Sermons on Acceptance By Men:

The Magi’s Prescient Gifts (Full Version) Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Dec 20, 2020

Nothing is in God’s Word by accident. The gifts given to Jesus by the Magi tell us some important things about this baby in a manger.

The Magi’s Prescient Gifts (Full Version) Chuck Sligh December 20, 2020 A PowerPoint presentation for this message is available by emailing me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Matthew 2:1-12 – “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Two Broke Preachers

Contributed by Spencer Miller on May 6, 2013

Peter and John were just two broke preachers but they were God’s preachers and that's what made the difference.

Introduction: When Jesus called on His disciples, He did not sit them down one by one to negotiate their salary. He did not ask them for a resume, He did not ask them for a reference because no one knew them better than He did. There’s no explanation in the Bible as why He chose His twelve ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

To Whom Do I Belong?

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

1. As a child and a teenager, I wanted to be accepted.

1. As a child and a teenager, I wanted to be accepted. To belong to the circle of friends that lived on my street. I wanted them to like me and to let me be part of the things they did. To be asked to play with them. To be part of the baseball games. To be invited to the birthday parties. To be ...read more

Scripture: John 15:18-27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What Wells Are You Drinking From?

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 27, 2024

Jesus loves and accepts us as we are.

“What Wells are You Drinking From?” John 4:4-18, 25-30, 39-42 She has a history. Things done and some left undone, some good some not so good. Guilts and regrets. Fears. Wounds and sorrows. And secrets too. She is a person with a past and yet she remains unknown to ...read more

Scripture: John 4:4-42

Denomination: United Methodist

The Face Of God Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 18, 2021

Look for the face of God in the face of forgiveness, favor, and fellowship on your brothers in sisters in Christ.

Some time ago, a small east coast community was struggling financially, so they called an open town meeting to discuss the problem. A couple dozen people were there, including a stranger that no one seemed to know. Most assumed he was a tourist who had just dropped in on the meeting. He started to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 33:1-17, Psalm 103:10-12, Romans 5:8, Hebrews 10:25

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Gideon’s Guerrillas: A Few Good Men Or One Good Lord? Series

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Sep 27, 2010

God empties us before he fills us.

The 2007 movie 300 was loosely based on the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. On a thin strip of land between the mountains and the ocean, 7,000 Greeks led by King Leonidas of Sparta and his 300 crack troops temporarily held off the Persian army and their hundreds of thousands of soldiers (some ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Struggling To Believe Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 19, 2021

Each Christian has likely struggled with doubts at one time or another. God's Word is given not only to reveal the Father, but to encourage us that we are accepted in the Beloved Son as we believe Him.

“Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will ...read more

Scripture: John 20:24-29

Denomination: Baptist

Christ’s Spirit Or Fleshly Desires

Contributed by Lee Houston on Nov 13, 2021

Have you accepted Christ as your Savior?

Christ’s Spirit or Fleshly Desires We have less than half the number of churches in America that we had a hundred years ago and yet the population in those hundred years is three times what it was then. There are 250,000 Protestant churches in America and 80% are showing a decline or no growth in ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:15

A Voice A Vision And A Visit

Contributed by Judith Hand on Jan 14, 2015

Paul is commissioned to preach to the Gentiles

Title: A VOICE, A VISION, and A VISIT Acts 11:1-18 and John 13:31-35 Peter was staying at the home of Simon the Tanner. This wasn’t a place that a Jew should have been staying. Simon dealt with dead animals and that made him unclean. But Peter was there anyway. (How many of you know that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 11:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

A Higher Life

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 5, 2015

A higher Christian life is: 1. Faith in the Promises of God. 2. Consecration to the will of God 3. Fellowship in the presence of God 4. Testimony to the Honor of God 5. Warfare Against the Enemies of God 6. Victory in the Name of God

A Higher Life Hebrews 3:11-11 Introduction: Some people are content with limping along the fence. Others want to launch out into the deep. Where true revival is taking place, Christians become interested in doing more for Christ, not less. They are not content with living the same kind of a life ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:11

Denomination: Baptist

A Man's Duty

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jun 19, 2009

Never before has the demand been greater for men to stand up and do their duty. They are called to provide sustenance, leadership, stability, and spirituality in the home.

A MAN’S DUTY 1 TIMOTHY 5:3-16 (note verse 8) Introduction: Never before has the demand been greater for men to stand up and do their duty. The strength of the church is only as strong as the strength of the home. When men fail to fulfill their responsibility in the home, the home comes crashing ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:3-16

Denomination: Baptist

Listening To God

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 9, 2014

God is speaking to us through our worship, in the songs we sing, the Scriptures read and the message delivered. What you will walk away with will be determined by how well you listen to God. What is necessary to listen well?

Listening to God I Samuel 3:1-10 Charles Stanley in a sermon from Nehemiah once asked, “How is it that two people can sit in the same pew, hear the same sermon about the same portion of Scripture, and walk away with two different reactions? One is joyful and the other unaffected.” God ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 1 Samuel 3:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

How A Man Loves His Wife & Children

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 12, 2011

This sermon deals with the challenge of men seeing their family as God's tool to make men holy rather than happy.

How Does A Man Show Love For His Family God has placed within every man the potential for greatness when it comes to being a leader in his family. One can be a great husband or a great father regardless of the amount of money he has in the bank, regardless of the color of ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"Breakfast With Jesus"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 7, 2014

A sermon about learning to love ourselves.

"Breakfast With Jesus" John 21:1-19 A young man named Timothy writes: "I'm 23, I hate the way I look and I just hate myself as a person. I honestly believe that no woman on the planet is attracted to me and I feel that a woman will never love me ever in my life." An expert ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-19

Denomination: United Methodist

Seeking Approval

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 4, 2015

Have you ever found yourself trying to get people’s approval? I’m sure we have all been in this position but sometimes we can go a little overboard with it-even be obsessed with it. Let’s see why this is a problem and what we can do to overcome it.

SEEKING APPROVAL Have you ever found yourself trying to get people’s approval? I’m sure we have all been in this position but sometimes we can go a little overboard with it-even be obsessed with it. For some of us, we’re not just trying to please one or two people but ...read more

Scripture: John 5:41-44

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ