Sermons on Second Temple:

Living For The Return

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 28, 2010

This sermon is a take off from a previous sermon of mine entitled "For the Love of Christ." It discusses the return of Christ and how we must live today for our hope of tomorrow.

WE’VE ALL HEARD ABOUT ··· The return of Jesus Christ, and how He will then take us home with Him. WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG ··· I was afraid of Jesus. My older brother said if I wasn’t careful, Jesus would reach out from the radio and pull me in with Him. THAT’S THE SAME BROTHER ··· Who told me I ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17

Denomination: *other

How Long Will You Wait?

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Feb 6, 2009

The signs point to the soon return of Jesus Christ. How long will you wait before you begin to warn unbelievers about their fate?

February 8, 2009 Morning Worship Text: Luke 21:5-36 Subject: The Second Coming Title: How Long Will You Wait? I am going to continue this week in the same direction we were headed last week. If you remember, last week I challenged you to be a disciple maker. This week I want to start off with ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:5-36

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Global Warming And The Bible

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 4, 2009

Does the Bible say anything concerning Global Warming that we hear so much about?

Global Warming and the Bible 2 Peter 3:3-14 These days it seems you can hardly turn on the TV, go online, or open your morning newspaper without being confronted with the idea of global warming. In his 2006 Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:3-14

Denomination: Wesleyan

"He Who Is Coming" Series

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 16, 2009

Sermon 21 in a study in HEBREWS

“FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY. 38 BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM. 39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:26-39

Denomination: Orthodox

Silas, Leading Behind A Great Leader

Contributed by Michael Bolin on Sep 10, 2010

Sermon for a new associate pastor!

How many of you remember, on August the 5th, the bus crash that killed two people and injured band students on both buses? The news reported the 2 buses, with high school band students, were going to an amusement park when they slammed into a freeway wreck that happened right in front of them, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:36-40

Denomination: United Methodist

Why All The Noise? Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 22, 2010

How do we interpret our present time? Do we understand the times?

“The Charge of the Light Brigade: Why All the Noise?” Jer. 4:11-12, 22-28 & 8:18-9:1; Mt. 24:3-14 & 36-44 Jesus, and the New Testament authors, spoke frequently about his second coming. One scholar indicated that 1 out of every 15 verses in the New Testament speaks about it. And yet we seldom ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:3-44

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What Makes One Worthy?

Contributed by Kent Meeler on Oct 7, 2010

RAPTURE, ESCAPING TRIBULATION, BEING COUNTED WORTHY

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE WORTHY? NBCOG 08/29/2010 AM TEXT LUKE 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. INTRODUCTION *THE BACKGROUND OF THE TEXT IS THE TIME OF TRIBULATION. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:36

Denomination: Church Of God

Let Us Rejoice - For He Is Returning Series

Contributed by Dustin T Parker on May 16, 2010

As we end this easter season - we remember that there is more to the story than just easter - there is the second coming!

Concordia Lutheran Church Sunday after the Ascension, May 16, 2010 Let us Rejoice… He is Returning! Acts 1:1-11 † IN JESUS NAME † Dear friends, take confidence in this, that the God of peace will sanctify you completely, and His grace will keep you whole spirit, soul and body blameless ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Let Us Rejoice - For He Is Returning Series

Contributed by Dustin T Parker on May 16, 2010

As we end this easter season - we remember that there is more to the story than just easter - there is the second coming!

Concordia Lutheran Church Sunday after the Ascension, May 16, 2010 Let us Rejoice… He is Returning! Acts 1:1-11 † IN JESUS NAME † Dear friends, take confidence in this, that the God of peace will sanctify you completely, and His grace will keep you whole spirit, soul and body blameless ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Patience: It’s A Matter Of Time Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jun 8, 2010

Patience is a virtue of love that every believer needs to make it through this life.

Patience: It’s a Matter of Time James 5:7-12 7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is ...read more

Scripture: James 5:7-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Answering The Scoffers Series

Contributed by David Owens on Apr 3, 2011

In this sermon, we discuss Peter's answer to the scoffers who said that Jesus was not coming again. We learn about our need to be prepared always for His return.

Introduction: A. The story is told about a preacher who was preaching to a packed church about the second coming. 1. He wound up to a fever pitch and quoted Jesus’ promise, “I am coming soon!” 2. He preached some more and said even more loudly, “I am coming ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Faith Of A Dog

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 9, 2011

A message that shows how people of all times are just like us today. We are all driven by our pasts to make decisions today that will affect our futures tomorrow.

There were two men out in the country hunting one day when all of a sudden they came upon a very large grizzly bear. They could instantly tell that the bear was looking for lunch. And so, they began to run with all their might. While they were running away from the bear, one of them yelled ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:36-39

Denomination: *other

Night Calls: The Call To Come Up Series

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Feb 21, 2010

The King is coming! At anytime, at any moment Jesus Christ may issue the call for His children to come up for all things have been made ready. Are we listening for that call or have we fallen asleep?

Night Calls: The Call to Come Up 1Thessalonians 4:13-18 Introduction: The King is coming! At anytime, at any moment Jesus Christ may issue the call for His children to come up for all things have been made ready. Are we listening for that call or have we fallen ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Day Will Come Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 30, 2009

It begins with God, who created. Humanity, who rebelled. Jesus, who came. And us, who respond with repentance. And then we live lives of hope – hope that “our present troubles are small and won’t last very long.

The Day Will Come Zech 12-13 Nov 9, 2008 Intro: "Hope" is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard— And sore must be the storm— That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm— I’ve ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Remember Lot's Wife

Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Aug 10, 2009

The stories of Noah and Lot are actually opposites. When God destroyed the world in Noah’s day, what agency did he use to bring about the destruction? Water.When God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, what was the agency that God used to bring ab

Luke 17:26-32(NIV): "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot. People ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:26-32

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist