Sermons on To Live Is Christ:

Diy Disasters

Contributed by Michael Treston on May 8, 2002

builiding hazards and who to avoid them

DIY disasters – the hazards of building with the wrong equipment If your lucky you can make a hash of it and the experts will come in. Reason for failure- underestimated what’s involved and how much it’s going to cost. Then they invariably get fed up with the lack of progress.. it’s a downward ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:2-10

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

What's Next

Contributed by Shawn Drake on May 21, 2002

This sermon was preached in honor of graduates. This sermon takes a look at what our focus in life should be.

Sunday Morning, May 19, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: Honoring Of Graduates SLIDE 1 WHAT’S NEXT? Ecclesiastes 4:13-5:7 Introduction: 1. On this day that we have honored our graduates, I want to ask a question that may be on the minds of these graduates and others here this ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Understanding Love

Contributed by David Cambridge on Jul 17, 2002

The love we must mimic always makes itself known, is impartial, and knows no limits.

Understanding Love A Few Things You Should Know About Love Introduction The command: "And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, 1 John 3:16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Blessed Are The Desperate

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Jul 28, 2002

Desperate people do desperate things, They may climb a tree, lay in the dirt or jump in a lake, Beware of the desperate person.

Mk 2:1-13 Mk 5:26-34 For they do not care what anyone thinks. They do not care what anyone says They will go where no one else will go They won’t let anything stop them They will do desperate things, Emptiness is the prerequisite for desperation, Desperation is the condition that exists when a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12, Mark 5:26-34

Denomination: Pentecostal

Opie And The Spoiled Kid Series

Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Jun 6, 2002

This was a short message given following a video episode of The Andy Griffith Show as part of an unorthodox summer outreach message series

Mayberry Moments: Opie & the Spoiled Kid Scripture Reading: Col. 3:23-24 Wow... Twenty-seven cents a week, eh? Andy’s a big spender, isn’t he? Just to set the record straight, my kids got THIRTY CENTS a week! And Opie’s got a lot to learn about how to throw a temper tantrum, right, ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:23-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fitting Truth Into Our Box

Contributed by Carlton Coon on Oct 12, 2001

Allowing God to explode our pre-conceived ideas.

Fitting Truth Into Our Box I heard the story of a couple who married, over the years when the wife would prepare to cook a roast she would do as she had seen her mother do. She would cut off the small end of the roast. Years passed, and children were born. One day when the couple’s daughter was ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:8-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?

Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on May 20, 2005

This sermon attempts to give an answer to this often asked question. We need to learn a few things about God’s will in order to understand why things happen. We must also remember that God can make good come out of the bad. Is there really any good peo

WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE We know by reading ( Rev. 20:1-10) that God will ultimately destroy satan and his host . As Christians we look forward to that day with hope, many other people reject God and the gospel because of the fact that evil is still in the world. They might say ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Denomination: Baptist

When The Odds Are Stacked Against You

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Mar 15, 2007

Driven from his home as an "illegitimate" child, Jephthah fought against the odds and elements to rediscover and reinvent himself. His tenacity led him to eventually become the hero and CEO of the nation that originally kicked him out. What to do when th

I. LIFE IS JUST NOT ALWAYS FAIR A. True In The World, In Church, In Families, In Workplace B. Times When You Feel You’re Unfairly Treated 1. There may be times when you feel underappreciated, favoritism 2. There may be times when you feel excluded, left out II. DEUTERONOMY 23 – LAWS OF ...read more

Scripture: Judges 11:1-10

Denomination: Church Of God

State Of The World Series

Contributed by Bledar Valca on Mar 23, 2007

Shows the lost state in which the world is due to the rejection of God’s revelation in nature

THE STATE OF THE WORLD Romans 1:18-32 A Scottish lawyer was a wicked man. Once he hired a horse and, either through accident or ill-usage, killed the animal. Naturally the owner insisted on being paid its value, together with some compensation for the loss of its use. The man of law acknowledged ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hope, First Sunday In Advent

Contributed by Dale Miller on Mar 23, 2007

This was the first Sunday in Advent, we lit the first candle, Hope.

DEC. 3, 2006, FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT, HOPE-PROPHECY MUB GEN. 3;14-15 4So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:14-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Danger Of Ingratitude

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Nov 25, 2006

Ingratitude is prevalent, human, and pa9nful, so let’s be grateful.

The Danger of Ingratitude. Luke 17:11-19 INTRO.: As our nation celebrates Thanksgiving, we must be aware many are not as grateful as they should be. Some of us are so busy enjoying the good things of life like food, family, and fellowship we forget to thank God for these blessings. Many Americans ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Pray That Ye Prosper ,part 2.

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Mar 16, 2004

What is prosperity?

I Pray that Ye Prosper. part 2. Many believe that prosperity is a symbol of Godliness, or that it makes them appear a little better than others. But what is prosperity and who is eligible? In part one ,we found out about two individuals, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 3:3-14, 2 Samuel 11:1-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Peace Of Mind Series

Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 1, 2004

What we think about has a lot to do with the peace that we experience.

Philippians 4:8-9 Sunday, July 28, 2002 How important is your mind? How important are the kinds of things that you think about? There are two extremes in our society: #1 Our minds are not important. What we fill our minds with really has no effect on the reality around us. We hear this line ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:8-9

Denomination: Baptist

Choices

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Apr 5, 2004

The choices that you make in this life will affect the destination of the next one.

Choices. In our life time we make many choices. We choose, who we marry, what school to go to, how many children to have, what we eat, the clothes we wear. But how many have ever thought that they’ve made the wrong choices in life? Most of our ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:14-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Jerusalem Road Series

Contributed by Danny Williams on Apr 6, 2004

A series designed to look at the Roads of the Last week of Jesus. How he and his disiples handeled life

Roads to the Resurrection - Series The Jerusalem Road - April 4, 2004 AM Luke 9:51-56 These events are recorded by Luke alone. The thrust of the passage is that Jesus’face is set—it is fixed toward Jerusalem. Luke divides this journey of Jesus into three stages. Each stage begins by strongly ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:51-56

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational