Sermons on Persecution Trial Suffering:

Our Resurrection Hope: The Best Is Yet To Come!

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Mar 11, 2008

The message of the resurrection gives us hope that whether we live or die, the best is yet to come.

OUR RESURRECTION HOPE: The Best is Yet to Come! [Main points: The Message, The Certainty, and The Hope of the Resurrection] Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-28 Intro: Neil Strait once said, “Take from a man his wealth, and you hinder him; take from him his purpose, and you slow him down. But take from ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-28

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Christ: The Perfect Teacher, Example, Sacrifice And Advocate

Contributed by Neil Richardson on Mar 12, 2008

Christ: the Perfect Teacher, Example, Sacrifice and Advocate, also considering some of the heresies surrounding his person and nature

John 1:14-18 Verse 14 "And the Word was made flesh" (KJV) "The Word became a human being" (GNB) "The Word became flesh" (NIV, RSV, Ricker Berry) In becoming human, Christ becomes... 1. The Perfect Teacher, a model of how God thinks and how we should think (Phil. 2:5-11). 2. The Perfect Example, a ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14-18

Denomination: Baptist

What God Thinks Of Our Rules Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 12, 2008

We are freed when God breaks all our rules.

Scripture Introduction When people picture Jesus, few imagine a man intentionally offending others. Yet that is exactly what he does in John 5. Jewish teachers had strict guidelines for keeping the Sabbath. Jesus knew them and he flaunts his disregard for their rules. It seems so reasonable to us ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Torn Curtain Series

Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Mar 17, 2008

Significant truths we can learn and apply to our lives from the tearing of the temple veil at the moment of Jesus’ death.

*INTRO>In 1966, Alfred Hitchcock directed a Cold War era mystery / thriller movie starring Paul Newman and Julie Andrews, a movie entitled, “The Torn Curtain.” The movie was not one of Hitchcock’s better-known films, as few people paid much attention to it. God understands when much expense has ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:50-54

Denomination: Baptist

Spirituality For The Rest Of Us

Contributed by Paul Newell on Mar 18, 2008

We seem to make the whole "knowing God" thing much harder than God ever did? Life is hard, knowing God is what makes sense out of life.

Spirituality For the Rest of Us 2 Peter 3:18, “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Intro: Why should following Jesus Christ be so “hard”? If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard someone tell me: “Oh, Pastor Paul, it’s so haaarrrrdddd…” “Pastor, you ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:18

Denomination: Baptist

What Is In Man? What Is In God? Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 18, 2008

God’s zeal guarantees the redemption of divided hearts and souls.

Introduction At the end of the world, where the Narnian sky meets the earth, Edmund and Lucy climb out of the Dawn Treader and begin to wade southward along the beach. But between them and the foot of the sky there was something so white on the green grass…they could hardly look at it. They ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Easter Changes Everything

Contributed by Ben Mandrell on Mar 19, 2008

Easter expository sermon that highlights the beauty of heaven and the hope we have in the future.

Easter Changed Everything Revelation 22:1-5 Englewood Baptist Church Easter Morning, March 23, 2008 I was born and raised in the North. I went to kindergarten in the North, then elementary school, then high school, and then college. The first 22 years of my life were spent in Northern States. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

My Response To The Resurrection

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Mar 24, 2008

Which of the four possible responses to the resurrection will I make - deny it, be distracted from it, be deceived about it or delight in it?

Thank you so much for joining us this morning for our annual Resurrection Sunday Sunrise Service. Every year as we approach the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, I always enjoy going back and reading the Biblical accounts of all the activity that was going on in connection with the only ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Dedicated To Joy Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Mar 29, 2008

Joy isn’t ginned up with fun entertainment. Joy doesn’t pass with changing seasons or swinging moods. True, unquenchable joy comes only from God. That’s the kind of joy to be dedicated to.

1. Intro (6:16) 2. The first way we can be dedicated to striving for joy is with joyful sacrifice. (6:17) 3. The second way we can be dedicated to striving for joy is with joyful service. (6:18-20) 4. The third way we can be dedicated to striving for joy is with joyful separation. (6:21-22a) 5. The ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 6:16-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Work Of Adam Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Mar 29, 2008

In Romans 5:12-21 the apostle Paul contrasts the work of Adam with the work of Christ. This sermon examines the reality, result, extent, and universality of the work of Adam.

Scripture Pastor and commentator Warren Wiersbe says that “since Romans is a book of logic, it is a book of ‘therefores.’ We have the ‘therefore’ of condemnation in Romans 3:20, justification in Romans 5:1, no condemnation in Romans 8:1, and dedication in Romans 12:1.” In writing to the Romans, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Horton Hears A Who: Characteristics Of Character

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 30, 2008

In the trailer for Horton hears a Who, Horton says “I meant what I said and I said what I meant, an elephant is faithful one hundred percent.” So I used that as an intro to Character.

Horton Hears a Who Characteristics of Character Has anyone been to see “Horton Hears a Who” yet? It’s one of those movies that is on my gotta see list, probably will happen Tuesday night. I grew up reading Dr. Seuss books including Horton Hears a Who and last week I caught this particular ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5

Denomination: Wesleyan

"Do They See Jesus In Me?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 30, 2008

A sermon about being the Church of unconditional love.

"Do they See Christ in Me?" Luke 19:1-10 By Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor, Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN graceumcsd.org Let’s ask ourselves this question. Would the most reviled of sinners feel welcome and loved in our churches? Would drug addicts, prostitutes, those who have ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: United Methodist

Worship: An Act Of Community Series

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Apr 6, 2008

Worship is less a private choice and consideration than it is a communal invitation from God to join together in adoration and service.

Sermon for CATM – April 6, 2008 – “Worship – An Act of Community” There’s a fellow who about ten years ago was a regular attender at CATM. Since then he’s had tremendous legal and then medical problems, and he’s been out here on Sundays only very rarely; I’ve been quite involved personally over ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You A Jesus Freak?

Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 7, 2008

An Original Jesus Freak – John the Baptist

Are you a Jesus Freak John the Baptist Matthew 3:1-12 What do you think of when you hear the word freak? Maybe you think of the old time circus freaks like the bearded lady or the two-headed alligator. I’ve seen a bumper sticker on a car in town that said “I’m a freak, touch me”. So I believe ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Perfect Covenant Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Apr 7, 2008

4th in series (Section 3) in Hebrews. This message focuses on the new covenant we have gained through Jesus.

God Made a Perfect Covenant Marriage is a gift from God When it is right – it is incredibly exhilarating and impossible to describe. But when it is wrong – it is excruciatingly painful and hopelessly beyond endurance. When it is right – marriage is a kind of heaven on earth and when it is wrong ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:1-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ