Sermons on Unhindered Forgiveness:

Increase Our Faith ?

Contributed by Neal Gracey on May 1, 2016

“It is impossible to live life having not been offended, but woe to the person through whom they do come! It would be better for him that a millstone be tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea, than to cause one of these ‘little ones’ to stumble.”

Happy “Refuge” Saturday, Everyone! 4/30/16 Not every child who starts out in church stays in church; in fact, the number of kids and young adults walking away from the faith is ever increasing as time moves on. Did you know (I did the research) that less than 1% of young people in the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Short Answers To Common Questions 4 Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 2, 2016

Once again we are going to ask three questions on different subjects and seek to answer those questions from a Scriptural context.

Short Answers to Common Questions 4 1. Some problems have no solutions. One blogger writes, “Today, my roommate confided in me that she hadn't been taking showers while at school because she was afraid of being in the shower when the fire alarm goes off. She goes home once every month, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Love Of Jesus Makes Us Whole And Holy

Contributed by C Jordan on May 19, 2016

Jesus pours out His love upon us to make us whole and holy, and abundantly free!

THE STORY OF JESUS #4: THE LOVE OF JESUS MAKES US WHOLE AND HOLY INTRO TO SPEAKER: My new role as Executive Coordinator of the Overcomers Outreach. My trip to Toronto to do an addictions workshop at the Promise Keepers Legacy event. The ‘colour’ of Toronto – police, fire, biker gang. My ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-10, Matthew 8:14

Denomination: *other

The Last Miracle Series

Contributed by Curtis E. Nester on May 31, 2016

Disappointment turns to joy for fishermen without a catch. Jesus on the shore of our difficulties. Peter forgiven, restored and commissioned.

SERIES: Miracles With a Message #8 TITLE: The Last Miracle TEXT: John 21:1-14 INTRO: In the last several weeks, we have looked at seven miracles of Jesus, called "sign miracles" because their purpose was to inspire belief in Jesus. Today, we look at the last and greatest miracle. I. FISHERMEN ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus' Open Heart/Door Policy - How To Treat Others Like Jesus Series

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Jun 1, 2016

We see a great contrast in how to receive people in how Jesus and Simon received this woman. Jesus seeks a relationship, moves towards her and forgives her. Simon the Pharisee worries about her reputation, distances himself from her and dismisses her

Scripture: Luke 7:36 - 8:3; Psalm 32 Theme: Jesus' Open Heart/Door Policy - How to Treat Others Jesus' Style Proposition: We see a great contrast in how to receive people in how Jesus and Simon received this woman. 1. Jesus seeks a relationship. Simon worries about her ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

Lessons From A Lame Man

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Apr 12, 2015

God gives us more than we ask for. Respectable-looking people may not be as righteous as they think. God reaches out to sinners through fellow sinners.

Do you know what it’s like to be lame? No, I don’t mean do your jokes fall flat from time to time, or do you think a night out with your spouse means a trip to the grocery store together. What I mean is do you know what it’s like to have feet and legs that don’t work? I do. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:12-20, Acts 3:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

"Surprised By Love"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 18, 2015

Jesus is with us, even at rock bottom.

"Surprised By Love" John 21:1-19 Perhaps you read the following in the Upper Room Devotional last Wednesday: "I hit the road with everything I owned packed inside my small car even though the idea of leaving my apartment, job, school, friends, and my comfortable life of sin had paralyzed ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-19

Denomination: United Methodist

God Ran To Meet Us

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Apr 24, 2015

To show that GOD rans up to meet us and reached out to save us from our sins.

I. EXORDIUM: Have you chosen GOD? No. GOD chosed me. John 15:16 John 15:16 (Amplified Bible) You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:20

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Blacklist - Pt. 6 - Family Feuds Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Apr 28, 2015

We are familiar with lists. To Do Lists, shopping lists, Santa's Naughty List. We know God has lists. The 10 Commandments, Fruit of the Spirit, Gifts of the Spirit. . . but are we familiar with God's “Blacklist”?

The Blacklist
 Pt. 6 - Family Feuds I. Introduction
Lists are a part of life. Lists on paper. Lists on your phone. Lists are supposed to keep us ordered. Lists represent what we believe are important or at least what we don't want to forget or overlook. I think that is why this list we ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:16-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Gospel Humility Series

Contributed by Ron Tuit on Jul 26, 2014

Pride is the enemy of every human being ever born; Jesus taught the topic without mentioning the word.

Gospel Humility Luke 17:1-6 As we saw in Acts, the first generation of preachers, the apostles, were given power over disease, and power over death, and they were sent out with that power to authenticate the message of the gospel of the Kingdom that they brought. As a result, The Church grew in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Judging

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Aug 7, 2014

The people of the world are often quick to paraphrase a portion of the Word of God regarding judging one another. However, are they correct? Should we judge them and each other? Well ... it all depends on what you mean by the word ...

The people of the world have some favorite Bible verses, or at least portions of Bible verses … One is that Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery, “Neither do I condemn you.” What Jesus actually said was, “Neither do I condemn you. Go now and leave your life of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:37-38

Denomination: Nazarene

Defining Your Moments

Contributed by Monty Newton on Aug 17, 2014

The way we define ourselves in the moment reflects our awareness of God's activity in our lives.

20140817 10th Sunday after Pentecost A Title: Defining Your Moments (The moment should not define you… you define your moments.) Text: Genesis 45:1-15 The way we see ourselves in the moment defines our awareness of God’s activity in our lives. Introduction A humblebrag is false ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Biblical Finger Wagging Series

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Sep 6, 2014

How do we deal with anger, sin and disagreement in our communities? Does Matt 18:15-17 inspire us to deep dastedely discipline or do we need to read it in the context of the rest of Matthew 18?

How do we handle Sin? Anger? Conflict? Disagreement? Human beings are not very good at dealing with these things. “She’s not my friend any more” “She said this” “he did that” It happens at school, and we adults keep doing it. According to some ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:10-34

Denomination: Anglican

The Householder: Hero Or Jerk?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 7, 2014

God truly is different in His reality than the gods of pagan religion, and so we too are different from their followers.

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Course 2014 What Kind of Vineyard Owner? When you first heard the parable from today’s Gospel, perhaps when you were a child, what did you think of the householder, the vineyard owner? Was he mean, or generous? I suppose the hired hands in the original story would ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Catholic

The Finite And The Infinite

Contributed by Ron Hietsch on Sep 11, 2014

Many see the Bible as a rule book – what do I need to do? It is not about what we need to do it is about what Christ has done for us. Christ has unlimited –that is infinite – forgiveness available for us.

. Forgiving someone can be especially difficult for many of us. Peter thought he was being generous with seven times. After all some of the Rabbis taught that one needed to forgive the same sin only three times. Peter was, in his way, trying to be obedient to Jesus who said that our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-22

Denomination: Lutheran