Sermons on Defend The Church:

Trusting God’s Promises - Psalm 63:7 Pt.13 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Jul 13, 2025

The joy of praise comes from hope in God’s promises. God made His promises the central core of living the Christian life so He would get all the glory from our success.

Review If you want to love God more, begin with resolve – resolve to prefer Him above everything else. Then work on your appetite – convert all the thirst of your soul to thirst for God. Then do all you can to satisfy those desires. Seek God. Follow hard after Him so you can feast upon Him. And ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 63:7

The Surprising Comfort Of God’s Constant Gaze What God Knows About You That You Don’t - Ps.139 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Jul 25, 2025

God not only knows everything about you, but he is always paying attention to you and cares about even the smallest details of your life. This message will help you appreciate and enjoy five different benefits that come from God’s attentiveness to you.

For free audio or video download of this message, visit https://www.treasuringgod.com/sermons-by-scripture or my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson. Psalm 139:1 O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-4

The Friend Of God - James 2:20-24 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Sep 6, 2021

We are often told to trust God. But this passage makes trust seem more desirable by casting it in the context of friendship. This message defines friendship and explores what it means to have that with God.

James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical ...read more

Scripture: James 2:20-24

We Saw It, But We Don't Really Believe It!

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 28, 2024

The struggle to believe is real, but it is overcome when we meet the Risen, Living Son of God.

“On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

What Are You Doing More Than Others? - Matthew 5:43-45 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Aug 24, 2024

Matthew 5:47 …what are you doing more than others? That question speaks volumes about what the Lord expects from the Christian life. Jesus requires that citizens of His kingdom have a kind of love that is fundamentally different from the world’s kind of love.

Matthew 5:43-48 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-45

Listen, To Receive God's Best (Isaiah 48:1-22) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Sep 5, 2024

God's people have failed to listen once, and missed God's best. God here gives them a second chance, letting them know He's not angry despite their idolatry.

One of the hardest things to do in the entire world, is to listen when someone gives you good advice. Listening requires a lot from you. It requires an openness to unpleasant possibilities-- the possibility that you're wrong, that you don't know everything, that someone else knows more ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 48:1-22

When People Hurt You - Ecclesiastes 3:15-4:3 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 15, 2025

How do you avoid bitterness toward people who have hurt you and refuse to repent? Even when you affirm that God meant it for good, still, how do you not get upset over the fact that the person meant it for evil?

Ecclesiastes 3:15 Whatever is, has already been, and whatever will be, already is. God repeats what has passed. 16 I also observed under the sun: there is wickedness at the place of judgment and there is wickedness at the place of righteousness. 17 I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous ...read more

Satisfaction Sold Separately - Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:9 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 20, 2025

“Don’t get all worked up when people in charge abuse their power.” Good advice, but easier said than done. This passage teaches us how to do it—joyfully!

Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see oppression of the poor and perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, don’t be astonished at the situation, because one official protects another official, and higher officials protect them. 9 The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by ...read more

Unhurried Spirituality Pt 2 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 2, 2025

A hurried life will make your soul and spirit unhealthy and even toxic. Jesus was never in a hurry and we need to learn from Him how to live our lives with His rhythm.

Video transition: Finding Peace from this frenzied life - sermoncentral.com Series for the year: Come Alive in 2025 Thesis: We can come back to life – nothing is too dead for God to bring life back into it – nothing is too lifeless for God to breath His life back into it! He is the Creator and He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

None Like You, God! - Luke 1:46-56

Contributed by Maureen Hull on Dec 1, 2025

Title: None Like You, God! Speaker: Ralph Hull Series: Luke Date: November 30, 2025 Bible: Luke 1:46-56 An exposition of Luke 1:46-56

Manuel, God with us. I hope that each and all of you can rejoice as we sing that last song and the others as well. I enjoyed hearing our brother Matthew said that he He has come, or he said he will come, and he has come, and he will come again. Maybe we need to write a few more stanzas. Maybe our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:46-56

Jesus' Miracles: Myth Or Verified History? - 2 Peter 1:16 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Dec 7, 2025

Every religion claims to have the truth. How could one possibly sort through all of them? And how can you know for sure whether the claims of the Bible are true? This message offers clear answers from 2 Peter 1:16-19.

For free audio or video download of this message, visit https://www.treasuringgod.com/sermons-by-scripture or my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson. Introduction What Is the Best Way to Discover Truth? What is the best way to discover and verify truth? That’s an age-old ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:16

Divine Revelation: Why People Hate A God Who Speaks - 2 Peter 1:19-21 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Jan 15, 2026

Many Christians read the Bible every day and still drift away. Peter explains why—and how to make sure that never happens to you.

For free audio or video download of this message, visit https://www.treasuringgod.com/sermons-by-scripture or my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson. Introduction: Two Worlds Well, it’s 2026. The future has finally arrived—a whole new world! Actually, two worlds. We live in ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:19-21

Part 8: Depression: Sorting The Physical From The Spiritual Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Feb 7, 2026

Is depression just a chemical imbalance in the brain—or something far deeper in the soul? This session sorts the physical from the spiritual, exposes the flaws in popular theories, and uncovers what Scripture actually says about the most common counseling issue today.

For free audio or video download of this message, visit https://www.treasuringgod.com/sermons-by-scripture or my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson. Depression is by far the most common complaint of people who seek counseling. Between 1988 and 1993 office visits for ...read more

Why Did God Create You?

Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Sep 18, 2001

"What we have seen and [ourselves] heard we are also telling you, so that you too may realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] fellowship that we have (which is a distinguishing mark of Christians) is with the Father a

Why Did God Create You? "What we have seen and [ourselves] heard we are also telling you, so that you too may realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] fellowship that we have (which is a distinguishing mark of Christians) is with the Father and with His Son Jesus ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:3, Genesis 1:26-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

Winning Over Worry

Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Aug 3, 2009

IN A SIMILAR FASHION, WE FOCUS ON OUR FEARS RATHER THAN ON OUR FAITH. We worry because we focus on our wants rather than our abundance.

Do you know the best way to swat a fly? According to the scientific journal NATURE the best way is to take a piece of tissue paper in each hand. Approach the fly from the left and right at the same time, keeping the hands equidistant from the fly and moving to and fro slightly. Then with both ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:24-34

Denomination: United Methodist