Sermons on The Good Samaritan:

Identifying Emmanual Series

Contributed by Rick Bartosik on Jan 10, 2014

How can we know for sure that Jesus really is EMMANUEL – GOD WITH US – the One the Father sent to be the Savior of the world? One of the major evidences to support Christ’s claim to be the Messiah, are the great Messianic pophecies of the Old Testament.

INDENTIFYING EMMANUEL Christmas Eve 2012 Mililani Community Church Pastor Rick Bartosik A new movie will be released on Christmas Day 2012; it is entitled Les Miserables, a French term meaning: the miserable ones or the wretched ones. The movie is based on a French novel by Victor Hugo which is ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Set Of The Sail

Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 22, 2013

Our decisions are born out of a core of set values. These values determine our direction in life. When Christ is at the center of our lives our values will be such as to inform our decisions in the correct manner.

THE SET OF THE SAIL. OPENING SONG SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Corth 10: 3-6 CLOSING SONG #15 Growing up as a boy in Brandons, I loved to go to the beach and watch the sailing boats sail across the water. It has always fascinated me how smoothly the boats glided across the waters. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

Denomination: Adventist

The Rapture: Are You Ready?

Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 29, 2013

The Rapture is not a side-show of the Gospel, but a main attraction that should capture our attention.What is the Rapture? What are its 4 benefits? And what are the 7 indisputable signs that the Rapture is about to occur?

THE RAPTURE: ARE YOU READY? INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. JOKE #1 Pizza or Mobster? The following are either actual mobster nicknames or pizza specials. Can you tell which is which? 1. Big Tuna 2. Pistol Pete 3. Greasy Thumb 4. The Greek 5. Meatball 6. Lucky 7 7. Johnny Sausage 8. Big Brother 9. Burger ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God's Not Finished With You Yet

Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Feb 7, 2013

This sermon is for our senior appreciation Sunday. God's word tells us that we can't retire from serving Him.

God’s Not Finished With You Yet 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Intro: Valentine’s Day is this week. I hope all of you are getting prepared to tell your sweetheart how much you love them. Valentine’s Day can have some issues for our seniors though. Let me tell you what I mean. . A couple ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Objects Of Our Love Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 18, 2013

We are to respond to God's love by abiding in God’s love, as we do, He reproduces His love in us. This love is not in the abstract. We are to love God & His children through attitude & action. We love God & His children by keeping God's commandments.

1 JOHN 4:20, 21; 5:1-3 [LIFE, LIGHT & LOVE SERIES] THE OBJECTS OF OUR LOVE [Mark 12:29-31] A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with a class of five and six year olds. After explaining to the children what honoring their Fathers and Mothers meant, and exploring a few ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Our Great Confession

Contributed by Mark Hall on Feb 24, 2013

Overcoming spiritual deception by confessing Christ

OUR GREATEST CONFESSION In order to prepare you for this message, I want to first remind you that last Sunday we found that by comparing God’s word with this generation we could easily see that spiritual deception and spiritual blindness is rampant in America and the world. In addition, we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Developing A Dream Of Distinction Series

Contributed by Greg Powell on Mar 5, 2013

You must remember four things about your dream of usefulness for God.

INTRO: After last week’s message on the background of Joseph’s family life, today we will dive right into the story as it unfolds here in Genesis 37. The opening lines of Joseph’s story reveal that he was a dreamer of dreams. Verse 5 says, “Joseph dreamed a dream;” ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Pick Up Your Mat

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Mar 12, 2013

“anyone who has faith in me will do what I am doing, he will do even greater things cause I will go to the Father.

“Pick up your mat” Allan H. Kircher Sermon for Love House Ministries 2nd chapter of Mark, verses 1-12. • The house was filled • It was filled/anticipation of hearing/good news/gospel. • Almost 2000 years ago Jesus filled the house • A house in Capernaum. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Merit And Mercy Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 18, 2013

Why didn’t Jesus heal everybody at the pool of Bethesda? Why just one paralytic?

(I had the audience sing this hymn with me) “There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Immanuel’s veins And sinners plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains They lose all their guilty stains, Lose all their guilty stains And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-40

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Sum Total Of The Christmas Message (Updated)

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Dec 21, 2016

This sermon looks at the entirety of the Christmas message from the book of Galatians through a series of questions and answers. We look at when Jesus's birth occur, what God did, how and why Jesus came, and the overall purpose.

The Sum Total of the Christmas Message (Updated) Galatians 4:4-7 Generally people don’t look at what the Apostle Paul said in his letter to the Galatian Church when bringing forth a Christmas message. Rather, we look to the Gospel accounts of Jesus’s birth. But what I would like to share with you ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:4-7

Denomination: Foursquare

A Man Born Blind Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jan 23, 2017

Is seeing believing? Are you looking to see God at work in the world? Are you pointing out those works of God to others so they too can see? Jesus said : “We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.”

Blindness is a terrible thing. Our sight is central to so much that we enjoy in the world. Whether it’s the beauty of nature, or the smile on a other person’s face when they see you coming; whether it’s the control it gives you over the world around you, or the freedom that it ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-46

Denomination: Anglican

Contend For The Faith

Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 4, 2017

Jude 1

CONTEND FOR THE FAITH (JUDE 1) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya (Filipino) https://bible.ryl.hk ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:1-25

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Green 3.0 Series

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Feb 5, 2017

Part three of Worship Series on Spiritual Growth

Green 3.0 “This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. 1 Corinthians 2:13 Intro: The past couple of weeks the sermon has centered around one word. That word summarizes what God ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Is Worship?

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Feb 10, 2017

part 1 of a new series looking at worship.

Worship is a Verb Romans 12:1 February 12, 2017 When I was in school, my favorite class was math. I loved math and wanted to major in math when I went to college. My most dreaded class was English. I couldn’t write well and I didn’t understand grammar. When Joshua and Zachary needed help in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Instructions And Warnings To His Disciples Series

Contributed by Leighton (Lee) Vary on Feb 14, 2017

Jesus has laid out some very heavy demands, Jesus is to come first in our lives. Even over and above our family and friends. We are to take up our cross and follow Him. Endure hardship, Death and Humiliation.

Introduction A. Last week we began looking at this passage and we found that in this passage Jesus lays some heavy demands upon His disciples 1. He stated clearly what it will cost a person to be His disciple, and He describes the cost by using these four illustrations 2. The passage can be ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:34-42

Denomination: Baptist