Sermons on Salvation By Faith:

A New Song Series

Contributed by Grant Macdonald on Jul 9, 2012

What exactly is God's will for the Church?

Back in 2007 we began a shift in emphasis here at Keele as we felt God calling us to get intentional about celebrating and encouraging ethnic and cultural diversity in our congregation. If you were at Keele at the time, you will remember that we asked various groups, both in the congregation and ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:9-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Building Margins And Resources Series

Contributed by Wayne Cordeiro on Nov 13, 2007

Margins may be defined as “the space between your load and your limit.” The load represents the things that you carry every day. You reach a limit when you crack and go over the edge. Synonyms for margin include a buffer, space, reserves, or reservoir.

Numbered Days God says that we must live as a people who number our days. This means that we are to be stewards of our time. We must steward the hours that God gives to you and to me. We all have 24 hours and none of us have any more or any less. Load vs. Limit Margins may be defined as “the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Who's Your Shepherd? Series

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Nov 18, 2007

You will hear the voice of your shepherd. The only real question is, how do you learn to recognize it?

Title: Who’s Your Shepherd? Text: John 10:1-6 MP: Your shepherd is whomever you follow. Choose the Good one SERMON NOTES: WHO’S YOUR SHEPHERD? Real question: How do you recognize your shepherd? 1. He has a legitimate claim a. Why is God slow? b. How does the Tempter enter? 2. He knows your ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Once Bitten, Twice Shy Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 22, 2007

Kings of Judah, Pt. 3

ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY (2 CHRONICLES 17:1-19:11) The week heading into my 45th birthday was a rich and sweet experience, in more ways than one. Four days before my birthday I was invited to an all-you-can-eat seafood and steak dinner. I ate four helpings, five pieces of chocolate for dessert and a ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Dealing With The Post-Christmas Blahs

Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 30, 2007

After the crescendo of Christmas, some of us are back to our complicated and chaotic lives. Message looks at three post-Christmas scenes and then three lessons to help us beat the blahs.

Dealing with the Post-Christmas Blahs Matthew 2:13-23 Rev. Brian Bill 12/30/07 Dave Veerman has written a poem called, “Many Happy Returns.” See if it resonates with you: ‘Twas the day after Christmas And all through the room Strewn wrappings were crying For use of a broom The children were ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:13-23

Denomination: Baptist

Our Great High Priest

Contributed by Ben Peak on Jan 3, 2008

Jesus Christ has become our eternal High Priest. And I think there are three things that these verses tell us about our High Priest that should come as an encouragement to us.

From the time of the fall of Adam man has needed a mediator… someone who would span the gap that now separated him from God. Man is sinful. God is holy. And because of His holiness God will have no fellowship or connection with sin. Before the fall God and man had close fellowship with each ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16

Denomination: Holiness

The Good Shepherd

Contributed by Ben Peak on Jan 3, 2008

I want us to take some time to gaze upon this shepherd of ours, and I want to talk with you for a little while about some of the traits that He has.

Have you ever heard or participated in a discussion about which animal humans are most like? Scientists have often tried to liken us with other animals. Lab tests for different medicines and immunizations are performed on rats and mice since their bodily functions are similar to humans. We’ve ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:3

Denomination: Holiness

Our Loving God Series

Contributed by Randy Hamel on Jan 13, 2008

Show the love of God towards the two son and how God loves each of us

What we believe series - Part 2 Our Loving God – January 13, 2007 Luke 15:11-32 (Acknowledgements: Work of Dr. Henry Schorr, CSC Church, Calgary AB) Introduction o Last week we looked at God’s holiness and justice. Today were going to look at another characteristic of God, His love o When I was a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Restrain Sexual Desires Series

Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008

Sermon on the seventh commandment.

AM Sermon preached at Central Christian Church March 4, 2007 God’s Top Ten (7th commandment) Restrain Sexual Desires AFTER COMMUNION SHOW VIDEO CLIP “BA_ADDICTION” ---IN SHARED VIDEO FILE--- WHILE I’M GETTING THINGS READY ON THE STAGE… AFTER CLIP SHOW SERIES SLIDE---IT’LL AUTOMATICALLY ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God's Love Changing Me Series

Contributed by Dan Stires on Apr 9, 2008

we find today something that every one of us desires more than anything: LOVE. The amazing thing is that our majestic, all-powerful, all-knowing, perfectly holy God is passionately in love with imperfect, sinful, sometimes openly rebellious, frequently i

Pataskala Nazarene January 21, 2007 God’s Love Changing Me John 3:16 Introduction: It’s the first thing we want our children and grand-children to understand about God. We show them pictures; We tell them stories, and We teach them songs about it. It’s basic; It’s fundamental; It’s essential to ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Nazarene

The Foundation: Blessing Your Child Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008

#2 in a six week series on marriage and parenting. This message begins the parenting portion of the series by discussing the concept of giving a Biblical blessing to your child.

THE FOUNDATION: BLESSING YOUR CHILD Home Improvement - Week 2 GENESIS 27:1-38 INTRODUCTION: Like so many things in life, balance is needed in parenting. We balance physical activity and intellectual pursuits. We balance giving our children what they want and what they need. But probably the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 27:1-38

Denomination: Christian Church

God’s Design For The Home Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Sep 8, 2014

God’s design: Men who love by serving like Christ and women who love by submitting like the Church

Mary and I have come to find that raising grandchildren sure is a lot easier than raising children. And as I look back over the years when our children were in our home, I recognize that there were certainly times when I sure didn’t fulfill my responsibilities as a father very well and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33

Denomination: Baptist

Assessing The Situation Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Apr 6, 2015

Building God's people requires both dependent praying and deliberate planning

Our mission as a church is to develop mature disciples who follow, serve and proclaim Jesus as Messiah. And since that mission statement was developed based on a careful consideration of the Scriptures, it ought to be something that we all agree on. But when it comes to how to actually accomplish ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Getting Started Series

Contributed by David Owens on Jun 2, 2014

In this sermon we learn about the priority of worship and the Word of God.

Introduction: A. The story is told of a minister who was giving the children’s sermon one day at his church. 1. He had decided to talk to the kids about how to write a good sermon, in hopes of inspiring some to grow up and go into the ministry or become a Sunday School teacher. 2. So he ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 3:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Being Watchful Series

Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Jun 9, 2014

Are you watchful, attentive and careful with the words you speak to others? In this message, we will learn from the life of Jacob on how to improve our Christian character for the better to be a good testimony to others.

BEING WATCHFUL Text: Genesis 31:24 (NIV) "Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.” Do you know that many times, we are not aware of the destructive and harmful words that we say to people ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 31:1-55

Denomination: Nazarene