Sermons on Saying No:

What Are You Doing?

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

Introduction 1.

Introduction 1. Do you feel that God is not using you very much? That He has not given you many gifts or opportunities to serve Him? That you are not doing enough for Him? Do you fail to have any joy in seeing God working through you? Is your call as a disciple a burden or an opportunity to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

He Ascended Into Heaven

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

What Christ's ascension and glorification means for us today.

Introductory Considerations 1. This Thursday is ascension today - a day on which we remember Christ’s ascension into heaven. Used to be a special service - still for some. Last year someone mentioned that I had not even mentioned or preached on ascension since I had been here. Made promise that I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:7-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

How Jesus Approached The Proud And The Humble

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

It is pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began. - C. S. Lewis God pickles the proud and preserves the foolish.

How Jesus Approached the Proud and the Humble (Luke 7:36-50) The Lord Jesus was the Master of approaching people at the point of their need and their level of receptivity. He knew how to move from a person’s felt need to their perceived need to their human need as a gateway to their spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Our heavenly Father knows what is best even when He allows us to go through dark valleys of suffering.

Suffering - To experience adverse effects of something unpleasant. To feel pain, grief or discomfort. Illustration:Someone asked C.S. Lewis, "Why do the righteous suffer?" "Why not?" he replied. "They’re the only ones who can take it." Unknown. "Although the world is full of suffering, it is ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Jesus Wants Us To Leave Judging To God

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Judge not lest you be judged. For in the way you criticize others you will be criticized.

Why Jesus wants us to leave the Judging to God ILlustration:It was F.B. Meyer, I believe, who once said that when we see a brother or sister in sin, there are two things we do not know: First, we do not know how hard he or she tried not to sin. And second, we do not know the power of the forces ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:4-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How The Lord Wants Us To Be Empowered By The Spirit

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

How The Lord Wants Us to Be Empowered by The Spirit (I Cor. 4:19,20)Are you operating under your own power or the power of the Holy Spirit?

How The Lord Wants Us to Be Empowered by The Spirit - I Cor. 4:19,20 Illustration:One New Year’s Day, in the Tournament of Roses parade, a beautiful float suddenly sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The whole parade was held up until someone could get a can of gas. The amusing thing was this ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:19-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus The Great High Priest

Contributed by John Stevenson on Oct 18, 2000

Surely our griefs He himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted.

Surely our griefs He himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. (Isaiah 53:4). Within the religion of the Jews, there was no more exalted position that could be held among men than that of the high priest. In the days of the New ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16

How To Live In Full Freedom

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

How to Live in Full Freedom - Rom. 8:2-8 Americans love freedom, yet many do not know the true freedom found in Christ Jesus.

How to Live in Full Freedom - Rom. 8:2-8 Freedom: The condition of being free or unrestricted; personal, civic and spiritual. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. Illustration:The divine "scheme of things," as Christianity understands it, is at once extremely elastic and extremely ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:2-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The World Under Anti-Christ

Contributed by David Zimmerman on Oct 18, 2000

I was reading another pastor's sermon notes on Revelation.

I was reading another pastor's sermon notes on Revelation. After his twelfth sermon (this is my fourteenth), he received an anonymous note from his congregation. It read, Kindly see to it that your sermon presentation is more entertaining and con-cise. He had a member who thought he was preaching ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:1-17

Denomination: *other

Samson's Marvelous Riddle

Contributed by Charles Holt on Nov 3, 2000

Samson’s wedding riddle was born out of conflict teaching important life lessons.

Charles W. Holt email: cholt@gt.rr.com SAMSON’S MARVELOUS RIDDLE Judges 14:1-18 Samson’s quick wit and prankish nature unexpectedly yield a gem of stunning insight. It is a masterpiece of encouragement and hope for times when life gets crazy, seemingly out of control; when one is fighting to ...read more

Scripture: Judges 14:1-18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Jonah And God Ii

Contributed by Russ Witkowski on May 11, 2002

Second in a series on the importance fo obedience

JONAH AND GOD! II THE HIGH COST OF DISOBEDIENCE JONAH 3-4 Sunpm 1/27/02 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you." 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Mother's Request

Contributed by Joe Harding on May 13, 2002

A MOTHER SHOULD REQUEST OF THE LORD GREATNESS FOR HER CHILDREN AND FAMILY BASED ON KINGDOM REALITY.

A MOTHER’S REQUEST MATTHEW 20: 20 – 28 MAY 12, 2002 MOTHER’S DAY INTRODUCTION: Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys: Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Written by Ed Bruce and Patsy Bruce. Cowboys ain’t easy to love and they’re harder to hold. They’d rather give you a song than ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:20-28

Denomination: Baptist

Wholeness Is Holiness

Contributed by Charles Mallory on May 14, 2002

JESUS CHRIST CAME TO SAVE HUMAN BEINGS - BODY AND SOUL.

THE CHURCH IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL WHERE YOU CAN GO IN SICK AND COME OUT THE DOCTOR! JESUS DID NOT HEAL PEOPLE TO PROVE THAT HE WAS GOD. JESUS HEALED PEOPLE BECAUSE HE IS GOD! WE, AS A CHURCH, HAVE A CRUCIAL NEED TO RETURN TO THE VISION OF THE GOD REVEALED IN AND BY JESUS CHRIST. PEOPLE NEED TO ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-15

Denomination: Free Methodist

God's Formula For Success Series

Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002

God’s formula for Joshua’s success is a model for today’s believer.

God’s Formula For Success Joshua 1:6-9 There is a common desire within every person to feel successful. We often measure our worth on the basis of how successful we are. How we measure that success is often based on a worldly standard rather than a godly standard. Success by the world’s standard ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:6-9, Joshua 1:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Teach Them To Your Children

Contributed by Jerry Fenter on May 23, 2002

(Father’s Day sermon) The role & responsibility of fathers in teaching their children about God.

Teach Them To Your Children Deut. 11:18-21; 26-28 The role of the father in today’s family isn’t the same as it was in earlier generations. A survey conducted by Child magazine and reported in the 3/93 issue found more fathers today taking part in child-raising than those of a generation ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:18-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ