Sermons on The Blood And The Spirit:

Youth Of Biblical Commitment

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jun 2, 2004

This message uses the life of Daniel and his three Hebrew friends to challenge youth to live by Biblical convictions and not compromise to the values of the world.

Youth of Biblical Convictions -Commitment not Conformity- Daniel 1:1-20 Today we are honoring our High School graduates. We are proud of all our youth in the Willow Vale Church. We are praying for God’s best in all their lives. Today youth face the challenge of maintaining their Christian ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-20

Denomination: Free Methodist

Your House A Lighthouse Of Prayer Series

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jun 9, 2004

When our homes become prayer centers, they can become lighthouses to our communities.

Your House—A Lighthouse Phil 2:12-17 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Introduction: We have been exploring the theme of prayer for the better part of year now. In ten months we have looked at some basic principles of prayer, considered an example or ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6, Philippians 2:12-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Living Life Above The Circumstances Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Jun 13, 2004

Every life has good and bad circumstances. As Christians, we live life above those circumstances.

SERIES: “LESSONS FROM THE EARLY CHURCH” TEXT: ACTS 6:8-15 TITLE: “LIVING LIFE ABOVE THE CIRCUMSTANCES” INTRODUCTION: A. Some of you may have heard of Wilma Rudolph. She was a successful Olympic athlete in the 1960’s, but most do not know her ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:8-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Mirror Of Reality Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 13, 2004

David, Pt. 14 of 15

THE MIRROR OF REALITY (2 SAMUEL 24) Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan is a colorful and controversial character. He made his fortune after eight years of hard work in pizza delivery but squandered it all on an expensive lifestyle. At the height of his success, he bought the Detroit Tigers baseball ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 24:1-24

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Paul's Understanding Of The Ministry Of The Church Series

Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jun 14, 2004

The 5th message of 13 in an expository series on the book of Colossians.

Paul’s Understanding of the Ministry of the Church Colossians 1:23b-29 23bThis is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. 24Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:23-29

Denomination: Baptist

How To Have A Fresh Start

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Nov 10, 2004

How do you start over in a dead-end life?

In the old movie, City Slickers, there is a scene in which three friends are together, and one of them is telling the others about how he has messed up his entire life. He’s lost his wife. He’s lost his child. He’s lost his job. He’s lost his self respect. He’s lost everything. He is ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:10-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Growing Better Together Series

Contributed by Randy Bennett on Nov 22, 2004

This was part of our 40 Days of Community series (in conjunction with Saddleback Church). Sermon was delivered to our "unplugged" worship which includes primarily students and parents.

Just like the people in our game had some serious growth issues - so do we! We know from learning about being purpose driven and living life with a purpose that God calls us to GROW. The problem is that we don’t always know HOW to grow and we don’t do a very good job of it on our own. Today, were ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Getting Past The Glitter #2 - Speaking Differently About Christmas Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 5, 2004

Number 2 in the series about getting Christians to go about Christmas differently than the world does.

Getting Past the Glitter #2 - Speaking Differently about Christmas Romans 12:2, Luke 2:8-14 December 5, 2004 Introduction Have you noticed how hard it is to find anybody willing to say "Merry Christmas" anymore, especially people in public places like government offices and retail stores? I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-14

Denomination: Wesleyan

Working At Resting Series

Contributed by Stephen Wright on Dec 12, 2004

Shall we go forward, following Jesus Christ, trusting Him for salvation or shall we turn back to our old way of life?

Working at resting! The Jewish believers to whom Hebrews was written were facing important decisions. Did they go forward, following Jesus Christ; trusting Him for their salvation? Or did they go back to their old way of life with its thousands of years of history and traditions? Hebrews has ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Reaching Beyond I Can Do All Things

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 28, 2007

Understanding Phil. 4:13

Reaching Beyond “I Can Do” Introduction I was in a conversation with a friend of mine several years ago. We were talking about hope and faith. His position was that hope comes before faith and my position was that it was hard to have hope without having faith. We were discussing one of the most ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Caring With A Difference

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 30, 2007

A Labor Day message on providing caring services, but not simply as self-fulfillment, but as a means to witness.

The true test of whether what you are doing is real is not how you feel about it when you start. The true test is whether you can keep going and complete your task. Anybody can get excited about a new job. But not everybody can stay by the stuff and finish. Some people get bored, or ...read more

Scripture: John 4:31-38

Denomination: Baptist

Who Is Your Lord? Series

Contributed by David Richardson on Aug 30, 2007

Life with Jesus should never be in addition to the lifestyle we led before we met Jesus. If that is the way it is in your life, then it will be very apparent to everyone that He’s only an addition and that He isn’t Lord and Savior of your life.

Life, Everlasting, Part II – Who is your Lord? In Part I, we determined from Ezekiel 37 that, through the breath put in us by God when we give our life to Him, we have life. And through that breath we will know that He is the LORD. We also briefly touched upon those that claim activities, ...read more

Scripture: John 6:47

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Patriarch, Potentate Predict Perfected Person Series

Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Sep 1, 2007

The Patriarch Abraham and the Potentate Melchisedec predicted and pointed to the Perfect Person who would later come and supercede their time on this Earth.

HEBREWS 7:1-10 PATRIARCH, POTENTATE PREDICT PERFECTED PERSON I. PATRIARCH: A. Progenitor. B. Prostration. C. Passing. II. POTENTATE: A. Positions. B. Pronouncement. C. Prototype. III. PERSON: A. Promise. B. Provision. C. Permanence. We come to the third time in this short ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 7:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

More Church Happenings

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 4, 2007

Let’s take a look at some more happenings in the early church. 1- Great persecution 2- Genuine mourning 3- Gritty preaching 4- Glorious joy

INTRO.- ILL.- Three churches got together to sponsor a community-wide revival. The churches were Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian. After the revival had concluded, the three pastors were discussing the results with one another. The Methodist minister said, "The revival worked out great for ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Courage Of Our Convictions Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 9, 2007

Why would John repeatedly confront Herod about his sin? Why not just leave well enough alone?

OPEN: The philosophy final at U.C.L.A had many blank pages for the answer to one question: “What is courage?” Most of the students wrote frantically, giving examples, expounding on theories. But one of the classmates turned in his essay with just two words on it to describe what courage was. He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ