Sermons on Resident:

The Instruments Of Worship Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on May 20, 2003

For the psalmist, “praise the Lord” was definitely not a cliché but an ecstatic expression of unbridled joy! In six short verses, he uses the phrase 13 times in Psalm 150.

The Instruments of Worship Our language is filled with clichés, isn’t it? Just listen to athletes who are interviewed after a game. The winners say things like this: We came to play We brought our A-game We played our hearts out Things sound a bit different in the losers’ locker room: We ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 150:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Sour And Sweet Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Oct 14, 2004

Parables for Christian Living, Pt. 7

SOUR AND SWEET (MATTHEW 21:28-32) More than a decade ago, Robert Haft trumpeted this famous commercial to financial success: “If you paid full price, you didn’t buy it at Crown Books.” Robert was the son and heir apparent of the Dart Group founder, Herbert Haft, who made his fortune in real estate ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:28-32

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Last Laugh Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 19, 2007

Crisis and Choice, Pt. 8

THE LAST LAUGH (PSALMS 52) On the cover of the May 21, 2001, Newsweek magazine was the full-size head of a man, except that the face of the man is indistinct because the print is in the form of a red X-ray film or an undeveloped photograph. The word E V I L in bold covers his nose and mouth, but ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 52:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Route To Revival

Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008

We all want revival. However, are you ready to follow God’s route to revival? God never shows up as a reviving fire until He first reveals Himself as a refining fire!

“The Route To Revival” Text: I Kings 17:8-22; Malachi 3:2-3 8And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, 9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee. 10So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Unity Of One Gospel Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 22, 2008

The Gospel unifies people of all nations, races, ethnicity, culture, education and economic status. The Gospel is over culture, therefore it can be adapted to culture.

Is Christianity for everyone? Is it available to everyone? How much does a person need to be removed from their culture to become a Christian? This issue about the Gospel and culture is not new. Christians have struggled with the Gospel and the effects of culture since the very beginning. Today ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Desperate Housewives And Their Spouses

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 15, 2006

Successful marriages are built on: 1. Self-giving, rather than self-fulfillment. 2. Building each other up, rather than tearing each other down. 3. Continual growth, rather than taking the relationship for granted.

Henry David Thoreau, the writer and naturalist, once said, “Most men lead quiet lives of desperation.” If you believe television, most housewives do as well. In the show, Desperate Housewives, Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo , Bree Van De Kamp, Gabrielle Solis and Edie Britt lead us through a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

Being A Good Lover Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 31, 2010

Complete joy come from loving others as Jesus loves us.

“Renewable Energy: Being A Good Lover” John 14:15-24 & 15:9-17 In her book “Smoke on the Mountain”, Joy Davidman told of a missionary in a dark corner of Africa where the men had a habit of filing their teeth to sharp points. The missionary was working hard at trying to ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Be Holy

Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 9, 2010

God, who is holy, calls His people to consecrate themselves in a lifestyle of holiness.

Be Holy, Leviticus 11:39-47 Introduction “In these days there is a great deal of lowering the standards. Businessmen say that business standards have been lowered, and now a good deal of business runs into [corruption] gambling. In politics the standards have been lowered. There has been a ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 11:39-47

Denomination: Christian Church

Stranger In A Strange Land

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 27, 2010

For Prayer Breakfast given by a Francophone African church. We must respond to immigrants because God commands it, our history demands it, it serves our own best interests, and the Gospel includes it.

Valentine Michael Smith was born on Earth, raised on Mars, and returned to Earth. He never felt fully at home in either place. But his interaction with Earth, when he returned as a young adult, transformed Earth culture and impacted many lives. His most important contribution to Earth was the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:11-22

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Up With Heaven? Series

Contributed by Vernon L Caruthers on Mar 1, 2010

This is the 1st message in the series of sermons about HEAVEN. This is PART #1 & it deals with basically 3 TRUTHS, 1: THE PROMINENCE of HEAVEN 2: The PLURALITY of HEAVEN & 3: The PLACE of HEAVEN. & we ended with WHERE HEAVEN IS ---UP:

Sermons About Heaven: February 28, 2010 Sermon #1: What’s Up With Heaven? Introduction: Probably one of the MOST MISUNDERSTOOD DOCTRINES within the BIBLE & MISUNDERSTOOD by MANY CHRISTIANS is the DOCTRINE of HEAVEN. There is a LOT of FALSE MYTHS about HEAVEN & it is EASY to get ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-4

Spiritual House: Peter And The Stones Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 27, 2007

We don’t rid ourselves of vices to build a spiritual house, God has cast aside that old life, that’s old news. You are being built into a holy place, not as a guest, but as a worshiper.

Os Guinness tells a story of an experience in a Pyrenean village. A farmer had tied an enormous load of wood onto the back of a donkey. However hard the farmer whipped the animal, it could only stumble along, getting progressively slower and slower, until it sank down in exhaustion under the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Conscience - The Umpire, The Fire Alarm, And The Gatekeeper

Contributed by Amy Bickel on Jun 8, 2007

Have you ever wondered why you do the things you do? Why do you say the things you say and think the way you think?

This morning, I want to talk to you about yourself. Have you ever wondered why you do the things you do? Why do you say the things you say and think the way you think? Sometimes, I think the hardest person in the world for us to understand is ourself. Have you ever felt that way? Well, we’re ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:2-3

Denomination: Baptist

Law & Order

Contributed by Keith Manry on Mar 29, 2007

This is part III in the series 24. It is a first person narrative taken from the perspective of Caiaphas. The preaching idea: you can’t be your own high priest!

Have you ever wished you could communicate with a loved one who has already passed on? Have you ever thought that perhaps that loved one wishes he or she could communicate with you as well? In 1999 a film was released that allowed us to imagine that communication across the great chasm that ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:53-65

Denomination: Methodist

A Fruit-Full Marriage: Patient Love

Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 10, 2011

The Fruit of the Spirit are most fully realized in relationships and no relationship is more basic than the marriage relationship.

A FRUIT-FULL MARRIAGE: PATIENT LOVE * GALATIANS 5:22-26 Sermon Objective: The Fruit of the Spirit are most fully realized in relationships and no relationship is more basic than the marriage relationship. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-26

Denomination: Nazarene

Worship God With Your Temple

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Feb 18, 2015

To show that our thoughts is a powerful tool to worship GOD that is placed within this temple (body).

I. EXORDIUM: Are you a worshipper of GOD? Yes, I have my thoughts fixed on GOD. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that our thoughts is a powerful tool to worship GOD that is placed within this temple (body). IV. TEXT: Psalms 48:9 (King James Version) 48:9 We have ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 48:9

Denomination: Pentecostal