Sermons on Tests Of Faith:

You Can't Handle The Truth Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 29, 2005

13th in long series on Joshua. This sermon speaks about Achan’s sin, and the relevance of truth telling. Ties together Prov.23:23 (the cost of the truth, and the value of it) and Eph.4:15 (doing it in love) as well.

Joshua 7:19-20 – You Can’t Handle the Truth Max Lucado, in his book Just Like Jesus, tells this story. A man received a call from his wife just as she was about to fly home from Europe. "How’s my cat?" she asked. "Dead." "Oh, honey, don’t be so honest. Why didn’t you break the news to ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 7:19-20

Denomination: Baptist

True To Life

Contributed by Paul Decker on Jul 31, 2005

We can be effective for God.

TRUE TO LIFE Acts 5:17-33 S: Obedience C: Obedience to God as priority. Pr: WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE FOR GOD. TS: We will find in Acts 5:17-33 how the early church took the truth about Jesus and aligned their lives to match it. Type: Narrative, Inductive PA: How is the change to be ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:17-33

Denomination: Baptist

Water For The Camels

Contributed by Shane Brooks on Aug 4, 2005

Go the extra mile!

Gen 24---Water for my camels Secret to a long life- 3.Genetics 2.health, 1.Career Satisfaction Look at pepole as you drive to work- you’ll know if they’re satisfied If you hate what your doing- you’re not doing what God wants you to do “If loving your career means a long life, some of you ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 24:9-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sometimes Our Obedience Hurts Others Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 4, 2005

5th in long series on Joshua. After doing a recap of the events so far, this shows the little-spoken truth: Sometimes, in order for us to obey God, we must hurt other people.

Joshua 3:1-17 – Sometimes Our Obedience Hurts Others It was testimony night in the church. A lady got up and said, "We are living in a wicked land where sin is on every hand. I have had a terrible fight with the old devil all week." Then, her husband, who was sitting glumly by her side ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Rock: Perfect Motivation

Contributed by Robert Garrett on Aug 8, 2005

This message will encourage, challenge and confict God’s people in their motivations in life. To be all that God wants us to be we must experience "perfect motivation"

INTRO. For the past few weeks we have been looking at mainly one of the disciples of Jesus Christ and have been encouraged, challenged and convicted by his obedience and disobedience to the Lord’s commands. We like Rock are many times motivated to do things strictly that will benefit us as ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-23

Denomination: Baptist

Rock: What God Can Do With A Broken Man/Woman

Contributed by Robert Garrett on Aug 8, 2005

This sermon shows us what God can really do with us when we come to him in and through our borkenness. If we want to be used by God we must first be BROKEN

INTRO. Two weeks ago we were challenged by individuals in our lives that have touched us by their character, their wisdom, their compassion, and their sensitivity to us. I introduced you to “Boss Man” Bro James M. Roberts, my parents, the character of Billy Graham. I also shared with you about ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Hope In A Hope-Less World

Contributed by Stuart Blount on Aug 10, 2005

“We can live forty days without food, eight days without water, four minutes without air, but only a few seconds without hope”....How do we understand and therefore respond to the kind of world we are living in today?

Our world is experiencing an uncertain time, a defining moment in the history of this planet. That is not an over dramatization of the events of the last month but rather a prophetic perspective of the years ahead. It seems summed up by the lament of a volunteer rescue worker in New York City, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Is Present Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Aug 11, 2005

Our source of strength as we face the storms of life is that God is present "in the boat" with us.

Matthew 8:23-27 “God is Present” INTRODUCTION After the monsoon storm of last Tuesday, we can easily identify with the disciples and the tempest in which they found themselves. Even with the advantages of Doppler radar and the eagerness of weather reporters who finally had something to talk ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27

Denomination: Lutheran

Look On Me

Contributed by Phillip Ramey on Aug 17, 2005

The lame man looked at Peter and John expecting to recieve something. When people look at Christians, they expect to see something. What would I want people to see when they look on me???

LOOK ON ME *Peter and John fastened their eyes on this man, and said "Look on us." *He looked expecting to recieve something. *He was helpless and hopeless, but they had something to offer him. *As Christians, people are looking at us everyday and expecting to see something. We should have ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Crossing

Contributed by John Harvey on Aug 18, 2005

To be a true follower of Christ, we must set ourselves apart, have faith to take the first step toward following and then obeidence to make that step

“The Crossing” August 21, 2005 Intro: Life is filled with definable moments. Moments when we must make harsh choices, brave overwhelming obstacles, and conquer new horizons. They are the major “crossings” of life. Today we are going to look at spiritual crossing. We have for the last two weeks ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:5-17

Denomination: Baptist

Making Something Out Of Nothing Series

Contributed by David Beirne on Aug 19, 2005

Part 3 in Joseph the Dreamchaser. A monologue of Joseph expressing what he learned in jail. An encouragement on perseverance.

Joseph: One Man Makes A difference Part 3: How To Make Something Out Of Nothing (Note:This was kind of a first person sermon. I dressed as Joseph, did the monologue and interspersed it with songs we sang. I only mention the songs by title, because the words worked for what I felt we needed to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Mourning The End Of Summer

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 20, 2005

We come to points in our lives when it appears to be too late to do what we felt called to do. Our problem is that we have expected God to do for us what we would not do ourselves. But the good news is that God is an empowering healer.

“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore – and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over – like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load; or does it just explode?” Langston Hughes, poet of the Harlem ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 8:18-22

Denomination: Baptist

We Can Count On God

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 21, 2005

We can put our hope and trust in God, because both His Word and His plan (His will) are unchanging and dependable.

The world is changing, and more rapidly now then before. • We find ourselves running with the times, and keeping up with the trends and advancements • In computer science, half of what you learn today will be obsolete in less than 5 years. • In Singapore, if you are in the map-making business – ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 33:1-22

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Joseph - Live Your Dreams

Contributed by John Gullick on Aug 23, 2005

A sermon that looks at how we can live out our God given dreams.

Joseph:- Live your dreams. There are many different aspects to life. There is eating and drinking and there is working to ensure that you eat and drink. There is shelter from the weather and there is clothing for the body. There is family and love and there are special occasions. But anyone ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:2-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Potential Or Productivity

Contributed by Ron Hicks on Aug 30, 2005

With all your potential, why are just sitting on the church pew?

POTENTIAL OR PRODUCTIVITY 07/31/05 AM I believe this morning that within this assembly lays the potential to do great things for God. I believe sitting on these pews, are people with the potential to be great preachers, teachers, peoples with great witness abilities, care ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-29

Denomination: Assembly Of God