Sermons on Thirteen:

In God We Trust

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jul 2, 2010

Our national motto is , "In God We Trust". How much are you willing to trust Him?

July 4, 2010 Morning Worship Text: Psalm 33:6-22 Subject: God’s Autonomy Title: In God We Trust Happy Fourth of July! It is great to be an American today! We may not be thrilled with the direction that our elected leadership is taking our nation, but we still have the freedom to change that ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 33:1-22

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Twelve, Part 4

Contributed by Dino Rizzo on May 7, 2009

This is part three of a seven-part series on Jesus’ disciples and the principles of discipleship. This message focuses on Bartholomew, James, Thaddeus and Simon.

I want you to imagine for a few minutes that you have been invited to the White House and the President is having lunch with you. You are sitting in on his cabinet meeting and they are talking about some foreign issues and they are dealing with some internal issues. They have brought lunch in and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Blameless Conscience - Part 1

Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 8, 2009

(PowerPoint Slides and Cell Study Notes freely available by emailing Emile@Wolfaardt.com) Defining biblically the function and limitations of a conscience.

A Blameless Conscience - Part 1 Acts 24:16 In 1984 a Spanish airplane, air Avianca, ploughed into the face of a mountain. The authorities combed the area for the black box as they always do in such an incident. The black box, as you know, records data that normally allows them to reconstruct the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:14-16

Denomination: *other

A Blameless Conscince - Part 2

Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 8, 2009

(PowerPoint Slides and Cell Study Notes freely available by emailing Emile@Wolfaardt.com) Defining biblically the function and limitations of a conscience.

A Blameless Conscience - Part 1 Acts 24:16 In 1984 a Spanish airplane, air Avianca, ploughed into the face of a mountain. The authorities combed the area for the black box as they always do in such an incident. The black box, as you know, records data that normally allows them to reconstruct the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 24:16

Denomination: *other

Perfection Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 22, 2011

1- Don’t think you are there 2- Forget the past 3- Press on toward the goal

INTRO.- ILL.- PERFECTIONISM and bowling? Odds against rolling a perfect 300 in the game are about 225,000 to one. And one bowler appropriately collapsed when he qualified to join that brotherhood of 300. Another bowler just couldn’t bring himself to play the final ball of an otherwise perfect ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-16, Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When The Miracle And The Mistake Dwell In The Same House

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 6, 2012

The old preachers used devices called types and the struggle between Ishmael and Isaac is a classic to represent the flesh and the Spirit battling.

Genesis 17:15-19 KJV And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. [16] And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. [17] ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:15-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Is In Control

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 30, 2016

Despite the lawlessness we see around us, we are not to fear but to trust in God and to follow Him.

WSG 31-07-2016 The Book of Nahum I would like to look at one verse from our Old Testament reading – from the book of Nahum. Question: Has anyone ...read more

Scripture: Nahum 1:1-7

Denomination: Anglican

An Elitist Mentality Part 2 Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Sep 11, 2016

Part two of this series focuses on Paul confronting Peter's hypocrisy pertaining to their fellowshipping with the Gentile Christians.

An Elitist Mentality Part 2 Scripture: Galatians 2:1-16 This is part two of my series “An Elitist Mentality. If you recall from last week, I shared with you that an elitist is “a person or class of persons considered superior by others or by themselves, as in intellect, talent, ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:1-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What’s Up With Forgiveness?

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jul 4, 2017

This sermon deals exclusively with the topic of forgiveness, what it isn't, why we need to forgive, and how we go about the process of forgiveness.

What’s Up With Forgiveness? With our Spiritual First Aid series underway, and since the next message in our series dealing with the topic of guilt and shame, I couldn’t think of a better topic to talk about than “Forgiveness.” And truthfully, there aren’t a lot of topics that could really be ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:32, Matthew 6:12-15

Denomination: Foursquare

I'm Pressing On

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Jan 7, 2017

This is a New Year message focused on our decision to move beyond our past to press towards the goal within our future. It asks the reader to consider the impact of past failures on our present and future plans.

I’m Pressing On Scriptures: Philippians 3:8-14; 4:13 We have entered into a new year that represents a year of change for our lives. This year represents the first year of the rest of our lives. This statement will make more sense shortly. The title of my message this morning is ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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

Making God "Iffy" Series

Contributed by Larry Turner on Apr 15, 2016

Jacob put conditions on God and made unnecessary vows when faith was all that was needed.

Let me start today with a story about C.S.Lewis. During his army training, Lewis shared a room with another cadet named"Paddy" Moore. The two made a mutual pact that if either died during the war, the survivor would take care of both their families. Paddy was killed in action in 1918 and Lewis ...read more

Denomination: Foursquare

Living In Baals Backyard Series

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on May 10, 2016

We pick up with our man Elijah leaving the brook Cherith because it dried up. The ravens quit bringing him food and the famine has caught up with the creek that God had parked Elijah beside.

Living In Baals Backyard 1 Kings 17:8-17:16 TEXT: 1 Kings 17:8-16 1 Kings 17:8-16 KJV And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, [9] Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. [10] So he arose and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-16

Denomination: Baptist

The Transformation Of A Righteous Man Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on May 30, 2016

Paul/Saul was a righteous man, but not until he encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus was his life forever changed. This message deals with Paul's transforming encounter with Jesus Christ.

Perhaps the greatest transformation story in the Bible, perhaps the greatest transformation story in all Christian history is the transformation of a man named Saul into the Apostle named Paul. Perhaps there is no more well-known story of transformation in the Bible than this one. A commentator in ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:1-22

Denomination: Methodist

God Is The Judge Who Demotes And Promotes

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jun 7, 2016

To show that GOD is the Judge, and being Judge of everyone, He puts you down (breaks you down) and then lift you up.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you the insignificant one? Yes. GOD entrusted to me the Kingdom of Heaven II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers/unbelievers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that GOD is the Judge, and being Judge of everyone, He puts you down (breaks you down) and then lift you up. IV. TEXT: Psalms 75:7 ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 75:7

Denomination: Pentecostal