Sermons on San Juan 5:48:

"Dream No Small Dreams"

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jan 25, 2009

Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision the people perish.” We might add: “Where there is vision people are being saved.”

“Dream No Small Dreams” In 2009 our mission continues to be: “Bringing people to Jesus, loving, equipping and sending them out to make more and better disciples.” BLES Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision the people perish.” We might add: “Where there is vision people are being ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 29:18

Denomination: Free Methodist

How To Clean Your Inner Mess Series

Contributed by Samuel Stone on Dec 3, 2006

Advance season preparation of our hearts for the coming of Christ. How to handle stress. This sermon is crafted using Rick Warren’s expository and purpose-driven preaching method called CRAFT.

Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord is our Righteousness Samuel M. Stone Trinity, Dec. 3, 2006 14 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Watching Out For Falsehood

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 7, 2006

Watching out for falsehood requires both recognition and realization.

INTRO.- ILL.- It is my understanding that many years ago (1979) Bradley, Automotive Division of Thor Corporation, sold a fiberglass body that fit perfectly onto a VW bug chassis. The body was very modern in style and design, giving the impression it was an expensive sports car. On the outside it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:15-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Reflections On Hope In A World Of Hopelessness

Contributed by Michael Worker on Jun 22, 2007

There are so many people in our world today who feel like giving up because they do not have hope. Hope is a core, basic need of all human beings.

Scripture: Titus 2:11-13. This years week of prayer readings are on the theme ‘journey of hope’. As I have read through these readings over the past couple of weeks I have been impressed again and again with the value and need of hope. The message that comes through clearly from the various ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-13

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Demands Of A Personal Ministry Series

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Feb 10, 2011

Jesus experienced great demands on His time. He never forgot what His purpose was in coming here. He came to seek, serve and save mankind.

Mark 3:7-12; Matthew 12:15-21 But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea.7a And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things He was doing, came ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:7-12

Denomination: Baptist

The Transfiguration Series

Contributed by Rich Anderson on Feb 16, 2011

Jesus said, “I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” There is only one way to Heaven. And that is by accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.

There was a magician who was hired to do his act on a cruise ship. He had been there for several years and did the same act over and over because the crowd was continually changing. He enjoyed the good life, spending most of his time out on the deck working on his tan rather than new tricks. One ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:1-8

Denomination: Christian Church

Peter's Big Fish Story

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 15, 2012

This is one fish story that's true! It shows how we shouldn't limit God's meeting our needs. It affirms our special place as Sons of God and Jesus Himself models how to avoid offending people when unnecessary. Obedience brings blessings!

PETER’S BIG FISH STORY Mt. 17:24-27 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Tax Jokes from Reader’s Digest 1. “It’s time to pay my income tax. And, brother, that’s no joke. For after paying IRS, I find that I R broke!” —Jerry Henderson in the Lubbock, Texas, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:24-27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

If You Want To Be Great Series

Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 16, 2012

Leadership in the Kingdom of God is about service and humility. It is about working at a level where you are equal or even below everybody else.

Illustration: A Sunday School Teacher was trying to train her kids. She had told them how to behave, and especially since she was teaching at the Sunday school, she wanted to make sure her kids were behaving properly. To make sure that they understood, she asked, "Now why is it that we do not make ...read more

Denomination: *other

"The Importance Of Knowing Whose You Are"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 6, 2014

A sermon addressing temptation.

"The Importance of Knowing Whose You Are" Matthew 4:1-11 Lorenzo Sell Writes: "In mid 2009, I left my position as CEO of a company that I had founded. I didn't know it at the time, but this was the beginning of an almost four-year process that I can only describe as losing my identity. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: United Methodist

"Voice Lessons" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Dec 22, 2015

In one of Max Lucado’s books he asks a very interesting question. He says “couldn’t God have thought of something better to compare us to instead of sheep? Probably not.

GOD CONNECTIONS “Voice Lessons” John 10:1-14; 27 Last week on Wednesday evening we had just gotten home from Bible study. I was getting out of my truck when I noticed a dog standing at the edge of our yard. She looked a bit scared—we called for her to come to us—but it ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Sadness Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Feb 11, 2016

We never quite know what to do with the emotion of sadness. Here's a biblical look at dealing with sadness.

In the Disney Pixar film, Inside Out, we get to journey inside the mind of 11 year-old Riley Anderson as she wrestles with all the conflicting emotions that comes from a stressful move from a simple, stable life in rural Minnesota to a hurried, unknown life in San Francisco. Chief among these ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Denomination: Methodist

Worthy Traits Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jan 23, 2013

This is the first look at the early church. And these verses show us the traits that characterized the daily lives of believers.

As we travel along through the Book of Acts, we come to verse 41-47 in chapter 2. This is the first look at the early church. And these verses show us the traits that characterized the daily lives of believers. Here they are in a nutshell and then we will look at them a little closer. 1. A ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:41-47

Denomination: Baptist

Super Bowl Sunday -2013

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jan 29, 2013

Shows the similarities between playing in the Super Bowl and the Christian walk

“Super Bowl Sunday -2013” Hebrews 12:1-2 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2

Denomination: Holiness

Help For Hungry Hearts

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Oct 6, 2011

Help for seekers

"Help for Hungry Hearts" Acts 8:26-40 Acts 8:26 "And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. 27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:26-40

Denomination: Baptist

The Menace Of Murmuring

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Jun 4, 2013

A sermon targeting the problem of discontent in the lives of Christians.

"The Menace of Murmuring" 1 Corinthians 10:1-12 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-12

Denomination: Baptist