Sermons on Purpose Of Giving:

The Limitations Of Love

Contributed by Danny Anderson on Oct 27, 2006

The reality of our lives in Christ is this: we have been set free! We have been set free from our old way of life. We have been set free from the power of sin. We are no longer in bondage to it. And we have been set free to enjoy life and to enjoy it more

The Limitations of Love Text: I Corinthians 8:1-13 Introduction: The reality of our lives in Christ is this: we have been set free! We have been set free from our old way of life. We have been set free from the power of sin. We are no longer in bondage to it. And we have been set free to enjoy life ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Is The Way To God Series

Contributed by Danny Anderson on Oct 28, 2006

Jesus is the only way. He is the only way to a better life both here and in the life to come. Jesus is the only way. He is the only way to find forgiveness for our sins and sinful past.

Jesus - The Way To God TEXT: John 14:1-7 INTRODUCTION: Jesus is the only way. He is the only way to a better life both here and in the life to come. Jesus is the only way. He is the only way to find forgiveness for our sins and sinful past. By His death on the cross, Jesus made the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

The Best Is Yet To Come

Contributed by Frederic Whittier on Oct 31, 2006

This sermon looks at Jesus’ first miracle to show us that better things lie ahead of those who believe in Jesus.

The Best Is Yet To Come John 2:1-11 Life can throw some interesting curve balls our way, can’t it? I truly believe there is not one person here who has never had a “Oh my land, I just want to die!” moment. They can come at us at any time, even when we least expect it. This past Monday, ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11

Denomination: Nazarene

Our Grief Is Not Without Hope!

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Nov 1, 2006

A Funeral Sermon for a Christian (Sudden Death)

This sermon is NOT an original, as I have borrowed from an outline I discovered in my studies...This was an actual funeral sermon but I have removed the name... Date Written: November 1, 2006 Date Preached: November 2, 2006 Sermon Details: Sermon Series: Funeral Service for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Sin God Won't Forgive Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Nov 2, 2006

All sins but one can be forgiven but not all are consistently resisted. Thankfully, the ’unpardonable sin’ is easily avoided. Link included to formatted text and PowerPoint Presentation.

The Sin God Won’t Forgive Matthew 12:22-32 Thank you for all the Pastor appreciation you showed in October, and all year round. When one of our deacons came to the front after the closing prayer last Sun. PM I didn’t know if it was good news or bad news! Good news/bad news for a preacher: Good ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:22-32

Denomination: Baptist

Building Blocks For Kingdom Living -Part 1. Series

Contributed by Deborah Prihoda on Nov 6, 2006

The Beatitudes become the building blocks for successful Kingdom living as believers.

NOTE: Study materials used for this message were taken from the following: Michael King’s sermon "Assurance of Salvation", "The Message of the Sermon on the Mount" Stott; "The Complete Biblical Study Library" Matthew. Since Michael’s message only named the first 3, the remainder I tried to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Reality Of Hell

Contributed by Scott Epperson on Nov 11, 2006

Sermon deals with the realities of hell.

Reality of Hell Text: Luke 16:19-31 Reading this verse of scripture and this story from eternity I would like tonight and feel very strongly too tell you of the Realities of Hell. Although the preaching of Hell is not a popular message and is very seldom preached among the church world, it ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

By The Mercies Of God

Contributed by Lee Henry on Nov 15, 2006

This sermon expolores what Paul is talking about in Rom. 12:1-2 when he mentions the mercies of God as a motivator for Christian service.

By The Mercies of God. Rom. 12:1-2 There is an old story (various sources, original source unknown) of a mother who approached Napoleon Bonaparte concerning her son. It seems that her son had committed some serious infraction and Napoleon had determined that he was to be executed. The son’s ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When Loss Comes Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Sep 27, 2010

When loss comes we do many things, some bad, some ok, but there is really only one 'best' thing for us to do... TURN TO JESUS!

Sermon Title: When Loss Comes To Our Lives Sermon Text: John 11:17-44 [ESV] Sermon Series: Recognizing and Responding to God’s Word The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. was dedicated in 1982. During the first 15 years, 54,000 items were left at the Wall. Today it still takes ...read more

Scripture: John 11:17-44

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Saved?

Contributed by Richard Futrell on Oct 7, 2010

In the Pharisees' hammering out of the truth, they missed Jesus' point. The real question wasn’t, “How many are going to be saved?” The real question was, “Are you going to be saved?”

Intro Swollen and bloated with pride, convinced their conclusions were correct, the Jewish rabbis hunkered down to refute the other side. So who was the other side? They were other Jewish rabbis. Some of them were saying that everyone who was Jewish would be saved. Others were saying that only ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:22-30

Denomination: Lutheran

The Failure Of The Resurrection! Series

Contributed by David Smith on Oct 10, 2010

There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the

I don't know how many of you were at this year's annual 'Smith Lecture', but it was a good night - highly stimulating and intellectually challenging - and afterwards Ange and I got into a discussion over dinner where she made the comment that the older she got the more impressed she was at how ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Introduction Continued - The Spirit’s Energizing Of The Existence. Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Oct 12, 2010

The real source of energy behind the universe.

Intro: 1. The scientists were all excited about what is called "dark energy" but lately articles have brought the idea into doubt. One such article notes: "It was only a few years ago that astronomers shook up current models of the Universe with the theory of dark energy; which says ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:2

Denomination: Baptist

How Grace Shapes Character Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Nov 16, 2010

God trains his people in godliness through the grace of the gospel of Jesus.

Scripture Introduction As a parent, I know that when one of my dear children asks why they should do what I tell them to, it is rarely helpful for me to answer, “Because I said so, that’s why!” I did say so, and God commands children to obey their dad, but that answer usually comes out of my ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Multi-Tasking God's Way

Contributed by Jeremy Lane on May 15, 2010

People are multi-tasking more today than ever before--often with detrimental consequences. We must ask, are we focusing on the right tasks?

MULTI-TASKING GOD’S WAY Intro I was at a conference a couple of weekends ago and I heard some pretty interesting statistics. The speaker was discussing the technology age, the age of media, and how it is affecting our lives. He began to talk about multi-tasking (doing more than one thing, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:20-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Four Judgments

Contributed by Thomas Donelan on May 18, 2010

When men make judgments, there may be errors, but when God judges, His judgments are holy, just, and true and we need to be aware of the areas God will judge us and make our adjustments according to His will.

INTRODUCTION God is a just God, God is a Holy God and as such God has to judge us, when He does, it will be a righteous judgment. It will not be imperfect or biased as can happen when we face judgments of men. I was stopped with my left turn signal on and some crazy person passed me while I was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:31-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational