Sermons on Wednesday:

Shaped By Imitation Series

Contributed by Tim Hedberg on Jan 15, 2007

Experiencing God and the Church at its best.

Shaped by Imitation October 1, 2006 Experiencing God #3 I’ve printed a quote by a Pastor on the back of your bulletin. A Pastor writes, "I don’t serve well if I merely oversee a church that continues to serve only itself." To be true to his task to be faithful to his calling as a pastor he ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:47

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Failed Journey

Contributed by John Rohrbeck on Aug 2, 2008

No matter how well we think we have made preparations, there are times that we fall short of our goal. It is not through our own efforts that we will attain eternal life - it is only through obedience to God’s plan and acceptance of Jesus as our Savior.

Wednesday evening – How do we put that in perspective? We thought we had a plan. We were taking the youth to the Real Life Church in Macon to their Judgement House presentation called “the METH Effect”. I had called earlier in the week to try to make a reservation and was told that the earliest ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A "Sticky" God

Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 7, 2010

Description – The third message in the 2010 Lenten series and communion meditation for March 7, 2010

Today I begin with a confession. (Sorry, nothing juicy.) Last week I gave you this set of questions to prepare for today’s sermon. (Slide 1) 1. How do times of distress affect my prayer life? 2. How fervent am I in prayer when life is going well? 3. How does distress re-orient my ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:17

Denomination: Church Of God

Empowered To Engage Part 8 Series

Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Dec 15, 2008

Flame on!

Someone said that at the end of our lives, we will regret the things we didn’t do more than the things we did. But when that time comes I think we would like to sing the line of a famous song, “Regrets I’ve had a few. But, then again, too few to mention.”[1] One of my fears in life is that I would ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:6

Denomination: Baptist

"Eating Bologna Sandwiches Instead Of Steak!”

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Jan 13, 2010

As Moses depended upon God so must we. Prayer changes things and situations.

"Eating Bologna Sandwiches instead of Steak!” Exodus 17:8-16 Some years ago a young man looking for work approached the foreman of a logging crew and asked him for a job. “It depends,” replied the foreman. “Let’s see you take this one down.” The young man ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Consistent Church Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 22, 2011

The church at Philadelphia is the church "I" would probably want to join. It is the church who received from the Lord, a word of observation, affirmation, and even commendation - but NO WORD of CONDEMNATION.

The Consistent Church Revelation 3:7-13 * Of all the churches which Jesus wrote to in the Revelation, the sixth church is the most consistent in the fulfillment of ministry & mission. This is the church that I would have wanted to be a member of. It is this church that our Lord gives no word of ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Centrality Of The Word Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 14, 2014

A sermon on the importance, the centrality, of the Word, the Bible, for the church (Material adapted from Daniel Overdorf's book, Rediscovering Community, Word Driven chapter)

HoHum: Timothy Paul Jones- With high hopes we had moved to a new youth ministry position. On my first Wednesday evening at this church, I received my first hint that this task might be more difficult than I’d imagined. After a couple of games, I gathered the students for some worship ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Was Walking Down A Bumpy Road Series

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Sep 29, 2019

Greetings In The Holy Name Of Jesus Yahshuah, My sisters and brothers, as the vehicles rolled by, some in unison of twos and threes and others singularly in line one behind the other, lambasted the road, I found myself walking down a bumpy road,

I Was Walking Down A Bumpy Road by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.” (Psalm 23:4, King James Version) Greetings In The Holy Name ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:4, Genesis 1:1, 1 John 1:1-3, Psalm 8:5, Isaiah 44:24, Acts 17:24, Revelation 4:11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Friends

What Is Prayer? Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jan 30, 2014

What is prayer? Why is prayer important? How do we pray? Preacher, I don't know how to pray about this situation in my life, can you help me? Prayer is about intimacy with God and transparency of the soul...join me in a journey to KNOW prayer &how to pray

This is NOT a full sermon, but a lesson/devotional on the basics of prayer that serves as an introduction to the Model prayer given by Jesus in our Scripture. It is a launching off point for a study on prayer that will last several Wednesday evenings and will be coupled with our congregation ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Denomination: Baptist

"what Holds You Captive?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 13, 2020

A sermon about experiencing true life through following Christ.

“What Holds You Captive?” Mark 10:17-27 A few summers ago, David Timothy bought an old van with 265,000 miles on it, with the help of his wife and a friend. They named it the Soup Mobile and started taking food to the homeless of Dallas, Texas. Timothy had wanted to open a soup kitchen for a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-27

Denomination: United Methodist

So Long Farewell

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 16, 2016

A final sermon after a fruitful ministry

HoHum: Funny things at Pleasant Ridge I remember asking Steve and Ginger Bailey to get me a crown for a children’s minute from Burger King. They said they would handle it. Right before the sermon, they gave me the package and instead of a Burger King crown, it was a tiarra. I remember ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Passion Week Series

Contributed by Preeyapon Ekasittikul on May 3, 2019

The last week of Jesus on earth from which we can learn from Him

The Passion week 1900 years ago this week was the last week of Jesus on Earth as God and and man. He ministered for three and a half years in Jerusalem this week was the last week and there were many things happened in this whole week. The 1st day : Sunday It was called Palm Sunday Jesus went ...read more

Our Faith Is On A Collision Course With The Devil Series

Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Apr 29, 2021

we need to see what we need to be looking out for so that we can guard our faith against the devil's attacks.

Introduction The Christian landscape of the United States is rapidly changing, and unfortunately not for the better but for the worse. In between the years 2018 and 2019, Pew Research did a study of how many people in America describe themselves as Christians; those who say that they are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:31-32

Denomination: Baptist

Lost And Found

Contributed by John Newton on Mar 21, 2021

A look at the three figures in one of Jesus’ most famous parables

One of my greatest delights in the church where I last served in Minnesota was to be part of a group of men who met faithfully every Wednesday morning for prayer, followed each week by coffee and conversation. Both the prayer and the conversation could be pretty free ranging at times. But I have to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Episcopal

Preparing For Lent

Contributed by Paul Andreasen on Feb 19, 2020

Using 1 Corinthians 13 we learn that Lent is a season of preparation to love God and our neighbor.

1 Corinthians 13 A husband and wife had been married for 60 years and had no secrets except for one: The woman kept in her closet a shoe box that she forbade her husband from ever opening. But when she was on her deathbed—and with her blessing—he opened the box and found a crocheted doll and ...read more

Denomination: Anglican