Sermons on Balaams Conflict:

What Is Your Goliath?

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Sep 1, 2009

Facing the giants in your life is one of the hardest things to do. The Lord gives us a model example of how we can do it.

8/30/2009 What is your Goliath 1 Samuel chapter 17 I want to talk to you this morning about the giants in your life. Those things that overwhelm you. Those things that raise their ugly head and continually defeat you. Those things that you can never ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:8-12

Denomination: Nazarene

Twenty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A, 23rd Sunday, Year A --The Matthew 18 Process

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 17, 2020

Avoidance of conflict prevents persons from discovering God's will in their personal and institutional lives.

Palmer Chinchen tells of the time when he went whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. The guide gave them some very important instructions after they put on all their safety gear. He began with “When the raft flips.” Notice the guide didn’t say “if the raft flips.” “When the raft ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-20, Ezekiel 33:7-9

Denomination: Catholic

They Laid Hands On Them

Contributed by Charles R. Peck on Dec 9, 2013

The early church in conflict with the elders of the city.

And They Laid Hands on Them Acts 4:4 It was just a short time after the church was birthed that the apostles began to understand what Jesus had said concerning the Kingdom of Heaven. He had told His disciples, “If the world hates you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” In ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:4

Denomination: *other

Reconcile: When It Burns Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 17, 2019

Reconciliation requires me to engage with conflict

Begin by READing the Scriptures aloud - Lecto Divina: Jonah 1:1-3, 3:1-3, 3:10, 4:1-4 (~760 B.C.) The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-3, Jonah 3:1-3, Jonah 3:10, Jonah 4:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"God Calling: Jeremiah"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 8, 2016

A sermon about peacemaking in the midst of conflict.

“God Calling: Jeremiah” Jeremiah 1:4-10 We have a hate problem in our country. This past week at least 10 people were shot in Chattanooga, 4 people died, 3 were homicides. Our nation watched in horror as graphic videos showed the killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10

Denomination: United Methodist

Keeping The Faith In A Hostile World Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 2, 2002

External and internal conflict, a clash of values

Keeping the faith in a hostile world—Judges chapters 1-2 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts (Scripture Reading: 2:6-19) The slogan of the Outback Steak House is “No Rules—Just Right”…but I suspect that if you showed up and didn’t wait for the hostess, ...read more

Scripture: Judges 2:6-19

Denomination: Congregational

Putting God To Work

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

Prayer and conflict reguires proper focus.

Introductory Considerations 1. Friends - we are here this evening to do some work. Our General Synod has started meeting and we have some grave concerns. 2. Main concern is the Formula of Agreement. If passed we would recognize that a church that ordains homosexuals is rightly proclaiming the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:4-5

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Problem Solving In The Church Series

Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 26, 2005

how did the church manage conflict

No plans for Valentine’s Day? No problem! Stay home and watch television. Besides, you can learn a lot about love from the shows you watch. Here are some of top TV love quotes: Law & Order’s Detective Lennie Briscoe "Love -- a dangerous disease instantly cured by marriage." "All human beings ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Feast Or Fast

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Jun 11, 2006

Two problems creating conflict with Christ

Luke 5:33-39 To Feast or Fast Woodlawn Baptist Church June 11, 2006 Introduction Why do you attend church? What is all this about to you? What does Christ mean to you, and why do you keep coming back to Him? These are only a few of many such important questions I think we fail to ponder ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:33-39

Denomination: Baptist

Good Soldiers

Contributed by Rex Deckard on Mar 18, 2006

We are in a spiritual conflict. It is not a new conflict, but for some of us, it is new. The bad news is that this conflict will continue to intensify until the time of Great Tribulation- it will get worse and worse. The good news is- we are going to wi

The Good Soldier II Corinthians 10:3, II Timothy 2:1-26 Pastor Rex Deckard For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)Casting down imaginations, and every high thing ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

Say What! Series

Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on Mar 1, 2014

Make things right with God and be faithful to Him

As you reflect back on 2013, I'm sure there are times in your journey that you will somehow say to yourself; Did I do that? or in the words of our heading; SAY WHAT?! Yes we are all guilty of that and we want to change and not repeating our stuff ups of 2013. Whatever you've done let me remind ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 4:18-27

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Jude Part 3 Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Mar 4, 2024

Jude gives his readers a snapshot of the false teachers and three types of apostates.

Jude 1:8-11 (Part 3) Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 3-3-2024 Rob Bell In the early 2000s, I saw Rob Bell preach several times, in large and small settings. A graduate of Wheaton and Fuller (you can’t get much more solid than that) he was funny, Uber-creative, and presented the ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:8-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Dumb Donkey Spoke.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 19, 2025

The King who feared a people who were no threat to him; the blind Seer and dumbfounded Soothsayer who could neither see nor curse; and the dumb donkey who saw and spoke for God.

THE DUMB DONKEY SPOKE. Numbers 22:21-31. After Israel’s defeat of the Amorites, who had once conquered lands belonging to Moab (cf. Numbers 21:26), the Moabites were terrified at the presence of the children of Israel (cf. Numbers 22:2-3). [They need not have been, because the LORD had expressly ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 22:21-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Destroying Satanic Masks

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jul 8, 2009

ln Matthew 3:10, we see a powerful verse of Scripture which says, “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” So, if you see somebody standing so

DESTROYING SATANIC MASKS Dr. D. K. Olukoya ln Matthew 3:10, we see a powerful verse of Scripture which says, “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” So, if you see somebody standing ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Lawsuits Against Believers Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 8, 2011

In today's lesson we learn about how Christians are to handle disputes among themselves.

Scripture We continue our study in The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. One of the challenges that Christians face is the question of whether to sue fellow Christians in civil court. Let’s learn about this in a message I am ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed