Sermons on The Great White Throne:

What Are You Going To Make Out Of A Bad Situation?

Contributed by Greg Carr on Jun 2, 2011

I preached this sermon during the "Flood Fight of 2011 in Bismarck/Mandan ND" Four benefits that come from bad situations.

Pray Father, Open my eyes so I can see Your truth. Open my ears so I can hear Your voice. Open my mind so I can understand Your Word. And open my heart so I may receive all that You want me to receive. AMEN I think we all know and understand that being a child of God does not automatically excuse ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

Power Of The Emptiers

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jun 9, 2011

be informed that you cannot experience much of God’s power until you become spiritually violent. Another important truth is that violence is allowed in the spiritual world. The reason violence is allowed is that the powers that are working against people’

The Bible tells us in Zechariah 3 that Joshua the priest was standing before God and the devil at the same time was standing at his right hand to resist him. But Zechariah was lucky because the Lord rebuked the devil on his behalf. According to that passage, the problem of Joshua was that he was ...read more

Scripture: Nahum 2:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Thy Kingdom Come

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 11, 2011

Responding to unfairness and disrespect with grace and generosity imitates God’s own treatment of us, and requires three preconditions: realism, humility, and trust.

I had a difficult decision to make this week. I had to choose between continuing my series on the Sermon on the Mount, or take a break to preach on Palm Sunday. But the more I looked at the passage for this week, and meditated on Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem that long-ago Sunday afternoon, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-42

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Fire At The Church

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Jun 12, 2011

The day of Pentecost signified the birth of the Church.

The Village atheist was not a bad man, he just didn’t believe. He was not interested in church…and there was only one in the village. It was cold and dead—a social club, with nothing really going on, no impact on the community at all. One day the church building caught on fire, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Evaluating The Cost Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Jun 15, 2011

Following Jesus is not easy, be ready for the long haul

35. Who is Jesus? May 08st, 2011 (Mother’s Day) Evaluating the Cost Happy Mother’s day to all of our moms, we have a really special text for you today as we continue in our series through the gospel of Luke. Grace is free. Salvation is expensive. We spend a lot of time in the church ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35

Denomination: *other

Are You A Real Follower?

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 16, 2011

It is possible to believe in Jesus without actually following Jesus. We need to be sure we know which category we fit in.

ARE YOU A REAL FOLLOWER? INTRODUCTION: You can’t be a follower without being a believer but it is possible to believe in Jesus without actually following Jesus. I’m not saying that a believer isn’t a follower. You will find plenty of places in scripture that refer to Christians ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Path To Blessing - Our Lives And Our Country Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 21, 2011

What is the path to blessing for us personally and as a nation? That path is listed in scripture. 1- We must receive God’s correction 2- We must have God’s friendship 3- We must trust God’s wisdom

INTRO.- We prefer blessing over cursing. We prefer to be blessed by God than to be cursed by the devil or by anything that is evil, evil people included. And there are times we wonder about our country. We wonder if God has withdrawn His blessing from America. And we may wonder the same thing ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 72:17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It's My Party And I'll Cut Off The Head Of John The Baptist If I Want To

Contributed by R. Joseph Owles on Jun 22, 2011

Who among us is better than Herod? Who among us has not twisted events, facts, details, to suit our own purposes? Who among us has not placed more value on our image than on human need? Who among us has not intentionally given in to easier of the two choi

I'll admit to you all that I had a difficult time with this passage. I spent weeks staring at it , researching it, praying about it, looking for that point of brilliance that would dazzle and amaze you all, once more showing off my preaching skills, once more being the "golden boy." But I drew a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:14-29

Denomination: Catholic

The Promise Of Marriage Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Jul 13, 2009

Many people today are asking the question, “What is the definition of marriage?” At the same time they might wonder who sets the definition. Don’t you think that the One who designed marriage in the first place is the One who gets to set the definition?

http://brushforkbanner.blogspot.com The marriage debate is raging all over this nation. 31 states have amended their constitutions to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. West Virginia isn’t one of them. West Virginia is one of the states who is relying on legislative Defense ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Even Stephen Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 23, 2009

Is it Jesus and something else, or is it Jesus alone? Stephen realizes that we do not need the Temple Sacrifice and Jesus, we need Jesus alone.

Stephen is a distinguished member of the community, a man who lives like righteous Jewish men have lived over millennium: Stephen knows his Scripture, Stephen worships God alone, and Stephen attends Synagogue and Stephen obeys the law of Moses. Stephen is just like many righteous Jewish men who ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Leave The Light On Series

Contributed by Joel Smith on Jul 27, 2009

God calls His children to go into the darkness and leave their light on.

Light has amazing qualities. It attracts and transforms. Turn on a light in the darkness outside and watch what happens. Every flying critter within range will flock to it. Turn out all the lights at night in your safe, comfortable house and what happens? It becomes a treacherous obstacle ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:7-14

Denomination: Baptist

How Can I Know I'm Worshipping The Right God? Series

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 13, 2012

Part 3 in a Bible Study series on salvation. Part 3 examines who we know we are worshipping the right God.

CENTRAL VBS LETS TALK ABOUT SALVATION part 3 How Do I know I’m Worshipping the Right God? John 7:17-7:17 QUESTION PEOPLE ASK Some of you can remember the old game show, where some old stars tired to figure out between 3 contestants, who the real writer, or teacher, or whatever, really was. ...read more

Scripture: John 7:17

Denomination: Baptist

Crazy? God Is The Cure! Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 18, 2012

What is it about wayward people? Israel was at the time of Hosea, sick, not right in the head, how could this be addressed, how were they to be healed and what was their future prognosis, if they accepted the treatment?

I had started this sermon series a few weeks back regarding ‘the wrath of God’ we had a wee break for the Olympics as that was the topical thing to do. We had a guest here last week Major Bruce who spoke on placing our faith in Jesus because there it is well placed. I like to summarise ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 14:1-7

Denomination: Salvation Army

We're Living In Two Realms

Contributed by Tom Tarpley on Aug 20, 2012

The Book of Job teaches us that the things happening in the Spiritual world affect us on a daily basis in our Physical world..

Much credit goes to Rev. Mike Riches for some of the ideas in this sermon. Text Job 1:6 -19; Job 2:7-10; INTRODUCTION Where is your Passion? What is it that gives you the most joy in your life? If someone had asked me that question before I gave up the street life--my answer would have been, ...read more

Denomination: *other

Choices?

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 6, 2012

Most of the time what seems a good choice in the sight of the world is not necessarily the right and good choice in the sight of God. Things might seem very good on the surface but for the end result and eternity sake they just don’t level up. And what is

Opening illustration: The teenager expressed the view of many. Speaking of the wild parties he attended, the 16-year-old declared, “Without these parties, my life wouldn’t have any purpose.” Attitudes like this result from a string of bad choices that multiply until life loses its meaning. Examples ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 13:8-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational