Sermons on Scraps:

Not Too Proud For Crumbs Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 20, 2007

Miracle of Faith, Pt. 5

NOT TOO PROUD FOR CRUMBS (MATTHEW 15:21-28) The story of the Canaanite woman and her demon-possessed daughter is ridden with tough questions, negative overtones and hard feelings. A scholar said, “It is difficult to find a harsher and more unfeeling reply in the four Gospels than that which our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Bloom Where You Are Planted Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 22, 2007

Parables for Seekers, Pt. 1

BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED (LUKE 8:4-15) Motivational writer Dennis Kimbro says that some people are like wheels - they don't work unless they are pushed. Some people are like trailers - they have to be pulled. Some people are like kites - always up in the air, and if you don't keep a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:4-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Angels Carried Him To Abraham's Side

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Oct 12, 2010

The rich man and Lazarus had quite different lives and quite different deaths. What does this teach us about where to look for happiness?

Text: Luke 16:19-31 Theme: Angels Carried Him to Abraham's Side A. Beware the alternative B. Find comfort in the promise Season: Pentecost 19c Date: October 3, 2010 Web page: http://hancocklutheran.org/sermons/Angels-Carried-Him-to-Abraham_s-Side-Luke16_19-31.html Grace and peace to you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Lutheran

Prayer And The Chronically Unhappy

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 21, 2010

For Reformation Sunday, October 1987: Job in the Old Testament and Luther in the Reformation Era were chronically unhappy people, but used that as a form of spiritual energy to drive them toward creative achievement and an honest personal faith.

It looks as though some people are just born to be unhappy. There are some people who are going to approach nearly everything with a complaint or a gripe, who are going to make a personal issue out of everything. Nothing is quite good enough, nothing quite satisfies. There are folks whose ...read more

Scripture: Job 6:8-13

Denomination: Baptist

Being Calm In Calamity

Contributed by Monty Newton on Jun 2, 2008

Christians may be calm when the world is in chaos.

Title: Being Calm in Calamity Text: Psalm 46 The Big Idea: Christians may be calm when the world is in chaos. Introduction Project Masada 1 Masada is the name of ancient fortifications in the Southern District of Israel on top of an isolated rock plateau. Masada is on the eastern edge of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Summer Disappointments

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 24, 2008

When we feel disappointment in life, we blame our own expectations, we blame those who love us, and ultimately we blame God. Repentance and acceptance of grace takes us away from self and toward contentment.

Those of you who attempt to grow gardens know that it takes infinite patience and infinite hope to be a gardener. It takes infinite patience because it can be a great deal of work and a lot of expense and much waiting to get any kind of results. Incidentally, I dispute the notion that you can ...read more

Scripture: Micah 7:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Heaven's Coronation Dqy Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on Feb 4, 2009

As we continue this study of the biblical view of end times, this next message focuses in on what will happen in heaven once Jesus Christ gathers all his believers from the earth prior to the Tribulation.

A Biblical View of The End Times HEAVEN’S CORONATION DAY 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 Intro: As our journey through the events surrounding the end times continues, we come to an event that will take place in Heaven while the Tribulation Period is going on here on earth. During the time of the tribulation ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-15

Denomination: Baptist

Get Your Weather Report Here

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 5, 2006

1- We must interpret the times, not the seasons 2- We must beware of the yeast, not the bread 3- We must cling to the rock, not the sand

INTRO.- ILL.- It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a new Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets, and when he looked at the sky, he couldn’t tell what the weather ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:1-20, Matthew 17:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God's Good Plan For You

Contributed by Dan Jackson on Sep 12, 2008

Message preached to kick off a Capital Stewardship Program

God’s Good Plan for You Jeremiah 29:11-13 Today we begin an adventure that your church leadership believes is the plan of God for First Church of Christ. I come as a pastor. I will join your staff for the next 3 months and follow-up with you for the following 3 years. I am a Stewardship Pastor ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11-13

Overwhelming Or Overcoming? It Depends

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 23, 2008

Autobiographical account of memories of race relations. Christ gives us the power to overcome backgrounds that might overwhelm us.

If you find yourself facing a monstrous evil, there are really only two choices: either to run or to fight. Either to run or to fight. Now most of us will try a third choice; we will try to ignore the problem. But that won’t work. That won’t work. Massive, monstrous evil demands a response: ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:14-21

Denomination: Baptist

Action Pattern For A Crossover People

Contributed by Chris Surber on Oct 30, 2008

Just as God brought the Israelites into the Promised Land, He has called us out of the darkness of the world to live lives full of victory, crossing over the flooded streams of this life.

“Action Pattern for a Crossover People,” Joshua 3:5-17 Introduction An old writer said that Faith and Reason may be compared to two travelers. Faith is like a man in full health, who can walk his twenty or thirty miles at a time without suffering. Reason is like a little child, who can only, with ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:5-17

Denomination: Christian Church

Godly Love And Hate

Contributed by Jon Lipka on Mar 4, 2012

Our love of God, if deep and true, must needs exclude--and therefore hate--all things that draw us away

“Love, love, love, love. Christian hear this is your call. Love your neighbor as yourself, for God loves us all.” Christians hear a lot about love. Today’s New Testament and Gospel readings are the standard texts on love, maybe throw in John 3:16 and 1 Corinthians 13, and ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Anglican

It Just So Happened? Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 8, 2011

God provides wonderfully for those who place their hope in his unfailing love.

Scripture Introduction We meet Boaz in our study today. Do you know what kind of man Boaz was before he got married? Answer: he was Ruth-less. The book of Ruth teaches us to look for God’s blessings even in our bitterness. Naomi, just like you and me, had hopes for her life: a husband, happy ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 2:1-23

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Who Is This Man? Jesus, The Savior Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011

Jesus staked His entire reputation on the Resurrection. If it didn’t happen, everything that Jesus said and did is open to question. Easter is not about a crime against an innocent man, it is about a claim -- a claim so spectacular and so crucial that it

Who Is This Man? Jesus, The Savior Mark 16:1-7; 1 Corinthians 15:17 An Illinois man left Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him the next day. When he reached his hotel he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-7

Denomination: Methodist

The Humble King, The Happy Crowd, And The Hateful Leaders

Contributed by David Nolte on Mar 27, 2021

There were different attitudes displayed when Jesus rode a donkey into Jerusalem.

“THE HUMBLE KING, THE HAPPY CROWD AND THE HATEFUL LEADERS” When I was a child about 6 years old, Dad would take me to Harvest Festival in Arvada, Colorado. He would pay the Attendant a dime for me to ride a pony around and around in a large circle along with 9 other buckaroos. That was 5 minutes ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ