Sermons on Bad Actions:

It’s Just Emotion That’s Taking Me Over Series

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Dec 9, 2009

How anger can be good and bad

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Scripture: Ephesians 4:26-27

Denomination: Wesleyan

Lesson 5 Ephesians: My Wealth, Walk, And Warfare

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Sep 28, 2009

The two sides to salvation, that of our action and the action of Christ.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. Walking in two worlds. In the Upper Room discourse, Jesus promised, “Ye in Me, and I in you” (John 14:20). 2. “I in you.” Happens when we ask Christ to come into our life. “But as many as received (Christ) Him . . . become the children of God” (John 1:12). 3. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:6-7

Denomination: Baptist

From Failure To Forgiveness

Contributed by Terry Hovey on May 9, 2025

David made a seemingly insignificant decision that was really a critical error, and it impacted the whole nation of Israel.

From Failure to Forgiveness 1Chr 21 There are certain decisions that we make in life that become hinge points on which the rest of our lives turn. Key decisions we’ve made that not only change the course of our lives but may also have great effect on the lives of others as well. And this is what ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

What Do When You Mess Up Bad! - Parable Of The Prodigal Son Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Sep 13, 2004

Jesus uses the parable of the Prodigal Son to teach us some important things about God the Father.

“The Stories that Jesus Told” Sermon # 1 “What To Do When We Mess up Bad” or The Parable of the Loving Father Luke 15:11-32 It has always troubled me that you as a congregation seem to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

Just Do It…now!

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 2, 2001

An exhortation to action!

Just Do It…Now! The Nike© commercials urge people to "just do it." They are encouraging people in the area of athletics and to quit being a couch potato. Of course, ideally if you "just do it" you will need shoes and hopefully you will buy their shoes. The more you ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 32:29, Joshua 24:14-15

Denomination: Baptist

Stressed Out (Hix)

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Apr 1, 2012

Ever been stressed out? What is the cure!

Survey about woman who have a career and a family..(husband and kids, Parents and in-laws) 75 percent where unhappy, stressed out, burned out! Verse 38-Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house. Martha welcomed ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Baptist

A Marked Man

Contributed by James Bryant on Feb 5, 2002

To be a Marked Man is not always bad.

"A MARKED MAN" Psalms 37:37 (37) Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. WHO IS A MARKED MAN? When I say, “A MARKED MAN” what comes to your mind? Osama bin Laden is one man that might. Many people now view him as, "A MARKED ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:37

Denomination: Baptist

The Boy Who Stayed At The House.

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jan 16, 2004

Self-righteousness is as bad as unrighteousness

The boy who stayed at the house. Luke 15: 25 -- 32. 01/18/04 Luke 15 is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. In this chapter we find a number of things that were lost and found. It starts off with the lost sheep and how the Shepherd left the 99 to find the one lost. The next was the lost ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:25-32

Denomination: Baptist

No More Tears!

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Oct 29, 2009

The good, bad and end of tears.

6On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. 7And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-6

Denomination: United Methodist

A Hard Sermon For A Hard Heart Series

Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Jun 13, 2020

Ahab was the quintessential bad example

Ahab I Kings 21:1-19 The party aboard ship was in full swing. Speeches were being made by the captain, the crew, and all the guests were really enjoying the week-long voyage. Sitting at the head table was a seventy-year-old man ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 21:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

Beware Of Both Forms Of Heresy

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Feb 16, 2024

Bad doctrine is not the only heresy.

Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. Matthew 26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 13:7, Matthew 26:31, Acts 20:29-30

Denomination: Baptist

A Father's Responsibility

Contributed by Dan Steadman on Mar 10, 2004

Results of both good and bad fathering

Romans 8:28 A FATHER’S RESPONSIBILITY 15/06/03 1 Timothy 5:8 I read recently of a Christian couple whose two beautiful teenage daughters, ages 19 and 15, were drowned during an outing. What a horrible tragedy. But the father wrote, "Although it has been the most ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Wall - Pt. 1 - Building Blocks Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Jan 13, 2012

An unlikely hero teaches us that, as ordinary as we are, our wall can and must be built!

The Wall Pt. 1 – Building Blocks I. Text Nehemiah 1:1-11 1-2The memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. It was the month of Kislev in the twentieth year. At the time I was in the palace complex at Susa. Hanani, one of my brothers, had just arrived from Judah with some fellow Jews. I asked them ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Restoration - Hezekiah Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jul 10, 2012

Sermon #7 in the Untold Stories of the Old Testament deals with good King Hezekiah who restored temple worship after his evil father, Ahaz had shut down temple worship entirely. Text: 2 Chronicles 29

Series: Untold Stories of the Old Testament #7 Date: CHCC: July 8, 2012 Title: Restoration - Hezekiah Text: 2 Chronicles 29 INTRODUCTION: The Sermon today is about RESTORATION. You may or may not know that our church is part of what is known as the “Restoration Movement.” That ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Counting The Righteous

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on May 12, 2005

Does one bad apple really spoil the bunch? Can one good apple redeem the bad bunch?

There is in our culture an ancient yet conventional piece of wisdom. It is so ancient that it was part of the teachings of ancient Israel, but it is so conventional, that it was taught to all of us by our grade school and Sunday school teachers. Our 3rd grade teacher probably put it to us as ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:16-33

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed