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Love And Sacrifice: A Sermon For Armed Forces Sunday

Contributed by Scott Jensen on May 4, 2014

This sermon is a celebration of the armed forces in the united states and a demonstration of the love and sacrifice that the military live in their service to our nation. It also shows the love and sacrifice that Jesus made for us. Based on Rom 12:9-12

Introduction Today is a special day in our church calendar. It’s not a holiday. It’s not a specific celebration of any historical event, person or location. It’s a day we set aside to honor and remember the members of the Armed Forces who have served our nation so well. We ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Strategy Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014

This sermon discuss how to implement God's unique vision for the church

Our Strategy Proverbs 14:15, 16:3, 9 Stanley Tippet tells of visiting with two young men from Nagaland, a northeastern region of India. God had moved in a mighty way in the region sending revival to the area. Almost the entire population of the region had come to faith in Christ and as a result, ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Death And Life? Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2014

Death, it’s not something we think about very often but it’s something that we spend the majority of our lives trying to deny and to postpone. But the reality is it’s always looming over us.

Death and Life? Luke 9:51-52 What would you do if you only had one month to live? Would any of your priorities change? These are the questions that pastor Kerry and Chris Shook ask in their book, One Month to Live: 30 Days to a No-Regrets Life. The catalyst for the book was encountering people who ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:51-52

Denomination: Methodist

God’s Faithfulness To Mothers.

Contributed by Scott Spencer on May 13, 2014

This incident is used of God to show He had given Solomon the wisdom he had requested as king. It proves that wisdom comes from God. It demonstrates that love comes from God, and love is present even when one is undeserving and perhaps unlovable.

God’s Faithfulness to Mothers. 1 Kings 3:16-28 (NASB) Solomon Wisely Judges 16. Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him. 17. The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 3:16-28

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The High Cost Of Freedom

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on May 25, 2014

Not one of us..has ever done anything to deserve Gods Extravagant Love towards us! But thank The Lord He Lavishly Pours It Out On Us!

The High Cost Of Freedom Tomorrow is “Memorial Day”. For most people it is just some much needed time off from the busy work schedule, It is a day, that the true meaning of, is mostly overlooked and sometimes forgotten. It’s the day once a year we set aside, to remember those ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Zechariah And Elizabeth Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 7, 2016

Waiting is hard work, perhaps the hardest work you’ve ever done. And that is what the season of Advent is all about: waiting for the coming of the Messiah

iWitness: Zechariah and Elizabeth Luke 1: 5-17, 39-45 Wayne Styles tells of sitting on the tollways headed into work and realizing how much he spent on tolls. That led to trying to go to work on the access roads but he discovered that just took more time. So he was going to pay with either time or ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-17

Denomination: Methodist

Christ And World Revolution

Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 9, 2016

Jesus Christ is the greatest revolutionary who ever lived. Jesus demands, not only personal revolution -- of our hearts, priorities, behavior, and words -- but also for us to bring revolution to the world around us!

CHRIST & WORLD REVOLUTION 2 Cor. 5:17 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Fish and Chips 1. Lost on a rainy night in the north of England, a lady stumbled across a monastery and requested shelter there. Fortunately, she's just in time for dinner and was treated to the best fish and chips she’d ever ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sadness Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Feb 11, 2016

We never quite know what to do with the emotion of sadness. Here's a biblical look at dealing with sadness.

In the Disney Pixar film, Inside Out, we get to journey inside the mind of 11 year-old Riley Anderson as she wrestles with all the conflicting emotions that comes from a stressful move from a simple, stable life in rural Minnesota to a hurried, unknown life in San Francisco. Chief among these ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Denomination: Methodist

“the Witness Of Isaiah, John And Jesus” Series

Contributed by Ron Tuit on Feb 14, 2016

John 12 concludes Jesus' testimony to the world with a short summary sermon.

2 14 2016 “The Witness of Isaiah, John and Jesus” John 12:36-50 John 12:36: “While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them. 37 But although He had done so many signs before ...read more

Scripture: John 12:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

We Are The Apple Of His Eye

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Feb 14, 2016

To show that GOD kept us as the apple of His eyes. GOD remembers who we were and what is our present status with Him.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you precious in GOD's eyes? Yes. So precious that I am kept as the apple of His eye. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers/unbelievers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that GOD kept us as the apple of His eyes. GOD remembers who we were and what is our present status with Him. IV. ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Missional Meals

Contributed by Andy Moyle on Feb 24, 2016

Eating food to the glory of God on a mission

Introduction Food pays an important part of our mission here at The Gateway. Leadership team starting thinking through our core values - our ways in Christ, everyone said FOOD first! Gospel of Luke 1/5 sentences is somehow related to a meal. Jesus either going to a meal, coming from a meal, having ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:1-2

Denomination: Charismatic

A God’s-Eye View Of An Unbeliever’s Mind Series

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Feb 28, 2016

Paul describes the horrible effects of sin and urges us to live according to our new self.

Have any of you seen this ad from the 80’s produced by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America? An actor held up an egg and said, “This is your brain.” He then cracked the egg into a hot frying pan where the egg sizzled, bubbled, and turned brown at the edges before the actor ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Friends Reaching Friends

Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 29, 2016

From Luke 10 let's talk about presence, peace and hospitality (Material adapted from M. Scott Boren's book, Missional Small Groups, Chapter 8, pg. 131- 162)

HoHum: Recruits in the army are told, “Always dig your foxholes big enough for two.” More effort to do so, but it could save a life. Making room for more people in our lives is good and missional. WBTU: Missional- Missionaries to other countries have two different approaches. 1) ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Days Of Future Past

Contributed by Lori Broschat on Feb 29, 2016

Sermon for Advent on the return of Christ

Jeremiah 33:14-16 November 29, 2015 Luke 21:25-36 Pastor Lori Broschat 1 DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Once when he was vacationing in Denver, President Dwight Eisenhower was reading the local newspaper. His eyes fell on an open letter that told of a six-year-old boy living there named Paul Haley who ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:25-36

Denomination: United Methodist

What Did He Say? Series

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Mar 1, 2016

Jesus made radical claims about himself

What did He say? John 8:58 Radical: extreme or drastic; especially in regards to what has been accepted or tradition ἐγώ εἰμι: absolute, timeless existence; I am Jesus said He is: 1. The bread of life John 6:35 He is our Sustenance 2. The ...read more

Scripture: John 8:58

Denomination: Baptist