Sermons on Pretty:

Full Obedience: Abraham And Isaac On The Mountain Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Apr 16, 2013

Abraham fully obeyed God, even when God's command was difficult to follow.

Me and more than 11.4 million other people, on average, watched the History Channel TV production entitled “The Bible”. And, by the way, that is a lot of viewers – it was #1 in the ratings. It was a series of 10, 1 hour episodes which aired leading up to Easter, and the DVD ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

Cafeteria Christians

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jul 17, 2010

Christians tent to want to pick and choose what Christianity means to them.

Cafeteria Christians I have pretty much had a problem understanding some people… Ok. Perhaps the problem is even larger. There a large groups of people I don’t understand. Women in general, teenage girls more specifically. People that believe that the Government should take ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-5

Denomination: Congregational

Preparation By Repentance

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Dec 13, 2009

A sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Advent preached 12/6/2009 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Audubon, Iowa. It is a revision of a sermon I preached in 2003 on the same text.

Well, here we are, today is the 2nd Sunday in Advent. We’re one week closer to the big day! Christmas! You can tell its closer! Maybe you thought that this morning as you entered the church, and you noticed that the Christmas trees are now up here in the chance,, wreaths are hung outside the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Conquering Mountains

Contributed by Norbert Garcia on Oct 23, 2009

In life we are faced with obstacles on a daily basis. Many times we cannot conquer them on our own. With God’s help mountains will become molehills.

CONQUERING MOUNTAINS Peaks and valleys. Ups and downs. Mountains and molehills. We use different euphemisms to explain how our life progresses such as peaks and valleys or ups and downs. Life is never simple we all have our good days and our bad days. If we were to plot our life on a graph it ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 13:30

Denomination: Adventist

Changing Minds About Jesus

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 27, 2009

Discussion about changing attitudes and perceptions about Jesus so people can see Him for who He really is.

Changing Minds about Jesus Matthew 21:7-11; Mark 15:6-15 April 5, 2009 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT IS FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: One of the most challenging parts of being a pastor is confronting erroneous ideas about Jesus. He’s just a nice spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:7-11

Denomination: Wesleyan

Strategies Of The Enemy: How To Counter & Defeat Satan

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 9, 2021

We know as Christians that we have a friend, his name is Jesus. And we know as Christians that we have an enemy, and his name is Satan.

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Salvation Army

Strategies Of The Enemy: How To Counter & Defeat Satan

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 23, 2021

We know as Christians that we have a friend, his name is Jesus. And we know as Christians that we have an enemy, and his name is Satan.

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Salvation Army

Triple Threat

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 22, 2023

We have exactly the same weapons against temptation that Jesus used against Satan in the wilderness.

How many of you remember your first day at school, or your first day at a new job? You usually get some kind of orientation, don’t you. At that new job, maybe you spent the morning in the human resources signing benefits papers and getting company policies explained to you, maybe you get led ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Thinking To Be Thankful

Contributed by Roddy Chestnut on Oct 18, 2000

Thesis: One must be "thinkful" in order to be thankful.

Thesis: One must be "thinkful" in order to be thankful. Intro.: 1. Of all the holidays we celebrate, I believe Thanksgiving is one that is especially pleasing to God. a. God loves it when his creatures are grateful. b. For one day a year our nation stops to "be thankful." 1) To whom? God! 2) ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

How To Win At Memory Series

Contributed by Gregg Barbour on Aug 23, 2007

Help students live a life of integrity in the first part of this series on Character.

How to Win at MEMORY JAM. 7/13/03. gregg barbour Did you ever play games like Memory or Concentration when you were growing up? I played a version on the Internet just the other day, and it was kinda tough. This is how the game works: You have about 30 cards, 15 sets of pairs that ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:22

Denomination: *other

Living In Thanksgiving: Delight Series

Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Oct 26, 2008

We know we should be more thankful, but how? This message series looks at Psalm 100 and how we can give thanks with our life!

This morning, we are starting a new series of messages about Thanksgiving. The series is titled ‘Living in Thanksgiving’ and its based on the passage of scripture found in Psalm 100. Why a message series on thanksgiving? Well...its really pretty simple: We all could stand to be more thankful. Now ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1

Denomination: Baptist

At The Bottom, Looking Up... Series

Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jun 1, 2008

Help for those of us who sometimes wonder whether God is listening at all...

Do you ever have a days where it seems like nothing could go right? Ever have a bad day? What about a bad week? ...or a bad year? Well - if you haven’t, then this message isn’t for you. But if you, like me, occasionally wonder if things could get any worse... listen to what David says in Psalm ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Spirituality Money Series

Contributed by Mark Edwards on Apr 21, 2006

money is the primary way we judge so many things

"I’ll never be happy. I believe I’ll die alone. I would want it that way. I’ve been a loner all my life with my secrets and my pain. I’m really lost, but I’m trying to find myself. I just want to escape. I’m really embarrassed with myself and my life. I want to be a missionary. I think I could do ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:29

Denomination: Baptist

Naturally Supernatural: Empowered By God's Spirit Series

Contributed by Marty Boller on Oct 17, 2006

#8 in a series. "As communities of the King, we should model what the Kingdom looks like when God has His way with a group of people." John Wimber

If you would like a free MP3 audio file of this teaching, please email us @ tfh777@msn.com and mention the teaching MP3-20061022. In chapter 4 Gary Best discusses…EMPOWERED BY GOD’S SPIRIT. This might be one of the best chapters in his book. POWER FOR A PURPOSE…..but what purpose? Turn to Acts ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:3-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Mystery Of God

Contributed by Sam Peters on Feb 27, 2007

Where is God in the middle of tragedy? This sermon was delivered shortly after the Indonesian Tsunami.

The Mystery of God 1 Cor 13:10-12 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:10-12