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When Words Are Like Water

Contributed by Mary Erickson on May 30, 2023

A sermon for Pentecost Sunday, Year A

May 28, 2023 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Acts 2:1-21; John 7:37-39 When Words Are Like Water Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Today is Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost and the many Sundays within the season of Pentecost ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21, John 7:37-39

Denomination: Lutheran

Pergamos: The Church That Married The World (Revelation 2:12-17)

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Dec 19, 2023

The church located at Pergamos wanted to "have it both ways". They were doctrinally pure, but at the same time were slipping into compromise with the world. They were trying to "falter between two opinions" (1 Kings 18:21). It didn't work then, and it doesn't work now.

The city of Pergamos, the next stop in our look at the seven churches of Revelation 2 and 3, was the capital city of Asia Minor (present day Turkey). The city was known for its political power, intellectual achievements, and, like the other cities, a hub of pagan worship. It was also a wealthy ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12, Hebrews 4:12, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:19-21, Revelation 2:12-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

How To Overcome Ancestral Limitations

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Feb 20, 2025

Ancestral limitations are real, but they are not final. Through Jesus Christ, believers have the power to break free from every generational curse and step into divine blessings.

HOW TO OVERCOME ANCESTRAL LIMITATIONS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Exodus 34:7 – "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:7, Lamentations 5:7, Galatians 3:13-14, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Colossians 2:14-15, Ezekiel 18:20, Romans 8:1-2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Foundational Role Of Apostles And Spiritual Gifts In The Church

Contributed by Anthony (Tony) Charles on Jul 11, 2025

Brethren, let us open our hearts and minds to the Word of God this morning. We gather as the Church, the body of Christ, and it is crucial that we understand the structure and foundation upon which we are built. For without a firm foundation, no building can stand. And so it is with the Church.

The Foundational Role of Apostles and Spiritual Gifts in the Church Introduction: Christ, the Cornerstone Brethren, let us open our hearts and minds to the Word of God this morning. We gather as the Church, the body of Christ, and it is crucial that we understand the structure and foundation upon ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:5, Ephesians 4:11-12, 1 Corinthians 12:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

It Is Finished PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 18, 2024

This sermon explores the profound significance of Christ's final words "It is finished," emphasizing His supreme sacrifice and the salvation it secured for believers.

Good morning, beloved. It is a joy to gather together again in this sacred space, a place where we come to find refuge, strength, and wisdom from the Word of God. Our hearts are open, our spirits are willing, and our minds are eager to receive the divine truth that God has prepared for us today. We ...read more

Scripture: John 19:30

Topics: Bowed Head, Gave Up Spirit

The Fountain And The Broken Cisterns

Contributed by Paul Dayao on Aug 27, 2025

This sermon is a passionate call based on Jeremiah 2:13 to abandon the exhausting pursuit of fulfillment in the world's "broken cisterns" and return to God, the true "fountain of living waters" who alone can quench our deepest spiritual thirst.

Introduction: The Scandal of Thirst Before we open God’s Word, I want you to imagine the land where Jeremiah lived. It was a dry, sun-scorched land. Water was not a convenience you got from a tap; water was life itself. A family’s wealth, their survival, depended on access to a well, a stream, or a ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 2:13

Denomination: Baptist

Still Spinning - Gideon Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Oct 30, 2025

So far, in the short history of Israel’s occupation of Canaan, they have been in a never-ending cycle of sin, oppression, crying and deliverance.

November 01, 2025 So far, in the short history of Israel’s occupation of Canaan, they have been in a never-ending cycle of sin, oppression, crying and deliverance. Despite their continued unfaithfulness and seeming love of the spin, Yahweh has sent, Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar and Deborah/Barak to ...read more

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Go! And Build One Another Up: Living As Encouragers In A Discouraged World - 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 12, 2025

A single cruel comment online can crush a heart. A careless word can shatter confidence. But one word of encouragement—spoken in love, rooted in Christ—can change a life.

Go! And Build One Another Up: Living as Encouragers in a Discouraged World - 1 Thessalonians 5:11 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NLT): “So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.” Introduction: The Power of a Word in a World of Wounds We live in a world that tears ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Ephesians 4:29, Romans 15:4, Hebrews 10:24-25, Proverbs 12:25, Acts 4:36-37, Matthew 11:28  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

When God Shuts One Door, He Opens Another Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 11, 2006

Sometimes our disappointments in life can become God’s appointments, so don’t let closed doors bother you. The things we think of as failures and problems can often end up being blessings in disguise.

INTRODUCTION It seems doors of opportunity open and close before us in life. Is it God opening and closing these doors? For many years I’ve heard the saying, “When God shuts one door, He opens another!” Well, no, those exact words are not found in the Bible anywhere. However, of all the phrases ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-10

Denomination: Baptist

Ain't It Awful

Contributed by William Nieporte on Feb 4, 2013

Elijah mistakenly thought he was alone in his service to God.

Have you noticed that more and more people seem to be joining the “Ain't it Awful Club”? In fact, there are new chapters forming every day. Some gather in the neighborhood barber shop or beauty salon. Others meet at the community coffee house, the corner pub, or next to the water ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Religious Liberty Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 27, 2011

Without religious liberty, there can be no true worship of God.

“Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” “You were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” Religious liberty is not simply an ecclesiastical truth debated ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

A Messiah's Rules For Living Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 28, 2011

Jesus calls us to place value on the things in life that are truly important.

A Messiah's Rules For Living Text: Matt. 22:13-36 Introduction 1. Illustration: Rules of chocolate: a. If you’ve got melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly. b. Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:13-36

Denomination: Methodist

Turning Testing To Triumph Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 5, 2014

This Census not only affected David but it caused great harm to the people as well. Yet we shall see that when one truly repents he once again is restored to the relationship with God. In the end David has bought the site for the temple & has made peace

2 SAMUEL 24: 1- 25 [The Life of David] TURNING TESTING TO TRIUMPH [Exodus 30:12-16 / 1 Chronicles 21:24-27] The reader might logically expect to come to the end of the book and read of David's peacefully dying in his bed or of some great victory for Israel. Instead there is the story of new ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 24:1-25

Denomination: Baptist

How To Draw Near To God (I) Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 7, 2009

Practical instruction is shared for coming into closer intimacy with God.

How to Draw Near to God (1) James 4:8 4-5-09 Intro We begin this morning with this simple commandment from James 4:8 “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” The one thing everyone of us need is this nearness of God that James is referring to. (1)We know God is omnipresent. So in one ...read more

Scripture: James 4:8

Denomination: Charismatic

“let The Walls Fall Down” Series

Contributed by Tim Vamosi on Apr 6, 2010

The ultimate workmanship of God is a human being who despite being dead in his transgressions and sins has been made alive in Christ.

“Let the Walls Fall Down” Ephesians 2:11-22 November 30, 2008 OPEN: Ephesians is about the church. Paul is writing it to the church at Ephesus to be circulated among other area churches to show them how to be the church! He will concentrate later on- on some of the moral implications ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

Denomination: Independent/Bible