Sermons on Richard Dawkins:

Jesus Comes Into Our Mess

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jan 2, 2007

A Christmas Eve sermon reminding us that Jesus was born to deal with our messy lives

Isn’t the Christmas story a wonderful story It is a story that we hear every year. But it is more than just any old story It is something that happened in history that affects you today and affects your future When we open our eyes and ears and be honest with ourselves We realise that mess ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Fight The Good Fight Series

Contributed by Wes Richard on Jan 9, 2007

Paul identifies three requirements for leaders who are engaged in fighting the good fight.

A few moments ago we commissioned this congregation’s Leadership Team. These are people who have accepted the call of God to carry out specific tasks as leaders in the life of the church. There will be new things to consider as they make the transition from serving as board members to members of a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:18-20

Denomination: Brethren

Signs For Life

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jan 14, 2007

Highlighting the signs of the wedding of cana for our lives

Throughout our life we rely a lot on signs Signs play an essential role in our life They always point to something They point to something far more important than themselves For instance as we drive down the freeway we will see a sign pointing to Launceston The sign is not Launceston….but it tells ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

You Have Not Gone This Way Before

Contributed by Richard Hosea on Jan 15, 2007

Looking forward to a new year and a new pastor

You have Not Passed this Way Before Joshua 3:1-17 Last Wednesday evening I made a statement that we all like new things. A new car. A new house. A new watch, A new hair do. A new suit etc. It is natural to like new things. We all have something new every year that is a new year. The old year is ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Living To Give

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jan 17, 2007

A stewardship sermon for believers on giving for living

About heaven, John Newton once said that when we get to heaven there will be three wonders Who is there? Who is not there? The fact that I’m there There are also many other mysteries about heaven Have you ever dreamed about it? Have you ever searched the pages of scripture trying to get an insight ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:10

Denomination: Lutheran

A Churchy Focus

Contributed by Troy Richards on Jan 17, 2007

A message promoting evangelism and invitation

Elements of this sermon were taken from K. Edward Skidmore’s sermon "Evangelism 2 Tell A Friend" found here on Sermoncentral (http://sermoncentral.com/sermon.asp?SermonID=88617) A CHURCHY FOCUS -I took all my sciences in high school, and one of the things we learned were the Laws of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:14

Denomination: Methodist

Acts Minded

Contributed by Troy Richards on Jan 19, 2007

A sermon on evangelism and looking at the world the way the apostles in Acts saw it.

-how many of you were in NewSong this morning? We talked about “a Churchy View”, one that entices us to go out into the world and share Jesus with others. -this song isn’t probably everyone’s style of music, but the lyrics were just too right on so I had to use it. Stephen will like it. [PLAY ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Surely The Lord Is In This Place

Contributed by Richard Hosea on Jan 21, 2007

To help the congregation to practice the presence of God.

Surely the Lord is in this Place Gen. 28:10-22 I don’t need to elaborate on the story of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But here is a snapshot of a little backgroung of their lives The whole family was prone to deceive people. Abraham told the Egyptians his wife was his sister Gen. 12:19ff. Isaac ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Baptist

Dark Night Of The Soul

Contributed by Richard Hosea on Jan 21, 2007

To help believers see that they are not alone when having problems.

Dark Night of the Soul Matt. 26:47ff & 69ff & John 19:25-27 I know that you have heard the expression “Dark night of the soul.” But have you ever experienced a dark night of your soul. Some one may say it is the feeling you have when you are, “down in the dumps”. David was feeling more than “down ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:47-69

Denomination: Baptist

Discipleship: Whats It All About?

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Feb 14, 2007

Looking at discipleship as a way of life...

Today’s Gospel reading from Luke chapter 6, verse 17 to 26 is about Christian discipleship The dictionary says a disciple is somebody who strongly believes in the teachings of a leader, a philosophy or religion and tries to live according to them But as Christians there is something more ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-26

Denomination: Lutheran

Genesis 1

Contributed by Richard Cathers on Feb 17, 2007

Verse by verse study of Genesis 1 - the Creation

Genesis 1 Sunday Morning Bible Study November 5, 2006 Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings (“Genesis” means “beginning”) It’s the beginning of creation. It’s the beginning of man. It’s the beginning of sin. It’s the beginning of redemption. It’s the beginning of faith. :1 In ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-31

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Genesis 2

Contributed by Richard Cathers on Feb 17, 2007

Verse by verse of Genesis 2

Genesis 2 Sunday Morning Bible Study November 12, 2006 Introduction Show “The Watchmaker” animation. :1-3 The Seventh Day :1 Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. :2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:1-25

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Genesis 3

Contributed by Richard Cathers on Feb 17, 2007

Verse by verse study of Genesis 3

Genesis 3 Sunday Morning Bible Study November 19, 2006 Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of “beginnings”. It was the beginning of the universe. It was the beginning of mankind. It was the beginning of marriage. It is also the beginning of sin and temptation. Illustration A woman was ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Genesis 4

Contributed by Richard Cathers on Feb 17, 2007

Verse by verse study of Genesis 4

Genesis 4 Sunday Morning Bible Study November 26, 2006 Introduction It isn’t easy raising a family. Many of us have made plenty of mistakes as we’ve raised our kids. Even when parents do things right, kids go astray. Illustration God’s Kids Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-26

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The One Thing

Contributed by Richard Jumper on Jul 22, 2007

This is for people who are searching for something in their life and they are unsure of what it is.

Did you know that you were a “searcher”? That’s also the way the Bible describes the human condition - our condition - yours and mine. We are searchers, on the move, wandering and looking. The Old Testament is filled with marvelous stories of searchers. Abraham and Sarah left their home to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Disciples Of Christ