Sermons on Stumbling Block:

The Foolishness Of Soloomon Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jul 4, 2010

For all his wisdom, Solomon acted foolishly so that his heart was turned away form God and so were the hearts of his people.

I’m not a betting man. In fact, I hate the way gambling usually takes from the poor and gives to the rich. But if you were talking odds, you’d have to say that Solomon was a sure bet. Solomon was a winner. Solomon the wise ruler;Solomon the great temple builder;Solomon the famous ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

Called To Freedom

Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 6, 2010

The forgiveness of sin through Christ gives us the freedom to be victorious over fleshly desires and gives us the power to be successful in God's work.

CALLED TO FREEDOM GALATIANS 5:13-15 INTRODUCTION Our has been and is still a time of bondage. We can think of the slavery days as practiced in our country and in other countries. Africans themselves even practiced slavery. It was under the administration of Abraham Lincoln that the slaves of ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:13-15

Denomination: Baptist

God’s Power Through God’s People #3: Peter Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 5, 2011

A series of character sketches through Acts - Peter.

Acts 2:14-41 - God’s Power through God’s People #3: Peter Today we are continuing our series through the book of Acts. The whole book is about people who were used by God to take His message of forgiveness and grace to the world, to make a difference in people’s lives. Two weeks ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:14-41

Denomination: Baptist

Power Of Friends Series

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 12, 2011

THE CULTIVATION OF GOOD PROVERBS-DRIVEN FRIENDSHIPS ENHANCES OUR PURSUIT OF WISDOM, LIFE SIMPLIFIED.

Life Simplified THE Power of Friends November 13, 2011 INTRODUCTION IN 2005 the average American watched 28 hours per week of Television. In 2009 that had risen to 34 hours a week. +6 hours surfing the internet +1.3 hours watching video on mobile devises We now spend 40.3 hours a week interacting ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 27:17

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Make Time Take Time Series

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Dec 28, 2011

Extending our Arms to the community will mean making time and taking to for prayer

Make Time Take Time Extending your Arms in Prayer Acts 12:5-16 July 01, 2011 5:53 PM INTRODUCTION Off-duty cop rescues family asleep during house fire A Midland County family escaped a house fire last just after midnight. No one was injured, although the family lost everything. They are now ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:5-16

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Heart Transplant

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 13, 2012

What indicates the need for a new heart? As sinners, all of us need a new heart. Have you had a spiritual heart transplant? God’s Spirit will circumcise unbelieving hearts and give a heart that loves God, desires to obey Him and has the power to obey Him.

Opening illustration: A friend who is a heart transplant cardiologist has an appreciation of Ezekiel 36: 26 that not many of us can understand. Dr. Mohan was one of the top Christian heart-transplant surgeons. He’s often in the operating room as he removes diseased, discolored hearts and replaced ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 36:26-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hey, Who U Looking At? Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on May 17, 2012

A study of the Gospel of Luke 11: 27 – 32

Luke 11: 27 – 32 Hey, Who U Looking At? 27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” 28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:27-32

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

See That No One Misses Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 15, 2011

A sermon on Hebrews 12:14-17

HoHum: John Newton- I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am. WBTU: As I was studying this passage, Hebrews 12:14-17, it just wasn’t clicking for me. After a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:14-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Cross (Not The Couch) Defines The Divine Mission

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Sep 25, 2011

The Cross (not the Couch) Defines the Divine Mission 1) For Christ; 2) For Christians

You’ve heard of Operation Desert Storm, the code name for the U.S. invasion of Iraq back in 1991but do you know anything about Operation Moolah? It was a genuine military operation in the early ‘50’s aimed at enticing North Korean pilots to defect during the Korean War. It was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:21-26

Denomination: Lutheran

The Only Wise God

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 10, 2013

A sermon on the wisdom of God (Outline and some material adapted from Dr. Jack Cottrell in his book, God the Ruler; last point adapted from John Piper at: http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/sermons/the-great-work-of-the-only-wise-god)

HoHum: Who were the Wise Men in the long ago? Not Herod, fearful lest he lose his throne; Not Pharisees, too proud to claim their own; Not priests and scribes whose province was to know; Not money changers running too and fro; But three who traveled, weary and alone, With dauntless faith, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:21-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Stop It

Contributed by Matthew Blau on Aug 9, 2012

Live a life of Love and if you are doing anything that keeps you from doing that, Stop It!

Stop It Don’t stop me if you heard this. A young man goes to the doctor and says, ”Doc, it hurts when I do this.” He replied, “Don’t do that!” Badumbump! Today’s scripture lesson is simply summed up into one simple sentence. “If you are a ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Things That Make Christians Different From The World: Wisdom Series

Contributed by Terry Frazier on Aug 19, 2012

The world thinks that they have the market cornered on wisdom and intelligence but Christians know that wisdom comes from God and no where else. The world calls us foolish for believing that wisdom begins with reverence for the Lord but it is the world th

Things That Make Christians Different From The World: Godly Wisdom As we continue this series this morning, I want to look at something that is very important to every Christian and that thing is wisdom. We are going to look at what Christians call wisdom and what the world calls wisdom and we are ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 9:10

Denomination: Baptist

# 9- Angels- Pt. 5 Bible Doctrine Series

Contributed by William D. Brown on Sep 10, 2012

Angels are spirits and can't be seen, if they were seen, there would be people that would worship the angels. Angels no longer bring messages from God to men because we now have Gods complete Word.

# 9- ANGELS- pt. 5 Bible Doctrine 9-8-12 Today we'll continue with our study of Bible Doctrine, and talk some more about ANGELS. Angels are spirits and can't be seen, if they were seen, there would be people that would worship the angels. -- ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-12

Denomination: Baptist

Who Is Jesus?

Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 17, 2012

Different people have different ideas of who Jesus is. To some they do not mind including Him as one of the gods and to others He is one of the prophets...but what does the Bible say who Jesus is?

Illustration: A Sunday school child was busy doing something, while everyone else was paying attention to the teacher. She had a piece of paper and some crayons, and was doing some art work. The Sunday school teacher being observant asked the child, “Sweetheart, what are you ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20

Denomination: *other

Acts 15 - Resolving Conflicts Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 14, 2013

Learn from the Council in Jerusalem. Unite around the essentials. Make concessions in non-essentials. Show love in everything.

We have been looking at troubles and persecutions from without. • Today, we are going to look at problems from within - disagreements among believers. • Christians will quarrel. Nothing wrong with that. If you had never had an argument with a brother or sister, I’m more ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible