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  • Something Bad Might Happen Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Aug 30, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,933 views

    Crushing Worry. This is the 6th of 6 on crippling emotions. It was presented at an outdoors service in two parts.

    The Crushing Pressure of Worry Part I – Prayer is the answer If prayer is the answer let’s start there What do people worry about? Here are the results of a national poll: Industry Week Magazine 1. Own health and fitness - 73% 2. Lack of time for family or leisure pursuits - 49% 3. Their ...read more

  • Salt And Light Series

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,197 views

    Jesus calls us salt and light - simply stating it as a matter of fact and a description of our true identity – Be who you are!

    Salt & Light Matthew 5:13 - 16 1. Beaufort West is a mid-sized, rural, sheep farming town in the center of the Cape Province in South Africa. • One of its claims to fame is that it was the birthplace of the world’s first heart transplant pioneer, Dr. Chris Barnard. • Another claim to fame or ...read more

  • "There Is Great Hope Despite Power, Self-Interest And Greed"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 21, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,716 views

    A sermon about two different roads.

    Matthew 2:1-23 “There is Great Hope despite Power, Self-Interest and Greed” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN www.eastridgeumc.com The heroes of our Gospel Lesson for this morning certainly seem familiar to us. Each year, we probably all ...read more

  • Why Do I Do What I Don't Want To Do?

    Contributed by Jimmy Dillon on Nov 14, 2011
     | 6,863 views

    Fighting the war of spirit vs. flesh

    Why Do I do what I don’t want to do? (Romans 7:14-25). INTRODUCTION You only have to be a Christian for five seconds to realize that even though Jesus takes away the penalty for your sin and its power over you, you will still struggle to live the right way. Why is that? Why - even ...read more

  • God's Word: The Strainer Of Truth Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 7, 2011
     | 5,900 views

    The Scriptures do not address all eventualities or issues; we still must use godly wisdom to fill in the cracks. Nonetheless, God's true will always passes the Scriptural strainer.

    God's Word: The Strainer of Truth (Acts 15:6-18) 1. I have only made applesauce once in my life, and that was a month or two back when the Newells brought all those apples to church for all of us. 2. I made sauce the easy way; I had a press down apple corer / section maker, and then threw the apple ...read more

  • Nine Signs Of The 2nd Coming Of Jesus

    Contributed by Scott Carroll on May 20, 2011
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,768 views

    The signs that point to the soon return of Christ

    NINE SIGNS OF THE 2nd COMING OF JESUS 5/20/2011 Matt 24:3-14 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, ...read more

  • Temporarily Dead Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 4, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,895 views

    We worship a Risen Savior! Our text provides us with several reasons why He is worthy of worship.

    Temporarily Dead (Revelation 1:17-18) Resurrection Sunday 1. None of us have seen someone rise again from the grave. 2. But there is a fictitious story about one who recently did. 3. There was a certain man who often walked through a cemetery on his way home. However, one night, though, ...read more

  • Saving The Skeptic

    Contributed by Craig Sully on Apr 12, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,965 views

    What can be done to reach those who, through their past, personal experiences, are hardened to the Good News of the Gospel

    Saving the Skeptic John 7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see ...read more

  • Jesus Would Not Be Deterred

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Feb 27, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,273 views

    A sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Lent, Series C

    2nd Sunday in Lent, February 28, 2010, “Series C” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, during these forty days of Lent, enable us to see all the ways that we have forsaken you, have turned away ...read more

  • A Dirty Christmas

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 17, 2009
    based on 17 ratings
     | 14,624 views

    A Christmas sermon.

    “A Dirty Christmas” Hebrews 2:10-11, 14-18 By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN This morning I preached a sermon which included a lot of talk about Christmas trees. I talked about how Christmas trees ought to point beyond themselves to Christ. But ...read more

  • God Is In Control

    Contributed by Chris Layton on Nov 1, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 13,147 views

    No matter what man may do, God is still in charge and WILL have the last say.

    God is in Control! Psalms 2 As I look about me at the world situation with all of its gloomy uncertainty, all of its unrest and tension, all of the evil in high places, and ungodly nations and leaders making a bid for supremacy. It makes you feel kind of discouraged about the future of ...read more

  • Easter 2011, Part 1

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Apr 6, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,640 views

    During the Feast of Unleavened Bread, we examine the Disciples focus to break from "the norm" and spend time with Jesus; not realizing that this would be their last meal together.

    Easter, Part 1 Matthew 26:17-30 Introduction - This morning we begin a 5 week mini-series on the Easter season -- Every Sunday morning, for the next 5 weeks, we will examine a section -- The Easter story is not just about Easter morning, but a culmination of events -- Each event marches us closer ...read more

  • Let God Wash Your Eyes With Tears So You Might See

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 2, 2008
    based on 20 ratings
     | 9,993 views

    "He wipes our eyes with tears that we might see. The broken heart He knows is best for me." How God turns our pains in to joy. He who goes about in tears will reap with joy.

    He Washes Your Eyes With Tears That You Might See (Psalm 126, 5,6) "He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed. Shall indeed come again bringing his sheaves with him." (Psa 126,5,6) Song: He washed my eyes with tears that I might see, The broken heart I had was good for me; He ...read more

  • Encouraging Conflict Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jul 24, 2008
     | 3,839 views

    Exposition of Acts 15:1-5 about the conflict over how the gentiles get saved

    Text: Acts 15:1-5, Title: Encouraging Conflict, Date/Place: NRBC, 8/3/08, AM A. Opening illustration: Wycliffe died in 1384 of apoplexy, but the Council of Constance declared Wycliffe (on 4 May 1415) a heretic, decreed that his books be burned and his remains be exhumed, burned, and the ashes cast ...read more

  • A Cry From The Cave

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 7, 2012
     | 8,123 views

    We have all been in "the cave" the dark times that try mens souls. This sermon is for people who need to cry out to God from the cave.

    The Cry From The Cave Psalm 142:1-7 The book of Psalms it a book that deals with practically every human emotion. Today I want us to look at David’s cry from the cave. BIG IDEA: THE LONELINESS OF FEELING FORSAKEN BY GOD AND MAN MAKES LIFE IN THE CAVE INTOLERABLE We know God’s ...read more