Sermons on Defend Belief:

2 John - Learn, Love, And Live The Truth Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Nov 5, 2023

We must know the truth because there are deceivers who are spreading false doctrine

Postcards: 2 John Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 11-05-2023 Birds Aren’t Real In 2018, Peter McIndoe wanted to let people know about the government conspiracy concerning birds. From 1969 to 2001, the US government murdered over twelve billion birds and replaced them ...read more

Scripture: 2 John 1:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

What You Believe Is Important! Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jun 20, 2023

Paul was always interested in what people believed. What you believe determines how you live, what you do and what you can receive. Spirit-filled Christians live different from culture, customs, and surroundings. They live as lights in a dark world.

Sermon – What You Believe Is Important! Scripture Acts 19:1-7 “While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers. 2 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them. “No,” they ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:1-7, Joel 2:28-29, John 1:12, Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:18-20, John 7:37-39  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

I Will Give You Rest

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 15, 2022

Where do we find rest from life's challenges and struggles?

Title: I will give you rest Text: Hebrews 4: 1-16 Subject: How do we enter God’s rest? Complement: by faith, obedience, honoring his word, & leaning on our priest. Preaching idea: I will give you rest. 4:1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:1-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

#2 We Believe In God's Holy Word - The Bible Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Jul 18, 2022

The Bible is our sole source for our faith and practice. All Scripture references are from the NASB.

Start the message off with short 3 minute video "Written on Your Heart" found at SermonCentral.com Back to Basics. Why? Because so many people who call themselves Christians cannot quantify and define what it is they do believe. A couple of weeks ago we looked at the very beginning ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:16-21

Denomination: Baptist

God Reacts To Your Doubts

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 24, 2021

Our minds are tricky. All doubt and faith are not based on logic.

Where the Bible says, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1), we live in a culture that doubts everything. In 2001, Katie Couric told Today Show audiences that seven percent of Americans doubt the moon landing happened — that it was staged ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:3-4, Luke 7:18-23

Denomination: Baptist

Believing What We Haven’t Seen Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Aug 10, 2022

This sermon focuses on the Apostle known as "Doubting Thomas" and the role of faith without seeing in the life of a believer today.

A little trivia question for you old rockers out there. How many of you recognize the name Alice Cooper? Alice Cooper was a rocker from the 70s and part of the band that goes by the same name, Alice Cooper. It is hard to believe that Alice Cooper is 64 years old. I actually have a picture of ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14, John 1:18, John 20:19-31

Denomination: Christian Church

The Gospel Of John: An Introduction Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Dec 31, 2021

Arguably with no other book, is there a larger disconnect between academic, scholarly understanding, and the way the church reads it. The intro is designed to bridge part of that gap, and explain my own approach to John.

First of all, a note on my approach: This series uses a literary/narrative approach to John, along the lines proposed by scholars like Adele Berlin, Frank Kermode, Robert Alter, or Charles Talbert, to name just a few. I assume that the author/narrator of John-- who I call "AJ"-- had ...read more

Scripture: John 9:22, John 12:42-43, John 16:1, John 2:23, John 6:66  (view more)  (view less)

The Word Of Faith That We Proclaim.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 3, 2022

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God Him raised from the dead, you shall be saved.

THE WORD OF FAITH THAT WE PROCLAIM. Romans 10:8-13. For Moses, the word was ‘nigh thee, in your mouth and in your heart, THAT YOU MAY DO IT’ (Deuteronomy 30:14). The Apostle Paul makes a new application of this as “the word of FAITH which we proclaim” (Romans 10:8). According to Paul, the object ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:8-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The New Birth Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 17, 2021

First John 5:1-5 shows us what the new birth produces.

Scripture In her book titled Stay Salt, Rebecca Manley Pippert writes about the renowned child psychiatrist Robert Coles in which he told this story in a graduate class at Harvard University many years ago: “A highly regarded psychiatrist recently told me in despair: ‘I have been doing therapy ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:1-5

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

How Jesus Gives Us Peace Of Mind

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Apr 14, 2024

This sermon explores how trust in Jesus transforms troubles, promises peace in perplexity, and bestows benefits through belief, encouraging openness to God's transformative truth.

Ladies and Gentlemen, brothers, and sisters in Christ, we gather here today to be nourished by the Word of God, to be reminded of His love and mercy, and to be stirred by His Spirit. We gather in the presence of God, in the fellowship of saints, and in the joy of shared faith. We are here not ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19-21, Matthew 11:28-30, John 14:1, Acts 10:43

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Power Of Faith Activated By Love Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Apr 30, 2025

In this sermon, we'll explore the biblical principle that faith must be activated and energized by love.

As believers, we're often reminded of the importance of faith in our walk with God. However, faith without love is incomplete and ineffective. In this sermon, we'll explore the biblical principle that faith must be activated and energized by love. The Foundation of Faith and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14

What God Wants Isn’t What You Think

Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 4, 2025

Faith is not belief alone but a heart returning to and reaching for Jesus—seeking relationship, surrender, and wholeness in His presence.

There are moments in Scripture so brief, so quiet, so easily passed over, that we almost miss the entire weight of Heaven behind them. Luke 17 records one of those moments—an encounter tucked into a journey, a miracle overshadowed by a greater truth, a healing overshadowed by a deeper kind of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:19, Mark 5:34, Galatians 2:20, Romans 1:17, James 2:18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Living Missionally In A Changing World

Contributed by Antonio Manaytay on Jan 23, 2025

This sermon delves into how to live missionally in a rapidly changing world. How do we, as followers of Christ, live missionally in such a world?

Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:19-20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Believer's Hope

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Mar 2, 2024

Characteristics of the believer’s hope...our hope is based on a living person, that person being Jesus Christ.

Australian aborigines pictured heaven as a distant island beyond the western horizon. The early Finns thought heaven was a distant island in the faraway East. Mexicans, Peruvians, and Polynesians believed they went to the sun or the moon after death. Native Americans believed that in the afterlife ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5, 1 Thessalonians 5:7-10, Hebrews 6:19, 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Rabboni Series

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Apr 3, 2024

Jesus addresses each of us in a personal way.

Rabonni March 31, 2024 John 20: 1 – 18 – Easter Sunday Intro: This morning when I was getting ready for church, I paused for just a moment and prayer that during this service Jesus would appear behind you all. Sometimes, I think that is what it will take for many to believe in Him and ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed