Sermons on Father Figure:

A Love That Runs, Part 3 Series

Contributed by Richard Laraviere on Aug 16, 2008

Why do some people find it so hard to love others? What makes God’s love so wonderful, it is a love that is has no strings attached. Its simply unconditional.

A Love that runs Part 3 Why can’t some love? A. Some cannot love, not having experienced it 1. How can you give, that which you do not possess? How can you possess, that which you have not first experienced? And how can you experience that, which you have never been exposed ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:14-18

Denomination: Mennonite

God Rescued Us

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jun 30, 2013

To prove that GOD is our Rescuer.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you drawing near to GOD because GOD is your Rescuer? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To prove that GOD is our Rescuer. IV. TEXT: Colossians 1:13-14 (Amplified Bible) [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:13-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Irondad

Contributed by Trae Durden on Jun 13, 2013

Father's Day sermon, using the IronMan movies as a illustration.

IronDad 1 John 2:12-14 & 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 Introduction: Mother’s represent those hands that rock the cradle and rule the world, but Fathers are the ones who bought the cradle! Dad’s we need to prepare ourselves to make right choices, and to be Men of God! There are some pivotal ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"god Is Our Father" Series

Contributed by Larry Vollink on Nov 23, 2020

Having God as our Heavenly Father lets us become closer in our relationship with Him. He can act as One who loves us, provides for us and discipline us. We must understand His Fatherhood through His Son, who helps us to know Him in an intimate way.

Isaiah 64:8-9 gives us the words of Father. "Yet you, O Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the Potter; we are all the work of your hands. Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord; Do not remember our sins forever, we are your people." Every wedding has these words ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:8-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fatherhood: 101

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 21, 2016

Many people have written books on parenting. Dr. Dobson is popular among Christian parents. Dr. Spock was popuIar when I was young. Parents have looked to different sources for instructions on how to rear their children but what does the bible say?

FATHERHOOD: 101 Many people have written books on parenting. Dr. Dobson is a popular one among Christian parents. I was told I was raised on Dr. Spock. Parents have always looked to different sources for instructions on how to rear their children. The bible has some good instructions for us ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:18-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Seeing The Father Through The Begotten Son

Contributed by Donato Solano on Dec 5, 2006

In Jesus, we come face to face with God in His glory—we see the Father in all His glory through Jesus, His one and only Son. If you want to see the Father, you need to come to Jesus.

INTRODUCTION Does God have a “face”? Well, yes and no. A physical face He does not have, for God is spirit (John 4:23-24. However, “face” is used in the Bible as way of attributing to Him certain characteristics we can understand. A right relationship with God is expressed by the figure of God ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14-18

Denomination: Baptist

World's Greatest Dad

Contributed by Blake Inscore on Sep 25, 2008

There is no greater role model for Fathers today than our Heavenly Father.

Introduction: Many years ago my kids gave me a red ball cap for Father’s Day that said on the front: “World’s Greatest Dad.” I thought I still had it and wanted to show it to you today to prove that I was truly the “World’s Greatest Dad” but when I looked in the box marked “Dad’s Hats” it wasn’t ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 103:8-13

Denomination: Baptist

Mother Nature's Father Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 9, 2021

The Bible says that the laws of nature are not eternal, but that they began in time, and they were put into operation by the Word of God. God is the Father of all nature, and He is the Father of all the wisdom and order that men attribute to nature.

The Bible consistently represents God as male. This is true for all 3 Persons of the Trinity. When the Son became flesh He became a man. The Holy Spirit is always called He. The male was also the first to be created. All of this in no way means that the Bible depreciates the female, for we will ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:6-8

God In Three Persons Series

Contributed by Bruce Goettsche on Oct 18, 2000

Trinity

This morning I have to confess right up front that I feel like I am engaging in an impossible task. When we talk about the doctrine of the Trinity we are really talking about that which we find impossible to fully comprehend. It's not that I don't think the doctrine of the Trinity is true. I ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"father Into Thy Hands" Series

Contributed by Claude Alexander on Apr 13, 2021

The cross was perpetually present to the mind of Christ. He was always moving toward that cross as a Victor, not a victim. He was always moving toward the ultimate final victory over sin and death

"Father into Thy Hands" Luke 23:46 The cross of Jesus Christ is the center of everything. Early in the Gospels we hear Christ declaring that He set His face steadfastly toward Jerusalem and the cross. His entire life was spent in the shadow of the cross. Isaiah 50:4–11 speaks of the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:46

Denomination: Assembly Of God

My Father's Car

Contributed by Dove Inspirations on Oct 4, 2021

No eye has seen , nor ear has heard

My FATHER’S car Ezekiel 1 Yes, The LORD has a car. And to say it’s fabulous and magnificent is an understatement. Ok, so you may say that we should not take these things literally. And that it’s a figure of speech etc. I don’t agree with you. If scripture describes something so meticulously ...read more

A Leper Cleansed By Jesus.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 14, 2022

Leprosy is often used as a figure for sin.

A LEPER CLEANSED BY JESUS. Luke 5:12-16. The various skin diseases which fall under the Biblical heading of ‘leprosy’ have long stood as a metaphor for that worst of all human diseases: sin. However, this does not detract from the historicity of the incident which Luke now sets before us. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:12-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Be Ready - Persevere

Contributed by Norm Story on May 18, 2001

The challenge of faithfully living prepared and ready

"Be Ready – Persevere for the Long Journey" Psalm 78:1-7 Matthew 25:1-13 When I was a Boy Scout, I remember how the younger scouts struggled and suffered on long hiking-camping trips; because they always seemed to bring so much of the wrong stuff. They’d come loaded down with ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:35-38, Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Stealing God's Most Valued Commodity Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Apr 2, 2008

Exposition of Acts 12:18-25 about the death of Herod when he stole God’s most valued commodity--his glory

Text: Acts 12:18-25, Title: Stealing God’s Most Valued Commodity, Date/Place: NRBC, 4/6/08, AM Opening illustration: Blog Entry on Glory to God or self A. Background to passage: The guards were executed for their failure, but there has been some time pass in between the deliverance of Peter and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Our Father Who Art In Heaven

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jun 25, 2013

This sermon is a compilation of scripture in the form of a 'letter' from God to his children describing His love for us.

Last Sunday, I told a story and showed a video to conclude my sermon. For those of you who may not have been here, it was a story about a father and his handicapped son. When most of the medical system had written this child off as “a vegetable”, this dad refused to give up. He found ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-22

Denomination: Baptist