Sermons on Your Environment:

How Can We Be Good?

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jul 7, 2019

In order to grow in obedience and godliness, we must start by having minds that are "alert and fully sober".

In this passage, Peter is addressing a question that each of us struggles with: how can we be good? Because we do want to be good, at least theoretically. Don’t we? We want to be people who do the right thing, who are honorable, who are worthy of respect, people who tell the truth. We want to be ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Train Your Hands For War

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jul 24, 2019

Don’t scoot nor be intimidated by the evil devices of the enemy, counterattack the evil forces ....

Train your hands for war Revelations 17:14"These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful." This is no kinder garden stuff, brace yourself up ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 17:14

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Enemy Is Under Your Feet

Contributed by Bala Samson on Mar 5, 2021

Observe, Joshua did not do that himself but he was instilling grit and guts in the hearts of his leaders.

The enemy is under your feet! Joshua 10:24 "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." So they came near and put their feet on their necks.” This scripture is too awesome, I want you guys to really comprehend the spiritual truth behind this atom bomb verse and get ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 10:24

Denomination: Pentecostal

Best Builder For Nations Series

Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 31, 2020

This is the first of the 10 words from the Jewish perspective. ALL things come from and by God.

1. In The Finishing Touch, Chuck Swindoll tells the story of a marketplace in northern India where people brought their wares to trade and sell. One old farmer brought in a whole covey of quail that he caught. He hoped to get the attention of passersby by tying strings to ring that fit loosely ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Restoring Time God's Way Series

Contributed by Ethel Lamazon on Sep 22, 2021

If I could turn back the hand of time is a familiar slogan spoken by many people, but what if I told you that time can be restored God's way and your latter days can be greater than your former days, if you can just believe that keep reading this message.

Money can be restored. Property can be restored—broken-down cars, stripped painting, old houses, old pictures can now be restored. Relationships can be restored. But there’s one thing that can never be restored is time. Time flies and it does not return. Years pass and we never get them back. Each ...read more

Words To Live By - Genesis 48-49 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Sep 24, 2021

You're in this room, and Israel sees his son and his grandsons, and so he gets his energy together and he's ready to do something.

Anna called for me because she was dying. This was last year. She knew that she was dying. She had been to our church, visited a few times as she was going through her cancer treatments. But now she knew that she was dying and in her last days, so she called for me. I went over to her to the house ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 48:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Total Commitment - Genesis 47:13-31 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Sep 24, 2021

Joseph managing Egypt as a type of Christ.

Today what I want to do is we're going to look at Genesis 47 from two different perspectives. If you're a young person here today, you should have a clipboard. Ten to fourteen years old, there's going to be a slide that will show up and when it does you're going to go out with Joan ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 47:13-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Wise Appeal - Genesis 47:1-12 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Sep 24, 2021

So they won't be embraced into the culture of the Egyptians, all the religious festivals, all the things that are going on there. They’ll be separate.

…is positioning his family well. Not only they'll have the best land, but they'll be kept separate from everything else that' s going on. So they won't be embraced into the culture of the Egyptians, all the religious festivals, all the things that are going on there. They’ll be ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 47:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Makes A Church Relevant? – Genesis 46: 26-31 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Sep 24, 2021

But we see God's providence at work in the life of a man who experienced all kinds of terrible things in his life.

I talked to a lady this week who said to me, “I love the teaching that we're doing through Genesis.” That's where we are in our book right now. She says, “I was listening to your sermon series that you did before in Genesis.” That must have been ten years ago. Okay. She says, “I was ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 46:26-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Why We Don't Observe Sabbath - Or Do We? - Genesis 2:1-3 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 23, 2021

On the seventh day God rested. So today we’re going to ask the question, what do we do with the Sabbath day?

If you’d open your Bibles with me to Genesis 2 today. We’re in Genesis 2. I entitled this series of messages that we’re working on “Understanding Your Roots.” It's this whole study in the book of Genesis. The reason I call it “Understanding Your Roots” is because if you understand the book of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:1-3

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Marriage Isn't Cure For Loneliness Genesis 2:4-20 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 23, 2021

We need to talk about this issue of loneliness.

Well today we’re going to talk about loneliness. The reason we’re going to talk about that is because we all experience the challenges of loneliness in our lives. We need to have a plan for dealing with that. So part of what that means is we need to know how to handle our own selves when it comes ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:4-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Never Have A Discussion With A Talking Snake! - Genesis 3:1-7 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 23, 2021

I’ll share with you things about temptation.

I’m really glad that you are here, either online or here, because it makes a statement about you that you are interested in growing spiritually. That’s something we have in common. That we want to grow spiritually. That’s what Calvary Chapel is about. You know the value of learning. We never stop ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-7

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Three Life Truths We Need Today - Genesis 8-9 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 24, 2021

Have you ever thought about Noah and recognized that God gave a lot of instructions to Noah about how to get into the ark, about all the things to do about getting into the ark.

Have you ever thought about Noah and recognized that God gave a lot of instructions to Noah about how to get into the ark, about all the things to do about getting into the ark. But He doesn’t give him a lot of instructions coming off the ark. In fact there's this bird thing going on where ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Deadly Character Flow - Pride - Genesis 11 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 24, 2021

I’m surprised that my wife married me. Because if you hear our story of how we met, the very first time that we met Carrie was impressed with my arrogance.

Today I’d like to talk to you about pride. How many of you would say you have a problem with the sin of pride? I find it hard. It's kind of frustrating. Can I just say it’s a frustrating topic to preach about? I think it’s frustrating to preach about it because the people who need to hear about ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Think Bigger! - Genesis 17 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 24, 2021

It’s the comments that he made about the games that really influenced me quite a bit in how I perceived myself and what that did for me.

When I was growing up I grew up in a Christian home with parents who really had it together. I’m really grateful. My dad every evening before we went to bed he would play game with us. I remember playing games with my dad as a preschooler, elementary, even early teenager, we were playing games ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible