Sermons on Disadvantage:

Sermon On The Augury Of "qué Será, Será"

Contributed by William Meakin on Jan 7, 2025

"Qué será, será" as it is often spelled in Spanish, or "Che sarà, sarà" in the regarded authentic original language of Italian is deemed to mean: “What will be, will be.”

William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet once remarked: “Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all.” Romans 8:28 ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8, Proverbs 16:9, Genesis 50:20, Proverbs 16:33

The Lord's Prayer Part 4 Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Jan 30, 2024

This sermon continues The Lord's Prayer subset of the Sermon on the Mount series and deals with the phrase -- "Thy Kingdom Come"

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT THE LORD’S PRAYER PART 3 MATTHEW 6:10 YOUR KINGDOM COME, INTRODUCTION: AS WE CONTINUE OUR STUDY ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND SPECIFICALLY THE LORD’S PRAYER, WE COME TO OUR PASSAGE TODAY WHERE JESUS INSTRUCTS HIS DISCIPLES THAT A TIME OF PRAYER SHOULD INCLUDE THE KINGDOM ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:10

Denomination: Baptist

Lord's Prayer Part 4 Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Jan 30, 2024

This sermon continues the Lord's Prayer subset of the series on the Sermon on the Mount, dealing with the phrase, "thy kingdom come."

THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT THE LORD’S PRAYER PART 4 MATTHEW 6:10 YOUR KINGDOM COME, INTRODUCTION: AS WE CONTINUE OUR STUDY ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND SPECIFICALLY THE LORD’S PRAYER, WE COME TO OUR PASSAGE TODAY WHERE JESUS INSTRUCTS HIS DISCIPLES THAT A TIME OF PRAYER SHOULD INCLUDE THE KINGDOM ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:10

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon On Calmness Or Fear?

Contributed by William Meakin on Jun 17, 2025

Calmness is an ataraxia of serenity that aids freedom from worry or agitation.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States of America once remarked: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Philippians 4:6-7 reminds us: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7, 1 Peter 5:7, John 14:27, Proverbs 12:25

Hope Is Here - Hope For The Underdog Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

This sermon explores how, like David facing Goliath, we can overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges through faith in God, and how one person's faith can inspire a community.

Good morning, Church. I want to thank you for joining us this morning for the third week of our series called Hope Is Here. We have been discovering all the ways that God brings us hope in the face of a world that is hopeless. The first week we talked about how Jesus brings us hope when we are ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:20-50, Ephesians 6:12

Topics: Overcoming Fear, Faith In God, Community Believers

Sermon Series: Hope Is Here

Proper Diet

Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000

PROPER DIET -- Feeding On the Living and Abiding Word of God Enables Us To Grow In Aggressively Loving Others (2:1-3) GOD’S FORMULA FOR BABY BOOMERS INTRODUCTION Spiritual Growth is very simple: Requires the Proper Exercise and the Proper Diet -- just like Physical Growth 4 Pictures: 1

PROPER DIET -- Feeding On the Living and Abiding Word of God Enables Us To Grow In Aggressively Loving Others (2:1-3) GOD’S FORMULA FOR BABY BOOMERS INTRODUCTION Spiritual Growth is very simple: Requires the Proper Exercise and the Proper Diet -- just like Physical Growth 4 Pictures: 1) Mr. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-3

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God's Concession Speech

Contributed by Keith Shuler on Nov 9, 2004

Just because a leader is elected doesn’t mean that he chosen by God.

God’s Concession Speech 1 Samuel 8 This past Tuesday and Wednesday the world watched as Americans went to the polls to exercise their constitutional right to vote. After 7pm, the candidates running for office who did not receive a majority of the popular votes conceded to their opponent by giving ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

A Commitment To Integrity Series

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 13, 2001

Why is integrity important?

How important is integrity? * Is integrity just a quaint relic of an earlier time, a simpler time when people could be trusted and a man’s word was his bond? * Is integrity just for the naïve, the innocent, those who don’t understand how the real world works? Or is it perhaps just for the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 10:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

Instructions For The Believer

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Nov 18, 2007

A message verbalizing the attitude our Lord expects of His children.

Instructions for the Believer 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22 * Turn with me to 1 Thessalonians 5:16. On this the last Sunday evening before we celebrate Thanksgiving, let us center on God’s word for instruction. Through His word He gives us instruction for life. * When we consider the culture in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22

Denomination: Baptist

Requesting Or Demanding? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 20, 2009

Even when we feel like demanding or presuming, we have to be careful to do what is right. Thus we must develop the art of making ethical requests.

Requesting Or Demanding? (Philemon 8-22) 1. I remember a woman raising a stink at the downtown post office. She complained that her mail was not in the box, and it was past 8:30 AM. She mentioned that her dad had worked at the Federal Post Office, and that he would have never allowed such ...read more

Scripture: Philemon 1:8-22

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Solomon & The Moms

Contributed by Robert Leroe on May 15, 2006

Compassionate people like Solomon readily recognize compassion within others of like heart.

Solomon and the Moms, I Kings 3:16-28 -A Mother’s Day sermon by Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts We’ve been studying the wisdom of King Solomon from the Book of Ecclesiastes. He asked God for wisdom to rule Israel. He wrote wisdom literature. Now let’s ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 3:16-28

Denomination: Congregational

Peter's Prejudices Purged Series

Contributed by Matthew Street on Oct 13, 2006

God challenges Peter’s prejudices in three ways firstly i. through a vision ii. through a personal encounter with Cornelius iii. By turning up himself in the person of the Holy Spirit.

How do we feel about those people who live at the other end of our road? How do we feel about those people who live on the new estate or come from the old village of Peasedown? How do we feel about people from Wellow, Midsomer Norton, Radstock or Combe Down. How do we feel about people from ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:9-48

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Radical Self-Interest Series

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 19, 2010

In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus connects God's forgiveness of us with our forgiveness of others. To forgive is, then, "an act of radical self-interest."

RADICAL SELF-INTEREST Matthew 6:9-15 (NRSV) 9 "Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Lesson 10: Preaching A Non-Bible Subject Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 12, 2018

Preach a topic not directly addressed by a single passage of scripture.

Lesson Goal To teach preachers how to handle subjects not directly addressed in the Bible and still have a biblical basis. Lesson Intro There are subjects that a preacher will eventually want to preach on, that are not directly covered in any one passage of Scripture. Parenting, marital ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

For Jesus’ Love 12 Leadership Traits

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Aug 22, 2017

Let go and let God, push and pull, volley and lead us to run our race to fulfill God’s purpose to see and own our purpose in our lives, our gift.

FOR JESUS’ LOVE 12 Leadership Traits By Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (August 22, 2017) “So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-17

Denomination: Friends