Sermons on Wicked Imagination:

Thanksgiving Living

Contributed by Tim Diack on Dec 12, 2011

When we lose sight of God, and focus on our circumstances, our gratitude turns to grumbling. But practicing an attitude of gratitude in all things transforms the way we understand God and the way in which we see the world around us.

Thanksgiving Living - Luke 17:11-19 - October 9, 2011 (Thanksgiving) Ten men. Ten life changing experiences. One transformed life. Open your Bibles with me please to the Gospel of Luke. Luke, chapter 17, beginning in verse 11. We are taking a step back from the Sermon on the Mount this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: *other

Jesus Says What?! (Murder) Series

Contributed by Tim Diack on Dec 12, 2011

Like the Pharisees we are often content to live out the letter of the Law but God is looking for the hearth that seeks to live out the spirit of His word. Living by grace is a higher calling then living by the Law!

Jesus Says What?! (Murder) - Matthew 5:21-26 - October 23, 2011 Series: Kingdom Life – A World Turned Upside Down #12 I had a great-uncle who served in the Royal Air Force during WWII. He had gone over to England to join up a couple of years before the war started. By the time war ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:21-26

Denomination: *other

God Is There Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 28, 2014

A reminder that the basic truth of God's existence is the foundation of our worldview

Mark Scott told the story of a student in Bible College who was running late for his 7AM class. The class had started and was in the middle of morning prayer when he stumbled in, panting, arm loaded with books. The prayer just continued. As he attempted to sit down, his books all dropped out all ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Challenge Of Change

Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Nov 24, 2010

CHANGE is one of the hardest things a church or a person can do, BUTIt is something God wants from us. No Growth occurs without change.

CHALLENGE TO CHANGE All my sermons use illustrations found on www.sermoncentral.com and ALL scripture is NIV unless noted otherwise) I once heard that God loves us just the way we are, BUT He refuses to let us stay that way. That could almost be confusing, God LOVES us, in spite of the many flaws ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:16-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christ Is Knocking……will You Answer?

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010

Church at Laodecia. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Revelation chapter 3 verses 14-22. • Nobody likes being sick; • I nobody really enjoys having to go to the doctors. Quote: • David Grimes in Reader’s Digest: • Doctors - What They Say and What They Actually Mean • What they say: “It could be ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:14-22

Denomination: Brethren

Stop Trying To Rush God-God Knows The Plan

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Nov 5, 2012

This message deals with us truly waiting for God to act rather than trying to rush God into handling our situation. David allowed God to Handle Saul in his laife

“Stop Trying To Rush God, God Knows the Plan by Rick Gillespie- Mobley Calvary 10/28/12 1 Samuel 24:1-22 1 Peter 4:12-19 1 Samuel 26:1-25 Have you ever felt like saying, “look I am just sick and tired of this and I just this to be over with so I can move on.” How ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 24:1-22

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Who Am I? "A Prophet To The Nations”

Contributed by Herbert Armstrong Bosantog on Nov 7, 2012

“A HEALTHY & STRONG Christian is NOURISHED by the Word of God. You need to have the CRAVING or HUNGER for the WORD. Therefore, do not let the Word of God depart from your MOUTH. Hear it! Read it! Then SPEAK it because the Word of God is a POWERFUL WEAPON

God said: "I CHOSE you before I gave you life, and before you were born I SELECTED you to be a PROPHET TO THE NATIONS." Jeremiah 1:5 (Good News) *Jeremiah, defined in an Etymological study from its root; Hebrew:  Yahweh Throws  Yahweh Establishes,  Yahweh Appoints ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:9-10, Jeremiah 1:5

Denomination: *other

Power Encounters Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 3, 2015

A response is expected when Jesus is encountered.

Power Encounters Mark 1:21-28 Rev. Brian Bill October 3-4, 2015 A recent article in the New York Times entitled, “Googling for God,” begins this way: “It has been a bad decade for God, at least so far.” Google searches for churches are down 15 percent over the last five ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28

Denomination: Baptist

Because Jesus Loves The Church Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Oct 20, 2015

It is impossible to love Jesus and not love His church

Several years ago when one of our dogs, Gilbert, died, and our other dog, Jessie, seemed to be depressed, we made several trips to the Humane Society and the Pima County Animal Shelter to look for another dog. We have since learned that our other dog, Jessie, wasn’t depressed because Gilbert ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-32

Denomination: Baptist

Grace: How Can God Accept Us? Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Nov 5, 2015

This sermon examines God's grace and its implications.

Scripture Today is the sixth week of a seven-week series of messages based on a book that is titled Christianity Explored by Rico Tice and Barry Cooper, out of England. The purpose of this series is to explore Christianity, primarily through the writing of Mark in his book we call The Gospel of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-22

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Christmas: God With Us!

Contributed by Gregory Alan Dry, Sr. on Nov 25, 2015

A sermon on the TRUE meaning of Christmas.

“Christmas: God With Us!” Matthew 1:18-25 Dr. John McArthur, in his book The Miracle of Christmas, tells an interesting story about the confusion and error which abound at Christmastime. A little girl came home from Sunday school triumphantly waving a paper. “Mommy!” she ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Ascension - Jesus' Goodbye Promises

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on May 12, 2015

Jesus Ascension shares with us Jesus' Goodbye Promises. 1. The Promise that all things are in God's Hands and under His control. 2. The Promise of a better life through the Holy Spirit. 3. The Promise of being a Global Witness for Jesus.

Scripture: Acts 1:1-10 New International Version (NIV) 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11

Denomination: Nazarene

A Revival Of Hope Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 19, 2015

For us today it is a message of hope. No matter how hopeless a situation might seem, there is a God who restores life. We have a God that can make even dry bones live again.

EZEKIEL 37: 1-14 [HOPE FOR LIFE Series] A REVIVAL OF HOPE [Psalm 119:25 / John 6:63 ] Have you ever faced a seemingly hopeless situation? One where everything you did seemed to no avail? The odds were so against you that you wanted to give up? Ezekiel the prophet did. He wanted to see ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Revelation 1:9-20

Denomination: Baptist

Who Is The Antichrist? Daniel 10-12 Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on May 23, 2015

One of the most incredible prophecies of Holy Scripture leads right into a close-up of the Man of Sin!

4. DANIEL'S TENTH THROUGH TWELFTH CHAPTERS I will refer to Daniel 10-12 as one chapter, as they tell one story, one prophecy. There should be no chapter divisions here, especially between chapters 11 and 12. Daniel 8 tells of one whose ancestry goes back to Alexander’s kingdom and who ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Study Of The Book Of Revelation, 4: Things That Are, In Heaven. Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Jun 14, 2015

View of Heaven from one who was actually there, unlike some of the stories we hear in our day.

2b. The things which are (in heaven) (4-5) (4:1) Come up hither. Oh the strange work that popular theologians have done with chapter 4 , verse 1. In this simple passage, John is addressed by Jesus, and told to come up to heaven for further revelations. Incredible to me is the ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God