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Brokenness: Bitterness Or Blessing

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Apr 17, 2016

A message to encourage those who have bitterness in their lives to move on to blessing.

Brokenness: Bitterness or Blessing? Job 3:1-26 Job 3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. ILL - My family and I lived in a temporary home after a move and did not bother to unpack our boxes. My brother and I were kept awake each night by a bothersome cricket. After several ...read more

Scripture: Job 3:1

Denomination: Baptist

The Presence Of God Series

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Aug 15, 2004

This is part 2 of ’fruit and the fig tree’. Jesus is looking for fruit: of character (part 1) and His presence going to the gentiles (part 2). This sermon looks at the tearing of the temple curtain as a) us having access to God’s presence b)God’s presenc

The presence of God. WBC 15 Aug 2004 am. Readings: Ex 26:31-35, 1KI 6:14, -19, MK 11:15-17, MT 27:50-51 We go in – we have access In the OT- God is presented as omnipresent and loving - but not incredibly accessible o only to the few. Mainly in a ‘national sense’  = because of His ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:11-26

Denomination: Baptist

"Who Knew?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 10, 2009

A sermon about God using small things to achieve great goals!

1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 “Who Knew?” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace UMC, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org The front page of a Texas newspaper a few years ago carried the picture of a young and beautiful African American mother born without arms and legs! The State Department of Public ...read more

Denomination: United Methodist

Sermon On An Abyss Of Misunderstandings

Contributed by William Meakin on Oct 8, 2025

An abyss of misunderstandings describes a state of pervasive and profound miscommunication,

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, and American wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex once remarked: "You make a choice: continue living your life feeling muddled in this abyss of self-misunderstanding, or you find your identity independent of it. You draw your own box." Proverbs 14:29 ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1, 1 Timothy 5:8, Philippians 2:3, Proverbs 25:26

A Greater Sacrifice

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010

A GREATER SACRIFICE (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Hebrews chapter 10 verses 1-18: Ill: • The story of Daddy Long Legs is a book by Jean Webster; • It has now been made into a film. • It is the story of a little girl in an orphanage. • She knows that there is a wealthy man who provides for the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:1-18

Denomination: Brethren

Matt 4:12-17 Light In The Darkness Series

Contributed by Thomas H on Nov 24, 2011

Matt 4:12-17 Light in the darkness

Matthew 4:12-17 Light in the darkness Manuscript There are lots of different places in the world where people live. Some are hot, some are cold. Some are mountainous, some are flat. Some are lush, some are barren. Some are beautiful, some are ugly. Some are in rich countries, some are in poor ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Worship: Uzzah Dies, David Dances, Michal Scorns. Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Sep 29, 2008

In our worship, we must not try to control God or others, buit give ourselves fully to God.

2 Samuel 6 Worship: Uzzah Dies, David Dances, Michal Scorns. When you hear this story, beyond “what is an ephod?” your first question might be, “Why did God kill Uzzah?” - He seemed to be doing a good thing – stopping the Ark of the Covenant from falling and smashing on the ground! We aren’t ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:1-23

Denomination: *other

A Lasting Memorial

Contributed by Jerry Flury on May 26, 2013

What caused Christ to declare, “Wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her”? What made her action so lasting?

A Lasting Memorial Mark 14:3-9 Much of what one does in life is quickly forgotten; very little if anything being remembered by subsequent generations. In Mark’s gospel we have the action of a woman, identified in Matthew and John as Mary, which has lasted for scores of generations; a deed which ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:3-9

Denomination: Baptist

That I May Know Him! Logos/Rhema

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 24, 2019

Is our desire to KNOW JESUS in a personal way. Two terms for God's word are powerful: LOGOS and RHEMA. We need both to full grow and understand the relationship with Jesus.

THAT I MAY KNOW HIM…Logos/Rhema By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr Kyfingers@aol.com I read a story from 100 years ago. A young student was studying ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The boy was reading all he could find to write a paper about Lincoln. The boy was talking to his grandfather about Lincoln. The ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13, Romans 10:8, Hebrews 11:1

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Assessing Value

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 3, 2024

Message on giving. Jesus on assessing value in the gift of the widow

Background to passage: This is the last event of Jesus’s public ministry that he includes in his gospel. A familiar account of Jesus watching the offering bins and teaching a lesson about giving. The account teaches just a couple of things, and I am going to throw in a few more. Now, I never (or ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:41-44

Denomination: Baptist

"A Fearless Walk Through A Dangerous Valley.”

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jun 6, 2009

Going through some valleys with His protection

Psalm 23: The clock is my dictator, I shall not rest. It makes me lie down only when exhausted. It leads me into deep depression, it hounds my soul. It leads me in circles of frenzy for activities’ sake. Even though I run frantically from task to task, I will never get it all done, for my “ideal” ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:4

Denomination: Wesleyan

A New And Better Covenant Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Dec 19, 2005

# 14 in a series on Hebrews. Four ways the New Covenant is better than the Old Covenant.

A Study of the Book of Hebrews Jesus is Better Sermon # 14 “A New and Better Covenant” Hebrews 8:5-13 In our modern age we define a host of relations by contracts. These contracts whether they are formal or ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 8:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

Exodus 25 - It Will Cost You Something To Serve God! Series

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 28, 2009

God asks me to invest into His kingdom purposes with my time, talents and treasure. In this way I am committed because it costs me something. The things I put my time and talents and money towards are the things that have a priority in my life.

Exodus 25 - It Will Cost You Something to Serve God! When I first came into ministry many years ago now, Julie and I realized that the only way we could train in the Bible College was to sell everything we owned except our car and our children (actually our children already belonged to God, so ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 25:1-40

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Heaven Or Hell

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Sep 27, 2019

God does not condemn a person to hell. Sin takes them there. Those who have rejected the gospel of Christ Jesus will end up in hell.

Heaven or Hell Luke 16: 19 - 31 Intro: On Sunday, April 5, 1987 at 10:40AM a bridge on the New York State Thruway collapsed even though people in 4 cars and a driver of a semi-truck traveling at 55 to 65 mph all believed that the bridge was safe. --- Believing it was safe did not MAKE IT safe. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Valley Of Death Part 2 Series

Contributed by Monte Brown on Nov 17, 2014

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is portrayed in the 23th Psalms as our Shepherd and are his sheep. From time to time we will go through dark valleys and how we handle that depends on how “The Shepherd” works in our lives.

Psalms 23:4 Monte T. Brown November 9, 2014 Sunday Night Stapp Zoe Baptist Introduction Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is portrayed in the 23th Psalms as our Shepherd and are his sheep. From time to time we will go through dark valleys and how we handle that depends on how ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:4

Denomination: Baptist