Sermons on Swift:

Identity Understanding Gods Power In Us Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jan 30, 2009

Our identity will determine our activity. We the body of Christ find who we are in Him. If we identify with Christ we live by faith that matures into love.

Intro: Last week as we began studying Paul’s letter labeled Ephesians we began to learn about our identity. Remember that I said that our identity is important because it determines our activity. What we will see this morning is God’s power in us. Paul got extremely excited in the first 14 ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:15-23

Denomination: Baptist

Jonah's Repentance And Deliverance Series

Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Apr 27, 2006

God molds and shapes the human heart to see the end of the foolish paths we choose for ourselves in opposition to his purposes.

INTRODUCTION “Call me Ishmael” (Moby Dick) In the great novel by Melville, the sermon preached in the chapel, the preacher said: ’Shipmates, this book, containing only four chapters -- four yarns -- is one of the smallest strands in the mighty cable of the Scriptures. Yet what depths of the soul ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Four Elements That Mark The Last Days

Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 11, 2006

The last days.

INTRO: A little-known fact from the life of Christopher Columbus is that he predicted the end of the world. He wrote a volume called The Book of Prophecies, in which he prophesied that the world would end in the year 1656. He even stated very definitely that "there is no doubt that the world must ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:26-30

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God's Chosen Vessel

Contributed by A. David Hart on Jan 13, 2007

My fellow laborers of the kingdom, it is getting harder to identify those who lead the Church of God. This is due to the fact that many are not sure about who we want to lead us in our pilgrimage to glory.

GOD’S CHOSEN VESSEL Psalms 78:70-72 My fellow laborers of the kingdom, it is getting harder to identify those who lead the Church of God. This is due to the fact that many are not sure about who we want to lead us in our pilgrimage to glory. We want him ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 78:70-72

Denomination: Baptist

Wedding: Morton.pokorny

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on May 16, 2006

Ceremony for a young Christian couple.

June 25, 2005 Kevin Higgins Dornick Hills Country Club Ardmore, Oklahoma Elizabeth Barrett Browning gave us a beautiful expression of love when she wrote: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 29:20

Denomination: Baptist

Word Of God Is Living

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Jun 14, 2006

Preaching is not the task of “making” scripture come alive; rather it’s “drawing out the life” that’s already in it.

INTRODUCTION A. Look Closely At Hebrews 4:12-13 “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:12-13

Denomination: Church Of God

Mark 4:35-41 “faith Through The Storms” Series

Contributed by Benjamin Hill on Feb 23, 2015

Verse by verse messages through the Gospel of Mark

Mark 4:35-41 “FAITH THROUGH THE STORMS” You don’t have to live very long to realize that trials and hardship and storms are inevitable. In this world troubles are going to come… it’s how we respond to those troubled times that matters! Amen? Illustr. An Ohio oil ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Truth Or Consequences Series

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Aug 31, 2014

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. We should fear and love God that we may not deceitfully belie, betray, slander, or defame our neighbour, but defend him, [think and] speak well of him, and put the best construction on everything.

Dakota Community Church August 31, 2014 Truth or Consequences Summer Series at Dakota: The 10 Commandments Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. We should fear and love God that we may not deceitfully belie, betray, slander, or defame our neighbour, but defend ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17

Denomination: Mennonite

The Most Beautiful Word Series

Contributed by Jim Kilson on May 20, 2014

Part 1 of 8 in a series covering "words" in the Bible that are all too often overlooked, marginalized, or ignored.

INTRODUCTION: We live and breathe words; words can light fires in the minds of men, words can wring tears from the hardest hearts, words can provoke us to action, and paralyze us with fear… they provide a voice to our deepest feelings. There is an almost unquantifiable power in words, they ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 130:4

Denomination: Christian Church

Call It Anything But Boring

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jan 18, 2012

Their white garments, and golden crowns seem to indicate that these 24 represent the redeemed. The question is which redeemed? Not Israel because they aren’t saved until near the end. Not the unsaved because that happens after the 7 year tribulation.

Call it Anything but Boring Revelation 4:1-11NKJ After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” 2 ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 4:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Are You Ready For The Rapture

Contributed by Charles R. Peck on Jun 26, 2015

Dealing with the coming of the Lord,

ARE YOU READY FOR THE RAPTURE? The events that are taking place in our country, and around the world, politically, socially, economically and in the church, are moving us toward the final days of all things, beginning with a war that will produce the “Man of Sin”, the Antichrist. I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

Denomination: *other

Lessons From The Fall-1. Series

Contributed by Shine Thomas on May 31, 2015

Some valuable lessons from the mistake of Adam & Eve so that we can avoid fall in our spiritual lives.

Follow us on: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityHarvestAGChurch/featured We all make mistakes in life. The good thing about a mistake is there are great ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Contending Or Surrendering

Contributed by Jerry Flury on May 30, 2011

Every Christian should not only know and love the truth but be willing and able to be contend for the truth which has been entrusted to us and not surrender it for the sake of harmony or unity.

Contending or Surrendering Jude 1-4 Introduction: The church has been entrusted as stewards of the manifold grace and wisdom of God. Yet today people professing to be Christians would attack the very notion of absolute truth. Not only should every Christian know and love the truth but we are to be ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Amos - 2 Series

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Aug 4, 2010

Although the surrounding nations do not worship God or claim Him as any authority over them, He still sends a messenger to inform them that they will be held accountable to Him as their judge.

Dakota Community Church March 21, 2010 Amos 2 There is often a vast difference between what we want to hear and what we need to hear; this is why it is important to preach the Bible exegetically rather than continually focusing of topics that we “feel” are relevant. The entire Bible reveals Gods ...read more

Denomination: Mennonite

God's Blessings

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jan 8, 2011

That God blesses us through our obedience.

God’s Blessings Malachi 4:1-2 “For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.But unto you ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:1-2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ