Sermons on Ed Sasnett:

When Trouble Comes Series

Contributed by Jonathan Powell on May 15, 2007

Sermon 4 in a series entitled, "Under Construction"

When Trouble Comes, Don’t Ask Dr. Phil, Get on Your Knees Construction #4 Nehemiah 4:1-6 I am reminded of an old song entitled, “There’s Never Been a Mountain that the Lord Could Not Move It” another song is “Nothing’s Too Big for My God”. No matter the situation, God can handle it. This passage ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

More Than Enough 3 - Celebration Sunday Series

Contributed by Spencer Homan on Mar 31, 2011

More Than Enough Sermon Series for Stewardship, week 3

Nehemiah 8:9-12 9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, "This day is sacred to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep." For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law. 10 Nehemiah ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:9-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

To Die Is Gain

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 6, 2012

If we are Believers, there is no need to fear death.

To Die Is Gain July 12, 2009 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: If we are Believers, there is no need to fear death. Focus Passage: Philippians 1:21-26 Supplemental Passage: (Galatians 2:20 NASB) "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:21-26

Denomination: Baptist

Brave Believers Series

Contributed by Thomas Cash on Aug 15, 2011

4th in a sereis on the book of Acts. The stories of Stephen and Phillip affirm there are times in our lives when we must make a stand. There is no room to give in to the urge to cut and run in cowardly retreat!

Brave Believers Acts 6:8-8:40 (Fourth in the series, What’s Next? The Adventures of Growing in Christ) An early Christian leader named Tertullian (164-200AD) declared: “Kill us, torture us, condemn us, grind us to dust. The more you mow us down, the more we grow, for the seed of the church is ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Anointing

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 1, 2007

The Spirit within, and the Spirit upon. The same spirit but different functions, in this sermon we primarily focus on the Spirit upon.

Amplified bible: Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come (upon) you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. The anointing is imperative to living a victorious ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

How Can We Know If We Are Really Serving God?

Contributed by David Scudder on Jan 24, 2011

How can we know if we are really working for God? We could be doing things that God really doesn’t want us to do, or we could be doing the right things with a wrong motive. How tragic it would be to spend a lot of effort serving God and still not be pleas

Purpose: To show the evidences of serving God. Aim: I want the listener to pursue serving God in order to glorify God. INTRODUCTION: It is easy to SAY we are serving God when we really aren’t. But, it is also possible to put a lot of effort into doing a lot of good religious things and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Bible Gives Illumination Lesson 5 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 6, 2019

The Influence of the Bible

A. INTRODUCTION: THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE 1. Jesus never wrote one word of the Scriptures. 2. Jesus was the Word and His miracles, sermons, and salvation had to be passed on. “In the beginning was the Word” (John 1:1). Jesus “suffer(ed) for sins, raise from the dead . . . be preached to all ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21, Revelation 22:18-19, John 10:34-35

Denomination: Baptist

The Wedding Garment

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 30, 2017

There was no procedural compliance in terms of the man’s dress which is symbolic that he was not clothed in his white baptismal garment (saved).

The Wedding Garment— An old Baptist preacher’s story tells of a parishioner who greeted his minister at the close of the service with the same observation, Sunday after Sunday: “You really gave it to them today, Preacher!” Over time, the minister became concerned that this parishioner never seemed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:1-14

Denomination: Catholic

What’s Your Vision Series

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 27, 2018

The best resolution is to be able to say, “…we have the mind of Christ.”

What’s Your Vision Grasping God’s New Year’s Revelation The Bible says, “Where there is no vision, the people perish: But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Another translation says, “Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.” ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 29:18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Anointed For Mission [lectionary 3c]

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 30, 2018

Leave the success of your life to a power greater than you. Just do the things you were anointed for. Let a power greater than you take care of the ‘how.’

The theme in our Readings this Sunday is that the ‘opening of the Scriptures’ is consonant with ‘the opening of the eyes’. The use of physical seeing as a metaphor for spiritual insight is commonplace. Those that are blind(ed), are unable to read the Scriptures. E.g. Two young fish are swimming ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:2-10, Luke 4:14-21

Denomination: Catholic

Mary, The Mother Of Jesus

Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Jun 22, 2020

In this sermon, the preacher focuses on the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. He believes that after Jesus Christ, Mary is the principal person in the history of salvation. He explains that it was pure love-in-faith which brought about Mary's motherhood to Jesus.

Reflection Mary, the Mother of Jesus Why did God choose Mary? What was His reason for giving this particular place in His plan of salvation? This question can time to time arise in us when we think of Mary the Mother of Jesus. Christianity is not simply a religion. First and foremost, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-56, Luke 2:1-52, John 2:1-11, Matthew 1:18-25, John 1:11-13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Have A Holly, Jolly Bankruptcy!

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 21, 2016

So Jesus' birthday is celebrated by going into debt for stuff when He came to set us free? He only got a manger and people who loved Him. Why do we need stuff we cannot afford?

Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. "No holiday should manipulate you to the point where you are going into debt just to so show someone that you love them." - ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:7

Denomination: Baptist

God Has A Plan

Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 23, 2015

God has made heart-felt plans for our lives. We respond in kind and receive untold blessing.

1. Plans of the Devil The devil has a plan for your life: Doubt - To make you question God's word and His goodness; Discouragement - To make you look at your problems rather than at God; Diversion - To make the wrong things seems attractive so that you will want them more than the right things; ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 33:10-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

[change] 1955 And 1974, Recovery Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 3, 2013

Change a sermon for people in recovery. There is a change that is occurring in the Residential Bridge Programmes accommodation hostel. An opportunity to address how God does not change.

[Change] 1955 and 1974, Recovery. There are two plaques by the door each has a date on it. I’m guessing that once the upgrades been done there will be another. If you were born in 1955 which would make you 58 or there about you would have been born the same year Ed Hillary and his team ...read more

Scripture: James 1:16-17

Denomination: Salvation Army

Step Two - Only God Can Save You Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Jan 8, 2020

For it is God who works in you to will and act in order to fulfill every good purpose. The words "Came to believe" mean that we are trusting in God’s promise to restore all His creation to himself for a life time.

Step 2: Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity Scripture: Phil 2:13: For it is God who works in you to will and act in order to fulfill every good purpose. Assertion: Came to believe means trusting in God’s promise to restore all His creation to himself for ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational