SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Difficult Choices:

showing 2,941-2,955 of 74,538
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

Faithful to the Finish

Peter's final call to a young and growing church

Grace and Glory

A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter

Entrusted

Gifts, risk, and the return of the King

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • John Dobbs avatar

    Holy Habits #5: Godliness Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Jul 18, 2025
     | 330 views

    Godliness. Any light that we shine into this dark world is not our own. It is a reflection of the Son. That is a good working definition of godliness - shining the light of God’s love into a dark world.

    HOLY HABIT #5   GODLINESS Introduction The moon tonight (July 20, 2025) is at the phase known as Waning Crescent. Only 21.3% of the moon is visible. The last full moon was July 10th. During this phase, over the next five days, the moon will be virtually invisible to the naked ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Hold On To Jesus Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 22, 2015
     | 20,754 views

    WE need to hold on to something in life, how about trying Jesus.

    INTRODUCTION • LONE SURVIVOR CLIP-Wingclips.com • SLIDE #1 • That was actual clips of Navy Seals in training from the movie Lone Survivor. • Have you ever felt like you were just holding on for dear life with your faith? • SLIDE #2 • You feel like you have been ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Courage Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Aug 8, 2025
     | 362 views

    Esther had the courage to use her position of power to help others, specifically, to save her people, the Jews, from genocide.

    INTRODUCTION OPENING SLIDE • Have you ever been in a moment when you knew what the right thing to do was—but fear tried to hold you back? • Maybe it was speaking up when someone was being mistreated. • Maybe it was standing for truth when it would’ve been easier to stay quiet. • Maybe it was ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Stark avatar

    What's Fair About That?

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jun 1, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 16,476 views

    God's overwhelming generosity is difficult to comprehend, though every Christian has experienced that generosity. We must avoid attempting to cast God in our image, learning instead of the extravagant grace with which He showers each of us.

    “The kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ralph Andrus avatar

    Choose Right

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on May 2, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,104 views

    1. Who am I? v.24 2. What are my choices? v.24 3. What is important? v.26 4. What are my goals? v.27 5. What do I believe v.28

    You Follow What You Are Tied Too - Two hunters out hunting - Come what appeared at first as an abandoned farm - Barn sagging, house in disrepair, old car & tractor parts lying around. - Only thing that made it a working far were a few chickens pecking away and a goat wandering around - As they ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Craig Condon avatar

    Spiritual Hunger

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Feb 5, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,072 views

    We must ask ourselves, “What are my hungers? Where have I gone to satisfy them and where have those choices led me? " Thank goodness Jesus provides an alternative that is healthy for us both physically and spiritually.

    A burglar was arrested and appeared before a judge. The judge found him guilty and before he sentenced the burglar, the judge asked him if he had anything to say in his defense. The burglar said, “Well, Your Honour, you know how it is. The more a man has, the more he wants”. The judge ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Anglican

  • Scott Kircher avatar

    Blessed In Christ Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jul 10, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,507 views

    Life is hard, even for Christians. In those difficult times we can sometimes forget the blessings we have in Christ. But when we start to see the bigger picture and understand how we are blessed in Christ, we can truly live in the joy of those blessings.

    Ok, I want to start with a question. Do you know where you are? That is kind of a funny question, isn’t it? Because of course you know where you are. But the reality is, that sometimes, we may not fully understand where we are until we see the bigger picture of our location and the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Buffy Cook avatar

    The Servant Finishes - His Death Series

    Contributed by Buffy Cook on Jan 18, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,476 views

    Ninth in a 12 part series examining THE most important week in all of history: The Passion Week, when Jesus fulfilled Mark 10:45. The Servant Finishes - His Death. Golgotha was A Place of Choices, Crucifixion, Prophecy, and Cruelty.

    The Passion Week of Christ: A Study from the Book of Mark Week 9: The Servant Finishes - His Death Mark 15:21-32 I. Introduction A. Do you ever struggle to believe that YOU are someone worth dying for? I mean doesn't it seem ludicrous, don't we Christians seem to be off our rockers, to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    What Do We Know For Sure?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 19, 2002
    based on 348 ratings
     | 31,904 views

    In this day & age, sometimes it is difficult to know what is true & what is false. But surely, there are some things we can count on, some things we can know for sure. Just what do we know for sure?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2019) GOD WANTS US TO BE SURE! TEXT: 1 John 5:11-13; John 10:14,27-28; Romans 8:31-39 What do we know for sure? ILL. The great preacher, John Wesley, once said, “When I was young I was sure of everything. But after a few years, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    I Know Your Schemes Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 29, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 6,496 views

    Poetic reflection for Maundy Thursday, in which the Jesus who is about to go to the cross tells His disciples that He knows their schemes to harm, their unwillingness to travel difficult roads, and their failure to accept the burden of testimony, so that

    "Oh, I know your thoughts, and your schemes to wrong me. ... Have you not asked those who travel the roads, and do you not accept their testimony?” ‘Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me." They began to be distressed and to say to him one ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jon MacKinney avatar

    Women Of Faith

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on May 13, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 18,163 views

    Women are called to lives of faith, just like Jesus was. Their calling includes this difficult command to submit to their husbands, even ones who are not believers. What is required is the same thing required of Jesus; an obedient faith.

    May 11, 2003 "Women of Faith" 1 Peter 3:1-7 Pastor Jon MacKinney ______________________________________________________________________________________ Christianity, our faith, is most challenging when we read passages of Scripture like the one we read last week. From the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • JOHN BAGGETT avatar

    Giving Thanks At The Crossroads Of Life

    Contributed by John Baggett on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 13,335 views

    Thanksgiving sermon or anytime. Jacob gave a prayer of Thanksgiving unto God at a difficult time in his life. He remembered God’s promises, Recognized his unworthiness and Realized God’s Many Blessings

    Thanksgiving "GIVING THANKS AT THE CROSSROADS OF LIFE" Genesis 32:9-10 This week our nation celebrates the holiday of Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I’m afraid that a lot of people in America today associate Thanksgiving more with the Macy’s parade, a special meal and a football game...than the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • William Nowak avatar

    A Victory Proclamation Series

    Contributed by William Nowak on May 1, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 11,410 views

    In this difficult passage, we’re told that Jesus "preached unto the spirits in prison..." To understand the passage we need to answer the basic questions...How? When? Who? Where? And Why is Peter telling us this?

    I Peter 3:18-20 “A Victory Proclamation” Intro—A few years ago, I, like most people, was amazed by one of those fads that periodically sweeps the US—at the time I’m thinking of, someone had discovered that you could use a computer somehow to generate “art” that would have a picture “hidden” in ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jason Patrick avatar

    The Song Of A Pregnant Teenager

    Contributed by Jason Patrick on Jan 12, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 8,050 views

    Often times we find it difficult to submit to God’s will, but Mary serves as an inspiring example of how we can submit to God even when God’s plan is an utter mystery to us.

    The Song of a Pregnant Teenager / Luke 1:47-55 Third Sunday of Advent, Year A; Downsville Baptist Church; 16 Dec. 2001 She was the last girl anybody expected to fall under this kind of disgrace. Fourteen years old, a freshman at Jerusalem High School with a straight A average, Mary always ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Maxwell avatar

    Winning With People: Say The Right Words At The Right Time Series

    Contributed by John Maxwell on Aug 10, 2006
    based on 44 ratings
     | 10,087 views

    It all happened so fast, it was difficult for Esther to draw the conclusion that she had to act. Wouldn’t her position as queen keep her safe? Or, could Haman take her life, too?

    25 Ways to Win With People How to Make Others Feel Like a Million Bucks By John C. Maxwell and Les Parrott III 1. Start With Yourself – King Solomon (I Kings 3:5-14) 2. Practice the 30 Second Rule – Jesus and Simon Peter (John 1:42) 3. Let People Know You Need Them – Paul (II Tim. 4:11) / ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Wesleyan