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A Formula For Impacting Our World Series

Contributed by David Owens on Sep 26, 2006

based on 4 ratings

| 6,846 views

The simple formula Jesus has given us for impacting our world is that we are salt and light.

Introduction: A. I wanted to start today’s sermon with a funny story of a science chemistry experiment gone wrong. 1. So I went on line and searched for quite a while, thinking surely there must be some great stories out there. a. I stumbled on one that didn’t have a lot of details, which would ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Shield Of Faith Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Feb 13, 2006

based on 88 ratings

| 24,854 views

When we examine our lives we can find many areas where Satan has successfully thrown a fiery arrow which makes us question our faith and the integrity of our Christian lives. The shield of faith has been give to us by Jesus as protection against these at

Ephesians 6:16 The Shield of Faith Scripture Readings:- 2 Corinthians 13:1-10 Ephesians 6:10-18 Sermon Text Ephesians 6:16 Brothers and Sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ, When it comes to the demonic, many in our culture take one of two extreme approaches. Some believe demons are nothing but a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:16

Denomination: Baptist

Stewardship: The Devil Is In The Details

Contributed by Joe Harding on May 21, 2005

based on 4 ratings

| 2,653 views

WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO JESUS FOR ALL THE DETAILS OF OUR LIVES!

STEWARDSHIP: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS MATTHEW 25: 14-30 OCTOBER 3, 2004 INTRODUCTION: Fishman: Life’s details can be elusive Jane Fishman Savannah Morning News In one 10-hour period last month, on a Saturday, I attended a funeral for a 90-year-old woman, a baby shower for a sweet-tempered ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Baptist

Move Life From Whatever To Wherever

Contributed by Richard Burkey on Jun 7, 2005

based on 6 ratings

| 3,318 views

1 Peter is written to Christians who suffer for their faith, yet have discovered a living hope that overcomes the whatEver attitude of our day to the I will go wherever God takes me.

Move Life from Whatever to Wherever 1 Peter 1:3-9 (New International Version) 3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9

Denomination: Lutheran

A Faith Test - Abraham

Contributed by Doug Stringer on May 15, 2005

based on 6 ratings

| 13,740 views

A faith that cannot be tested, cannot be trusted. This is a sermon on Abraham & Isaac.

A Faith Test – Abraham & Isaac Gen. 22:1-14 Introduction 1. A faith that cannot be tested, cannot be trusted.  Write that down … don’t trust your faith until you have first allowed God to test it. 2. ILL.: watching a documentary the other night of a guy building an airplane. Once he ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:1-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Why Do We Take An Offering Each Week? Series

Contributed by Brent Baker on Sep 20, 2005

based on 39 ratings

| 37,692 views

we ask the question: Why? Why do we provide the opportunity for us to give financially? Equally as important, why do we give of our offerings when we have the opportunity?

Date Preached _________ Where Preached ___________ Why Do We Do What We Do? Why Do We Take up an Offering Each Week? 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 When things are tight financially, you do what you have to do. A particular circus was having a bad year, and one Friday the owner called his troupe together to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It's Time To Harvest Pray For Workers.

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Sep 20, 2005

based on 24 ratings

| 8,369 views

The harvest is ripe for us to win people to Christ.

It’s Time to Harvest: pray for workers. MT 9:36-38 1. Jesus Saw. 2. The workers are few. 3. We are commanded to pray. Jesus declared, "The fields are ripe, and the harvest plentiful. It’s time to begin reaping." At that moment, the great, final spiritual harvest began. It started as a harvest ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

Denomination: Wesleyan

Where Is God When Trouble Strikes?

Contributed by Ian Lyall on Oct 20, 2005

based on 5 ratings

| 3,853 views

Trouble strikes us all at times, and often out of the blue. Do we press the panic button, ot trust that God is with us in the storm?

A tale of two acorns: Two acorns fell on the earth. One was in open ground; the other in the middle of a dense forest. The acorn in the open ground produced a sapling as its roots began to grow. For a while the growth was held back as the root system developed going deep into the soil and round ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Diet & Exercise: A Spiritual Perspective ~ Part Ii Series

Contributed by Johann Neethling on Oct 22, 2005

based on 13 ratings

| 4,758 views

A sermon in 2 parts - how to keep the Body of Christ fit and healthy - applying spiritual lessons from our need for diet and exercise.

DIET & EXERCISE: A Spiritual Perspective ~ Part II 1. Someone once said: “I don’t exercise at all. If God had wanted me to touch my toes He would have put them up higher on my body.” • My gym teacher told me to touch my toes. I said, "I don’t have that kind of relationship with my feet. Can I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Denomination: United Methodist

People Of The Word

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jan 3, 2005

based on 25 ratings

| 4,000 views

Why don’t more people take time to read and study God’s Word. This coming year let’s make Jesus our model. Become a "People of the Word."

People of the Word -Let the Word of Christ Dwell in your richly- Colossians 3:16-17 Our model for Christian growth is Jesus. Jesus grew “in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” (Luke 2:52) Throughout his life Jesus sought guidance from scripture and obeyed the written Word of ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:16-17

Denomination: Free Methodist

God Our Rock In A Hard Place

Contributed by Richard Francis on Jan 4, 2005

based on 27 ratings

| 7,798 views

God is our rock, trust him, let his glory be reflected in you in this world of darkness

God our Rock in a Hard Place Exodus 33: 1 - 23 Consider the Context • Moses in a 1 to 1 meeting with the Lord, how amazing, just after the golden calf incident, the smashing of the first tablets of stone with the ten commandments written by God on both sides of them (would n’t you just want to ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:1-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Enigma Of Humanity Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 28, 2006

based on 14 ratings

| 6,392 views

Humanity is at the same time insignificant and the pinnacle of God’s work of creation

The danger with a series of sermons on the theology of humanity, the danger of thinking about who we are, what we’re here for, what it means to be human, is that it could, very easily, turn into just another exercise in humanism. We could spend our time thinking about all the great things human ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:1-9

Denomination: Anglican

Your Giant Aint Jack

Contributed by Pervis Hall on Jan 16, 2006

based on 17 ratings

| 4,225 views

This sermon is designed to help those struggling with seemingly impossible trials overcome.

In 1947 San Francisco’s Potrero Hill was not only a poor South City neighborhood, it was a real ghetto. That year was the year Oren was born. Rickets, a poverty-related disease actually caused by malnutrition, was Oren’s major problem. His vitamin-mineral deficient diet caused his bones to soften. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:24-51

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jan 17, 2006

based on 5 ratings

| 3,707 views

Do you feel insignificant in your service to God? You may be more powerful than you thought. Or do you feel pretty secure? You may be more in need and weak than you thought. Take some advice from Philadelphia and Laodicea.

Even as the Philadelphian church doesn’t receive even one rebuke - the church at Laodicea receives not one commendation - the contrast couldn’t be more stark - and that’s not the only contrast we’ll see as we compare these two churches. -The church at Philadelphia was small in appearance but ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:7-22

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Psalm 107. Part 1 Series

Contributed by George Barton on Jan 19, 2006

based on 5 ratings

| 6,330 views

A comparison of the suffering of godly and ungodly people. A new and distinctive translation of Psalm 107 as a psalm of general truth.

PSALM 107 PART 1 NEW FORMAT REVISED 10-27-2004 Do you have friends and relatives who have little time for Jesus Christ? Do you have friends and relatives, both men and women, who think that they are macho, and who think that Christianity is for sissies, and not for macho men and women such as ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:1-43

Denomination: Baptist

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