Sermons on Fourth Century:

What Is Thanksgiving?

Contributed by Ricky Tuttle Thd on Nov 18, 2025

A day of Thanksgiving to remember with more than just a full belly.

“What Is Thanksgiving?” Psalms 30:4 2025 The Days of Thanksgiving can be traced before 1536 during the Reformation time with Henry VIII on the throne. When the Puritans left in 1620 for the New Land they discovered great hardship and lost many of the families the first winter. They met the local ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 30:4

Denomination: Baptist

Disappointed? You Were Looking For The Wrong Messiah Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 12, 2025

It could have been a puppy or a pony or a Red Rider BB gun ® but the day sticks in your mind because you were very disappointed.

Palm Sunday Procession Homily 2025 Take a moment to recall from your childhood a particularly memorable Christmas or Birthday celebration in your family. I bet you have one in which you had wished—and made your wish known—for a particular toy or cuddly and did not receive it. It could have been a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-40, Luke 18:35-43, Zechariah 9:9, Acts 1:6, Isaiah 56:7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Counterfeit Christianity: The Jehovah's Witness

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 21, 2005

George Gallup states, “This is the most crucial decade in History. Designer, a la carte religion flourishes as traditional Christianity is undermined by counterfeits.” This is true when it comes to Charles Taze Russell the founder of Jehovah’s Witness cu

Counterfeit Christianity: The Jehovah’s Witness John 1:1,14-17 George Gallup states, “This is the most crucial decade in History. Designer, a la carte religion flourishes as traditional Christianity is undermined by counterfeits.” This is true when it comes to Charles Taze Russell the founder of ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Hosea-The Hurt Of God- Series Series

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Mar 1, 2005

Exposition and Application of the Book of Hosea

By Pastor Bob Marcaurelle Hosea-The Hurt of God Sermon 1 Hosea 1:1-2 THE TIMES AND TEARS OF HOSEA Picture ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A World Without Jesus. . .?

Contributed by Larry Lasiter on Jan 29, 2004

What would the world today be like if Jesus had never been born?

POINTS OF TRUTH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES Crusade Church of God www.pointsoftruth.com “He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another obscure village where He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty. Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.” ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1, Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Bible Passages We Would Have Understood If We Were Jewish

Contributed by Richard Goble on Mar 19, 2008

Many today are obsessed with making the Bible fit our cultural perspective, even when it means abandoning sound principles of interpretation. Today we will find how important the historical/cultural context really is to sound biblical exegesis.

BIBLE PASSAGES WE WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD IF WE WERE JEWISH Interpreting New Testament passages through Jewish eyes. Various Texts Introduction Illustration: What Children Say About The Bible · In the first book of the Bible, Guinness’s, God got tired of creating the world, so He took the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:20-21

Denomination: Baptist

What's Love Got To Do With It?

Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002

Discusses Paul’s use of love as the yardstick for Christian living, then turns to several congregational issues to ask what the loving response would be.

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C) 1 Corinthians 13, is a popular passage to use for wedding sermons, because of course the topic is love. Brides and grooms have often chosen this lesson because of the beautiful, poetic prose it contains. But Paul did not write this to the Corinthians so ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

The Point Of No Return Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 23, 2009

God is patient and long-suffering, but His patience has boundaries. Sometimes we humans can move to the point of no return.

The Point of No Return (Jeremiah 7:16-24, 30-31, 15:1-6) 1. We home-schooled our kids, and that meant we had to face a number of challenges. As they got older, how would we teach them Driver’s Ed? 2. Fortunately, others blazed the trail before us;they make videos about everything, including an ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 7:16-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Keep The Sabbath

Contributed by Andy Barnard on Dec 20, 2008

The Sabbath is not only about rest - it’s about trusting God. If we kept the Sabbath, we wouldn’t need to rest.

A Roman Catholic priest, a Pentecostal pastor and a Jewish rabbi were talking one day about their belief in miracles. The Roman Catholic said that he did believe in miracles and illustrated this by telling of a recent incident when he had flown to Durban. As the aircraft began it’s ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Picture Of History

Contributed by Chris Beam on Nov 4, 2015

This passage wasn't written to scare us, it was written to comfort us.

REVELATION IN PICTURES: A PICTURE OF HISTORY Revelation 6:1-17 This is one of those passages in the book of Revelation that scare most people; I can’t really blame them because there are some frightening things here: Four horsemen bringing war, famine, disease, depression and death; Images ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Four Beasts Of Daniel 7 (Prologue To Rev 13 Teaching, Part 1) Series

Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 10, 2014

Message from Daniel 7 to interpret the Beasts in Revelation 13

The ABCs Must Precede The XYZs Take a look at our Scripture. Now being honest, it sure sounds like something a bad dream, a real nightmare or maybe a bad drug trip! This passage of Scripture is obviously one that is symbolic in nature, and not literal. However, how in the world do we ever ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 7:1-17

Denomination: Bible Church

I Am The Resurrection And The Life Series

Contributed by Stephen Weatherby on Aug 16, 2021

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

About this time every year, I start to feel like the year is slipping away from me, and sure enough, I can barely believe that we are about to start the second week of August already, and week 5 of our summer sermon series, I Am. Unfortunately I don’t have slides this week, we had to run to ...read more

Scripture: John 11:17-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

First Seal: Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jan 7, 2017

The scriptures prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the rider on the “WHITE HORSE” is certainly someone else besides the Christ.

First Seal: the White Horse and Its Rider Commentary on the Book of Revelation By: Tom Lowe Date: 8-26-15 TOPIC # III: VISIONS OF JUDGMENT AGAINST JERUSALEM (4:1-11:19) Subtopic B: The Opening of Seven Seals (6.1-8.1) ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

The Seven Seals Are Open-(Ing) Now.

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Feb 18, 2026

What if what we have been taught about the End times, the Rapture, and the Tribulation was incorrect? Not the events but the timing of them. What if I told you that what we have thought was going to happen after the Rapture is already taking place?

The Seven Seals are Open-(ing) Now By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - Questions – What if what we have been taught about the End times, the Rapture, and the Tribulation was incorrect? Not the events but the timing of them. What if I told you that what we have thought was going to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:42, Matthew 16:2-3, Revelation 8:1

Denomination: Apostolic

Christianity And Sex Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 28, 2008

Sex has become a cultural obsession but the picture of sex that our culture paints is a cheap counterfeit of God’s design. What we have done is dehumanized ourselves and taken something which was meant to be sacred, wonderful and beautiful and changed it

Christianity and Sex 1 Cor. 6:18-20, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8, Genesis 2:24-25 Where would you expect to find the following articles? How to Maintain an Erotic Marriage; Sexual Limits: What other Women Will and Won’t Do in Bed. In the Adults Only section of the newsstand? Try Readers Digest and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

Denomination: Methodist