Sermons on Bad Decisions:

Fear Frustration Faith

Contributed by Jonathan Kruschel on Aug 28, 2019

Fear. Frustration. Faith. We all have them and each is related. While faith can be the solution to fear and frustration, it can also be the source of fear and frustration. How can faith be both the solution and the source? That’s what the account of Abraham leads us to consider.

What are you afraid of? What is it that frustrates you? Maybe your fears come from the “what ifs” in life, what if this happens or that happens. Maybe they are the fears of what other people think of you or the fear of failure. Maybe it’s the fear of things from the past, things that you can’t ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Manna For Mothers

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on May 13, 2013

A sermon dealing with the things taught to Solomon by his mother.

“Manna for Mothers” Proverbs 31:1-31 Pro 31:30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Mother’s Day is a bittersweet time for many of us. If your mother is in this service you ought to thank God for the opportunity to ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 31:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

I Will Wait Series

Contributed by Rob Yanok on Oct 5, 2013

"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."
- Martin Luther Cultural Hope is merely an optimistic desire that something will be fulfilled. This hope is not a guaranteed hope because it is subject to changeable people and circumstances.

I Will Wait Isaiah 40:28-31 (NIV) Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:28-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Continual Pursuit Of God’s Love

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Oct 31, 2021

How many times have we heard someone say, before giving their life to Jesus? I just felt like something was missing in my life, something of a spiritual nature.

The Continual Pursuit Of God’s Love Psalms 139:13-18 NIV This is David’s realization of God’s amazing love and attentiveness to every humans soul and existence! 13. For you created my inmost being;     you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14. I praise you because I am ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:11, Psalm 139:13-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stifled Grace Series

Contributed by Dave Vance on Jan 20, 2019

Does the grace that has been given to you extend from you?

1 Corinthians 15 God’s grace permeated Paul’s thinking. One scholar writes, “Paul could not think of Christian truth and conduct apart from God’s grace” (D. Edmond Hiebert, The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, ed. by Frank Gaebelein [Zondervan], 11:439). vs. 1 – notice the progression of the ...read more

Labor Of Love

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 21, 2023

Whenever and wherever we are doing God’s work, we are on holy ground. Wherever we find ourselves, we can make it holy by being God’s representative in that place.

I know this isn’t Labor Day weekend. But it’s too important a topic to skip. It’s big in the news these days, what with unemployment still above 6%. We all know people who are looking for work - and have been for more than 6 months. But hey - work isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, right? How many ...read more

Scripture: John 4:31-37, Genesis 3:16-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Love In Action Part Two Series

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Nov 19, 2019

Our actions must match our words. People are watching!

Love in Action part two Romans chapter 12:14-21 Introduction- We have been in a sermon called “Love in Action” and we didn’t get finished last week and I am not sure we will finish it this morning either because I believe there are several truths that we can and must live out as believers in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:14-21

Denomination: Nazarene

Deep Changes Series

Contributed by Brian Williams on Jul 28, 2025

To what degree am I receiving the Love of God. Where are we in our love for God and for each other? Where do we need to grow? Where do we need to change?

In order to fulfill God’s mission for us as individuals and His church, we need to continually mature in our total being (mind, emotions, and will). As human beings, as men and women, made in God’s image He created us for His purpose and His glory. However, because of the Fall, sin has done its ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:29-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Are You Waiting For? Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Feb 11, 2018

When Felix heard Paul preach the Gospel in a private audience, he was deeply affected...but he procrastinated, sealing his eternal doom. This sermon asks us, "What are you waiting for" about several key decisions God wants us to make in our lives.

What Are You Waiting For? Series: Acts Chuck Sligh February 11, 2018 TEXT: Acts 24:24-25 - "And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance ...read more

Scripture: Acts 24:24-25

Denomination: Baptist

When The Fish Went Manning Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 25, 2008

Jonah had a heart problem and it took a weird ordeal to get him on the right track

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • In the movie Pinocchio a kindly woodcutter named Geppetto is swallowed by a whale named Monstro. Inside the dark, damp belly of the whale, Geppetto sits for what seems like an eternity. Then one day the whale violently coughs, and the woodcutter is expelled from his watery ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Message 16 - 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5:21 – Examine Carefully And Hold Fast To What Is Good – No Excuses! Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 7, 2023

We live in a world today where all the boundaries have been blurred and are increasingly, becoming blurred. We have no fixed point for marriage, no correct lines for morality, no division of good or bad in gender or behaviour or attitudes. We examine what GOOD is. Do good to all.

MESSAGE 16 - 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 5:21 – EXAMINE CAREFULLY AND HOLD FAST TO WHAT IS GOOD – NO EXCUSES! {{1Thessalonians 5:21 “but examine everything carefully. HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD.”}} [A]. THE INTRODUCTION When we consider this short instruction, two questions may come into ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 2 Thessalonians 3:13, Romans 3:10-12, Isaiah 5:18-19, Isaiah 5:20-22, Acts 10:38, Galatians 6:10, Luke 6:33, 1 Timothy 6:17-18, Romans 12:9  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Worship Jesus?

Contributed by Chris Talton on Mar 27, 2003

This sermon’s goal is to show that Jesus is God and that He is therefore deserving of worship. It gives the top ten reasons to worship Jesus.

March 30, 2003 Colossians 1:15-20 “Why worship Jesus?” INTRODUCTION Have you ever been in a situation where after you ended a conversation with someone, you thought of all the things that you should have said in that conversation but couldn’t think of them at the time? Several ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Disappointment Of Having Just Missed It

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 10, 2012

This message looks at the importance of being ready when Jesus comes. Being almost prepared is not being prepared at all.

The Disappointment Of Having Just Missed It by Rick Gillespie- Mobley Matthew 25:1-25:13 The Disappointment Of Having Just Missed It 12/04/2012 Eccl 9:1o-12 Matthew 25:1-13 Text Matthew 25:1-13 Let me introduce you to Tyrone. Tyrone was 25 years old and for the first time in his life, he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Life Distractions

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Mar 22, 2019

Everyone of us has a definition of what we call a distraction. What does the Lord call a distraction? How does He want us to handle them?

Life’s Distractions Bible verses Introduction- We have been working toward the cross of Easter and Lent we found was reflecting on the Lord and the cross and reflecting to make sure we are right in our relationship. This morning I would like to look at scripture and see what the Lord says about ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:25, 1 Corinthians 7:35, Mark 4:19, Romans 12:2

Denomination: Nazarene

Committed To Christ

Contributed by Jonathan Kruschel on Aug 28, 2019

You're trying to make the right decisions and live out your Christian life, but the more you try, the more difficult life seems to get. Our Christians lives are not always so glorious. Why do we continue? Where do find the glory of a life committed to following Christ?

Have you ever had one of those weeks where things seem to go wrong? You’re trying to do the right thing, make the right decisions, but it just doesn’t work out the way you thought it would. You set aside time for a family dinner, only to have it turn into sibling arguments, someone stomping away ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:14-21

Denomination: Lutheran