Sermons on Plucked Out Your Eyes:

I Am The Vine, You Are The Branches

Contributed by Craig Condon on Feb 12, 2015

We can only be grafted to Christ by cutting our attachment to our way of life and its creature comforts just like a gardener prunes bushes to make then grow better. The useless branches have to be removed in order to save and strengthen the stronger ones.

A newspaper reporter went to interview a successful small business owner. “How did you do it?” he asked. “How did you make all this money?” “I’m glad you asked,” the businessman said. “It’s a great story. When my wife and I married, we started ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8

Denomination: Anglican

Mark 6:14-28 "A Tortured Soul" Series

Contributed by Benjamin Hill on Feb 23, 2015

Verse by verse sermons through the Gospel of Mark

Mark 6:14-28 "A Tortured Soul" • A tragic story of sinful excess-vain boasting, evil intentions, deep convictions and faithful martyrdom... (read text) • This "interlude" in the narrative of Jesus' ministry, I believe, gives a clear example of the relevance of Jesus Christ! You may ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:14-29

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Birth Of Jesus Christ Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jun 10, 2017

Jesus was born at the time that God had set before the world was created. Many things had to come together in anticipation of this great event. In Ephesians 4:4, it says of this time, “But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a wo....

Harmony of the Gospels -5-4 BC- Bethlehem (7) Birth of Jesus Christ (Isaiah 7:14) Matthew 1:24-25, Luke 2:1-7 Jesus was born at the time that God had set before the world was created. Many things had to come together in anticipation of this great event. In Ephesians 4:4, it says of this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:24-25, Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

"The Birth Of Church"

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on May 14, 2018

Pentecost sermon sharing what is church? Church is the gathered, the fire and wind of God, the heavenly Language, the witness, the ordinary, and the United.

“The Birth of Church” Acts 2:1-21 1. Today is Pentecost the birthday of the church • It is The birth of something special • It is the birth of the Holy Spirit It came into being on Pentecost and was given birth by the Holy Spirit, the One who intercedes on our behalf with utterances unknown to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Methodist

Eucharistic Fix- Part 1 Series

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 27, 2018

The Eucharist is a cause of holiness in us when worthily received because it helps prevent the relapse of sin by the strength of this soul food.

19B I read an article from a university in Santa Barbara, California, about Catholic Mass and its healing implications for the addicted person whereby the social network and group norms that prescribe patterns of perceiving, thinking, feeling, and behaving that promoted drug use are now replaced ...read more

Scripture: John 6:41-51

Denomination: Catholic

God's Open Doors

Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 4, 2018

God's Open Doors There are many kinds of doors spoken of in the Bible and there is a spiritual picture found at each door. Some doors we are to walk through and some doors that are open to us can lead to problems.

God's Open Doors There are many kinds of doors spoken of in the Bible and there is a spiritual picture found at each door. Some doors we are to walk through and some doors that are open to us can lead to problems. Not every door open before us is of the Lord. This is why it is so important that we ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-10, Psalm 141:3, Ezekiel 8:8

Foreigners

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Nov 5, 2018

God actions graciously in the life of a foreigner, Naaman, and heals him.

2 Kings 5:1-15a “Foreigners” INTRODUCTION When meeting new people, it doesn’t take too long before we know what work they are (or were) involved in and what they have accomplished. If their golf handicap is below fifteen, we probably know that, too. It’s the way of the world. We are judged ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-15

Denomination: Lutheran

Paul Says, Hang In There

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Feb 14, 2018

Staying Faithful to the Gospel - Sharing the Light of the Gospel

Mid-week Message/Devotion February 14, 2018 Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6 Paul says – Hang In There Wishing All A Very Happy Valentine’s Day Sunday, we experienced the Glory of the Transfiguration and it left us with such a powerful and uplifting understanding of not only the Glory of the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Answer To Agnosticism

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 11, 2017

Paul's proclamation of 'Jesus and the resurrection'.

AN ANSWER TO AGNOSTICISM. Acts 17:22-31. While Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy to catch up with him in Athens, he might have been excused if he took some leisure to do a little sightseeing. However, seeing a city full of idols provoked Paul into a painful state of agitation: quite ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Who Can Join Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 17, 2017

The council at Jerusalem concludes that grace and faith come to both Jews and Gentiles.

INTRODUCTION They are called “Watershed Events.” They may seem insignificant at the time, but they change our lives or even the course of human history. Today’s story of the First Church Council of Jerusalem is such an event. The decision to allow Gentiles into the new, growing Christian community ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:1-18

Denomination: Lutheran

The Warrior’s Song

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 6, 2015

THE WARRIOR’S SONG

Psalms 124 THE WARRIOR’S SONG 1. THE DELIGHT EXPRESSED - 1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say A. Words of Exultation – shouted fragment 1. The Person of the Support 1 If it had not been the LORD 2. The Period of the Support 2 when men rose ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 124:1-8

Denomination: Holiness

A New Covenant

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 21, 2018

No longer is God's law written upon tables of stone, but upon human hearts.

A NEW COVENANT. Jeremiah 31:31-34. 1. “Behold the Days are Coming” This is a recurring motif in Jeremiah. There is a certainty about it, because it is a declaration of the LORD. It occurs in Jeremiah 23:5 - ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘That I will raise to David a Branch ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Went On His Way

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jan 30, 2013

Sermon for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany, Year C, 2013

Luke 4: 21 – 30 / He Went On His Way Intro: An older lady sat in a worship service in a quaint southern town. The pastor was preaching against all kinds of sins from gambling to murder and everything in between. The Pastor started on the sin of gossiping and the old lady sat bolt-upright ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:21-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Celebration Of Spiritual Maturity

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 27, 2013

Increasing faith, growing love, patient endurance, fulfilling God's good pleasure...

A CELEBRATION OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY. 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12. INTRODUCTION 1. Pauline Authorship (2 Thessalonians 1:1). 2. In/ from/ according to “God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:12). 3. Greeting: “Grace and peace” (2 ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Behold, I Am Doing A New Thing

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 20, 2013

Remember not the former things...

BEHOLD, I AM DOING A NEW THING! Isaiah 43:18-25. The first point of application for the prophecies of Isaiah 1-35 is the contemporary Assyrian threat, which is finally resolved in the narrative of Isaiah 36-37. After King Hezekiah’s sickness in Isaiah 38 - and the miraculous turning back of the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational