Sermons on Separate From World:

Down From The Mountain...

Contributed by Simon Rundell on Feb 23, 2002

The Transfiguration is marvellous, but after that you have to get back down the mountain and get on with the job of being one of Jesus’ disciples

Sermon: 2nd in Lent, Year A, 23rd February 2002 Text: Matthew 17:1-9 In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Transfiguration of Our Lord is one of those epiphanous moments – an episode where Jesus Christ is revealed as he truly is – not merely a fairly ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

From Sacrifice To Liberation Series

Contributed by Paul Kallan on Mar 15, 2003

It may be possible that we have false gods in our life; and we may have a false idea of the One True God. But this lenten season demands us to let God Himself correct and transform our faith into a life-saving one.

The Film „Gangs of New York“ revolves around a battle between two political parties – Tammany Hall and Native Americans –to gain the power of the city. It is a bloody battle in which many are injured, many lose their possessions and still more lose their lives. It is the result of an attempt to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-18

Denomination: Catholic

Learning From Leah

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jan 31, 2006

Out of Leah’s offspring came the Ancient of Days! Sometimes it’s the present hardships in life that drive us to Jesus!

Learning from Your Hurts Text: Genesis 29:16-19, 26-35 Leah wasn’t much to look at, but God’s hand was upon her and that’s all that matters! She was different, and she knew it. As we read we see that Jacob loved and adore Rachel. Imagine for a moment, being in a house where you are always ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 29:16-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

From The Cradle To The Cross

Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 15, 2007

Typical Easter sermon- Jesus died on Friday and arose from the dead on Sunday. What happened during those three days? And now, the rest of the story!

Introduction: Typical Easter sermon- Jesus died on Friday and arose from the dead on Sunday. What happened during those three days? And now, the rest of the story! The Wages The wages of sin is…? (Eternal death). What happens the moment a person dies? (Soul leaves body). Jesus died as the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Bread From Heaven.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 24, 2022

It is all very well seeking Jesus. But WHY?

THE BREAD FROM HEAVEN. John 6:22-35. JOHN 6:22-24. The details of these verses set the scene for the conversation which immediately follows. The people saw the disciples getting into the boat, but had lost sight of Jesus (John 6:22). Meantime other boats had come over from Tiberias to a place ...read more

Scripture: John 6:22-35

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lifted From The Dunghill

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Jul 8, 2023

A dunghill is not a pleasant place neither is a dungeon. Hannah found herself in such a place but she cried to God and was delivered.

TEXT: 1 SAMUEL 2:8 (KJV) "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them." A DUNGEON OF ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:8, 1 Samuel 1:1-7, 1 Samuel 2:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

From Lament To Praise.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 20, 2023

God is, and ever has been, my protector. Why would He let us down now?

FROM LAMENT TO PRAISE. Psalm 43:1-5. Bold prayer dares to address God in the imperative. It seems that the Psalmist, speaking on behalf of many a pilgrim since, has lost his sense of the immanence of God. Yet we cannot rely upon senses, so he falls back on what he knows about God. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 43:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

From A Sob To A Song

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 15, 2004

From a Sob to a Song: Learn from Habakkuk How the Lord Leads from Confusion to Calm

It started with four highjacked airplanes and three downed buildings resulting in the deaths of 6,000 people. How did you react when you first found out about the attacks? For me it was scepticism. It looked more like a movie than reality. When the frightful facts finally sank in I was reminded ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

From Vision To Action

Contributed by Robert Simmons on May 6, 2006

Now we move from that call to the beginning of the action. Moving from vision and dream to walking in the promise is a faith that works. It is that time when energy, passion, excitement, and vision must roll up its sleeves to begin to carry out the miss

From Vision to Action (Joshua 2 & 3) Last week we talked about Joshua’s call, his courage and the presence of God with him. We saw how the presence and strength of God called him to lead his generation to their call. Now we move from that call to the beginning of the action. Moving from vision ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-23

Denomination: Church Of God

From Indescretion To Intercession

Contributed by David Shipman on May 8, 2004

Mother’s Day

Mother¡¦s Day 2004 Introduction: „« Welcome and wish all mothers a Happy Mother¡¦s Day „« Today is a day where we honor our mothers Eph 6:2 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) (KJV) What is the promise: Deut 5:16 16 ¡§Honour thy father and thy ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:2

Denomination: Independent/Bible

From Doubting To Doing Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 13, 2003

Just as Thomas was at heart a sincere follower, so too must we reach out and touch Jesus by faith.

John 20:24-29 – From Doubting to Doing Harriet, the church gossip and self-appointed supervisor of the church’s morals, kept sticking her nose into other people’s business. Several residents were unappreciative of her activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence. She made a ...read more

Scripture: John 20:24-29

Denomination: Baptist

A View From The Wheel

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Mar 5, 2011

A view form the potters wheel makes human clay feel dizzy and pushed around. We think we see the truth but the best view is form the potter's perspective and the shaping that happens with His firm and creative hands.

A view from the wheel Jeremiah 18-1-6 So, this week I had that dizzy feeling that clay might have as it is centered on the potter’s wheel. The potter starts to spin the wheel and shaping the clay. I started to consider how much of my life is remembered as a blur. Christmas’ and ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Denomination: Congregational

Blessings From Above Series

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Jul 15, 2018

The first chapter of Ephesians is one long sentence in the Greek, packed with numerous blessings from above. God chose us, God forgives us, God seals us. We are his...forever.

Blessings from Above Ephesians 1:3-14 Today we launch a new series through a tiny book of the Bible called “Ephesians.” The Apostle Paul wrote this six-chapter letter to the church in Ephesus while he was imprisoned in Rome. Most scholars believe it was meant to be a form letter, something that ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Denomination: Baptist

Apart From The Lord

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 13, 2013

A Thanksgiving message reflecting on Psalm 16:2 - Apart from the Lord I have no good thing.

Dakota Community Church October 13, 2013 Apart From the Lord Psalm 16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
    I have no good apart from you.” 3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
    in whom is all ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 16:1-11

Denomination: Mennonite

From Fear To Faith

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Aug 8, 2022

A sermon for the Sundays after Pentecost, Year C, Lectionary 19

August 7, 2022 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Genesis 15:1-6; Luke 12:32-40 From Fear to Faith Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Two explorers were on a jungle safari when suddenly a ferocious lion jumped in front of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:32-40, Genesis 15:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran