Sermons on Syrophonecian Woman:

Mercy-Week 3 Series

Contributed by Jeremy James on Nov 21, 2004

How do we live lives of mercy.

Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others. Reality TV shows I am reminded of a couple of ...read more

Scripture: John 8:2-11

Denomination: Methodist

Enslaved To Free Series

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Jan 4, 2012

WHEN WE MISUNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP OF FORGIVENESS AND FREEDOM WHEN IT COMES TO SIN, WE WILL SHORT CIRCUIT TRANSFORMATION IN OUR LIVES.

Enslaved to Free John 8:1-11 April 3, 2011 INTRODUCTION Over twenty years ago, when James Ealy's conviction in the slaying of a pregnant woman and three children was thrown out on appeal. A very guilty man was given his freedom. Freed but not transformed. Over the years he amassed numerous ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Grace At Work 5 (Law & Gospel Review) Series

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Sep 16, 2012

When we get our understanding of the division of law and gospel wrong, we get everything else wrong as well.

Dakota Community Church September 16, 2012 Grace at Work - 5 Ephesians 4:1-16 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:21-31

Denomination: Mennonite

The Wedding Charge

Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Jun 1, 2015

Wedding

-As we gather together today in the house of God to perform this ceremony in the eyes of God - may it be known to all in attendance that the ceremony is for the purpose of establishing -a commitment which was ordained by God. The marriage ceremony is a joyous occasion. - It is to be cherished, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:21-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of Confession Series

Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Mar 25, 2017

Confession is a key to spiritual formation—it frees our chains, releases Christ’s power in us, and helps us to mature as He desires, not as we desire.

In his autobiography, Mahatma Gandhi wrote that during his student days he read the Gospels seriously and considered converting to Christianity. He believed that in the teachings of Jesus he could find the solution to the class system that was dividing the people of India. So one Sunday he ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-42

Denomination: Other

When The King Restores

Contributed by Larry Grant on Mar 4, 2023

You may think that when you step out on faith that God is going to sit back and just watch you work. God will go before you and get the conversation started so when you get there all you have to do is show up prepared and God will show out!

2 Kings 8:1-6 (NKJV) When the King Restores March 5, 2023 Today’s scripture begins with the Shunamite woman we preached about in chapter 6, where we learned that she had prepared a rooftop room with a bed, a desk and chair for Elisha. Because of her hospitality toward the prophet, God blessed her ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 8:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

A Church That Loves Much Series

Contributed by John Dobbs on Feb 13, 2021

As we follow a Jesus that Loves, we want to be a church that loves. What is the contrast between a church that loves little, and a church that loves much?

A Church That Loves Much Luke 7:36-50 Introduction Dinner at Simon’s house took on a special meaning the day Jesus came. Simon and his guests reclined around a u-shaped table - which was the traditional posture for eating. They lay down around a low table, propped up on the left elbow with a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

262 - The Results Of The Forgiven Series

Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jun 28, 2003

Four stories of the forgiven and their results.

Sermon 262 – THE RESULTS OF THE FORGIVEN Luke 5:17 One day as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick. Luke 5:18 Some men came ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:17-25

Denomination: Baptist

Discovering Genesis, Part 2 Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Sep 19, 2011

Part 2 of this series takes a deeper look at the creation of Adam and Eve, as well as the identifying Adam's location and occupation, the conditions of living in Eden, his need for a companion, and the creation of Eve out of Adam.

Discovering Genesis, Part 2 Genesis 2:4-25 Introduction - This evening, we begin our “Discovering Genesis” series in Genesis 2 - Let’s look at Genesis together and read what God has to say to us - Read Genesis 2:4-25 - Pray Point 1 – (4-17) - At our core, at our very ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:4-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Fall Of Man

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 28, 2014

The Fall of man, and the purpose of the Cross.

THE FALL OF MAN. Genesis 3. It is part of the proof of the common ancestry of man that wherever we go in the world there are stories of a flood from which but a small number of people were saved, and prior to that a struggle between God and man involving a serpent or (in island communities) a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Christ Came Into This World - Part 4

Contributed by Paul George on Oct 21, 2003

Christ came into this world to save sinners.

There is no need to speculate as to why the Son of God left heaven’s glory and in the body of humiliation dwelled among men. He came to save sinners. He came full of saving grace and truth. He came because it is not God’s will that any be lost but all repent and be saved. He came on behalf of those ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:15

Denomination: Holiness

A Tale Of Two Churches Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Aug 12, 2012

A study of the Gospel of Luke 13: 20 – 21

Luke 13: 20 – 21 A Tale of Two Churches 20 And again He said, “To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” The first Gospel written came from the pen of the apostle Matthew. He ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:20-21

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Eve, Mother Of All Living

Contributed by Charles Salmon on May 19, 2007

Eve is the mother of all living in both the physical, temporal sense and the eternal, spiritual sense.

Eve, Mother of all Living Gen. 3:20 INTRO.: After creating all things necessary to sustain life and setting everything in perfect order, God made the living creatures. The first chapter of the Bible states five times that God saw His creation and it was good. Every stage of the creative process was ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A World Without Grace

Contributed by Asiri Perera on Mar 30, 2008

• Like the city dwellers who no longer notice the polluted air, we breathe in the atmosphere of ungrace

A world without Grace John 8:1-11 Jn 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Jn 8:2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. Jn 8:3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

The Garments Of Revelations Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 13, 2011

The garments of the women of the Apocalypse are signs of the festal garment we are clothed with as we take communion together.

Feast of the Assumption August 15, 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy The vision of the Apocalypse shared in our first reading today is a scene in a great final struggle between good and evil. The ark of the covenant, kept in the tabernacle in the wilderness, and in the Temple of Jerusalem once it was ...read more

Denomination: Catholic