Sermons on Aid And Abet:

Open Your Eyes

Contributed by Major Gerardo Balmori on Apr 2, 2011

It’s so easy for us to grovel in our ingratitude, gripe and grumble. It’s so easy to be negative about people and life. When it comes to ingratitude, we all must plead guilty. There is so much good, beauty and kindness all around us, and we see only th

Mayor Gerardo Balmori The Salvation Army INTRODUCTION: Syria was to the North of Israel and made many military thrusts into Israel. Much like modern Israelis and Palestinians. Israel’s king was able to anticipate these military moves and avoid the battle. Look at what the young man saw. He saw ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:8-23

Denomination: Salvation Army

Do Viewers Know About "Knowing"?

Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Sep 2, 2009

Do Viewers Know About "Knowing"?

Viewers wanting to see "Knowing" staring Nicholas Cage might expect a film not all that different from his "National Treasure" series or even perhaps "The Da Vinci Code" as from advertisements the story appears to center around an aged parchment with a series of numbers scribbled across it that ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Palm Sunday

Contributed by O. K. Neal on Feb 11, 2010

Short message on Holy Week

Palm Sunday Mark 11:1-11 Mark 14:1-9 Washington Post = Ice or shallows explain Jesus walking on the water New York Time = Gospel of Judas show that Judas wasn’t a betrayer, but a co-conspirator with Christ to fulfill prophecy. It’s so easy to look for the easy way The quick ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:7-30, Luke 22:7-38

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Everybody Needs To Learn Humility Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 19, 2020

Mary understood, as every Christian should, that any great thing that happens in our walk with Christ is due to the Lord’s graceful action and will.

Tuesday of 25th Week in Course 2020 Today’s story from the life of Jesus Christ is from St. Luke’s Gospel, and it looks like proof of alienation of Jesus from His extended family, doesn’t it? The family is trying to get to Jesus for some reason, and the crowd tells Him about it, and He seems to ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 21:10-13, Proverbs 21:1-6, Luke 8:19-21

Denomination: Catholic

Truly You Are The Son Of God

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Aug 13, 2014

When life causes battering, the land is distant, and the seems to be against us that is when we can discover He is Truly the Son of God.

“Truly you are the Son of God." Matthew 14:22-33 1. When the storm came they experienced being battered. • Life pounds relentlessly:27But Jesus immediately said to them "Take courage! Jesus appears as Peace • When life is relentlessly pounding Jesus appears in the midst of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Methodist

A New Age--A New Relationship Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Feb 8, 2014

Jesus cleanses the temple, signifying the destruction and raising of the temple of his body.

John 2:13-25 “A New Age—A New Relationship” INTRODUCTION According to Hollywood there are two ways to start a war. You can send in the Seal Teams and start it covertly, or you can do start it with a show of force; a blitzkrieg. This was Hitler’s trademark in the ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-25

Denomination: Lutheran

Where's The Power?

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 19, 2016

What's in your preaching, man's wisdom or the power of God?

1 Co 2: 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. Sometime back there was a commercial that asked, “Where’s the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:4-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Witness Of Poverty

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 30, 2019

In an era when the contrast between the rich and the poor is most pronounced–our own time–like Francis, we are all called to follow the example of Christ in simplicity and poverty.

Tuesday of the 4th Week in Lent 2019 San Francisco di Paola One of the dominant themes of both the OT and the NT stories is what we have to look forward to in the kingdom of God. God’s kingdom, when we are confirmed as its citizens after our life on this earth, is a reign of plenty, a restoration ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-12, John 5:1-16

Denomination: Catholic

Even When Man Has Passed His Final Judgement, Dont Be Silent

Contributed by Richard Papafio on Aug 15, 2018

When we open our mouths to praise, worship and honour God as we pray to Him, He moves into our situation to liberate us.

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: EVEN WHEN MAN HAS PASSED HIS FINAL JUDGEMENT, DONT BE SILENT Acts 16:25-29 King James Version (KJV) 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:25-29

Denomination: Charismatic

Visitation Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 29, 2021

What has God done in your life; what has God done for you? That’s worth considering every day, both the big miracles and the tiny ones.

Visitation When we give our lives to our Lord Jesus Christ, everything changes, doesn’t it? Most of us, from childhood, are habituated to self-centered lives. Things are important to us if they do something for us, if we enjoy them, if they give us security, pleasure, excitement, money. People are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-56, Isaiah 12:2-6, 2 Samuel 6:14, Romans 12:9-16

Denomination: Catholic

Moving Forward After Mourning Series

Contributed by Diana Tyler on Sep 27, 2023

Samuel stops mourning and moves on

The story of King David begins in 1 Samuel 16. At this time, Israel already had a king named Saul. But Saul was disobedient to God and ultimately was rejected as king. This was disappointing because Saul had been king for 42 years and the prophet Samuel had invested SO much time and energy into ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1

Conversion And Transformation Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 5, 2025

The reading from John's Gospel will help us get insight into the awesome transformation of Saul into Paul on the Damascus road.

Friday of the Third Week in Easter 2025 Sometimes we can aid our personal understanding of the Scriptures by our imagination, and in the Gospel we just heard, our imagination should be running very, very fast. Jesus said, “This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:1-20, Psalm 117:1-2, John 6:52-59, Luke 22:42, 1 Samuel 13:14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Do We Believe The Word Of God, Or Not? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 14, 2022

What were they thinking and how did they feel about the divine interventions they and their wives were experiencing?

Pre-Christmas Novena: December 19 Our antiphon for Evening Prayer and the Gospel Introduction is "O Flower of Jesse's stem, you have been raised up a sign for all peoples; kings are silent in your presence; nations bow down in worship. O Come, let nothing prevent you from aiding us." ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-25, Psalm 71:3-6, Psalm 71:16-17, Judges 13:2-7

Denomination: Catholic

Jesus High Priest (Hebrews 2)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 19, 2024

Do we pay close attention to what Jesus taught so that we don't drift? Let's discuss this in Hebrews 2.

Must we pay much closer attention to what we have heard about Jesus, so that we do not drift? How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? Did Jesus taste death for everyone? Is Jesus ashamed to call us brothers and sisters? Did Jesus partake of flesh and blood so that through death He ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Weeds And Seeds

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jul 20, 2023

God reserves the right to judge between weeds and seeds.

Weeds and Seeds – Matthew 13: 24-30 Intro: Gloria thought of herself as a good Christian mother. One day she allowed her son, Timmy to play in the back yard of their home. Afterall, it was fenced on all sides and nothing could really hurt him. When Gloria went outside to the backyard to take ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed