Sermons on Bad Things Happen:

This Is How We Overcome...rejection! Series

Contributed by Julie Marxhausen on Mar 15, 2013

Everyone experiences rejection at some point. What do we do when it happens? We do as Jesus did!

This is How We Overcome…Rejection! With Easter just a few weeks away, it’s the time of year we focus our attention on the suffering and death of our beloved Savior Jesus Christ. The Christian Church’s annual commemoration of Lent, the time leading up to Easter, gives opportunity ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:22-23

Denomination: Lutheran

Life Is Like...

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 9, 2011

Life is like many different things that we experience in this world.

INTRO.- One thing we all know is that life is not easy. There are hills and valleys. There are good days and bad. There are positives and negatives. There are ding bats and ding dongs who get in our way in life. There are saints and ain’ts who enter our lives for good or evil. There are good ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fireless Foxes

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Aug 28, 2005

300 foxes on fire became the philistines worst night mare, but what would have happened if the foxes were fireless?

Foxes in the scripture are often symbols of the destructive nature of the devil, the unregenerate man. When they warned Jesus that Herod would kill him, Jesus said (go and tell that fox, behold I cast out devils, I do cures today and tomorrow and the third day I shall be perfected). Of the foxes ...read more

Scripture: Judges 15:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Prodigal's Father Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 7, 2021

Fathers need some encouragement. There are two things I see in the parable of the Prodigal that can be an encouragement to fathers, for these two things make it clear that fatherhood is hard, but that there is hope. The two things I see here are the intricacy and the intimacy of fatherhood

We live in the age of the marvelous machine. In Washington D. C. the traffic for a half mile around the White House is controlled by a computer system. The system is constantly telling the lights when to change to move the traffic according to the need. 450 buses have a transmitter which is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Christ Crucified Is God's Power!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 22, 2016

Why did that accident happen? If God is so good why didn't He step in & keep it from happening? God has the power to do it, doesn't He? If He has the power, then why didn't He? Does God really care about us?

MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 A. I thank God for this congregation for what you mean to me & for the privilege I have of serving here. I hope that you realize what a special blessing we have to be with each other, & to worship the Lord ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Surely He Was The Son Of God

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Jun 20, 2019

THIS IS A GOOD FRIDAY SERMON ABOUT THE WORDS OF THE CENTURIAN AND THE CHANGE THAT HAPPENED IN HIS LIFE AS A RESULT OF CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION

SURELY HE WAS THE SON OF GOD MATTHEW 27:32-56 GOOD FRIDAY APRIL 19, 2019 THE SCENE WAS SET IN JERUSALEM FOR SOMETHING SPECACTULAR TO OCCUR. THE CROWD SIZE HAD SWELLED OVER THE WEEK TO WHAT SOME PEOPLE THINK WAS OVER A MILLION PEOPLE. THEY CAME TO CELEBRATE THE PASSOVER. ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:32-56

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus And The Samaritan Woman

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 28, 2002

Effective evangelism will only happen when we meet people at their point of need, just as Jesus did with the Samaritan woman

Morston/Field Dalling 03-03-02 Jesus and the Samaritan woman - Jn 4:5-42 Story: In a historic move to liberate themselves from 3,000 years of oppression thousands of Dalits or “Untouchables” conveged on Dehli to renounce Hinduism. Although Dehli authorities attempted to block the rally last ...read more

Scripture: John 4:5-32

Denomination: Anglican

How To Overcome Temptation

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 2, 2022

All sincere Christians have some things in common. One thing is that they all want to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord.

They also have to contend with the devil’s throwing every temptation he can throw at them every day to try to keep them from pleasing the Lord. It is a scriptural fact, as long as we live in these mortal bodies we will have to contend with this. WHY IS THIS A PROBLEM? Because, every Christian ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

One Door Closes, Another Door Opens

Contributed by Greg Moller on Feb 6, 2020

What happens when a church closes doors for the last time but Jesus isn't done with them yet.

Our ministry has been holding services as part of a mainline denominational Church ( I won't name names) and for the last couple years I had been pastoring there. I was informed a few weeks ago that the church would be shutting down and closing the church. About a week later I was informed ...read more

Denomination: Bible Church

Why Are We Told To Wait For God?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 11, 2023

Waiting for something to happen is hard to do. But there is a purpose for waiting. Can Christians learn to wait without having a negative attitude?

Have you actually taken the time to notice how many fast-paced things are in our society now? You can stroll through any grocery store or convenient store and see all the ‘instant’ items that are for sale. There is instant coffee, instant tea, soup, grits, oatmeal, potatoes, milk, instant internet ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-4

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Addicted Themselves To The Ministry

Contributed by Greg Irby on Oct 18, 2000

Imagine for a moment if all who were in a Bible believing church would become addicted to the ministry, what would happen.

Text Verse: 1 Cor 16:15 (1 Corinthians 16:15) "I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)" Introduction: Notice the words used in this verse. This family had addicted ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:15

Denomination: Baptist

Miracles - God's Power On Display

Contributed by Paddick Van Zyl on Aug 7, 2014

Do miracles still happen today? What is God’s take on miracles? How may we define a miracle?

Sermon Outline By Pastor Paddick Van Zyl Miracles 7 Aug 2014 Introduction: Do miracles still happen today? What is God’s take on miracles? How may we define a miracle: According to the dictionary-? Miracle (noun) : ‘an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:1-37

Denomination: Pentecostal

O Joy That Seeks Me Through Pain

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 27, 2004

Some­thing hap­pened to me, which was known only to my­self, and which caused me the most se­vere men­tal suf­fer­ing. The hymn was the fruit of that suf­fer­ing. It was the quick­est bit of work I ever did in my life. I had the im­press­ion of hav­ing it

O Joy That Seeks Me Through Pain (Psa 23:3) He restores my soul. George Matheson, a blind Pastor said about his famous hymn: My hymn was composed in the manse of Innelan [Argyleshire, Scotland] on the evening of the 6th of June, 1882, when I was 40 years of age. I was alone in the manse at ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Just One Little Problem

Contributed by Matthew Morine on May 15, 2007

Hezekiah is a great king, with great talents and abilities, but he has one weakness--pride. Pride is not totally bad, is it? Look at Hezekiah, he was successful. So what is the danger in pride?

JUST ONE LITTLE PROBLEM TEXT: 2 KINGS 18-20 THEME: THE RISE AND FALL OF PRIDE IN LIFE. Mike Duncan was the coach of Corey Brewer of Portland, TN. You might know Corey Brewer. He won two national championships with the Florida Gators in the last two years. It is predicted that Corey will ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Right Way

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Feb 9, 2011

These verses characterize what happens to those who follow the right way of righteousness and wisdom and those who depart it.

Introduction There are two types of people in the world, I am told: those who are Irish and those who wish they were; according to Bob in the movie What About Bob?, they are people who like Neil Diamond and those who do not; there are those who prefer that the toilet paper rolls over the tube and ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 15:6-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed