Sermons on The Pure In Heart:

The Good Shepherd Does Not Fleece His Flock Series

Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 8, 2012

As Good Shepherd, Jesus seeks our good. He does not act like the predators (Thieves and Robbers) who want to profit off of their followers. He leads us where we need to go.

1. The Camden, Maine, Herald ran 2 photos on the same page: one was a picture of Camden’s city council and city manager; the other was of a flock of sheep. Enter Murphy’s Law. As fate and humor would have it, the captions were accidentally reversed. So, under the picture of the sheep, ...read more

Scripture: John 10:11-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Changing Lives By Studying Together Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Aug 10, 2012

WE can change the life of another person by simply being willing to study god's Word together!

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Think for a moment about some of the more exciting things in life. Watching your child being able to ride a bike without training wheels for the first time. Watching your daughter throw her first no-hitter. Oh, the joys of life. • How would it feel if you ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:26-39

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Overthrow Of Evil In This Broken World Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Aug 11, 2012

Bablyon, who is the prostitute on the dragon, meets her end.

You can listen to this message in full here:- http://www.nec.org.au/index.php/listen-to-a-sermon-series/revelation/ Message Revelation 17:1-18:24 The Overthrow Of Evil In This Broken World. In a moment we are going to read 2 chapters from Revelation. Before we do so I want to explain the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Bridegroom Returns Series

Contributed by Larry Turner on Aug 15, 2012

Are we the generation that will see the return of Jesus? All indications are the answer is "Yes."

Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?” (Matt 24:3) We have all asked that question, believers and non-believers alike. People are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:3

Denomination: Foursquare

See Evil Clearly Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Aug 2, 2013

Evil, Victory, Worldly seduction

SEE EVIL CLEARLY Rev. 12-18 INTRODUCTION I don’t know if any of you have ever had to go to the eye doctor and have those drops put in your eyes that dilate your pupils. Anyone ever had that done? Me, too. Once as a child and once as an adult. When I was a child I was diagnosed with ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Killing The Flesh Series

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Aug 15, 2013

These three nations are a picture of our old, fleshly natures. • Moab represents the power of the flesh. • Ammon represents the passion of the flesh. • Amalek represents the persistence of the flesh.

Pastor Allan Kircher 18 Aug 2013 Shell Point Baptist Church Judges 3:12-30 HOW LEFTY KILLED HEFTY Intro: • 400 years covered/book/Judges • Nation/Israel followed/predictable pattern. • Serve God faithfully while/strong leadership of their judges. • Judge died/they had no ...read more

Scripture: Judges 3:12-30

Denomination: Baptist

If You See A Good Fight...get In It

Contributed by Spencer Miller on Aug 17, 2013

The Christian faith does not offer an illusory hope of life on earth without evil. Instead, Christian faith calls us to fight evil with good in the world as it is.

"Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” In the 1994 movie, “The Road To Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story starring the great actor James Earl Jones who ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12

Denomination: Baptist

Why Are You Standing Around?

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Aug 20, 2013

Christ gave us our marching orders - Be My witnesses! The Lord has made provision not only to enable but to achieve the execution of this commission along with a promise of a coming reunion with the risen Lord.

Why Are You Standing Around? Acts 1:4-11 Jesus Christ gave the church her marching orders before ascending into Heaven. He did not intend for His followers to idly stand around but to be busy carrying out the great commission to go into all the world with the life-changing message of Christ. In ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:4-11

Denomination: Baptist

Shouldn’t We Put Family First?

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 20, 2013

A look at the difficult passages where Jesus calls us to "hate" our families. Why would He ask something like that?

IT SOUNDS GOOD AND RIGHT: “Family first.” - “Family first” comes naturally for us because it’s so easy to love your family more than anything. - Sure, they aggravate us sometimes, but they are our deepest earthly relationships. When a family is as it should be, they ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-27

Denomination: Baptist

Who Really Killed Jesus?

Contributed by Clay Gentry on Aug 22, 2013

Who killed Jesus? The Jews? The Romans? You and Me? Or was it someone else? In this lesson we'll answer all these questions and more.

Who killed Jesus? It seems to be an innocuous enough question doesn’t it? And yet it’s one of those questions that have perplexed Christendom for more than two millennia. In today’s socio-political environment to even attempt to answer this question requires one to wade into the ...read more

Scripture: John 10:17-18

Denomination: *other

Healing From The Hurt Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Aug 23, 2013

WE can heal from the pain of conflcit, but we need to do it the way Jesus calls us to do so!

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Over the past two weeks during our mini-series, we have been looking at the fun and uplifting subject of conflict. Well maybe not a fun and uplifting subject. • In week one we examined some ways in which we could prevent conflict before it gets started. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:25-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Case For A Creator (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 6, 2013

In this five part apologetics series, based heavily on the work of William Lane Craig and Reasonable Faith, five arguments are presented in favor of the existence of God: the evidence of Cosmology, Creation, Conscience, Christ, and Conversion.

The Case for a Creator (1) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 4/7/2013 Twenty years ago, back when I was attending Algonquin Middle School in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Lee Strobel was a pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in Algonquin, just a few miles from my house. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 19:1-4

Denomination: Christian Church

Case For A Creator (Part 4) Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 6, 2013

In this five part apologetics series, based heavily on the work of William Lane Craig and Reasonable Faith, five arguments are presented in favor of the existence of God: the evidence of Cosmology, Creation, Conscience, Christ, and Conversion.

The Case for a Creator (4) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 4/28/2013 If you’re a guest here this morning or you just missed a couple of Sundays, we are now on week four of a five-week series examining the evidence for God’s existence—the case for a Creator. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:4

Denomination: Christian Church

The Gospel In The Seven Sayings Of The Cross—pt. 1 Series

Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 11, 2013

A summary of how the gospel is presented in the seven sayings Christ uttered from the Cross.

1. Introduction a. Learning how to listen for and hear God, understanding His instructions for and to us, and learning how to apply them in our lives is not unlike learning a craft or a skill and honing from apprentice to journeyman to master level. (1) It requires a desire to never be satisfied ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:43-46

I Will Build My Church

Contributed by Jason Smith on Sep 12, 2013

There are many misconceptions about what Jesus' universal church is. Is it a denomination? Is it all churches combined into one? Is it the clergy? This sermon deals with many of these misconceptions and shows what God reveals about His church.

In the context of Matthew 16, we see what many people think about Jesus. It is interesting that so many people saw His miracles and signs, and had such contrasting responses. This seems to be the main point of this section we will look at today. Many saw the miracles and signs (the Sadducees and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ