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Jonathan Spurlock
Contributing sermons since Jan 3, 2004
Newest Sermons
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Mothers Of Messiah-Sarah
Contributed on May 27, 2025
Whether it's a hearty laugh, a chuckle, or even a snicker, the LORD knows what we're doing and why. Sarah laughed and even lied to the LORD face to face, but she was still forgiven!
Mothers of Messiah-Sarah (Based on a message preached Sunday morning, May 11, 2025 at New Hope Baptist Church near Fulton, MO. This is not an exact transcription. (Full disclosure: Sermon Central previously accepeted a message based on this passage, titled “Abraham: Good News and Good Laughs?” ...read more
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Lovest Thou Me?
Contributed on May 20, 2025
After the Resurrection, Jesus met the eleven disciples in Galilee. Peter and six others went fishing one night but caught nothing. Jesus ministered to all of them, and especially to Peter.
Lovest Thou Me? Introduction: The Lord Jesus Christ had told His followers to meet Him in Galilee. While they were waiting for Him, Peter decided to try fishing again. The results: not great. But there’s more to the story than empty nets. (Full disclosure: This message is based on a sermon I ...read more
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I Declare Unto You The Gospel
Contributed on May 2, 2025
Paul had a lot of things to cover in this first letter to the Corinthians. He gave them a brief reminder of what the Gospel was all about in these first few verses of chapter 15.
I Declare Unto You The Gospel (This message is reworked from a sermon preached at Littleby Baptist Church near Mexico, MO on April 28, 2025; but is not an exact transcription.) Introduction: Good evening and it’s great to worship the Lord together with you this evening! These joint meetings are ...read more
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Misplaced Expectations For The First Easter?
Contributed on Apr 29, 2025
The hopes and expectations of those first disciples seemed to die when Jesus died on Calvary's cross. But when two disciples walked back to their homes, they received something they didn't expect at all!
Misplaced Expectations For The First Easter? Introduction: The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was one of the most significant events in all of history. It goes without saying that there were several different expectations when this event took place, depending on each person’s point of ...read more
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From The Garden To The Cross—part Of Our Lord’s Last Earthly Journey
Contributed on Apr 15, 2025
The last few hours of our Lord's life were spent first in a garden, then in various trials, and finally the last steps took Him to Calvary. So much took place in so little time--and He did all of this for us.
From the Garden to the Cross—Part of our Lord’s Last Earthly Journey Introduction: When the LORD made Adam, He put Adam in a garden—Eden. Now that the last Adam, Jesus Christ, is about to die for the sins of the world, one of the last things He saw was a garden as well. Dr. A. W. Pink in his ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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False Prophets
Contributed on Jan 24, 2025
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Messages About Elijah
Contributed on Sep 17, 2024
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The Prayers Of Nehemiah
Contributed on Aug 9, 2024
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Messages From The Book Of Joshua
Contributed on Feb 19, 2024
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Back To School!
Contributed on Aug 10, 2023
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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Unwanted Items-The Unwanted Salary
Contributed on May 11, 2025
Unwanted items-the unwanted salary Introduction: Have you ever been so angry with your employer that you threw your pay away? Something like that happened in the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20)! (Full disclosure: Sermon Central has previously accepted a message on this text in ...read more
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Unwanted Items--The Unwanted Scroll
Contributed on Apr 30, 2025
Introduction: Before the printing press was invented, all correspondence had to be written and copied by hand. Even in Old Testament times, there were scribes who made copies of various things. Needless to say, it would be a tragedy if these handwritten works were ever lost. It was even worse when ...read more
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Unwanted Items-Fresh Meat On The Street?
Contributed on Apr 2, 2025
Introduction: This illustration is the first in a series about things that either aren’t wanted, left behind, or otherwise abandoned. Here’s hoping some of these illustrations will be useful! Text: 2 Kings 7:7, KJV: 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their ...read more
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Like Snow—like Scarlet?
Contributed on Dec 24, 2024
Introduction: Even a small yet honest mistake can have long-lasting effects! Text: Isaiah 1:18, KJV: 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. I used to wash my ...read more
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A Lesson From A Band Concert
Contributed on Dec 19, 2024
Introduction: Sometimes you can find an example or illustration from places you wouldn’t normally expect. Such an instance happened to me recently, Here’s the verse that came to mind when I saw what took place: Text: John 16:13, KJV: 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide ...read more