Sermons on Sovereigns:

4 Lent A

Contributed by Roger Haugen on Mar 7, 2002

Dealing with the healing of a blind man Jesus confronts the bad theology of the Pharisees. Jesus speaks of love and healing in the face of legalism and rules.

4 Lent A John 9:1- 41 10 March, 2002 Rev. Roger Haugen Words, words, words! There is a long-standing university class exercise where you are to take a long piece of work and capture the meaning in a sentence or two. These 41 verses might be summed up as, “A man is healed, people found it hard ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Denomination: Lutheran

Let Christ Bring A Resolution

Contributed by John Herrmann on Mar 15, 2002

God works behind the scenes. Caiaphas the high priest’s plan to eliminate Christ became part of God’s design to redeem the world. God continues to work through us too as the body of Christ to bring about his ultimate purpose.

Let Christ Bring A Resolution Jn. 11:47-53 There’s always a resolution for your problems. Things can and do come together after all. Ezekiel in the Old Testament (Ezekiel 37) offers an image of life being breathed into dead bones with the result that there is a noise and a rattling sound, ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45, John 11:47-53

Denomination: Lutheran

Peace In The Storm

Contributed by Geoffery England on Mar 15, 2002

Finding God’s peace through any storm.

Peace in the Storm Text: Mark 4:35-41 Introduction Hook: In 1995 a massive storm known as Hurricane Bertha hit the coast of Newfoundland. I happened to be working on a fishing vessel on the North East coast of St. Anthony. It was the worst storm that I have ever encountered. This storm sent many ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Know Where I Need To Be Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 17, 2002

We neither know where we are in our lives, nor where we need to be. But, like Job, we want to break out of the limits, we must take risks, and we learn to locate in trust of God and there to find that where are now is indeed where we need to be!

“Watch where you plant your feet!” That’s the command I hear every time I help with the garden. “Watch where you plant your feet!” My job is to clear out winter’s debris, the dead leaves and old twigs. I am to open up the flower beds for spring. To do that I have to step into the ...read more

Scripture: Job 13:1-27, 2 Timothy 1:12

Denomination: Baptist

Providence Series

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 22, 2002

This sermon encourages believers to go deeper in their relationship with God and really allow Jesus to be the King of our life.

Providence Acts 5:17-42 March 24, 2002 Palm Sunday Intro: A. [Scripture Reading] John 12:12-15, The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! " "Blessed is he who ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:17-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Are Plugged In To God's Purpose Series

Contributed by Tim Bond on Mar 26, 2002

When wegive our life to Christ, we no longer need to fear a purposeless existance. God gives us purpose for our lives.

When I was a little boy, I was much like other little boys, there were certain things that made me afraid. When my mom placed me in my room at night, I was sure that there were monsters on the back side of my bed. The way my room was configured, my bed was about 1-1/2 feet from the wall on the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:26-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spritual Thinking

Contributed by Timothy Andrew Stephens on Apr 2, 2002

God designed us as complete spiritual beings. But to live right we must first think right. Viewing LIFE and MINISTRY From God’s Perspective; and OUR RESPONSE to His plan and purpose.

Systematic Spiritual Life by Drew Stephens Viewing LIFE and MINISTRY From God’s Perspective; and OUR RESPONSE to His plan and purpose. After 218 verses of introduction, Solomon got to the point of Ecclesiasties and reduced our spiritual life to this sentence, “the conclusion of the matter is ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 23:7

The Kind Of People God Invests In

Contributed by Phil Morgan on Apr 7, 2002

God uses ordinary people.

READ: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 What kind of people does God invest in? Paul’s words here in this passage might well come as a bit of a shock. They’re shocking because they run COUNTER-CULTURALLY against most of the ideas that we’ve all been raised with. Our society values those who have the right ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, Exodus 4:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Election, Free Will And The Sovereignty Of God

Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Aug 18, 2005

The Cross is the answer to Election and Free Will

Election, Free Will and the Sovereignty of God Greater spiritual men and women than I have taught that "election" and "free will" are like two railroad tracks in Scripture that run parallel but never intersect. I understand the purpose of the illustration to preserve the integrity of "election" ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:4

Denomination: Baptist

Surviving Storms

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 3, 2005

What can we learn from Paul’s expreience with the storm and his shipwreck. That God is still in Control.

Intro: Christ may still the storms in our lives or He may simply give us the courage to face them and follow Him through them. Whether it be natural or other disasters what we must remember is that God is sovereign. God is all power-full and is in control. He has never and will never loose ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

With Whom Does God Move Series

Contributed by Ronito Nartea on Sep 13, 2005

there are thing we need to consider if we want to see God move with us and through us

Introduction: Every christian wants to experience God:s migthy moves in thier lives but not all are really experiencing his Power and soveriegn move. Let us all study what are some needed things to consider in order for us to see the migthy hands of God moving in our lives. Illustration God is ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"The Judgment Of The World"

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 14, 2005

Future judgment? It’s done! You are judged already. Either you await sentencing, or Jesus has paid the penalty for you.

John 12:31-33 31 “Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. 32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.” 33 But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die. The knowledge that the entire membership ...read more

Scripture: John 12:31-33

Denomination: Orthodox

El Elyon Series

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Sep 16, 2005

Names of God 4: El Elyon. God is SPOKEN of as El Elyon, God Most High- but He is KNOWN when He is revealed as ’God most personal’. This sermon looks at God’s sovereignty, our ’smallness’ and how you only know God’s nature as His Names are experienced in

Names of God 4: El Elyon Dan 4:2,3, 13-17, 33-34 WBC 18/9/05am A true story - a woman entered a Haagen-Dazs store on the Kansas City Plaza for an ice-cream cone. After making her selection, she turned and found herself face to face with Paul Newman. He was in town filming the movie Mr. and Mrs. ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 4:2-34

Denomination: Baptist

A Necessary God

Contributed by Steven Shubert on Sep 24, 2005

God must become more than a hobby or a secondary thing in our life; He must become A Necessary God.

Job 23:12 I. Introduction A. Rarely do I take only one verse such as this and build an entire message around it; 1. However, I have felt strongly impressed to emphasize the words that Job is stating here; a. I strongly believe that each of us needs to develop the sort of relationship with ...read more

Scripture: Job 23:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

His Gifts, His Call, His Sovereignty

Contributed by David Richardson on Sep 29, 2005

God has a gift or gifts for each one of us. God has a call for each one of us. God has a plan for each one of us

Title: His Gifs, His Call, His Sovereignty Romans 11 29 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable. 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive ...read more

Scripture: Romans 11:29-36

Denomination: Calvary Chapel