Sermons about Rational Thinkers

Why Am I Here?

Contributed by Jim Kane on Aug 31, 2004

based on 18 ratings

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Questions about our life purpose are asked and answered.

I begin this morning with a question, “Are you a why, a what or a how person?” What people ask: What do I need to do next? What do I need to do to get this job done? What do I need to do to get to this person to notice me? What can I do to get more people to church? What can I say to so and so to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:12-34

Denomination: Church Of God

Obstacles To Individual And Church Growth - Part 2 Series

Contributed by Jerry Flury on May 28, 2004

based on 49 ratings

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Pacifism and Passivism can be serious stumbling blocks to our progress as members of the Body of Christ. If we are to grow both need to be eliminated from of our lives and our church.

OBSTACLES TO INDIVIDUAL AND CHURCH GROWTH PART 2 1 PETER 2:9-15 INTRODUCTION: Last week we considered three obstacles that hinder Christian growth. Today I want to examine another pair of obstacles that impede individual and corporate growth and spiritual development – Pacifism and Passivism. Both ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

Shock And Awe (Focusing On Christ Death On The Cross) Series

Contributed by Dan Borchert on Apr 2, 2003

based on 47 ratings

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The Bible has a different version of Shock and Awe, it came on the Cross. This sermon looks at the passage in Mathew concerning Christ Death

Focusing on Jesus Dieing on the Cross Mathew 27:45-54 Introduction A. For the last couple of weeks we have been hearing about this Shock and Awe strategy. B. The Idea is simple. You hit the enemy with your best shot C. You let him have everything D. By doing this you make him afraid, and hope for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:45-54

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

How To Pick Your Friends To Influence People Series

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Apr 10, 2003

based on 34 ratings

| 5,857 views

IF WE ARE TO FULFILL GOD¡¦S PLAN FOR OUR LIVES WE MUST GIVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO HOW WE PICK OUR FRIENDS

How to Pick your Friends to Influence People Mark 3:13-19 INTRODUCTION Earl C. Willer tells the story of two men who grew up best friends: Though Jim was just a little older than Phillip and often assumed the role of leader, they did everything together. They even went to high school and college ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:13-19

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

How Far Is Too Far?

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Jun 13, 2003

based on 24 ratings

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Can someone go so far that God can’t redeem them? What can we learn from King Manasseh?

How far is too far? How much sinning is too much sinning? How bad is too bad for someone to be and to lose hope of a future with God? How late is too late to come to oneself and reconcile with God? How simply disgusting and awful is it possible to be and turn to God? Christians are sensitive to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:8-12, 2 Chronicles 33:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Go Home And Tell

Contributed by Robert Baldwin on Aug 3, 2004

based on 21 ratings

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A look at the person that we’ve come to know as Legion because he was possessed by so many demons

Go Home And Tell Thy Friends Mark 5:19, Mark 5:1-20 “Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.” Intro. Homecoming, here was a man told to go home to his friends and to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Open The Eyes Of My Heart, Lord Series

Contributed by Guy Caley on Mar 9, 2003

based on 49 ratings

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8th in the series "Coversations With Jesus." Jesus gives sight to one blind man, but the spiritually blind Pharisees fail to perceive the Light of the World.

Introduction: Clip from DVD "AT First Sight" where bandages are taken off of Virgil’s eyes. Medical experts have found that Virgil’s experience is typical of those who have either never had sight or who lost it at an early age. Even if a medical miracle is somehow able to restore the physical ...read more

Scripture: John 9:24-41

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Greatness In God's Upside Down Kingdom

Contributed by Don Schultz on Mar 3, 2005

based on 31 ratings

| 5,563 views

What is greatness? The opposite of what we think. We’re so thankful that God is "great" in this way.

Matthew 20:17-28: GREATNESS IN GOD’S UPSIDE-DOWN KINGDOM Once there was the president of a large corporation. He was a powerful man – when he said “jump” people would ask, “How high?” Everyone was below him, and everyone had to answer to him. And this job came with nice benefits – a fancy ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:17-28

Denomination: Lutheran

Much To Be Thankful For

Contributed by David Vanheuvelen on Nov 24, 2007

based on 8 ratings

| 10,088 views

What would happen if we changed from saying, “Poor me” to “Thank you, Lord”? In this sermon I led our congregation to realize that they can Give Thanks for Everything. We can give thanks to the Lord for all things and in all circumstances. I challenged th

Much to Be Thankful For! Ephesians 5:20, 1 Thessalonians 5:18 November 18, 2007 New Hope Community Chapel Goal: Changed Lives. Changing from saying, “Poor me” to “Thank you, Lord.” Main Point: I Can Give Thanks for Everything What is the one thing I want my audience to know? We can give thanks ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:20

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus, The Creator, Is With Us Series

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jun 9, 2005

based on 10 ratings

| 7,337 views

Advent Series

Sermon Preached by Rev. Larry C. Brincefield at Belleview Church of the Nazarene on November 28, 2004 Title: Advent 1: Jesus the Creator With Us. Text: John 1:1-14 Introduction 1. God is sitting in heaven when a scientist prays to Him and says, "God, we don’t need you anymore…. Science has ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Nazarene

Elitist Christianity Series

Contributed by Dean Johnson on Feb 6, 2004

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The early church was planted in the Greek culture, and immediately the culture began to attempt to influence it. Gnostics applied Greek categories of thought to the Christian message,emphasizing higher spiritual knowledge, making it "elitist." But Chris

I John Sermon Series ELITIST CHRISTIANITY Introduction and I John 1:1-4 Pastor Dean Johnson, Lake Pointe Bible Church, 1-11-04 INTRODUCTION What is now called “The Church” was not yet 50 years old when a rather disturbing and even dangerous teaching began to creep in among Christians. The ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

On Solid Ground

Contributed by William D. Brown on Mar 29, 2008

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Jesus concludes his Sermon on the Mount with an invitation for His listeners to make an important choice about three things:

On Solid Ground Jesus concludes his Sermon on the Mount with an invitation for His listeners to make an important choice about three things: 1st—the path they will follow, 2ndly—the teachers they will listen to, and 3rdly—what will they do with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-27

Denomination: Baptist

Where Is God?

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Apr 17, 2009

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I believe at our various levels of Spirituality that we all long for the renewal of God’s divine presence. Yet we are having difficulty because of our doubts and fears.

Dr. Wayne A. Lawson RevWLawson@aol.com Will be delivered at Antioch Institutional Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, OK Sunday, April 19, 2009 TITLE: WHERE IS GOD? SCRIPTURE: PSALMS 42:3 ++++As the Church has entered into this period of Transition, I have heard some ask WHERE IS GOD IN ALL OF ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 42:3

Denomination: Baptist

Christmas Is Worship Series

Contributed by Kerry Bauman on Dec 20, 2005

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Unbelievers and believers look at Christmas in very different ways. This sermon seeks to point out these differences.

Christmas is Worship Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Introduction: Christmas isn’t just for Christians anymore. Nearly half of adult Americans report they personally know someone who doesn’t believe in God but will still celebrate the yuletide this year according to a survey of 1,001 people conducted by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Wrapped In Love

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 22, 2005

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Father and Son worked in partnership to save the world.

It was young love. He wrote her a letter, trying to capture a poetic expression of how much she meant to him. He wrote, “For you, I would cross the hottest, driest desert. I would swim the deepest ocean and brave the wildest storm. I would climb the heights of Everest such is the depth of my love ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Salvation Army

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