Sermons on Surface:

Super Cool Or Super Real?

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jun 27, 2011

Are you real? That might seem like an obvious question but consider the lengths you go to in order to present yourself as "all together" to your friends and brothers and sisters. Being impressive by appearance can actually impede both your growth in the L

We talk a lot about natural human behavior and how that often runs counter to the real life given to us in Jesus Christ. Today I want to talk about your image. In our natural state we try really hard to present a good image to the world. We try to clean up, dress well, and act civilly. Beyond that, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Prayer Keys - Focus On God Series

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 17, 2011

Prayer is talking and listening to God. We must not be too busy to listne. God spoke to Elijah in a still small voice. He speaks to us that way, too.

Focus on God “Be still, and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Ps 46:10 In 1517, an obscure Catholic priest named Martin Luther placed his life in God’s hands when he nailed his 95 theses, his 95 arguments against the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

How To Approach God Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Mar 17, 2013

Have you ever wondered how to approach God? Mankind makes up all kinds of ways to do it including external shows of relgious piety or elaborate ceremony. But in these three psalms we see God's recipe for drawing close to Him.

While Psalm 49 taught us that no amount of money can rescue you from the grave or redeem your life before God, Psalm 50 teaches that no amount of religious practice can save you from the wrath of God against evil. As in both psalms, only trusting in God for your salvation is what matters. This ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Don't Lose Your Focus

Contributed by James Lowe on Apr 5, 2013

We need to keep our focus

Don’t Lose Your Focus Matthew 14:22-32 22 ¶ And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Creation: Redeeming Chaos

Contributed by Nelson Lin on Feb 10, 2013

The story of the coming of Jesus Christ into this world begins not in the Book of Matthew, but in the Book of Genesis. The shadow of Christ can already be seen in the early verses of the first chapter of the Bible. In Genesis 1:26 God said, “Let Us make m

CREATION: REDEEMING CHAOS February 10, 2013 We begin our new series today on the redemptive plan of God as seen throughout the Old Testament and finally revealed in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ in the New Testament. The story of the coming of Jesus Christ into this world begins not in the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Did Jesus Get Mad At This Fellow?

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Dec 16, 2013

Why the sea change in the attitude of Jesus to the leper?

Did Jesus Get Mad at This Fellow? Mark 1:39-45 Introduction This morning’s text follows the end of what is presented by Mark as the first day of Jesus’ public ministry. This is not to say that these events all happened on the same calendar day, and nowhere does Mark actually say so, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:39-45

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Parable Of The Soils Series

Contributed by Joel Preston on Mar 25, 2012

This parable has been often called “the Parable of the Sower” but is probably more accurately described as "The Parable of the Soils." Everyone who hears the Gospel hears it in a different way. Some revile it, some reject it & some receive it. It is the “

The Gospel of Mark #10 – “The Parable of the Soils” Mark 4:1-20 Intro – 1. Don’t you love to hear a good story? I know I do! 2. The Bible is the story of God. (PICTURE – The Story…)To understand the Bible, you need bifocal lenses, because two ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical Free

He Lifts Us Up

Contributed by David Nolte on Jul 24, 2018

When we are pressed down, perplexed and persecuted, God lifts us up

“He Lifts Us Up!” 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 David P. Nolte Christian people should never be sad or depressed. Christian people should live problem free lives. Christian people should have no failure. Yeah! Right! In a perfect world, ok. But this is a broken, corrupted, dying world where ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hope Found Here - Hope In Our Creator Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jan 23, 2018

God, is the Creator, He exists, He is not a product of man’s imagination, He is real, He is the basis of our Hope.

Our theme this year is Hope Found Here, and this month we are considering the Hope we have in our Creator, our Heavenly Father, the one who created everything we see, and everything we can’t see. Our English Bible starts with the book of Genesis, and the first words we read in Genesis is “In the ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus' Baptism: One Small Step For The Man-God, One Giant Leap For Mankind

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jan 8, 2017

Make sense of the purpose of Jesus' baptism and it's ongoing comfort.

When U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to place a boot onto the moon’s surface, he intoned: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Armstrong meant of course that the distance from the bottom rung of the lunar lander to the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Denomination: Lutheran

It’s Time To Resist!

Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 16, 2019

We live in a time when evil is sweeping our culture. Christians not anchored are being swept with it. We look at the Church’s duty to resist evil; what we’re to resist; and how we’re to resist it.

IT’S TIME TO RESIST! 2 Cor. 10:5 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Over the Christmas break I heard about some ladies who were shopping non-stop for several days. 2. In one of the many parking lots, they ran into friends. One friend complimented the shop-a-holics on their new car and asked if it was ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:5, Proverbs 28:4, James 4:7, 1 Timothy 6:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Do I Believe About God? Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 1, 2016

This is the first of ten messages built from Max Lucado's Believe series. Message one, deals with what I believe about God.

INTRODUCTION • SERMON VIDEO • SLIDE #1 • Imagine someone approached you and said they did not believe in Ford Motor Company. • I do not believe in Henry Ford; I never met him and do not think he ever existed. • What would you say? • Maye you would ask where Ford ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sunday Night-Not One Stone

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Mar 30, 2017

Jesus is not impressed with our earthly temples, He seeks our heart.

Sunday Night: Not One Stone Place: BLCC Date: 3/12/17 Text: Luke 21.5-6; Mark 13.1-2; Matthew 24.1-2 CT: Jesus is not impressed with our earthly temples, He seeks our heart. FAS: In his book Rust: The Longest War, Jonathan Waldman takes us chapter by chapter into the world of oxidation and the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:5-6, Mark 13:1-2, Matthew 24:1-2

Denomination: Christian Church

How To Become A Contagious Christian

Contributed by John Gaston on May 1, 2017

Jesus touched a leper but He didn't get leprosy, rather the leper got Jesus. Why? Because Jesus was contagious with a strain from Heaven, which, when caught, replicates Jesus in the lives of those who catch it! We need to pass it on!

HOW TO BECOME A CONTAGIOUS CHRISTIAN Mk. 1:40-42 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. When you’re a boy, dirt is a good thing. I heard about a “preacher’s kid” who was told by his mother that he should wash his hands because there were germs living in all the dirt he’d been playing in. 2. He looked up at ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-42

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Fished Out Of The Sea Series

Contributed by Christopher Howitz on Oct 30, 2017

"Jesus’ authority as kingly Messiah rests not in spectacle or selling-out or cutting corners, but rests on His reliance on the Father and Jesus’ costly obedience to the Father even along the road to the cross."

“The time has come,” Jesus said, “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” (1:15) That was Jesus’ great announcement at the beginning of his ministry in Galilee. And to the two pairs of brothers… “Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-45

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican