Sermons on Wise Living:

How To Ruin Your Lives

Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Dec 7, 2001

Lot’s escape from Soddom and Gommorah offers relevant insight on how to ruin your life - or things to avoid so that this does not happen.

Sometimes people just push the Lord too far. And this time it is the people of Sodom, a city on the plains of Jordan near the Dead Sea. Do we all remember the story of this town Sodom? Abraham leaves his home after making a covenant with God in chapter 12. He settles in the hills of Canaan, but ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:11-12

Denomination: Methodist

Harry Potter And The Living Stone

Contributed by William Groover on Dec 12, 2001

The Harry Potter story is used to draw paralles with the Gospel. PowerPoint slides available by e-mail. "Not Helpful" if you want Anti-Harry!

Harry Potter and the Living Stone Or Don’t Be a Muggle! William A. Groover Jr., Ph.D. NOTE: E-mail me at bill@easthill.net and I will e-mail you the PowerPoint slides I prepared to go with this message. You may also download the Harry Potter fonts at http://www.harrypotterdesktop.s5.com and at ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9

Denomination: Baptist

How Shall We Live Series

Contributed by Guy Caley on Dec 15, 2001

Peter gives us instructions for living in a world when the "two minute warning" has sounded

How Shall we Live? Text: 1 Peter 4:1-11 Introduction In football the manner of play changes when the Two Minute Warning has sounded In Verse seven of our text today Peter says that the end of all things is near. I think that thought gives context to this whole passage. The Holy spirit is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Living Up To Religious Expectations.”

Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Dec 16, 2001

Year A Third Sunday in Advent December 16th, 2001 Matthew 11: 1-11 Heavenly Father empower us to accept Jesus on his terms and not expect him to change to fit our preconceptions of God. Amen.

Year A Third Sunday in Advent December 16th, 2001 Matthew 11: 1-11 Heavenly Father empower us to accept Jesus on his terms and not expect him to change to fit our preconceptions of God. Amen. Title: “Living up to religious expectations.” The Baptist, in prison, sends his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Can These Bones Live Again?

Contributed by Tom Maines on Dec 18, 2001

This scripture can be used to describe the serious problem that exists within many of our churches today.

Title: Can these bones live again? Text: Ezekiel 37:1-10 Jokingly, we often say that Ezekiel was called to the worst congregation any preacher has ever faced. However, it pictures something many believers face in their Christian experience – the "hopeless situation." Introduction: At this time in ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

How To Live Life Successfully Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Dec 31, 2001

Principles on how to live life successful taken from Joshua assuming leadership of the Israelites.

A Study of the Book of Joshua Sermon 1 “How to Live Life Successfully” Joshua 1:1-9 Success is a difficult thing to truly define. “Among the apostles, the one absolutely stunning success was Judas, and the one thoroughly groveling ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

So, Live On Another Level Series

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Mar 15, 2002

You don’t have to live like many of those around us are living—in despair and fear and shame. You can have a new life. You can put on a new self.

So…Live On Another Level Pastor Jim Luthy Ephesians 4:17-24 You’ve pursued understanding and received grace. So what? That’s a great question: "So what?" We’ve reduced it to be the question of the lazy and uncooperative: "So?" But the truth is, people who make a difference ask that question. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Work Of The Spirit In Our Lives

Contributed by William Yates on Oct 14, 2003

In this message we explore how the Holy Spirit works in our lives as laid out in Romans 8:9-30.

Sanctifying Work of the Spirit in our Lives It was nearing the end of Jesus’ life on earth. The disciples were still self-centered and timid. They had been with Him for three years in His ministry throughout Palestine. They had seen Him calm storms, drive out demons, heal lepers, and raise a dead ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:9-30

The Man Who Lived In A Cemetery

Contributed by Mike Turner on Oct 31, 2003

Sermon on the encounter of Christ, and the man who lived among the tombs !

The Man Who Lived In The Cemetery Mark 5:1-20 As Jesus stepped on shore in the country of Gadarenes, he is immediately met by a man who is totally consumed by darkness. This man is a sad and pitiful picture of a sinful soul now totally posessed of demons. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20, Luke 8:26-39

Denomination: Baptist

Living Large-With Goodness Series

Contributed by Gary Shockley on Oct 2, 2001

God blesses those who hunger and thirst for goodness like a dying person hungers for food or drink.

Living Large-With Goodness The Beatitudes Part 4 Rev. Gary A. Shockley Cornerstone Church September 30, 2001 Man On the Street Video- “What is a good person?” What does “being good” mean to you? The beatitude this morning from Matthew 5:6 is about goodness. The NLT puts it this way, “God blesses ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6, Galatians 5:22

Denomination: Methodist

The 10 Commandments: Living Successfully!

Contributed by Gary Waguespack on Oct 9, 2001

The 10 Commandments are the "Rules to live successfully in THIS WORLD!"

The Way of Life=Ten Commandments Ex. 20:1-4 Intro: You may heard about the ad in a paper for a lost dog. Description: Brown, short hair, with bald spots, right leg broken from an auto accident, left hip hurt from another auth accident, rt. Eye missing from a fight with a cat, left ear bitten ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-4

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Pleasing Aroma Of Living Worship

Contributed by Scott Bresee on Sep 16, 2003

In Romans 12, Paul instructs us as believers on what type of worship is pleasing to the Living God.

The Pleasing Aroma of Living Worship Text: Romans 12:1-2 In Genesis 8, we see the life of Noah, a man noted by God as “a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God”. Noah was a man of God in the corrupt days and world in which he lived. He fearfully obeyed God in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Pentecostal

The High Price Of Godly Living

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Sep 17, 2003

A sermon for the 15th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Bearing a Cross

15th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Mark 9:30-37 "The High Price of Godly Living"   30 ¶ They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:30-37

Denomination: Lutheran

Living Sacrifice (Pt 2)

Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 18, 2002

Jesus sacrificed everything for us. That sacrifice accomplished the greatest miracle of all. What will sacrifice do in your life?

April 16, 2000 Mark 15; Luke 23 Living Sacrifice – Part 2 INTRODUCTION Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:16-41

Denomination: Baptist

Living In Expectation Of Jesus' Return

Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 22, 2002

Whatever situation you are in – good, bad, or somewhere in between – you will only find what you’re looking for when you bring that situation to God.

James 5:12-16 Oct. 3, 1999 Living in Expectation of the Return of Jesus Reacting to Life’s ups and downs Main Thought: Whatever situation you are in – good, bad, or somewhere in between – you will only find what you’re looking for when you bring that situation to God. INTRODUCTION The ...read more

Scripture: James 5:12-16

Denomination: Baptist