Sermons on Selfless Action:

Generosity - That’s What I’m Talkin About! Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011

This is the perfect planet for life by God’s design.

Intro: 1.John Klu-ge, once listed as the wealthiest man in America, who built an investment in a radio station into a broadcasting empire that was the forerunner to Fox Television, has died. He was 95. In 1989, 1990 and 1991 Klu-ge was labeled the wealthiest man in America, with a net worth of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:2

Denomination: Baptist

And America Thinks The Energizer Bunny Is Something! Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011

God is the real source of all energy.

Intro: THE REAL SOURCE OF ENERGY! 1. The scientists were all excited about what is called "dark engergy" but lately articles have brought the idea into doubt. One such article notes: "It was only a few years ago that astronomers shook up current models of the Universe with the theory of dark ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:2

Denomination: Baptist

Who Turned On The Lights! Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011

We were never meant to live in darkness so God turned on the lights.

Intro: WHO TURNED ON THE LIGHTS! 1. The city of Rattenburg, Austria is in the dark from November to February each year. The city was built in the 1300’s behind a 3,000-foot mountain to protect it from ma-raud-ers [people in search of plunder]. Since the lack of winter sunshine was a small price to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

Image Is Everything! Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011

We cannot begin to appreciate just how precious it is to be a human being created in the image of God.

Intro: 1. Sailhamer, "The creation of humanity is set apart from the previous acts of creation...whereas throughout the previous account the making of each creature is described as "according to its own kind," the account of humankind’s creation specifies that the man and the woman were made ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27

Denomination: Baptist

Father Knows Best. Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 7, 2011

Not all knowledge is good for us, mankind was never meant to decide for himself what is good and what is evil. He was created to depend upon Gods wisdom.

Intro: 1. Vance Havner, "Some things are for us to know, some things are not for us to know. Blessed is the man who learns early which is which. Most of our unhappiness is caused by not knowing what we should know and by trying to know what we are not to know." 2. Not all knowlege is good ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Redemption Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 14, 2011

Redemption

SO GREAT A SALVATION - REDEMPTION. I. Definition. The various words translated redemption, redeem, etc., are found 132 times in the O.T., and 22 times in the N.T. The essential idea is "freedom by payment of a price." II. Demonstration. The illustration of redemption is found in the book of ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Beauty In The Beatitudes!!!

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 27, 2011

To focus upon the BEAUTIFUL ORDER in the flow of BEATITUDES

Beauty in the Beatitudes “For God is not a God of disorder…” 1 Cor 14:33 First things first. What is the chief and highest end of man? Let the revered Christian Book namely the Westminster catechism give the answer. Man’s chief and highest end is to glorify ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:33

Denomination: *other

Acting On God's Plan - Pt 2 Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jan 27, 2013

Nehemiah had challenged the people with the plan God had given him and now it was time to put that plan into action. Nehemiah leads the people to move forward and rebuild the wall in spite of and in the face of stiff opposition

Sermon Brief Date Written: January 25, 2013 Date Preached: January 27, 2013 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: Building with God Sermon Title: Acting On God’s Plan - Pt 2 Sermon Text: Nehemiah 3-4 [ESV] Introduction: Nehemiah heard about Jerusalem lying in ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Our Hope? Series

Contributed by Andrew Gamblin on Feb 12, 2013

What is our universal story of hope? It is the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

For the entire month of January, we are going to focus on this thing called evangelism. Now to me that word is sometime scary and evokes many different emotions. For those of you with the spiritual gift of evangelism, you may get a little excited because this is right up your ally and you’re ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:13-17

Denomination: United Methodist

Telling My Story Series

Contributed by Andrew Gamblin on Feb 12, 2013

It is important to tell other's your story of hope so they can find their story.

We are in week three of our four week series on “Stories of Hope.” By now we have discussed what our universal story of hope is. We have written down some of our own stories of hope to help remind us of our personal hope that we have in Christ. We have also heard people talk about their ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:11

Denomination: United Methodist

Sloth & Diligence Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 13, 2012

We can be complacent or strive toward quality work, for excellence.

Sloths are mammals who move only when necessary and even then very slowly. They’re known to dig their curved claws into a tree branch and hang without effort for hours-on-end; they are as unmotivated as they look! Sloth Sloth is something we make jokes about, but few think of it as sin. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

Denomination: Congregational

What's In A Name?

Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 26, 2012

Names are of importance in the Bible -- the name of God; the names of people; and the new name given to believers in Jesus.

1. RC Oliver – When my wife and I attended Freed-Hardeman College (now University), one of our teachers gave a chapel talk about the importance of names. In so doing, he told us HIS story of the difficulties he had growing up eith the name, “RC” Oliver. As a child entering school, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:20-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Doing The Right Thing Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Aug 25, 2014

Do we know the rights things to do and are we really doing them?

Please open your Bibles to the Book of Ruth…. We will learn from Chapter 3 and a portion of 4 this morning. But before reading, let us note a few things which will help us understand the situation with Naomi, Ruth and Boaz. Look briefly at Ruth 2:20…. Boaz was one of the “kinsman-redeemers” for ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Christian Warfare: The Deciever" Series

Contributed by Christopher Glenn on Jun 9, 2012

Over the next several weeks, we are going to look at strategies of Satan, How to detect him, and how to defeat him. We will look at four people from the Old Testament who had a direct confrontation with Satan.

Christian Warfare Part 1 The Deceiver Genesis 3:1-7 INTRODUCTION: I. Unfortunately, many people don’t believe that the Devil really exists. We characterize Satan as some fictitious person. A. ILLUSTRATION: 1. Once a boxer was being badly beaten. Battered and bruised, he leaned over the ropes and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-7

Simple Man

Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Jun 28, 2012

God gives us three simple instructions in order to reconcile ourselves and our nation to Him.

Simple Man Micah 6: 3-8 Intro. A father was talking with his rather rebellious son one day & said, "Every person who lives in the United States is a privileged person." The boy answered, "I disagree." And the father replied, "That’s the privilege." . We have the privilege to disagree. We ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:3-8

Denomination: Baptist