Sermons on Reasons:

Avoiding Betrayal Tendencies

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 3, 2003

Just as Judas betrayed Jesus because of his love for money so many people betray the Lord today for similar greedy reasons. Judas had special abilities to keep accounts of the apostles money as demonstrated by their agreement to allow him to be in charge

Solomon once wrote,"An unfaithful man is like a foot out of joint or a sore tooth." (Proverbs) Many people do not realize how painful it is when they are not faithful to God or to those who count on them. Actually, unfaithfulness, at its worst, is displayed in the life of Judas. Let us look at ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:18-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Characteristics Of A True Friend

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 9, 2003

Perhaps the biggest need that most people have today is for a true friend. Studies show that the single biggest reason why churches grow is that members bring their friends to worship with them. Without friends, life is almost too much to bear. The follow

Characteristics of a True Friend Perhaps the biggest need that most people have today is for a true friend. Studies show that the single biggest reason why churches grow is that members bring their friends to worship with them. Without friends, life is almost too much to bear. Jesus said, "You ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Guilty Of Our Own Undoneness

Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on Sep 8, 2004

Many people have heard the statement that history often repeats itself. Many have also perhaps heard that the reason we study our history, is so that we learn from the past and not make the same mistakes over and over and over.

Sermon Title: Guilty of our own Undoneness Text: Isaiah 1:1-4 Date: July 11, 2003 Context of Scripture: Many people have heard the statement that history often repeats itself. Many have also perhaps heard that the reason we study our history, is so that we learn from the past and not make the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:1-4

Denomination: *other

Sin In The Camp

Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Nov 30, 2004

Sin is the cosmic problem. It is the reason for the existence of the good news. And biblically speaking, without the emergence of sin in Genesis 3, we don’t have Genesis 4 through Revelation 22. The Scriptures tell the story of how God deals with the p

Sin in the Camp Leviticus 4:13-21 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI August 17, 2003 The story of Frankenstein has fascinated generations since its appearing in 1818. It is a many-splendored thing, speaking eloquently on such social ills as child neglect and scientific advancement in the absence of ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 4:13-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Credible Christianity Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Nov 18, 2002

We need to be credible as Christians if we’re to fulfill our reason for being here - to share the gospel with those we meet. We’ll do this by showing the sorts of Characteristics that Jesus describes in the sermon on the mount and by the way we live toget

There’s no doubt that Christianity and the Church are currently experiencing our greatest crisis of credibility since the middle ages. We have people in various parts of the world killing each other on the grounds of their particular version of Christianity. We have the churches split into ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-10

Denomination: Anglican

Why Jesus Healed The Sick

Contributed by William Mouser on Feb 5, 2006

The reason for Jesus’ miracles, is to validate his office, his mission, and his message. Today, miraculous healings are not badges of prophetic office, but are, instead, answers to prayer by those who have access to God through His Son Jesus Chr

One theme that immediately jumps out at us today from the lessons – particularly the Old Testament Lesson from 2 Kings and the Gospel lesson from Mark – is the theme of healing. The Old Testament lesson, of course, might be called the ultimate miracle of healing, when Elisha raises the Shunnemite ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:29-39

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Decoding The Da Vinci Code – Walking With The Master! Series

Contributed by Joey Nelson on May 22, 2006

Christ is Christianity. Philip Yancey writes: "Why am I a Christian? I sometimes ask myself, and to be perfectly honest the reasons reduce to two: 1) the lack of good alternatives, and 2) Jesus. Brilliant, untamed, tender, creative, slippery, irreduci

INTRODUCTION Opening Statement: Christ is Christianity. Philip Yancey writes: "Why am I a Christian? I sometimes ask myself, and to be perfectly honest the reasons reduce to two: 1) the lack of good alternatives, and 2) Jesus. Brilliant, untamed, tender, creative, slippery, irreducible, ...read more

Scripture: John 6:66-69

How To Inform And Motivate People About Starting New Churches

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 13, 2001

Whatever the reasons for the growth of the church we must learn how the Spirit of God may use us more effectively to start new churches in seeing that the kingdom of God grows qualitatively (In spiritual fruits, worship, service, maturity, and fellowship)

Church Planting - How To Inform and Motivate People About Starting New Churches! Text - Acts 1:8, 16:10-40 Statement of Problem - What do we need to know, believe, and practice in order to start a new church? Introduction - Throughout Nigeria new churches are springing up every week. The ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:13-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Deliverance From Trouble

Contributed by Greg Johnson on Dec 20, 2006

God hears your cry and deliverance from your trouble is on the way! The reason that God hears your cry in the midst of affliction is because He has declared you righteous through Jesus Christ and what He did for you at the cross.

Deliverance from Trouble By Greg Johnson December 20, 2006 http://www.LovingGodFellowship.org Psalm 34:17 God does something the moment an individual falls at the foot of the cross. It is instantaneous. The moment we make Jesus our Lord and our Savior, exercising faith in His provided ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"The Day That God Dropped His Jaw!"

Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Jun 14, 2004

If you had followed Jesus around during his earthly walk, each day I am sure that you would have had a reason to marvel over and over again. On this occasion we read that Jesus marveled at the faith of the centurion.

Title: “The day God dropped his jaw!” If you had followed Jesus around during his earthly walk, each day I am sure that you would have had a reason to marvel at his "amazing grace." You would have been awed by his wisdom and the majesty of his miracles. On this occasion we read that Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:1-10, Matthew 8:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

More Than Enough

Contributed by Paul Hammons on Mar 13, 2007

The reason so many Christians are not experiencing abundant life is because they have become satisfied with the idea eternal life or because they are focusing on the things of this world. But there’s so much more. More than we could ever imagine. An abund

More Than Enough; John 10:10 A little girl went to visit her grandmother for the weekend. Her grandmother went to an old fashioned Church that kept the Sabbath by forbidding all work, fun, laughing and playing. The little girl woke up Sunday and started right off playing and laughing, as little ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Radically Challenged

Contributed by Danny Anderson on Oct 27, 2006

A mass exodus is occuring in the established church across America today. Something has to be done before it’s too late. This something will need to be radical. It will have to radically change our outlook as well as our perspective on our reason for bein

Radically Challenged Introduction: A mass exodus is occuring in the established church across America today. Something has to be done before it’s too late. This something will need to be radical. It will have to radically change our outlook as well as our perspective on our reason for being. Church ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Baptist

Why Tragedy Occurs

Contributed by Steve Hereford on Nov 3, 2001

On September 11, 2001 America as we knew it changed. With the attacks of terrorists on New York and Washington, what was only seen on television had now become reality for all American’s. Join Pastor Steve as he examines the reasons for tragedy.

INTRODUCTION On September 11, 2001, America awoke to the shocking site of two planes crashing into the World Trade Center. Also in a matter of minutes another plane crashed into the Pentagon and a third which seems to have been meant for the White House. In the wake of all of this terror, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:22-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Wilderness Is For Everyone Series

Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Aug 26, 2009

Now you may not like the truth of this message, but the simple fact of the matter is that we need wilderness experiences. What is in the wilderness? Nothing! There is a reason why God takes us into wilderness seasons in our lives and it’s vital for our fu

Has anyone here ever been some place that you would consider to be a promised land? It usually involves beaches, or a nice comfy hotel room, warm weather, peace and quiet and all the niceties of life. What we’re going to talk about this morning is the opposite of that. The Israelites were walking ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 15:22-27

Thanksgiving 2008

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Dec 1, 2008

Your personal reason for thanks. Might be recent, long ago, might be this very service. For me it is that he spared my life Friday, I could easily of been killed but His hand was on me. I thank Him for His protection

Thanksgiving 2008 Psalm 99 or 99 Reasons to thank God. 1 The LORD reigns, let the nations tremble he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake. 2 Great is the LORD in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations. 3 Let them praise your great and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 99:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed