Sermons on Pyramids:

A Gifted People Series

Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Sep 3, 2006

Are you using your gifts?

A Gifted People Sermon #2 of LifeSong Series Link for Video http://www.forministry.com/USTNUMETCVFUMC/Sermon.dsp?sermonsite_action=view_sermon&sermonsite_sermonid=13398 1CO 12:12 The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-25

Denomination: United Methodist

Stand Still And See

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 12, 2008

We will not have to fight our own battles if God is in control of our life.

Text: “You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you” (2 Chronicles 20:17). If you stop and think for a moment, you and I have faced many enemies in our life time. As a child there were other children who thought they ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 14:5-14

Denomination: Christian Church

Sometimes I Feel Inadequate Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Oct 9, 2007

1 of 5 messages on things I struggle with as a Pastor. This message is on the sense of inadequacy to the task of the ministry - feelings that all Christians have at times in their walk with God.

October 7, 2007 – Confessions of a Pastor Sometimes I feel Inadequate Ministry has changed a lot in 35 years Typewriters, IBM Selectrics, and bulletins printed on a Rex-Rotary mimeograph – think big metal rotating drum with lot’s of tiny holes filled with black sticky ink that you carefully ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

T-E-A-M

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Oct 31, 2007

We are the body of Christ and members of one another. It takes all of us to make a team for the well-being of the church.

T – E – A – M Romans 12:3-8 October 28, 2007 We come today to the third in the series of stewardship messages as we move along toward our Consecration Sunday celebration. Two weeks ago, we talked about our commitment. If you remember, I said that God has made a commitment to us so perhaps it is ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Denomination: Methodist

The Power In The Name Of Jesus Series

Contributed by Stephen Schwambach on Jun 18, 2007

Just what amazing power IS there in this Name that is above every name?

THE POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS August Series: “Past, Present and Future” BTCC • August 22, 2004 Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard somebody get really mad and yell: • “Buddha!” • “Mohammed!” • “Hare Krishna!” • “Ron Hubbard!” • “Shirley McClain!” • “George Bush!” • “John ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:9-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Get Rid Of The Leaven

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 22, 2007

A strong call to holiness is our walk and worship as we move through this world.

GET RID OF THE LEAVEN TEXT: Exodus 12:15-20; l Corinthians 5:7-8 Exodus 12:15 20 -- “Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:15-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

Steps To An Overflowing Life

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jul 13, 2008

Jesus calls us to come and drink deeply of the springs of eternal life. The work of the Holy Spirit is to fill us and overflow with the fruit of the Spirit.

Steps to An Overflowing Life Steps to an Overflowing Life John 7:37-39 Have you ever been so thirsty that all you could think about was getting a cool drink of water? I can remember times when I was driving a combine cutting and thrashing wheat when I became extremely thirsty. Cutting wheat in ...read more

Scripture: John 7:37-39

Denomination: Free Methodist

Running From God: It's Not About The Fish Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 15, 2007

God places each of us in our Nineveh: work, school, where we live and like Jonah we cannot see the big picture so we ignore our calling and sail away from our Ninevah - and then the storms.

As you know, years ago when I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, I had a business on the side cleaning Aquariums. I did ok, I was a young man struggling along with my business and one day I was at my aquarium wholesaler and I ran into a man who was in the same business, except he knew what he was ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Narnia: Playing With Fire

Contributed by Raymond Blacketer on Nov 24, 2005

A Sermon on the holiness of God amidst a people of stiff necks who tend toward idolatry and seek to domesticate God.

INTRODUCTION: Not to be Bargained With One of the volumes of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia is the creation story of the world of Narnia, where animals talk; a land ruled by the Christ-like Lion Aslan. In this book, called The Magician’s Nephew, a little boy named Digory, whose mother is dying, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 32:1-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Delivered From Among The Bricks

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 6, 2009

Labor Day sermon, Calverton Baptist Church: God is able to deliver us from work we do not like and which is focused only on the bottom line. Work faithfully but do not let work consume you. Believe that God is at work even in financially difficult times

We have a love-hate relationship with our jobs. If we do not have jobs, we are anxious, because no job means no income, and no income means trouble, so we want to work. But when we get those jobs, we begin a love-hate relationship. We say that we love our work, but then we want to take as ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Priority Of Faith Series

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Aug 11, 2009

Faith is a reasonable and necessary priority for us before we kick the bucket.

For those of you who weren’t able to make it last week because of the lovely weather we had, we began a series called, "Your Bucket List." Which I borrowed from a movie which came out about a year ago called The Bucket List. In the movie two very different men, one a wealthy business man, the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:16-25

Denomination: Methodist

Children And Jesus

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010

Children and Jesus (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Matthew chapter 19 verses 13-16: Quote: The Message: “One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: "Let the children alone, don't prevent them from coming to me. God's ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:13-16

Denomination: Brethren

A New Beginning (5) Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Oct 22, 2014

The last in a series exploring the early chapters of Genesis, this three-point expository sermon reveals the motive, the materials, and the mess made at the Tower of Babel.

A New Beginning (Part 4) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 5/4/14 One of my favorite lines from The Wizard of Oz comes after the Scarecrow tells Dorothy, “I haven’t got a brain… just straw.” Dorothy replies, “How can you talk if you haven't got a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9

Denomination: Christian Church

A Formula For Evangelism

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jun 17, 2013

Help in learning how to talk to others about Christ.

First Baptist Church A Formula for Evangelism Matthew 28:18-20 April 8, 2001 Have you ever been given a difficult job to do, but were not told how to do it? You were left to figure it out on your own. It is an overwhelming feeling. Before coming to Ashland, I worked in 2 churches and 2 ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Baptist

What Did Abraham Believe? Series

Contributed by Ron Tuit on Sep 20, 2016

Abraham received righteousness on account of what he believed; What was is that Abraham believed? Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac is a picture of what Christians believe the Gospel.

Genesis: What Did Abraham Believe? Genesis 22:1-19 We are going to take some time to look at scarlet threads of the Gospel message which are woven throughout the Old Testament. The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings, In the beginning, God created the earth and all that is in the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-19

Denomination: Baptist