Sermons on Gentle Shepherd:

What To Do When Your Culture Is Destroying Itself [2nd Copy]

Contributed by Michael Stark on Apr 25, 2024

When this message was planned this past winter, services were cancelled due to a blizzard. This is a second effort that has been revised and brought up to date. How shall Christians respond as our contemporary culture self-destructs?

“Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Take And Eat - Mark 14:22-26 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on May 4, 2024

Why do some verses in the Bible make our relationship with God sound conditional, and other verses make it sound unconditional? The answer to that question is the key to understanding the gospel and having the closest, most intimate relationship with God possible.

Mark 14:22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take it; this is my body." 23 Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, and they all drank from it. 24 "This is my blood of the covenant, which is ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:22-26, Matthew 26:26-30, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

We Are His Offspring

Contributed by Michael Stark on May 11, 2024

God created mankind, and He gives us our being. Thus, we must not segregate on the basis of race or sex. Flowing from the knowledge of God's creation, and having given His Word, we discover that not all cultures are equal, though all people have opportunity to know God.

“Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-28

Denomination: Baptist

A Culture Of Vulgarity

Contributed by Michael Stark on May 24, 2025

Christians must turn from embracing the things of this world, deliberately choosing to seek the things that are above.

“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.” [1] Since the fall of our first parents, for as long as mankind has existed, vulgarity has plagued the race. What do I mean when I use the term “vulgar?” The ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:5

Denomination: Baptist

Declaring Jesus' Destiny

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 10, 2011

Luke showed his readers that Jesus’ destiny was openly revealed. Jesus’ destiny is openly declared. But How? A device God uses to declare Jesus’ destiny is...

DECLARING JESUS' DESTINY—Luke 2:21-40 Luke showed his readers that Jesus’ destiny was openly revealed Jesus’ destiny is openly declared. How is Jesus’ destiny openly declared? 5 devices/events/loyalties/revelations/settings openly declaring Jesus’ ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:21-40

Denomination: Baptist

Reliving The Relevancy Of Palm Sunday!

Contributed by Thomas Fortini on Apr 4, 2021

Reliving the relevancy of the “Palm Sunday” will hopefully not only prick, but better yet, penetrate our hearts, and perhaps trigger a new season of repentance, spiritual renewal, and revival, within our lives by the transforming truths that lie latent within each picture.

We are turning today, to an event that is recorded in all four gospels. That would signal to us the importance of it. An event that marks the last week of Jesus’ earthly life, and event that you can see as I project the scripture passage on the screen the superscription placed upon it by the bible ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-17

He Will Plead Your Case

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Sep 13, 2019

A study in the book of Jeremiah 51: 1 – 64

Jeremiah 51: 1 – 64 He will plead your case 1 Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, against those who dwell in Leb Kamai, a destroying wind. 2 And I will send winnowers to Babylon, who shall winnow her and empty her land. For in the day of doom they shall be against her all ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 51:51

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Did The Catholic Church Give Us The Bible + Doctrine? - Part 1 Series

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Mar 23, 2024

A look at Early Church History, the Bible Alone as the Final Authority, the Canon of Scripture, Sola Scriptura, Apostles, and Pastor-Teachers, Papal Infallibility, Pentecost, Absolution

PART ONE When I was young, God called me into ministry, so I went through Catechism and prepared to enter the priesthood. However, over 50 years ago, I had a radical encounter with Jesus and became Born-Again, which changed everything! I am not a Catholic or Protestant. I am a Born-Again Christian ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3-4, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Timothy 2:15, Hebrews 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

May A Woman Pastor?

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 9, 2001

An expositional study of the basis for male only pastors.

May a Woman Pastor? The question really is may a woman pastor rather than can a woman pastor. The following quote from U.S. News and World Report shows that they can and do pastor. More Women Preachers - "Women are admitted to the ministry in about 80 Christian denominations and to the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Bible...god's Word?

Contributed by Brian Chavarria on Nov 15, 2000

Questions and Issues Relating to the Bible.

WHAT IS THE BIBLE? The Bible is a collection of 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament or Old Covenant, and 27 in the New Testament or New Covenant. We can think of the Old Covenant as being the old contract or the old deal between God and men, while the New Covenant is the new contract or the new deal ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

What If It's True

Contributed by Dale Johnsen on Dec 28, 2000

An evangelistic message based on the media blitz by the same name.

What if it’s true that there is an all-powerful Creator God who actually cares about peon humans like you and me? The Bible (in Deuteronomy 23:5) says that "the LORD your God loves you." Isaiah 40:11 says "He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close ...read more

Scripture: John 14:6, Romans 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

Jet Stream

Contributed by Terry Costaris on Oct 18, 2000

Please review the following portion of scripture before reading the sermon.

Please review the following portion of scripture before reading the sermon. James 4:13-17 13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is our ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

One Unusual Message Series

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002

Part 1 of 5 of the series, Christmas Perspectives. It all began with the unusual message. An angel visited Mary and then an angel visited Joseph. This "unusual message" speaks to us today as well. A message that leads to a journey, and finally, the mom

ONE UNUSUAL MESSAGE Part 1 of the Christmas Perspectives Series READ AT BEGINNING OF SERVICE: John 1:1-5 (NIV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Witnesses Of The Resurrection

Contributed by Jeff Hughes on Apr 20, 2003

The disciples find an empty tomb!

Witnesses of the Resurrection Luke 24:1-12 Jeff Hughes – April 14, 2003 Calvary Chapel Aggieland I. Introduction a. Today, like every other Sunday of the year, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But, unlike any other Sunday, this is the actual anniversary of that fateful day, nearly ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Psalm 107. Part 2. Psalm 107 Is A Psalm Of General Truth Series

Contributed by George Barton on Feb 10, 2006

Points out that Psalm 107, though it is found among the historical psalms, is really a psalm of general truth.

PSALM 107 PART 2 WITH SOME REPETITION FROM PSALM 107, PART 1 PSALM 107 IS A PSALM OF GENERAL TRUTH Do you have friends and relatives who have little time for Jesus Christ? Do you have friends and relatives, both men and women, who think that they are macho, and who think that Christianity is ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:1-43

Denomination: Baptist