Sermons on Work And Faith:

God's Hidden Kingdom

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 25, 2011

What God is doing is hidden. It must be searched for and we must have eyes to see. When we believe this, it changes the way we see life and how we live.

I am one of those people who sometimes wishes that God would show his power and do something spectacular. I would like to see some fire fall from heaven, or hear God shout from his throne. It would prove to some people that he is there and that he is powerful. I wish I could lay my hands on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:31-45

Denomination: Methodist

Hidden Talents

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 14, 2011

A look at what Christ demands of us until he returns.

Jesus was going through Jericho on his last journey to Jerusalem. When he finally arrives, he will receive the welcome of a king as he rides triumphantly into the city of David. Everyone’s expectations are high and they are anticipating the days in Jerusalem. They expect that Jesus will ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:11-28

Denomination: Methodist

A Time To Be Busy Series

Contributed by Stephen Evans on Jul 29, 2010

Part one of a series encouraging believers to be about the Father's Business

With the morals, ethics, and value systems of our nation on the decline, and immorality, sensuality, perverse human behavior, and violence on the increase, yet all the while God’s mandate to the Christian church being the same; that we be a positive witness of the gospel, evangelize the ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:1-15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Walk This Way, Talk This Way Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jun 10, 2009

Christians should not be living like the rest of the world.

Walk This Way, Talk This Way Text: Ephesians 4:17-19 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) A country farmer and his son came to the city for the first time. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but were especially awe struck by the elevator. Neither of them had ever seen one before. The boy ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-19

Denomination: Independent/Bible

When Hearing Is The Only Option

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Oct 10, 2010

When one sense fails or is not available all others are elevated

When Hearing is The Only Option Luke 18: 35-40 Vs. 35 Near – When Jesus Is near something on the inside prompts you to posture yourself for completion. Jesus wasn’t there yet but he was on his way, he was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:35-40

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Not Just Another Brick In The Wall

Contributed by Daniel Habben on May 23, 2011

1) Christ is the cornerstone of God’s temple 2) Christians are living stones in God’s temple

In the late ‘70’s, the rock band, Pink Floyd came out with a hit song that school kids loved. The chorus, which was sung by a school choir, went like this: “We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control…Hey teacher! Leave those kids alone...All and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10

Denomination: Lutheran

Salvation Before Christ Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jun 20, 2011

There is salvation for people who lived and died during the Mosaic, Age of The Law, through God’s grace but only realized through Jesus Christ.

We started a new message series last week. Please grab a Bible and open it to the Gospel of Luke. Before looking at v5-10 today, read again with me Luke 1:3-4….. Luke as led by God the Holy Spirit carefully investigated not only the writings that were already available about Christ but he also ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How To Become The Friend Of God Series

Contributed by Dan Proctor on Mar 30, 2015

There is one man in the Bible who is said to be the friend of God. His name is Abraham. How did he become the friend of God? Romans 4 is all about Abraham, and will provide us the answer.

How to Become the Friend of God Romans 4 www.crbible.com/sermons Introduction: 1. John 15:13 states, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” If this is true, then all of us have a mighty good friend this morning, and that friend is Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:1-25

Denomination: Bible Church

Let's Do This! James 2

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 29, 2013

James tells us that if we want to pursue perfection in Jesus then we have to not show favoritism to others, we must have faith with action and by all means guard our tongues.

Series: Let’s Do This! Summary of Let’s Do this pt 1! What did we learn last week? 1. We need to be like James and do this by being men and women of prayer. a. We need to have nicknames like “Old Camel Knees”. b. We need to understand what prayer will do for us: i. Prayer ...read more

Scripture: James 2:1-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Knock On Opportunity’s Door! Series

Contributed by James Bohrer on Sep 6, 2017

Prayer must be foundational to action. When you have prayed, expect God to give you an answer. When He does, get to work on the things you can do and watch God work through you.

Ruth: Knock on Opportunity’s Door! Ruth 3:1-11 1 Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you? 2 “Now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold, he winnows barley at the threshing floor tonight. 3 “Wash ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 3:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Sheep Do Sheepy Things, Goats Do Goaty Things

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Aug 12, 2018

Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. How then, can Jesus link our eternal destinies as "sheep" or "goats" to what we have done; i.e., whether we have served one another?

All right. Everybody buckled up? Good. We may get jostled about a bit this morning, but our destination will be worth the drive. Let’s start with a question. It’s an important question, one of the most important questions that we are confronted with. The good news is that the gospel of Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Baptist

The Before The After

Contributed by Sean Dees on Feb 7, 2020

We are always seeking God for an after this moment, we want to move beyond the current to get our blessing, God says there has to be a before the after!

“The Before the After” 1 Chronicles 18:1-4 (1) Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. (2) And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, [and] brought gifts. (3) And David ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 18:1-4

The Blame Game Series

Contributed by Chris Anderson on Mar 15, 2023

Message 2 in a series through James that helps us explore the relationship between faith and works in our lives. James was the half-brother of Jesus and the leader of the church in Jerusalem.

The great British playwright Oscar Wilde once said, “I can resist everything…except temptation.” Has a truer statement ever been spoken? And what’s unique about temptation is that each person is tempted by different things. Some people are tempted toward materialism. Others are tempted to always ...read more

Scripture: James 1:13-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Just Do It Series

Contributed by Chris Anderson on Mar 16, 2023

Message 3 in a series through James that helps us explore the relationship between faith and works in our lives. James was the half-brother of Jesus and the leader of the church in Jerusalem

In 1988, the advertising agency of Wieden & Kennedy met with a client to discuss campaign ideas on how to grow their client’s market share in the sports apparel industry. Borrowing their inspiration from the last words of a prisoner on death row, the Just Do It campaign was launched and was ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Prayer – God’s Prescription For Persecution Series

Contributed by Chris Anderson on Mar 19, 2023

Message 12 in a series through James that helps us explore the relationship between faith and works in our lives. James was the half-brother of Jesus and the leader of the church in Jerusalem.

There is a phrase we often use in our culture – we saved the best for last. I don’t know if the last part of James 5 is the BEST section because it is hard to measure that quantifiably. But one I can say for certain is that it is no doubt one of the most debated sections of the book of James and ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational