Sermons on Stain Removal:

Rahab: A Godly Woman And Mother

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002

A mother’s day sermon using the NT references to Rahab as an example

Rahab: A Godly Woman and Mother Steve Simala Grant, May 11/12, 2002 Intro: Since it is Mother’s day, I thought I’d share a couple cartoons from my favorite impish cartoon character, Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes): TEN SIGNS OF A FRUSTRATED MOTHER 1. Your children know how to read HTML ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:31, James 2:25

Denomination: Baptist

"Financial Aerobics”

Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 18, 2002

This message looks at how we can build a real net worth in heaven.

Intro: Three boys in the schoolyard were bragging about who had the better father. The first boy says, "My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, and they give him $100." The second boy says, "That’s nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Imagine That!

Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 11, 2001

God wants to do things in and among us that we cannot possibly do ourselves.

Introduction – Mr. Holland One of my all-time favorite movies is “Mr. Holland’s Opus.” It’s the story of a musician who really just wants to be a composer. Rather grudgingly, he takes a job teaching music at the local high school, supposing it will give him time to write music while providing an ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20-21

Denomination: Baptist

What Everyone Needs.. God's Saving Grace Series

Contributed by Tom Dooley on May 14, 2001

A sermon evangelistic in nature that will also speak to the saint about God’s Saving Grace.

Series: Born Again To Live Anew (An Exposition of Ephesians) Sermon: "What Everyone Needs.. God’s Saving Grace" Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 By Rev. Tom Dooley www.preachingtheword.com I heard about an 83 year old man the other day who had lived his entire life as a bachelor. One day this man ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10, Ephesians 2:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Beautiful Brides And Ugly Wives

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 5, 2000

A look at our task of making the Church an attractive bride for Christ

It was a quiet Saturday morning as the guests began to filter into the little church. Friends of the couple had been there for hours making sure everything was just perfect. The guest were a diverse bunch, some were friends of hers, and others were friends of his. They both had family there as ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:27

Denomination: Wesleyan

Worship: Sense And The Senses

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 3, 2008

Too often it is true that those who pray do not work and those who work do not pray. Real worship will engage our entire beings and will empower us for action.

I’m sure you know the statement which Jesus made, "God is a spirit; and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth." We want to think today about both spirit and truth. Worshipping in both modes. Over the door of the monastery hung a sign. It read, "To pray is to work; to work ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Society Or Community

Contributed by Douglas Turner on Dec 4, 2008

The description of Community (neighborhood) Community, or Neighborhood, as I use the word today, is a segment within society that transcends self-interest and becomes intentionally intertwined collective of individuals that form a need-meeting, life-chang

It seems like while I was growing up, the words “neighbor” and “neighborhood” were pretty important. Mom and Dad would always talk about the other “kids in our neighborhood.” We’d have over friends, “from the neighborhood.” The church would get excited if a new family moved “into the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Baptist

What Do I Still Lack? Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 8, 2008

The young man raising this question with Jesus lacked historical memory, lacked self-awareness, and lacked a vision for one compelling pursuit. For Maundy Thursday

I: Remember The third of our ultimate questions sounds almost like a throwaway. Like a sarcastic castoff. “What do I still lack?” The young man had already asked the most sweeping question possible, “What good deed must I do to have eternal life?” As you may remember if you were here two ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:16-22

Denomination: Baptist

What Good Are You? Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Nov 15, 2005

Kings of Judah, Pt. 8: "Jotham"

WHAT GOOD ARE YOU? (2 CHRONICLES 27:1-9) Thomas J. Watson, Jr. had big shoes to fill. His father was the first president of IBM, building a worldwide industry during his 42 years at IBM. The senior Watson was named chairman of IBM in September 1949 and was presented with honorary degrees by 27 ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 27:1-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Narnia- The Lion: Not Safe, But Good Series

Contributed by Phillip Hearn on Dec 5, 2005

This sermon uses the "not safe, but good" designation of Aslan as a springboard to talk about the holiness and love of Christ.

Sermon: The Lion: Not Safe, But Good NOTE ON SERMON: We began and ended this sermon with a “readers theater” out of “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.” BLACK LUCY But we must save Mr. Tumnus, we must. LIGHTS UP NARRATOR Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy were all huddled within Mr. and ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

No Greater Love Series

Contributed by Bishop Raymond Allan Johnson on Mar 22, 2005

At Easter, God commends His love to us ... that Christ died for us, espite our sinful state

NO GREATER LOVE For God so loved the world … When I got ready to order the invitations for the Thirtieth Anniversary Service I was frustrated by the choices that were available to me from my printer. Every layout that had a Cross was a “crucifix:” all of them had a representation of Jesus, still ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-17

Denomination: *other

A Heart To Build - A Man After God's Own Heart Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 18, 2005

God told David He didn’t want him building a Temple for Him. It’s possible to build a building God doesn’t want. Do you know what makes the difference between what He wants and what He doesn’t?

OPEN: According to a story in R.Digest from several years ago, a great emperor named Shah Jahan once built an absolutely beautiful structure in memory of his wife of 19 years who died while bearing their 14th child. When she died, Shah Jahan left his wife’s deathbed and went straight to his ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Freedom's Price

Contributed by James May on Jul 2, 2006

The cost of freedom is not cheap. Many men have died for the freedom of our nation. But only one Man died for the freedom of our souls.

Freedom’s Price By Pastor Jim May Thank God for freedom; freedom to travel across the fruited plain; freedom to visit the purple mountain’s majesty; freedom to go from sea to shining sea without having to clear a thousand checkpoints; freedom to go to the voting booth where the destiny of our ...read more

Scripture: Acts 22:28

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Statutes Of Liberty Series

Contributed by Dan Jackson on Jul 9, 2005

God is no cosmic killjoy. His Ten Commandments were not given to limit and destroy the freedom of His people. The purpose of God’s law is deliverance not domination. Obedience does not subjugate; it saves! The Ten Commandments are God’s “statutes of liber

“THE STATUTES OF LIBERTY” (Exodus 20:1-17) In New York Harbor the Statue of Liberty stands with torch held high. She faces the Atlantic Ocean and the old countries beyond, with her back turned toward the country she honors. She holds high the hope of liberty, not just to the United States, but to ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17

I Did It My Way Series

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jul 11, 2005

The story of Cain is the story of a man determined to do life his way rather than God’s way. It didn’t work then. It won’t work now.

I Did It My Way Genesis 4:1-16 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Introduction: If our text were a movie, I have the perfect musical soundtrack for it. It is the song Frank Sinatra made famous. In fact, it became his theme song. Sinatra co-wrote and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:2-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ