Sermons on The Big Picture:

Why Worry

Contributed by Darrin Fish on Oct 2, 2009

As Christians, we can find comfort in knowing that things do not happen by accident, they happen on purpose. Nothing catches God off-guard. Nothing surprises him. He is carefully, and with great skill, weaving all the events of life together into hi

Worry Death was walking toward a city one morning and a man asked, "What are you going to do?" "I’m going to take 100 people," Death replied. "That’s horrible!" the man said. "That’s the way it is," Death said. "That’s what I do." The man hurried to warn everyone he could about Death’s plan. As ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: Christian Church

Do Something

Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Oct 18, 2009

To trust is to obey.

Let us imagine that you are the president of a company. You need to travel abroad and stay there for an extended time. Before leaving, you instructed your employees, “I want you to take care of business. I will e-mail you regularly on what you should do from now until I return from this business ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-17

Denomination: Baptist

Rahab - Living Without Fear Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Nov 25, 2010

Rahab teaches the Israelites a truth they should have learnt 40 years earlier. When you fear instead of trusting in the promises of God you will find yourself missing out on the full freedom that a relationship with God can give.

You can listen to the full message here:- http://www.nec.org.au/listen-to-a-sermon-series/a-questionable-genealogy/ Message Joshua 2:1-24 Rahab - Living Without Fear As Joshua watches the two spies head off towards Jericho he must have had a sense of déjà vu. 40 years earlier the same had been ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Neither Total Nor Final (The Future Of Israel)

Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Jan 14, 2009

God has neither totally nor finally given up on Israel.

Have you ever given up on a person? You even felt that the person is beyond your reach… even beyond the reach of God. Well, when we look at the nation Israel, we tend to think that way. In view of the ongoing and, it seems, never-ending conflict there, it appears to us that God gave up on Israel. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 11:1-36

Denomination: Baptist

Abraham Set Free To Be Blessed And A Blessing! Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on May 20, 2011

Jesus continues the covenant that was established with Abraham and we are now under the eternal covenant.

Abraham set free to be blessed and a blessing! Genesis 17:1-22 Last week I had said that I was going to start a series called ‘Great Men warts and all’; it looks like I may have to change the name of the series to ‘Great People warts and all’ as there are some fairly warty women in the Bible ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:6-9, Matthew 1:17, Genesis 15:6, Genesis 17:1-22

Denomination: Salvation Army

He Saw The Best In Me

Contributed by Spencer Miller on Aug 31, 2013

God sees a lot of value in you; God sent His Son for you and not just for a select few.

Introduction: God sees a lot of value in you; God sent His Son for you and not just for a select few. Although there may be those around you who will act as if they are more exclusive and special to Him than you are. In God’s eyes you are equally important God sees glorious things in you, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

Do We Have A Preference Or A Conviction

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Jul 27, 2020

If our faith changes or bends under any circumstance, even in the face of certain death, we have a preference and not a conviction.

Daniel 3:8–18 In 1972 the Supreme Court ruled in Wisconsin vs. Yoder that the only religious beliefs protected under the First Amendment are convictions. Preferences, the Court said, are not. [Amish families did not want their children in Public School pass the 8th grade and the state said they ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:8-18

Denomination: Baptist

Unity In The Body Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Jul 16, 2018

We are called to unity, not just to be together. No one was ever called to walk this Christian life alone. Every member of the body is responsible to maintain the unity. We maintain unity by individually and collectively keeping our focus on Jesus.

Concerning unity in the church, one of my favorit commentators and Christian authors, A.W. Tozer, the great evangelist and Christian theologian from 60 years ago, commented: Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same tuning fork are automatically tuned to each other? ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Remember The Empty Grave

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jan 30, 2018

Sermon for Easter Sunrise Service

ENGAGE As I’m sure Ryan could attest, I think most pastors get more stressed out about their messages at Christmas and Easter than any other Sunday all year. Perhaps much of that added stress is self-induced since we feel the need to come up with some new approach or some innovative way to share ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

How Can You Escape The Condemnation Of Hell? Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Oct 22, 2018

Jesus asked the question to the Scribes and Pharisees who were going through life filling squares and never having the heart right with Him.

Today we are starting a new sermon series entitled: The Questions Jesus Asked. Jesus had a way of asking questions to which He fully knew the answers. The question Jesus asked where for our benefit, not his. Jesus being divine, He is all knowing, so in a sense, His questions are rhetorical. God ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:31-36

Denomination: Baptist

Coping With Discouragement Series

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 15, 2019

Job was broken and in need of comfort.

Lessons learned from Job #3 Coping with discouragement Job Chapter three Introduction- For the last two weeks, we have looked at Job and what happened to him. We saw that he was attacked by losing possessions, wealth, his family, and while he was trying to get a grip on what was happening, we ...read more

Scripture: Job 3:1-26

Denomination: Nazarene

Discipleship Involves Growth Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Sep 7, 2021

We're either moving forward or backwards. There is no such thing as a static, status quo, Christian. All Scripture references are from the NASB.

Malnourished Christians is a real problem today. In a few weeks I’m going to be preaching about our world-view. A world-view not based on the Word of God invites disaster for the Christian and the church. A survey done by Probe Ministries a year ago among 3,000 Americans reveals among U.S. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Standard For Leadership

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 31, 2020

A standard for leadership from 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4 (adapted from Bob Russell's book, Take Comfort, chapter called a standard for leadership pgs. 15-28

HoHum: “Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes”- Jim Carrey. What is being said here is that arrogance has no place in leadership, even more so in spiritual leadership WBTU: In 2 Corinthians, Paul defends his qualifications as a leader. He set some standards that we can still use ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Martha's Amazing Confession Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Feb 3, 2020

This is the 33rd sermon in a series on the Gospel of John. In this sermon we are looking at Martha's conversation with Jesus prior to the resurrection of Lazarus. We see how Jesus encouraged her, and how she responded in faith.

Martha’s Amazing Confession of Faith (Part 33) Text: John 11:17-27 We’re looking at the resurrection of Lazarus this morning, and just to remind you of what we looked at last week, let me re-cap it for you. Jesus had gone out of the area of Judea because the Jews in that area wanted Him dead. ...read more

Scripture: John 11:17-27, John 20:30-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Resolution Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017

This sermon addresses the single most powerful catalyst for individual spiritual growth: Scripture reading

The Resolution In his book, “Holy Sweat” Tim Hansell writes of a close friend who attended his 40 year high school reunion. For months he saved to take his wife back to the place and the people he’d grown up with. The closer the time came for the reunion, the more excited he became, thinking of ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-9

Denomination: Methodist