Sermons on You And Your City:

Surely You're Not Talking To Me!!

Contributed by Gerry Pratt on Apr 24, 2002

Dealing with the inability of some to connect the message to themselves.....personally!

Understand that, in this message, it will be very difficult to separate the Church from the individual Christian. A. If I should use one, know that it could also apply to the other, as well. What I hope to make clear, at this point, is the fact that Christ went through everything that He ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Your Sins Will Find You Out!

Contributed by Gerry Pratt on Apr 24, 2002

We may hide from our fellow man, but we never can, nor will we hide from God.

I know that a lot of you will disagree with this statement, but I will make it anyway, “When we were little...sometimes we were bad”. A. When we were bad, we tried to hide. 1. Most of us weren’t too good at hiding our naughtiness, however. ILLUSTRATION: Me smoking cigarettes out in ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 94:8-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When You're Ready To Quit

Contributed by Mike Hamilton on Apr 2, 2003

A message about what MOTIVATES us to KEEP GOING even when things seem to go wrong.

“When You’re Ready To Quit” Jeremiah 8:21-9:2 [THIS SERMON IDEA/OUTLINE CAME FROM Brian Harbour’s Book entitled "From Cover to Cover"] It is hard to read the book of Jeremiah and not feel sorry for him. He is called the “weeping prophet” and for good reason. He was under the constant strain of ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Who Will You Allow To Be Your Master?

Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Jul 11, 2002

Paul says we’re no longer under law but under grace, he means we no longer live under the old regime of the law; that is part of the old creation, old self, joined to Adam, slaves of sin. Instead we’ve been brought into a new reality, the grace of God

Rom 6:12-23 - Who has mastery over us? Old Horror Movie – “The Hand”  Regardless of what they did to this hand it kept coming back to haunt them Background So Far  God has had to deal with two problems – sin, and our sinful nature  In the first part of this chapter we talked ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:12-23

Denomination: Christian Church

What Are You Packing In Your Suitcase?

Contributed by Ransom Brannon on Feb 18, 2001

To look at ones life and know where you stand with God.

WHAT ARE YOU PACKING IN YOUR SUITCASE? Intro:As we travel through life we carry suitcases. And at the end of our lives what we have stored in those suitcases determine where we go and what our rewards are. When we go on a trip we carry suitcases. Tonight we wil look at 3 of them. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:33-37, Mark 13:1-30

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Living In Your Grace Period?

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 10, 2002

The question I want you to ask yourself this morning as we look at the parable of the fig tree is “Am I living in my grace period?” If you are, I hope that you will see your need and be motivated by God’s Spirit to allow Him work in you making you what y

When I was in the insurance industry, I constantly had to deal with people seeking to maintain their policies perpetually in what they referred to as the policy’s grace period. A grace period is defined as the additional period of time a lender or an insurance policy issuer provides for a borrower ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Working Out Your Salvation?

Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 18, 2000

Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Philippians 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. Notice Paul didn’t say, work for your salvation, or toward your salvation, but work out your salvation. According to ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12

Denomination: Baptist

People Know You By Your Character Series

Contributed by Joel Curry on Nov 4, 2001

When some people in the church at Corinth accused Paul, he built his defense on the Christlike character by which they knew him. The people who know us best know our character.

<b><center>Introduction & Background</b></center> In our studies in 1 Corinthians, we saw that Paul had been pretty tough on the Christians in Corinth about their need to correct a lot that was wrong in the church. This included theological error, selfishness, their relationships with God and ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

So, You're Eat Up With It

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Dec 19, 2002

The dangerous sin of bitterness.

HEB.12:14-15 "SO, YOU’RE EAT UP WITH IT" A) I read about a news story that was heard on the local news in Liberal, Kansas ... * It told of an elderly lady driving a big, new, expensive car. * It seems that she was preparing to back into a parallel parking space when suddenly a young man in a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:14-15

Denomination: Baptist

Knowing Where You're Going

Contributed by James Botts on Dec 26, 2002

One of the most common questions people ask is, "Is it possible to know where I am going to go when I die?" The Bible says that we can know for sure that we have eternal life. "Knowing Where You’re Going" spells out what the Bible says about how to secu

The Crossing Community Church “Knowing Where You’re Going” Pastor Jim Botts September 15th, 2002 Introduction This past week we were inundated by the images and memories from the tragedy of 9-11. Last year we were asking, “where was God on September 11th?” But this year we’re asking a different ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:13

Denomination: Baptist

Have You Lost Your Song?

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 14, 2003

We tend to lose our song in life and need to get it back.

INTRO.- Have you lost your song? Have you lost your ability to sing? Or it may be that you never had it in the first place. Have you lost your enthusiasm for living? Have you lost your joy for living? ILL.- Listen to the story about Chippie the parakeet. A Texas newspaper carried this story ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Will You Give God Your Lunch

Contributed by Craig Smee on Oct 19, 2003

Disucsses the importance of Christian Giving.

Sermon: My son has got to the wonderful stage where he has begun coming out with the funniest of things to say. Children can be exceptionally funny and yet with their brutal honesty can at times show us things about ourselves that we don’t like to admit. I came across a story the other day ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 29:1-8, John 6:5-14

Denomination: Christian Church

"Has Your Faith Saved You?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 8, 2001

A sermon encouraging people to come to Christ for salvation.

LUKE 17:11-19 “HAS YOUR FAITH SAVED YOU?” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Leprosy was the most terrible disease in Jesus’ day. The leper was considered utterly unclean--physically and spiritually. A leper couldn’t approach within six feet of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: United Methodist

Are You Ready To Conquer Your Canaan? Series

Contributed by Robert Jones on Jun 21, 2001

Moving into the Spiritual life that God wants you to be in

ARE YOU READY TO CONQUER YOUR CANAAN? JOSHUA 5:1-13 Verse 1 tells us that the heathen nations in Canaan saw the powerful manner in which the Lord brought His children through the Jordan and that they were totally demoralized by these events ------It would seem that they were ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 5:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Have You Opened Your Gifts?

Contributed by Carl Willis on Dec 22, 2006

Many know about the birth of Jesus, but they haven’t truly experienced the gift of God’s Son.

Have You Opened Your Gifts? John 3:16-17 John 3:16-17 (NLT) "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. [17] God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. The Gift of ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational