Christian Can Effectively Resist Evil

Spiritual Warfare - Message 1 There are times when we see evil so blatant, so powerful that we shudder with fear and weep in despair. On September 11, 2001 at 8:46 a.m. - American Flight 11 from Boston crashed into the North Tower at the World Trade Center. Onlookers were stunned and the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God