Sermons on Prophetic Accuracy:

God Encounters: Isaiah Series

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Jul 10, 2004

This is about Isaiah’s God encounter.

What comes to mind when I say, “In the year 2001”? 2001 was a year that changed the way we look at security. The WTC attack rocked our world. It had been 60 years. OKC was domestic. WTC ’93 failed. We were hit at home. Life is not the same. Threat level codes. Air marshals. Dep. of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Wesleyan

God Encounters: Jeremiah Series

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Jul 17, 2004

This is about Jeremiah’s God encounter.

Too Young the Hero is a movie about 12 year old Calvin Graham who managed to enlist in the Navy during WWII. Read Jeremiah 1:4-10. Jeremiah was young. How young? We don’t know. The word translated “youth, child, boy” could mean an infant to a young man. I. God’s CALL. We typically think of ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10

Denomination: Wesleyan

God Encounters: Ezekiel (Religious Experience Vs. Religious Action) Series

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Jul 24, 2004

This is about Ezekiel’s God encounter. It explores the difference between religious experience and religious action. Religious EXPERIENCE means nothing without ACTION.

Read Ezekiel 1:4-3:15. This is a bizarre vision. Not all God encounters are alike. We see here two things: Religious Experience (ch. 1) and Religious Action (chs. 2 & 3). What is the difference between the two? * Religious Experience is… In chapter 1, we see Ezekiel’s strange religious ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

From Pastor's Wife To Prostitute: And Back Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Aug 16, 2004

Looks at Gomer and how we are like her.

It seemed like a life time ago and when he thought about it it was a different life. She had been so beautiful on their wedding day. She was a radiant young bride and he was an aspiring man of God. They had their entire lives ahead of them and they had such great dreams and hopes for their ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 3:1-5

Denomination: Wesleyan

Consider Your Ways

Contributed by Tony Skaff on Mar 22, 2006

4 messages in a period of 4 months.

1stBBC Consider your ways Hag 1:1-5 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, Thus ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Lord, I Was Just Wondering Series

Contributed by Jerry Hillyer Ii on Mar 31, 2006

How are we like those who question God’s control of the world? How will we respond to suffering and disaster in the world: Whining or Worship?

Sermon Four: The Old Testament Prophets & The World of 2005 Habakkuk 1-3 Lord, I was just Wondering... In his happy book Farewell to God, Charles Templeton, former crony and companion of Billy Graham, details his reasons for rejecting the Christian faith. In one particularly enlightening chapter, ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Imitator

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005

It was customary in Hosea’s day for people to rejoice at harvest time. Israel, however, was commanded not to do so, because she attributed the abundance she experienced to the idols she worshiped, instead of God who sent it (v. l). Because of her spiritua

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: President Calvin Coolidge invited some people from his hometown to dinner at the White House. Since they did not know how to behave at such an occasion, they thought the best policy would be just to do what the President did. The time came for serving coffee. The ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 9:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Encountering God, Experiencing Change

Contributed by Mike Turner on Aug 27, 2005

This sermon deals with what happens when we have an encounter with God !

Encountering God, Experiencing Change Isaiah 6:1-9 Soren Kierkegaard tells a parable of a community of ducks waddling off to duck church to hear the duck preacher. The duck preacher spoke eloquently ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Brokenness

Contributed by Ian Lyall on Sep 28, 2005

Isaiah is broken by his vision of God’s holiness, but is then cleansed and now fit as God’s messenger

In that passage from Isaiah we heard this evening, we are presented with the vision the prophet had in the Temple of God in all his holiness, glory and majesty. That vision concludes in verse 8 with the call of Isaiah: Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Do You Miss The Mountaintop? Series

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Oct 9, 2005

Sermon 2 of 4: Dealing with the discouragement that comes when yesterday outshines today.

Haggai 2:1-9 Do You Miss The Mountaintop? Woodlawn Baptist Church October 9, 2005 Introduction (From Pastor Timothy Peck)Over the last several years motivational posters have been very popular. You know what I mean: those posters with a photograph of a landscape or usually of an athlete with an ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

The Invitation

Contributed by Kevin Litchfield on Oct 11, 2005

A Christmas sermon focusing on God’s invitation

This morning as we approach the Christmas season. Let us choose to remember why we celebrate. Choosing to focus upon the true reason for it all- Jesus Christ. During this time of year are calendars bustle over with Christmas parties, church services, and other responsibilities. At this time we ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:1

Denomination: Baptist

A Holy Encounter

Contributed by Kemuel Travis on Oct 17, 2006

To show that when we truly encounter God, we will always be changed.

-Our revival services start two weeks from today -My prayer is that revival has already started in your heart -And if not, it will start today -We do not need to wait two weeks for God to begin a revival in this church -How can revival begin, you may ask -It begins with a willingness to ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Kind Of Person God Uses Series

Contributed by Tim Richards on Oct 19, 2006

Sermon #1 in a series on the life of Elisha. This sermon challenges us to be the men and women God wants us to be.

Introduction: 1. A wealthy man went on a safari to Africa and took his faithful dog along for company. One day the dog starts chasing butterflies and soon discovers that he’s lost. Before long he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having him for lunch. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:15-21

Denomination: Baptist

Keep Your Eye On The Prize Series

Contributed by Tim Richards on Oct 19, 2006

Sermon 2 in a series on Elisha. This sermon focuses on living out our priorities.

Introduction: 1. In case you haven’t heard it well known former football coach and present day broadcaster, John Madden, is being inducted in the Pro-Football Hall of Fame. I saw part of an interview with him this week. He talked about how as a coach he used to work 18 hour days and travel 6 months ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Things You Don't See

Contributed by Carl Willis on Nov 24, 2006

We all face times when we wonder if God is really present? Just because you don’t see God’s movement doesn’t mean He isn’t already moving in your circumstances.

The Things You Don’t See 2 Kings 6:8-17 2 Kings 6:8-9 (NLT) When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, "We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place." [9] But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, "Do not ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:8-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational