Sermons on Bad Things:

All Things New: God Revealed Series

Contributed by Daniel Richter on May 8, 2008

God Revealed

All Things New: God Revealed Beartown Road Alliance Church Last week we began a series called All Things New. We’re looking at the amazing transformation that God wants to make in our lives. The purpose of these next few weeks is to restore in us a sense of awe at the nature of God and a sense ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:15-16

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Next Thing You Know Series

Contributed by Jeff Skinner on Dec 5, 2005

We must remian connected to the source of life if we asre to bear fruit and serve our purpose.

Next Thing you know Open with the song- If you have some teens consider having them ham it up during the song-illustrate joy/happiness Note: Several days before locate some kudzu or another plant and leave it somewhere that it will shrivel and die. Why is my Kudzu Dying? 1. No longer ...read more

Denomination: Holiness

A New Beginning

Contributed by Rocco Naudé on Feb 1, 2002

This sermon is about new beginnings. We all mess up. And because we all mess up, we like to start over. But after too many disappointments we often give up. However, the Bible speaks of a "new creation"--and then we become abassadors of Jesus!

I. Hope We all mess up. We say things we later wish we could take back. We do things we wish we could undo. We miss opportunities. This happens in all spheres of our lives. Sometimes we make mistakes at work, sometimes we hurt the people we love, sometimes we disappoint God. And because we ...read more

Scripture: John 4:4-13

Denomination: Adventist

Bad Decisions Can't Stop You Series

Contributed by David Shipman on Nov 22, 2001

Made bad decisions in your life? With God’s plan of redemption it does not matter what your past is, God can restore and bless your future.

Breakthrough III - Bad Decision’s Can’t Stop You 1. Confession of Faith: “I am a possessor of the promises of God. 1A. Don’t look at other’s or be discouraged if others don’t act. Don’t look at how many shows up for church. Know that God’s promises to you are true. 2. Review: 1st ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 7:22-23, Romans 3:21-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

So You Think You Have It Bad?

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on May 25, 2008

Rather than observe this service on All Saints Sunday in November, we always hold a Memorial Service honoring the memory of all the saints from our Church Family on Memorial Day Sunday in May each year. This sermon was for this occasion in May 2008.

So You Think You Have It Bad? --Job 19:25-27 Today we honor the memory of those who were part of our Church family or recipients of the ministry of our Church that God has called home within the past year. It is a time to remember and honor those who were loyal to God and His Kingdom, but are ...read more

Scripture: Job 19:25-27

Denomination: Methodist

Lesson 2: Saul Begins To Go Bad

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Sep 23, 2008

This week we look at how and why Saul began to fall away from the Lord.

Pastor’s Bible Class Thomas Road Baptist Church Series: Why Good People Go Bad Dr. Elmer Towns Lesson 2: Saul Begins To Go Bad September 21, 2008 A. INTRODUCTION (I SAMUEL 10:1- 11:15) At the beginning of his life, he seeks a prophet. At the end of his life, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Questions & Answers, Bad News & Good News Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jun 26, 2011

We all have questions when what we have believed gets challenged. Well, the Jews had some questions for Paul that Paul seeks to respond to briefly. Ultimately he leads them to the bad news about themselves that prepares them for the good news of Jesus C

Questions & Answers, Bad News & Good News Romans 3:1-31 Slide Intro Questions, Questions. We all have questions sometimes. Sometimes when we have grown up believing something or living a certain way and someone comes and contradicts what we learned growing up or what we have believed for most of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:1-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad Series

Contributed by Christopher Roberts (Barrister) on Nov 7, 2012

This sermon considers the two differing outcomes of the two criminals who were led to the Cross alongside Jesus

Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad Introduction In Luke 23:32-43, we find the story of the two criminals who were hung on a cross with Jesus. This story for these two criminals is a little bit like ’A Tale of Two Cities’. Here we have the story of one criminal displaying pride and it’s consequences, and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:32-43

Denomination: Christian Church

Christian Hypocrites Give Bad Directions #2 Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 3, 2019

When Christians fail to follow God's Positioning System in favor of our own, they degrade the witness of Jesus Christ leading in our own lives.

Last week, we began a six-week sermon series entitled, “In need of a GPS.” Over the course of this sermon series, we will cover the entire letter to the Galatians moving at a rate of one chapter per week. In our first week, we learned that this letter was written in 54AD to the churches Paul had ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:7-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Story #16 Good King - Bad King

Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 20, 2014

This lesson is a contrast between a good king (Hezekiah) and an evil king (Manasseh) who ruled Israel. It should be noted that even the evil king was blessed upon his repentance.

1. Colonial Attitudes toward God and Kings a. In 1774, a report went to the King of England from the Governor of Massachusetts in Boston which read, "If you ask an American who is his Master, he will tell you he has none, or any governor but Jesus Christ." b. Prewar Colonial Committee of ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Halitosis (Bad Breath) Of Giants, Mountain Climber

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 23, 2017

Halitosis (bad breath) of giants try to hinder God's people by fear of giants. We must climb the mountains in our spiritual life to advance the faith.

HALITOSIS OF GIANTS... MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN --- STAND UP AND BE COUNTED... Martin Niemoeller lived from 1892 to 1984... Martin penned theses words: In Germany they first came for Communists, and I did not speak up because I was not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:20-21, 1 Samuel 17:23-45, Luke 17:5-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Consequences For Past Bad Decisions Lesson 10 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 7, 2017

Decisions outside the will of God have consequences.

A. FIGHTING A BATTLE WHEN YOU DON’T WANT TO JOSHUA 10 1. Decisions outside the will of God have consequences. When the mighty Gibeonites tricked Israel Joshua said, “They did not ask counsel of the LORD” (9:14). Why We Don’t Pray • Self-confidence and not a walk of faith. • We think we don’t ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 10:1-27

Denomination: Baptist

Don’t Bring Me Bad News

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jun 13, 2018

A study in the book of Numbers 24: 1 – 25

Numbers 24: 1 – 25 Don’t bring me bad news 24 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times, to seek to use sorcery, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam raised his eyes, and saw Israel encamped according to their tribes; and the ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Five Bad Kings (1 Kings 16)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 3, 2025

What can we learn from five bad kings of Israel? Let's look at 1 Kings 16.

What characteristic was common to the kings of Israel that made them bad? What can we learn from this? Let’s look at five kings of Israel in 1 Kings 16. What was God’s message to King Baasha king of Israel by the prophet Jehu? Now the word of Yahweh came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Bad King Ahaziah (2 Kings 1)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 10, 2025

Do we worship God alone or God and something else? Let's look at 2 Kings 1.

Can anyone but God help us? Who or what do we worship that is not God? Let’s look at 2 Kings 1. Who did Ahaziah seek instead of God? What did Elijah tell Ahaziah’s messengers? Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist