Sermons on Confused Languages:

Test The Spirits Series

Contributed by Dr. David Hallum on Sep 11, 2019

Test the Spirits

Introduction: Dr Charles Swindoll…The world system is committed to at least four major objectives, which I can summarize in four words: fortune, fame, power, and pleasure. 1. First and foremost: Fortune, money. The world system is driven by money; it feeds on materialism. 2. Fame. That is ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Ephphatha!

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 12, 2018

Jesus’s Ephphata prayer is the opening up, the removing of the “impediment” of spiritual deafness for us. It’s an Aramaic phrase which literally means “be released.”

Several years ago, in January a major newspaper conducted an experiment you may have heard about. The experiment involved Joshua Bell, one of the world’s greatest violinists who performed for almost all the world’s major orchestras. Joshua Bell was commissioned to play his $4,000,000 Stradivarius ...read more

Scripture: James 2:1-5, Mark 7:31-37

Denomination: Catholic

Babel And Our Nation

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 19, 2022

Love of country is good, unless it excludes love of God or non-citizen neighbors. The sin of placing our name above others is the same attitude as existed at the tower of Babel. How is the tower of Babel still relevant today?

Love of country is good, unless it excludes love of God. Love of country is good, unless it excludes love of non-citizen neighbors. The sin of self-centered national pride, of placing our name above others is the same attitude as existed at the tower of Babel. Such arrogant self-importance ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 11:4, 1 Peter 5:5, Genesis 10:8

Denomination: Baptist

Charging Up Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Apr 20, 2021

All batteries need to be charged to be effective. The Holy Spirit "charges up" the disciples and empowers them to take Jesus' message out to the world.

Charging Up   • Electric cars. Different spots to plug in and charge up. • Hyundai develops universal charging station based on car wash wands. • The charger looks like this: [image] • It’s a universal charger. • Cars aren’t the only thing that aren’t “one size fits all.” • Let’s take that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Abram's Horror Of Great Darkness. Series

Contributed by Fredric Lozo on Oct 2, 2004

This Sermon (#5) is from the Rev. Andrew Lee’s SERMONS published in 1803 by Isaiah Thomas,Jr. at Lisbon, Connecticut. Transcribed by Fredric Lozo, October 2004.

INTRODUCTION: The entire book Andrew’s Lee’s Sermons is available free at Project Gutenberg as e-Text #15031. SERMON V. Abrams Horror of great Darkness. Genesis xv.12. "And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him." IF we ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Vice Or Virtue (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jun 14, 2004

The 11th message of 13 in an expository series on the book of Colossians.

Vice or Virtue (Part 1) Colossians 3:5-12 5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. 6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. 7You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:5-12

Denomination: Baptist

What It Takes To Be Heard By God

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 5, 2009

If you want to be heard by God, make sure God and not others are your audience, make sure that it is really you who is speaking, and make sure to forgive and to receive forgiveness.

The morning worship service had reached an emotional climax during the pastor’s fervent prayer. He had carefully crafted it with fine liturgical phrases, hallowed by centuries of use. It was backed up by a throbbing organ, playing a hymn that gently drew worshipers back to thoughts of that amazing ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

Love Never Fails Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Aug 20, 2017

Really? While we may fail in love, God's love will never fail us.

Summer of Love 5 Love Never Fails. The permanence of Love Well it’s been fifty years. Fifty years ago in Canada we celebrated our Centennial. Fifty years ago the Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”. Fifty years ago Interracial Marriage was declared constitutional by The ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:8-10

Denomination: Wesleyan

Spirit-Filled Oregonians

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Sep 30, 2015

Why should someone seek to be filled with the HS? What difference does it really make in a person’s life? Are we supposed to seek something more than forgiveness? Is there more that God wants to do in our lives and through us? Let's look at God's word.

Spirit-Filled Eastern Oregonians -We focused on the baptism in the Holy Spirit last week, but what difference does it make? Why should someone seek to be filled with the HS? What difference does it really make in a person’s life? Some would say that we are baptized or filled with the HS when ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

To Be Like Him!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 25, 2021

Was John talking only about our appearance when he said, “We shall be like Him” - especially when the Bible urges us to become more & more like Jesus in the ways that we think, talk & behave?

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: 1 John 3:2; 1 Corinthians 13:1-3; John 13:35 A month or so ago someone put a request into the offering box asking me to preach a sermon on the 13th ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:2, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, John 13:35, Ephesians 4:2, Hebrews 12:14, Galatians 5:6, Philippians 2:4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Testimony Of A Preacher Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 6, 2025

Acts 21:37-22:29 shows us Paul’s courage to speak out for Jesus.

Introduction Have you ever shared your testimony of how you came to faith in Jesus with another person? A 2022 Lifeway Research study found that 53% of professing Christians shared their faith in the past 6 months (see ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Worship Without Borders ( Revelation 7)

Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Apr 25, 2025

Revelation unveils God's vision of borderless worship—diverse multitudes united by salvation, equally cleansed for divine presence, and gathered as one flock under Christ's shepherding care.

Worship Without Borders Introduction In our world of divisions and boundaries, we often find ourselves separated by nationality, language, culture, and countless other distinctions. These separations have, at times, even infiltrated our worship. We create churches that cater to specific ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 7:9-17, John 4:21-24, 1 Timothy 2:8, Revelation 7:9, 1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Timothy 4:10, John 10:16, Genesis 12:3, Acts 10:34-35, Revelation 7:10, John 4:23, Ephesians 4:4-6, Revelation 7:14-15, Galatians 3:28, Revelation 7:17, Psalm 23:1, John 10:11, John 4:14, Hebrews 12:22-23, Ephesians 1:10, Revelation 5:9, Isaiah 56:6-8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hands Open Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 21, 2008

Hands open may be a handshake or a salute, signalling friendship or respect. Just as those gestures affirmed Saul, we also must approach others by leading them to safety and by affirming their potential.

f I come toward you with an open hand, what does that mean? If I approach you from across the room with either one hand or both hands open, how would you interpret that? Well, of course, it would mean different things for different kinds of open hands. There is more than one way to be ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

I Am The Way, The Truth And The Life Series

Contributed by Paul Green on Jul 20, 2009

Do we worship the same God in different ways? Is Jesus a way? One way out of many? Or is Jesus the only way? Jesus said, ’I am the way, the truth and the life’.

I am the Way, the Truth, the Life John 14:5 Introduction A little boy was lost inside a busy shopping mall. He was standing in the aisle of a department store just crying and crying, "I want my mommy.. I want my mommy." People who passed by felt sorry for him and many of them gave him nickels and ...read more

Scripture: John 14:5

Denomination: Baptist

The Enemy Within

Contributed by Nelson Emeonu on Jul 14, 2014

The end time is here. The Church is expecting the return of the Lord. So, there is a battle going on.The last battle of the end time is inside the church.

THE ENEMY WITHIN Friend,You are welcome to THE TRUMPETER. Remember, It is a moment we are sharing the UNDILUTED word of God, preparing the saints for the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We sincerely thank God for the people that have been following this preaching of the word of God and ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:3-13

Denomination: Anglican