Sermons on Plain:

The Spirit Of R.i.p.p.e.r. Series

Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Jan 4, 2007

The Spirit of R.I.P.P.E.R. is in many of our churches and needs to be cast out.

The spirit of R.I.P.P.E.R Mark 16:17-16:18 R.I.P.P.E.R. Mark 16:17-16:18 The Spirit of R I P P E R ... acronym ... Religion = Luke 18:9-10, Mark 7:13, Matthew 23:4 Ignorance = Hebrews 10:26, John 5:3 Poverty = Deut. 8:18, 3 John 1:2 Prejudice = James 2:9, Mathew 27:21, Acts ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:17-18

Denomination: Foursquare

Our Responsibility To Make Judgment Calls Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 1, 2007

Although we do not need to verbally label people, we need to understand where different people are at in their lives and thinking if we are to significantly help them. We need to develop our people skills and direct them toward growth.

Our Responsibility to Make Judgment Calls (I Thessalonians 5:14) 1. A New Barna report came out this week (Sept 07): "The new study shows that only 3% of 16 - to 29-year-old non-Christians express favorable views of evangelicals… "… Among young non-Christians, nine out of the top 12 perceptions ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How Not To Be A Fool

Contributed by Todd Riley on Nov 1, 2005

An exposition of Psalm 53 with particular emphasis on verses 1-3

Islington Baptist Church September 11, 2005 Psalm 53:1-3 Scriptures: 1 Samuel 25, Romans 1:18-32, Psalm 1 How not to be a fool Webster’s dictionary defines a fool as “a person who lacks good judgment”. Brainstorm with me for a moment. What examples can you think of that illustrate ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 53:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Doing All You Know Too Do

Contributed by Tim Parsons on Jun 7, 2006

A close look at at Mary and what we can Learn from her as she anointed Jesus.

Doing all you know too do. Mark 14:1-9 One of the most impressive commendations our Lord ever made about a person is found in verse 8 regarding Mary of Bethany (Martha’s sister): "She hath done what she could." There was nothing more that she could have done! Could the Lord make this ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:1-9

Denomination: Church Of God

A Spirit Walk

Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Feb 16, 2005

Walking in the Spirit, Not Flesh!!

A SPIRIT WALK Gal 5;16-26 Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone in every church Could get along with each other in a Christ like manner. Or better still – wouldn’t it be nice if every church got Together and prayed for each other (the Baptist for the Pentecostal and the Methodist and so forth) Man ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:16-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

Levitical Feasts Intro Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 22, 2005

God has a plan, a long-range plan. He is a Big God. He does not improvise as things move along, for every detail is taken into account beforehand.

Digging Deeply into the Levitical Festivals (Leviticus 23) 1. Ginny and I were talking about something she heard on Moody Radio this week. 2. The speaker related that he was sitting on a plain leaving from China, and to his surprise the woman next to him spoke perfect English. 3. The began ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 23:1-43

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Not Fearing Going Up

Contributed by Joe Rowland on Sep 1, 2008

Just as Ezekiel was commanded to dig into the wall, maybe we need to dig into our walls that we might be able to see the door which is Jesus. If we want to go up in the things of God, we can not worry or fear what the enemy might try to intimidate us wit

Not Fearing Going Up Ezekiel 8:1-6 1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. 2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 8:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Practices For Effective Evangelism Series

Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 20, 2008

90% of people become Christians because personal Evangelism. This series equips and challenges the church in sharing their faith with others.

Personal Evangelism II “Practices for Effective Evangelism” By: Pastor Donny Granberry Good Morning. If you are our guest, allow me to welcome you to Central. Let’s make our profession; This is my bible, God’s holy word… This past Sunday we began challenging the church to refocus its efforts on ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Failure Is Not Forever

Contributed by S. Louis Rouse on Apr 10, 2018

Peter failed the Lord in an immense way but was completely restored by Jesus

Sometimes in scripture we find something mentioned… seemingly in passing …that does not appear to be very important. Such is the case with our text this morning. Last week, we studied the account of the two men on their way from Jerusalem to their home in Emmaus. We are told they were ...read more

Lesson 38: Preach A Rebuttal Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 17, 2018

Preach a sermon that disproves something

Lesson Goal Learn how to preach a sermon that disproves something. Lesson Intro In Matthew 12:1-14, Jesus presents a number of rebuttals to the Pharisees. What is a rebuttal? It is a counterargument to disprove the evidence supplied by another party. It is a process for establishing truth by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

God Only Knows

Contributed by Daniel J. Little on Dec 1, 2011

A Rubik’s Cube puzzle has only 26 little cube parts but over 43 quintillion ways to arrange them with only one being right. Only God can takes the bits and pieces stored in our minds and make them come so they all work together for our good.

WARNING.... We will look a a few New Testament passages from Peterson’s Message Bible. If you can sit tight through that then you will enjoy what I have to tell you. Around 700 BC the great prophet Isaiah spoke of a day when many people would compare their own pointless, confused lives with the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:2

Denomination: *other

Worthy To Worship The One Who Is Worthy

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 26, 2013

How could we ever be worthy enough to enter into the presence of God to offer our worship?

Worthy to Worship the One Who is Worthy Psalm 24:1-10 Introduction Psalm 24 is titled like many of the Psalms, “a Psalm of David. It was written about three thousand years ago, but its message beckons to us today as well. It is part of consider the third of a set of psalms (22,23,24) which ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 24:1-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God Is All We Need

Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 3, 2014

A heart-driven focus on God is able to get us through all kinds of life issues.

1. [Attitude is important! As his parents watched from the patio, a little boy played baseball by himself in the back yard. Of course this amounted to tossing a ball into the air and attempting to hit it with his bat. As he did so he proclaimed to no one in particular, "I'm the greatest hitter in ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

All Means All

Contributed by Beth Garrod-Logsdon on May 23, 2019

This sermon on breaking down draws its primary illustration from Dr. Seuss's story "The Sneetches". This story was read to the children and congregation during the Children's Sermon immediately prior to the sermon.

All Means All Acts 11:1-18 Tribalism is defined as the state or fact of being organized in a tribe or tribes and the resulting behaviors and attitudes that stem from loyalty to this tribe. On the surface, that doesn’t sound too bad. Human beings naturally migrate into groups of like-minded ...read more

Scripture: Acts 11:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Comfort My People

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Jul 1, 2019

The weeks running up to Christmas can be really stressful. Remember that God comes to comfort his people.

This is the second Sunday now in the church season of Advent, as we celebrate the coming of our Lord, Jesus Christ. The word “Advent” means that someone is coming, or arriving. There are many ideas of what will happen when Jesus comes. I suppose most kids in America identify the coming of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11