Sermons on Cowards:

A Gracious Master / The Meaning Behind The Parable Of The Unjust Manager

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Sep 22, 2013

This parable is deeply embedded in Middle Eastern tradition and culture, and it is to that culture that interpreters should turn.

By the fourth century the parable of the unjust manager ..... which we read today ...... and the parable of the prodigal son were separated by ..... a chapter division. If the monks who established those divisions ...... had kept the two parables in the same chapter, ....... The entire history of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:13-19, Luke 16:1-13

Denomination: Anglican

Identity In Christ Alone Series

Contributed by Kyle Gray on Oct 13, 2014

What makes up your identity? Sanctification is a process that God wants to use to refine you. You'll find your identity there.

In general, selfies tell a false story about us. They’re just a moment captured, not the whole picture. They’re misleading. Who we see in the mirror isn’t what others see. They’re as good as we want them to be. We can re-take them until we get it perfect. (not that I would ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:5-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Until The Lord Returns (Easter 2014)

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Oct 28, 2014

I believe that the hinge of all of history is found at a lonely outcrop of rock just outside the Damascus Gate at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Easter 2014 Until the Lord Returns April 20, 2014 Introduction: A I believe that the hinge of all of history is found at a lonely outcrop of rock just outside the Damascus Gate at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. 1 The sight is a skull-shaped cliff called Calvary & just a stone throws away from that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:11

Denomination: Baptist

Dads Keep Going

Contributed by Kelly Benton on Jun 13, 2012

Dads, we need to keep being Dads even when we don’t feel like it.

In the June 1oth issue of The Christian Standard, Wayne Smith wrote an article entitled, “Playing Hurt”. It really was a great article that mirrored Professional Football players with the Christian about how we get hurt through the game of life but how we must keep going. Today, I want ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:62

Denomination: Other

A Curtain Call That Brings Down The House Series

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Oct 1, 2012

A story of redemption - God's redpemption of Samson.

“Eyeless, in Gaza, at the mill, with slaves…” (John Milton, Samson Agonistes, Line 41). Each phrase from this poem about Samson drops heavily onto our hearts like the burning tears that must have fallen from Samson’s mother when she found out what had befallen her son ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:21-31

Denomination: Lutheran

Christ The Vine

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 19, 2012

I. EXORDIUM: Are you fruitful? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that CHRIST will take care of us in bearing fruits, divine effort thru us. IV. TEXT: John 15:5-6 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) “Yes,

I. EXORDIUM: Are you fruitful? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that CHRIST will take care of us in bearing fruits, divine effort thru us. IV. TEXT: John 15:5-6 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who ...read more

Scripture: John 15:5-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Heavy? Pushed? Driven To Your Knees?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 15, 2014

There are times that the worse thing that could happen to you might be the best thing that could happen --- if we are driven to our knees...

HEAVY? PUSHED? SHOVED? DRIVEN TO OUR KNEES... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Introduction: Expect the seasons of testing, TRUST THE PROMISES, thrive in the season... knowing this too shall pass... Text: Isaiah 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Long View - Perspective Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jun 11, 2013

Sometimes it is difficult to see what God is doing because we are too close to the situation; it is helpful to remember and place our hope in God's long-view perspective.

When I was a kid, I used to get a magazine in the mail every month, I think it was Canadian Geographic for kids or something similar, and one of my favorite parts was on the second to last page. It was about 9 pictures, super close up, and the game was to see how many of those objects you could ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Shiphrah And Puah!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jun 27, 2013

We are going to explore about two women whom most of you would not have heard: Shiphrah and Puah!

Shiphrah and Puah! Exodus 1:17”But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.” Hey guys, I have set out to write this message which I just preached in the church this morning! I wish the same anointing pours down on ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 1:17

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Broken Compass Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jul 29, 2013

When we think about ourselves and our mistakes, we often think that God either doesn't love us, or that we disappoint Him regularly. The problem is our compass is broken.

Two of the three psalms we’re going to go through this morning were written by David. Psalm 101 sets forth the principals wherewith David will run his administration and the city of Jerusalem. Psalm 102 is a cry from someone captured and taken to Babylon, asking the Lord to restore what has ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

A New Day Dawning

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Apr 25, 2019

It was dark days from Good Friday to Easter - but a new day dawns

“A New Day Dawning” April 28, 2019 Acts 1:1-14 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he presented ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-14, Matthew 26:1-35

Denomination: Holiness

Fighting Discouragement

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Aug 9, 2019

Discouragement and depression can keep you from accomplishing what God wants for your life.

Fighting Discouragement Nehemiah chapter 4 Prayer- Father, today would you allow us to sense your presence. It is what each one of us needs for our lives. In your presence discouragement, anger, loneliness, anxiety, they all leave when they are replaced with your Spirit dwelling in us. Help us ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-14

Denomination: Nazarene

The Ponderings Of Mary And Joseph

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Dec 23, 2019

A pre Christmas message thinking about what Mary and Joseph may have discussed on the 97mile journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, concluding with the "gospel" message.

In Jesus Holy Name December 20, 2019 Text: Matthew 1:20b-21 Advent IV - Redeemer “The Ponderings of Joseph and Mary” Well, it's almost Christmas Day. I hope most of the rushing around is over for you. Therefore, I'm going to work under the assumption that your Christmas cards ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:20-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Believing Is Seeing Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 13, 2020

This is our 29th sermon on a series from the Gospel of John. In this sermon we look at how Jesus healed the blind man, and both the progression of faith, and the progression of apostasy.

Believing is Seeing (John Part 29) Text: John 9:1-41 There’s an old saying that goes, “Seeing is believing.” But you know sometimes, old sayings are just that… old sayings. The reality is, sometimes, seeing doesn’t equal believing. Sometimes, a person can see something, and still not believe, ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Denomination: Independent/Bible

2nd Corinthians Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Nov 20, 2021

Paul would go anywhere - endure anything -for the hope of winning one person to Jesus and he believed the eternal reward completely exceeded anything he had to suffer here on earth

November 20, 2021 2nd Corinthians differs from 1st Corinthians in that it deals with personal attacks leveled at Paul rather than doctrinal issues. Around 56/57 AD, Paul was in Macedonia when Titus finally brought word regarding the church in Corinth. Good News!! The Corinthian believers ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6-18, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Corinthians 6:3-10, 2 Corinthians 7:2-4

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist