Sermon Central
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I. Grant Spong
Contributing sermons since Jan 18, 2014
Newest Sermons
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Fleeing Persecution (1 Samuel 21)
Contributed on Apr 17, 2025
Should we walk away from those who don't want to hear the Gospel, or flee those who persecute us for it? Let's begin in 1 Samuel 21.
Are there situations to walk away from or even flee? What if people refuse to listen to the Gospel or worse, persecute us? Is mercy more important than sacrifice? Let’s begin in 1 Samuel 21. Did David understand that eating the shewbread, putting hunger ahead of the letter of the law, was innocent ...read more
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Loyal Friends (1 Samuel 20)
Contributed on Apr 16, 2025
How rare is it to find a true friend willing to die for you? Is Jesus such a friend? Let's begin in 1 Samuel 20.
Are loyal friends hard to find? Are we loyal to our friends even to death? Is Jesus a true friend? Let’s look at a special friendship in 1 Samuel 20. Did David ask Jonathan why Saul was determined to kill him? David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and said, “What have I done? What ...read more
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Toxic Jealousy (1 Samuel 19)
Contributed on Apr 15, 2025
When does jealousy become toxic? Let's look at 1 Samuel 19.
Was Saul jealous of David? Why is envy such a toxic emotion? Let’s look at 1 Samuel 19. How did Jonathan come to David’s defense against his father Saul? Saul now urged his servants and his son Jonathan to assassinate David. But Jonathan, because of his strong affection for David, told him what ...read more
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An Enemy Within (1 Samuel 18)
Contributed on Apr 14, 2025
How often do we find an enemy who is close to us? Let's look at 1 Samuel 18.
Will faithful servants of God have enemies even from within? How should we treat them? Let’s begin in 1 Samuel 18. Did Jonathan and David become the best of friends? As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own ...read more
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David's Faith (1 Samuel 17)
Contributed on Apr 13, 2025
What kind of faith does it take for a young man to do what hardened soldiers were afraid to do? Let's look at 1 Samuel 17.
How did a young man come to so much faith? How did he conquer a giant problem that had all of Israel cowering? Do we have that kind of faith? Let’s look in 1 Samuel 17. Was the Philistine threat a seemingly insurmountable problem? The Philistines got ready for war and brought their troops ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Bible E-Course
Contributed on Feb 3, 2022
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Spirit Of The Law
Contributed on Sep 29, 2021
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Revival
Contributed on Aug 16, 2021
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Corinthians
Contributed on Feb 4, 2021
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Christmas
Contributed on Dec 28, 2020
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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Poem Of The Sheep & Goats
Contributed on May 16, 2022
Song of the Sheep & Goats When the Son of Man comes again In his glory All the holy angels with Him Throne of glory Throne of greatness He'll sit on then I was hungry; you gave to me I was thirsty; you nourished me I was foreign; you welcomed me I was naked; you covered me I was sick; you ...read more
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Mark 11:1-11
Contributed on Mar 20, 2018
Jesus’ Mock Parade Imagine for a minute a grand parade. It might be one of those that celebrates military might with tanks and rockets. It might have brass bands, flags waving and marchers goose-stepping in rhythm, with a dictator either clapping from a grandstand or even at the head of the ...read more
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Fail In Order To Succeed
Contributed on Jul 15, 2017
An old axiom says that failure is the stepping stone to success. Are we afraid of failure? The road to success is paved with failures. Before the farmer in the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) had a successful crop he failed in three areas. We fail in these same areas. We allow the devil to snatch ...read more
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Sow Indiscriminately
Contributed on Jul 15, 2017
In the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13) Jesus spoke of the kingdom of heaven being like an indiscriminate sower. This contradicts theories surrounding church growth of targeting certain statistically measurable demographics. There is no such target audience in this parable. The seed of the kingdom ...read more
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How Urgent Do We Approach The Harvest
Contributed on Jun 13, 2017
In Matthew 9:38 Jesus describes driving workers into the field with the urgency of a harvest that cannot wait. Yet, so often our churches have become ho-hum about God's harvest. How can revival come to our land when our churches are so Laodicean in attitude? How can our dying western ...read more