Sermons on Systems:

Your Revenge Blinds Series

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Jul 22, 2015

Revenge comes from a heart of pride and is a terrible way to live life

May 13 “Your revenge blinds” Matthew 5:38-42 Specifically, these codes (Exodus 21, Leviticus, 24, and Deuteronomy 19) make 2 prescriptions: Prescription #1: To make sure that justice is fair; i.e., the punishment matches the crime. Prescription #2: To make sure that there would ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:31-42

Denomination: Baptist

Pull The Covers Back Over Your Head...

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 1, 2015

I heard there is a lion out there, let's go to bed and pull the covers back over our heads? Just quit God and die?

**PULL THE COVERS BACK OVER YOUR HEAD.** By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. PULL THE COVERS BACK OVER YOUR HEAD! I CAN'T. YOU KNOW I CAN'T. THERE IS A LION IN THE WAY? I MUST WARN YOU --- DO NOT EVEN TRY --- THERE IS A LION OUT THERE SOME WHERE AND THAT LION WILL EAT YOU ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 26:13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Surpassing Riches Series

Contributed by Richard Vartenisian on Sep 7, 2015

God's Grace

Surpassing Riches Ephesians 2: 5-10 Listen to the response of people to one song. An opera singer said, “There’s a kind of wonderful calm that I feel when I sing this, a kind of uncomplicated feeling, the way one felt as a child.” Johnny Cash said that this was, “a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:5-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Losing Sight Of The Goal? Faith Fights

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 17, 2015

It is easy to get in the heat of the battle and lose sight of our goals before us fight the good fight of faith... faith wins.

HAVE WE LOST SIGHT OF OUR GOALS? FAITH FIGHTS! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 2 Corinthians 5:7 ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"What In The World?" Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on May 23, 2016

Christians must resist worldliness.

Soon after a person becomes a Christian he discovers that being a Christian is not a bed of roses. Just because he is saved, does not mean he has left his struggles behind. As a wise man once said, "A school bus driver is probably the only person who can honestly say he has all his troubles behind ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

Do Not Love

Contributed by Paddick Van Zyl on Sep 19, 2014

What is worliness and why is it so dangerous for a believer to love the world?

Sermon by Pr. Paddick Van Zyl 19 Sep , 2014 Title Do Not Love Intro: The 'Do Not Enter' sign we often see in a building or in a public place, or even a street, was placed there for a specific purpose. Sign posts or boards play a very important role in our daily lives. There purpose is that of ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

If You Love God: You Must Learn To Love To Service Series

Contributed by John Dixon on Feb 14, 2016

what is required of a Christian in Service to God

If You Love God: You must Learn To Love To Service Christians are "saved to serve." Their service is a result of their salvation. Service should be an expression of gratitude that others should experience salvation but not all the saved serve as they ought. Paul uses the Isthmian Games to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19-27

Denomination: Christian Church

Overcoming The Tendency To Blame God For Our Choices (Part 2) Series

Contributed by Dan Proctor on Apr 22, 2013

The greatest apostle in the New Testament was mobbed, arrested, jailed, and eventually executed. A person might ask, “Why would God do this to Paul?” Isn’t it sad that we look to blame God? People must understand that choices always have consequences. The

Overcoming the Tendency to Blame God (for Our Choices) – Part 2 Acts 21 www.crbible.com/sermons Introduction: 1. Have you ever noticed how we love to blame others when things fall apart? Did you know that this human characteristic goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden? • When ...read more

Scripture: Acts 21:1-40

Denomination: Bible Church

God’s Power Through God’s People #8: Stephen Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 5, 2011

A series of character sketches in the book of Acts - Stephen. Also International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.

Acts 7:54-8:4 – God’s Power Through God’s People #8: Stephen And now, we come to the final sermon, #9, of this series. Since September, we have been studying in the book of Acts, watching how God’s power flowed through His people to make a difference. In the 1st part of ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Outcasts! Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jan 16, 2012

In Mark 2 we meet two outcasts: a paralyzed man and Levi. Each had a decision to make that mirrors decisions that we as humans must make as well with the presence of Jesus.

Whereas in Chapter 1 we saw Jesus, the ultimate action hero, begin his battle against the enemy, Satan, in Chapter 2 He takes the war to a new front and begins battling the religious establishment in Israel, which was just as much an impediment to entering God’s kingdom as Satan. He does this by: ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-17

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Physician, Heal Yourself Series

Contributed by Rev Rotimi Adepoju on Oct 16, 2013

A clarion call for the Church leaders to look within and clean-up our own messes if we have to fulfill the divine mandates God has given us to the entire nations

He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your country.’” Luke 4:23 The preambles: This phrase as used by Jesus to challenge his own people in Nazareth, symbolizes the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:23

Denomination: Pentecostal

Those Who Love Religion

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 3, 2013

A sermon on Luke 16:14-15 addressed to those who love religion and focusing on why man's religion can be a bad thing (Adapted from John MacArthur at: http://www.gty.org/resources/sermons/42-209/why-false-teachers-mock-the-truth-part-1)

HoHum: GOLLUM AND THE RING
Many of us are familiar with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. We cannot help but remember the character named Gollum. He was a hideous, pathetic creature who was possessed by the power of the ring. In fact, the ring was the reason for his hideous appearance. His ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:14-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Shoes Of The Gospel

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Dec 11, 2013

armor of God

Shoes of the Gospel Ephesians 6:15 http://gbcgracenotes.podbean.com/2013/12/11/shoes-of-the-gospel/ Remember, this is a prison epistle. Paul wrote it while in Rome under house arrest, awaiting trial and execution. He was to be beheaded. History asserts that he would have been chained to a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:15

Denomination: Baptist

Wonderfully Made

Contributed by Robert Dovenmuehle on Jan 14, 2013

Life has value because it is God’s creation. You have value not because of what you do, but because of who you belong to, because of who made you.

Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. TREES by: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) THINK that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:7-18

Denomination: Lutheran

The Will Of God For Individuals Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Apr 22, 2012

God's will for each individual is to say yes to Jesus. How does that play out though. God's primary will for everyone is for each individual to konw Him. Read on to find out how that is practically lived out.

Intro: Many of us as believers can take a test and answer yes to questions like, did Jesus die for your sins, did he rise from the dead, is Jesus coming back to earth? Pastor and author Bruce Larson says that he grew up saying yes to these types of biblical doctrines. But eventually he sensed that ...read more

Scripture: John 17:3

Denomination: Baptist