Sermons on Showing Humility:

The Beauty Of Order Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 5, 2021

Christians are to be admired because they add order, and in so doing add beauty and harmony to the church and the state, and every other group they belong to.

Paul Aurandt tells of how even the disorders of life can sometimes be a blessing. Only hours after Pearl Harbor the Japanese went after the Philippine Islands. American and Philippine troops were taken by surprise and had to retreat to the Bataan Peninsula. These brave troops became famous for ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:5

A Father's Fears Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 7, 2021

The son is only a promise, but already Manoah is filled with anxiety. He is overcome by his inadequacy to be a father. In verse 8 he cries out in prayer, "O Lord, I beg you, let the man of God you sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born."

According to the Guiness Book of Records the last Emperor of Morocco, Moulay Ismail, who lived 100 years from 1627 to 1727 was reported to have fathered 548 sons and 340 daughters for a grand total of 888. He would, no doubt, say amen to the brief poem of Wilhelm Busch, "Becoming a father is ...read more

Scripture: Judges 13:1-13

A Supportive Father Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 7, 2021

Jesus received praise and approval from His Father in heaven. This is a gift you cannot buy. John Drescher, one of the greatest authors of the 20th century, says that if he could go back and raise his children over he would be more free to express words of praise and appreciation.

Tal Bonham writes about how one night he slipped a poster under the doors of each of his two teenage sons. The poster said- Attention teenagers! If you are tired of being hassled by Unreasonable parents, Now is the time for action! Leave home and pay your own way While you still know ...read more

Scripture: Judges 13:1-14

Christmas Expectations Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 8, 2021

There is no other holiday like Christmas, where expectation is so much a part of it's celebration. We look forward to Christmas, longer, and with greater anticipation, then all other holidays combined.

Henry McCushy, of the Texas Employment Commission, said they had a hard time getting men to be department store Santa Clauses, one year. The reason was, the high percentage of children who were kicking Santa in the shins for not coming through the year before. They expected Santa to live up to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-32

Christmas Babies Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 8, 2021

Jesus is the only person in history who chose to be a baby. This tells us just how important the baby centeredness of Christmas is to Him. The message of Christmas is not that the angels came; that the shepherds came, or that the wise men came, but that the baby came.

Elenor Cicok had a three year old daughter who developed an emotional block and ceased to talk. She never said a word, not even mama when she wanted her mother. It was a terrible ordeal as she went month after month in silence. Her mother taught her about God and prayer, and read to her about ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Christmas Stuff Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 8, 2021

Jesus created all of the stuff of this material universe, and in His Incarnation He became personally involved with the animal, mineral, and vegetable kingdom. His goal is to redeem all of His creation from the effects of the fall, so that even stuff is a part of the plan of salvation.

Back in October of 1948, a young pastor and his wife took on the challenge of repairing and restoring an old church. Their goal was to have it done by Christmas Eve. But just two days before Christmas a storm dumped over an inch of rain, and the roof leaked, and right in front of the church the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Christmas Trivia Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 8, 2021

We are to live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God, but sometimes they seem so trivial we tend to ignore them. Christmas trivia is a good example. Dr. Luke was a man of detail, and he records for us a number of things that can be called Christmas trivia.

One of the great paradoxes of Christmas is that almost everything the Bible tells us about this most sacred event, is secular in nature. It is filled with what is temporal rather than eternal; physical rather than spiritual; and world oriented rather than heaven oriented. Christmas is really a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-14

Introduction To Spiritual Disciplines Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Apr 9, 2021

Week 1 of a new series helping us to grow in Christ through Spiritual Disciplines

Spiritual Disciplines: Introduction 1 Timothy 4:7-8 John 10:10, 15:5 April 11, 2021 Do you have any bad habits? Is there anything about you that you would like to change? That’s a pretty loaded question. I’m not going to ask the person who is sitting next to you, either! Today and for the next ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10, 1 Timothy 4:7-8, John 15:5

Denomination: Baptist

A Strange Ending To A Great Gospel:

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 11, 2021

‘A strange ending to a great gospel’ Mark chapter 16 verses 9-20 – sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: • Important question: who penned these words? • Important question: why do we keep them? • Important question: why are they there? • Important question: why are they not accepted? • Important question: what is an apostle? • (1). Apostolic belief (vs 9-14) • (2). Apostolic ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:9-20

Denomination: Brethren

Let Justice Run Down

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Apr 15, 2021

In Amos' time, justice and righteousness no longer prevailed in Israel; but rather, it had become wormwood. Wormwood is toxic, so Israel was dealing with a toxic justice system - but God was going to bring justice!

In Amos 5:24, we read, “Let justice run down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream!” This is a verse that probably resonates with us all. We all desire justice! I read some Christian articles that predicted the year 2020 to be “the year of justice,” but I doubt anyone who made these ...read more

Scripture: Amos 5:6-7, Amos 5:10-15

Denomination: Baptist

We Are Individually Responsible

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Apr 15, 2021

An idea is being floated in our nation that citizens must pay for the sins of the past in something called "reparations." This message asks if this concept is biblical. Praise be to God that He does not require reparations from us!

I want to begin our message this morning by bringing an awareness of a modern-day proposal that is being floated in our local, state, and federal governments, and then tie that in to what Ezekiel has to say in our passage. Across our nation, people are talking about something called “reparations.” ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 18:1-32

Denomination: Baptist

The Census And The Plague

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Apr 16, 2021

In 2020 the U.S. conducted a Census - the same year of the pandemic. In wondering if there is a correlation between the census and the plague, I began searching the Scriptures, and I think you’ll be surprised as to what I found out.

I’ve entitled our message this morning, “The Census and the Plague.” This is the year of the United States 2020 Census. This is also the year of a global pandemic known as the Corona Virus and Covid 19; and I’ve been contemplating for quite some time the irony of how we actually had a pandemic ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 30:11-16

Denomination: Baptist

Testifying For Christ Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 17, 2021

Paul preached the Gospel faithfully and without fear, fulfilling the Lord's call for his life to proclaim His name to the Gentiles and kings. The biography of Paul is being written, not so much as events unfold but as the Lord determines.

LET US PRAY: Grant us the faith to believe you and trust you fully, for all that you’ve revealed to us in your holy Word. May we be enlightened and encouraged today. Bless this time, we pray, in Jesus’ Name, AMEN. --------------- We have been seeing in the book of Acts the fulfilment of the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Lost Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Apr 21, 2021

When a Christian thinks about being lost, it’s a whole different concept from what the world sees as lost. So, let’s see how we can use the word lost in such a way that even a non-Christian will understand.

Last week we began a series on our Holy vocabulary—the words that we use as Christians that we or others might not fully understand. We talked about the word HOLY and God explained to us what makes Him holy. Today we’re going to talk about being lost. When a Christian thinks about being lost, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Baptist

The Multi-Dimensional Attributes Of God

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Apr 23, 2021

God is not confined to our three dimensions of space and single dimension of time.

The divine attributes of God give Him supreme power over all things and unlimited knowledge of all truth in every potential situation, whether before the beginning, in between, or at the end, under all possible interpretations of any component in any dimension. He knows everything that will or does ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:7-10, James 1:17, Acts 17:27-28, John 8:12, 1 Chronicles 29:11-13, John 1:14, Malachi 3:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:5-6, 2 Corinthians 4:5-6, Romans 13:12, Matthew 5:16, Romans 13:12-14, 1 Corinthians 4:4, Genesis 1:3, Ephesians 5:8-12, 1 John 1:5, Revelation 21:23, Isaiah 60:19-20, 1 Peter 2:9  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational