Sermons on This World Is Not Our Home:

God's Plan For Our Physical Health Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 8, 2008

Almost all of us need to take better care of ourselves. How can we do it? How can we follow God’s plan for our physical health?

God’s Plan for Our Health - Part 1: Our Physical Health 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - June 22, 2008 *Five years ago I went to have my eyes checked, and Dr. Haynes’ assistant did something I had never seen done at the eye doctor: She checked my blood ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Denomination: Baptist

God's Perspective On Our National Tragedy Series

Contributed by W. Bryan Wheeler on Dec 17, 2001

Where was God, when the terrorists attacked on September 11th 2001?

‘GOD’S PERSPECTIVE ON OUR NATIONAL TRAGEDY’ Preached on September 16th 2001 Text: Jeremiah 18:1-12 Intro: The terrorist attack on our country this past Tuesday has had a profound effect upon our nation. We were shocked when we saw the pictures of that commercial airliner crashing into the ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Go! And Shine The Light Of Christ - Isaiah 60:3 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 2, 2025

In a world filled with spiritual darkness, God has called His people to be light-bearers, this is not our light, but the light of Christ shining through us.

Go! And Shine the Light of Christ Isaiah 60:3 (NLT): “All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.” Introduction Imagine for a moment a darkened stadium. The power goes out. Thousands sit in confusion, waiting in silence. Suddenly, a single torch is lit. The ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 60:3, John 8:12, Revelation 21:23-24, Matthew 5:14-16, 1 Corinthians 15:3, Matthew 27:45  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hope For A Hopeless Mess Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on May 13, 2014

Our Past, Shame, The Holy Spirit, Our Testimony

John 4:4-26 (p. 741) May 18, 2014 Introduction: [Brennan Manning tells a story in “Lion and Lamb” of a recent convert to Jesus who was approached by an unbelieving friend. His friend’s first statement: “So you’ve been converted to Christ?” ...read more

Scripture: John 4:4-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Romans 1:24-32 The World’s Tailspin Spiral Hits Rock Bottom On The Bedrock Of Homosexuality – Romans Message 4 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 27, 2023

It is not up to human beings to decide what is right or wrong. The pendulum of the gravity of sin lies with God alone. He is the moral compass of right and wrong. Once a nation adopts homosexuality and legislates in its favour, the downward spiral has hit rock bottom.

Romans 1:24-32 THE WORLD’S TAILSPIN SPIRAL HITS ROCK BOTTOM. WHAT IS THAT? WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL WITH HOMOSEXUALITY? – Romans Message 4 This message in Romans continues from last time where we looked at the path man has taken away from God and it goes down and down. Step by step, as he went ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:24, Romans 1:26-27, Romans 1:25, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Revelation 13:16-18, Revelation 6:14-17, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, 1 Timothy 1:9-11, Matthew 19:4-6, Romans 1:28, Romans 1:29-32, 2 Timothy 3:2-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Our Attitude Toward The Word Of God

Contributed by Alan Smith on Aug 9, 2002

The Bible is the inspired word of God.

Introduction: One of the questions that I hear people ask a lot is, “How is the Church of Christ different from this group or that group? What makes you distinctive?” I won’t go into a full and complete answer of that question this morning, but one of the things that makes us who we are is our ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Must Discipline Our Kids Series

Contributed by Dennis Cummins on Oct 18, 2006

This sermon includes a video illistration which we can email you upon request for free. This can be viewed on Itunes podcast or Video cast under ExperienceChurch.tv or viewed online at www.experiencechurch.tv.

Desperate Houselives - We Must Discipline our Kids (Ed Young 10 commandments of Parenting) Dad’s and mom’s have a supernatural assignment. To be Parents – peers to their kids. Peers indulge one another and reinforce behaviors whether they are wrong or right. Godly Parents don’t indulge – they ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Be A Champion For Christ!

Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 9, 2007

How to face the giants in our world today.

Be a Champion for Christ! 1 Samuel 17:15-47 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - April 29, 2007 *David went out to face the giant... -And there are even bigger giants in our world today. *A big part of the problem is mass media. By the time the average American child reaches 17, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:15-47

Denomination: Baptist

The Distinctive Difference Of Jesus Our Lord Series

Contributed by Michael Milton on Sep 25, 2001

From Mark 1.1, this Introduction to the Gospel of Mark seeks to focus our eyes on the surprising Savior we come to know in Mark and to fire our souls with the reality of God with us.

INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES AND THE READING It was a day that would live in infamy. Not September 11th, 2001 or December 7th, 1941, but Summer of AD 64: The Great Fire of Rome. If you were alive during that time, it would have had the sort of shock value that we all experienced in our own national ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God's Three Deadlines To Our Nation

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Feb 26, 2002

Evangelist J. Harold Smith preached a sermon on God’s Three Deadlines and applied it to individuals. This sermon applies the same title but now to our nation.

GOD’S THREE DEADLINES TO OUR NATION (Romans 1:21-32) by Jerry Falwell Evangelist J. Harold Smith preached a sermon on God’s Three Deadlines and applied it to individuals. Today, I want to apply the title to our nation. I see in Romans 1:18-32 what happens when a nation leaves God. He gives ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Knowing God's Will: Our Salvation Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005

God’s will for us is that we be saved.

God’s Will: Our Salvation 1 Timothy 1:12-2:5 As we begin this series of sermons entitled “Knowing God’s Will,” I want to first say that God gets blamed for a lot of things that are not his fault—things like tsunamis and other natural disasters, and evil in the world. We’ve all heard the ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Answering Our Culture #1: Be Prepared Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 21, 2002

First in a series about answering the objections our culture has to Christianity - this one about how people will turn from truth.

Answering Our Culture #1 – Be Prepared 2 Timothy 4:1-4 July 21, 2002 Introduction God has been reminding me of something lately. When God called me here, it was with the idea that God wanted to help this church become a tool that God could use to bring many people to Christ. And I have shared ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-4, 1 Peter 3:15-16

Denomination: Wesleyan

God's Word Is Our Great Heritage

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Aug 18, 2005

This is an overall encouragement to be good stewards of God’s Word by hearing it, learning it, and using it.

August 21, 2005 The Stewardship of the Word Several weeks ago I went to the Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl with my kids. The movie producers tried their best to capture the attention of the audience through three dimensional images. After about the first three minutes of enjoying the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:2

Denomination: Lutheran

"Who Is Our 'man From Macedonia'?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 15, 2015

A sermon about mission.

"Who is Our 'Man from Macedonia'?" Acts 16:6-15 Our Scripture passage from Acts starts out with a series of experiences which must have been extremely disheartening and discouraging for Paul and "his companions." They had made huge commitments and sacrifices in order to go out on this long and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-15

Denomination: United Methodist

God Has To Win Our Choices Series

Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Sep 17, 2020

It doesn’t matter if it is 1,000 choices a day or 35,000 choices a day. At the end of the day, what matters is that God won those choices that He needed to win in my life today

Sermon Title GOD HAS TO WIN OUR CHOICES Introduction College and profession football has begun. Now, the announcers for these early season games don’t talk about how this game is a must win for one of those two teams. But later, in the season, those announcers will be begin saying that if one team ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:24-28

Denomination: Baptist