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Called To Be Saints

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 25, 2022

What are Christians called to? Are we called to be holy, set apart by God? Is that what the word saint means? Are all Christians saints?

What are Christians called to? Are we called to be holy, set apart by God? Is that what the word saint means? Are all Christians saints? To all who are in Rome, loved by God, called as saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 1:7 HCSB) Unto the church ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:7, 1 Corinthians 1:2

Denomination: Baptist

Should We Invest In Humanity?

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 10, 2001

This is a follow-up message to Vacation Bible School. It is the idea of investing our lives in people.

SHOULD WE INVEST IN HUMANITY? Mark 10:13-16 INTRO.- Since we just finished VBS this last week I want to begin by sharing a few more children’s stories. ILL.- A lady said, “As we drove home from church one afternoon, we were talking about a friend who was baptized that day. We spoke of how proud ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:13-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Dwell In God's House

Contributed by Edward Frey on May 22, 2003

Through faith in Christ, we are God’s children and members of his household.

The other day I was playing with my sons. We were building a house out of blocks. Up and up the structure went until it would reach a certain point, and, then it toppled over. So we’d start over. Higher and higher the blocks would go until they fell over. This happened a couple of times and ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:18-24

Denomination: Lutheran

We Need You Now!

Contributed by Hannah Pinkstone on Jan 27, 2003

We need Isaiah’s passion to ask God to come & make a difference now! Sin infects us & brings us down; but thank God for Jesus, who, through his death we can come to God forgiven.

Isaiah cries out for God to come and visit the earth with such magnificence, such ferocity, that the mountains quake, and absolutely everything recognises exactly who God is. This is revival. He prays for God to come down and impact himself and those around him (God…who acts on behalf of those who ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-12, Romans 7:15-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Are We Thankful For?

Contributed by Richard Mcnair on Nov 27, 2004

We have so much to b ethankful for but all gratitude can be traced back to one source.

The day before Thanksgiving an elderly man in Phoenix called his son in New York and said to him, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; 45 years of misery is enough. We’re sick of each other, and so you call your sister in Chicago and tell her." ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Watching The Steps We Take Series

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 7, 2002

2 of 4 of the series In Pursuit: The Jesus Walk. Those pursuing Jesus and wanting to walk the Jesus walk will watch where they are stepping. In doing so they ask the question, "Am I in the way or am I in the way?"

WATCHING THE STEPS WE TAKE Luke 5:27-28 Read at beginning of service: Matthew 16:23-25 (NIV) 23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:23-25, Luke 5:27-28

Denomination: Pentecostal

God, We Need Leaders! Series

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 24, 2010

If we were going to use one word to define "leadership" it would have to be the word "influence". Someone is a leader to the extent that he or she is able to influence other people.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: Nehemiah 1:1 4 (This is the first of a Leadership series featuring Nehemiah. Some ideas & illustrations in these messages were based on or benefited ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Things We Ought To Lament

Contributed by Anthony Perry on Apr 25, 2009

This sermon finds a connection with the current condition of the United States with the condition of Jeremiah’s Judah. It also teache sus to respond with lament and hope as Jeremiah did for his people and nation.

A Lament of Our Own Scripture: Lamentations 3:18-26 Before we get into this scripture and how it applies to our lives today it might be good to identify the author of Lamentations and learn a little about his background. Knowing these details will help us better understand what the writer is ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:18-26

Denomination: Methodist

Do We Really Believe?

Contributed by David Trexler on Oct 11, 2006

This sermon challenges our claim to believe. The thought process was started by a wonderful sermon submitted by David Moore entitled The Hard Gospel.

Sermon for Mark 10:17-31 October 15th 2006 I’m one of people that can’t seem to shut their brain off in the evening. The other night my mind was churning because someone had mentioned to someone that pastor lately had been preaching a “hard” gospel. My puny little mind wandered to a time when I ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-31

Denomination: Lutheran

Are We Becoming A Dead Church

Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Mar 1, 2012

Paul writes that in order to live for God, we must first die to sin and then die to self.

Are We Becoming a Dead Church Romans 6: 11-14 Intro: Back in the early 1990’s there was a movie that came out about the Jamaican bobsled team that was trying to qualify to race in the Olympics. Now I know that sounds much like an oxymoron but it’s true. There was a Jamaican bobsled team. I don’t ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:11-14

Denomination: Baptist

"Who We Are Under The King"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 17, 2016

A sermon for Christ the King Sunday about what it means to be Church.

“Who We are Under the King” Jeremiah 23:1-6 In five weeks we will be singing “This, this is Christ the King, whom shepherds guard and angels sing; haste, haste to bring him laud, the babe, the son of Mary!” This Thursday is Thanksgiving, and on that very day, many ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 23:1-6

Denomination: United Methodist

Back Where We Started

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Dec 22, 2016

This is a sermon that remembers all the sermon series that we preached in the past year.

December 25th, 2016 Christmas Day Text: Ephesians 2:8-9 Subject: Year End Sermon Title: Back Where We Started Merry Christmas to everyone! What a blessing it is to be able to stand here with you and share my heart this morning! I want to begin with this – Some of you may have seen my ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Something We Cannot Do

Contributed by Randall Long on Jan 1, 2018

A message that uses the parable of the Good Samaritan to explain the doctrine of Justification by Grace Through Faith.

Our Bible passage today is one of the most celebrated and renowned of our Lord's stories, the parable of the Good Samaritan. Well-known as it is, though, I believe it has a point that's easy to miss. Let's give it a close look, and see if you agree. Our passage begins in Luke 10:25 when a lawyer ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

We Would See Jesus

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Nov 22, 2013

So many are dissatisfied, disillusioned, and desperate - and some of them then turn and seek Jesus to fill the void! Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

We Would See Jesus John 12:20-22 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/SeeJesus.html What a motto! I trust that you didn't come to hear me today, but to hear from Jesus, and to see Him in His Word! Do you go to a Christian concert in order to 'see' that quartet, or to see Jesus? You know that person ...read more

Scripture: John 12:20-22

Denomination: Baptist

Here We Are, Lord Series

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Aug 15, 2017

what does it take to be disciples of Christ; Jesus call to discipleship; who were the twelve Apostles

Today’s scripture continues the great commissioning of the disciples which started with last week’s gospel reading. Jesus had been traveling through the cities and villages, teaching in the synagogues, healing the sick and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom. He quickly realized that there was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:24-39, Matthew 10:19-20

Denomination: Episcopal