Sermons on Sinful Anger:

The Origin Of Humanity Series

Contributed by Steven Dow on Dec 19, 2006

This message is the first of a series of messages for January titled "In The Beginning".

THE ORIGIN OF HUMANITY In The Beginning – 1 Genesis 1:26-28 Pastor Steve Dow SERIES INTRODUCTION: As we begin a New Year everyone tends to be making resolutions and looking forward to the New Year. It is a hopeful time. It is a time filled with expectancy. We want this year to be a better ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28

Reasons To Avoid The Mud Hole. Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 30, 2010

WE have reasons to avoid the mud hole of sin on our life.

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1  Look at that mud hole, that looks fun as long as someone else is doing the clean up.  Do you remember being a kid and being drawn to mud puddles, water pebbles, and mud holes?  There was something about the mud that as a young boy it had an ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Remembering God This Year Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Jun 7, 2010

God delivers us from the cycle of disobedience, defeat, and distress when we remember him all the year long.

Scripture Introduction We could summarize the book of Judges with one word: “Forgetting.” Here appear some of the Bible’s most colorful characters and interesting stories, but the theme of “forgetting God” unites all. In his departing messages to Israel, Moses warned of this very real ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

How To Get It Right When You Have It All Wrong

Contributed by Larry Finley on Feb 16, 2010

We are tempted to keep a stiff upper lip and take a deep breath and go on with our life when we have really messed up.

HOW TO GET IT RIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE IT ALL WRONG 2/3/10 Genesis 13:1-8 S__ L__ R __ 1. RECOGNITION IS REQUIRED 1-7 A. UNSATISFIED LIVING 1-4 1. No Purpose 2. No Passion 3. No Power B. UNUSABLE TESTIMONY 5-7 1. Compromise 5 2. Conflict 6-7 2. SEPARATION IS REQUIRED 8-13 A. SEDUCTION ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 13:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

When Deity Died

Contributed by Rodney Kelley on Sep 18, 2009

Jesus died for my sins and yours.

Intro. Why a sermon like this? Various critics over the centuries have declared God is dead. They are wrong, but we must never forget, there was a day that Deity Died. Over the centuries, we have commercialized and idealized what Jesus did for us so much, that we do not have a clear picture. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:37-39

Denomination: Baptist

Salvation Series

Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Dec 23, 2009

A three part Christmas series about Celebration, Salvation, and Reconciliation, based on the book The Purpose of Christmas by Rick Warren.

In this series- look at three aspects of- Christmas story- Celebration, Salvation, Reconciliation (N) Last week-looked at-Celebration, this week- Salvation, finish up Christmas Eve with Reconciliation. The Christmas story- amazing story of the Christ child. Christmas is the celebration of God ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Charismatic

Live Good Lives Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 15, 2009

1- Live good lives because we are aliens 2- Live good lives because sin wars against the soul 3- Live good lives because God must be glorified

INTRO.- ILL.- A woman and her little girl were visiting the grave of the little girl’s grandmother. On their way through the cemetery back to the car, the little girl asked, "Mommy, do they ever bury two people in the same grave?" "Of course not, dear." replied the mother, "Why would you think ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Lesson 11: Be Wary Of Addiction Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Nov 28, 2010

Is there something in your life that if it was taken away your life could not go on? Is there something you just can't stop doing? You may be addicted. In fact, even many Christians are addicted to something they are not even aware of - the flesh. How to

What's your addiction? I know that's a pretty strong statement but I want us to think about that. Put another way, what controls you? What can you not do without? What, if taken away, would mean your life was over? You might say "I'm not addicted to anything!" If that's true, then halleluiah. But ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

What A Christian Says

Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Jun 3, 2009

James

A young pastor tells the story of his infant son and a ham sandwich. As ham sandwiches go, he said it was perfection. A thick slab of ham, a fresh bun, crisp lettuce and plenty of expensive, light brown, gourmet mustard. The corners of his jaw(s) ached in anticipation, He carried this precious ...read more

Scripture: James 3:3

Denomination: United Methodist

Judging Others

Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Jun 10, 2009

There are appropriate and inappropriate times and ways to judge others. Christ though instructs his disciples to pay more attention to their own faults than to the judging the faults of others.

GUILTY AS SIN the headline read just a few years ago. The banks in New Jersey had been robbed systematically, one after the other. What made the robber stand out was his politeness. He just gave the tellers a note which said, “Please place your money in this bag. Thank you.” The newspapers ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:1-5

Denomination: United Methodist

A Terrifying Moment Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on Jul 6, 2009

John records for us a moment Jesus spends with a woman after she has been dragged out into public for her sin of adultery to face the penalty of death, only to find the gracious pardom of Christ instead.

Moments with the Master Series A TERRIFYING MOMENT John 8:1-11 Intro On March 22, 1824 an incident took place in Madison County, Indiana, which came to be known as the Fall Creek Massacre. Six white men murdered nine Seneca and Miami Indians and wounded another. Among the nine dead were three ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Problem Of Religion Series

Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Apr 26, 2009

There are two sides to sin and evil. On the one side we can be very bad and break all the rules, on the other side we can be very good and keep all the rules. Both are trusting in ourselves and not God (thoughts from The Reason for God by Timothy Keller).

(Ideas for this sermon come from the book: The Reason for God, Belief in an Age of Skepticism, by Timothy Keller) Introduction This week- complete- 2nd part of a two week series. Last week we looked at The Problem of Sin, this week we are going to look at The Problem of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Denomination: Charismatic

What Happens In Vegas Won’t Stay In Vegas

Contributed by Michael Stark on May 29, 2009

Sin in the life of a child of God will be exposed by the Father who loves us too much to permit us to hide our sin.

“In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah was comforted, he went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. And when Tamar was told, ‘Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,’ she took off her widow’s garments ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 38:12-26

Denomination: Baptist

"The Great White Throne Judgment"

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Dec 10, 2012

Sermon describes what transpires at the Judgment

"THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT" Revelation 20:11-15 INTRODUCTION: There is NO GENERAL judgment, where the lost and the saved stand at the same judgment seat. Some people get the idea that we will all stand together in Heaven, with the “goats” on 1 side, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 20:11-15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What To Do When You Mess Up Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jan 21, 2013

Everybody messes up now and again. How you feel about it and what you do about it makes a huge difference. Find out how David handled sin in a wonderful way we can learn from.

It seems like in Psalm 31 David is receiving the consequences of a sin unknown to us. It has caused others around him to shun him and talk maliciously about him. In the psalm, though, David recommits his life to Yahweh and seeks God’s forgiveness and God’s answers to his plight. ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel