Sermons on Terrorist Tactics:

The Servants That Drew Water

Contributed by Terry Vaughan on Sep 18, 2001

Five things that will help you become better servants for Jesus Christ.

WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN SERMON TITLE: THE SERVANTS THAT DREW WATER “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Be Holy Because He Is Holy!

Contributed by Joe Bedy on Sep 26, 2001

God sets His people apart to be Holy in an unholy world.

Be Holy Because He is Holy! You have all seen the television commercial for the Armed Forces "Be all that you can be." Everybody wants to be all that they can be. We all hunger for that, we don’t all reach our potential, but we do all desire to be all that we believe we are capable of being. No ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:21-23, 1 Peter 1:14-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Finding God In Perilous Times

Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Sep 10, 2002

A message for the one year anniversary of September 11, 2001.

9-11 Remembrance September 8, 2002 INTRODUCTION Each of us has a story… Where we were… How we heard… What we felt. Each of us has as story…and each story is interesting. Over this past holiday weekend, I sat with Kim’s family around the dinner table, and one of the things we talked ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Becoming A Person With Vision Series

Contributed by Rick Duncan on Sep 15, 2002

This message helps people identify what’s broken in their sphere of influence and then develop a vision to be a rebuilder of what’s broken.

What is it that is broken in your life - something that needs to be rebuilt? Everybody has something that is broken. The most hopeless people in the world are people who recognize that they have a problem, but have no vision from God about how to solve with that problem. Where there is no ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

What Can We Say When Evil Seems To Be Winning Series

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Aug 2, 2002

sermon on how Joseph is sold into slavery by Norval Koch for our worship service

Sunday, July 7th, 2002 Sermon Text: Genesis 37:25-36 Today we begin a series of sermons based on the life of Joseph. Our first text in this series does not have what we’d call a very “positive tone,”as you may have gathered while listening to it. In fact, it describes a series of sins on ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:25-36

Denomination: Lutheran

Windows Blown Out Or Open? Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 8, 2002

God’s mercy is available to us, whether we call on Him in disasters only or whether we are constantly in His presence. But how much more ready we would be for disaster if we cultivated His presence. A sermon for the 9/11 anniversary.

(Singing): “Sitting by the window praying, waiting for the break of day; sitting by the window praying, hearing what God might say.” (Repeat) Of all the images which linger, a year later, of the events of last September 11, none is more haunting than the picture of people falling from the ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 6:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

Celebrate God's Grace This New Year's Eve

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Jan 4, 2002

Isaiah invites us to look back on a year of God’s grace drawing to a close and to look ahead to another year of God’s grace that is just beginning.

In the ancient calendar used by the Romans, from which our calendar was created, the name of each month had a meaning. For example the month of February was so named because that was the time of the year for a feast called Februa. Some of the months were named for the false gods that the Romans ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 63:7-9, Isaiah 63:1, Isaiah 63:1-9

Denomination: Lutheran

Psalm 46 Series

Contributed by David Fox on Nov 14, 2001

Preaching through the Psalms.

Psalm 46 This morning we will take a look at what I believe is one of the most powerful and comforting passages in the Bible - Psalm 46. It is important to realize two things about this psalm before we begin our study this morning. 1) This psalm can bring us great comfort ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Are The Amish Thinking?

Contributed by Monty Newton on Oct 9, 2006

The Amish have demonstrated that faith and practice may be consistent in the face of horrific personal suffering and loss.

Title: What are the Amish thinking? Text: Micah 6:8 and Matthew 5:38-48 Thesis: The Amish believe that following Christ works as both faith and practice in the midst of very personal suffering. We were all stunned when we learned that Roger Morrison had taken hostages student hostages at the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Holy War! Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Jun 1, 2005

Many pastors, including this one, preached series on the subject of “spiritual warfare” including strong emphasis on confronting and defeating evil. Then, September 11 happened. Suddenly ‘holy war’ had a whole new meaning.

Holy War! Text: Joshua 10-11 Pew Bible page 344 I need to start my message this morning with some disclaimers. Oh yes, it’s one of those! First of all, I am asking for a fair hearing. I know that this is a controversial topic and I also know that if you only hear the buzz words and ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Humility - Sacrificing Your Pride Series

Contributed by Doug Henry on Dec 30, 2006

What does it mean to be humble?

Humility - Sacrificing Your Pride Philippians 2:1-11 In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below. This was a tragedy in and of itself, but the disaster was further darkened when an ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

David, A Pursuing Heart For God

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 12, 2007

The third of series on ‘Developing a Heart for God’

(1) In the September 11th issue of the Los Angeles Times, Patrick Goldstein wrote an article entitled, ‘Five Years Later: Pop Culture of Denial.’ Its subtitle made a very interesting statement, ‘Our fascination with glitz is unabated, and artists remain cautious. We haven’t come to grips with ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 63:1-5

Denomination: Church Of God

If God's So Good, Why Does Evil Exist? Series

Contributed by Greg Hanson on Feb 19, 2007

How do you reconcile the existence of evil with the existence of a good, all-powerful God? Part 5 of a series inspired by Philip Yancey’s book "Disappointment with God."

If God’s so good, why does evil exist? Good question, and a question that theologians, philosophers, and even sceptics have dealt with for centuries. Several possible answers have been proposed, but each one seems to spark more questions. And we’re not going to be able to exhaustively answer that ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:25-31

Denomination: Wesleyan

24:1 Just A Day Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 11, 2007

This is the beginning of our 24 series, 24 sermons on one day in the life of Christ.

It began like any other day, and like any other day it had twenty four hours, no more and no less. And yet before those twenty four hours were over their world was turned upside down. Who would have thought so much could happen in a mere twenty four hours, that things could change so much from ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-2

Denomination: Wesleyan

Be Different. Live In Reverant Fear!

Contributed by Christopher Goelzer on Jan 20, 2004

Encouraging and empowering the believer to live as the child of God they have been called.

NIV 1 Peter 1:17 Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17-21

Denomination: Lutheran