Sermons on Violation:

Perfect Love Drives Out Fear

Contributed by Joel Santos on Feb 18, 2007

What do you mean by “Perfect Love”? Eugene Peterson defines it as “well-formed love.” I. Perfect Love is Supplied by God (v.17) II. Perfect Love is Empowerd by God (v.18a) III. Perfect Love is Assured by God (v.18b)

PERFECT LOVE DRIVES OUT FEAR 1 John 4:17-18 Once upon a time, Jane was going to get married, and her friend Jemima decided to send them a text message wishing the happy couple well. She thought of the verse that we had in our first reading, “There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:17-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Who Needs Grace?

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 22, 2007

If we don’t know the sin problem we won’t want the Grace cure.

Who Needs GRACE? Amazing Grace Sunday February 18, 2007 Ephesians 2:1-10It is like you have an uncle you hated, mistreated, made fun of, never did a kind thing to, because someone told you lies about him, you never visited, you hung out with his mortal enemy. In your total poverty, as you 1 As ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Through-It-All God

Contributed by Tim Hedberg on Oct 18, 2007

Surrender all to God. Depend on God not ourselves.

The Through-it-all God August 26, 2007 Jeremiah 1:1-10, It doesn’t happen very often but this past Monday at lunch it was happening. Deb was near the end of her rope with our 3 children. During the morning our 3 precious children had sucked out every ounce of energy and patience that their ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Something Beautiful

Contributed by Jay Mcphearson on Oct 21, 2007

The beautiful part of Grace is that we don’t deserve it.

If you would like the powerpoint for this sermon, email me with the title of the sermon in the subject line. Matthew 20:1-16 “Something Beautiful” “The beautiful part of Grace is that we don’t deserve it.” Sunday Morning Sermon 10.21.07 Intro: (Start with title and text) Every week I come up with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Death, Life, And Grace Series

Contributed by Jim Heidebrecht on Jun 23, 2007

Sermon 6 in Galatians series.

Last week – Conflict in Antioch Paul’s public rebuke of Peter, who had stopped eating with the Gentiles because of pressure from Legalistic Jews who were treating Jewish Christians in Jerusalem harshly because of Peters association with Gentiles in Antioch. Paul’s basic argument with Peter was ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:15-21

Denomination: Baptist

Breakfast With Jesus

Contributed by Chuck Warnock on Jun 26, 2007

Suppose everything we thought and believed about religion got stripped away from us in one horrific event. Suppose all the answers we thought we had to all the questions we thought people wanted answered, seemed hollow and empty.

Breakfast with Jesus Chuck Warnock, Senior Pastor Chatham Baptist Church Chatham, VA www.chathambc.net April 22, 2007 – Sunday after the shootings at Virginia Tech on Ap 16, 2007 – John 21:1-19, NIV 1Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias.[a] It happened this way: ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

Understanding God's Law Series

Contributed by Jim Heidebrecht on Jul 8, 2007

Sermon 11 in Galatians series.

05/20/2007 UNDERSTANDING GOD’S LAW (Gal 3:19-25) Wanting something to work a certain way when it is designed for something else Have you ever thought you had something figured out, thought you had it down, only to find out that you had it wrong the whole time? ILLUSTRATION (mine was way too ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:19-25

Denomination: Baptist

Model For The Role Model Christians Series

Contributed by Cesar Verdeflor on Apr 30, 2007

Christians become role models because they have role models themselves.

Model fOR the Role Model Christians (1Thessalonians 2:1-12) IN CHAPTER ONE, PAUL PRESENTS TO US how the Thessalonian believers became “Role Model Christians” to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. They ‘blasted forth’ the message of the Gospel not only in the provinces of Macedonia and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Why The Trinity Matters Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 17, 2007

*As Baptists, we believe that God exists as a trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, three persons. *But why does the trinity matter to me?

Why the Trinity Matters Matthew 3:13-17 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - June 11, 2006 *Does the trinity matter to me? As Baptists, we believe that God exists as a trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God, three persons. The Baptist Faith and Message puts it this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Ministry Of The Armor Bearer

Contributed by Jimmy Dillon on May 23, 2007

Describes how we need modern day armor bearer’s to stand with our church leaders/pastors

THE MINISTRY OF THE ARMOR BEARER (part 1) Various Passages Introduction A couple of weeks ago, I preached on being part of the body You and I have been given special talents and enablements, spiritual gifts to operate in the body of Christ We all need each other…every member must be a vital ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

A Visit From Pilate

Contributed by David Ward on Apr 22, 2006

This is a first person narrative sermon as Pontius Pilate, with a challenge to "choose your king."

“A Visit From Pilate” John 18-19 (INTRODUCTION) Greetings, people of Living Hope Community Church in the city of Durham in the province of Northern Carolina. My name is Pilatos. You may call me—Pilatos. I despise the name “Pilate.” For one thing, I do not care for your modern-day flying air ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Pre-Trib. Or Pre-Wrath? - Study 8

Contributed by Larry Jacobs on May 17, 2006

Does the Bible teach that Jesus will rapture His people before the Tribulation? This is a series of Studies on the question, "Will the rapture be before the Tribulation or before the Wrath of God?

"PRE-TRIB. OR PRE-WRATH?" Study Seven Matt. 24:1-51 "LO! IS THAT A TRUMPET I HEAR? The blowing of the seventh trumpet in the book of the Revelation and the second coming of Christ and the resurrection of the saved are all so closely related that I personally can’t understand how a person ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:1-51

Denomination: Baptist

Be Not Led Astray Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 3, 2010

1- Be not led astray about righteousness 2- Be not led astray about the devil 3- Be not led astray about the Son of God

INTRO.- ILL.- On Sunday, November 15th, I saw in the Office Depot ad that they had a Windows 7 laptop computer for sale for only $319.99. I found out that the store opened at noon on Sunday so I went to the store after church. I figured that perhaps there would be several people there for that ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:7-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Underside Of Faith

Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 8, 2010

To emphasize and illustrate the very real potential of persecution as well as God’s promises for those who are suffering in His name.

THE UNDERSIDE OF FAITH Rev. 6:9-11 Sermon Objective: To emphasize and illustrate the very real potential of persecution as well as God’s promises for those who are suffering in His name. INTRO: We don’t talk about it much. It is the side of faith that we tend to avoid in our ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:9-11

Denomination: Nazarene

Pride Goes Before A Fall

Contributed by Grant Sisson on May 20, 2010

The course of modern American history parallels that of ancient Israel. This is a wake-up call!

Daniel Chapter 4 Grant S. Sisson, MSCP, CI We will return to the book of Daniel today. We diverted course last week for Mother’s Day, and we may divert again for Memorial Day, but we’ll keep after it until we get through Daniel. Chapter four contains an interesting story of the ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 4:1-27