Sermons on Snake Bit:

Answering Our Culture #3: "You Can't Trust The Bible." Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 26, 2002

Third in a series on answering the objections people raise against Christianity.

Answering Our Culture #3 – “You Can’t Trust the Bible Isaiah 40:8, Matthew 24:35 August 4, 2002 Introduction Before we get started, I just want to warn you that we will not get all the way through our outline today. I printed out the outline, hopeful that I would be able to cover everything ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:35, Isaiah 40:8

Denomination: Wesleyan

Waiting For An Answer

Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Feb 20, 2003

We need constant direction from God. Habakkuk was a man who knew how to wait for an answer.

Waiting for an answer. Two years ago, Elizabeth (my wife) and myself went to the lake district, and after dragging her up a mountain, while she moaned all of the way, we then decided to go for a row on lake Windermere. As when Liz rowed we tended to get a little bit dizzy, I mainly took control of ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

For Seekers Of Every Spiritual Blessing

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Jun 14, 2001

Know that God wants to bless with tremendous blessings (past, present, future)and it gives Him pleasure to do so.

For Seekers of Every Spiritual Blessing by Andrew Chan, PBC Vancouver, BC Ephesians 1:3-14 “…blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing…” Is it true? Many perhaps wonder where is this blessing. How can God be blessing. Look at the world… not much blessing, … But from the very beginning ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Denomination: Evangelical Free

God Has Spoken! Series

Contributed by Stephen Wright on Mar 30, 2003

God has spoken to us repeatedly and in various ways, but supremely in His Son. How do we respond?

God has spoken! Can you imagine how you would feel if you got a letter from the Queen? (I mean a real one, not just some standard letter sent by her officials.) How would you treat it? Would you throw it idly aside? Would you risk it getting lost or stained with tea? I don’t think so! You would ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-2, Matthew 21:33-41

Denomination: Baptist

"We Can't Help It!"

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 21, 2001

A message concerning personal witnessing about how Christ impacts lives.

“We Can’t Help It!” Acts 4:1-22 (Sunday, April 22, 2001) Introduction Last week we looked the resurrection, and at the en d, I gave you three options for the truth presented. The first was to reject it. You can choose to reject what you know, but understand that if that is your choice, truth is ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-22

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Anchor Holds – Mother's Day 2004

Contributed by Tex Cox on May 9, 2004

I think it goes without saying that it takes a very special person to be a Mother. Being a parent changes everything. But being a parent also changes with each baby. Here are some of the ways having a second and third child is different from having the f

The Anchor Holds – Mother’s Day 2004 I think it goes without saying that it takes a very special person to be a Mother. Being a parent changes everything. But being a parent also changes with each baby. Here are some of the ways having a second and third child is different from having the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:28-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

David & Goliath - The Battle Is The Lord's Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Apr 3, 2003

God is the one who saves, not by sword or spear, but by his power, by his word proclaimed in the gospel, by his Spirit who fills each one of us just as he filled David.

I guess this would be one of the best known, if not THE best known story in the Bible. In fact it’s so well known that David has become a metaphor for the victorious underdog. He’s the archetypal cutter down of tall poppies. The one who can overcome the greatest odds to win through to victory. But ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-50, 1 Samuel 17:32-49

Denomination: Anglican

The Grace Of God

Contributed by Dean Morgan on Sep 2, 2004

We must realize that we are saved by grace and not by performance?

TEXT: Ephesians 2:8, 9 TITLE: THE GRACE OF GOD (A God Who Is Always Gracious) As kids, we are taught that if you want something, you have to earn it. As adults, we know that if we want a sales award, we’ve got to go out and sell. If we want a promotion, we have to put in the long hours. If we ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

We Are Responsible For What We Teach Others Series

Contributed by W.bryan Jackson on Mar 6, 2004

The tongue is a double edged sword. Arguments and wars have been started by words of misunderstanding. This week, is James 3 we read about being held responsible for what we teach and the words we say. We are taught the true wisdom has many characteristic

James 3:1-18 Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. 2) We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. 3) When we put bits ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

The Power Behind The Man David Series

Contributed by Keith Manry on Jun 3, 2004

Part 6 of a series on the life of David. Preached on Pentecost Sunday

As a child my wife and her sister would often accompany their grandmother on outings to cemeteries since their grandmother did a lot of research in the area of genealogy. They would take a picnic lunch and pick out a cemetery to go and walk through and spend hours there. I can think of many places ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 19:9-24, Acts 2:1-38

Denomination: Methodist

You Have Another Divine Friend

Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 13, 2003

On the night before his death, Jesus reminds his distraught followers that though he is leaving, they have another divine friend to nurture them. The Holy Spirit is sent by Jesus and the Father, and he is the Christian’s constant, guiding companion.

Pentecost Sunday John 16:5-11 Dear fellow saints, who have been made perfect by the death of Christ: God only told us about the Creation once. There is only one Creation account in the entire Bible. For believers so great as Noah, Abraham, Elisha, and Daniel, God only told us about them once. All ...read more

Scripture: John 16:5-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Israel At Peace Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Nov 30, 2003

This part of 2 Samuel is really about God as the king, giving David the human king what he promised. It shows us David trusting God’s kingship, caring for Mephibosheth, not seeing him as a threat to what God gave him.

By Guerin Tueno, ministry student at St Theos. My parents often remind me that when I was growing up I loved to do jigsaws. To fit the pieces together. To make a picture emerge. The stories of the Old Testament are bit like a jigsaw. There are some very important pieces – like God’s promise to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:1-13

Denomination: Anglican

What To Do Til Jesus Comes Series

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jun 14, 2005

The Parable of the Talents calls for faithful services until the end when Jesus returns.

What To Do ‘Til Jesus Comes! Matthew 25:14-30 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Introduction: The veteran guides at the tourist park in the Alps say they have seen it happen time and time again. The day almost always begins the same way. This old ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

From Goodness To Going

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 11, 2005

Preached at the National Baptist Memorial Church -- a congregation facing selecting a pastor, dealing with an aging building, and in decline. The issue is whether we will stop depending on just being "good" and will live out of grace to bear our witness

I heard not long ago about a very special automobile. It was built in the 1920’s by the Italian firm Bugatti, and it was designed for the outrageously wealthy. This car had 450 horses under the hood, it was 22 feet long and weighed 6000 pounds. It was hand-crafted of the finest materials, it ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

Serving In The Shadows

Contributed by Glenn Branham on May 1, 2005

Almost no information exists concerning Peter’s wife, but even from this silence we may glean lessons for the role of the minister’s wife.

"Serving in the Shadows" COPY Mt. 8:14-15 "When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him." (Also found in Mk. 1 and Lk. 4 - Mk. 1:29-31, As soon as they left the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:14-15

Denomination: Pentecostal