Sermons on This World Is Not My Home:

Drive Happy With The Spirit

Contributed by Edward Frey on Jan 28, 2003

Only the Spirit’s continual work through the means of grace can dare keep us in faith and hope.

Sermon Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 February 2, 2003 – The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany DRIVE HAPPY WITH THE SPIRIT A rental car company has as recent sales pitch: Don’t Worry, Drive Happy. The slogan implies if you rent from this company, you’ll have no worries, and your business trip or ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Denomination: Lutheran

Freedom, The Grand Proposition (Part One) Series

Contributed by Robert Odle on Jun 4, 2002

The first part of a two-part look at Paul’s two-fold proposition in Galatians 2:15-21.

Freedom, The Grand Proposition - Part One (Galatians 2:15-16) Theme: God’s Righteousness is imputed to those who have faith in Jesus Christ. Purpose: What do I want to happen in the hearer when I preach this sermon? A. Increased knowledge. After I preach this sermon, the hearer should be ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:15-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Avoiding A Critical Spirit Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jun 5, 2002

This is a revamp of a 1996 sermon I did. What does Jesus really mean when He tells us not to judge people? What do we need to do to obey it?

INTRODUCTION • Can you tell me the one verse in the bible everyone seems to have memorized? • How many times have we just taken a look at another person and made a judgment about them. We take one look at them and we think that we know everything about them? • What about the times when we find ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Exploring Numbers

Contributed by Steve Hereford on Jan 25, 2002

This message is an overview of the book of Numbers.

This evening we are going to explore the book of Numbers. As we address this fouth book of Moses let’s begin with some introductory matters: I. The Title "Numbers is the book of the numbering and wandering of the children of Israel" (Norman Geisler, A Popular Survey of the Old Testament, ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 25:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Live In True Repentance!

Contributed by Jason Zahn on Dec 12, 2001

The voice of John the Baptist still calls people forth to repentance today as we prepare to meet our Lord at his Second Coming!

“The issue at hand is a great one, the chief doctrine of the Gospel, the forgiveness of sins” (Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Tappert, 184.10). That’s how Philip Melancthon, a contemporary of Luther, sized up the subject of repentance when he wrote the Apology (or Defense) of the Augsburg ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Let God Arise

Contributed by Bill Lobbs on Nov 2, 2000

A study in the challenge and changes that God’s arising in our midst will bring.

Pastor Billy G. Lobbs Theme: A study in the challenge and changes that God’s arising in our midst will bring. Introductory Remarks Today, I want to share with you on the challenging theme of "Letting God Arise" using Psalms 68:1-3 as the scripture text. I am praying that at the conclusion ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-2, Psalm 68:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

If Rocks Could Talk Part 2 New Testament

Contributed by Steven Pace on Aug 14, 2002

This is the New Testament Version of If Rocks Could Talk if you liked part one you will love Part 2. Ends with the Stone being rolled away

If Rocks Could Talk Part II New Testament Luke 19:40 The central text for this two part message in Luke 19:40 where Jesus was making the triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the Pharisees were trying to get him to quit down the crowed. Jesus answered them saying, “I tell you the truth if these keep ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:40

Denomination: Baptist

The King Of Rejection

Contributed by Gordan Runyan on Aug 23, 2002

With a nod to John Knox, this is about tyranny; what it is, why it is, how we escape it (including the tyranny of sin).

Webster’s dictionary defines “tyranny” as arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power. We don’t use the word “tyranny” a lot in our own day. We don’t routinely hear people in positions over us referred to as tyrants. (They may in fact be tyrants, but we don’t use the word.) But the word “tyranny” ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:4-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Do What They Did Series

Contributed by Dan Borchert on Nov 17, 2005

This passage gives us 3 good examples to follow, we just have to follow them

Acts 9:32-42 Do What They Did Introduction A. If you have ever seen my son smile, you know that his smile is by far the cutest thing you have ever seen B. There is nothing that will make a bad day much better, then to see Isaiah smile C. I was watching him smile once, and I noticed something ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:32-43

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The Wide Gate Or The Narrow Gate

Contributed by Paul George on Jun 9, 2006

Many people today believe that God’s kingdom is governed on the same basis as our nation, democracy, if this was true then the right way to heaven would be that of the majority. Although the nation Israel knew nothing of democracy as we have it, they, t

The Wide Gate or the Narrow Gate Matthew 7:13-27 The Lord Jesus Christ, in this great Sermon on the Mount, has distinguished His kingdom from that of contemporary Judaism, while identifying it with that spoken of in the Old Testament. As He concludes this sermon, we come to the bottom line, the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-27

Denomination: Holiness

The Effects Of Fear Series

Contributed by Fred Sigle on Mar 7, 2007

Fear has a paralyzing effect on churches and individual Christians. God wants us to move from fear to faith.

THE EFFECTS OF FEAR A. What are you AFRAID of? 1. If you have ever taken a Psychology course in high school or college, you studied a section on PHOBIAS. a. There are all kinds. Some we’re very familiar with: -CLAUSTROPHOBIA- “fear of enclosed places” -ARACHNOPHOBIA- “fear of spiders” ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:16-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Depth Of Grace Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Nov 11, 2006

When it come to grace, we are all in the same boat, we don’t deserve it but we desperately need grace.

The Depth of Grace Text: John 7:53-8:11 Introduction 1. Illustration: On Sunday, August 16,1987, Northwest Airlines flight 225 crashed just after taking off from the Detroit airport. 155 people were killed. One survived: a 4-year-old from Tempe, Arizona, named Cecelia. News accounts say when ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Giving And Receiving Forgiveness - Lord's Prayer Week 6 Series

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Nov 29, 2006

An essential aspect of prayer is to seek God’s forgiveness and to offer forgiveness to others.

Over the last four weeks, we have been in a series on prayer called “Lord, Teach Us to Pray.” We have been focusing on the Lord’s Prayer as Jesus’ primary teaching for us on how to model our prayers, not to be legalistic saying this is how you must pray, but to enhance our prayer life. So far we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Methodist

Giving Thanks And Telling The Story Series

Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jan 3, 2007

The story of Anna teaches us the need to thank God and to tell others about His blessings.

Giving thanks and telling the story Luke 2:36-38 Two of the biggest reasons that people don’t share their faith are • that they don’t know what to say • they are afraid of rejection Anna’s method addresses both these objections. 36There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:36-38

Denomination: Mennonite

Life Guard On Duty Series

Contributed by Neil Lieder on Feb 13, 2007

Rip Tide Series Week 2: Life Guard on Duty This message stresses the importance of warning those we see falling into sin, and our responsibility to heed the warnings that God sends to us.

RIP TIDE 2. Life Guard On Duty As we continue in our message series RIP TIDE, this evening we are talking about Life Guard on Duty. Last week we heard God’s warning to us about the Rip Tide of sin and the pull it has in our life. He tells us ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 33:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational