Sermons on False Promises:

Christian Parenting: Parenting Amidst Chaos

Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 6, 2023

It is a challenge to raise children or even be a person of faith in a culture that is filled with chaos that leads us to forget God and offers many false paths to a good life.

CHRISTIAN PARENTING: PARENTING AMIDST CHAOS Deuteronomy 6:1-25 | Ephesians 6:1-4 #parenting INTRODUCTION… sympa.com/insights/blog/company-culture-in-chaos [adapted] Chaos is complete disorder and confusion. Chaos is behavior that is unpredictable due to small changes in conditions. I was doing ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-25, Ephesians 6:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Ash Wednesday: Year C

Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Mar 5, 2019

The Rev. Rian Adams. This sermon is for Ash Wednesday, Year C

Ash Wednesday The Rev. Rian Adams At one time Advent was hands down my favorite season of the church year. The happiness, the joy of anticipation, the hope of a star, the birth of a child… it all added a hopeful newness to my soul. However, over time our culture has ruined Christmas with the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-6

Denomination: Episcopal

The Christmas Covenant[2018]-3 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 26, 2018

3 of 6. God informed Jeremiah & Jeremiah the people, of the promise of a new covenant to supplant/fulfill/uphold/empower the ineffective covenant. God’s people have the promise of an effective covenant. The covenant people of God are promised...--OR--The Christmas Covenant is...

The CHRISTMAS COVENANT-III—Jeremiah 31:31-34 God informed Jeremiah & Jeremiah the people, of the promise of a new covenant to supplant/fulfill/uphold/empower the ineffective covenant. God’s people have the promise of an effective covenant. What is the Christmas Covenant? Why is the promise ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Denomination: Baptist

Caleb - An Old Hero With A Bold Dream Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 15, 2006

There were two obstacles to the dream home Caleb claimed. One was the giants that already lived there... and the other was his age. What was it that allowed him to overcome the obstacles and claim God’s promise?

OPEN: (A poem by Edgar A. Guest) "Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But he with a chuckle replied "maybe it couldn’t", but he would be one who wouldn’t say so till he tried. So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin on his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 14:6-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God’s Salvation Causes Our Praise! Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Feb 24, 2025

God’s promises that His people will be given a hymn of praise for all He has done for us. Isaiah saw it, John saw it, and Jesus confirmed it ... so why would we not live with this hope and excitement today?

Isaiah, Part 8 God’s Salvation Causes Our Praise! Isaiah 11:1-16 and Isaiah 12:1-6 Introduction - Welcome to Seasons! We are so glad that you’ve chosen to worship with us - Last week, Ch 10, saw a vivid demonstration of God keeping His promises -- He will always protect, comfort, and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-16, Isaiah 12:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Will Make A Way

Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Oct 29, 2023

Jesus never promised that we wouldn't fight a battle, He just promised that we would not be alone. God will make a way through the wilderness, through the storm, and for you!

Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Introduction • God knows His sheep by name. • Share a personal life story of God's provision. • God will not abandon you. • God has no orphans… I. God Will Make a Way in the Desert A. God used Moses to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt into the promised ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Mark 4:35-41, 1 Samuel 17:45-47, Luke 6:26-28, Matthew 19:26, Mark 9:23, Exodus 15:3, Deuteronomy 3:22, Isaiah 41:10, Romans 8:31-39  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Church Of God

Life To The Full Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jul 12, 2004

Jesus is the Good Shepherd and he promises us life to the full.

Keys To Life John 10:1-21 July 4, 2003 Life to the Full I remember listening to a person on the CBC reflection of his brother’s fight with cancer. The man shared how during the long periods of waiting while his brother was being treated, he would often go an shoot hoops at a local gym. He ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-21

Denomination: *other

Wild Waves Of The Sea Casting Up Their Own Shame – Jude 1:13 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 24, 2022

Have you ever seen a wild sea with wild waves casting up from the sea floor filth and debris and putrid things? That is the next image Jude uses to describe false teachers. That is what their doctrines and behaviour are like. We then look at wild waves in scripture.

WILD WAVES OF THE SEA CASTING UP THEIR OWN SHAME – Jude 1:13 Jude has been decrying false teachers and using quite stunning metaphors to describe them. In previous messages we did these and saw that each one paralleled what Peter also wrote, for he too, addressed those bring havoc into the ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:13, Isaiah 57:20, Matthew 23:15, Revelation 16:11, Revelation 20:14, Jeremiah 51:42, 2 Samuel 22:1-7, 2 Samuel 22:5, Psalm 42:7, Psalm 107:23-29, Psalm 65:7, Matthew 8:23-27  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Where Visions Become Reality Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Dec 13, 2007

When God gives you a promise, there is often a time of necesary preparation. During this time God prepares and equips you before He brings His promise to fruition. The greater the promise, in this case outpouring, the greater the prep time.

ISAIAH 41: 17-20 WHERE VISIONS BECOME REALITY [Philippians 3:7-11] God’s desire is to supply His people with every necessity. Even when it seems impossible. Even if our personal situation is parched as a barren desert, it will be supplied with ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 41:17-20, Habakkuk 2:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Red Delicious Apple Christianity Iv: Shine Like Red Delicious Apples Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Feb 18, 2020

To be mature in the Christian Faith is to distance oneself from scoffers of sound doctrine but to devote the rest of one's life to Godly living for Jesus as a shining example of the Truth - in word and in deed.

SHINE LIKE RED DELICIOUS APPLES! Based on 2 Peter 3 Once we reach our cruising altitude of spiritual maturity, we should have no problem recognizing false ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:1-18

The Fury Waits Series

Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jul 22, 2010

God tarries, but does that mean he is faithful to his promise to return soon?

The Fury Waits 2 Peter 3:1-18 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI May 3, 2009 Series: Little Letters – The Forgotten Wisdom of the Bible There is a play out there by Samuel Beckett called Waiting for Gadot. In the play, two derelicts sit and discuss rather mindlessly their deplorable condition ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Peace And Safety-October 2025

Contributed by Thomas Andrufski on Oct 15, 2025

This sermon if from my book, "The Narrow Road", (Amazon) and warns against the danger of false peace, emphasizing that true peace is found only in Jesus Christ and warns of deceptive security that lead to sudden destruction and calls for spiritual vigilance.

“Peace and Safety” 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (KJV) “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” I. INTRODUCTION — The Illusion of Peace Imagine a city going about its daily life—markets open, music ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Isaiah 48:22, Jeremiah 6:14, John 14:27, Amos 6:1-7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Church Of God

The Dynamic Spirit

Contributed by Scott Spencer on Jan 17, 2016

Jesus anticipated his disciples needs and gave them a promise. What He promised them here, was to be the essential ingredient for their future ministry.

A Tour Through Acts part 1 The Dynamic Spirit Acts 1:4-8 4. Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; 5. for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:4-8

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Ask Until Your Joy Is Full

Contributed by Bola Folakemi Praise on Mar 16, 2020

As sweet as these promises are, they do not come to pass at our own timing but according to God’s timing. God is not a God of “promise and fail.”

TEXT: JOHN 16: 24 “Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive that your joy may be full.”(John 16:24). The scripture tells us that whatever we ask in the name of Jesus shall be given to us (John 14:14). Matthew 7: 7 also promised that we should ask and it shall be ...read more

Scripture: John 16:24

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Spirit Is Coming! Series

Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Feb 17, 2019

Joel promises restoration through his Son and the sending of his Spirit. God promises to renew people who repent and turn to him.

For all the talk about forging our own brave, new world, the evidence seems to the contrary. People are despondent and the world seems a mess. Every day the ideological battles play out in the public square are they are prising apart public opinion and fragmenting society. Climate change—gender ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:18-32

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed