Sermons on Solid Food:

The Lord Giveth, The Lord Taketh Away

Contributed by Herman E. Wesley Iii on Sep 12, 2010

he fact that God alone is sovereign, having all power, must be understood by every person who would enter into a covenant relationship with the Lord. That the sacrificial death of Christ on Calvary’s cross was not to enable us: to never get sick,

Evangelist Herman E. Wesley III THE LORD GIVETH, THE LORD TAKETH AWAY Prepared for Delivery at the Magic City Lectureship Birmingham, Alabama at the Bush Hill Church of Christ Monday, September 13, 1999 at 7:45 p.m. Peter Moss, Host Minister PRELIMINARIES It is with great humility that I have ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:21

Employment - Making Your Job A Ministry Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 9, 2010

Everyone is called into the ministry - your ministry is right where God has placed you now.

When we hire a new pastor we, regard the pastor’s new position as a call, not just a job. When we brought on Pastor Karlin a few months ago we said that he was answering a call from the Lord to this position here in Anchorage Alaska. We were very intentional when we preformed our search - this is a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:1-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sodom & Gomorrah Pt. 2 “a Tale Of Calamity” Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Feb 17, 2010

How does God choose who He gives mercy to? God saves and God judges, and their is consequence for sin even if we are saved.

How does God choose who he shows mercy to? Watching the events in Haiti over the last couple of weeks, you hear of many survivors who have had limbs amputated, others who died quickly and painlessly, still others who slowly and painfully passed away, and then a fellow was pulled out two weeks after ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 19:12-29

Faith And Risk Series

Contributed by Tim Zukas on Apr 25, 2006

Building God’s Church through Faith(Bob Russell - When God Build’s a Church)

Have you heard the one about the rabbi, the priest, and the minister? The minister was new to town, so the rabbi and priest decided to take him out fishing so that they could get to know him. The had just gotten to the fishing spot not far from shore when they realized that they had forgotten to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus Command Our Mission Series

Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Jan 27, 2011

The A.C.T.S.church is a called out community, a Christ focused community and a missional Community

Becoming An A.C.T.S. Church p.3 Jesus’ Command, Our Mission Matthew 22:37-39; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 2:42-47 INTRODUCTION: Last Week, I ended my message with a story that I wish to begin today’s message, There is an old story about a lighthouse keeper who worked on a rocky stretch of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:37-39

Denomination: Pentecostal

Time Share

Contributed by Jose R. Hernandez on Apr 9, 2011

How can we accomplish this? We can accomplish this by allowing God to occupy the first place in our life. We can accomplish this when we learn to rest in the love, mercy and glory of the Lord. We can accomplish this when we build upon God’s truth.

How many of you have ever heard the term “time share”? I really don’t know who came up with this concept, but what I can tell you is that he/she must have become a multimillionaire. I say this because the term: “time share” means to buy a space of time in an ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 127:1-2

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Trust Me

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Sep 8, 2015

Trust issues; many of us have them. Yet I think everyone trusts in something or someone. In God We Trust is written on our money yet ironically more americans trust in money than they do God. Let's see why trusting in God is the much wiser choice.

TRUST ME In my last series, I focused on the places where Jesus said, “I tell you the truth”. But in order to accept what Jesus said we need to trust that he knows what the truth is. Jesus said to Pilate, “Everyone on the side of truth listens to me”, to where Pilate ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Remembrance Sunday

Contributed by Matthew Oliver on Mar 18, 2016

A meditation on the place of violence in the world, and the Christian encounter with that and the soldier

Daniel 2:1, 26-28, 31-45; Psalm 2; John 18:33-19:11 We are pausing for a moment today as a community of faith to consider those who have suffered the violence of conflict. Our national day of Remembrance, November 11, is specifically focused on the memory of soldiers, but as Christians our call ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Religion And Politics

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Oct 31, 2020

A look at the words of Jesus as it pertains to our election.

Religion and Politics November 1, 2020 I’m not sure if you know, but there’s an election coming up this Tuesday! There hasn’t been much talk about it. It’s been pretty hush, hush. So, I thought for my first Sunday back, I should talk about religion and politics. Some say it’s the most important ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Eternity Is Now In Session - Union Series

Contributed by Brian Harrell on Dec 19, 2019

Jesus invites to experience his presence and union with him. Jesus calls it "abiding." What is it and how does it happen?

Eternity is now in session. We are wrapping up a five-week series in which we have tried to understand that eternity doesn’t start way out there after we die, eternity and eternal life and the abundant life starts now, we can have it now. Following Jesus is not about getting us into heaven later, ...read more

Scripture: John 14:18-20, John 15:1-11

Denomination: Church Of God

Encouragement Pt 1 Series

Contributed by David Welch on Aug 15, 2018

This is the first of three messages exploring the concept of encouragement from God and each other. This messages focuses on God's encouragement.

Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Our God of All Encouragement” Introduction Most of you could complete the lyrics of this old song. “Where seldom was heard….” Today’s culture broadcasts plenty of discouraging words. Today’s environment generates abundant discouraging circumstances. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:23-28, 2 Corinthians 7:5-7, James 1:2-4

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

When It All Seems Dark

Contributed by Doug Mccoy on Feb 21, 2019

There are times when everything looks dark, but the One who wants us to return to Him gives us perfect light.

Text: Zechariah 4:1-14 Title: When It All Seems Dark Type: Expository Purpose: Encourage hearer with the truth that God is light and victory. Main Idea: God will get it done. Opening: And Pound Us To Dust. In 1992, a big budget version of The Last of the Mohicans arrived in the movie ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 4:1-14

You Shall Not Be Afraid

Contributed by John Gaston on May 20, 2023

God assures us we need not be afraid because 1). we are in our Father's hand, 2). God is planning a bright future for us, and 3). because perfect love casts out all fear. Read about God's wonderful plans for your life!

YOU SHALL NOT BE AFRAID Ps. 91:5; Jn. 10:28-29 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Driving to work, a man had to swerve to avoid a box that fell out of a truck in front of him. Seconds later, a policeman pulled him over for reckless driving. 2. Fortunately, another officer had seen the carton in the ...read more

Scripture: John 10:27-29, Psalm 91:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Free Lunch

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 5, 2023

The only way back to God is through the way God has provided for us.

This is the third Sunday in Lent. This forty days is traditionally a time of reflection and repentance, a time to acknowledge our own sinfulness and need for God’s grace. And traditionally, too, pastors temporarily drop whatever track they were on and preach a series of special sermons just for ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Why Bother With Church? Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

The church is more important that you think.

The Barna Group reports that about 10 million self-proclaimed born-again Christians have not been in church the last six months. Nearly all of these 10 million people say their faith is important to them, but their spiritual life has nothing to do with church. Bono, lead singer for the rock group ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-3

Denomination: Baptist