Sermons on Faith Lessons:

The Faithful Father Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 18, 2006

Why didn’t the father go after his Prodigal Son? Why did he just sit and wait when he could have done so much more to bring his son home?

OPENING STATEMENT: Over the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at how we can create a G-rated (a G-od centered) home in the midst of an R-rated world. This week, we’re going to look at a crucial element of that effort – fathers. ILLUS: Dr. James Dobson told the story of when he was about 3 three ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Dependent Faith Series

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 30, 2003

This message teaches us that we are utterly, totally, 100% dependent upon God!

Lessons on Faith from the Model Prayer Dependent Faith “Give us today our daily bread.”—Matthew 6:11 October 26, 2003 Intro: A. [Not by Bread Alone, Citation: H.J. Duffy, Livingston, Texas. Christian Reader, "Kids of the Kingdom."] My four-year-old was standing on a kitchen chair pulled close to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dad's Faith

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 19, 2008

A responsible earthly father exhibits the characteristics and traits of fatherhood as set forth in the Word of the Heavenly Father.

Text: “Honor your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives” (Exodus 20:12). There are only two people I know about who did not have an earthly father and mother. Those people were Adam and Eve. Each one of us was brought into this world through the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Christian Church

Magnetic Faith Series

Contributed by Joel Smith on Nov 20, 2008

Isaac reveals the ways of winsomeness.

Last Sunday the congregation of Mount Hope Church in Lansing, Michigan received several unwelcome protesters into their 11:30 AM service. On cue members of a gay rights activists group called Back Bash began disrupting the service. They were attempting to protest the passing of California’s gay ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:1-33

Denomination: Baptist

Faith Alone Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 12, 2017

Romans 3:24-26 shows us that we are justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

Scripture During this fall, we are focusing our attention on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation began when an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther nailed Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. His propositions sparked a debate that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:24-26

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Contending For The Faith Series

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Sep 7, 2021

Once their is a transforming moment in our lives there must also be a time to share our faith with those who need to know Jesus as Lord instead of just Jesus as a biblical character.

Navigating the Journey #2 Contending for the faith Jude Introduction- As we continue our series Navigation the journey, I going to make a harsh statement- God doesn’t always wait till everything is good to work miracles in our lives. God isn’t limited to doing things only when things are out of ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

The Faithfulness Of God

Contributed by Dennis Lee on May 16, 2021

This Sunday we’ll be looking at “The Faithfulness of God” from the book of Hosea, because God’s faithfulness is not only a reoccurring theme found throughout Hosea’s story, but one that is found throughout God’s word.

The Faithfulness of God The Book of Hosea Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU5rkpSe22Y Today we’ll be looking at the faithfulness of God. And to do so we’ll be looking at the Old Testament book of Hosea. But before we turn there, would you please turn in your Bibles to 2 Kings 17. If ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 13:1, Hosea 14:1-4, 2 Timothy 2:13, 1 Kings 17:16-23, Romans 9:25-26  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Foursquare

Faith And Heritage Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 12, 2022

2 Timothy 1:3-7 shows us what God uses to fashion us for his service.

Introduction The actor Sean Connery has had many memorable movie roles. He is best known for playing James Bond in six of the James Bond movies. However, Sean Connery has also rejected more than a handful of now-iconic parts. Perhaps most famously, Connery turned down the part of Gandalf in ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Guidelines For Parents And Youth Ministers - I Tim. 4:12-16

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 9, 2002

Guidelines for Parents and Youth Ministers - I Tim. 4:12-16

Guidelines for Youth Ministers - I Tim. 4:12-16 Illustration:Statistics and Stuff Percentage of American teens who say they want to be like their parents: 39%. Charis Conn, Ed., What Counts: The Complete Harper’s Index. Illustration:I’m not much of a gardener. Once I took a seed catalog and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:12-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Reliable Evidences Of Saving Faith Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 7, 2007

In this sermon we examine some reliable evidences of saving faith.

Scripture In our study of Romans we have observed that Paul has emphatically insisted that we come into a right relationship with God only by his grace and not through our own effort. We deserve God’s wrath. We deserve God’s condemnation. We deserve God’s sentence of hell. But, God extends ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:27-28

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Attractive Faith Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 18, 2000

God is a God who scatters those who oppose him, but who brings back those who belong to him.

As we come to chapters 7&8 of Zechariah we move from an account Zechariah’s visions to the central narrative section of the book. Here we’re no longer dealing with images, but with issues the nation needs to grapple with: of true or false worship, of what God has done and what he will do with his ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

The Walk Of Faith

Contributed by Chris Manning on Jun 28, 2004

When most of us think about how we are doing spiritually, we think about surface things. We zero in on behavior patterns, such as have we been gossiping, have we been staying true to our marriage, have we been reading our Bibles, have we been tithing? We

Genesis 12:1-4 KJV Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: (2) And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: (3) ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-4

Denomination: Apostolic

The Faithfulness Of God Series

Contributed by Andy Flowers on Jan 18, 2008

Series on Romans

Text- Romans 3:1-9 Title- The Faithfulness of God Romans 3:1-8 1 Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? 2 Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God. 3 What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

A Renewed Faith

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 9, 2004

The apostle Paul speaks about a renewed faith.

INTRO.- ILL.- An elderly man visited a doctor for a thorough exam. After the exam, the doctor said, “You’re as fit as a fiddle. You’ll live to be eighty.” The man said, “But I am eighty!” The doctor replied, “See, what did I tell you?” Most of us don’t mind growing older as long as we can stay ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:10-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Walk Of Faith

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Aug 5, 2003

To grow in our faith we must learn to trust in the promises of God. Taken from Jim Cymbala’s book Fresh Faith.

When most of us think about how we are doing spiritually, we think about surface things. We zero in on behavior patterns, such as have we been gossiping, have we been staying true to our marriage, have we been reading our Bibles, have we been tithing? We concentrate on outward works while ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3, 1 Thessalonians 3:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ