Sermons on Delilah Lap:

God's Grand Narrative: Lessons From The Past Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

Inside the believer’s mind, there is something very close to assurance yet is as dangerous as the “running with the bulls” in Spain. It is presumption. Presumption is an idea taken to be true though it is not known of certain.

Begin message with an Interview with Clay Warnock from The Call on Foster Care. Questions are: 1. How many children are currently in care in our local area? 2. How many homes are available for these children? 3. What do these children need from the church? We’re in a series of sermons in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

The End Times Matter Now Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 9, 2021

As a Christian believer, is the end of time really that important to my life? Does it really make a difference to how I live?

My Aims for End Times Series: over the course of the next few weeks, I want you to join the believers of the early church by feeling the wonder and awe of the Bible’s teaching of Christ’s return. I want the impact of Christ’s return to stir you with new affections for Christ. As a Christian ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:49-59

Denomination: Baptist

The Receptivity Of The Heart Series

Contributed by Vince Miller on May 30, 2018

In this lesson, we discover spiritual growth is not about our spiritual knowledge or spiritual age, but that our increase directly correlates to our spiritual receptivity. Discover four levels of human receptivity.

Men, I don’t know if we are as receptive as we think we are. I guarantee it. I bet you think you’re the most receptive person in the world, to all kinds of truth. I bet you think that. But as you are listening today, I guarantee that you are not as receptive as you think you are. Jesus is going to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Great Depression # 6

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 31, 2021

It is easy to understand why we have so many depressed people in our society when you consider all the depressing things that are being dumped on them daily.

(1) TAXES CAN BE DEPRESSING We continuously hear of the problems of our school systems. When you ask the school board what it is going to take to solve this problem, they say, “MORE MONEY!” • Will Rogers said that Alexander Hamilton originated the “put and take system” in our national treasury: ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Not For Spiritual Wimps Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Feb 10, 2025

Disciples of Jesus have a calling to partner with Jesus in enabling repentance-avoiders to repent by being salt and light as we live the "beatitudinal" life.

You can listen to this sermon at https://npbc.org.au/podcasts/media Matthew 5:1-16 “Not For Spiritual Wimps” Do you ever have those moments when you think – this world has gone mad! Attention spans are being reduced to sound bites … 2 minute reels … and doom scrolling. Everyone is now an expert ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

4 Things God Knows About You That You Don’t Know

Contributed by John Gaston on Mar 15, 2025

There are many things we don't know about ourselves; how many hairs are on our heads, days we will live; where we’ll be 20 years from now. God knows our POTENTIAL, our HEARTS, FUTURE, & LIMITS.

4 THINGS GOD KNOWS ABOUT YOU THAT YOU DON’T KNOW Ps. 139:1-18 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: 1. A lady called in a prayer request, “My husband got stung by a bee on the forehead. He’s in the ER now. His face is all swollen and bruised and he almost died.” 2. She continued, “Luckily I was close ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Your Cross Has Arrived

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 4, 2025

Lent is a the 40 days, (not counting Sundays) from Ash Wednesday till Easter.

Your Cross Has Arrived “Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Mark 8:34 Intro: This week we celebrated Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. Lent is a the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sandpaper Christians

Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 22, 2025

In Mal. 3:17 God calls us His jewels. All gemstones began as lumps of carbon & were worthless, but under great pressure and heat, they became extremely valuable. We must be cut, sanded, grinded, and tumbled.

SANDPAPER CHRISTIANS INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. When President Cleveland's second child was born, the doctor asked Cleveland for a scale to determine the baby’s weight. Cleveland searched through the house without success. 2. Finally, he remembered that he had an old scale in the basement ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:11, Malachi 3:2-3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Hope An Advent Message. Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 8, 2025

This is a re-jig of an earlier sermon that addresses Hope as part of Advent 2025

Advent Hope. This week we are addressing the second point of advent; we light the candle of Hope. Even saying that brings a smile to my face. We light the candle of Hope, we see a glimmer of Hope, the glimmer becomes a flame of hope, that if and when spread, can ignite the world into a new light ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:24-30, Jeremiah 29:11, Joshua 19:28-29, 1 Peter 1:13-17

Denomination: Salvation Army

Walk In Love SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Oct 24, 2023

How do I walk in love?

Good morning, my dear brothers and sisters in Christ. What a joy it is to gather together in this sacred space, to share in fellowship, to lift our voices in praise, and to open our hearts to the wisdom and guidance that God has in store for us. As we come together today, we are embarking on a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-2

Topics: Walk In Love

When Your Promise Dies PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 18, 2024

This sermon encourages trust in God's promises and the growth of faith, even in challenging times, through the wisdom found in 2 Kings 4:14-37.

Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, to this gathering of hearts and minds, united in our shared love for our Savior and our shared desire to grow closer to Him. Today, we find ourselves standing at the foot of a mountain of wisdom, ready to ascend, not by our own strength, but by the grace and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:14-37

Topics: Faith, Belief

Mother's Day - A Mother's Love

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Apr 22, 2001

I know that many mothers pray. Sometimes they pray out of necessity. Sometimes they pray because motherhood is not easy, but extremely difficult.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGECHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2018) TEXT: Matthew 20:20?23 ILL. Someone wrote, "Mother's Day is traditionally the day when children give something back to their mothers for all the spit they produce to wash dirty faces, all the old gum they held in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:20-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

If God Is Good, Why Is Life So Unfair? Part One

Contributed by Larry Sarver on May 10, 2001

An Expository Sermon From Psalm 73 On How Perspective Can Make It Seem That God Is Not Good, and Life Is Not Fair.

Psalm 73 "If God Is Good, Why Is Life So Unfair?" Part 1 Introduction: Read Psalm 73. Illustration: On April 20th of this year Missionary Veronica ``Roni’’ Bowers, 35, and her 7-month-old daughter, Charity, seated in her lap, were killed by a single bullet when the jet fired on the Cessna ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 73:1-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus The Priest Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002

Jesus has bridged the gap between us and God and has made a way for us to come before God and worship Him

Jesus The Priest: “Portraits of Christ” series: Hebrews 4:14-16 Jan. 26/27, 2002 – Steve Simala Grant Intro: I know we have heard a lot already this morning, and experienced a wide range of emotions. We heard from Matt, one of our pastors and friends, who has felt God leading him to resign ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16

Denomination: Baptist

A Faithful Father

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jun 13, 2002

This Father’s Day sermon urges fathers to be faithful.

Sunday Morning, June 16, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Father¡¦s Day 2002 SLIDE 1 A FAITHFUL FATHER 1 Samuel 2:12-25 Introduction: 1. Over 200 years ago, when the United States Marine Corps was being formed, much time was given to adopting an appropriate motto. A Latin phrase was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:12-25

Denomination: Baptist