Sermons on Divine Reverence:

Purpose Driven Worship - Purpose Driven Life Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 14, 2004

Most of us think we have worshiped when we have felt the music has been uplifting and the sermon challenging... but Scripture seems to say something else. What do you think God believes is the mark of true worship?

OPEN: I love to collect stories, jokes and all kinds of odd information. As I was going through my files, I happened on the following oddities about how did we ended up with the measurements we now use as a society. • Inch – was based upon a King by the name of Edgar… and an inch was the distance ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Room To Grow Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 27, 2003

The Life of Abraham, Part 5 of 10.

ROOM TO GROW (GENESIS 17:1-19) Skating great Michelle Kwan had won every title but the Olympics. Twice Michelle Kwan failed to land the big prize at Winter Olympics Figure Skating Championship. In 1998 she was placed second and in 2002 she dropped to third. Each time she bravely congratulated the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-19

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Room To Grow Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 18, 2007

Abraham, Pt. 5

ROOM TO GROW (GENESIS 17:1-19) Skating great Michelle Kwan had won every title but the Olympics. Twice Michelle Kwan failed to land the big prize at Winter Olympics Figure Skating Championship. In 1998 she was placed second and in 2002 she dropped to third. Each time she bravely congratulated the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-19

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Condition/Position

Contributed by Ronald Sweatt on Oct 13, 2006

Don’t let your present condition keep you from your position in Christ.

2 Sam 9:1-8 (KJV) 1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan’s sake? 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Inheritance Factor Part 4 Series

Contributed by David Welch on Apr 19, 2018

18th in a series of messages exploring the wonder of God as our loving Father. This message continues a discussion of our heavenly inheritance.

“The Reward & Inheritance Factor” Pt 4 (The Fatherhood of God Message 18) X. The Reward and Inheritance Factor We inherit our Dad’s riches and resources A. PRESENT AND FUTURE REWARD God rewards faithful service. Sometimes the reward is now. Sometimes the reward comes later. With our ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:25-29, 2 Peter 3:10-18

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Renewing Priorities Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jun 27, 2011

Haggai & Zechariah came to challenge God’s people to restore God’s priorities in their hearts. The first message of Haggai emphasized four ways to renew their priorities & restore God’s blessings on their lives.

HAGGAI 1: 1-14 RENEWING PRIORITIES [Ezra 9-10] Following the revival under Josiah, God’s people fell back into the degradation and sin surrounding the 55 year reign of his grandson Manasseh. Thus since the people would not learn by responding to the Word of God they had to learn through harsh ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Father's Opened Gift

Contributed by Ron Tuit on Dec 30, 2013

If you have experienced the Father's Love in Christ at Christmas, this is not the end of all things but the beginning of everything: If anyone is in Christ, he is a new Creation.

The Father’s Opened Gift 2 Corinthians 5:11-17 We have been looking at some of the gifts of the Almighty God in sending Jesus, the Messiah, the one-and-only-one-of-a-kind “Son of God”, anointed to come to earth in the Flesh to demonstrate the lavish Love of God in Christ’s ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-17

Denomination: Baptist

Coronavirus, What To Do Pt. 2 Series

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Jul 25, 2021

The difference between a contract and a Biblical covenant is: A contract is a transaction where a covenant is based off a relationship with God being the one Who offers it.

Coronavirus, What to Do Pt. 2 Restoring Our Heart Toward God’s Covenant As we enter into this second message, if a child of God is afflicted with an illness or suffers the consequences of sinful choices made by the church or nation, does not mean that person is being punished, it is time for ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:12-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Defiling Dreamers Are In Stark Contrast With Michael The Archangel - Jude 1 V 8-9 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 13, 2022

The dispute over the body of Moses is so difficult a verse when Michael and Satan argued over Moses' body. The details are not known. Jude continues his exposure of false teachers and hones in this time on the dreamers who defile the flesh, brazen and wicked.

DEFILING DREAMERS ARE IN STARK CONTRAST WITH MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL - Jude 1 v 8-9 Jude 1:8 “Yet in the same manner these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties, Jude 1:9 but Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:8, Isaiah 56:10, Romans 6:1-2, 2 Peter 2:9-11, Daniel 9:21, Daniel 10:11-14, Daniel 10:20-21, Ephesians 6:12, Deuteronomy 34:5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Day They Cancelled Jesus Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 13, 2021

The cancel culture has swept our nation... and destroyed lives, careers and futures. But the actions of those of the cancel culture are as old as history. They cancelled Abel, and the prophets... and they even cancelled Jesus. Or at least they thought they had.

OPEN: There is a phenomenon that is quickly sweeping through our country that’s called the “Cancel Culture.” It’s a mindset that demands that if anyone says or does something that someone else finds offensive, THAT PERSON must be silenced and destroyed. As a result people have lost their jobs, ...read more

Scripture: John 19:23-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Threefold Holy

Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 15, 2022

Revelation 4

THREEFOLD HOLY (REVELATION 4) I was first reminded by a nice receptionist of restrictions in my apartment lobby in pandemic times: “Mr. Yap, you didn’t wear a mask.” The next few weeks’ behavior were erratic and embarrassing, usually with older people. An older lady, upon realizing she had no mask ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Purpose Of The Law

Contributed by Lee Houston on Oct 11, 2024

How important is the Law: Jesus said, Matthew 5:18, “For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”

The Title: The Purpose of the Law Scripture: Matthew 5:18, Romans: 7-12 Reason for this sermon: Twice I have led Bible studies through the 613 laws in the Pentateuch. It was amazing. The people “ate the studies up” for much of what Jesus said came directly from the Law. I hope this sermon ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:18

Meaningless Offerings

Contributed by Bala Samson on Mar 13, 2024

Offerings and sacrifices given to God should cost you something, you cannot do all your personal expenses and give the dregs to God, anybody listening???

OFFERINGS & SACRIFICES Isaiah 1:13 “Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me.” I have watched pagans break 100 coconuts at a stretch or if they are unable to do it themselves, they hire people to do this for them. Everything is done mechanically without heart ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:13

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Were The Dominant Doctrines Taught By The First And Second Century Church Fathers?

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jul 23, 2025

An insightful look at what the earliest Church Fathers believed and taught

It is commonly believed with supporting documents that the Coptic Church of Egypt is the oldest established organized church in the world, dating back to sometime between AD 42 and 50. According to Eusebius of Caesarea, as well as Coptic traditions, the Apostle Mark is said to have been the founder ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Psalm 96) Series

Contributed by James Jackson on Aug 15, 2025

#7 in Summer in the Psalms

Good morning! Please open your Bibles to Psalm 96. I was five years old when Coca Cola came out with one of the most iconic commercials of all time. It was 1971. The idealism of the hippie movement was still hanging in there, but the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy in ...read more

Denomination: Baptist