Sermons on Displaced:

"Standing In The Marketplace"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 20, 2014

A sermon about the graciousness of God.

"Standing in the Marketplace" Matthew 20:1-16 In many farming communities, migrant day laborers stand on corners from the early hours of the morning, waiting for someone to hire them. Workers who are standing at the corner of a park, the market, or the hardware store in the early afternoon ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: United Methodist

Don't Believe Everything You See

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 21, 2014

We are called to trust God and walk by faith, and not by sight. Focus on the promise and not the problem. Feed your faith and not your fears.

Read Num 13:26-33 and Num 14:1-9. What will you do when what you see doesn’t sync well with what God says, like the experience of most of these scouts? • They didn’t expect to see fortified cities, let alone giants in the land. And so many of them, spreading over such a large ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Refuge

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 9, 2014

God provided cities of refuge for the man in trouble. It was not an afterthought but planned for, even before Israel enters the Promised Land. God is merciful. He is our refuge and strength.

God made a very special provision in Numbers 35 – the cities of refuge. [Read Num 35:6-15, Deut 19:1-10] When the Israelites finally settle in the land of Canaan, every tribe was allotted a piece of land, generally according to the size of their tribe. • Except the Levites. They ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 35:6-15, Deuteronomy 19:1-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

I've Got To Get Married! Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 15, 2015

4 benefits of remaining single (Outline and material adapted from a booklet by Chuck Swindoll entitled, "Singleness")

HoHum: Cherry Hill, NJ- It’s been 20 years since a group of friends made a bet among themselves, going so far as to have a written charter and start a savings account to hold the pot. The pot has grown to several thousand dollars and John Cheney is the winner- because he’s the groups ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:25-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When You Fast Do Not Exploit! Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Vivek Gundimi on Mar 14, 2019

Indeed it has become quite a challenge to practice the discipline of fasting from food in a society today which is dominated by changing work environments, time structures, consumerism and many health concerns at large.

When you Fast do not exploit A very challenging theme this morning: “When you fast do not exploit”. Indeed it has become quite a challenge to practice the discipline of fasting from food in a society today which is dominated by changing work environments, time structures, consumerism and many ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:17, 1 Corinthians 7:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

Everybody’s God

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Jan 7, 2018

The story of the wise men reminds us we worship a God above political might, a God over religious complacency, and a God over cultural prejudice. Often God colors outside the lines, moving in ways that shatter our assumptions. Our God is everybody's God!

Matthew 2:1-12 Everybody’s God Today we conclude the “twelve days of Christmas,” that period of time between Christmas day and Epiphany, celebrated just yesterday. In church history, Epiphany marks the arrival of the wise men, the magi from afar bringing gifts to celebrate the newborn king. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

The One True God Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 3, 2018

God reveals Himself as the One true God who redeems Israel, warns them and finally judges them. Israel is called to worship the One and only God, and to show the nations that the Lord their God, the Lord is one. They failed.

We’ve come to the last King of Israel and the end of the Northern Kingdom (2 Kings 17). • It ended this way - 2 Kings 17:5-6 5The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years. 6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 17:1-39

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Boldly Draw Near To The Throne Of Grace

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 22, 2013

To show that GOD's Grace and Mercy is JESUS Himself and He's already inside of us that's how we can come boldly by our faith to His Throne.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you have GOD's Grace and Mercy? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that GOD's Grace and Mercy is JESUS Himself and He's already inside of us that's how we can come boldly by our faith to His Throne. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 4:16 (Amplified Bible) 4:16 Let us ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Do You Think God Is With The Crowd Or With The Remnant?

Contributed by David Leach on Dec 28, 2013

Throughout the history of mankind the tendency of the vast majority of God’s people has always been to turn away from God.

Do you think God is with the crowd or with the remnant? Isa 1:9 Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been made like Gomorrah. Throughout the history of mankind the tendency of the vast majority of God’s people has always ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Will Wait Series

Contributed by Rob Yanok on Oct 5, 2013

"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."
- Martin Luther Cultural Hope is merely an optimistic desire that something will be fulfilled. This hope is not a guaranteed hope because it is subject to changeable people and circumstances.

I Will Wait Isaiah 40:28-31 (NIV) Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:28-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

8 Keys To Correctly Handling Life's Storms

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Feb 25, 2015

Storms are seasonal and storms can be dangerous; however, if you prepare yourself you can survive the storm. Life like the weather sometimes brings storms into our lives.

“8 Keys to Correctly Handling Life’s Storms” By Bishop M.L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING:- Over the past few weeks a great deal of the nation has been under a winter storm alert. Cold temperatures have put a freeze on most of the country record lows that have been around some for more ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:45-52

Denomination: Apostolic

Recognizing God

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 10, 2015

Many a times we have wondered what would it be like if God showed up? In fact God is looking for that time alone with you so that you would voluntarily shut yourself out from the busyness of life and respond to His attention. Will we?

Opening illustration: Children sometimes seem like they have holes in their ears. You tell them what you want them to do, and it goes in and out without ever being registered. But if you promise something special to a child, they will not ever forget. Try to tell your child that you can’t go ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Comeback

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 26, 2015

God makes our desert a garden; He turns our exile into homecoming.

MY MOTHER DIED when I was twenty-six. She was only fifty-seven. A few years before her death, she was diagnosed with cancer of the larynx. She fought it bravely, but, in time, it overtook her, and all too soon, by our accounts, she died. We had a service led by an Air Force chaplain at a local ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Intimacy: Building Strong Friendships Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 6, 2012

Love is the context for intimacy. Commitment is the promise of intimacy, and trust is the anchor and precondition for intimacy.

When I was young, I like to go to the bookstore’s cards section and browse the cards. • I like to read the words – especially cards for the different occasions like graduation, wedding, sympathy, love or friendships. • The words are beautiful and well-thought out. But I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Which Offers Hope: Shame Or Guilt?

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Mar 2, 2016

Shame: I am a bad person. If other people knew what I was like they would despise me. I must save face. versus Guilt: I am a person who has done bad things. Can I make amends? Can I be forgiven? Which do you feel? How does it make you feel towards others?

[I pick up TABLOID newspaper and pretend to read a story on the inside} “No?....Really?” “God, after what he has done, he has got what is coming for him” [look up at congregation] we all think that - we all pick up the newspaper and read stories and think that “he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-9

Denomination: Anglican