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  • Passion Sunday Series

    Contributed by Alan Mccann on Jun 28, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,903 views

    Sir, we would see Jesus!

    PASSION SUNDAY – JOHN 12 V20-32 Today is Passion Sunday. Today throughout the world people will meet together to worship God and to recollect the Passion (the life, death, resurrection of Jesus). I want us together to look at an incident in the life of Jesus as recorded for us in John’s gospel ...read more

  • Being Mindful Of The One Thing

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jul 22, 2013
     | 7,029 views

    Being mindfully present in the moment helps us discern the one thing worty being concerned about.

    Life is filled with distractions (from within and without…) Title: Being Mindful of the One Thing Text: Luke 10:38-42 (Reference the context: In 10:25-20 Jesus shared the Great Commandment to love God and neighbor; in 10:30-37 Jesus taught on what it means to love one’s neighbor; and ...read more

  • Parched People Dig Deep Into God's Grace

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Nov 19, 2013
     | 10,559 views

    When you are in a spiritual desert you dig deep be deciding to discover the grace of God.

    Title: Parched People Dig Deep Text: Isaiah 12 Thesis: When you are in a spiritual desert you dig deep by deciding to discover the grace of God. Background Comments: Isaiah is not easy book… Isaiah in the Old Testament is the Apostle Paul of the New Testament. It is heavily prophetic and ...read more

  • Hope In The Lord Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Nov 28, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,101 views

    When we find ourselves in the depths of despair, we have the gift of Jesus … the very embodiment of God’s “hesed” … God’s steadfast love … and we have the cross to remind us of the greatest Christmas gift of all, amen?

    Advent is a time of tension. There is the joy and anticipation of the season and the stress and strain of trying to prepare for it, amen? But the season itself represents an historical and theological tension as well and I am going to use songs from the Jewish song book and songs from our own ...read more

  • The Journey Of Joy

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Oct 17, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,587 views

    The secret of finding joy in life is looking in the right place and looking in the right person, God.

    The Journey of Joy Selected Passages September 3, 2001 Introduction I. The Road to Happiness A. Construction on the highway: We have all seen more than our share of highway construction. Lots of heavy equipment rearranging the terrain, moving earth and removing old pavement. It causes long delays ...read more

  • My Peace I Give To You

    Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,005 views

    God’s peace and the World’s peace is not the same

    MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU Reading: John 14:23-31 We live in a world that promises so much, yet in reality, all too often fails to come up with the goods. When electricity was first becoming nationally available there was the promise of it being "free", when nuclear power stations were first being ...read more

  • Trinity Sunday

    Contributed by Christopher Nerreau on Jun 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,588 views

    Today we discuss the Trinity: What the doctrine means Where the doctrine comes from Why the doctrine matters

    “Trinity Sunday” Topical 05/22/2008 By Dcn. Chris Nerreau TITLE: Three in One, One in Three SERMON TYPE: Topical DATE: 06-17-2008 INTRODUCTION • Have you ever noticed how pragmatic society is today? o We say we only believe in those things that we can touch, feel, see or understand. o But ...read more

  • The Wilderness Experience Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
     | 29,377 views

    This sermon is about Elijah the Prophet and the result of his defeat of Jezebel

    The Wilderness Experience Matthew 26:69-75 When Jesus finished sharing the Passover with the disciples, he took Peter, James and John with him to the Garden of Gethsemane. The Gospels describe Jesus as “sorrowful and troubled.” The Gospel of John in chapter 21 reports that Jesus ...read more

  • Colossians 1:9-14 Inductive Sermon Outline Series

    Contributed by John Allen on Oct 8, 2020
     | 5,325 views

    Inductive sermon outline ideas for Colossians 1:9-14.

    The following notes reflect ideas based on the homiletics in "Preach with No Pants" (https://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/preach-with-no-pants-john-allen-sermon-on-inductive-250167). It proposes an inductive-deductive five-point outline: Trip, Tension, Twist, Truth, Triumph. In ...read more

  • Communion - Together As One

    Contributed by Gerald Du Preez on Mar 24, 2023
     | 3,018 views

    Tracing the communion service from the Passover through the Last Supper and the Eucharist.

    Passover Death was in the air. The young boy stood outside with his father, watching him splash blood onto the doorposts of their humble home. “Why, dad, why?” Comes the plaintive question from the lips of a terrified youngster. “This is to keep you alive, son. Let’s go inside to share our last ...read more

  • God Our Father For Father's Day

    Contributed by William Akehurst on Jun 26, 2023
     | 1,289 views

    Our view of GOD our FATHER must come from Scripture.

    2023.06.18.Sermon.Father’s Day William Akehurst, HSWC KEY POINT: OUR VIEW OF GOD OUR FATHER MUST COME FROM SCRIPTURE THE LORD GOD OUR FATHER Isaiah 63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy ...read more

  • Temptations -- Jesus' And Ours Series

    Contributed by Revd Dr Ruwan Palapathwala on Jan 1, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 590 views

    Temptation is our awful struggle not to lose ourselves and our potential to lose ourselves. Temptation also highlights God’s mercy and grace in our lives in the wilderness for forty minutes, hours, days or years.

    In today’s Gospel reading, we encounter the most human and common experience: temptation, which Jesus also experienced in a very profound way. The temptations of Jesus are found in all four Gospels. But we are accustomed to thinking that Jesus was tempted three times before his public ministry ...read more

  • Gentleness PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,402 views

    Highlight the importance and power of gentleness as a Christian virtue, and to encourage believers to embody and display this gentleness, as exemplified by Jesus, in their daily lives.

    Good morning, brothers and sisters. The Bible has much to say about the power of gentleness, the benefits of being gentle, and imitating Jesus' gentleness. [Read passages] I'm reminded of a quote by Francis de Sales who said, "When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break ...read more

  • "any Samaritans Among Us?"

    Contributed by Darrell Campbell on Aug 24, 2022
     | 1,138 views

    You can love people and not be a Christian, but can you be a Christian and not exercise love?

    An expert in Jewish Law asked Jesus a question about eternal life. We have no indication that the question wasn't sincere. Eternal Life was more than a duration, but the quality, even the rewards of it. The lawyer was correct in his answer to Jesus, at least textbook, but the man got it all ...read more

  • The Devil Goes To Church Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,636 views

    Uncontrolled speech may reveal a devilish heart that has never been regenerated. James challenges us to review our heart by examining our speech to determined our relationship to the Master.

    JAMES 3:5b, 6 THE DEVIL GOES TO CHURCH “How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.” At 9:00 p.m., ...read more