Sermons on Thorns In The Flesh:

A Thorny Experience

Contributed by Shad Comeaux on Nov 11, 2008

What is learned when going through rough experiences in life.

Experience is often described as the best teacher a person will ever have in life, and considering what experience cost, it should be. Experience in general comprises knowledge of or skill in or observation of some things or some events gained through involvement in or exposure to that thing or ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Rising To Glory

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Aug 27, 2013

Sometimes we win/we lose our battles/flesh Sometimes We don’t fight against/desires/flesh at all.

Pastor Allan Kircher 18 Aug 2013 Shell Point Baptist Church Judges 3:12-30 Rising to Glory 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

Angel Announces Judgment Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jun 2, 2018

Israel's weeping was not a sign of true repentance. It was a passing emotional experience that brought no change to their hearts.

Chapter 8 Angel Announces Judgment [Judges 2:1–5] Scripture 1And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. 2And ...read more

Scripture: Judges 2:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Most Religious Person I Know

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Jun 3, 2008

The problem and solution to Legalism & Self-Imposed Religion

I. PROBLEM OF JEWISH LEADERS IMPOSING RULES OF CONFORMITY ON COLOSIANS A. New Gentile Christians – struggling to wrap their brains around new-found faith B. Warning About Jewish Leaders 1. “Let no one judge you…” “Let no one cheat you…” (v. 16,18) 2. They are intrusive into things they have not ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Released From The Law Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 17, 2008

In today’s sermon the apostle Paul explains how we are "Released from the Law," in order to serve God in the Spirit.

Scripture Let us read Romans 7:1-6: "1 Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:1-6

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Where Is The Line For Jesus

Contributed by Ronnie Thrower on Dec 13, 2015

I believe many missed the messages that God had sent through His prophets or they knew it and just didn’t care! Why should we seek to be in line to see Jesus?

Where is the line? Luke 2:1-20 A couple of years ago a holiday song was prompted by a 4-year-old's question, "Where's the Line to See Jesus?" and it went viral in less than two weeks on YouTube with more than a half a million hits. Becky Kelley's nephew Spencer Reijgers asked this question as ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

God Dwells With Us

Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Dec 13, 2012

Have we ever asked Where is God? The answer is simple. He dwells with us.

God Dwells With Us Many of you would have read the book “Where is God when it Hurts”, by Philip Yancey. This morning, I want to do some thing unconventional and start my sermon by reading from Yancey’s book. After carefully and systematically analyzing the issue of pain and ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Polar Opposites Series

Contributed by Tim White on Mar 10, 2015

Paul teaches the Ephesians that what we learn in Christ is polar opposite of what we naturally do in the flesh.

I was studying wisdom this week, reviewing some of the resources I had recently received. One defined wisdom as, “The ability to look at things that look very similar, but the nature of them is quite different.” This is the focus of our message today. Eph 5:1 Therefore be imitators of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Fighting Yourself Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 15, 2015

This is the 11th sermon in the series "The Cure". This sermon looks at the struggles of a Christian.

Series: The Cure [#11] FIGHTING YOURSELF Romans 7:1-25 Introduction: This morning we are going to talk about something that I know a lot about- Fighting. Now, before you judge me, most of you are really good at fighting as well. Whether it’s physically fighting, (like my brother and I ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:1-25

Denomination: Baptist

Lord, Teach Me To Pray Intensify In Measure Series

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on May 23, 2014

Prayer with fasting is not impossible for all things are possible with Christ Jesus, so we must intensify our prayers with fasting to move the mountains in our lives that plague and torment us.

LORD, Teach Me To Pray Intensify In Measure by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (May 23, 2014) “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting” (Acts 2:2, King James Version, KJV [Christ's ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-47

Denomination: Friends

Christian Warfare Series

Contributed by John Mccormack on Jan 15, 2011

FOCAL POINT: THE KEY TO SPIRITUAL WARFARE.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE PART 1 OF A TWO PART SERIES ROMANS 6:6 FOCAL POINT: THE KEY TO SPIRITUAL WARFARE. INTRODUCTION: HAVE YOU WONDERED WHY SO LITTLE EVIDENCE IN A CHRISTIAN’S WALK? PAUL SPOKE TO THIS ISSUE IN ROMANS 6. HE SPOKE TO THE ISSUE OF BELIEVERS DYING TO SIN AND MADE ALIVE IN ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:6

Denomination: Baptist

A Time To Weep, A Time To Laugh

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010

The Birth of Isaac. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Genesis chapter 21 verses 1-21. Ill: One stormy night an elderly couple entered the lobby of a small hotel and asked for a room: • The clerk said they were full; • And they would probably find so were all the hotels in town. “But I can’t send a fine ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 21:1-21

Denomination: Brethren

A Lost Ear Or Eternal Salvation?

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jun 16, 2011

The flesh and the spirit are at war in this passage, and in our own hearts.

Passage: Matthew 26:47-56 Intro: Everyone thinks they know what a real man is. 1. pro athlete, Rambo, fireman. 2. always tough, strong, can really shoot any one of his variety of weapons, protect the fam! 3. Father’s Day is tough, because we are not quite as secure in our role as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:47-56

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Rebuilt, Not Remodeled

Contributed by Craig Benner on Jun 24, 2011

God never meant for the flesh to be rehabilitated, it needs to be sacrificed. The work of the Lord in our lives is not remodeling, but renewing.

REBUILT NOT REMODELED You can take a hog and wash him up, put ribbons on his tail and sprinkle perfume on his body; but you still have a hog, and in short order, he will be wallowing again in the smelly mud and muck. IL.: A young boy was standing on the porch, trying to reach the doorbell. The ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Real Food Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jul 4, 2011

This sermon continues Jesus’ Bread of Life Discourse as he attempts to weed out the curious from the commited followers. In this section he attempts to move the Jews from the temporary unsatisfying and temporal physical and religious food that they lived

Does anyone recognize this food item? Of course, it is a Happy Meal. By a show of hands, how many of you parents have fed your children one of these things? How many of you kids have ever eaten one of these things? We know that a lot of kids eat these because apparently over 2.5 million of them ...read more

Scripture: John 6:41-59

Denomination: Christian Church