Sermons on Second Death:

Anticipating Messiah -- His Practice Series

Contributed by David Welch on Dec 29, 2008

Second in the advent series anticipating His coming through the study of OT propehecy. This focus of this message is what Messiah will do?

2nd Sunday of Advent “The PRACTICE of Messiah” What will He do? INTRODUCTION Advent means arrival, start, coming, beginning, dawn. Christmas commemorates the first advent; the first coming of Jesus Christ. Every Jew and many Gentiles anticipated the coming of the Messiah promised all through the ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:18-19

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Narnia: The Lion Returns Series

Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 4, 2006

As with Aslan in Narnia, the resurrection of the Lord Jesus signifies His ultimate triumph over sin and death.

The Lion Returns In the book The Life of Pi, Pi Patel, a little Hindu boy goes into a church and asks the priest to tell him a story. The priest tells him the story of Jesus. The next day Pi goes back and asks to hear another story. The priest very wisely tells him Christians have only one story. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Denomination: Mennonite

Commit Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 29, 2017

Second in a series on our church's Discipleship Path. If I want to be Jesus’ disciple I need to be “all in”

ENGAGE This morning, I’m going to begin by taking you through a very quick history of some prevailing ideas about discipleship over the last 600 years or so. I’ll begin in the early 16th century, with a German monk named Martin Luther. Here is what he wrote this about being a disciple of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34-38

Denomination: Baptist

Is ‘allah’ Of Islam Another Name For The God Of Abraham, Isaac, And Jacob?

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Mar 15, 2025

Islam is the second-largest religion in the world after Christianity. It claims to be a monotheistic belief system that worships one god, Allah.

The word ‘Islam’ means ‘submission’ or ‘surrender,’ as its followers are to surrender to Allah's will continuously. It is because the name ‘Allah’ translates as ‘god,' that many Christians who live in the Middle East incorrectly use the word “Allah” when referencing the God of Abraham, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 1:1-4, Matthew 10:24-25, Ephesians 6:11-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Don’t Quit Just Speak To It

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jan 8, 2025

Research shows that most New Years Resolutions are broken by the second Friday of the year so much so that the second Friday of January is called quitters day. Because of discouragement, disappointment, lack of enthusiasm, hopelessness, disdain, disgust, frustration people give up and quit.

Don’t Quit Just Speak to it By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - As Christians we supposedly do not make New Years Resolutions, it is considered taboo, sinful, a lie, false oath, or any other tradition you want to title it, but truth be told we all look to the New Year with a level of ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 4:6-10

Denomination: Apostolic

In His Steps

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 11, 2004

According to Peter, Jesus is our Standard in life, our Substitute in death, and our Shepherd in heaven!

In His Steps by Scott R. Bayles, preacher Church of Christ ------------------------------------------------------ Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 2:21-25 In 1896, a man by the name of Charles M. Sheldon penned the words of what has become a classic, inspirational and best-selling novel, "In His ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21-25

Denomination: Christian Church

Free To Serve

Contributed by Daryl Bahn on Aug 2, 2002

Christ redeemed us from sin, death, and the devil. He redeemed us for service to God!

FREE TO SERVE (Romans 8:1-10) INTRODUCTION by now we’ve all seen vivid pictures of how oppressive governments like the Taliban heartlessly enslaves its own people. But there is something even more oppressive that enslaves people right here in our own homeland! I. Sin enslaves us. Sin follows a ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran

Perfume On A Guy?

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 17, 2009

Message about Mary’s sacrifice of expensive perfume to anoint Jesus before His death.

Perfume on a Guy? Matthew 26:6-13 June 14, 2009 Me: Most of you know that my wife and I lived in Colorado Springs, CO, for two years, just after we got married. We worked for The Navigators, which is a missions organization that I was involved with while I was in college. We were part of a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:6-13

Denomination: Wesleyan

Jonah's Mulligan Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on May 28, 2018

My second chances often become someone else’s first chance to experience God’s mercy

ENGAGE I occasionally play golf with a group of friends which includes another pastor. Since we’re all average golfers at best, we play “grace golf” which means that we have our own modifications to the official rules of golf that are intended to make our frequent poor shots less punitive than ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Lessons From The Palace Part 2 Series

Contributed by David Welch on May 21, 2018

Message 4 in our study of the life and ministry of Elijah. This message explores lessons learned from a second visit to the palace.

Chico Alliance Church Elijah Series #4 “Lessons from the Palace Part 2” Introduction There are two stages to our study of the life of Elijah. First, we want to examine the passage. The provided outline provides some sort of logical structure to the passage. We want to examine God’s interaction ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:15-18, Psalm 27:1-3

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Broken Body & A Borrowed Tomb Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 3, 2012

In the death of Jesus we see God’s Directing: God’s: 1) The Rich (Mt. 27:57–60), 2) The Relatives (Mt. 27:61), 3) The Religious (Mt. 27:62–66)

One of the majestic attributes of God is His absolute sovereignty, His supreme rulership and ultimate control over all things in the universe. He has created and He sustains all things that exist, and He ordains and brings to pass all things that happen. Nowhere in Scripture is God’s incredible ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:57-66

Denomination: Other

It Is Finished Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015

This sermon looks at Jesus last words, "It is finished"

“It is finished” John 19:28-29 It is Friday, April 3, A.D. 33. It is the darkest day in human history, though most people have no clue of this. In Rome, Tiberius attends to the demanding business of the empire. Throughout the inhabited world, babies are born, barter in marketplaces, ...read more

Scripture: John 19:28-29

Denomination: Methodist

Pierced But Not Broken

Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 29, 2016

Jesus is not broken by arrest and crucifixion process, so He is able to help us when we are broken

Message John 19:28-37 “Pierced but Not Broken” What would it take to break you? If you had a secret … a really important secret … how much punishment could you endure before you would give that secret up? What if they started hurting your family members? Would you hand over the secret ...read more

Scripture: John 19:28-37

Denomination: Baptist

Of Crime And Punishment: David And Uriah Series

Contributed by John Dixon on Oct 7, 2018

David was a murderer polygamist, adulterer, liar and poor father.

PSALM 51:1-19 (NASB) 1 Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. 4 Against You, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-19

Denomination: Christian Church

What Is The Lord's Supper?

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 3, 2021

The Lord’s Supper is so significant that when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin because the first people in history to walk on the Moon, Aldrin celebrated the auspicious occasion by taking the Lord’s Supper.

Jesus never asked His disciples to remember His birth. But He did instruct them to remember His death and resurrection. He gave the church two visible symbols (called “ordinances”) as reminders of His death. These two ordinances are: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is an object ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-34

Denomination: Baptist