Sermons on False Bishops:

Are You Taking A Stand Or Taking A Knee?

Contributed by Phillip Smith on Sep 30, 2017

Division has been Satan’s primary means to obtain his loyal followers. It is a time-honored emblem of his control over mankind in the place of God or his Son.

Our culture is very confused, very distracted and very divided in determining what is right and what is wrong. Satan is dividing our nation and deceiving the population making it very hard to speak out and teach our neighbor what is truth. The words of Abraham Lincoln, in his House Divided speech ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:1-6, 1 Peter 2:13-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Refresh My Heart

Contributed by Patty Groot on Sep 8, 2025

This sermon shows how Paul’s opening words to Philemon (vv. 1–7) model grace-filled leadership, reminding us that our reputation in Christ matters, forgiveness is the mark of maturity, and we are called to refresh others’ hearts with the same love we’ve received.

Sometimes the most powerful messages come in the smallest packages. That’s true in life, and it’s certainly true in the Bible. Philemon is the shortest letter Paul wrote, just 25 verses. You could read it in under two minutes. But in those 25 verses, Paul lays out a powerful, personal, and deeply ...read more

Scripture: Philemon 1:1-7

The Apple Of God’s Eye

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Oct 5, 2025

Being the Apple of God's Eye means that we are never forgotten or overlooked, His gaze is always upon us, guiding, protecting, and providing for us even when we fail to recognize it.

The Apple of God’s Eye By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - The past 2 weeks I have been dealing with my eyes after having had emergency eye surgery due to a Retinal Detachment. I then was struggling with only being able to see through only one eye which was extremely rough and still I ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:10, Zechariah 2:8, Job 3:25, John 3:16

Denomination: Apostolic

Let's Talk About The Weather

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Aug 27, 2023

So many people are worried about the carbon footprint, worried about how we are causing climate change and greenhouse gases affecting the atmosphere. Let’s talk about how God is trying to tell us something.

Let’s Talk about the Weather By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. SCRIPTURE: - Genesis 8:2 says, “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease”. Job 37:9–14 says, “Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: And cold out of the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 8:2, Job 37:9-14, Luke 12:48, Isaiah 26:9, Deuteronomy 29:23-27, 2 Peter 3:3-7, 2 Chronicles 7:14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Apostolic

Behold The Lamb

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Sep 3, 2024

Look, it’s God’s lamb who gets rid of the wrongdoings of the entire universe

Behold the Lamb By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. Charles Spurgeon said: - “The world was lost. God must punish sin. He sent His Son to take our sin upon Him that He might honor the Law of God and establish God’s government by being obedient to the Law of God and yielding Himself up to the death ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:21, Exodus 12:13, Leviticus 14:10, John 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 10:11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Apostolic

Touched

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jul 12, 2023

There are many things that will touch your heart and send a range of emotions in your life. Many things will touch you but there is nothing like being touched by God.

Touched By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - There are many things that will touch your heart and send a range of emotions in your life. A stroll along a sandy beach at sunset with the love of your life will touch your heart and send the emotion of love running through you. The loss of a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 10:26

Denomination: Apostolic

Living When Things Come Apart

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Mar 18, 2024

So, what do we do when life starts to come apart? Understanding God is our refuge causes us to be able to trust Him freely without fear knowing. God is closer than whatever we are going through.

Living when things come Apart. By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - The other day I was getting ready for work, and I grabbed a pair of pants and as I was putting them on, I noticed the hem on one of the cuffs had begun to unravel and part of my pant leg was hanging down. I was trying to ...read more

Denomination: Apostolic

You Are The Salt

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Oct 15, 2024

When Jesus said You are the salt of the earth it is more than just a statement of being a preservative in this society but are in fact the only Jesus this world will see. As His representatives we must remain in a covenant of salt with Him in order to do His will through us in this world.

You are the SALT By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr OPENING: - Matthew 5:13 says, “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men”. This passage of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13

Denomination: Apostolic

When God Turns It Around

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Dec 7, 2025

When God turns it around it is never the same again old things become new, the weight that once held you down is lifted. When God turns it around you now have peace that passeth all understanding and Joy unspeakable full of glory.

“When God Turns It Around” By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. SCRIPTURE: Psalms 126 PRAYER OPENING:- We have all had times in our life where we had good days and bad days, we have cried late in the midnight hours when we thought no one was listening, we struggled with our faith because even ...read more

Denomination: Apostolic

A Breakthrough To Total Victory

Contributed by Bishop Daryl Townes on Aug 30, 2004

how to get total victory

A BREAKTHROUGH TO TOTAL VICTORY TEXT: ST. MARK 5:25-34, ST. LUKE 8:43-48 INTRODUCTION WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ISSUES, ISSUES THAT WAS NEVER RESOLVED, ISSUES THAT WAS NEVER SOLVED, ISSUES THATWAS NEVER DEALT WITH. A ISSUE IS A VITAL OR UNSETTLED MATTER YES WE HAVE SOME ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:25-34

Denomination: Pentecostal

Its Time To Take A Bath

Contributed by Bishop Daryl Townes on Aug 30, 2004

a message of holiness

ITS TIME TO TAKE A BATH text: 1 KINGS 5:10-14 INTRODUCTION IN OUR TEXT WE SEE A MAN BY THE NAME OF NAAMAN WHO HAD LEPROSY WHICH IS A SKIN DISEASE THAT CAUSE THE SKIN TO HAVE WHITE SPOTS WITH YELLOW HAIRS WHICH WILL CAUSE THE PERSON TO ITCH, SOMETIMES IT APPEARS IN CERTAIN AREAS ON THE BODY. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 5:10-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

I've Got A Habit

Contributed by Bishop Daryl Townes on Sep 12, 2004

sermon of deliverance

I’VE GOT A HABIT AND I CAN’T SHAKE IT LOOSE text : acts 6:4, psalms 119:44, hebrews 13:15 INTRODUCTION BELOVED SO MANY OF US HAVE GOT HABITS THAT WE CAN’T GET RID OF, FOR A HABIT IS A USUAL MANNER OF BEHAVIOR OR A BEHAVIOR PATTERN ACQUIRED BY FREQUENT REPITION WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TAKING ABOUT ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Taking Inventory

Contributed by Bishop Daryl Townes on Sep 12, 2004

inventory of ones life

TAKING INVENTORY text: 2 CORINTHIANS 13:5 INTRODUCTION IT IS THE PRACTICE OF MOST ALL BUSSINESS CONCERNS TO "TAKE INVENTORY " NEAR THE CLOSE OF EVERY OLD YEAR. IN DOING SO THEY FIND THE CONDITION OF THEIR BUSSINESS WHETHER IT IS LOSING, GAINING OR ONLY HOLDING IT OWN. IN OUR TEXT WE ARE TO ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Saints, Taints, And Ain'ts

Contributed by Bishop Daryl Townes on Sep 12, 2004

three catogories of the beliver

SAINTS, TAINTS, AND AIN’TS text: ROMANS 8:6-8 INTRODUCTION THERE ARE MANY CLASSIFICATION OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY IN TO DAYS SOCIETY WE HAVE THE HIGH CLASS, MEANING THE WEALTHY THEN THERE IS THE MIDDLE CLASS, THOSE WHOSE LIVE COMFORTABLE AND LASTLY THE LOW CLASS, THOSE WHO ARE LIVE IN ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:6-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Interrogated Self

Contributed by Bishop Daryl Townes on Aug 12, 2006

TAKIN A SELF EXAMINATION

The interrogated Self Subtext: Taking Inventory Text: Galatians 6:4, 1 Corinthians 11:28 Galatians 6:4 (Amplified Bible) 4But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:4

Denomination: Pentecostal