Sermons on Fourth Of July:

The Many Moods Of Christmas

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jan 2, 2018

Everyone is so concerned about "Merry Christmas" verses "Happy Holidays". What about the context of either saying? Are you going through a good time in life? Then it is Merry but if you're going through a rough patch it can feel like salt in a wound.

Please open your Bibles to Luke 2:8-20 which we will read in a few minutes. In this part of the narrative of the Christmas story we read of the encounter of the angels with the shepherds on the night of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. With that in mind lets go ahead and read Luke 2:8-20. In ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Nazarene

A Pure Eye

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Sep 16, 2025

It is hard to see the good in the world when the bad gets the attention.

A Pure Eye Luke 11:33 - 36 Rabbi Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz 33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34 “Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:33-36

Denomination: United Methodist

Christ Tasted Death For All Men

Contributed by John Mccurry on Nov 28, 2007

Jesus Died For All

Saturday, July 29, 2006 Jesus Tasted Death for All Men Heb 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. Mark 9:1 not taste death, This seems to me to be ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Master Manipulators

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 18, 2012

here are some who manipulate others to get their way or to hide their sin; all contrary to God’s way.

Master Manipulators June 17, 2012 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: There are some who manipulate others to get their way or to hide their sin; all contrary to God’s way. Focus Passage: 2 Samuel 11:6-27 Supplemental Passage: "But for the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:6-27

Denomination: Baptist

Vbs Training Outline

Contributed by Billy Ricks on May 31, 2015

Outline that gives the ABCs for adults to share Jesus with children during Vacation Bible School and Beyond

Why was VBS Started? Unofficially, it's possible to trace the roots of VBS as far back as the 1870s, when the Methodist Episcopal Church offered summer Sunday school institutes to the general public near Lake Chautauqua, New York. In 1873, Bishop John H. Vincent proposed the movement should ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20

Denomination: Baptist

Touch

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 22, 2018

Jesus can "touch" our lives and make us whole

Touch Mark 5: 21 – 43 Intro: “How can you claim to have all these injuries?” asked the insurance company’s lawyer. “According to the police report, you said you were not hurt.” The New Yorker. “After the accident I was lying on the road in a lot of pain, and I heard someone say the horse had a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-43

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Only In Christ Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 12, 2022

Progress became a secular god, a new form of hope for secular man in the 19th century, a progress that would lead to freedom. It was not to be.

Monday of 2nd Week in Lent The call of Jesus in Matthew, which we heard at Mass on Saturday, was to “be perfect, as the heavenly Father.” In Luke’s redaction we heard today, the call is to “be merciful, as the heavenly Father.” If we understand that the root meaning of perfection is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:36-38, Daniel 9:4-10

Denomination: Catholic

Reflection D.5 / Does God Have A Purpose In Coronavirus? Revelation. The Four Horsemen.

Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Jun 12, 2020

When did the four horsemen in Revelation 6 set out? After Christ's ascension? In the future? Or, conceivably, in our time? Our view on this question makes a big difference to how we view 'End Times'.

At this point I feel as though I’m at a fork-in-the-road moment. We’re in Revelation 6. I have to keep reminding myself of why I am doing these Reflections. My goal is to ‘diagnose’ coronavirus. I am considering two possible ‘diagnoses.’ The first ‘diagnosis’ is that coronavirus is a random ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:8

Denomination: Baptist

Suffering

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 12, 2005

. This section is one of three sections in II Corinthians devoted to a listing of Paul’s sufferings. Paul was not afraid of suffering because he knew that God controls trials, and God uses trials for His own glory.

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: Driving through Texas, a New Yorker collided with a truck carrying a horse. A few months later he tried to collect damages for his injuries. “How can you now claim to have all these injuries?” asked the insurance company’s lawyer. “According to the police report, at the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18

Denomination: Baptist

"The Silence Of God"

Contributed by Dennis Deese on Dec 13, 2003

Have you or are you struggling with a season of the silence of God? Why does God allow it?

"THE SILENCE OF GOD" Dr. Dennis Deese - www.dennisdeese.com PSALM 13:1-6 ETS: The Psalmist longed for God’s presence. ESS: There are times when God hides his face. Sunday, July 28, 2002 All nine miners trapped underground in a Pennsylvania coal mine for three days were brought safely to the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 13:1-6

No Saintly Life Is Tragically Short Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 25, 2009

Many saints’ lives seem "tragically short." Short, perhaps, but not tragic; Jesus’s life was the briefest of all.

Feast of St. James July 25, 2009 In our meditation on the mystery of Christ and Mary today, there is something that occurred to me that I knew wouldn’t survive the drive to church, so I typed it out. Both the Saturday Matins reading and the Mass text today are from 2 Corinthians, which is written ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

Truth Liberates Charity Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 25, 2009

Without truth, our charity degenerates into sentimentalism, and can be totally perverted into its opposite.

Monday of 17th week in Course July 27, 2009 Caritas in Veritate (3) Joachim Jeremias taught that the parables about the Church should be read holistically. For instance, Jesus would say, “The kingdom of God is like this situation: you plant the tiniest seed, and without your doing much, it grows ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:31-35

Denomination: Catholic

More Than We Can Expect

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jul 10, 2012

God is able to more than we can ask or even think about FOR HIS GLORY.

More Than We Can Expect July 6, 2008 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: God is able to more than we can ask or even think about FOR HIS GLORY. Focus Passage: Ephesians 3:14-21 Supplemental Passage: James 4:2-3 NASB You lust and do not have; so you ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

Denomination: Baptist

Honor Your Mother And Father

Contributed by Brady Boyd on Jul 2, 2018

We assume this commandment is only for kids, but this commandment was for the entire community.

The Ten Commandments Honor Your Mother and Father – 5th Commandment July 1, 2018 The bible is a family story. Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and his sons, David and his family, etc. Exodus 20:12 NIV "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Chasing The Wind - Time! Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 12, 2017

Solomon tells us that timing is everything in life and life goes through many stages and we need to know what time it is.

Timing! -- Ecclesiastes pt. 4 Opening Illustration: Blue Fish TV “There is a Time for everything!” Illustration: What happens in 30 minutes of time put the timer on set it for 30 minutes? Thesis: Solomon tells us that timing is everything in life and life goes through many stages and we need to ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-22, Ecclesiastes 2:4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational