Sermons on Better Country:

Can You Be Righteous, And Look Down On People? (Luke 18:1-14) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Apr 3, 2022

Also, don't get discouraged, or stop praying. A look at two parables, with a trick to reading them better.

When it comes to the Bible, most of us have favorite parts. For some of you, it's maybe a book-- Psalms, or Matthew. For others, it's maybe a type of literature-- prophecy. We know the whole Bible is inspired. We know it's useful. We read it all. But some parts, we enjoy more than ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-14, Luke 5:27-32

The Amazing Mirror

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Aug 25, 2021

God's word is a mirror that looks us, causes us to talk, can make us look better.

The Amazing Mirror James 1:17-27 1. How many times a day do we look in the mirror? • Some look in the mirror to get information about themselves • Some look to just confirm what they thought its awful looking • We use mirrors to make ourselves look better • We use mirrors for practical ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-17

Denomination: Methodist

God's Stimulus Check

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 2, 2020

God gives a better stimulus check than the government does, and He gives them to us over and over again.

PHILIPPIANS 4:19 “GOD’S STIMULUS CHECK” A) This verse has encouraged me many times. * This is one of those verses in the Bible that you just have to grab hold of by faith and just believe it with all your heart. * I want to break this verse down, and phrase by phrase, let it bless our hearts ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:19

Denomination: Baptist

Learning To Boast In The Lord Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 29, 2019

Paul instructs the Corinthians to "boast in the Lord." This sermon shares the most important truth toward doing that better.

A GOOD BOAST: How do I learn to boast in the Lord? - 2 Corinthians 10:17. - We are given the command here to boast in the Lord. That’s not necessarily something that we’re particularly good at. - How do we do better at it? I want to look at a key truth that will help us to better boast in the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:17-18

Denomination: Baptist

Absalom, Men-Pleaser

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Mar 18, 2015

To show that we have an audience of 1 - the LORD. It's better to get applause from the LORD than from men.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you a man pleaser? No, men hate me because I please the LORD. Luke 6:22 (Amplified Bible) 6:22 Blessed (happy—with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition—and to be envied) are you when people despise (hate) ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 15:4-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus - The People's Choice Or Is He?

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Apr 11, 2014

A sermon for Palm Sunday that encourages us to see that Jesus is God's choice...which is far better than the people's choice...

The recent Western Australia Senate elections highlighted something about the human condition. We are a fickled lot. Some people and parties dropped in popularity but up to 7% from 2013 to 2014. Highlighting it doesn’t take much for us to change our mind from praising and following someone ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Getting Real About The Christian Life Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Mar 4, 2014

If God is light, if God is perfect righteousness, then we’d better get real about our own righteousness.

John is writing to his followers in the final years of his life. You get the feeling that he thinks he’s running out of time because there’s a certain urgency to the way he writes. He doesn’t waste words. There’s no polite greeting at the start of the letter. He just gets ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:1-17

Denomination: Anglican

Well, Slap My Face And Call Me--- His. Series

Contributed by Larry Turner on Nov 19, 2014

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth seemed rather fair but Jesus had a better, more difficult way to settle things.

As some of you remembered back in May, four weeks before my very first cruise, I fell at the local Y injuring my shoulder. What followed was accident reports being filed, doctor visits, ex-rays, MRIs, and the diagnosis of shoulder surgery. Looking on the internet I was discovering the cost was to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-42

Denomination: Foursquare

Divine Health Beats Divine Healing

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 4, 2014

There are 12 good health rules for us to follow. It is better to not break a dish than to try and glue the dish back together.

DIVINE HEALTH TRUMPS DIVINE HEALING... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Let us make a covenant to KEEP THE DIVINE LAWS AS BEST WE CAN... I. UNDER HIS FEET... UNDER CONTROL... A BETTER PLAN... 2 Samuel 22:39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 15:26

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Loosed! Stand Up And Praise God

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 4, 2016

For eighteen long years this woman had struggled with her infirmity. What better day to heal her than the Sabbath?

LOOSED! STAND UP AND PRAISE GOD. Luke 13:10-17. In this remarkable little incident we find Jesus teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath (Luke 13:10). Perhaps one of the first things we notice is just how obedient the Lord was to the laws and customs of His time. Should not we also be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stepping Into A New Season

Contributed by Rainer Reddy on Sep 4, 2015

As the seasons change in the natural, so to does it in the spiritual. God wants to take us into a new, better, more abundant season.

It’s a new season Text: Ecclesiastes 3: 1 – 8 “There’s a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for giving birth and a time for dying, a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted, a time for killing and a time for ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Denomination: Charismatic

Overwhelming Worry

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Dec 6, 2024

We all face life; the question is, how will we face it? We will be overwhelmed by anxiety or is there a better way?

Overwhelming Worry Jeffery Anselmi / General Core 52 / Anxiety; Stress / Philippians 4:6 We all face life; the question is, how will we face it? We will be overwhelmed by anxiety or is there a better way? INTRODUCTION - Decades ago, in the waiting room of a Minneapolis hospital, three expectant ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Declare: The Best Is Yet To Come

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 3, 2025

With man it is impossible, but God has a better idea. Problems do not catch God by surprise. God has an overcoming plan.

DECLARE IT: THE BEST IS YET TO COME! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) 2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: THE BEST IS YET TO COME! JUST DO WHATEVER ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 2:9, Jeremiah 29:11, John 2:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

All For The Glory Of God Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 7, 2024

Here's some hubris: “if I were God, I’d give a better response to prayer.”

Sixth Sunday in Course 2024 I suppose the most frequent question I’ve been asked since my ordination, and even before that, is “why after the years of prayer doesn’t God heal my physical problem?” Or it could be the sickness or injury of a friend or relative that is getting the prayer. “There’s so ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45, 1 Corinthians 11:1, Leviticus 13:1-2, Leviticus 13:44-46, 1 Corinthians 10:31  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Necessary Ending PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023

Even in times of endings, God is working towards a new and better beginning, as evidenced by His promise in Haggai 2:9.

Good morning, friends! Today we're going to dive into an encouraging message from the book of Haggai. This tiny book, often overlooked, is packed with powerful truths about endings, beginnings, and the stalwart promises of God. We're going to focus specifically on Haggai 2:9, where God says, "The ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:9

Topics: Necessary Ending