Sermons on ADVENT SERMON BY BLACK PREACHER:

Removing Specks And Casting Pearls Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 11, 2024

A message where we unpack Matthew 7:3-6

Removing Specks and Casting Pearls Matthew 7:3-6 OKAY – let’s do this... MGCC – this morning we are wrapping up our study of Matthew 7:1-6... Six verses that kind of sit right in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’ Kingdom Manifesto about how things are done and how lives are to be ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:3-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Are You Doing More Than Others? - Matthew 5:43-45 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Aug 24, 2024

Matthew 5:47 …what are you doing more than others? That question speaks volumes about what the Lord expects from the Christian life. Jesus requires that citizens of His kingdom have a kind of love that is fundamentally different from the world’s kind of love.

Matthew 5:43-48 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-45

How To Love Your Enemies - Matthew 5:44-48 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Aug 24, 2024

Jesus made a comment that shook the world and has captivated the attention of mankind for 2000 years. “Love your enemies.” If they are enemies, how can I love them? And if I love them, how can they be enemies?

Matthew 5:43 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:44-48

Living For The Pleasure Of God - Matthew 6:1 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Aug 27, 2024

We all know hypocrisy is evil. But few people understand the remedy Jesus gave. How does living for reward cure the disease of hypocrisy?

Matthew 6:1-18 "Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 "So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1

Go To Your Room - Matthew 6:5-6 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Aug 28, 2024

Why does God promise reward for private prayer? And how can you make your daily prayer time the most enjoyable part of your day, instead of a drudgery or chore that is dry and boring? This message will help you actually look forward to your prayer time each day and come away closer to God.

Matthew 6:5-16 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-6

When Bankruptcy Leads To Blessing Series

Contributed by Micah Coverstone on Aug 30, 2024

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (ESV)

With this verse Jesus begins His Sermon on the Mount, but more specifically the first section of His Sermon: The Beatitudes. Beatitudes means blessings. Jesus is about to list eight blessings over those who follow Him. This tiny verse is just the first of the Beatitudes. Remember we have said the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

O Little Town Of Bethlehem Series

Contributed by Sue Babb on Jan 9, 2018

Great things can come out insignificant places. God can use the smallest and weakest to shame the biggest and strongest.

I. Intro. A. I heard about a mother who was running furiously from store to store on Christmas Eve … trying to get those last-minute gifts. 1. Suddenly she realized she’d lost track of her little 3-year-old son. 2. In a panic, she retraced her steps and ...read more

Introducing The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached Series

Contributed by David Swanger on Dec 3, 2012

Jesus in the greatest sermon ever preached makes it clear that happiness is the result of holiness.

THE GREATEST SERMON EVER PREACHED Introduction In 1980 country music singer Johnny Lee landed a number one hit by singing about “looking for love in all the wrong places,” and without a doubt, our world and even some of us have done the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christmas Is About Learning From Jesus

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Dec 17, 2023

Christmas is a great time to teach people about Jesus

Christmas is about learning from Jesus Luke 2:1 – 20 Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz There’s one thing that’s been bothering me about the protests that are happening around the world and especially in the United States that they are in support of Hamas. I was watching a television news broadcast, and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: United Methodist

Jesus Is The Reason For The Season (December 2001)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Oct 20, 2022

Christmas is more than just a holiday to celebrate the break we get from work or school. Christmas is a time to celebrate; a time to proclaim; a time to demonstrate.

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON Text: Luke 2:4-7 People have always searched for the meaning of life in order to fill some void that they feel. Some try to fill that void with material things. Others try to fill that void by trying to gain power so as to prove their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:4-7

Denomination: United Methodist

An Angel Of The Lord Appeared Series

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Dec 13, 2014

2nd sermon in a series on Christmas.

Last Sunday our story of the birth of Jesus has it very beginning. It began when young Mary said yes to God and would see her entire earthly life change. But it was that yes to God that opened our story to fulfill prophesy’s of old and allowed it to unfold through out eternity. The best I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Hidden Option- Part 1 Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Sep 14, 2018

Next time things seem impossible, choose to paint the problem in the colors of grace and justice instead of black and white despair.

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • As we live life, we are constantly facing situations that require us to think, make decisions, and then act upon those decisions. • Making that process more difficult for us is the fact that we live in a world that is highly polarized. • We are Democrat or Republican, ...read more

Scripture: John 8:2-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The World's Only Way Out--Repent

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 11, 2002

Second Sunday in Advent

2nd Sunday in Advent Matthew 3:1-12   "The World’s Only Way Out Repent"   There is a purely American art form that has been lost to the American scene over the last 20 to 15 years. It is the Circus Poster. Some of you can remember those colorful posters that were hung about a month before the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Hopeful Dreamers

Contributed by John Vella on Dec 5, 2000

Advent - A Season of Hope

Seeds for Sowing, Vol. V, Issue 1, No. 2 Second Sunday of Advent - Year C December 10, 2000 Readings * Bar. 5:1-9 * Phil. 1:4-6, 8-11 * Luke 3:1-6 Hopeful Dreamers A Season of Hope. Singing and laughing--that’s something we all love to do. Maybe not all of us can sing well, but we all know how ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-6

Denomination: Catholic

The Hope In Christ's Return Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on Nov 26, 2008

A Message of HOPE for Advent.

The Hope in Christ’s Return Mark 13:24-37 Intro In the late 19th Century in America, there was a wave of enthusiasm for prophecies predicting the actual date for Christ’s Second coming. One such self proclaimed prophet was William Miller. And it is in his movement that both the Jehovah ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:24-37

Denomination: Baptist