Sermons on Son Rise:

When Prayer Is Priority Series

Contributed by Shawn Mitchell on Nov 13, 2000

The significance and benefits of making prayer the priority of your life

Would you write this down… the single most important activity in my life is the time I spend alone with God. Did you all get that? The time I spend alone with the Lord. The time that I take to spend time with Him, seeking God. There is absolutely nothing you and I will do in the course of our ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-5

Denomination: *other

A Gift Worth Giving Series

Contributed by John Maxwell on Nov 6, 2001

The first of a four part series that focuses on the birth of Christ

A GIFT WORTH GIVING John Maxwell INTRODUCTION: Please turn with me to Matthew, Chapter 2 for the reading of the story. It’s one that we’ve read and heard hundreds of times. And yet true to not only the story of the spirit of Christmas, but to the tradition that I think we’ve had at Skyline for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Wesleyan

Stop Wasting Your Life - Precampaign Series

Contributed by James Dunn on Sep 18, 2004

As we prepare to enter into an intense time of prayer and discovery together, I want to share some thoughts with you this morning. This message has been adapted from Rick Warren.

Message Adapted from Rick Warren: If you will take out your outlines, I heard about a bumper sticker one time that said, “Life is too precious to waste”. But how do you do that? How do you prevent wasting your life? Well, the Bible says this in Ephesians, 5:15-17…Let’s read it aloud together, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

Steps To Greatness Series

Contributed by Ken Ritz on Dec 30, 2005

God’s blessings come as we obey Him, based on Ephesians 3

STEPS TO GREATNESS Ephesians 3:1-12 Ken Ritz Eph 3:1-13 NLT I, Paul, am a prisoner of Christ Jesus because of my preaching to you Gentiles. 2 As you already know, God has given me this special ministry of announcing his favor to you Gentiles. 3 As I briefly mentioned earlier in this letter, God ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Experiencing The Joy Of Forgiveness Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jan 13, 2009

Forgiveness brings freedom and joy!

Experiencing the Joy of Forgiveness In his book, The Preaching Event, John Claypool tells a poignant story about identical twin brothers who never married because they enjoyed each other’s company so much. When their father died, they took over his store and ran it together in a joyful ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:6-8

Denomination: Methodist

Rekindling The Passion

Contributed by Ben Peak on Jan 3, 2008

In these verses we see a group of people who have come out from the spiritual honeymoon period. And there are three things that Jesus says to these church members at Ephesus that I believe He wants to say to us.

You know, for every sort of relationship there is a honeymoon period, a time when everything is lovey-dovey and wonderful. All sorts of differences are overlooked during this time. All words are spoken kindly. Every consideration is given to the other party. It’s just a nice and peachy time. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Holiness

How To Affair Proof Your Marriage Series

Contributed by Randy Hamel on Oct 27, 2008

Message looks at how to affair proof your marriage

How to affair proof your marriage Home Improvement Series Part 2 ‘Exodus 20:14’ ‘You shall not commit adultery’ Video Clip ‘I do.’ Like the video portrayed a lot of us have flunked commitment and sex. Others of us are in danger of flunking commitment and sex. Were talking about this commandment ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:14

The Daniel Diet Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 15, 2006

The decisions you make about the small matters of your life pay off great dividends in your future. The bad choices you make lead to megamiseries, but the correct and good and right and noble and pure choices you make lead to megablessings.

INTRODUCTION Today we’re going to start the series through the book of Daniel “How to Turn Chaos Into Character.” The book of Daniel is a prophetic book. The first six chapters have to do with Daniel’s life, and some of the events are practical events to us. But chapters 6-12 are Bible prophecy. ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

When Dreams Come True Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 15, 2006

Daniel, the power of prayer, and the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.

INTRODUCTION Last week, I preached on the first chapter of Daniel, talked about “The Daniel Diet.” And it was a message about moral purity, especially for our teenagers to make the right choice. While Daniel’s friends were required to eat the king’s rich food and drink the wine, Daniel said, “No, ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 2:1-30

Denomination: Baptist

The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 15, 2006

Nebuchadnezzar’s pride problem, a second dream, transformation into a beast and his repentance.

INTRODUCTION You could also call this chapter: “From Beauty to Beast” or “The Birdman of Babylon.” Sadaam Hussein is the Dictator of Iraq. This week he posted a message on the Internet stating he has become a Christian. Part of it says: “I realized recently that for the past seven years I have ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 4:1-37

Denomination: Baptist

Confession Is Good For The Soul Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 15, 2006

How we can learn some important principles about prayer by examining Daniel’s prayer of confession and repentance.

INTRODUCTION If you have suffered a little brain strain from the past couple of weeks of diving deeply into the prophetic meanings of Lions, Bears, Rams and Goats (most of them with strange horns growing everywhere), we have a break today. We are going to focus on prayer. This is a prayer of ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 9:1-23, Daniel 1:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Lay Up For Yourselves Treasures In Heaven Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2008

In Matthew 6:19-21, Jesus looks at materialism-particularly in regard to luxuries-from the three perspectives of 1) Treasure, 2) Vision, and 3) Master.

There is a new problem reported this week that you may not be familiar with. In one situation, farmer Lawrence Penner. Mr. Penner ran short of storage space and loaded his canary seed, due to be delivered to a buyer the following week, into his truck ahead of time. He and his partners left it there ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:19-24

Denomination: Other

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 16, 2008

Three Biblical Ways to Inject Humor into Your Lives

“Laughter IS the best medicine!” Dr. Randy Deal THREE BIBLICAL WAYS TO INJECT HUMOR INTO YOUR LIFE: 1. LOOK FOR LAUGHTER! For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven…A time to cry and a time to LAUGH. A time to grieve and a time to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3:1,4 ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 17:22, Proverbs 22:17

Denomination: Baptist

How To Contextualize Your Preaching And Teaching

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 14, 2001

How to Contextualize Your Preaching and Teaching

How to Contextualize Your Preaching and Teaching CONTEXTUALIZATION OF PREACHING- Preaching with contextualization requires one to understand his audiences’ world view. Preachers cannot expect people to adopt their world view automatically. Most people move from what they know to what they need ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:14-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Giving To Please God Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Aug 10, 2005

Both the Old and New Testament have much to say about how money and possessions can be used to further God’s Kingdom or how it can literally destroy a person’s joy and hope. The goal of this sermon is to allow the Scriptures (Phil 4:14-23) to teach us som

Overwhelmed by Need Two weeks ago, Milt Hanson and I took our children to Cornerstone Music Festival. We enjoyed the fellowship, the great weather, and were inundated with incredible Christ-honoring music for four days. But we were also overwhelmed by the opportunities to give. In between main ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:14-23, Philippians 4:14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational