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Dealing With Difficult People Series

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 22, 2004

The Bible’s Answer to difficult people.

Dealing With Difficult People Genesis 16:1-10 Jesus reduced the ten commandments down to just two. We are love God with all of our heart, and our neighbor as ourselves. It isn’t so hard to love a God who is good, and values us so highly. However, when we begin to love others as we love ourselves ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 16:1-10

Denomination: Wesleyan

"Attempting To Run Away From God" Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Oct 21, 2004

God Still Speaks Inviting Us to Join Him in His Work. God Still Speaks To Us But Sometimes We Don’t Like What Tells Us To Do! Going Away From God Is Always Going In The Wrong Direction When We Are Running From God, Satan Is Away Happy To Provi

A Study of Book of Jonah Sermon # 1 “Attempting To Run From God.” Jonah 1:1-3 Have you ever just wanted to run away? We all probably have that feeling once in a while. We just want to get away. Sometimes it is even that way in ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Divine Rejects... Not! Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on May 21, 2005

What are God’s plans for God’s people? Using personal history to interpret theology, Paul offers some surprizes.

Divine Rejects… NOT! Romans 11 Twice in this chapter Paul says: “I ask then…” Both of these set the stage for a discussion about God’s patience and plans for his people. Here are the questions: “I ask then, has God rejected his people?” (That’s verse one). And, “So I ask, did they stumble in ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Things Are Not Always As They Seem Series

Contributed by Kevin Purcell on May 24, 2005

This is a First Person Narrative of the Lame Man that Peter and John healed in Acts 3. He says that when a person really sees the need of another person, then they can respond in faith and take a risk for that person. When that happens God blesses and g

Things Are Not Always As They Seem Acts 3 Introduction [Show Acts 3 from Visual Bible or have it read by someone else.] [Enter from the back dressed in character] One thing that story teaches us is that things are not always as they seem. I learned that in a pretty dramatic way. If you had ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

An Unfair God?

Contributed by William Mouser on Sep 19, 2005

In dispensing eternal life, God is just as gracious to the death-bed convert as he is one born and reared in the faith. Jesus’ parable of the Vineyard Workers shows us why.

An Unfair God? Matthew 20:1-16 Somewhere in the Charlie Brown cartoon canon, there is an episode where Lucy and Charlie are walking home from school. Lucy has a report card in her hand and she is clearly not pleased. She turns to Charlie, and, complains: "It isn’t fair Charlie Brown, it just ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Loving And Accepting What God Loves And Accepts

Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005

Sermon explores our attitudes toward sinners. Clip from movie "Simon Birch" used as illustration.

Loving & Accepting What God Loves & Accepts Matthew 9:9-13 1-18-04 Intro Our text this morning is Matt 9:9-13 “As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. 10While Jesus was having ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13

Denomination: Charismatic

What Are You Full Of?

Contributed by Jim Kane on Dec 14, 2004

Just as Mary and Joseph were full of grace, so must we be.

When Jonathon and Daniel were younger, I used to say to them, “You’re full of blarney!” To which they would respond, “BJ!” as they thought I said that they were “full of Barney the dinosaur” because BJ is Barney’s friend. “You’re full of it” is an expression we use either in teasing or in all ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14

Denomination: Church Of God

The Spirit And Unity With God Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 3, 2005

We were created to join in the dance of unity with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The Spirit draws us back into the dance.

Knowing the Holy Spirit May 1, 2005 The Spirit and Union (Baptism in the Spirit) Do you remember a few weeks ago we were trying to find an image, a metaphor for the trinity that goes beyond an fills out the images of the egg, or the shamrock, or fire? And we rediscovered this ancient word ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:4-7

Denomination: *other

How To Get God To Say "Yes"

Contributed by Harvie Neatherlin on Jun 17, 2003

We spend almost all of our life hoping to hear a word that contains only three letters. This sermon contains the formula for getting God to say YES.

Introduction: We spend a good part of our life hoping to hear a word that is made up of only three letters. We are most often on a quest to secure it and will go to almost any length to hear this word. And whether you realize it or not you begin this quest at a very early age. Some of you, as I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 3:1-15, 2 Chronicles 1:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Rahab: A Godly Woman And Mother

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002

A mother’s day sermon using the NT references to Rahab as an example

Rahab: A Godly Woman and Mother Steve Simala Grant, May 11/12, 2002 Intro: Since it is Mother’s day, I thought I’d share a couple cartoons from my favorite impish cartoon character, Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes): TEN SIGNS OF A FRUSTRATED MOTHER 1. Your children know how to read HTML ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25

Denomination: Baptist

Nutgrass Of The Soul

Contributed by Cynthia Hinson on Jul 6, 2002

Tough, arrogant and persistent, sin (like nutgrass) will (in Malachi’s words) be burnt to stubble to make way for the Kingdom. Don’t be childish -- our faith is not a game. The prophets have warned us -- and now, someone greater than a prophet is here.

Nutgrass of the Soul Matthew 11:2-30 Rev. Cynthia T. Hinson – St. Paul United Methodist Church – Conroe, TX – July 7, 2002 The very last book of the Old Testament is Malachi, and the last verses of the last chapter of that book read thus: 1 "For behold, the day comes, burning like an oven, when ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-30, Malachi 4:1-6

Denomination: Methodist

Characteristics Of Comforters

Contributed by Dana Chau on Aug 5, 2002

Discover four characteristics that make you unforgettable in the mind of others and in the mind of God

This morning, we will look at the book of Job, chapter 2. Job, as we saw several weeks ago, is an epic poem. An epic poem is a heroic story recorded in poetry form Although the book of Job deals with the problem of suffering, we will not find easy answers to the problem of suffering. ...read more

Scripture: Job 2:1-13

Denomination: *other

Life Can Be Holy

Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Sep 16, 2002

The Scriptures tell us “As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance; But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy: for I am holy

“Life Can Be Holy” The Scriptures tell us “As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance; But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy: for I am holy.” (1 Peter ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

What Christmas Is Really All About

Contributed by Scott Cox on Dec 23, 2000

A reminder of and a discovery of the true meaning of Christmas.

INTRODUCTION: A little boy drew a manger scene in his Sunday School class. When he was done he showed the teacher what he had drawn. There was Mary and Joseph, and baby Jesus, and the animals, and the shepherds, and a chubby boy sitting by the baby Jesus. The teacher asked, "who is this chubby ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:4-7

Denomination: Baptist

Four Reasons For Healing

Contributed by Rick D Brackett on Jan 13, 2001

There are at least four reasons why healing comes.

“FOUR REASONS FOR HEALING” Text: Acts 3:11-21; 4:1-4 Introduction: This is a beautiful story of the healing of the lame man who had been crippled all of his life and he was over 40 years old. Divine healing is fascinating. We live in a world that is plagued with ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:11-21, Acts 4:1-4

Denomination: Church Of God