Sermons on First Importance:

Reconciliation During Lockdown

Contributed by Meshak Dayanand on May 3, 2020

Marriage is an incredible journey ordained by God. Keeping Him at the centre of your marriage is important, and that’s why these Bible prescriptions about husbands, wives, marriage, and love are crucial medicines for your healthy family.

What quarantine has done so far? The damage, devastation, loneliness, frustration than these are the symptoms of ecophobia or homophobia ( the fear of house and the family). If you are feeling these things during lockdown or quarantine, you also need to be treated Biblically. One side the good ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:21-24, Ephesians 5:25-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Knowledge Of God

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Feb 10, 2010

There is no more important question in all of life than that very question...Do you know God. It is the secret of true success...the source of wisdom beyond our understanding...the strength to endure in hard times.

KNOWLEDGE OF GOD HOSEA 4:1 6 I want to begin this morning by asking you life's ultimate question. Be as honest as you can be with yourself...Do you know God? Notice that I didn't ask, "Do you believe that He exists...or do you believe in Him... I didn't ask if you are trying to live a good moral ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 4:1-6

The Man And Woman Who Lingered Series

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002

Part 4 of 5 of the series, Christmas Perspectives. This incredible perspective through the eyes of a man who believed and a woman who worshipped not only gives us a fresh look on the promise fulfilled with the first coming of Jesus but also gives us inspi

THE MAN AND WOMAN WHO LINGERED Luke 2:25-38 READ AT BEGINNING OF SERVICE: Luke 2:21-39 (NIV) 21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived. 22 When the time of their purification according to the Law of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25-38

Denomination: Pentecostal

From Throning To Stoning

Contributed by Don Baggett on Nov 14, 2008

Paul and Barnabus didn’t know it, but they had jumped from the frying pan to the fire! They came to Lystra and began preaching the gospel. At first people wanted to sacrifice to them as gods, but then turned on them, stoned Paul, and left him for dead.

Paul and Barnabus didn’t know it, but they had jumped from the frying pan to the fire! They came to Lystra and began preaching the gospel. Faith to Be Healed They went to the market place everyday and preached. They were street preachers! There was a man there who was crippled. Notice the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:8-28

Denomination: Baptist

The Complexities And Simplicities Of Wisdom Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 8, 2015

We are all trying to navigate through life putting God first. God encourages us to embrace a curriculum of wisdom. Wisdom will guide us through the complexities of uncertainty about what to do and the clarity to do what we should do.

The Complexities and Simplicities of Wisdom (Proverbs 23:9-12) 1. A businessman on his deathbed called his good friend and said, "Luigi, I want you to promise me that when I die you will have my remains cremated." "And what," his friend asked, "do you want me to do with your ashes?" The ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 23:9-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"Storms Don't Last Always!"

Contributed by Arthur And Marie Mason on Jun 6, 2009

We will encounter storms in our lives, and we can allow these storms to make us bitter, or help us to be better Christians. It is how we react to the trials in our lives, not the storms, itself that is most important.

Mark 4:35-41. “Storms Don’t Last Always.” Dr. Marie Mason Illustration: A young woman, whom I will call Patty, told me a little about her life, and listening to her, I had a combination of emotions. As a parent, (1) hurt, because, as a child, she went through so much, (2) exhilarated, because ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Problem Solved Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Feb 23, 2004

As we watch Jesus lead the disciples through the process of solving the problem of a hungry crowd we learn important truths about how God would lead us into solutions to our own problems.

Problem Solved Fortifying the Foundations # 14 John 6:1-15 8-10-03 Intro: We take our text this morning from John 6:1-15 6:1Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is,the Sea of Tiberias),John refers to the Sea of Galilee as the Sea of Tiberias because ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28-29, John 6:1-15

Denomination: Charismatic

The Words We Speak : It Is A Matter Of Life Or Death

Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Sep 17, 2006

THIS SERMON IS ABOUT THE WORDS WE SPEAK WHICH CAN EITHER BRING US LIFE AND BLESSING OR DEATH AND CURSES . IT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF EVERY WORD THAT WE SPEAK AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT OUR LIVES.

THE WORDS WE SPEAK : IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH *********************************************** OUTLINE 1. YOUR WORDS DETERMINE YOUR DESTINY 2. THE WORD OF GOD HAS CREATIVE POWER 3. WE MUST BOLDLY SPEAK THE PROMISES OF GOD BY FAITH 4. POSITIVE WORDS BRING HEALTH AND HAPPINESS 5. PARENTS ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:21

Denomination: Pentecostal

"The Tears Of An Apostle"

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jan 16, 2003

The Apostle Paul cried! It’s important that we understand the emotional and spiritual stresses that brought him tears. In doing so we can understand what should cause our own concern, and tears!

Southern Hills Baptist Church January 19th 2003 “The Tears of an Apostle” Philippians 3: 18-21 By Pastor Mark Hensley “For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:18-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Greatest Christmas Gift

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Dec 21, 2022

God gave us the best gift we could ever receive, the most beautiful and holy of gifts. Whether or not His birth is on December 25, it is the celebration of the most important gift we have ever received.

TITLE: THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS GIFT SCRIPTURE: ST. MATTHEW 1:18-23 This time of year is profoundly fraught with multi-layered meanings – • Family traditions • Economic success for merchants • The winter solstice • The pause between the end of the lunar year and the longer solar year • Our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-23

Denomination: Baptist

Stuck Upstairs When I Should Be Downstairs

Contributed by John Gaston on Jun 7, 2025

Today is Pentecost Sunday - it’s one of the most important days in history. We’re going to see why, see the reasons we need the Holy Spirit, and think about our need to be refilled.

STUCK UPSTAIRS WHEN I SHOULD BE DOWNSTAIRS Acts 2:1-4; 3:1-2,6-11 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Did you hear about the man who had emergency surgery on his hand and lost 3 fingers? The man asked the doctor if he could still write. 2. The doctor answered, “Maybe, but don’t count on it.” B. ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Book Of Jude Part 6 Of 6 Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 21, 2018

First he reminds them that they have been forewarned with regard to the oncoming peril. Then he encourages them to maintain themselves in a strong spiritual condition. Finally, he counsels them to use discernment in ministering to those who have been . .

15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. I cannot pass v. 15 without taking notice of how often, and how forcefully, ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:15-25

Denomination: Baptist

Rebekah: The Mother Of Esau And Jacob Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 7, 2021

Rebekah the Mother of Esau and Jacob, is a lesson in struggling through: First, 1) A disappointed home (Genesis 25:19-21), 2) A distressed home (Genesis 25:22–23) and 3) A divided home (Genesis 25:24–28).

Genesis 25:19–28 19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:19-28

Denomination: Other

Show Love, Not Favoritism (James 2:1-13) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on May 27, 2022

Favoritism is a tricky thing. But we need to copy God's example, in honoring the poor. Also, my first crack at unpacking "kingdom" in light of Scot McKnight's book Kingdom Conspiracy.

Let's start today by reading James 2:1-4: (1) My brothers, don't, with partiality, hold the faith of our glorious Lord, Jesus Christ. ["w/partiality" =focused] (2) For suppose someone should enter your assembly with a gold ring on his finger, with fine clothing. Now, also a ...read more

Scripture: James 2:1-13

What Are Your Priorities? Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jul 5, 2010

The ten commandments aren’t just about keeping a set of rules. Rather they’re about making sure our priorities are right, that we put God first and our neighbour as high as ourselves on our list of priorities in life.

It’s appropriate at an Annual General meeting to spend some time reflecting on where we’re going as a Church. What are our priorities? What do we think is the most important thing we can be doing? In fact it would be good if we asked those questions not just about us as a Church but of ...read more

Denomination: Anglican