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The Journey Back Home Series

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on May 9, 2011

Naomi heard how the Lord had visited His people in giving them bread. That good news combined with very difficult circumstances propelled her back to the promised land. That one two punch is what God often does to backsliders

Ruth Part Two, The Journey Back Home PPT1 We are studying the book of Ruth and I have entitled this series, "My Redeemer Lives" A redeemer is one who restores the honor worth and dignity of a thing. It is one who frees from the consequences of sin. It is one who goes after something they consider ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Back To The Basics - Hell Series

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 18, 2012

Hell is a real place, not just an imaginary idea to scare people into being good.

Back to the Basics - Hell June 17, 2012 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Hell is a real place, not just an imaginary idea to scare people into being good. Focus Passage: Luke 16:19-31 Supplemental Passage: "Do not fear those who kill the body but ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Baptist

The Way Back To God

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Nov 28, 2012

Peter is the perfect example of how to get away from God... and how to come back.

The Way Back To God" Jeremiah 3:12-13 What is a "backslider? Not a funny question . Two kinds of people described as "backsliders.... l. Those who joined a church but no longer attend and do not live by Christian principles. Not back sliders because they have not slid away from God... they ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 3:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

Back To The Basics - Prayer Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

This sermon introduction announces a new 4-week series called "Back to the Basics," focusing on the foundational aspects of Christian faith including prayer, scripture, confession, and service, starting with the importance of prayer in the life of a Christian.

Welcome church! Today we’re beginning a new 4-week series called, Back to the Basics. And as you may have guessed, it’s a series about the basics...the foundations of our faith. Over the next 4 weeks we’ll cover PRAYER, SCRIPTURE, CONFESSION, and SERVICE. It’s going to be an awesome journey ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:35, Ephesians 6:18

Topics: Prayer, Spiritual Foundations, Christ's Example

Sermon Series: Back To The Basics

Give Back Christmas

Contributed by Doug Bolles on Oct 20, 2007

Our celebrations of Christmas should be an extension of our celebration of Christ every other day of the year. If we give special attention to his birth and use the focus of the world on this adopted holiday to show and share the love of Christ and the t

Give Back Christmas This message may strike some as controversial and others as stating the obvious. I have to confess that for me, Christmas, as we know it today, has largely become something to survive, not celebrate. And before you judge me too severely, I would suggest I may be in good ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:1-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Getting Back On Track Series

Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Jan 20, 2018

This is the first sermon in a three part series that calls us to make a commitment to God not just a resolution. It encourages folks to look back and try and figure out where they got off track and right their course.

Well here we are entering a brand New Year, its funny how we see the mark of a New Year on the calendar as a place to start over even if it’s just another day. A lot of people make New Year’s resolutions, things like losing weight, going on a diet, or spending less money and making more to try and ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Back On The Right Track

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Jan 24, 2010

A message about getting on and staying on the "Right track" (the straight and narrow way)

“Back on the Right Track” 2 Chronicles 29:1-11 In January 2005, a freight train accident in Graniteville, South Carolina, caused a hazardous chemical spill that caused nine deaths, sent 550 people to hospitals and forced the evacuation of 5,400 people – the nation’s worst ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 29:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Back To The Basics - Confession Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

This sermon is the third in a series called "Back to the Basics," focusing on the fundamental aspect of Christian faith - confession, and how it leads to forgiveness, freedom, and joy when we surrender our sins to God.

Welcome back church! If you’re just joining us today for the first time, we are in week 3 of a 4 week series called Back to the Basics. And yes, as you might have guessed, It's a series about the basic foundations of Christian faith. In week one, we covered prayer and last week we looked at the ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 9:1-3, James 5:16

Topics: Confession, Forgiveness, Spiritual Freedom

Sermon Series: Back To The Basics

Getting Back To "Normal"

Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 30, 2001

After the tragedy that has struck our nation one question we are hearing is "will we ever be the same again" The real question is should we be the same?

Getting Back to “Normal” Revelation 2:1-7 September 30, 2001 Introduction As we are seeing our nation begin to float back into some form of a routine; we are seeing that things are changing in our daily living. The television has begun to return to its regular schedule. The news media is starting ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Church Of God

Forward, Never Back

Contributed by Alonzo Coombs on Feb 3, 2019

Some people and things in our past seem to have a hold on us. Whatever it may be, our past often intrudes on our present and unduly influences our future.

Some people and things in our past seem to have a hold on us. Maybe it’s guilt from a bad mistake, decision or a wrong we committed on another. Maybe it’s a memory of a wrong or abuse we suffered from someone. Whatever it may be, that part of our past often intrudes on our present and unduly ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14, Genesis 19:15-17, Genesis 19:26

The Road Back Home PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 29, 2025

God lovingly exposes our hidden flaws to awaken us, inviting us to repentance and restoration through His grace, not shame, so we may return to Him.

Some mornings the mirror tells the truth better than our memories. You’re brushing your teeth and you notice a new gray hair. It didn’t ask permission to arrive. It just showed up, whispering, “Time is moving. Pay attention.” Gray hairs have a way of doing that—gently alerting us to what we have ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 7:1-16

Topics: Delayed Return, Repentance

Back To Church Sunday!

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Oct 30, 2009

A sermon for National Back to Church Sunday adapted in part from the Purpose-Driven /Life. Alliterated and expository from Acts 2. PowerPoint is availble if you e-mail me.

BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY Scott Bayles, pastor First Christian Church, Rosiclare, IL It is so easy to hit the snooze button on Sunday morning when the alarm sounds at seven o'clock, roll over and go back to sleep. Maybe you had every intention of going to church, maybe Sunday School, too...even had ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:41-47

Denomination: Christian Church

I Will Pay It Back

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 25, 2013

To enumerate the ways GOD had saved us.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you pay back what you owe? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To enumerate the ways GOD had saved us. IV. TEXT: Philemon 1:19 (Amplified Bible) I, Paul, write it with my own hand, I promise to repay it [in full]—and that is to say nothing [of the fact] ...read more

Scripture: Philemon 1:19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Going Back Is Not An Option! Series

Contributed by Myron Leach on Sep 19, 2017

This is the 3rd part of the "Winning Mindset Series."

Going Back Is Not An Option! Gen.19:15-17 (NIV) 15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.” 16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 19:15-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Wisdom Of Looking Back Series

Contributed by Yewande Olowookere on Jan 24, 2022

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

Wisdom is the principal thing in all thy getting get wisdom. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. James 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:4