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  • What's So Bad About Pharisees Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 5, 2025
     | 383 views

    Ask yourself which of the Lenten practices holds the lowest place in your priorities. Prayer, fasting, almsgiving: surely one of these is least attractive to you. Focus your prayer this Lent on that facet,

    Ash Wednesday 2025 What was the “leaven of the Pharisees”? What led Jesus, when discussing self-discipline, to call these self-described “separate ones” hypocrites when they prayed, fasted, and gave alms to the poor? They were not hypocrites because they followed the Law, Torah. What they wore on ...read more

  • Visionary View: Where Are You Looking Now? Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 13, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,370 views

    Where are you looking now? In a world filled with distractions, it's crucial to consider where our focus lies.

    "Visionary View: Where Are You Looking Now?" Today, we explore a profound question: Where are you looking now? In a world filled with distractions, it's crucial to consider where our focus lies. Let us turn to the New Living Translation of the Bible to gain insight into this ...read more

  • Understanding The Holy Supper SermonCentral

    Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 11, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 895 views

    A comprehensive guide to the Lord's Supper, its origins, and its significance in today's world. The sermon also discusses why it is not suitable for young children and those with sin in their hearts to partake in it.

    Today is the first Sunday of the month, and we will be observing the Lord's Supper. It is important for us to understand what the Lord's Supper is, where it comes from, and how we are supposed to partake in it. The Lord's Supper has its roots in the Passover meal that the ancient Israelites ...read more

  • Growing Up In Faith SermonCentral

    Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 9, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,284 views

    Guidelines for Youth on their Spiritual Journey

    Today, I want to share some important reminders for the youth. In our modern culture, young people face many challenges. It is crucial for them to understand that they have the power to overcome these challenges. Sometimes, the real world can make us feel overwhelmed, but we must remember that we ...read more

  • God's Love: Always There, Always Now SermonCentral

    Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 9, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 769 views

    God's presence is inescapable. He is always with us, in every moment. You don't need to shout or travel far to find Him, a simple whisper is enough. His love is ever-present, just like Him.

    Introduction: Today, I want to remind you that no matter where you are, God is always with you. His presence is not something you can escape. He is right here, right now, and all you need to do is call upon His name to find Him. God's Unfailing Presence: Proverbs 18:24 tells us that there is a ...read more

  • Encountering Jesus: A Personal Transformation SermonCentral

    Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 7, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 863 views

    This sermon explores the transformative moment when Thomas personally encounters Jesus. It highlights the profound realizations and changes we can experience when we truly understand who Jesus is.

    This sermon is about what happened when Thomas saw Jesus after his resurrection. We can learn from this encounter what we truly have in Jesus. The story begins after Jesus was captured in the Garden of Gethsemane, tortured, and crucified. His body was buried, but then he rose from the dead, ...read more

  • Removing The Wall-4

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Sep 11, 2018
     | 4,803 views

    4 of 4. God enabled the children of Israel to conquer the walled city of Jericho. God removes the barriers to ministry/serving Him & seeks to ensure the success of ministry. But When/How can barriers be removed? Ministry barriers are removed when...

    REMOVING The WALL-IV—Joshua 6:1-16+:20 Removing Barriers Barriers To Progress Attention: Looking Back: Soon after their last child left home for college, a husband was resting with his wife on the couch with his head in her lap. She carefully removed his glasses. "You know, honey," she said ...read more

  • Oh God, You Devil PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 27, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 84 views

    Following Jesus means embracing His challenging teachings, trusting Him even when it’s hard, and letting His words transform us beyond our comfort and preferences.

    Some of the most life-giving words Jesus speaks are also the ones that make us swallow hard. You’ve felt that, haven’t you? You’re reading the Bible in the early hush of morning, coffee cooling by your chair, and a sentence seems to stand up from the page. It has weight. It has heat. It asks ...read more

  • Remembering The Resurrection

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 17, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,327 views

    This message seeks to show what a vitally important event the Resurrection was by showing some of the victories won because of its reality.

    REMEMBERING THE RESURRECTION Text: Luke 24: 1-9 Intro: I suppose it is befitting that Easter is the first holiday of spring. After all, spring is the season of the year when the earth begins to bud forth with new life. That is very much what Easter is all about. It is the celebration of ...read more

  • The Death Of Saul And The Life Of Christ Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Apr 27, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 9,868 views

    In the short term Saul’s reign was a failure. But in the longer term God had a king in mind for Israel, who, through his death and resurrection, would bring the salvation, the leadership, the rule that the nation needed and who, in fact, would extend that

    Well, today we come to the end of the history of Saul, Israel’s first king. The question that faces us as we think about the life of Saul, is just how much of a failure was it? And what’s more, did God make a mistake in making him king? In fact, should God have refused the Israelites request for a ...read more

  • There's Just No Escaping

    Contributed by Anne Robertson on Jun 5, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,118 views

    There is no escaping the presence and reality of God.

    THERE’S JUST NO ESCAPING TEXT: Psalm 139:1-18 Some of you know that I felt my call to the ministry when I was 14 years old. I was giving the sermon--my first--for Youth Sunday in the North Scituate Baptist Church in Scituate, Rhode Island. It ...read more

  • Jesus Our Friend

    Contributed by Dean Morgan on Sep 15, 2004
    based on 64 ratings
     | 45,336 views

    Before we begin the message this morning we need to have a better understanding of what it means to say that Jesus is our friend. According to Webster’s Dictionary a friend is: 1.A person whom one knows well and is fond of; intimate associate; close a

    TEXT: John 15:14, 15 TITLE: JESUS OUR FRIEND Before we begin the message this morning we need to have a better understanding of what it means to say that Jesus is our friend. According to Webster’s Dictionary a friend is: 1. A person whom one knows well and is fond of; intimate associate; close ...read more

  • "Signs In The Clouds"

    Contributed by Ray Scott on Oct 15, 2004
    based on 74 ratings
     | 25,538 views

    Clouds, mentioned several times in the Scriptures, are closely identified with God. This message deals with God’s lessons in the clouds.

    “Signs In The Clouds” INTRODUCTION: “Clouds” are mentioned several times in the Scripture. They are closely identified with God. Isaiah 19:1 – “Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt:” Rev. 14:14 - “And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one ...read more

  • Doctrines Of Demons

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 3, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 7,202 views

    A sermon on modern day doctrines of demons

    Sermon for 10/31/2004 Doctrines of Demons 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Introduction: Ben Alexander in a recent Lookout said that he and a friend went to a nearby town called Cassadaga in Florida. In this town Spiritualism abounds and many homes are occupied by psychic mediums. It was a Sunday afternoon and ...read more

  • Be Humble Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
     | 16,463 views

    In the words of Paul, we have two practical advice how we can serve in humility: (1) "Consider others better than yourselves" - DON’T OVERESTIMATE YOURSELF, and (2) "Look to the interests of others" - CARE FOR THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS.

    Introduction: Recapping last week’s sermon "We Are Saved to Serve", from the example of Jesus: (1) Choose Service over Self-Interest (2) Always Think Like A Servant Today, I want to talk about HUMILITY and how I achieved it! · Just joking - if I boast about how I achieved it, it wouldn’t be ...read more