Sermons on Common Sense:

What Matters To Our Master? Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 8, 2021

What matters to our Master? 1. Righteousness matters (vs. 17-20). 2. Relationships matter (vs. 22-24). 3. Reconciliation matters (vs. 23-26).

What Matters to Our Master? The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 5:17-26 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - August 27, 2017 (Revised January 8, 2021) MESSAGE: *Some things matter to us and some things don't. Jim Kane reminds us in a little memory quiz that included these ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-26

Denomination: Baptist

Great Help From God's Holy Spirit Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jan 11, 2021

1. He gives us great confirmation (vs. 16). 2. He gives us great expectation (vs. 17-25). 3. He gives us great intercession (vs. 26-27).

Great Help from God's Holy Spirit The Book of Romans Romans 8:16-27 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - July 24, 2016 (Revised January 11, 2021) MESSAGE: *Has God ever helped you in an unusual way? He does it all the time. A few years ago, I saw a news story that came from Hazle ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:16-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Cost Of Abandoning Christ Series

Contributed by James Wallace on Jan 18, 2021

Life is often a matter of focus? As we follow Christ, we can focus on the struggles and persecution we might endure. Or we can focus on the benefits, eternal and glorious, of continuing to follow Christ. Hebrews 2 encourages us to do the latter.

The Cost of Abandoning Christ Hebrews 2:5-14 A few years ago we had what we called a water bottle outreach at Lazy 5 Recreational Area. It was during one of the music festivals they used to have there, before Covid, on weekday summer evenings. We would hand out water bottles and invitations to ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:5-18, Hebrews 3:14, Isaiah 8:17-18, Psalm 22:22

Denomination: Bible Church

Take Off

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 23, 2021

we need to have the propelling force to climb higher and higher until we get to this CRUISE ALTITUDE. How does one get to this cruise altitude spiritually?

Higher dimension with God! TAKE OFF! Matthew 17:1 Six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves. INTRO: Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aircraft goes through a transition from moving along the ground ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:1

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Is Bigger Than My Insecurities Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 9, 2021

You’ll never truly find happiness until you are concerned for other people’s joy.

Insecurity is the general unease we experience when we lack certainty and confidence in life. Today, I want you to see how a big God secures your peace, composure and happiness. The Bible shows us where the inner springs of joy and harmony are found in a believer’s life. Find Philippians 4 with ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Father As A Husband Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 17, 2021

1) Consideration (1 Peter 3:7a), 2) Companionship (1 Peter 3:7b),and 3) Chivalry (1 Peter 3:7c).

1 Peter 3:7. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. (ESV) Fathers are just as important to their children as mothers, even when ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:7

Denomination: Other

"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

In The Fire! Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 24, 2021

Don’t be surprised or ashamed by the fire. Instead, be glad in the fire, glory in the fire, and give yourself to God in the fire.

Kathryn Leatherwood from Washington, Ohio, recalls spending a week with a roomful of VBS preschoolers. Many of them had been first-timers and attended with loud protests. Toward the end of the week, she noticed Jessica adjusting her colorful headband with a look of frustration. After quieting yet ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:48, 1 Peter 2:5, Acts 26:28, Acts 11:26, Acts 7:55, Exodus 40:34, Romans 8:18, Revelation 20:14-15, 1 Peter 4:12-19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Weary Of Doing Good Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 6, 2021

The Apostle Paul does not want the Thessalonians to grow weary of doing good and serving and living faithfully to God while they wait for His second coming.

WEARY OF DOING GOOD 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18 #2Thessalonians3 INTRODUCTION This morning we are finishing up our series on 1 and 2 Thessalonians and we are focusing on 2 Thessalonians 3. REASON 1 I think one of the reasons that obeying the command that caught my eye in 2 Thessalonians 3 is difficult ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"pulling Weeds Of Bitterness From The Garden Of One's Life"

Contributed by Christopher Arch on Jun 25, 2022

This is a topically focused sermon.

Title: “Pulling Weeds of Bitterness in the Garden of Life” Script: Heb. 12:14-15 Type: Thematic Where: GNBC Intro: Most of you who have know me for any time know that I love to garden. Late in the winter I dig out my 50 year old Reader’s Digest book on Gardening. I begin to think about ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:14-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Last Days (Are We There Yet?) Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jul 6, 2022

This sermon focuses on "The Last Days" specifically what we can learn about it from the Book of Revelation and how it applies to living as disciples of Christ.

Good morning. If any of you watch the History Channel, you probably recognize that trailer. It is a two-day miniseries that begins tomorrow and goes for two days. I am not one to really be into the end-time stuff, but this one seemed to catch my attention given all the weird stuff that seems ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 4:1-2, Revelation 5:9-14, Revelation 21:1-5, Revelation 22:1-5, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Peter 3:10-12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian Church

Providence Leads The Way Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 20, 2022

God is present and ordering our chaos by His providence. Believe this. Pray to believe this. Be challenged and comforted in this Truth.

THE VERY RELATABLE LIFE OF KING DAVID Providence Leads the Way 1 Samuel 16:14-23 #kingdavid INTRODUCTION As we begin today, I would like to start by reading the passage we will be digging into in ‘The Very Relatable Life of King David.’ We are at the beginning of David’s life presented in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:14-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Defining The Relationship (Romans 8:12-17) Series

Contributed by James Jackson on Aug 13, 2022

When we trust Jesus as our Savior, everything changes in our relationship with God. Our motivation, our status, and our expectations. In Romans 8:12-17, God defines our relationship status.

Defining the Relationship Romans 8:12-18 This week, I asked several people around me if they knew t what a DTR was. My suspicion was that if you were a college student or young adult, you knew exactly what a DTR was, but that if you were older, you didn’t. And as it turned out, I was right. When I ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

God Has A Way About Him Series

Contributed by Sean Dees on Aug 15, 2022

Christians seem to really like to explain God. We seem to have an answer for everything, no matter what the question is; sometimes those explanations come from scripture, sometimes they come from theologians and theories, but we seem to have the answer. Do we always have to have the answer?

God has a way about Him Joshua 10:12-14 Series: Light Pollution (12) Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. (13) ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 10:12-14

The Peril Of Hardening Your Heart Series

Contributed by James Wallace on Jan 25, 2021

Have you gotten used to saying "No" to God? It became a habit of the Children of Israel in the wilderness and ultimately resulted in an all-out rebellion against God that disqualified most of them from God's rest.

Author, theologian and Professor Craig Keener tells how his mother asked him if he believed in an after-life at the age of nine, and he replied no. She agreed with him and told him how most intellectuals did as well. So he felt affirmed in his atheism. The problem was that such a worldview left ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:1-11, Colossians 1:22-23, 1 Corinthians 15:2, 2 Peter 1:10-11, 1 John 2:19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Bible Church