Sermons on Call To Suffer:

Go! And See Beyond The Visible – Fix Your Eyes On The Eternal - 2 Corinthians 4:18 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 28, 2025

In this world, the clouds of trouble, suffering, and distraction often obscure eternity. But the believer is called to see with the eyes of faith—to look beyond what is visible to what is eternal.

Go! And See Beyond the Visible – Fix Your Eyes on the Eternal - 2 Corinthians 4:18 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NLT): “So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Romans 8:18, Hebrews 11:1, Colossians 1:15-17, Philippians 3:20, Hebrews 12:2, Romans 6:23  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Working On Salvation

Contributed by Matthew Cook on Apr 19, 2005

How do we "work out" our salvation?

Working on Salvation April 17, 2005 Center Point Baptist Church Introduction A man was driving with his wife at his side and his mother-in-law in the back seat. The women just wouldn’t leave him alone. His mother-in-law said, “You’re driving too fast!” His wife said, “Stay more to the left.” ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

Be Available

Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jun 3, 2014

Availabilty is a greater commodity than giftedness.

Judges 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORDdelivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:1-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Conversion Lesson 1 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 13, 2025

Three stories of Peter meeting Jesus.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. Viewed from many perspectives: conversion, saved, born again, prayed to receive Christ, repent, became a Christian, __________. 2. Three stories of Peter meeting Jesus: John 1:41-42 Mark 1:16-18 Luke 5:1-11 At Baptism After temptation After first ...read more

Scripture: John 1:41-42, Mark 1:16-18, Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

"making Your Calling And Election Sure"

Contributed by Jovanni Dinsay on Mar 19, 2025

In politics, especially with an incoming election, politicians typically secure several key things to ensure their success:

I. Introduction - Here are some things we often strive to secure in life: 1. Financial Security 2. Good Health 3. Loving Relationships 4. 4. Personal Safety 5. 5. Education 6. 6. Home 7. 7. Food 8. 8. Purpose 9. 9. Community 10. 10. Legacy In politics, especially with an incoming ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:10

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Change Of Plans

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 9, 2022

A sermon for the 5th Sunday of Epiphany, Year C

February 6, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Luke 5:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 A Change of Plans Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. There’s a Yiddish saying: “We make our plans and God laughs.” No matter how much we ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

"Got A Problem? Odds Against You? Call The Equalizer”

Contributed by Kenneth R. Jenkins on Dec 13, 2021

Jesus Christ is the GREAT EQUALIZER...

There are times when life seems to cave-in on us, and it doesn’t seem to go your way. And it seems like one minute you had a mountaintop experience until you end up in the valley of trouble. Then, you your back is against the wall, and it seem like there’s no one or no way to turn then it seems ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:24

Denomination: Baptist

02. A Tale Of Two Houses – Hannah’s Song And The Fall Of Eli’s Line (1 Samuel 2) Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Aug 27, 2025

Eli ignored the warnings, tolerating his sons’ wickedness until judgment came crashing down like an iceberg. On the other hand, Hannah—an unknown, humble woman—was the unseen vessel God would use to usher in a new spiritual era.

A Tale of Two Houses – Hannah’s Song and the Fall of Eli’s Line March 5, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship 1 Samuel 2 Introduction: In 1912, the Titanic set sail as the most advanced, luxurious, and “unsinkable” ship of its time. The ship’s builders boasted that not even God ...read more

Denomination: Brethren

I Will Be With You - Twelfth Sunday After Trinity

Contributed by Michael Blitz on Sep 7, 2025

God doesn't call the Qualified, he qualifies the called. When God calls Moses, Moses is sure he is not up to the task. God assures Moses, that He will be with him.

I Will Be With You Good MORNING. Our Old Testament lesson takes brings us one of the Bible’s most famous stories: Moses and the burning bush. Although, if you read through Exodus 3 and 4, it’s almost Moses vs. the Burning Bush. Moses finds a bush that is on fire, but doesn’t burn up, and then hears ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

I Demand This Thorn Removed.

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 26, 2016

THIS THORN HAS A PURPOSE. The real revelation of suffering. God has a plan and a purpose. Suffering can reveal the heart OF MAN, not just the heart of God. Suffering can be a door to Presence of God. Suffering can be fertilizer for love.

I DEMAND YOU REMOVE THIS THORN NOW! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com THORNS HAVE A PURPOSE, FEW EVER LEARN OR UNDERSTAND THE PLAN OF THE THORN... 2 Corinthians 12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. 6 For though I would desire to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:5-10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Burning Bushes And Second Chances”

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 20, 2021

‘Burning Bushes and Second Chances’ Exodus chapter 3 verses 1-22 – sermon by Gordon Curley. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: (1). A Regular Day (vs 1-2). (2). A Bush that Burnt (vs 3-6). (3). A Questionable Ancestry (vs 6). (4). A Promised Deliverance (vs 7-10) (5). A Reluctant Response (vs 11-22) SERMON BODY: Ill: • A man made an appointment to see his doctor. "Doctor," he complained, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-22

Denomination: Brethren

Discipleship Requires Determination Luke 9:51-62

Contributed by John Dobbs on Jun 25, 2016

Discipleship Requires Determination: a study of Luke 9:51-62.

Discipleship Requires Determination Luke 9:51-62 Introduction 1. Gabrielle Douglas spent the first year of her life with her homeless family that lived in the back of a van. They were taken in by relatives but soon her father abandoned the family … mother and 4 young children. As she ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:51-62

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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

Was Jesus Punished By God Series

Contributed by Robert Irvine on Jun 11, 2024

The prophet Isaiah wrote that the suffering servant would suffer but that this suffering would be viewed by the people as punishment by God. Yes, Jesus suffered; yes, it was God’s will to have him stricken and afflicted but it was not some sort of punishment.

The prophet Isaiah wrote that the suffering servant would suffer but that this suffering would be viewed by the people as punishment by God. The Bible does show in this very chapter that “it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer”, and Jesus himself went to the cross after He had ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:4, Luke 23:40-41, Psalm 22:1

Denomination: Baptist

The Cost Of Discipleship

Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 15, 2006

There is a cost involved with discipleship, in moving from the crowd to the committed.

The Cost of Discipleship Matthew 8:18-22 What is the cost of discipleship? Jesus urged His followers to count the cost, but have any of us really taken the time to think about the cost of following Jesus, and have we settled in our hearts that we are willing to follow Him, no matter what the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:18-22, Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Holiness