Sermons on Accepting Salvation:

The Jesus Message For The Good Series

Contributed by John Dobbs on Apr 28, 2023

There are people whose lives are lived closer to God’s calling than others. One of those is found in Acts 10 - and he was not a faithful Jew. Instead, he was a Gentile named Cornelius.

The Jesus Message for The Good  Acts 10 Introduction After the resurrection of Jesus, the news of new life began to spread. In Matthew 28, Jesus characterized it as a Message for the Globe. In Acts 2, a confrontation of those who had crucified Christ, a Message for the Guilty. In Acts ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

To Experience Peace From God

Contributed by Barnabas Park on Jan 29, 2024

Grace always comes first because peace is based on Grace of God and our Lord Jesus. As we grow deeper in our understanding of grace through through prayer and the word of God, we would experience peace with God and of God.

“Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:1-2 NIV) All the epistles of Paul and Peter starts with blessing of ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:1-2, Ephesians 6:24

Denomination: Baptist

How Do You Value Calvary?

Contributed by Joe Mack Cherry on May 18, 2025

Calvary is not just a story we read at Easter and put back on a shelf until next year. We should make time each day to remember it in its full meaning.

How Do You Value Calvary? By: Joe Mack Cherry I. Introduction A. How do we measure value? 1. Money or the Luxury a. Houses – gated communities b. Cars – Cadillacs, Mercedes, Rolls, Lexus c. Watches – Rolexes 2. Sentimentality (Eyes of the Owner) a. Grandma’s quilt b. Grandpa’s shotgun c. Old ...read more

Scripture: John 12:32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Who Will Be Saved?

Contributed by Aarron Ellerman on Jan 7, 2008

Jesus teaches his followers the way of salvation.

Luke 13:22-30 “Who Will Be Saved?” Background (22-23) A. Vs. 22 “On His way to Jerusalem,” as Jesus headed toward Jerusalem for the final time to lay down His life, the crowds that followed Him continued to grow smaller and smaller. 1. This continues until He gets to the cross, where we find ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:22-30

Denomination: Baptist

What We Cannot Do, God Can Do

Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 29, 2009

If salvation depended upon living a sinless life, none of us would have a hope of reaching heaven. No Christian can claim to merit God’s mercy or grace. No saved individual can state that God was compelled to grant her life because of her goodness. We are

“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Denomination: Baptist

Re-Centralization

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 28, 2025

It is only in Jesus Christ that we are reconciled to God, to each other, to creation, and to truth itself.

Paul wrote this letter to the church at Colossae because they were in danger of being turned into Gnostics. Now, we aren’t in danger of turning into Gnostics, are we? I mean, how many of you woke up this morning and said to yourself, “you know, this Gnosticism stuff - I think I’d really better look ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-23

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

It Has Always Been About Grace Series

Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 11, 2003

Genesis 15 shows that God’s plan for salvation has always been salvation by grace through faith.

Genesis 15 April 6, 2003 One of the biggest mistakes I believe the early dispensationalists made was calling the OT age Law and the New Testament age Grace. I prefer Israel and the Church. Grace has always been God’s operating program with man. Genesis 15 falls into a double pattern. God ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-21, Romans 4:16-25

Denomination: Baptist

No Condemnation! Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 20, 2008

Paul teaches us how we can be assured of our right standing with God even though we continue to struggle with sin in our lives.

Scripture Before we moved to Tampa our family lived in Pennsylvania for 16 years. The first 5 of those years we lived in western Pennsylvania. And then we spent 11 years in central Pennsylvania. We lived in State College, PA, which is the home of Penn State University. State College is located in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-4

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Life's Hard - Wear A Helmet Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Sep 30, 2008

As believers we are called to wear the Armor of God and a very important part of that Armor is the Helmet of Salvation...

Sermon Brief Date Written: September 30, 2008 Date Preached: September 28, 2008 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Sermon Series: Preparing To Do Battle! Sermon Title: Life’s Hard – Wear a Helmet! Sermon Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Introduction: What is a hat? What is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:5-8

Denomination: Baptist

Seven Spiritual Lessons From A Remarkable Rescue

Contributed by Sonny Hyde on Oct 27, 2010

Observations and comparisons from the rescue of 33 miners in Chile to the "rescue" God extends to us.

Seven Spiritual Lessons from a Remarkable Rescue 10/17/10 I. Introduction I think most of you realize, if you’ve been coming to Cornerstone for any length of time, that I’m not a “front page” preacher. I typically don’t grab the events from this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:45

Denomination: Baptist

He Came To Call Sinners Series

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 5, 2011

Jesus and Matthew. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Quote: “Sign on door: "Gone out of business. Didn't know what our business was.” That of course could never be said of Jesus Christ: • He came for a purpose; he had an objective: • And Matthew made it clear that Jesus has come to forgive sins. • In these five ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13

Denomination: Brethren

From Creation To Christ (The Coming Of The Promised Saviour) Series

Contributed by Ed Cheng on Jun 16, 2021

The Greatest stories ever told has been about the Promised Saviour Jesus. Chronicologically, the bible tells God's story from the creation to Christ who is the promised saviour of the world. An audio version can be downloaded from storyrunners.org

Part 1 of series Beginnings: Creation of the World In the very beginning there was God. God created everything and he did it by speaking. He would just say something and it would appear. God spoke and he created light and he created the sky, land, and the oceans. He created the trees and all ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Are We Free?

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jul 4, 2021

Today we celebrate our nation's freedom. Our forefathers sought freedom from England and drafted the Declaration of Independence. What about us? Why did we need to be set free, what set us free and why have we been set free?

WHY ARE WE FREE? Today we celebrate our nation's freedom. In 1776 the Declaration of Independence was drafted. The colonists wanted to be declared free from Great Britain. They were getting tired of the taxes levied upon them as well as a few other rules and regulations that were put in place ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:10-12, Luke 18:18-19, John 14:6, John 8:31-36, Acts 2:36-41  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Grace And Will: Reconciling The Twins Series

Contributed by Aneel Aranha on Aug 24, 2021

It is grace—God’s greatest gift to man—that brought salvation to us. So how does free will factor in salvation if God is doing it all?

Was Judas predestined to betray Jesus? When Jesus was praying with his apostles shortly before his Passion, he said, “I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled” (John 17:12). If he was destined to betray Jesus, then did ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 1:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Must I Do To Be Saved? Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Mar 31, 2021

In answer to the question: There seem to be a lot of different ideas about how a person can be sure to be allowed into Heaven. I have a lot of family members who tried different approaches. Are they in Heaven or not?

Question to be asked: There seem to be a lot of different ideas about how a person can be sure to be allowed into Heaven. I have a lot of family members who tried different approaches. Are they in Heaven or not? Intro: I’m going to guess that the main reason for this question is that someone ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ