Sermons on C Proper 15:

Victory Songs (Exodus 15)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 20, 2024

Is singing to the Lord a good thing? Do we quickly lose faith and complain like ancient Israelites? Let's look at Exodus 15.

Is singing a good way to rejoice over victory? What is a good theme for singing to the Lord? Do we also quickly forget God’s mighty hand and backslide into complaining? What songs did the Israelites sing during the Exodus? Did the whole experience help their faith? Then Moses and the Israelites ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Greater Blessing - Genesis 15 Series

Contributed by Brian Williams on Jun 4, 2024

Life is filled with choices and opportunities. How do we know which choices to make and what opportunities are from God or not?

Last week we studied the passage in Genesis 13:3-18 where we saw that Abram and Lot were prospering, so much so that they needed to expand their territory and go their separate ways. Throughout this transition, Abram stayed close to God and learned to settle things God’s way. Lot on other hand ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 14:17-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Count The Stars (Genesis 15)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 21, 2024

Are we Abraham's children by faith? Let's examine this in Genesis 15.

What did the Lord promise Abram? Did he trust God? How many descendants would Abram have? Did God intend to bless the whole world through a descendant of Abram, Jesus? Did God visit Abram in a vision? What was his request of God? After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Year Of Release (Deuteronomy 15)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 2, 2025

Did the year of release from debts picture a greater release from a greater burden? Let's look at Deuteronomy 15.

Did God give Israel an economic model based upon cycles of 7 and 50 years? How did the year of release work? Did the sabbatical year, the year of freedom from debts, picture a better release, a rest from far greater burdens? Let’s look at Deuteronomy 15. How would a year of release, the shmita, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Celebrate Repentance (Luke 15)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 22, 2025

Do we celebrate repentance or make the prodigal son feel unwelcome? Let's look at Luke 15.

Does heaven rejoice over repentant sinners? Do we welcome such people or make them feel unwelcome? Let’s look at Luke 15. What did Jesus teach the Pharisees and experts in old covenant law about sinners? All the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around Jesus to listen to him. The ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Revelation 11:15-19 Series

Contributed by Zak Saenz on Jan 25, 2025

Revelation 11:15-19

Revelation 11:15-19 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 11:15-19, Romans 9:21-24

Denomination: Bible Church

Revelation 15:1-8 Series

Contributed by Zak Saenz on Feb 7, 2025

Revelation 15:1-8

Revelation 15:1-8 Revelation 14:12 ~ Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. This is the most important question you could ask yourself today, are you enduring? Are you keeping God's commandments and your faith in ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 15:1-8

Denomination: Bible Church

Revelation 20:7-15 Series

Contributed by Zak Saenz on Feb 7, 2025

Revelation 20:7-15

Revelation 20:7-15 The Defeat of Satan Revelation 20:7-10 ~ 7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 20:7-15

Denomination: Bible Church

Unclean Discharges (Leviticus 15)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 13, 2024

What comes out of our bodies and mouths that makes us unclean? Let's look at Leviticus 15.

Apart from foods, childbirth, skin diseases, mold and mildew, were there other ways to become unclean under Mosaic law? Would we call this simple quarantine today? Let’s look at Leviticus 15. Could a man’s bodily discharge be a cause for concern regarding infection? The Lord spoke to Moses and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon # 15 - Stay Humble Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on May 9, 2024

God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. As we study the life of King Uzziah we too will learn some important lessons on how we can stay humble, and acknowledge God in everything.

We read in 2 Corinthians 9:8, “And God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause.” (GNB) As we continue our study based on this verse we realized that God is indeed able to meet all of our needs, and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8, 2 Chronicles 16:1, 2 Chronicles 26:8, Psalm 27:1, 2 Chronicles 26:4-5, 2 Kings 5:13, 2 Chronicles 26:7, 2 Chronicles 26:9, 2 Chronicles 26:11, 2 Chronicles 26:15-16, 2 Chronicles 26:18-19, Psalm 18:29, Psalm 8:3-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Bearing Fruit (John 15)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 5, 2025

What does bearing fruit have to do with faith? Let's look at John 15.

Are we attached to Jesus or man-made church traditions? Do we have a living faith that obeys Jesus and produces fruit? Let’s look at John 15. If we are saved by faith alone, why are the unfruitful cast into the fire? If we remain in Christ will we be fruitful? “I am the true vine, and my Father ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The 4 Rules (Acts 15)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 31, 2025

What four rules would help Jew and Gentile fellowship over a meal?

Did four rules promote table fellowship between Jew and Gentile? Were the seven laws of Noah a basis for this decision? Let’s look at Acts 15. Did some early Christians believe that circumcision and the law of Moses were still required? But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Rich Man And Lazarus

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 14, 2013

Death is the great leveler. Not all rich men go to hell, nor do all poor men go to heaven. It was how Lazarus lived his life before God, and how the rich man squandered his opportunities, that determined their differing destinies.

THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS. Luke 16:19-31. It was against the Pharisees who were lovers of money that Jesus spoke the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. It is a sad story, which shows two men in quite different lifestyles in this life, and the fate of each of them in the life to come. 1. The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A New Covenant

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 21, 2018

No longer is God's law written upon tables of stone, but upon human hearts.

A NEW COVENANT. Jeremiah 31:31-34. 1. “Behold the Days are Coming” This is a recurring motif in Jeremiah. There is a certainty about it, because it is a declaration of the LORD. It occurs in Jeremiah 23:5 - ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘That I will raise to David a Branch ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Beware Of Covetousness

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 22, 2016

Hoarding wealth versus Rich toward God.

BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS. Luke 12:13-21. Sometimes people used to approach a Rabbi to settle disputes, so the petitioner in this account may not have realized he was doing anything wrong when he approached Jesus with a request concerning the inheritance left by his father (Luke 12:13). We are not ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational