Sermons on Unfinished:

Waiting....a Centering Excercise

Contributed by Derek Noorman on Dec 8, 2012

With three powerful words, "Let it be...," Mary goes from Nazerene poor girl to highly exalted mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. But Mary's words also give us a different perspective on our own waiting.

Prayer for Illumination: Lord we bring ourselves to your word this morning, And we ask that you would speak to us that we might hear your words. Unstop our ears to listen, Chase the thoughts of tasks unfinished and tasks yet to do from our minds, Open our hearts to be responsive to your ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-55

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Wake-Up Call Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 22, 2011

When God calls, don't hit the snooze button.

Probably the hardest part of writing a sermon is the beginning. If I don’t catch your attention right away, I could lose half of you. Now, some of you listen to everything I say regardless, and some of you - and I know who you are - sleep through all my sermons - but I do try to set the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1-6

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Jesus Isn't Looking For Groupies

Contributed by Monty Newton on Sep 7, 2010

Jesus is not interested in gathering a bunch of hangers-on... his desire is that those who follow him be totally devoted to him and willing to reconfigure their family values, self-interests and their hold on stuff.

Title: Jesus Isn’t Looking for Groupies Text: Luke 14:25-33 Thesis: When we decide to be a follower of Christ we must reconfigure our family values, our need to look out for #1 and our hold on stuff. Introduction CBS News reported that an estimated 87,000 people attended Glen Beck’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Adultery Is Not Grounds For Divorce ..."

Contributed by Ken Harris on Oct 4, 2009

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to push past justification and reasoning for divorce to peek at God’s Grace and forgiveness through Hosea and the woman caught in the act of adultery.

Mark 10:2-4, 11-12 (ESV); Hosea 3:1 (ESV); John 8:10-11 (ESV); Matthew 18:15-16,21-22 (ESV) 04 October 2009 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris 504th Compound’s Multi-Purpose Facility C.O. B. Adder Tallill, Iraq Big Idea: Push past justification and reasoning for divorce to peek at God’s ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:2-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Dirty Altar

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 12, 2009

(Various objects on the altar). Our church altar is dirty with unresolved anger, put-downs, and prejudicial outreach. These things must be cleaned away before God accepts what we bring here.

Who says there’s nothing new under the sun? The pastor not accepting the offering! Lots of folks think that raising money is about all we ever do in church. Wish they could have seen that! But, you see, the problem is there isn’t any room up here on the altar. We have a dirty altar today. It’s ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Messiah In The Midst Of A Storm Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 15, 2009

No matter what the storm may be, Jesus will always be there to see us through it.

A Messiah In the Midst of a Storm Text: Matt. 8:23-27 Introduction 1. Illustration: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27

Denomination: Methodist

What To Do With Discouragement - Nehemiah Series

Contributed by Mark Nichols on Nov 29, 2009

Nehemiah was a motivational leader and knew how to battle discouragement among his people as they rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.

TEXT: Nehemiah 4 TITLE: What to do with Discouragement - Nehemiah SERIES: When Life Gets Messy TOPIC: Discouragement OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, November 15, 2009 PROP.: INTRODUCTION: Good morning! As you probably remember, we are in a sermon series called When Life Gets Messy. ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Refuting False Doctrine Series

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Nov 12, 2012

Standing for truth

Titus 1:10-16 October 9, 2011 Turn with me this morning to the book of Titus, chapter 1. I trust that by now you have learned where the book of Titus in located - in the middle of the NT, right after 1 & 2 Timothy, and right before Philemon and Hebrews. This letter is written by the Apostle ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:10-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Koran Burning And All That!!!

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Jun 24, 2012

To trust God to mete out justice when facing persecutions!!!

THE BURNING ISSUE Want to become an international celeb in a jiffy? Go no further than aping the dubious, provocative style of “Pastor” Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center Gainesville who was hell-bent on burning Koran on Sept 11 (for obvious ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Denomination: *other

Back To The Future

Contributed by Victor Yap on Sep 10, 2013

Jacob

BACK TO THE FUTURE (GENESIS 35:1-7) In the movie “Back to the Future,” Marty McFly, the character played by Michael J. Fox, paid a visit to his mad scientist friend Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown, who revealed to him that he had built a car powered by plutonium that could act as a time-machine upon ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 35:1-7

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Two Essential Elements Of A New Testament Church Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 25, 2018

Two essential elements to a New Testament church are prayer and personal evangelism.

TWO ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS TO A NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH Text: Col. 4:2-6 Introduction 1. Illustration: Canadian preacher, theologian, and founder of the Christian Missionary Allaince, A. B. Simpson, had this to say, "Prayer is the link that connects us with God. It is the bridge that spans every ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6

Denomination: Methodist

The Word That Won't Be Silenced, Part 1 Series

Contributed by James Jackson on Jul 13, 2019

The first half of Psalm 19 deals with what we can learn about God from nature. The second half deals with what we can learn about God from His Word. This is part one of a two part sermon.

The Word that Won’t Be Silenced, Part 1 (Psalm 19) VIDEO INTRO FIRST Good morning! Please turn in your Bibles to Psalm 19 as we continue our series summer in the Psalms. We talked last week about how Psalms is a book of practical poetry, and how almost all the great moments of life have a ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:16-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Miracle Of The First Thanksgiving: Squanto

Contributed by Lee Houston on Nov 15, 2021

Then a miracle occurred. Squanto walked into their lives. Squanto was an American Indian born January 1, 1585 somewhere near present day Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The Miracle of the First Thanksgiving: Squanto Scripture: Matthew 25:40, Psalms 100 It is common to compile wish lists at Christmas and draw up a list of resolutions for the New Year. There is another list we may consider, a Thanksgiving Day list. Let me read a part of the list that several ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:40

I Am The Resurrection And The Life Series

Contributed by Stephen Weatherby on Aug 16, 2021

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

About this time every year, I start to feel like the year is slipping away from me, and sure enough, I can barely believe that we are about to start the second week of August already, and week 5 of our summer sermon series, I Am. Unfortunately I don’t have slides this week, we had to run to ...read more

Scripture: John 11:17-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

They Mystery Of Easter Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Apr 10, 2017

Victory, Hope, Endurance, Death

THE RESURRECTION QUESTION - The Mystery of the resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 April 16, 2017 Introduction: It's just a normal Tuesday…you get up, take your shower…trying to be a little quiet as you get dressed so your wife can sleep a little longer. You head downstairs ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ