Sermons on Stay In The Word:

Reflectors Of Holiness.

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Feb 22, 2021

Eight new cadets join us this year. Six are currently resident in Fiji and at the Training college, two are learning online from Tonga with the hope that they will join us soon in Fiji. This message is a re-work on one that I had previously delivered as part of a series.

Reflectors of Holiness, welcome message. There are times in our lives when we feel alone, other times when we know that we are part of community, family something bigger than ourselves. There are also if we are in step with him that we know we have a closeness to God that is undeniable. Those ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:9-10, Hebrews 10:10, Exodus 38:1-8

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Need To Be Baptized

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 1, 2021

Jesus who was without sin, got baptized to identify with all sinners that He came to save. He was tempted just as we are. Jesus is the lamb of God who came to take away our sin (John 1:29). Jesus is the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6). Without Jesus we cannot be right with God.

Matthew 3:13-17  Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.  (14)  John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”  (15)  But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Denomination: United Methodist

The Defiance Of The Queen Series

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Mar 2, 2021

Queen Vashti was expected to behave in a way contrary to conscience and she refused the king's command. Her refusal was the right decision to make, but it cost her dearly. Living upright will not always gain one the favor of the world.

The Defiance of the Queen Esther 1: 10-22 As we consider our text today, we must do so in light of the preceding verses. King Ahasuerus had thrown a six month long party, culminating with a seven day finale. He had provided an elaborate escapade for all the princes and servants within the ...read more

Scripture: Esther 1:10-22

Denomination: Baptist

Who Is Bartimaeus?

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 4, 2021

Are we not all restless beggars who hunger for God's grace until we find it?

WHO IS BARTIMAEUS? (October 25, 2009) Text: Mark 10:46 – 52 Mark 10:46-52  They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside.  (47)  When he heard that it was Jesus of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: United Methodist

The Reality Of The Resurrection Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 5, 2021

The very group of men Jesus hand picked to be the foundation on which He would build His church were the first body of skeptics in the Christian church.

Ministers frequently call at a home when the man alone is there, and he will respond in some such manner as this: "I'm sorry my wife isn't home. She takes care of the religious matters in our home." I have not just read about this, but have experienced it, and have wondered how ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-14

Thank God For Grandparents

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 5, 2021

All of the Patriarchs of the Old Testament were grandparents, and practically every famous person in the Bible was a grandfather or grandmother. Every person in the genealogy of Jesus was a grandparent.

Professor Gordon Rupp, the British historian, was asked how the church could survive the decades of persecution and communist propaganda in Russia. His answer was, "It's largely due to grandparents." The communists made the big mistake of thinking that because the church was only ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-7

"God Never Changes” Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 5, 2018

We should be thankful that God never changes.

We’re beginning a new series on thanking God for who He is. Today we are going to consider the fact that we should be thankful for the fact that our God never changes; that He is always the same. “If we are inclined to grieve because everything around us changes, our consolation will be found in ...read more

Scripture: James 1:16-18

Denomination: Baptist

Then I Will Teach

Contributed by Joel Hoyer on Nov 8, 2018

13th in a Lenten Series on Psalm 51

Psalm 51:13 3/29/18 (Maundy Thursday) (Create in Me a Clean Heart #13) THEN I WILL TEACH “There are too many hypocrites in the church!” How many of you have heard that statement? How many believe it’s true? How many of you would confess to being a hypocrite? (Pause) Strictly speaking, a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:13

Denomination: Lutheran

Thanksgiving...all The Way!!!

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 9, 2018

A message on the subject of "Thanksgiving" with the annual Thanksgiving day on the anvil!!!

Thanksgiving…all the way!!! Of atheists it is said…a bad moment for an atheist is when he feels grateful, and has no one to thank. Here is a tragi-comic “atheistic” story echoing the same sentiments even ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Denomination: *other

King Of The Jews Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Nov 14, 2018

Using the title King of the Jews, was a title which causes conflict and puts people in a place where their identification with Jesus brings mockery, disparagement and even persecution.

Message Matthew 2:2 Name Above All Names - King of the Jews Through the Advent period we have been looking at the importance of the different names of Jesus. Specifically the different names that appear in the New Testament from before he was born to the time when He goes to Egypt. The Word Son ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

"Shout For Joy!!!"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 15, 2018

A sermon for Thanksgiving.

“Shout for Joy!!!” Psalm 100 A year ago, this past March, a couple of guys and I at East Ridge United Methodist Church, felt the call to start a Food Pantry. All we had to work with was $2,500. A year later, my buddy and I were walking through the Food Pantry. There were hundreds of people ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5

Denomination: United Methodist

The Lass With Downs Syndrome And How I Learnt About Being God's Friend

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Nov 17, 2018

When you go to work, however tough your job, you don't go alone

Tomorrow many of you will be in the workplace. Some of you may have to make difficult decisions about people’s livelihoods. Who do you fire? Who do you keep? Some of you may have to face difficult moral choices? Do you obey that order from your boss when it is ethically suspect? But if you don’t ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:11-25

Denomination: Anglican

Hope In Suffering

Contributed by Hiram Withers on Nov 22, 2018

Psalm 130 does not give us insight as to why we suffer, it gives us the reality that we will suffer, it is not a matter of if but when we suffer. It gives us insight into how we respond to suffering makes an incredible difference in how we live our lives.

We have pointed out in our ascent to grow closer to God we will face persecution and that will and does cause suffering, but that suffering is a direct result of the decision we have made to follow Christ. We have been warned that it will happen, and we are comforted in the fact that in the end the ...read more

A Time For Preparation Series

Contributed by Stephen Evans on Nov 28, 2018

So many people think of salvation simply as a preparation for death and what comes after the death of the physical body. Salvation has much to do with one's preparedness to live life in its present context.

A Time For Preparation Pastor Steve Evans December 2, 2018 Faith Assembly Preparation is underway! • We are officially in the countdown to Christmas • It’s hard to avoid all of the clichés about not knowing where the time has gone and the fact that this year is nearly over. • I for one cannot ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:22-29

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Light Of Jesus Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Dec 5, 2018

Lights and Christmas go together like peas and carrots. The message series reflects on the candles of the Advent wreath. The message concerns the Christ candle at the center of the Advent wreath.

All the Pretty Lights: The Light of Jesus John 1:1 – 14 For our guests, we’ve been talking about all the pretty lights of Christmas here at FUMC, Monroe for the past four weeks. We’ve talked about the lights of Christmas, their origins and meanings, and we’ve lighted a light on the Advent ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Methodist