Sermons on Brokeness:

6th Sunday After Pentecost. July 20th, 2025. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 11, 2022

Year C, Proper 11.

Amos 8:1-12, Psalm 52, Genesis 18:1-10, Psalm 15, Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42 A). A BASKET OF RIPE SUMMER FRUIT. Amos 8:1-12. This vision and its interpretation is based in a pun: the Hebrew word for “Summer fruit” sounds almost identical with the word translated “the end” (Amos ...read more

Scripture: Amos 8:1-12, Genesis 18:1-10, Colossians 1:15-28, Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Returning Home Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jul 14, 2022

This sermon focuses on the story of the Jewish people who have been released from Babylonian captivity to rebuild the Jerusalem temple, and the applications for believers today.

We are continuing our series called The Story. God’s story as told through the people, places, and events of the Bible. Last week, we talked about the story of a guy named Daniel and the Lion’s Den. This week we are going to continue the story about the Babylonian captivity. Specifically, we ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:10, Ezra 4:1, Haggai 1:2

Denomination: Christian Church

An Anchor For The Soul Series

Contributed by James Wallace on Mar 2, 2021

Tossed to and fro by the difficulties of persevering in the faith? What or whom do we look to for assurance and reassurance? Hebrews 6:9-20 tells us where to find an anchor for our souls.

I imagine as we come to the very middle of the Book of Hebrews it might be legitimate for any of you to ask if I’m ever tempted to quit, to just blow off the Christian life, to abandon Christ. And my answer is not so much that, though I must admit the thought has occurred to me, but always with ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:9-20

Denomination: Bible Church

Then Came The Morning Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 5, 2021

God has always been a morning person, and it fits all we know of God that he would raise his Son up from the grave on a Sunday Morning.

Louis Evans told of the soldier who was wounded on the battlefield at night. He could not move or speak, but he could see the lanterns of the medics as they made their way from body to body. Finally a lantern was shining down on him, and after they examined his wounds one of them said, "I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10

The Desire For Deliverance Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

Jesus knows His disciples will always be sinners, and that is why they need to pray daily for forgiveness. He knew they would be subject to daily temptation. They would be in constant need of deliverance.

Winston Churchill suddenly found himself a 25 year old prisoner of war. This was in 1899. He was captured by the South African Army in the Boer War, and he endured a nightmare. He was the first prisoner of importance to be captured in the war. Churchill roamed the prison camp in Pretoria, as he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15

. God Is Our Friend Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 10, 2021

The world is full of people angry at God for allowing so much evil, and it puts a strain on our conviction that God is really a caring friend.

Martin Luther spent a major portion of his life looking for a God who liked him. He was devoutly religious from his childhood, but religion was more a burden than a blessing, for his God was not his friend. He knew God hated sin and demanded perfection and so he was obsessed with trying to be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

A Thankful Spirit Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 10, 2021

A thankful spirit encourages others to see the positive in their own lives, and so being thankful is a ministry in a world where the bad news is thrown at us so often we tend to forget the good news. We need people with a thankful spirit to remind us that light is as real as the dark

The more I study the history of man and the sea, the more grateful I become that I am a landlubber. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost in ship wrecks in my lifetime. But some sailors have much to be thankful for in spite of ship wrecks. John O'Brian, for example, was off the coast of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:27-37

Accidental Suffering Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 12, 2021

Let's look at this accidental death of a New Testament teenager and see what we can learn about the cause and cure of suffering.

The Cherynoble nuclear accident in Russia was one of the most headline grabbing events of the 20th century. But what we do not realize is that many accidents are not spectacular explosions, fiery crashes, or powerful events of violence. There are also very silent accidents which are equally ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:7-12

Good Out Of Evil Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 12, 2021

What Paul learned by his experience is that the bad stuff of life can be a way for God to use your life in a way that good things could not be used.

Luther Burbank, the world famous scientist, worked for years to try and develop a black-petaled lily. He had several thousand experimental lily plants in his laboratory. A sudden cloudburst let loose a flood of rain that they were all washed away. William Stidger tells of sympathizing with him over ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12-26

Break Up The Fallow Ground!

Contributed by Reuben Bredenhof on Mar 16, 2021

Getting baptized on your head must have an impact on your heart. If you’ve been baptized, God calls you to put off the old nature and its sinfulness, and to put on the new. There’s no salvation without a change of life, no redemption without repentance.

There once was a book-burning in the palace of Judah’s king. A scroll-burning actually, but the idea is the same. For the LORD told Jeremiah to take a scroll, write on it everything He’d said—and then to have that scroll read before the king. So that’s what Jeremiah did. He wrote down God’s words, ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 3:1-25, Jeremiah 4:1-4

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Body Love Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 17, 2021

This body we dwell in is the first part of man that God made. Man was a body before he was anything else. As Paul says in verse 46, the natural comes first than the spiritual.

I don't care how widely traveled you are, I know you have never sailed among the Island of Langerhans, or drifted lazily down the Aqueduct of Sylvius. Nor have any of you ever strolled along the banks of Hunter's Canal, or watched the sun go down behind McBurney's Point. None of you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:35-49

The Physiology Of Praise Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 18, 2021

Body involvement in worship is a subject we do not often think about, but the Bible is full of it.

It was before my time, but I remember my parents talking about going to see silent movies. The movies made no sound, but according to Sam Levinson in his book Everything But Money, the audience made plenty of sound. As the hero and the villain shot it out, each firing two thousand shots without ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 47:1-9

How To Pray Like The Apostle Paul Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 16, 2024

1. Pray with growing gratitude (vs. 15-16). 2. Pray with consistent care for other people (vs. 15-16). 3. Pray with faith, believing that God is a giver (vs. 17). 4. Pray for us to grow in godliness (vs. 17-23).

How to Pray Like the Apostle Paul Ephesians 1:15-23 Sermon by Rick Crandall Series: The Book of Ephesians (Prepared March 16, 2024) (Revised to correct error about Philippians 1:18-20 - Sorry) Message: *Charles Spurgeon was one of the greatest preachers who ever lived, but he once said, "I ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Baptist

Palm Sunday - The Triumphal Entry

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 25, 2024

When Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, he was at the height of his popularity. But only a few days later, the crowds were calling for him to be crucified. What happened? And what did the Triumphal Entry signify that the people didn't understand?

Today is Palm Sunday, one of the most significant days of the church calendar. And I think it’s fitting to remind ourselves that as we worship this morning here in our church we are part of a worldwide celebration, one that has been repeated every year for twenty centuries. In other words, this is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11, Hebrews 2:14-15

Denomination: Baptist

"i'm On An Unsinkable Ship."

Contributed by Dr. Jerry Hulse on Apr 2, 2024

This message compares a figurative ship called "The Ole Ship of Zion" with the power of the gospel. The gospel encounters opposition from worldly forces as the ship sails on treacherous waters. However, the gospel message continues to thrive and change hearts and lives even today.

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES (Acts 27:27) "But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;" (Acts 27:28-29) [28] ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:7-10, Acts 27:27-29, Acts 27:30-34, Acts 27:27

Denomination: Pentecostal