Sermons on Everyone Is Neighbor:

Serving The Lord

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on May 27, 2025

What does Luke 10:17-24 mean? It cannot be taken literally. Understanding the metaphors and culture of Jesus' day explains everything. Going out to spread the Gospel is a major part of discipleship. When one is doing this Christ is with the person through the Holy Spirit

Serving the Lord Luke 10:17-24 Rabbi Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz Luke 10:17 Now the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name!” 18 And He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 19 “Behold, I have given you authority to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:17-24

Denomination: United Methodist

Perceive Love

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 19, 2014

We need to perceive what true love is and then live it out in our lives. When we do this we encounter God and please God. We also see lives transformed and changed!

Theme first ¼ - True Life Thesis: True life – a life that matters for eternity and pleases God is one which is based and rooted in truth. Jesus said he is the “Truth.” He is God’s truth to this world and all measurement of true and false are measured against Him and His ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

See The Shadow At Mt. Sinai

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Sep 23, 2004

Although we are far removed by time and space from Mt. Sinai a look back at the shadow of Jesus found there will serve as a great blessing for us.

What a site it must have been. Three months after the Israelites left Egypt they were camped at the foot of a mountain in the Sinai Desert. Through Moses the LORD told the Children of Israel that he was going to make a covenant—a solemn agreement—with them. He reminded them of the powerful ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17

Denomination: Lutheran

Super Secrets Of The Wheat And Tares

Contributed by John Gaston on Aug 21, 2019

This simple parable turns out to be a treasure trove, answering age old questions like “Where do good and evil come from?” “Why are there so many problems in churches?” “Why doesn’t God stop evil?”and “What will happen at the end of time?”

SUPER SECRETS OF THE WHEAT AND TARES Matt. 13:24-30,36-43 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: COMPLIMENT ON HIS SERMON 1. After a very long and boring sermon the parishioners filed out of the church, saying nothing to the preacher. Towards the end of the line was a thoughtful person who always commented on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Truth About Adultery Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Apr 21, 2023

There is no greater relationship as an image in our relationship to God than the marital relationship and that is where Jesus takes us today in his sermon:

Introduction Thomas Costain’s history, ‘The Three Edwards’, describes the life of Raynald III, a fourteenth-century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was commonly called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means "fat." After a violent quarrel, Raynald’s younger ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30

Denomination: Brethren

Celebration PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 29, 2024

This sermon explores the joy of salvation and redemption through the parables of lost and found in Luke 15, emphasizing the celebration of spiritual transformation.

Welcome, dear friends, to this sacred gathering where we come together to share in the Word of God, to find solace in His teachings, and to rejoice in His love. We are here to strengthen our faith, to deepen our understanding, and to celebrate His divine grace. We are here because we are lost and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:3-10

Topics: Spiritual Disciplines

Maintaining Focus Series

Contributed by Carl Willis on Apr 29, 2008

Jesus demonstrated the source of His power in His time alone with the Father. Even Jesus faced the challenge of focus hijacking. This message deals with maintaining your focus in the face of others demands.

Maintaining Focus Mark 1:35-39; Luke 4:42-44 Mark 1:35 (HCSB) Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there. A Pattern to Follow * Very early in the morning • Before the demands of the day • Sacrificing ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:35-39

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Nysync Or In Sync?

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Apr 19, 2005

Are you "In Sync" with God?

I. Perhaps you can finish these modern day titles, ad slogans, or games:   -Ad slogan: "Plop. plop. fizz, fiz ____________ (oh what a relief it is)  -An NSYNC song: "I want you ______" (back) (over 10,000,000 sold) -A game: Super ______ (Ninetendo) -An NSYNC song, "God must have spent a little more ...read more

Denomination: United Methodist

Look In The Mirror Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 2, 2015

This is the 6th sermon in the series "Are You Real?". Does your life resemble Satan or Jesus?

Series: Are You Real? [#6] LOOK IN THE MIRROR 1 John 2:15-17 Introduction: “When you look at your spiritual life, who do you resemble more, Satan or God”? 1 John 2:15-17 (NIV) “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

Sick Of Gennesaret Healed Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Aug 15, 2017

The people of Gennesaret made Jesus and His disciples feel at home. They knew about Jesus, and they knew about the mighty works which he did where ever He went, and that He was a willing healer, and that He usually did not stay very long in any one place

-Spring, AD 29- Gennesaret Lesson: Sick of Gennesaret Healed Matthew 14:34-36, Mark 6:53-56 _Matthew-Chapter 14 34 When they had crossed the lake, they came to shore at Gennesaret. 35 When the people there recognized Jesus, they told people all around there that Jesus had come, and they ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:34-36, Mark 6:53-56

Denomination: Baptist

What Does It Mean To Love God? (Exodus 19:16-20:20) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Mar 29, 2022

And what does God expect from his people? The ten commandments, within their frame of God's apocalyptic appearance at Mount Sinai.

Today, we are going to work through "kind of" a big section in Exodus. It's maybe a mistake, to do it this way. We are going to fly high over some of God's most basic, well-known commands, and they deserve to be explained better than I'm going to. But the passage as a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 19:16-25, Exodus 20:1-20

"love God’s Style:" The Good Samaritan

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jul 2, 2023

In our parable this Sunday, “Love God’s Style,” or what Bible Scholars call, “The Good Samaritan,” we’ll be looking at the issue and Jesus’s answer to the question, “What is our reaction when confronted with people that are in need?”

Parables to Live By “Love God’s Style” Luke 10:25-37 Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yfDKJ1jbr0 When looking at the parable we’ll be looking at today, the topic of love is at its heart, and hence the name I am calling this parable, “Love God’s Style.” Now, when this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Foursquare

Twenty-First Century Demons Series

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Feb 3, 2018

we must fight the demons of the 21st century

Mark 1:21-28 Dear Lord, may we listen with our ears, hear with our hearts, and be willing to carry out your mission. Amen. In the passage from Mark that was read today, Jesus was teaching at the synagogue in Capernaum. It was the first time his newly chosen disciples had heard Jesus teach, and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28, Matthew 25:35-46

Denomination: Episcopal

Sins That Reduce Us To A Shameful Silence

Contributed by Martin Albanese on May 15, 2003

Which one of us is the greatest? A look at Ambition, Jealousy, and Hostility in our lives

Sins That Reduce Us To A Shameful Silence (Sermon notes take from a book called Yes, Lord, I Have Sinned: But I Have Several Excellent by James W. Moore.) Let me start out by asking you all a question tonight! • Have you ever been reduced to embarrassed silence? o the kind that comes for a sense ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:33-37

Denomination: Christian Church

Gps For Marriages Series

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 2, 2007

Part 2 in a series on family. This message deals with marriage relationships.

FAMILY Part 2-GPS for Marriages Ephesians 5:21-33 Sunday, May 20, 2007 Pastor Brian Matherlee “One thing I know is that marriage is made in heaven, but then again, so is thunder and lightning.” (sermoncentral.com) Key verse: “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” Ephesians ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-33

Denomination: Wesleyan