Sermons on Try Harder:

Some Unconventional Wisdom About Anger Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Dec 9, 2007

37th in a series from Ephesians. The "conventional wisdom" is that this passage deals with our individual anger. But Paul seems to have something else in mind here.

This week I ran into what was billed as a “Conventional Wisdom IQ Test”. The idea is to see how many of the sayings of conventional wisdom that one can complete. The original test had 20 questions, but for time’s sake let’s see how well we can do on just 10 of them: 1. If it’s not broken.... ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:26-27

Denomination: Baptist

Preparation For Promotion Part 1 Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 26, 2007

Growing in Christ.

Preparation For Promotion Part 1: Test of Trust Scriptures: 1 Timothy 3:6; John 10:10b; 1 Peter 5:7; Habakkuk 2:3 Introduction: Ephesians 4:13-15 “…until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

On The Ground Series

Contributed by Troy Richards on Dec 9, 2010

A look at Jesus' last few weeks of teaching.

-welcome back. I hope you all had a great Spring Break. -for the next two weeks we are going to look at what happened after Jesus rose from the dead. Most people, whether they believe in Jesus or not, have a pretty good handle on the Easter Story. They know what happened then. -but the funny thing ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-19

Denomination: Methodist

’tis The Season To Trust Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 16, 2010

In this message, as we look to a new year, let’s think about how to trust the Lord more in life. 1- Trust His provision 2- Trust His protection 3- Trust His promise

INTRO.- Listen to this horror story. Get Ready to Live on $190 a Month. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Are you prepared to live on $190 a month when you retire? For most Americans in their 50s, that’s all the personal savings they’ll have to look forward to during retirement, according to Wells ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Only Mary Raised A Perfect Child

Contributed by Jack Martin on May 12, 2008

Often on Mothers Day we preach high lofty sermons that only serve to make the moms feel bad. This is intended to show the struggles and victories of Moms

“Only Mary had a perfect child!” Today is mother’s day. Tendency is to hold up a high lofty view of motherhood that no one, other than Mary, could ever possibly live up to. a.And that not of herself, but only because Jesus was Gods Son. So instead of making you moms feel better, we often tend ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Into To Ecclesiastes Series

Contributed by Greg Wiens on Mar 30, 2010

This is my introduction to my sermon series on Ecclesiastes. It has a lot of history and background.

Show Video from ALPHA Course # 2Alpha Course More to life than this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGI3z9YXW9A Read Scripture Passage SLIDE 2+3 Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 1 These are the words of the Teacher, King David’s son, who ruled in Jerusalem. Everything Is Meaningless 2 ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Denomination: Mennonite

How We Talk - Part 2: Speaking The Truth In Love

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 18, 2010

Second in this series on how we speak.

How We Talk Part 2 – Speaking the Truth in Love Ephesians 4:15 April 18, 2010 Me/We: Last week I mentioned that I had found a statistic that the average person spends 10 years of their life talking. And my guess is that some of you, on hearing that, some of you thought something like, “You don’t ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:15

Denomination: Wesleyan

In It To Win It--We Are Givers

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Nov 7, 2016

This sermon demonstrates that because God is generous and a giver in all that God does, we can't help but become generous and a giver as we go through life.

In It To Win In It We Are Givers Proverbs 11:18-23 Luke 19:1-10 10/30/2016 Once again we find one of our sports teams that is “In It To Win It” with The World Series. At the moment, the only problem is that there is a team called the Chicago Cubs who are likewise “In It ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Imagine A Heavenly Father

Contributed by Brian Harrell on Oct 18, 2018

From the I Can Only Imagine movie / campaign. God is a heavenly father. A perfect father. Unlike any father we have had on this planet. Using the prodigal son story we identify the traits of our heavenly dad.

Those grandkids of ours are tearing me apart. On Tuesday the call had come to evacuate the area of the coast where our whole family had rented a beach house. We had been there for a total of three days. On Tuesday night, trying to avoid traffic, Zach packed up the truck, put the kids in the car ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:20-23, Matthew 3:13-17

Denomination: Church Of God

The Rain Of Abundance

Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Feb 10, 2018

This is a prophetic sermon about the end of spiritual barrenness and drought

This is a prophetic meeting held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Prophet Babatunmishe Oke www.deliveranceseries.com (Key into it for the miraculous) 1 Kings 18 15 Elijah said, “As the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.” Elijah on Mount Carmel 16 So ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Free At Last

Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 13, 2018

The Magna Carta of spiritual emancipation, the Declaration of Independence from salvation by works, and the Manifesto of Gospel Liberty are only a few of the phrases we could use to describe the main theme of Paul’s letter to the Galatians.

Title: Free at Last Text: “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” (Galatians 5:1). Scripture Reading: “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Grand Theft Donkey

Contributed by John Oscar on Apr 16, 2019

Discussing how Jesus taking a donkey is a precursor of Him offering Himself for us

Grand Theft Donkey? CCCAG Palm Sunday, April 14, 2019 Scripture- Mark 11:1-11 Intro: Favorite Cars- {Whiteboard up- poll congregation for their first car/best car brand and then their dream car.} Now imagine you finally get your dream car. You’re out in the driveway washing and waxing it. You’ve ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Walking With God Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 7, 2016

If there is one thing to summarize the message of 2 John, it’s walking with God. 2 John teaches us how to walk with Jesus and he’s does it in 300 words. And if we will take what John says and do it, we’ll experience "a joy that's complete."

Walking with God Hannah Kaufold tells the story of signing up to lead a pilgrimage across northern Spain to visit the remains of one of Jesus’ BFFs: St. James. It was 500 miles long. She thought she was signing up for this cool adventure where she got to talk about Jesus and go for a long ...read more

Scripture: 2 John 1:1-13

Denomination: Methodist

True Leadership Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 5, 2017

Jesus is a true leader. He’s got followers. He’s got a great vision of the future. He knows his hour has come, the hour for the Son of Man to be glorified. And Jesus is forward thinking

Sermon by Rev George Hemmings I wonder what you think a leader looks like? We asked that question at the CLAY small group on Friday night. Actually we asked people to draw a typical leader, and their qualities, and this is what we got. I wonder how that matches up to your ideas of a leader? I ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-30

Denomination: Anglican

The Blessing Of Friendship Series

Contributed by Bruce Goettsche on Aug 11, 2014

Everyone needs a friend. What should we look for in a friend?

There is nothing quite as special as a good friend. A good friend is one with whom you can talk about anything. You know they will listen. They will listen to the whole story rather than make quick judgments. They will make time for you. A true friend transcends times of separation. Several weeks ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 20:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational