Sermons on Family Drama:

How To Fail Without Becoming A Failure

Contributed by Michael Cariño on Jan 4, 2017

Big Idea: A person is not finished when he fails; a person is finished when he gives up.

How to Fail Without Becoming a Failure Luke 22:31-22:34 Kurt Cobain. The famous rock singer-songwriter, musician, and best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Nirvana, has sold over 50 million albums worldwide. During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:31-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Salvation Sealed By The Spirit Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Feb 3, 2017

Ephesians 1:11-14 shows us several ways the Holy Spirit applies the benefits of Christ's work of salvation to the elect.

Scripture We are currently in a series of sermons on Ephesians 1 that I am calling, “God’s Supreme Purpose.” Paul’s emphasis in chapter 1 is not on what we must do for salvation, but rather on what God has done for us in Christ. Ephesians 1:3-14, which is one, long, complex sentence in the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:11-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Beginning The Walk With Jesus Series

Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 2, 2015

Jesus began his public ministry with an invitation to rethink the ways we think and act... to reverse course, leaving behind old misguided, selfish and sinful ways, then moving in a new direction of faith and Kingdom living.

Series: 40 Days with Jesus Title: Beginning the Walk with Jesus Text: Mark 1:9-15 Thesis: Jesus began his public ministry with an invitation to rethink the ways we think and act… to reverse course, leaving behind old misguided and sinful ways and moving in a new direction of faith and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:9-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

If You Want More Faith...

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 13, 2015

If you want more faith: 1. Accept the Lord's authority (vs. 1-2). 2. Learn about God's love (vs. 1-2). 3. Notice your need (vs. 3-5). 4. Go to God for the help you need (vs. 5). 5. Remember that faith can move in miraculous ways (vs. 6).

If You Want More Faith... Luke 17:1-6 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - April 27, 2014 *Way back when our oldest daughter, Becky, was in the sixth grade, we went to the grocery store. And the Nestle people were there that day putting on a contest. The question was to name their TV ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

A Way Better Way Series

Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 17, 2014

We find in God'[s grace a better way... a way better way than the works way.

Before The Voice and blind auditions… contestants came out onto the stage to perform before contest judges. They could see the contestants’ oddness’, quirkiness, race, gender, appearance… they could see if you were skinny or fat, beautiful, cute, plain or just plain ugly ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Validity Of Near Death Experiences

Contributed by John Gaston on Apr 24, 2014

The movie "Heaven is for Real" has reopened the conversation of the validity of near death experiences (NDEs). This message looks at what NDEs are, the controversies about them, and the confirmation that they can be for God's Word.

VALIDITY OF NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES “Heaven is For Real” Commentary INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: WHEN NOTHING HURTS 1. Renee and Daniel had been married for over 50 years. One morning, they both awoke from a good night’s sleep. As usual, Daniel reached over and took her hand in his. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:2-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What We Can Learn From The Wise Men

Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Dec 15, 2016

The wise men saw the light and followed it until they came to Jesus where they were never the same again. If we are wise, we will seek the Lord.

THE WISE WILL ALWAYS SEEK HIM INTRODUCTION: We are starting today a new series on the relevance of the Christmas story to our lives. We will start with the story of the three wise men in search for the baby Jesus in Matthew 2. Do you know that the Bible is a book filled with many examples of wisdom ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

How Are We Going To Look When We Come Back In

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Apr 20, 2020

Our nation is into a month where the local church building has gone somewhat dark and we find ourselves preaching to empty pews every Sunday because of this CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. I am convinced this coronavirus outbreak is possibly the greatest outreach opportunity for the church worldwide.

TITLE: HOW ARE WE GOING TO LOOK WHEN WE COME BACK IN SCRIPTURE: ST. JOHN 2:13-17 Our nation is now into almost a month and some places longer where the local church building has gone somewhat dark and we find ourselves as Pastors, preaching to empty pews every Sunday because of this CORONAVIRUS ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

Othniel: God Is Might Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 29, 2020

In these troubling times, don’t compromise in your commitment to the Lord; but if you have, cry out to the Lord and count on your Sovereign Savior.

On August 10, 1948, Allen Funt debuted a hidden-camera reality TV show called Candid Camera, which became wildly popular for many years. The genius of the show is that it caught people in the act of being themselves. It produced lots of laughs, but it also offered a fascinating look into human ...read more

Scripture: Judges 3:5-11, Hebrews 2:14-15, Hebrews 7:25, Acts 5:29-31, Revelation 5:9-10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical Free

New Year, New You Series

Contributed by John Oscar on Jan 28, 2021

Summing up 2020, and looking forward to 2021 (General idea/outline taken from Sermon Central, but heavily edited toward our church)

New Year New You CCCAG December 27th, 2020 Scripture- Titus 2:11-14 The year 2020 has been a year to remember hasn’t it? A quick recap- The beginning of the year Pastor Roger went home to be with Jesus, followed by our sister Audrey a few months ago. We miss both of them dearly. Coronavirus- ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Are You Righteous Or Religious

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Feb 28, 2021

Dr. Martin Luther King "If I can help somebody as I pass along, then my living will not be in vain". Righteousness is the quality or state of being morally correct and justifiable “behavior that is morally justifiable or right.”

Are You Righteous or Religious? By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - A couple of weeks ago I did a message titled “What Kind of Spirit do you Have”? I love how God sends and uses confirmation. My brother Mark also has been dealing with something very similar and dealing with the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37, Micah 6:8

Denomination: Apostolic

Wonderful Counselor Series

Contributed by John Oscar on Dec 10, 2019

Very heavily adapted message from the series "Prince of Peace" This message focus' on Jesus being our wonderful counselor.

Prince of Peace Wonderful Counselor Studying the incarnation through the names that Jesus is called in Isaiah chapter 9. We will also be studying Luke chapter 8 if you want to bookmark that for later. I have a very electic taste in music. I like music from almost every style and genre. In ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Elijah's Crisis

Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Dec 1, 2020

The pandemic seems to go on forever. Instead of getting better, Covid is getting worse. Many are becoming discouraged and depressed because of lockdowns and other guidelines that give us limited mobility.

Note: I developed a simple set of homemade PowerPoint slides that I used in presenting this sermon. They're not fancy or professional quality, and for this sermon there were only as small number of slides (most of which are maps), but if you're interested in having the PowerPoint file I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 18:13, 1 Kings 17:13-14, 1 Kings 18:37, 1 Kings 18:38-39, 1 Kings 19:11-18, 1 Kings 19:15, 1 Kings 21:23-29  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How Can Heaven Be Happy? Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Mar 31, 2021

A short study of Heaven and why Christians should look forward to it.

We live in a world full of different ideas about Heaven. World religions have all kinds of forms of it - Hinduism teaches that it’s what happens for the person who finally escapes reincarnation. Mormonism teaches that we’ll all eventually become gods and each have our own planet to populate. ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

3rd Sunday Of Easter, Year B. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 11, 2021

APRIL 14th, 2024.

Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4:1-8, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36-48. (A) A 'SUFFERING SERVANT' SERMON IN SOLOMON'S PORCH. Acts 3:12-19. The occasion of this Sermon was after the healing of a crippled man who used to sit begging below a gate called ‘Beautiful’ – a huge brass gate which, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4:1-8, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36-48

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational