Sermons on Sufficiency Of Word:

What Happens When The Church Prays

Contributed by James Lee on Oct 31, 2012

Something powerful happens when we pray. When we pray, we connect our lives to the very same God who spoke this world into being.

Think about how you felt that time when God came through and answered your prayer… Something powerful happens when we pray. When we pray, we connect our lives to the very same God who spoke this world into being. The very same God who: Formed the Swiss Alps…Who carved the Grand ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-25

Denomination: Baptist

Wigh In Or Filet Out Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Nov 5, 2012

Exposition of Belief

Text: Matt 4:18-20, Title: Weigh In or Filet Out, Date/Place: NRBC, 9/9/12, AM Opening illustration: Note the difference between the big time “rock star” fisherman at a tournament, and the guy who hits the pond early in the morning on his day off. “I have to be frank with you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:19

Denomination: Baptist

Smacking Yourself Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Nov 5, 2012

Exposition of 1 Timothy

Text: Matt 4:18-20, Title: Weigh In or Filet Out, Date/Place: NRBC, 9/9/12, AM Opening illustration: Note the difference between the big time “rock star” fisherman at a tournament, and the guy who hits the pond early in the morning on his day off. “I have to be frank with you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:7

Denomination: Baptist

Dead, Buried And Free

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 7, 2012

Paul teaches that we can not continue in sin because we are dead to it, we have buried the old self and are free from the power of sin.

DEAD, BURIED, AND FREE Romans 5:20-6:14 INTRODUCTION: Mother and baby skunk walking close to paper mill. Baby asks, “Mom, what it that smell?” Mother takes deep smell and says, “I don’t know but we’ve got to get some of that.” That could be an example of ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

“it Means Resisting My Fears” Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 7, 2012

If we are going to stand up and step out by faith, it will require resisting our fears.

Peter’s walk on the water with Jesus is a wonderful illustration of the walk of faith. Last time, we said that walking by faith means, first of all, getting out of the boat. As the old Chinese proverb puts it, “The journey of a 1,000 miles begins with a single step.” So it is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Baptist

Intervention

Contributed by Jason Jones on Nov 12, 2012

Exposition Of Intervention

Text: Philippians 4:2-3, Title: Intervention, Date/Place: NRBC, 11/11/12, AM A. Opening illustration: A discipleship book that I am very found of describes the stages of the Christian life in NT terms: lost, infant, young believer, mature believer. And when they get to mature believer, they ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:2-3

Denomination: Baptist

And Then On Monday Morning The Work Began Series

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Nov 13, 2012

A wedding sermon for 2 members of our church (1 about to be ordained), based on Tobit 8:1-8

According to the internet, the top ten worries for couples on their wedding day include - - worries about whether the bride/groom will show up (yup they’re both here) - worries about whether the wedding dress will fit (yup she looks fabulous) - worries about what the best man will say in his ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:18

Denomination: Anglican

Long For The Last Trumpet

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 18, 2012

Long for the Last Trumpet 1) When Jesus will return; 2) When the dead will be raised; 3) When we will be with Jesus forever

Is it broken? No, come to think of it, it rang at lunch. Maybe you missed it because your teacher was busy scolding Jimmy for chewing gum. No. According to the clock on the wall there’s still another fifteen minutes to go. Those fifteen minutes might as well be fifty minutes as you count down ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Lutheran

Dare To Be A Daniel Series

Contributed by Chris Mccall on Nov 21, 2012

I want to talk a few minutes about making decisions that can leave a legacy like many others have before us. Hebrews says that many were recorded just for our examples of how God can bring anyone to His greatness for their life.

“Dare To Be A Daniel” Daniel 6:3-4 NLT All through life we hear stories & meet people who have had a life that started or ran into some impossible odds. If you are like me, I love hearing about those stories where all the odds were against them, but they rose to an amazing ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 6:3-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Still Came, Part 1

Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 1, 2012

The coming of Jesus Christ began not in Matthew, but Genesis. This is part one of a four part series leading up to Christ’s coming into the world.

The story of the coming of Jesus Christ into this world begins not in Matthew, but in Genesis. Our Bibles have one overarching theme: God’s relationship with man. The first book of the Old Testament tells us how God made man in His own image and likeness. The first book of the New Testament ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Breakfast With Jesus Series

Contributed by Tim Spear on Dec 3, 2012

Jesus has breakfast with His disciples which was an important time for them to remember to what He had called them and what that would mean to their futures.

Jesus, the God-man: Gospel of John “Breakfast with Jesus” John 21:1-14 Introduction: I have been invited to have breakfast with some important people in the past. My daughters and I had breakfast with Senator George Allen several years ago and I had the chance to have breakfast with ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Ignorance Of Grace Will Lead To Death

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 3, 2012

I. EXORDIUM: Are you enjoying GOD's Grace or ignoring it? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that grace can be ignored but still shows his goodness to us. IV. TEXT: 1 Samuel 25:10 (New Living Translation, Second

I. EXORDIUM: Are you enjoying GOD's Grace or ignoring it? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that grace can be ignored but still shows his goodness to us. IV. TEXT: 1 Samuel 25:10 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) “Who is this fellow David?” Nabal ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 25:10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Immanuel: The Right Choice Series

Contributed by John Phillip R. Pesebre on Dec 5, 2012

As Isaiah reminds Ahaz to believe in God’s security we are also reminded by the Christmas season to trust in the Immanuel.

Introduction Around the year 720BC, God’s chosen nation was already a divided nation: there was the Northern Kingdom, called Israel ruled by a king named Pekah; and there was the Southern Kingdom, now called Judah, ruled by an able but misdirected leader named Ahaz. There were small tribal ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

The Other Half Of The Story

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 10, 2012

Most Christmas sermons tell the first half of the Christmas message-- eternal life, salvation. This sermon is about the other half-- abundant life.

The Other Half Isaiah 40:3-4 Today I want to talk to you about something you might not expect Pneumatic tires, shock absorbers, asphalt roads, and springs. You might be asking yourself.. "What is he talking about, they didn't have pneumatic tires, shock absorbers or springs 3000 years ago!" ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

“he Did What We Could Not Do” Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 12, 2012

Christ lived a sinless life so He might die a sacrificial death.

In verse 6, we learned that Christ is the eternal God of the universe, who set aside His eternal rights, to accomplish His eternal purpose - that He be glorified by His creation through the lives of redeemed men and women who walked in intimate love relationship with Him. Verse 7 says Jesus was ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Denomination: Baptist