Sermons on Come To Your Senses:

Sensing God - Taste Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Jan 16, 2018

This sermon continues the series on using all our senses to experience and live in relationship with God. The focus here is for us to taste that God is good, and for us to leave a good taste in the lives of not-yet-believers.

Taste is a very powerful sense. The power of taste is something that I am very familiar with because we grew up in a Dutch-background household which meant we had salted liquorice in our house. For those of you who are familiar with liquorice … well you know you are experiencing something like ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Making Sense Of Suffering

Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Feb 26, 2018

There is suffering all around us. How do we make sense of all the suffering ? Especially the suffering that good people go through? Where can we turn to when we need to make sense of our suffering.

Allow me to start with a well-known and (may be poor) joke about marriage. You all know about the three rings of marriage right, It starts with the engagement ring, it gets solemnized with the wedding ring and then continues with… suffering. Right? Leslie and I of course have the privilege of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-22, Matthew 20:17-22, 1 Peter 1:6-7, 1 Peter 2:20-22, 1 Peter 4:12-18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Service That Makes Sense Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 30, 2009

This sermon examines what is our reasonable service and why our service is reasonable.

Scripture For the past few weeks we have been studying Romans 12:1-2. In Romans 12 the Apostle Paul begins applying the doctrine that he has been teaching for the previous 11 chapters. Now, it is not that he has made no application in the previous 11 chapters; he has. However, as he begins chapter ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A False Sense Of Security

Contributed by W F on Sep 4, 2005

It’s easy to adopt our society’s methods of security. Making comparisons, money and wealth, Military might. It’s much harder to acknowledge God’s role in providing freedom from anxiety and fear.

False Security Amos 6:1-14 Security. Everyone naturally wants to be safe and secure. We want to be protected from home invaders, hunger, financial loss, spiraling medical costs, fraudsters and suspect businesses etc. According to a recent poll of 997 adults (for Britain’s Woolwich building ...read more

Scripture: Amos 6:1-14

Denomination: *other

Making Sense Of Predestination Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Sep 21, 2008

God is supremely sovereign AND we are responsible for our response to Him.

Making Sense of Predestination Romans 9:6-18 Rev. Brian Bill 9/21/08 Note: I have benefited greatly from the insights of my friend and ministry mentor Ray Pritchard. Parts of this sermon are taken from “Straight Talk about Predestination” and are used by permission: www.keepbelieving.com. Our ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:19-29

Denomination: Baptist

Celebration And A Sense Of Doom Series

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 15, 2017

On Palm Sunday, Jesus rode in triumphantly, knowing that this was the beginning of the end

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:8-11, John 13:34-35

Denomination: Episcopal

Making Sense Of The Resurrection Series

Contributed by James Wallace on Apr 5, 2021

When the apostles first heard of the resurrection of Jesus, the words seemed as nonsense to them. How can you make sense of the Resurrection? Take the four steps they did!

Luke 24:8-35; 44-46 Main Idea: RE: Jesus’ Resurrection: Investigate, Evaluate, Believe & Adjust Your Life Accordingly For the last 6 months, I’ve been somewhat obsessed with the supernatural—miracles in history. I know they’ve happened; I know they happen today, and I’ve had some happen ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:10-47, John 11:25-26, John 3:16, John 14:6

Denomination: Bible Church

Sermon On A Sense Of Belonging

Contributed by William Meakin on Aug 11, 2025

A sense of belonging is the feeling of being accepted, included, and connected to another person, a group or a community.

Brené Brown, a female American academic once remarked: "True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic self with the world and find sacredness in both being a part of something and standing alone in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8, 1 Peter 4:10, Philippians 2:1-4, Ephesians 4:16

Spooks, Spirits And Sense

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 31, 2003

We need to be focused more on the human spirit and the Holy Spirit than spooks.

INTRO.- ILL.- A man was going to attend a Halloween party one time dressed in a costume that supposedly looked like the devil; red suit, tail, fork in hand. While walking to the party it began to rain so he darted into the nearest building, which happened to be a church where a revival meeting was ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sensing God - Smell Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Jan 18, 2018

This sermon is the last in a series which considers the five senses and how our senses help us in our relationship with God. In this message we see that we can be a pleasing aroma to God and the calling we have to be an aroma to the world.

The sense of smell is a powerful sense. If you are like me, as an example, the smell of a coffee especially in the morning, is a reviving smell. You can be asleep and then, if someone loves you enough to make it for you, the smell is able to wake you up. This is fantastic. What a great way to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 8:18-22, Ephesians 5:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Making Sense Of Suffering Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

God is the unseen factor for the world. They will never understand our behavior when we live to God.

William Jackson was a slave in the home of Confederate president Jefferson Davis during the Civil War. It turns out he was also a spy for the Union Army, providing key secrets to the North about the Confederacy. Jackson was Davis' house servant and personal coachman. He learned high-level ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:18-23

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Makes Sense

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 31, 2025

Grace crosses forbidden borders to restore what systems abandon; Jesus speaks order into chaos, reclaiming the image of God within us.

There are moments in Scripture when heaven steps across an invisible border, and the entire order of creation trembles. This is one of them. The Gospel of Mark says, “They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.” That sentence may sound geographical, but it’s ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Luke 8:26-39, Isaiah 43:2, Genesis 1:2-3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Jesus Sense Of Humor

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Sep 14, 2004

A sermon for the 16th Sunda after Pentecost Proper 20

16th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Luke 16:1-13 "Jesus Sense of Humor" "He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a steward, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. And he called him and said to him, ’What is this that I hear about you? Turn ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Dollars And Jesus Sense Series

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Aug 31, 2016

Jesus teaches us about money/stewardship. A great formula for being a good steward is to: 1. Gain all we can 2. Save all we can 3. Invest in the lives of others all that we can (Adapted from John Wesley's Sermon on Money)

Scripture: Luke 16:1-13 ; Ephesians 4:28; Psalm 79:1-9 Theme: Stewardship Title: Dollars and Jesus Sense Jesus teaches us about money/stewardship. A great formula for being a good steward is to: 1. Gain all we can 2. Save all we can 3. Invest in the lives of others all that we can ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:1-13

Denomination: Nazarene

Making Sense Of Baptism

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000

the meaning and significance of Biblical Baptism

There is a story about a Baptist pastor who had just started serving a new congregation. For eight Sundays in a row he preached on the importance of baptism. Finally, the chairman of the deacon board approached him and said, "Preacher, we think you need to choose another theme to preach on." The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20, Romans 6:3-4

Denomination: Baptist