Sermons on Shaping:

09 Life Encounter: It's Persuasion Series

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jun 10, 2008

❶ Unpersuaded ❷ The Persuasion ❸ Why Be Persuaded? ❹ Steps To Persuasion

PEANUTS with Charlie Brown (CB) - Peanuts debuts in seven newspapers October 2, 1950 - Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers - Readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. - Last Peanuts strip January 3, 2000 - Charles Schulz dies Feb. 12 - Charles Schultz, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:38-39

Denomination: Baptist

God Loves You And Wants You To Love Him Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Oct 26, 2004

God has initiated a loving relationship with you and wants you respond in love and obedience.

God Loves You and Wants You to Love Him Matt. 22:37, 38 INTRO.: Moses was a very special person in the sight of God, Who revealed Himself to Moses as to no one else. When the children of Israel sinned against God by worshiping a golden calf, God threatened to remove Himself from them and send ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:37-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Even The Shirt Off His Back

Contributed by Spencer Homan on Nov 19, 2009

This sermon demenstrates how Jesus is willing to give us so much... even the shirt off his back, but so often we take so little from him. Are we ready to accept all the gifts that Christ offers us?

[This sermon goes very closely with the sermon I preached the next week titled “Toy King.” In this sermon I actually take my dress shirt off (with a white shirt underneath of course) and cut it into little pieces for the congregation to take home. (Leave a few big pieces of shirt left over for ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:21-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Temple Of God

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Dec 18, 2009

Compares the church to God’s Temple

THE CHURCH AS THE TEMPLE OF GOD Ephesians 2:19-22; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 One of the temptations we often fall into in the Church is to think of the Church as a building. In the New Testament the Church is never a building. It is always a group of people gathered to worship God ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22

Denomination: Holiness

Difference Makers Know Why They Believe Series

Contributed by Richard White on Apr 23, 2009

Do you know why you believe? Are you willing to die for that belief. Teh Apostles faced horrible deaths for their proclamation of the resurrection.

Difference Makers Know why they believe. Acts 23:1-11 Do we know why we believe? Are we willing to die for what we believe? Chuck Colson, "henchman" of the Nixon Administration, former Marine Officer was converted to Christ. His story is fascinating. It was not a Biblical passage per se that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 23:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Becoming A New You

Contributed by Gregg Barbour on Feb 8, 2010

A look at resolutions, and how to be a better you!

We’re about 3 weeks into the new year, and with the new year, always comes “New Year’s Resolutions.” How many of you made resolutions this year? What are some of your resolutions? Now, How many of you are still sticking with those resolutions? It seems like every year ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:36-39

Denomination: *other

The Journey Of The Heart Series

Contributed by John Harvey on May 31, 2006

A message to encourage passionate pursuit of God in people’s lives.

Life Quest “The Journey of the Heart” June 4, 2006 Introduction: Today we are going to begin a series looking at what we are about as a church. We are going to look at what scripture has to say about our lives and how we are to live them to make them count. Everyone wants to have a life that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:37-40

Denomination: Baptist

The Light Jesus Is

Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Jun 23, 2011

Jesus is the son of God, the light of the world.

Read: Exodus 10: 21-26 Entertain the Lord with a new song joyfully: sing about the firmament, the vault, the support and strength underneath the waters that separate the dry lands; Jesus says I am the light of the world, expect the bright and morning star to be there in the morning when you open ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 10:21-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Kingdom Inefficiency

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 8, 2011

Jesus keeps reaching out to us, even though we have rejected him.

First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas July 6, 2008 KINGDOM INEFFICIENCY Isaac Butterworth Matthew 13:1-9 (NIV) 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Faith And Love James' Style

Contributed by Greg Nance on Mar 7, 2015

James has a lot to tell us about faith. His simple, straight forward message challenges us and instructs us in character building God's way. This is a summary of some of the things James tells us as we prepare to enter chapter three.

The theme of James is captured in the first chapter, verses James 1:2-4 (read). He then discusses trials and faith throughout the rest of the letter. Some of these trials come from without, but some are as near as the members of our own bodies, i.e. our tongues. Someone pointed out that James ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

From The Frying Pan To The Fire Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Oct 11, 2016

The Patriarchs From the Frying Pan to the Fire Genesis 32-33 Grace is not getting what we deserve and instead getting what we do not deserve.

The Patriarchs From the Frying Pan to the Fire Genesis 32-33 David Taylor September 19, 2016 We are in the midst of our series, “The Patriarchs,” and now looking at the life of Jacob. We have seen that the Patriarchs are just like the rest of us, morally frail and sinful, yet trophies ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Making Sense Of Suffering Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Nov 1, 2016

The Life of Joseph Making Sense of Suffering Genesis 37

The Life of Joseph Making Sense of Suffering Genesis 37 David Taylor October 16, 2016 This week we start our final series in Genesis, The Life of Joseph, in chapters 37-50. Joseph is seventeen, the second youngest in the family, and the favored son. One day after he has been tending the flocks ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Yoga Bare

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Dec 16, 2016

A Detailed Look at the Practice of Yoga

There are multiple diet books published each year and creative new ways to sell products that are offered to lose weight and feel great! Dieting is a multi-billion dollar industry. It is true that God wants every Christian to take care of their body – which is His temple! Being careful of what one ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 4:6, Hosea 4:7-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Crossing The River

Contributed by Chip Blackshear on Jun 2, 2012

At graduation and at many other times in life God brings us to the point where we must decide to trust and follow Him.

“Crossing the River” Rev. Chip Blackshear First Presbyterian Church of Corpus Christi, Texas Joshua 3:1-17 I don’t know about you, but for me it seems that sometimes life is just flying by and the days and weeks seem to run together. One reason for that, I think, is because much ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:1-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Three Tests, One Answer

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Mar 7, 2022

A sermon for the first Sunday in Lent, Year C

March 6, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Luke 4:1-13 Three Tests, One Answer Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. One of the iconic scenes in the movie "City Slickers" involves Jack Palance’s character, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran