Sermons on Playing God:

Part 3 - How God Gets Us There Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Aug 31, 2007

How does God get us to the abundant life? He takes us through a process in which we play a vital part.

Advance to the Abundant Life Part 3 - How God Gets Us There John 15:1-14 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - Aug. 19, 2007 *It’s back to school time! One of my favorite back-to-school stories came from Pennsylvania mother, Susan Moser. A few weeks into the new school year, Susan ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Inspiration: Seeing Life Through God’s Eyes Series

Contributed by Jack Perkins, D.min., Ladc, Csac, Cclc on Nov 25, 2020

The Star and Stars of Christmas is a series of messages for Advent. Using the idea of a play on a stage. Each message will look at different characters in the Christmas story. The introduction takes a critical look at how many in our society are portrayed as celebrities—bigger than life.

Cut! Cut! This story is missing something! The script is not going the way it was written. First, it was written with a God-given ability for all players in the script to always love the Lord, follow his precepts for godly living. Let’s review, the original script looked like this: • At first, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-18, Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Is God Responsible For Human Evil? Series

Contributed by Ian Du Pisanie on Mar 21, 2012

If God ordains whatsoever shall come to pass, does that mean that He is also the author of evil and sin? We have a look at human evil and the role it plays in Gods eternal plan for us.

Psalm 135 Is God responsible for human evil Over the last few weeks we have been looking at providence and what that means to us today. We saw in the first lesson that providence means that God sees everything, past, present and future, and He sees what causal effect every single action or ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 135:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

God's Beautiful Symphony Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Aug 19, 2012

Like instruments in an orchestra playing the same piece of music, so should all the members of the church and when the church is out of tune, it can get ugly. Four ways Jesus tells us we can tune up our lives.

INTRODUCTION I really enjoy listening to a great symphony orchestra performing classical music. One of my favorite composers is Johann Sebastian Bach. His most famous composition was “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.” Here’s a little bit of trivia about Bach that you might not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-20

Denomination: Baptist

Scouting The Land (Numbers 13)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 15, 2024

How much does attitude play into faith? Let's look at Numbers 13.

Do we approach life with negative or positive attitudes? Does this have anything to do with faith? As we look forward to a better promised land, what is our attitude? Let’s look at Numbers 13. What did the Lord want Moses to do in preparation for entering the promised land? The Lord spoke to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Flowing From The Throne Of God

Contributed by Bruce Lee on May 28, 2025

In the movie “Bridge of Spies” directed by Steven Spielburg, actor Tom Hanks plays a New York lawyer James Donovan is asked to defend Rudolf Abel of being a spy during the cold war with Russia.

Flowing From the Throne of God “Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:1-2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The God Game

Contributed by Leslie Trombly on Jul 13, 2001

God versus Cloning....God Wins!

I recently read in Newsweek Magazine’s Special Double Edition Magazine an article that caused me to write the Lesson for today. The article wastitled "The God Game No More". Now after reading this, I was righteously angered. I thought,"Ya! You think so? How dare you say such a thing!" I then heard ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-28, Revelation 13:14-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Gaming Can Be Deadly

Contributed by Ron Hicks on May 1, 2007

Count the lives that were lost while Samson played his games. The last game that he played with Delilah killed him. Don’t play around with the power and gifts that God gives you.

GAMING CAN BE DEADLY Children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. The Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines. The Lord appeared to Manoah and his wife and announced that they would have a son. Judges 13:24 24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Salt & Light

Contributed by David Ward on Sep 12, 2019

Big Idea: We have a part to play, and the power to play it.

INTRODUCTION: In an episode from the classic TV series from the 1960's, "The Andy Griffith Show," Andy Taylor, the sheriff of Mayberry, is out of town. His deputy, Barney Fife, is in charge, and he has deputized the local mechanic, Gomer Pyle. The two deputies are walking down the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

Walking Thru A Thunderstorm

Contributed by Jeff Putman on Jul 22, 2004

What a Great Big God we serve. A sermon that plays off 2 themes.Jesus walking thru a thunderstorm, and the history behind "How Great Thou Art"

WALKING THRU A THUNDERSTORM Text: Mark 6 : 45-52 Intro: Carl Boberg - penned the hymn- How great thou art , after walking thru a thunderstorm and marveling at the glorious God we serve. I. GOD IS ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:45-52

Denomination: Baptist

God's Two-Part Plan (Zephaniah 2:1-15) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Mar 19, 2022

God will destroy the wicked, and give the world to the humble. The question is, what role will you play in this?

Today, we'll work through Zephaniah 2. This chapter is a "little" difficult. So what I want to do is give you a framework to help you understand what you are reading/hearing. And I'll just say, up front, that there are things in here that are confusing. No one really ...read more

Scripture: Zephaniah 2:1-15

Rsvp --- Re` Pondez S'll Vo*us Plai`t

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 14, 2005

RSVP -- RE` PONDEZ S’LL VO*US PLAI`T is the request for a responce to a invitation. How will you respond to the invitations of Jesus?

RSVP --- RE` PONDEZ S’LL VO*US PLAI`T By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I did this lesson in two parts, I did points 1 through 3 on Sunday morning and then reviewed, and did points 4 through 7 in the night service. It is possible to do this lesson in one part, but you must move ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:3-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Running From A Lion... Into A Bear... Bitten By A Snake"

Contributed by Bishop William Bryant Wilmore, Jr. on Aug 20, 2003

A Warning from God to anyone who is "Playing Church."

Consider the text God’s warning to anyone who’s ‘playing Church!’ I ought to just finish right there with that one statement, for the text says it all. Amos, here, is dealing with those who like to try to fool people by acting holy. One thing about it brothers and sisters... you can fool man, ...read more

Scripture: Amos 5:18-19

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Committed To Following Christ

Contributed by Steve Pilon on Apr 27, 2001

Playing with sin will eventually move you out of the will of God.

Title: Are you committed to following Christ? Have you ever looked at another individual and thought to yourself: ‘that person is going to do great things?’ Why did you think that about them? More than likely it was because you looked at and considered all of the advantages that they had. You ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 10:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Superabundance Of Grace

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Feb 22, 2020

God has more than leveled the playing field.

The Superabundance of Grace Romans 5:12-19 We are now come to the first Sunday of Lent which is a Christian season of reflection. It is a time of introspection in which we examine our hearts in light of Scripture. It is a time we remember who God is, who Jesus is, and what Jesus did for us. So it ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-19

Denomination: Independent/Bible