Sermons on Pulpit Committee:

Marriage Is Working To Keep A Vow!

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 17, 2002

This sermon deals with the importance of our vows that we make in marriage.

Marriage Is Working To Keep A Vow GNLCC 6/30/2003 Proverbs 5:15-19 Ephesians 5:21-33 One day two little kids were playing outside with sticks. They pretended they were great pirates with long pointed swords. All was going well until Billy got a little too close and accidentally ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 5:15-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"Is That You God?"

Contributed by Dwight Davis on Oct 4, 2002

Distinguishing the voice of God from the endless ’static’ of the world around us can often be difficult. This sermon seeks to help us "clean up the static."

“Speak Lord, for Your Servant is Listening” I was driving towards the coast for a job I had to do and on the way, I saw two billboards inparticular that caught my attention. To this day, I don’t know what group or organization sponsored them but they both implied a major sponsor to say the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-20, 1 Corinthians 2:10-16

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

A Discourse On Dying Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002

Let’s examine the events that surround King Saul’s death and use them to engage in a Biblical discourse on dying.

A DISCOURSE ON DYING 1 SAMUEL 31 INTRODUCTION: I enjoy reading interesting and humorous tombstones. A tombstone in England reads: "Remember friend, as passing by, as you are now so once was I. As I am now, so you will be, prepare for death to follow me." And someone scribbled in chalk below ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 31:1-13

Denomination: Christian Church

"You're Not Going To Believe This!"

Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 12, 2002

God responds to Habakkuk amazement at God’s lack of action by letting Habakkuk know that He is more involved than the prophet will ever believe.

“You’re Not Going To Believe This!” Habakkuk 1:5-11 In A.D. 988 Prince Vladimir made Christianity the state religion of Russia. Throughout the last 1000 years the Russian church has had a rich history of great men and women of faith, wonderfully ornate and reverential cathedrals, and influence ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 1:5-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do We Truly Love God

Contributed by Rev. K. Michael Bryant on Dec 13, 2002

We go through the motions of speaking as if we are full-grown Christians...but do we truly love our God? Here is one of the pillars of loving God and analyzing if you truly do love God.

Let us pray: Father, coming as humbly as we know how…I have heard your voice speaking to me and Lord I ask that you grant me utterance now to speak your word. Create in your children clean hearts that they may have planted in their soil…seeds this day…that will grow high and bear great fruits. I ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:29-31

Denomination: Baptist

Ants In The Sleeping Bag Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 27, 2001

Retells the story of the Samaritan Woman with a stress on the advantages of God’s truth vs. Man’s

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve discussed the conflict between the world and God regarding truth. The world accepts truth only with the idea of its being flexible and subject to opinion or one’s point of view. The world adamantly rejects the very idea of "absolute truth" and ends up in moral ...read more

Scripture: John 4:4-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Story Of Jonah - A Tragic Hero With A Fatal Flaw Series

Contributed by Joey Nelson on Aug 6, 2001

The story of Jonah is a satiric masterpiece. The book of Jonah is unique in that it humorously recounts the adventures of a prophet who struggled against his divine commission. This really is a handbook on how not to be a prophet.

INTRODUCTION Opening Statement: In his book, True Heroism in a World of Celebrity Counterfeits, Dick Keyes writes that a celebrity is "one who is famous and well publicized," well known "apart from how they became known. Celebrity itself is indifferent to moral character," he adds. One can be ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:3

Well-Intentioned Dragons Series

Contributed by Peter Baumgartle on Aug 9, 2001

Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? Job 38:2

The Book of Job Can you pull in the leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope? His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from his mouth. Job 41:1, 21 INTRODUCTION Does anyone here believe in dragons? I do. I see them all the time. They leave a wake of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:29

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"How Freemen React To Authority" Series

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 15, 2006

Sermon 8 in a study in 1 & 2 Peter

“Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. 12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-20

Denomination: Orthodox

All Or Nothing

Contributed by Mark Price on Jul 31, 2006

Man has tried to discount the cost of being a true follower of Jesus Christ. Being a disciple costs something of us - we must be willing to sell all to follow Him.

Introduction Since the very beginning of time, man has responded to the Lord in many ways. In the Garden, Adam and Eve tried to redefine what our responsibility to a Holy God looks like. Then came men like: Cain, Jonah, Saul, Judas and others who continued this attitude of mediocrity and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-22

Denomination: *other

Fire Upon The Earth

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Aug 5, 2006

NOTE: THIS IS NOT MY SERMON I DON’T EXPECT IT TO BE APPROVED (Just maintaining my calendar). It was written by Karl Barth - but its definately worth reading (and I’ve got a decent responsive reading to go with it...) MP: Fire produces coals and a

Title: Fire Upon the Earth “I am come to kindle fire upon the earth and what would I desire more than that it should already burn!” (Luke 12:49). What shall I say about the fire which Jesus came to kindle? Above all, that this fire does not yet burn upon the earth, as little today as then when he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:49-50

Denomination: Baptist

911 Aftershocks

Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Sep 13, 2006

We were shocked by the events of 9/11! We are shocked by storms. God is shocked by our fear and lack of faith!

I. We are Shocked by Storms A. Jesus first addresses would be followers 1. Some only follow for conveniences,19, 20 2. Some only follow when it is convenient, 21 B. Jesus addresses His willing followers, 23 II. We are Shocked When He Sleeps, 24, 25; Mark 4:38 III. We ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:18-27

Denomination: Baptist

"Declaring Christ In The Dark"

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jan 23, 2006

Jesus doesn’t send us to the comfortable places only, to declare Him. Sometimes we need to be in the dark places.

27 Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 They told Him, saying, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.” 29 And He continued by ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-29

Denomination: Orthodox

What It Is

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 27, 2006

This message looks at the Mission Statement of Christianity.

It was almost as if it had never happened. Almost as if it had been a dream, a bad dream, but just a dream. Everything was exactly the way it had been before. Jesus spoke about the kingdom, they walked everywhere they went and did lunch together. It was hard to believe that a month before they ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20

Denomination: Wesleyan

God's Amen That Changed The World

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Apr 24, 2006

The resurrection was God’s joyous and triumphant "AMEN!" to Jesus’ words on the cross, "it is finished."

The Amen That Changed the World TCF Easter Sunday Sermon April 16, 2006 Lest I disappoint those of you anticipating the sermon I would preach this Sunday from 1 Peter chapter 6, as Jim Garrett told you last week, I invite you first to turn there with me. Wait! Let this be a lesson to you about ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:19-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational