Sermon and Worship Resources

Showing 1 to 25 of 1829 results

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... positive result. Imagine surgery before the day of anesthesia. Patients were strapped down while scalpel and saw cut through tissue and bone, every slice and turn of the knife causing unimaginable pain. One Christian physician determined to do something about it. Sir James Young Simpson (1811‑1870) practiced medicine in Scotland. He became Senior President of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh when only twenty‑four, and in time received virtually every possible honor and position. Simpson, as a ...

2. The Season of the Holy Spirit

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... express this love in our relationships with others, our families and the realm of society for which you have made us particularly responsible. (silent meditation) Introduce the act of new life with this: When asked what had been his greatest discovery, Sir James Young Simpson, the father of anesthesiology, said, "The forgiveness of God." Is that also our greatest discovery? Follow with this litany: Pastor: Christ has set us free to live. People: The past is forgiven. The future is before us. Pastor: Let us ...

3. Encounters With Christ V: Jesus and James and John

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

James W. Moore

... selfish or ruthless or cruel, then it becomes a monstrous, destructive tyrant. That’s what was brewing in the disciple group that day. James and John (with the help of their mother) were saying: “We’re going to get ahead no matter who we have to step on ... said to his son… No problem. Go for it. He would come up with the money… and he did. So it all worked out fine. The young man was so caught up in his new friends that he just couldn’t make it home for Thanksgiving or Christmas, but of course, he ...

4. Faking It or Making It?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... blood clot strangling his already weakened heart. There was another young man named James Mazzuchelli. James was a Navy flight surgeon known for his dedication to his country, his courage and his selflessness. In February 2018 ... so Christine could hear her son’s heart beating in Mike’s chest. As Mike Cohen said, “As cliché as it sounds, I wanted them to know that James’s heart was in a safe place. That I was going to do everything I could to protect it.” (4) When you take up Jesus’ cross, you are ...

5. The Tenacity of Trouble

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... and it was not in his pocket. He ran back and found the young man who had bumped into him. He demanded his wallet. The other young man was scared and surrendered a wallet. The other young man felt good; he had stood up for himself. When he got home, the first thing he saw was his own wallet on the work bench. (4) We must be careful how we address rights and wrongs in the church. Mercy is always better than the mouth in the church house. James writes that everything has been given to us that we need to live ...

6. It’s Time to Grow Up

Ephesians 4:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... completed until you get to heaven. There is a process that you have to follow that takes you from being a baby to a young person to an adult. You need to understand that spiritual maturity and spiritual growth is not automatic. If you are going to grow, you ... chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything." (James 1:2-4, NLT) Today, I am going to dare you to move. We want to help every person that is willing to continue ...

7. The Test of a True Testimony

James 1:19-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... way that a Christian could grow was by "being quick to listen" as recorded in verse 19. James knew that every church had a "jawbone," but he also knew that great talkers are rarely good listeners, and listening is crucial to spiritual growth. James tests the truth of our testimony by asking: Are you listening to God first? Once a young man came to the philosopher Socrates to be instructed in oratory. The moment the young man was introduced, he began to talk in an incessant stream. This went on for some time ...

8. Good News about Ambition

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christ has come into the world and Christ’s own plans. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?” “We can,” they answered. “Sons of thunder” believe they can do anything, don’t they? James and John were still very young men. They still believed they were invincible. Jesus asked them, “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?” “We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink ...

9. How's Your Serve?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the need, then we can reach out with A SERVANT'S TOUCH. There's a wonderful story about a hospital nurse who saw a tired, anxious young man outside the room of an elderly man. So, she took his arm, ushered him to the man's bedside, and stooped down and whispered ... How's Your Serve?" 1. James W. Moore, WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS..., (Nashville: Dimensions for Living, 1993), p. 78. 2. George Burns, Dr. George Burns' Prescription For Happiness, (New York, NY, USA: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1984.) p. 141. ...

10. Hope For A New Year

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... been a better time to crack down on student cheating. Not because we wish these students any ill will, but because these young people need to understand what it means to be responsible members of society. There is a moral and ethical crisis in our ... , Antonio James. James was a convicted killer who spent about sixteen years on Death Row. The night before his execution, Antonio James asked Cain to eat his last meal with him. Cain had counseled James in the past and introduced him to Christ. Now James wanted ...

11. What to Do When Life Is the Pits

1 Peter 5:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... 11) Mark this down and never forget it. There is grief that is inescapable; but there is also grace that is unavoidable. We have a promise that grief one day will, by grace, be transformed into glory. Have you ever heard of James Cash? You may think you haven't, but you have. He was a bright young successful salesman from Hamilton, Missouri. He was so successful that within a year the long hours of hard work broke his health, and his doctor told him either to go West or die. Well, he did go West, and he got ...

12. Growing Up Is More Than Showing Up

1 John 2:12-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... you are going to become like the Father. There is obviously a process that one must follow to take you from being a baby to a young person to an adult. But spiritual growth is not automatic. If you're going to attain spiritual maturity, if you're going to grow, you' ... do not behave like you believe what you believe. "Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show it by his good behavior." (James 3:13 NASB) You see, sometimes we get the idea that if a person knows a lot about the Bible he or she must be ...

13. Pastor, Don't Talk About That!

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... not want that to happen to him. He thought if he could only get some food, his family wouldn’t send him away. When James came home and discovered what his son had done, he could have done a lot of things he could have said nothing, he could ... brave, for there is much to dare. (11) Those words may sound archaic in our present world but it is important to see that young Walter, confronted with a strange culture’s many temptations, knew he “wasn’t created for this.” And neither are we. So, without any ...

14. The Ear, the Tongue, and the Temper: A Lesson in Spiritual Anatomy

James 1:17-27

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... despair, as young as your hope. (I'm also fond of saying, "Age is mind over matter. If you don't mind it doesn't matter.") The Old Testament talks a lot about the eagle. You know the eagle never gets old. He dies at the height of his strength, when he is most robust. The Old Testament says, we shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle. The eagle is robust and then dies. If you and I live lives of praising the Lord, we, too, can be robust until the day we die. Examine your speech, James says. Be ...

15. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... angry temper flared out at the Samaritans who wouldn't accept Jesus and was rebuked when he asked his Master to call down fire from heaven upon their heads. James died young at the hands of Herod. James is one who knows what he wants (or at least thinks he knows what he wants), a man who resists the efforts of others to steer him toward something else. James would have been drawn to a fast, flashy, classy car. As Caldwell puts it, "You can hear the two 'Sons of Thunder' revving up their motors as they race ...

16. An Unnerving Experience

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.” Imagine that! His garments turned a dazzling white and Moses, the law-giver, and Elijah, the prophet, were brought back from the dead to talk with him. Jesus, their young teacher, was talking with these venerable historical figures face-to-face! What were Peter, James and John to make of all of this? Was it a dream? Were they hallucinating? Something was happening, that’s for sure the likes of which they had never experienced before. Of course it was Simon Peter ...

17. Playing Golf at Midnight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... doctor, “He gave me the earth and all that was in it, completely in focus and beautiful beyond anything I could have dreamed . . . . I cannot think of another act of human kindness in my lifetime which can compare with his.” (4) Bartimaeus would have known how young James felt. His world was totally dark when Jesus gave him the gift of sight. This is why he became a follower of Jesus. Listen to the last few words of this story: “Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way. Your faith has made you well.’ and ...

18. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... before rewarding him."6 Jesus was not sending her through a series of obstacles to be overcome, each one being made progressively more difficult. As James Smart says, "But it is not like Jesus to play with a person’s faith in an hour of need merely to test the ... isolated high in the mountains, and there he lived preserving his last little hit of faith. Then, one day, he saw a young man coming down the mountain trail right past his cabin. The little old man was terrified. He felt his little bit of faith welling ...

19. Draw Nigh To God

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... older couple finally began to strike up a conversation. The woman looked across at her husband, then looked ahead to the young couple, and she asked her husband, "why don't we sit together like that anymore?" Quick as a flash he responded, "I ... the same time. III. And that brings me to the major point of the sermon; Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James gives us rather clear directions for drawing near to God. Let’s read verses 7 and 8 again. "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the ...

20. Trying To Get The Pageant Right!

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... their own presents, their own uninvaded privacy. Concern about their mother didn't make it easier for them. The Hansens had a family practice of allowing everyone to open one gift on Christmas Eve. They were thoughtful enough to have presents for each of the Campbell children as well. As young James opened his package, he tried to conceal his lack of excitement. It was a pair of mittens. He already had two pairs of mittens. It was not the best Christmas he had had. That night, away from his home and parents ...

21. The Taming of the Tongue

James 3:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... told of two literary clubs at the University of Wisconsin a number of years ago. There was a group of brilliant young men who gathered to read their stories and essays to each other. They dubbed themselves, "The Stranglers," so fierce was their ... the soul and the other is the channel that runs from the soul to the tongue."(4) This is the exact anatomy lesson that Dr. James of Jerusalem is sharing in our scripture lesson today. Yes, when our tongues are connected to our souls, our words come from a fountain ...

22. Count It All Joy

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of "do it yourself" people. Many who can afford to have anything and everything done by others like to do it themselves. The Epistle of James is a kind of "How to" manual for the Christian life. That's appealing, isn't it? We hear a lot in church about what ... just sitting here unable to make any difference at all. Why can't I be like them?" But then one day, someone talked with this young man and helped him see that his life had its own purpose apart from that of anyone else. He began to realize that he would ...

23. Whose Side Are You On?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... for us. This is where positive self-esteem comes from. It comes from knowing that even though we are not perfect, we are loved. We are loved by the Creator God who sent His son to die for us. There is a story of a young boy from the slums of London named James, whose only refuge from the squalor of poverty was the Roman Catholic school he attended. Somehow his mother had managed to enroll him in this parochial school that was located in a middle class neighborhood. In spite of the fact that he came from a ...

24. Better To Be a Loner than a Loser

Daniel 1:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... to Daniel, ‘I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age? Then you would endanger my head before the king.'" (v.10) If this was discovered the eunuch would die. But not ... stand alone, for God stands with you. That's why it's better to be a loner than to be a loser. 1. James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Second American Revolution, p. 26. 2. Don Fedr, A Jewish Conservative Looks at Pagan America, pp. 51-52 ...

25. Doing Right When You Have Been Done Wrong

Ephesians 4:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... , or misusing you, you had better get into another line of work. I remember something Dr. Jerry Vines once said to me. He said, "James, whatever you do in the ministry you had better do for Jesus, because if you don't you're going to wind up being ... are in the kingdom, is to model for others how to treat others who mistreat us. I am reminded of the true story of a young man who was having a tremendous ministry in a small English village many years ago. People were coming from miles around to hear him preach ...

Showing results