Sermons on Total Turnaround Unto God:

I Am The Vine, You Are The Branches

Contributed by Craig Condon on Feb 12, 2015

We can only be grafted to Christ by cutting our attachment to our way of life and its creature comforts just like a gardener prunes bushes to make then grow better. The useless branches have to be removed in order to save and strengthen the stronger ones.

A newspaper reporter went to interview a successful small business owner. “How did you do it?” he asked. “How did you make all this money?” “I’m glad you asked,” the businessman said. “It’s a great story. When my wife and I married, we started ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8

Denomination: Anglican

New Finances Series

Contributed by Herbert Cooper on Jun 19, 2013

A sermon unpacking Exodus 16.

Myths About Finances Exodus 16:2-3 In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:2-35

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Should Churches Do Business?

Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Aug 3, 2013

A church should be an active, contributing member of its community, rather than a closed-off mini-community that keeps to itself and this can extend to becoming involved in business or in the business community.

Churches in business Luke 19:13 - So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, “Do business till I come.” God always intended for the priesthood to reinvest a portion of the tithe, with the expectation of a return. It was part of His plan to show ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:13

Denomination: Charismatic

Deception!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Dec 17, 2014

The devil’s strategy of attack is always sly and he would attack you when you are vulnerable and least expect! Caution!

Sly sneaky attack! Joshua 9:4”….on their part acted with cunning and went and made ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended.” You may be aware of a frontal attack but not so when it is sly, sneaky, surreptitious and ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 9:1-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Every Word

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Feb 7, 2015

Here is a short teaching on guarding our speech.

Every Word Christians and Non-Christians Must Give an Accounting Oswald Champers in My Utmost for His Highest wrote "The deadliest pharisaism to-day is not hypocrisy, but unconscious unreality." Jesus spoke a truth that awakens the human soul to a reality that is going to be experienced by all ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:34-37

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Connie Waltman Funeral

Contributed by Charles Clary on Mar 31, 2014

This is my eulogy for a lady named Connie who was severely crippled with rheumatoid arthritis. Her husband, Rex, in his care for her, was a great inspiration to our church family. Connie was a model of patient endurance.

It was not Roe vs. Wade. It was Runnelstown vs. Wade. It was a football game to be played on Runnelstown's (Miss.) field. A young gentleman named Rex, a student at the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg, came to see his Wade Hornets play. He did not know that across the field ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Model Church

Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on May 21, 2014

The emphasis in this textprovides a model for the what the church should strive to become.

“The MODEL Church” Thus far we have studies 6 churches with one remaining; all exhibiting various problems. This evening we will continue to look at what I call the MODEL church. Looking at the churches on the surface; we would have not seen what our Lord saw in each. It’s ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13

Denomination: Baptist

Apostasy

Contributed by Rick Boyne on May 1, 2013

We must not abandon following Jesus; He leads to life.

Apostasy April 28, 2013 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must not abandon following Jesus; He leads to life. Focus Passage: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Supplemental Passage: But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Passion Of Our Lord

Contributed by David Roth on Sep 15, 2015

Good Friday. A set of brief reflections on the reading for the service of the Passion of Our Lord.

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus John 18:1-11 1. Why betrayal? Couldn’t the soldiers have just come for Jesus? So why did Judas have to betray him? Betrayal is the heart of sin. Adam and Eve betrayed God in the garden. Now, Jesus is suffering ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Freedom To Preach Jesus

Contributed by Trae Durden on Nov 3, 2015

This was presented around the 4th of July, but it's also a great thought for Veterens Day.

Freedom to Preach Jesus! Luke 16:19-31 Introduction: The Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th 1941, lasted less than two hours, claimed the lives of more than 2,500 people, wounded 1,000 more and damaged or destroyed 18 American ships and nearly 300 planes. Almost half of the casualties at Pearl ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Followers On The Journey Home

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 23, 2016

If we are going to emulate anybody, we must emulate Jesus.

FOLLOWERS ON THE JOURNEY HOME. Philippians 3:17-4:1. The Apostle Paul had been telling of the forward motion in his own Christian life (Philippians 3:13-14), and encouraged his readers to be like-minded with him (Philippians 3:15-16). The writer even went so far as to set himself up as an ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1, Philippians 3:17-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Appeal For Christian Unity

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 3, 2016

A call for unity based in our common experience of Christ, our baptism into Him, and the preaching of the cross.

AN APPEAL FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY. 1 Corinthians 1:10-18. The Apostle Paul had heard from some members of the household of Chloe that cliques were forming in the church at Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:11). A report from Chloe was evidently serious enough to raise Paul’s concerns; and at the same time ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Last Change

Contributed by Gregory Kirk on Sep 26, 2016

Funeral Sermon

The Last Change My change.—Job 14:14 Job 14:14 14 If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare and service I will wait, till my change and release shall come. This was a very natural mode of expression for the ...read more

Scripture: Job 14:14

Denomination: Baptist

Zombie Salvation Series

Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 22, 2017

If you’re crucified and dead but still walking round in your dead body you’re a zombie. But unlike the various recent versions of the zombie idea the Bible offers an elegant solution to the zombie problem, Jesus.

You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. 8 But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. 9 Do not lie to each other,since you have taken off your old self with its practices 10 and have put on ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:7-11

Denomination: *other

Top Of The Charts Series

Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Mar 19, 2019

With so many people listening to something different there is no one “at the top of the charts” because there are so many charts. That prompts me to ask, who’s at the top of your chart?

TOP OF THE CHARTS I CORINTHIANS 1:10-18 INTRODUCTION: Wolfman Jack, Casey Cassum, Dick Clark, Rolling Stones Magazine. What’s this all about? Music’s top 40! It used to be pretty easy to keep up with what songs were at the top of the charts, but now with so many different genres of music the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Denomination: Baptist