Sermons on Ugliness:

Love's Greatest Enemies

Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Feb 14, 2008

Love’s Greatest Enemies – Selfishness, Envy, Scorekeeping, Fear.

Love’s Greatest Enemies We live in a world that speaks in great volumes about love and the importance of it, as well as presenting a myriad of books and volumes of information on how to gain and maintain love. We as Christians realize that the presentation of Love from the World compared to the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What's So Special About Jesus?

Contributed by Betty Johnson on Sep 20, 2008

Understanding what makes Jesus so special through his interactions in the story of the woman taken in adultery.

What’s So Special About Jesus? Scripture: John 8:1-11 Text: John 8:11 There was once a boy named Willie. He was a red-headed, freckle-faced 15 year-old boy. Willie was the kind of high school student who was always in trouble - always winding up in the principal’s office. He was the kind of ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Wesleyan

What Is Your Name

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 2, 2008

Discovering your name sometimes requires experiences of dark nights and aloneness. God must test our behaviour. He pushes us to see things that are not good for us, things that must change. He loves us far to much to leave us to our destructive behaviour

The unknown author of the following story captures the value of a name. “After the American Civil War the managers of the infamous Louisiana Lottery approached Robert E. Lee and asked if he’d let them use his name in their scheme. They promised that if he did he would become rich. Astounded, Lee ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Salvation Army

Breezing Through Life

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 20, 2008

I want to share some simple principles that will help us all to breeze through life a little better. 1- Trust God more than yourself 2- Kindness always comes back to you 3- Don’t let your tongue cut you 4- Seek the Lord in all things

INTRO.- This is back to school Sunday so we want to think about children, school, life, etc. Children are supposed to learn from adults, but often we can learn from children. Here are some quotes of children. - No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats. (can’t bathe them either!) - ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Once Saved, Always Changed Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Nov 22, 2010

God changes those he saves into those who are devoted to good works.

Scripture Introduction Many of you know the slogan, “Once Saved, Always Saved.” Some Christians love how that phrase justifies a lack of godliness even after they walked the aisle, or were baptized, or made some profession of faith. Other Christians hate the saying because of its lack of Biblical ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:1-8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Even Little Piggy Went Swimming! Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jan 5, 2012

In the face of the demonic Jesus transforms lives.

“He’s Amazing! Even Little Piggy Went Swimming!” Mark 5:1-20 When our sons were little I had a routine I often went through when they were barefoot. Starting with the big toe I would recite the “This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Paul Of Arabia Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 13, 2011

Our zeal and God's timing are often very different things. God knows when, where and how to make us ready for and get us started in our ministry so that we can experience our full potential.

Somewhat funny series of commercials that ask the same familiar question: ‘Do you wanna get away’. People find themselves in awkward or embarrassing situations and need to exit them as quickly as possible. Saul, soon to be Paul, was in just such a moment in his own life. One of the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 1:16-24

Loving My Enemies

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 20, 2011

1. Jesus is teaching us to stop the cycle of violence and revenge. 2. Jesus is sayi8ng that we have nothing to fear, and there is therefore no reason to seek revenge. 3. Jesus is telling us to take on the nature of God.

• In the movie “Fiddler on the Roof”, Tevye and his neighbors have been informed that the Tsar has evicted all Jews from their village and confiscated their land. There is a great upheaval and anger in the community, as you can imagine. If someone told this to you and all the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-48

Denomination: Methodist

A Call To Action Series

Contributed by Mark Elkins on Jan 27, 2011

A call to living holy lives

A CALL TO ACTION 1 Pet. 1:13-15 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-15

Denomination: Baptist

Walls Come Tumblin' Down

Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 14, 2009

We run into many walls we cannot seem to get past: estrangement, grief, illness. The way past those walls is described as Sabbath, symbol, silence, and shout.

When you are up against a wall, there will be more than one way to deal with it. There will be the conventional way. And there will be the creative way. When you are up against a wall, there will be a way to break it down that costs a whole lot less than the usual way. All of us remember Mark ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 6:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

Resurrection And The Afterlife Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 18, 2010

The Resurrection proves that there is an Life After Death.

Katie and I had arrived in Oklahoma and were getting about the task of settling in. We were living in a cramped two room apartment and desperately looking for a house to buy, we were looking to purchase our first house ever. As we looked at houses around town, there always seemed to be some major ...read more

Scripture: Acts 26:1-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Amour Of God

Contributed by Roger Whipp on Jun 14, 2015

Introduction to Ephesians and Spiritual Warfare. Wear the armour of God at all times as satan will attack those in ministry and servants of God especially when they are being effective. We are in a spiritual battle.

EPHESIANS INTO & Ch.6 v10-18 The Amour of God I am thrilled at being the person to start this sermon series of Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Why thrilled? Because although written to the Ephesians it has such a relevance to us and our church today. I want you to be encouraged and also to be ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: *other

Grace Abuse?..is That Possible??

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jan 6, 2016

You can't fall from grace… You fall into Grace and you run in to Grace Grace is everywhere you are..before you even get there..

Grace abuse...Is that Possible?? Illus. From K. Edward Skidmore In a book called The Grace Awakening, Chuck Swindoll tells about a Missionary family who left their Work because of Condemnation from other Missionaries. What was the theological disagreement over? Peanut butter. You see, the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Purpose In Pain - Hearing In The Wilderness Series

Contributed by Jeffrey Payne on May 30, 2017

The fourth message in our "Hearing God" series

Hearing God Session 4 Purpose in Pain - Hearing in the Wilderness Isaiah 35:1-9 It's only natural, considering the geography of the Middle East, that many of the Old Testament Scriptures, especially when dealing with the Prophets, refer to the desert. In Hosea, God (speaking of Israel) says, “I ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Racism Is Sin Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 17, 2017

We must love regardless of a person's race, creed or socio-economic status.

Racism Is A Sin Text: James 2:8-13 Introduction 1. Illustration: I heard about an African-American who tried to attend a church. Sadly, the church wouldn’t even let him attend a service. The pastor said, "You just need to pray about it." About three weeks later the pastor saw him and asked, ...read more

Scripture: James 2:8-13

Denomination: Methodist