Sermons on The Counterfeit:

Extravagant Love

Contributed by Michael Hensley on Apr 11, 2001

Four facts of Extravagant Love

Here is a true story about a nine-year-old boy who lived in a rural town in Tennessee. His house was in a poor area of the community. A church had a bus ministry that came knocking on his door one Saturday afternoon. The kid came to answer the door and greeted the bus pastor. The bus pastor ...read more

Scripture: John 12:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Relationships Count Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 4, 2004

God given relationships make all the difference in where you spend eternity.

Acts 15:35 But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching, with many others also, the word of the Lord. 36 And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brethren in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are." 37 And ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Moving Ahead When Opposition Comes Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Aug 11, 2005

When we are on a mission from God and we run into barriers and things don’t seem successful - how do we react? Moses experienced this upon returning to Egypt. We learn how God works with us but keeps on task.

Sometimes we think that battling for the Lord ought to be easy. I mean, here’s a Guy who created the universe by talking! It’s like Bill Cosby said to his son once on The Cosby Show "I brought you into this world and I can take you back out!" We like have a powerful person on our side. The problem ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Devil Has A Plan For Your Life

Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 6, 2005

God’s plan promises love, joy, peace, and fruitfulness, but too few people choose correctly. Instead, they subtley surrender to the devil’s plan for their lives and suffer as Adam and Eve did in the garden. Nine points.

The Devil Has a Plan for Your Life (Gen. 3:1-20) Jesus said, "The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, kill and destroy, but I came that you might have life and have it abundantly." (John 10:10) The devil sought to distract Eve and Adam from the goodness of God. They enjoyed 99% of the desires ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Tearing Down The Temples Of Hell Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Oct 13, 2005

Paul had an open door of OPPORTUNITY. There were many OBSTACLES. God helped him to OVERCOME! Link included to Formatted Text version, Handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

Tearing Down the Temples of Hell Acts 19:8-27 Paul stayed in Ephesus for 3 full years…not his normal pattern. There was much work to be done there, and w/ a pop. of 300,000 people, it was the capital of the Roman province of Asia. 1. Paul’s opportunity I Cor. 16:8-9 But I will tarry at ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:8-27, Acts 19:23-41

Denomination: Baptist

Da Vinci Code: Making Your Faith Foolproof Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Mar 9, 2006

Second in expository series on Colossians.

We’re in the series on Reaching Your Full Potential for God. Last week we covered the pre-requisites to reaching your full potential for God. The Bible laid the groundwork in Colossians chapter one for your advancement in Christ. Reaching your full potential in God is so vitally important ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

Filled To The Uttermost: An Example For The Believer Series

Contributed by Duane Smith on Aug 20, 2006

This message was developed to help Christians to relaize how much they have in Christ - specifically when filled with the Holy Spirit.

FILLED TO THE UTTER MOST: AN EXAMPLE FOR THE BELIEVER Acts 6:8-7:60 INTRODUCTION: A. In Ephesians 5:18 Paul wrote, be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 1. This verse lets us know that it is possible to be a Christian and not be filled with the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Beast: False Prophet Series

Contributed by W. Alderman on Jan 24, 2006

This is a message and also a chapter from the author’s book on Revelation.

THE SECOND BEAST : the false prophet Revelation 13:11-18 The first beast has the primary role of serving as the political leader, whereas this second beast is the False Prophet. He is the very deceptive counterpart of the first beast. All that he does is in ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 13:11-18

Denomination: Baptist

Building Blocks For Kingdom Living Part 2. Series

Contributed by Deborah Prihoda on Nov 6, 2006

The Beatitudes become building blocks upon which successful kingdom living is accomplished by all Beleivers.

NOTE: Study materials used for this message were taken from the following: "The Message of the Sermon on the Mount" Stott; "The Complete Biblical Study Library" Matthew. Since Michael King’s message "Assurance of Salvation" which I used for reference on part 1 only named the first 3 attitudes, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6-7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Gospel Of Jesus: When God Shows Thru Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 26, 2006

The beatitudes--The opening lines of ’the greatest sermon ever preached by the greatest preacher Who ever lived!’ Link included to formatted text, handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

When God Shows Thru [The Beatitudes] The Gospel of Jesus Matthew 5:1-5 One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her mother and said, "Mommy, there’s something about the preacher’s message this morning that I don’t understand." The mother said, "Oh? What is it?" The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-5, Matthew 5:2

Denomination: Baptist

City-Wide Revival Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 23, 2004

It can happen again, and here’s the ingredients to fire our people up again! Outline: The Man, The Message, The Miracles. Powerpoint at website.

City-Wide Revival Acts 8:1-8 Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website: http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons.html I’m a student of church history…and some of the most fascinating stories you can read are about the occurrences of Great City-wide Revivals! [shake entire city for ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Worship?

Contributed by Travis Johnson on Feb 15, 2005

In this message we will try to grasp what true worship is.

What is Worship? Psalm 95 Intro: Two young boys are walking down the street in downtown Indy. Out from an alley runs a Rottweiler and attacks one of the boys. The other boy grabs a 2x4 lying near the alley and beats the dog to death and saves his friend’s life. A reporter ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 96:1-9

Denomination: Holiness

"Jesus Teaches About Repentance"

Contributed by Ray Scott on Nov 19, 2003

Salvation is MORE than "easy believe-ism". We need to see our sin the same way God sees it. Our sin should break our heart, like it does God’s heart.

“Jesus Teaches About Repentance” Luke 13:1-5 INTRODUCTION: We CONTINUE in our series on ‘Lessons Jesus Taught’. We have studies what Jesus taught about: The Holy Spirit … the Tongue … Prayer … Thanksgiving. Jesus wasn’t the only one to teach about REPENTANCE. That was the major theme of John ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Is Jesus Really Divine? Series

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Dec 4, 2006

Using the DaVinci Code as a starting point for demonstrating Jesus really is the divine Son of God, and why this is important for us today.

Last week I began this sermon series called Counterfeit Christianity because of my concerns over how easily people across this country and around world have been led astray by believing some of the claims made about the Christian faith by a fictional book called The Da Vinci Code. My hope is that ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:21-26

Denomination: Methodist

Growing In The Truth Series

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Feb 20, 2010

The Importance for us to keep growing in our spiritual lives, it’s a must.

"Growing in the Truth" Col. 2:1-5 Feb. 21st, 2010 Colossians 1:1-7 COL 2:1 I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. 2 My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:1-5

Denomination: Nazarene