Sermons on Delusion:

Forgive One Another

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Oct 25, 2019

We may think that it is hard to forgive someone. But living with bitterness is much more damaging than forgiving.

You can’t live on this fallen earth of ours for very long without taking some hits and accumulating some scars. There’s somebody that you really trust and the day comes that they let you down. And it really hurts. And suddenly your mind is filled with questions: What is that person going to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Zacharias’ Prophecy Of The New Covenant Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Dec 9, 2019

Zachariah’s son was the prophet God chose for a key role in the drama of the ages. Jesus was to do the work of deliverance; John was to prepare the way for Him.

LUKE 1:76-80 ZACHARIAS’ PROPHECY OF THE NEW COVENANT In the first part of Zechariah’s Song he has exalted God for establish His glorious covenants starting with Abraham and then for bringing His covenants into glorious fulfillment through the coming of the Messiah. The Hymn then blesses God ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:76-80

Denomination: Baptist

Priorities, Priorities, Priorities

Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Jan 11, 2013

In this new Year, we need to prioritize our lives just as the Jewish exiles needed to do upon their return to Judah.

Priorities, Priorities, Priorities Haggai 1:2-4, 13 Intro. A husband and wife were attending a county fair where, for twenty dollars a person, a man was giving rides in an old airplane. The couple wanted to go up but they thought twenty dollars a person was too expensive so they tried to negotiate ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:2-13

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Wisdom Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Sep 10, 2012

What is the true wisdom that all Christians possess?

Introduction Are you wise? Do you possess profound wisdom? Do you have such wisdom that it would be worth the while of a truth seeker to climb a high mountain and ask you for such words that would change his life, indeed, that would be the most important he could ever know? Paul thought he had ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:6-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Case For A Creator (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 6, 2013

In this five part apologetics series, based heavily on the work of William Lane Craig and Reasonable Faith, five arguments are presented in favor of the existence of God: the evidence of Cosmology, Creation, Conscience, Christ, and Conversion.

The Case for a Creator (1) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 4/7/2013 Twenty years ago, back when I was attending Algonquin Middle School in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Lee Strobel was a pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in Algonquin, just a few miles from my house. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 19:1-4

Denomination: Christian Church

Case For A Creator (Part 5) Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 6, 2013

In this five part apologetics series, based heavily on the work of William Lane Craig and Reasonable Faith, five arguments are presented in favor of the existence of God: the evidence of Cosmology, Creation, Conscience, Christ, and Conversion.

The Case for a Creator (5) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 5/5/2013 In his book Growing Strong in the Seasons of Life, Charles Swindoll tells a story about the 19th century agnostic Thomas Huxley, who was sometimes called “Darwin’s Bulldog” because of the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:29

Denomination: Christian Church

The 4th Wise Guy (A Story Time At Christmas) Series

Contributed by Denis O'callaghan Ph.d. ,th.d., D.d., D. Phil. on Dec 16, 2011

A wee Irish offering about Time and how it works

The 4th Wise Guy (A story of Time at Christmas) Gentle Reader, With the season so close and with me not a place to preach, nor a home to call my own. I find I have a lot of time on my hands (so to speak) It's starting to get cold here and Marti wants me to purchase a new winter coat [I really ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Don't Trust In Man To Avoid The Curse

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Feb 18, 2017

To show that GOD will not allow us to be cursed by putting our trust in men and ourselves but only trusting in GOD.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you trusting in men? No. Only in JESUS CHRIST and GOD do I put my trust. John 14:1 (Amplified Bible) DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me. ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Model By Example

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 9, 2015

1 Thessalonians 1

MODEL BY EXAMPLE (1 THESSALONIANS 1) Seeing her two sons fighting over the last piece of pizza the mother said, "You boys should be acting more like Jesus, if He were here He would give His brother the last piece" The older brother looked at his younger sibling and said, ""Marty, you be ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Mystery Babylon, The Rise Of The Papacy And Anti-Semitism Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Jul 10, 2015

Slowly, ever so slowly, the papacy emerges. Attitudes change. The church looks strangely different. When she lashes out at the Jews who were her first members, and her Savior, we know things have evolved the wrong way...

NINETEEN: THE SLOW EMERGENCE OF THE PAPACY So, the location is to be Rome. The man is to be "Peter." Said Leo I, leader of the church in the middle of the 5th century: "From the whole world, a single man, 'Peter', is chosen and appointed to rank before all Gentiles and all apostles, all Fathers of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:22

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Great Escapes

Contributed by John Gaston on Mar 17, 2014

The Bible tells of many TRUE great escapes – past, present, and future. But not everything can be escaped from: especially 3 things. Lastly, there are 5 great escapes WE all must make.

GREAT ESCAPES INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Ruby Bonner said that when her daughter-in-law was pregnant, her son went with her to doctor appointments. 2. The day the doctor checked the babies heartbeat for the first time, he handed the stethoscope to the father to listen. The doctor said, "Sounds ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Don't Trust In Man To Avoid The Curse

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 23, 2016

To show that GOD will not allow us to be cursed by putting our trust in men and ourselves but only trusting in GOD.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you trusting in men? No. Only in JESUS CHRIST and GOD do I put my trust. John 14:1 (Amplified Bible) DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me. ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Lukewarm Church Of Laodicea

Contributed by Shawn Miller on Aug 22, 2015

A continuation of the bible study on the seven churches. Laodicea has become synonymous with being lukewarm. Not only was this church the last in the Revelation churches but it was the worst of the churches.

The Lukewarm Church of Laodicea Introduction: There are more than a few scholars who view the seven churches in Revelation as representative of “church ages”. They believe each individual church represents a certain era in history leading up to the rapture of the church. If they are right, then ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:13-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You And I Deceived, By Sin? Do We Know Others Who Are?

Contributed by David Leach on May 28, 2014

We may be a Christian, yes, and we have been born again, yes, we may even have been filled with the Holy Spirit for a season, but the question is, are we now deceived by sin?

Are you and I deceived, by sin? Do we know others who are? We may be a Christian, yes, and we have been born again, yes, we may even have been filled with the Holy Spirit for a season, but the question is, are we now deceived by sin? Heb 3:13 (Written to Christians) But exhort one another daily, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Does God Exist? Series

Contributed by Chris Mcmillan on Jul 28, 2014

Is the idea of God just a figment of our imagination? Is there really a divine being in the sky that has created the world? If so, how do we know He is interested in humanity?

Introduction: One of the biggest questions that people all over the world struggle with is God’s existence. Is God real? If God exists then why doesn’t He give us more evidence? Why doesn’t He just show Himself once and for all to everyone and be done with it? If God does ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:8

Denomination: Assembly Of God