Sermons on Crucial Hour:

What Is Your Identity?

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jan 14, 2008

Great Question - Whom Do You Say That I Am 1. People’s Identity 2. Christ’s Identity 3. My Identity

Luke 9:20KJV 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. According to the Federal Trade Commission, as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. The FTC also reports that identity theft costs $53 billion annually, and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:18-26

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Worry, [part 1] Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jul 31, 2022

Jesus, having talked about money and our need not to serve money, now tells us not to be anxious. One great source of anxiety is material anxiety, anxiety over possessions, and provision. However, if we serve God, we have no cause to worry.

Sermon on the Mount - (Don't Worry, Part 1) Matthew 6:25-30 (NIV) 25 Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-30

Denomination: Baptist

Why I Preach The Cross

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Apr 23, 2017

I WANT TO SUGGEST TO YOU TODAY THAT THERE IS ONE RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. WE CAN HAVE FULL ASSURANCE OF THE FUTURE BASED ON THE CROSS OF CHRIST. HE DOESN’T WANT US TO LIVE IN FEAR ABOUT THE FUTURE.

WHY I PREACH THE CROSS 1 CORINTHIANS 1:17-2:5 THERE IS A STORY ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL WHO PROUDLY WORE A SHINY CROSS ON A CHAIN AROUND HER NECK. ONE DAY SHE WAS APPROACHED BY A MAN WHO SAID TO HER, “LITTLE GIRL, DON’T YOU KNOW THAT THE CROSS JESUS DIED ON WASN’T BEAUTIFUL LIKE THE ONE YOU’RE ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Overcoming The World Series

Contributed by Derek Melanson on Apr 7, 2006

Jesus’ death and resurrection represents a D-Day for Christians, even if V-Day is still a little while off.

“Overcoming the World” John 16: 16 – 33 Introduction: D-Day and V-Day 1. How many people here recognize this date: June 6, 1944? On June 6, 1944, a date known ever since as D-Day, a mighty armada crossed a narrow strip of sea from England to Normandy, France, and cracked the Nazi grip on western ...read more

Scripture: John 16:16-33

Denomination: Baptist

Desperate Enough To Pray

Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Oct 17, 2011

Jesus teaches us the key to releasing his power in the world and that is through corporate prayer. It is also the key to growth in the church - are we desperate enough to pray together for God’s power to come down?

Korea is home to many of the largest Christian churches in the world. They have one of the largest Baptist churches, largest Methodist churches, largest Presbyterian churches, largest Pentecostal churches. In fact the largest congregation in the world, the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul has over ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:18-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Divine Peace Talks

Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Feb 7, 2012

God's goal is to reconcile every person to himself. We need to understand this as a restoring of relationship, that God has done everything on his side to restore and that we only need to turn to him in repentance and faith. Finally God has placed in our

On September 13, 1993 one of the most famous moments in modern diplomacy took place. President Bill Clinton was instrumental in brokering a peace agreement between Yitzak Rabin and Yassir Arafat in Oslo. It seemed like the Israelis and Palestinians would always be enemies but here was a miracle. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

Denomination: Lutheran

The Lutheran/Biblical Mind Knows The Importance Of Praying, Pondering... Series

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jul 9, 2017

What are faith basics? The Lutheran/Biblical Mind Knows the Importance of Praying, Pondering, and Persevering.

OK you car fanatics, I have a question for you. What are the basics of car maintenance? One website I read listed these items. Regularly change the oil and oil filter, replace dirty air filters, and keep your tires pumped to the right pressure. There is more that you need to do to keep your car ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:25-32

Denomination: Lutheran

Do You Remember Your First Love

Contributed by Tamela Walker on Sep 13, 2023

Turning back to our First True Love in Jesus Christ

DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST LOVE? Church, let us all take a moment and visualize how the ways of life have transformed the Word of God into the World and not the World into the Word of GOD. Society has attempted to displace the truth of the Word of God. The acceptance of lifestyles living today is ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-19, Revelation 2:4-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Sermon I’ve Never Wanted To Preach

Contributed by John Newton on Aug 8, 2022

There are few (if any!) passages in the Bible more challenging than Hebrews 10:26-31...

Aside from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, I wonder if anyone here this morning can tell me what may have been the most famous sermon ever preached… I don’t have any statistics to back me up, but I am certain that one of the top contenders has to be a sermon delivered to a congregation in Enfield, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:26-31

Denomination: Episcopal

Could You Give Birth To God's Baby

Contributed by Keith Linkous on Jul 18, 2001

What does God want to send to the earth through you? Learn from Mary’s example about dealing with the key issues to being a channel for God.

Philippians 4:13 tells us "[We] can do all things through Christ Who strengthens us." We often quote that for encouragement, or try and motivate others to move forward in what seems to be impossible endeavors. But it becomes a source of divine encouragement when you understand that God believes ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Battle

Contributed by Bishop Daryl Townes on Sep 12, 2004

how to achieve victory

THE BATTLE text 2nd Chronicles 20:15 and he said heaken ye all judah and ye inhabtansts of jerusalem and thou king jehosphat: thus saith jehovah unto you fear not ye neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude for the battle is not yours but Gods INTRODUCTION JEEHOSAPHAT THE FOURTH ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Irreversible Decisions Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 12, 2010

Many decisions are truly crossroads: you cannot reverse them or their consequences, try as you might. Therefore, we need to take decision making seriously.

Irreversible Decisions (Numbers 14:26-45) 1. The most important thing about you is your God and your relationship to him. This is more important than: education, health, vocation, family, intelligence, talent, riches… 2. Near the top of the list, perhaps second, is who you are. The sum ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 14:26-45

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Seals, Trumpets And Bowls

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 23, 2010

An overview of the seals, trumpets and bowls and how they are related.

Just for the fun of it this week, I decided to use Google to search for images using the search term “seals, trumpets and bowls”. Among the nearly 29,000 hits were these charts that very neatly depict the chronology of the seals, trumpets and bowls in the Book of Revelation. [Show ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Best Comeback Ever

Contributed by Blake Inscore on Sep 25, 2009

When things seemed at there worst God provided His very best through the resurrection of His Son.

Introduction: Most of us are more familiar with the Disney movie than we are the book, but in Rudyard Kipling’s, The Jungle Book Mowgli, the man cub, asks the animals what’s the most feared thing in the jungle. He’s told that when two animals meet on a narrow path that one must step aside and let ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Let Go

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Aug 19, 2009

Message on "Holding On" to the Lord.

Disclaimer: I can’t take credit for the whole outline. I picked this up from some where but don’t know where (not on Sermon Central). I just added many of the notes. Don’t Let Go This is the account of Jacob wrestling with the Lord How many Knows you can wrestle with the God How many have ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:24-32

Denomination: Church Of God