Sermons on Restoring Hope:

Grumble Or Humble Series

Contributed by David Owens on Aug 8, 2011

In this sermon, we try to learn from the mistakes of Israel, so that we might not grumble, but we humble.

Introduction: A. I like the story of the man who decided to join a monastery and one of the rules of the particular monastic group was that you were only allowed to speak two words at the end of every ten years. 1. At the end of his first ten years he said, “Food Bad!” 2. At the end of ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

His Sweeping Excellence-2

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 10, 2011

2 of 3. Hebrews divulges the sweeping excellence of Jesus’ ministry(High Priesthood) as confirmed thru the New Covenant. How is the excellence of such confirmed? Confirming the sweeping excellence of Jesus’ priesthood is...

HIS SWEEPING EXCELLENCE-II—Hebrews 8:1-13 Attention: A pair of chickens walk into a public library, find the librarian & say, ’Buk Buk BUK.’ The librarian decides that the chickens want three books, & promptly gives them some.  Without further ado, the chickens walk out. Around midday, the two ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 8:8-13

Denomination: Baptist

Drawing Near To God With Reverence And Awe Series

Contributed by David Owens on Aug 15, 2011

At Mt. Sinai, Moses and the Israelites learned that God must be approached with proper respect and appropriate preparation. The same is the case with our relationship with God.

Introduction: A. I like the story told of the male school teacher who had back surgery over the summer and began the school year wearing a solid plastic cast around the upper part of his body. 1. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. 2. On the first day of school, he found himself ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Making God Smile

Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Aug 20, 2011

After Vacation Bible School I see the lesson we taught is a lesson we need to learn, We all should want to see God smile.

MAKING GOD SMILE (All my sermons use illustrations that can be found at www.sermoncentral.com and all scripture is NIV unless otherwise noted) A few weeks ago we had Vacation Bible School, a slightly obnoxious camel puppet, from Brooklyn New York, taught the kids lessons about Noah. The first day ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sacred Space

Contributed by Monty Newton on Aug 29, 2011

Sacred space may be anyplace you encounter the presence of God.

Title: Sacred Space Text: Exodus 3:1-15 Thesis: Sacred space may be anyplace you encounter the presence of God. Introduction In The World’s Fastest Indian, Anthony Hopkins plays the part of Burt Munro, a New Zealander who set a number of world speed records in the 1960s riding an ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Enoch’s Story Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 31, 2011

Enoch was a man who walked so closely with the Lord that one day they just walked off together to Heaven.

Enoch’s Story! Thesis: Enoch was a man who walked so closely with the Lord that one day they just walked off together to Heaven. Series: BC Justice League Introduction to series: Opening thoughts to the series - “BC justice league” – God’s biblical super heroes before Christ. Over the last few ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 5:21-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Legacy Of Unrepentance-3

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Sep 19, 2011

3 of 4. Cain’s legacy was a spiritually derelict/deficient progeny. Personal unrepentance leaves a legacy of spiritually dereliction/deficiency. What does such a legacy provide? Spiritually deficient populations seek...

The LEGACY Of UNREPENTANCE-III— Genesis 4:16-24 Likewise we will leave a legacy to our families. But what of any value will they receive? Background: Previously we had looked at Cain’s willful disdain of God’s direction for his life, & discovered the ‘Tragedy of Unrepentance’(4:1-15). Today we ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:16-24

Denomination: Baptist

Invite Someone On The Journey

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 25, 2011

Jesus invites us to follow him on the journey from life to death. This sermon compares the belief of faith in Christ for salvation as opposed to good works.

Invite Them On The Journey September 24 , 2011 Psalm 1:1-6 John 14:1-6 (Some of the concepts in this message I gleaned from Andy Stanley's message on the belief in good works as a means of salvation.) We have been preaching on the series, “Making A Difference.” We’ve ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Paul's Pattern Of Serving All Men Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 1, 2011

In today's lesson we learn that we must forsake our rights and serve others for the sake of the gospel.

Scripture We continue our study in The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. One of the challenges that Christians face is the issue of Christian liberty. Let’s learn about this in a message I am calling, “Paul’s Pattern of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Will You Go Through The Eye Of The Needle?

Contributed by James May on Oct 2, 2011

It's only by the blood of Jesus and the power of God that we can all pass through to eternal life in Christ

Will You Go Through the Eye of the Needle? Sunday, October 02, 2011 By Rev. James May Mark 10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? This young man was a man of position; ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Sin In The Present Tense Series

Contributed by Phillip Smith on Oct 6, 2011

Are things we do everyday pleasing God?

The three chief causes of death in the United States are, in statistical order, diseases of the heart cancer and disorders of the nervous system. Two of the three are obviously diseases brought on by the strains imposed on the human body by worry, anxiety nervousness and the tensions of life ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:11-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Root And The Fruit Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 10, 2011

If I’m not saved by works (Ephesians 2:8-9), why is it that the Rich man in Luke 16 and the Goats in Matthew 25:31-46 went to hell because the DIDN’T DO good works? That doesn’t make any sense... or does it?

A Sunday School teacher had spent a great deal of teaching her young class about the fact that doing “good works” could not buy them a place in heaven. To drive home her point she asked her class, "If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Awaken Conscience Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Oct 10, 2011

The sin nature that remains within the believer & wants to express itself in his beliefs, thoughts, and actions. There is an internal conflict in the area of sanctification that every believer faces. This inner conflict is intensified for those who seek

ROMANS 7: 7-14 THE AWAKEN CONSCIENCE A believer is to understand that his identification with Jesus Christ means that he has died to sin (6:2) and then he is to reckon or take hold of (appropriate) that as true (6:11) in his daily life. For there is a force within him will need to be deal ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:7-14

Denomination: Baptist

“the Ultimate Test Of Faith.”

Contributed by John Hamby on Oct 10, 2011

Abraham's great test of faith reveals three things about faith.

“The Ultimate Test of Faith.” Genesis 22:1-19 “Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:2-19

Denomination: Baptist

Thinking About Our Attitude On Thanksgiving.

Contributed by Eugene Morell on Oct 11, 2011

This is the day where we set aside time in our busy schedules to give thanks to God. Now, there is nothing wrong with that but the word of God tells us that this should be our attitude daily, weekly, monthly and yearly.

Thinking about our Attitude On Thanksgiving. Psalms 100:1-5. The first North American Thanksgiving is traced back to 1578 when the English navigator Martin Frobisher held a formal ceremony in what is now called Newfoundland. We don’t believe this is when the kissing-of-the-cod tradition ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational