Sermons on Commandments Covet:

What Does Love Require Of Me?

Contributed by Jeff Poor on Jun 5, 2017

When it comes to your generosity, a better question to ask is what does love require of me?

Intro Well good morning Real Life… My name is Curtis and it’s so great to be here with you! We are going to continue going through our series called Home. In this series we’ve been looking at what it means for us to call this place home and what each of our roles are in this home. For the past ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21, Leviticus 23:22, Proverbs 11:4, John 13:34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Praise The Lord All You Nations

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 20, 2022

Jesus came with the intention to gather all humanity together into the kingdom of God, to use the members of His Church for that gathering.

Twenty-first Sunday in Course There’s one thing you can count on when you open a news site, and the same thing is true when you open the Scriptures. You will find that human beings are most frequently motivated by what Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas calls passions, and those emotion-driven actions ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 66:18-21, Psalm 117:1-2, Hebrews 12:5-7, Luke 13:22-30

Denomination: Catholic

This Lent Get Your Passions Under Control Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 21, 2023

We take pleasure in the lesser goods of earth–food, drink, beauty, sex. And if we take too much pleasure there, we can treat them as if they were the highest good and we fall into sin.

Ash Wednesday Homily What brings us here today so early? We are here because we want something. Not a mere smear of black soot, no. If that were our goal, we’d be certifiably insane. We are here because we want at the end of our lives to be united with the Blessed Trinity forever, body and soul, ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:12-18

Denomination: Catholic

The Golden Calf Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on May 16, 2022

How did Israel get so misguided? How could it happen? God just rescued them from slavery. The very first thing the people do is make an image and worship the image. The worship of the golden calf is tragic. Could anything be more tragic?

Why worship an object when the living God offers a relationship? There is no good reason. It was so misguided for the Israelites to form the golden calf image and worship it. So tragic for this to happen. What we hope to gain from this passage is that we will seek the true God Almighty with all our ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 32:1-35

Denomination: Baptist

Love Is A Four-Letter Word

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on May 18, 2022

Many four-letter words are used tritely as vulgar and profane slang or to curse someone.

The word "love" is also a four-letter word used so commonly that its true meaning and significance has been lost. People say they 'love' their house, car, clothes, church, school, pets, food, family, friends, hairdo, music, makeup, movies, etc., and they 'love' God. The ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21, Genesis 3:6, Romans 5:19, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Luke 11:11-13, Matthew 22:37-40  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Still Don't Get It

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 28, 2020

Do we listen to the voice of God in our hearts telling us what we must do in order to free up His grace?

Tuesday of the 5th Week of Lent 2020 You Still Don’t Get It When I was growing up and first encountering the Bible stories, the years after the departure from Egypt were characterized as “forty years they wandered in the desert.” So I pictured the Hebrew people churning around the Sinai peninsula ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 102:1-20, John 8:21-30, Numbers 21:4-9

Denomination: Catholic

The Good Samaritan Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 11, 2021

If I asked you, “What was a distinguish mark to a Christian?” Jesus shows us that real believers are distinguished not by a drink, or their clothing, or even their speech, but their actions toward others.

Won’t You Be Our Neighbor? is a series designed to introduce our fall focus of connecting with the people closest around you. Throughout all of our Bible Fellowship Groups, you’ll be hearing about this follow-up over the next weeks to come. We are asking many of you to read The Art of Neighboring ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Baptist

Good Enough For Heaven?

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 1, 2021

Jesus met a young man who thought he kept the entire Law. Most people believe they are going to heaven when they die, and they base their conclusion on being a morally good person. But, is anyone really good enough to go to heaven?

I’ve entitled our message this morning “Good Enough for Heaven?” with a question mark. Is anyone really good enough to go to heaven? An article from the Los Angeles Times says, “An overwhelming majority of Americans continue to believe that there is life after death and that heaven and hell exist ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Standard Of Justification

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 1, 2021

Jesus met a lawyer trying to justify himself as being good enough for heaven. This message looks at two standards: Our standard of righteousness (or right living), which is the Law; and our standard of justification, which is Jesus.

I’ve entitled our message this evening “The Standard of Justification.” So, what is the standard by which we are justified before God and made free to enter heaven when we die? There are actually two standards that we’ll discover: One is our standard of righteousness (or right living), which is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-29

Denomination: Baptist

What Did Jesus Just Say?

Contributed by John Daniel Johnson on Mar 3, 2020

Our Savior made some radical statements in the Gospels. We can choose to ignore them or accept them; however, only those who obey the commands of Jesus will see the Kingdom of Heaven. Today we'll examine 7 of these statements that we truly need to accept.

Scripture Reference: Luke 6:46-49 Preached at Mount Zion Baptist Church on February 16, 2020 Delivered by Rev. John Daniel Johnson One of my favorite shows I used to watch is called “Little Big Shots.” The show was similar and older show called “Kids Say the Darnest Things.” If you’ve ever seen ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Reset Button For The Physical & Mental Life Series

Contributed by John Daniel Johnson on Mar 8, 2020

As mankind, we are made of the physical, mental and spiritual. In each of these the LORD has given us reset button. God has placed a reset button in this life for us that is meant to revive us, refresh us, transform us, and change our behavior.

Scripture Reference: Exodus 20:8-11 Preached at Mount Zion Baptist Church on March 1, 2020 Delivered by Rev. John Daniel Johnson (Before we begin, look to your neighbor and tell them, “Take a day off.”) Introduction: I grew up in the age when video games were just starting to be made for the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

Boundaries

Contributed by Steve Sheek on Mar 17, 2018

As Israel conquered Canaan, God set up physical boundaries for the tribes. At Sinai He gave them moral boundaries. The Word of God still defines boundaries. We are commanded not to move the boundary markers.

20180317 Parsha 124 Boundaries Today’s Torah portion is one of those passages that we tend to skip over or speed read through as we put our brain on pause. There are names we can’t pronounce and places we can’t locate on Google earth. And what difference does it make anyway. It certainly ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 34:1-15, Acts 17:24-30

Denomination: *other

A Kinder And Gentler Community

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Feb 3, 2018

a community must respect and care for each other

Jesus gave us only two commandments: This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (John 15:12) The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these (Mark 12:31) For those of you who are relatively new to In The Garden, I ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal

What Judas Missed-5

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jul 12, 2018

5 of ? Judas missed the entirety of that which took place from the time of his leaving the Lord’s supper(13:30) until he arrived in the Garden of Gethsemane, with those who would arrest Jesus(18:3)! Judas Missed...

WHAT JUDAS MISSED-V—John 13:31–14:11(John 13:18--17:26) OR--‘WHILE YOU WERE OUT/AWAY’ Attention: Nuns in the Country(Missing out) Two nuns were driving down a country road when they ran out of gas. They walked to a farmhouse the farmer had gasoline but it could only be pumped out of a huge ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35

Denomination: Baptist

The Conclusion Of The Matter Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jun 29, 2022

This sermon focuses on the last chapter of Ecclesiastes specifically how Solomon's words "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man," not only summarizes the previous chapters, but also forms the foundation for a believer's relationship with God.

School is pretty much a reality. School is a reality all of life. You could probably say that really all of life is a school. The only problem is that sometimes we learn the lessons after we fail the exam, which is not too good. But that is the way it is. Fortunately, as we continue to look ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:9-14, John 3:16-17

Denomination: Christian Church