Sermons on Same Mercy:

When We’re Scared To Go Against What Everyone Else Is Saying

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 29, 2013

A look at Pilate's desire to please the people and the ways that we often behave in the same way.

AN EASY TEMPTATION: We want to satisfy the crowd. - Mark 15:15. - Most of us like being liked. We want people to approve of us. - And it is nice when everyone is backing what we’re saying or what we’re doing. - This is probably the most important phrase in our passage for ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:6-15

Denomination: Baptist

Spirit Fruit -- Love

Contributed by Don Vanzant on Sep 30, 2011

God promises to produce love in us that is unconditional; the same love that He has for us.

“Fresh fruit is good for you.” Strawberries, peaches, cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes, apples, oranges, etc. Three servings a day of fresh vegetables and fruit will make us feel better, live longer, body will function better. Fresh fruit is good for you. This is not a nutritional ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

Tests For The Tongue Series

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jun 2, 2014

Nuclear power can be harnessed to bring destruction or benefit. The same is true for our tongue.

Sermon Notes June 1, 2014 Tests for the Tongue James 1:5-12 At 5 AM on July 16, 1945, in northern New Mexico, the pre-dawn sky was instantaneously illuminated by the blinding flash. The mushroom cloud from the first Atomic detonation spilled upward for 40,000 feet and was visible for 60 ...read more

Scripture: James 3:4-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

“he Was Rejected By The People” Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Apr 14, 2015

The crowd rejected Jesus that first Easter for the same reasons many reject Him today.

That first Easter, Jesus was rejected by the people. He was taken to Pilate; and Pilate found nothing against Him. So, he asked the people the most important question anyone will ever answer. (READ TEXT) Instead of answering himself, Pilate looked to the crowd. But the crowd can be wrong. The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

Giving To A Giving God Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 26, 2013

God desires for me to give to Him in the same way He has given to me

This morning we come to a passage that has – in my opinion – been one of the most misused passages in the entire Bible. It has been used throughout church history to perpetuate what I believe, based on my understanding of the Scriptures as a whole, are myths. And to demonstrate that, ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:6-12

Denomination: Baptist

God Gives Second Chances

Contributed by Roger Roark on Mar 16, 2016

Just like God gave Jonah a second chance, He will do the same for us.

GOD IS A GOD OF SECOND CHANCES Jonah 3:1-3 1.Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” Aren't you glad , that God gives second chances. God had told Jonah, to ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Love In Action

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jul 10, 2012

Jesus gave His life for us; we should do the same for our brothers.

Love in Action October 21, 2007 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Jesus gave His life for us; we should do the same for our brothers. Focus Passage: I John 3:16-18 Supplemental Passage: Php 2:5-8 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16-18

Denomination: Baptist

"What Fueled The Great Chicago Fire"

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Mar 13, 2017

The same incrediates that fueld the fire of 1871 in Chicago fuels the spiriual fire in us as well.

What will fuel the fire? Acts 2:36-47 On Sunday October the 8th 1871 a fire started in the town of Chicago, which killed 300, caused 100,000 to be homeless, and 180,000 what started the Great Chicago Fire? Mrs. O'Leary was milking her little cow, when the little cow kicked over a table where a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:36-47

Denomination: Methodist

Keeping A Christ Like Attitude Series

Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Dec 13, 2015

You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.Philippians 2:5

What It Really Means to Have the Christ like Attitude? There is nothing as powerful as attitude and it dictates our response to the present and determines the quality of our future. Stephen Covey, Tony Robbins and many other motivational speakers attest to the fact that attitude plays a ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Build Your Relationship To God!

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on May 12, 2020

Get this relationship right and earthly ones will also change as you practice the same principles.

II Corinthians 11:21-33 Proposition – You must build your relationship with Jesus! I. By being totally committed! A. Forget feelings! II Timothy. 2:1-7 Newlyweds-everything fresh, different, after awhile routine Examples: soldier, athlete, farmer B. Recognize your position! ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:21-33, Ephesians 1:15-23, 2 Corinthians 8:1-5, Acts 20:18-38, Ephesians 4:11-16, Psalm 133:1, Job 13:15, 2 Timothy 2:1-7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

"lazarus Lives"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 13, 2019

If Jesus can raise Lazarus to new life, can He not do the same for us?

“Lazarus Lives” John 11:1-3, 17-44 Most all of us want to live lives that matter. We want to be significant in some way, to make a difference, to have a legacy, to be happy. Yet overshadowing all these hopes and dreams is the dark cloud of death, and along with it may come a feeling of ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-44

Denomination: United Methodist

Eccs 3 Time: Chronos Or Kairos

Contributed by Greg Van Heukelom on Jun 30, 2020

Time...we all have the same amount, but how do we use it?

4/26 – Eccs 3Time: Chronos or Kairos Hello I'm pastor Greg of Calvary Reformed Church and Chaplain Greg of the 110th wing in Battle Creek Michigan. We're outdoors today for worship + I will get to the “Why” shortly, but I want to ask you all a Question. Could you imagine if somebody ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

No Excuse On The Judgement Day Series

Contributed by Rudolf E. Y. Mensah on Dec 22, 2021

God is going to use the same standard of the knowledge of Him we possess to judge us.

SPIRITUAL GROWTH ENHANCERS Reference NO: 007 Romans 2:12, NLT: "When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God's written law. And the Jews, who do have God's law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it." NO EXCUSE ON THE JUDGMENT ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:12, Galatians 3:23-24

Denomination: Charismatic

Disgusted With Discouragement!

Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Apr 6, 2022

David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. Sometimes we have to do the same.

Disgusted With Discouragement! I. OPENING ILLUSTRATION: Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader of the Freedom Democratic party during the Jim Crow era. She and her family had endured the horrors and difficulties of living in the South while black in that time. Mrs. Hamer was born October 6, 1917, in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:1-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jezebel

Contributed by Michael Fredette on Jul 20, 2019

If God already knows who His sheep are , then the same must be true about the goats,

This past week in our studies of Job , the topic was surrounded with the wicked of the world . Job 24:1“Why doesn’t the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment? Why must the godly wait for him in vain? If God already knows who His sheep are , then the same must be true about the goats, That God ...read more

Scripture: Job 24:1

Denomination: Baptist