Sermons on Tanks:

Training To Be A Good Soldier

Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on May 14, 2006

What if you could sit under one of the greatest Generals in all of God’s army? Would you listen to what he has to say about basic training for spiritual battle?

Training to be a Good Soldier 2 Timothy 2:1-13 Paul, the General, gives instructions to the Private Timothy. Having the right equipment for battle is great, but you have to know what to do with it. This is basic training for church work. Debate right now about what a “cut and run” policy ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Beware Of The Spirit Of Emptiness

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 31, 2006

EMPTY IS DANGEROUS. STAY FILLED WITH SIS SPIRIT, LOVE, JOY, PEACE, AND HOPE!

BEWARE: THERE IS A SPIRIT OF EMPTINESS EMPTY IS DANGEROUS By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Man tends to be a creature of habit. We are given to PESSIMISM or OPTIMISM. We see bad, or we see good. Spiritual things start as a thought. We then set a pattern of thinking. I know people that can tell you ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 16:16-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Wisdom Marred By Obsession Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 3, 2006

Should we do as much as we can as well as we can for as long as we can? Should we seek to reach our full potential? Or, instead, should we be thinking of the long term consequences of what we do?

Wisdom Marred by Obsession (I Kings 4) Reception Grade (how it went over: interest, compliments, etc.): A Intro 1. Once the Devil was walking along with one of his cohorts. They saw a man ahead of them pick up something shiny. "What did he find?" asked the cohort. "A piece of the truth," the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 4:1-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Demythologise The Christmas Story And You're Left With What?

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 23, 2006

What would you be left with if you took the miraculous out of the Christmas Story

Christmas Eve 2006 The miracle of the Incarnation It is hard to come up with something new to say about the Christmas story – that we all know so well. So I’d like to take a different tack this year and consider what would we be left with if we took the miraculous out of the Gospels. So what ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

Love Increases When Power Decreases

Contributed by Paul George on Dec 26, 2006

How to increase love in a relationship.

Love Increases When Power Decreases Philippians 2:5-11 Frederick Nietzsche, one of the founders of modern existentialism, analyzed human personality and claimed the basic motivation behind all human behavior is “The Will to Power.” He said that it is the craving and the desire to have power that ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Denomination: Holiness

Social Creatures And A Social God Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 26, 2013

Human beings are social beings, as is God; therefore, we must learn both how society works and how we can honor God living among others.

Social Creatures and A Social God (Proverbs 21:12-15) 1. We have descriptions for everyone. We are outgoing or introverted, type A or type B, gracious or controlling, wise or foolish, young or old, open minded or closed minded. 2. Did you hear about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac? He stayed ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 21:12-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Stressed Apostle Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 9, 2013

If Paul were overseeing the church in the USA, he would be in a frenzy. Look at how stressed he was about a couple of congregations in Greece.

A Stressed Apostle (Colossians 2:1-5) 1. I want to thank Jake for preaching last week. 2. We enjoyed Luke and Sarah’s wedding very much; all went well. But even a positive, successful wedding tires you out. Last Sunday morning, we were still recovering from Saturday’s wedding, about ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:1-5

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Disaster Preparedness: Call 911

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Oct 8, 2009

What should we do when these cataclysmic events strike? When buildings fall and waters rise? And I would like to suggest that to prepare for disaster we call on 9:11.

Disaster Preparedness: Call 911 09/11/05 AM Reading: Matthew 14:22-33 INTRODUCTION We all know where we were and what we were doing 4 years ago today. We remember how we felt because to some degree we have felt that way ever since, and events like Indonesian tsunami and hurricane Katrina and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Take This Job And Love It, Part 1 Series

Contributed by Ken Hubbard on Feb 2, 2010

This sermon addresses maintaining a godly attitude at work.

TEXT: 1 Samuel 18:1-11, 14 INTRO: - Don't let this title deceive you - It directly relates to your job - But every student and Housewife can benefit - White collar, blue collar and no collar - Jim Bakker told me The biggest lesson he learned in prison Was that God was not interested In WHAT ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Obeying The Crucial Word Of God

Contributed by Jason Lim on Oct 15, 2015

Three principles to obeying the crucial word of God taken from the renewing of the covenant at Shechem.

We might sometimes think, you know, we should be out there, doing great stuff, lots of stuff for God. Get all busy, let the Word be made known, destroy the arguments of non-believers. The people of Israel, in their conquest for the land of Canaan, they were busy fighting the battle of Jericho and ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 8:30-35

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Life Of Julia According To Christ Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 12, 2012

To the two political views of the fictional "Julia," we must add a third in the spirit of Jesus

Mothers Day 2012 Spirit of the Liturgy Just in time for Mothers’ Day, we have been presented with three visions of the future for the women of America. We should be thankful for the opportunity to choose from these visions. Two are social and political, the third, the one we just heard, is ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Catholic

Spiritual Formations: Secrets Of The Secret Place

Contributed by C Jordan on Jul 24, 2016

As we spend time in the secret place of prayer – in solitude, silence, and soaking and Scripture meditation – we are transformed into the image of Jesus.

SPIRITUAL FORMATIONS #2: SECRETS OF THE SECRET PLACE KEY TEXT: “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” (Psalm 91:1-2). THE BIG IDEA: As we spend ...read more

Scripture: John 15:4-5, Psalm 91:1-2

Denomination: *other

Liberty

Contributed by Greg Burcham on Sep 11, 2016

This sermon explores the freedoms we have in Christ

Liberty About 3 years ago, I had the opportunity to go to China on a business trip. The Gideon’s had entrusted me with 10 Chinese/English new testaments and I must say that I was a good Gideon, every hotel that I stayed in while there was left with a Bible or two. I was even able to give a ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1

Denomination: Baptist

Not What I Will Series

Contributed by Stephen Brown on Dec 29, 2015

How do we live out our salvation? Do our lives represent a surrendered life?

Not what I will… The two "basics" we have addressed so far are salvation and the church. First, we discovered why we must be saved and how we can be saved. Second, we discovered the reality of being saved. We are the dwelling place of God; we are the church no matter where we go and what ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:20

Denomination: Baptist

Ten Seconds That Changed The World Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 10, 2012

Like the widow in the Gospel, little actions of doing good can attract the attention of the Lord, whose Word and grace can work miracles of healing, and can even heal our culture of death.

32nd Sunday in Course 2012 Verbum Domini Ten Seconds Can Change the Course of the World On August 3, 1943, General George S. Patton entered a tent in a military hospital in Sicily to visit wounded soldiers. He had just been briefed by one of his commanders that malingering was thinning out the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:38-44

Denomination: Catholic