Sermons on Deficit:

Mind Your Thoughts Series

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 23, 2015

When you "mind your thoughts," you don't have anything to worry about.

Next Sunday is Stewardship Commitment Sunday. You and I recently received pledge cards from our Finance and Stewardship Committee, and they are asking us to make a commitment about what we will give in the year 2015. There will be a time set aside in next Sunday’s service for those of us who ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Real Test Of Faith

Contributed by William Wyne on Mar 26, 2013

A sermon that teaches that experience and endurance is our teacher of faith.

The story is told about a test given to a Harvard Divinity Class in the Doctoral program. As you well know, Harvard is one of the most prestigious places of learning, so this group was viewed as the cream of the crop. It was a very clever test I might add that I believe speaks to this text as ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Baptist

Bearing Green Leaves In Drought!

Contributed by Victor Ramlall on Jan 20, 2014

An exhortation to beware of spiritual drought which can creep up on the believer unawares effectively creating a barrier to productivity and fruitfulness.

Jeremiah 17:5-11 KJV Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

No 'dead Dogs' In God's Eyes

Contributed by David Mcnally on Jan 28, 2012

The Bible says: 'Encourage one another'. So many people believe that if there is a God, He could not, should not love. If salvation is possible, that they are 'not good enough to be saved'. That they are unworthy or too sinful. This is a lie of the devil.

OT – 2nd Samuel 9:1-13 NT – Matthew 5 verses 11-16 Sermon: No dead dogs to God ‘I feel like a dog!’ So someone said ‘How long have you felt like that?’ The answer was ‘Since I was a puppy!’. I know things are bad for many people. None of us and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Worship - An Experience Of God

Contributed by William Wyne on Feb 10, 2012

When we truly worship God, we see God in the fullness of His Holiness.

(This Sermon was preached as a result of me observing and hearing what I called “Worship Wars”. Churches are wrestling with the various tensions and traditions as it pertains to worship. The enemy will use various issues and customs to create wars around worship. Warren Wiersbe ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Falling In Love Again

Contributed by Dan Santiago on Aug 31, 2009

Christian love should be the foundation of everything we do for God.

FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN REVELATION 2:1-7 INTRODUCTION Today I would like for us to open our Bibles to Revelation to study the letters of Christ to the seven churches in Asia Minor. As a way of introduction, note the following: SOURCE: Revelation is of Jesus Christ which God gave him ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Ministers Of Grace

Contributed by Ed Lu on Aug 23, 2020

We have a special role divinely appointed to those who claim to seek His will.

We are going to look at our roles as Christians. As Christians of the Church. Having membership as parts of this body of our Lord Jesus Christ and what we do both inside and outside of the Church. How we uphold the principles of discipleship in our role as a Christian to influence unbelievers with ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Denomination: Baptist

Distracted! Who Are You Listening To?

Contributed by David Spiegel on Sep 18, 2018

We live in a world with thousands of voices of distraction. All trying to push their own agenda. Only one voice truly has our best interest at heart. How do we pull that voice out from the noise?

Distracted! Are You Listening? We live in a time with more distractions then ever • And we love it that way… keep me entertained/ quietness = boredom in many people’s minds • Let there be a few moments of silence and out comes our little distraction boxes (phones) • Google/Alexa/Siri, Entertain ...read more

Scripture: John 10:25-29, John 10:5, 2 Timothy 4:3, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 15:14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

We Speak Of A Charge Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 30, 2015

More like a Bible study from 1, 2 Timothy and Titus (material adapted from the North American Christian Convention Bible study by JK Jones)

HoHum: Go over (Hopefully sing) Hymn # 479 A Charge to Keep I Have In a recent book, Presidential Praise: Our Presidents and Their Hymns authors C. Edward Spann and Michael E. Williams Sr. note that the title of President George W. Bush’s autobiography, A Charge to Keep, was drawn from ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When "Over There" Looks Better Than "Over Here"

Contributed by Michael Stark on May 5, 2018

Meditations on Christian living as I near the end of days. Looking to what is coming enables me to weather the storms of life and to draw renewed strength from the Risen Son of God.

“We have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18

Denomination: Baptist

Hello, Beautiful!

Contributed by Mark Winter on Mar 12, 2001

God has sent a Valentine’s card to you, postmarked with the blood of his precious Son.

It’s a small town – one of those kind of towns people make jokes about. You’ve heard ‘em – “that town is so small that when you dial the wrong number, the person on the other end gives you the right number.” "It’s so small that there’s no place to go that you shouldn’t." "It’s so small that Third ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Methodist

Blessed Negatives

Contributed by Ken Alford on Nov 25, 2001

GOD’S NEGATIVES MAY BE MANKIND’S POSITIVES. Here are five blessed negatives from Heb 10:1-18

April 24,1994 BLESSED NEGATIVES Heb 10:1-18 (code = he10tv18) INTRO: (1) It would be nice if everything could be positive and nothing was ever negative. At times we try to create an ideal world by emphasizing only the positive. To do this means denying that anything is ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Inner Peace

Contributed by Peter Parry on Jan 18, 2003

Inner peace comes to the Christian whose mind is stayed on Christ and the man/woman lives in and trust His law.

INNER PEACE (Is.26:3) Near the time of his capture and death, Jesus gave a message to His disciples that everyone of us still yearns for: Peace, said Jesus, peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:165, Isaiah 26:3

Denomination: Congregational

God's View Of Man Series

Contributed by Daniel Villa on Feb 9, 2003

Man is a special creation of God created in His image, marred by sin, but restored in Jesus.

A VISION OF MANKIND/PEOPLE/PERSONS Genesis 1 – 5 Sermon Objective: Help the people understand God’s view of man to enable greater freedom, worship, and meaning to life. This message focuses on man as a creature of God; created in God’s image, marred image, restored image, and a calling to call ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Game On! (Super Bowl Sermon)

Contributed by Spencer Homan on Feb 3, 2008

This is a sermon that encourages people to put the work into preparing for Easter (Ash Wednesday, Sunday Services, etc.) in order to get the most out of Easter.

Matthew 17:1-9 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed