Sermons on Second Best:

Beware's

Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Feb 16, 2005

The Second Coming..

BEWARE 2nd Thess Chap 2 In today’s world We have to be prepared for what Could happen at any second!!! THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST! Or the Rapture- Or The Great Tribulation! Our English Bible’s don’t use the word Rapture, But we all know what it means when we hear Things like – The coming ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

How Will You Meet The King

Contributed by Dean Morgan on Feb 18, 2005

We are presented with 5 different people who met the king. Each one meets him with a different attitude and from a different point of view. Needless to say, before we are done, we will see that not everyone was happy to see the king.

Background: This chapter finds David returning to Jerusalem after a forced exile caused by Absalom his son. Absalom is now dead and King David is returning to retake his rightful place on the throne, Israel. David’s return finds the people of Israel in various states of mind and in various states ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 19:15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hockey, Hell And Heaven

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Feb 19, 2005

Wednesday February 16, 2005 the National Hockey League announced that the 2004-05 season has been cancelled due to failure to resolve a management-player dispute over a team’s salary cap. IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY.

HOCKEY, HELL AND HEAVEN “We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Great Harlot! (Part 6) Series

Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 21, 2005

I show that the harlot who sits on many waters is the apostate church of the last days. I also give 3 bible evidences to examine to see if modern day Christians are a part of the apostate church.

Title: The Tribulation Continued (Part 6) Text: Rev 17 Pray!!! Read Text!!! Introduction: - Review using power point from the last 5 sermons - Who is the Great Harlot in Rev 17? - It is an apostate Church professing Christ yet not possessing Christ. - Revelation labels the apostate church of ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 17:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hedging Our Spiritual Bets

Contributed by William Mouser on Feb 28, 2005

Focusing on John the Baptist’s preaching at the first advent, this sermon exhorts to preparation for the second advent.

THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT Luke 3:1-17 “Hedging Our Spiritual Bets” In last Friday’s Wall Street Journal, there was a column by a fellow named Vincent Carrol. He is an editor for the Rocky Mountain News. Let me read you the first three paragraphs of his column. “On Christmas Eve, in line with my ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-17

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Final Harvest Series

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Mar 10, 2005

The harvest at the end of the age shows us the importance of telling people about Jesus now.

March 6, 2005 Morning Worship Text: Matthew 13:36-43 Subject: The Harvest Title: Part 4 in the Harvest Series ¡V The Final Harvest As we finish up the Harvest Series I want to do so by placing a great emphasis on the work that is set before us. I¡¦ve told you that seed has been planted and there ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:36-43

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Missing Multitude

Contributed by Andy Patterson on Mar 16, 2005

I firmly believe Jesus is coming,and the Church is going!

The Missing Multitude! Matthew 16:24 - 28/ Rev 7:9 - 17 There is coming a day in which the Lord is coming again, I firmly believe that this is no myth nor legend but the truth of the word of God, * His Coming is IMINENT * His Coming will be INCREDIBLE * His Coming has many IMPLICATIONS * At ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24

Denomination: Baptist

Living In The Now But Not Yet Series

Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 1, 2004

How do we live with the tension that we have the promises of GOd yet they have not yet been completely fulfilled in us?

Philippians 3:12-16 Sunday, June 6, 2002 Tension - we don’t like to live with tension - we seek to resolve that which gives us tension. The problem is that sometimes our attempts to resolve the tension get us into more trouble. Now but not yet. Eschatology: there is a tension between what part ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-16

Denomination: Baptist

Paying The Bills

Contributed by Ethan Muse on Apr 2, 2004

Discover Satan’s strategy to cause every Christian to be lost in the end.

This is my adaptation of a sermon by Pastor Henry Wright If you have your Bibles this morning, turn with me once again to the text that was read for our scripture reading this morning. Matthew 28:18-20, reading from the New American Standard Bible, says this: “And Jesus came up and spoke to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:34-36

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

A Full Supply

Contributed by Kris Roberts on Apr 17, 2004

Based on the Parable of the Ten Virgins

“A Full Supply” (Based on the Parable of the Ten Virgins) 1. Introduction · Give some modern day storytelling concerning story. Matthew 25:1-11 says… "The Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. But only five of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-11

Denomination: United Methodist

Are We There Yet?

Contributed by Tommy Jackson on Apr 26, 2004

How close are we to the return of Christ?

ARE WE THERE YET? TEXT: Matt. 24:33 “Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door”. OPEN: If you have ever been on a trip with a child (maybe even a teenager) you have heard the question, “ARE WE THERE YET”? Sometimes you have heard the question SO MUCH ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:33, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stop The Madness, Part I

Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Apr 29, 2004

A lot of end times theology has come out Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians - but what did Paul intend to teach?

Stop the Madness, Part 1 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI July 6th, 2003 Pastor Chris Lanham “Heaven, Heaven Everybody talking about heaven ain’t going there Heaven, Heaven Going to shout all over God’s heaven.” So goes the chorus to one of the most beloved Negro ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Keeping Watch

Contributed by David Dewitt on May 5, 2004

We are to keep watching because Jesus is coming soon. This is a devotional for my church newsletter

Keeping Watch April 2004 Mark 13:32-37 I can remember once when I was a kid my oldest sister and brother-in-law came to visit us when they lived in Maine. My other sister and I sat and watched for them to come. It seemed like we were going to have to wait forever for them to arrive. It seemed like ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:32-37

Denomination: Church Of God

"Seeing Him Go" Series

Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on May 19, 2004

Why is the Ascension of Christ so important to us today? What are the promises He made when he left?

Iliff & Saltillo May 23, 2004 Ascension Sunday "Seeing Him Go" Mark 16:19-20 Acts 1:1-11 INTRODUCTION: Although Jesus had discouraged his followers from expecting an earthly kingdom, the idea was deeply ingrained in them that they couldn’t forget it. After the resurrection, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:19-20, Acts 1:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

Fortelling The Future

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Dec 9, 2003

Daniel’s prophecies of the end times

“Foretelling the Future” Daniel Intro: What would it be worth to have a way of telling the future? Think about it. People spend millions of dollars a year going to psychics, reading horoscopes, trying to find out what stock to invest in. People buy books of “winning” lottery numbers. The ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational