Sermons on Glorify Your Name:

Longing For Home

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Nov 3, 2019

The following sermon is going to review Hebrews 11:13-16 to show how important it is for God’s people to allow their future, eternal home to affect their inner faith and desire to become more like Jesus while exiled on this earth!

Longing for Home Hebrews 11:13-16 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 Whether one is taking a picture of the sandstone rock formation in Arizona; visiting one of six sky monasteries in Meteora, Greece; walking on the Great Wall of China, in the icy waters of Glacier ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

The American Holocaust

Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 8, 2018

God expects us to speak for those with no voice being treated unjustly, and specifically for those in danger of death; if not there is accountability.

Text: Pro 24:11-12, Title: The American Holocaust, Date/Place: WHBC, 1.28.18, AM A. Opening illustration: Together for Life video after opening song, Imagine Life video before the sermon, 11 million in WWII, and 60 million in US – 125 during the course of this service. B. Background to passage: ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 24:11-12

Denomination: Baptist

John 3:16 & Our Calling

Contributed by Ken Henson on Feb 24, 2018

God loves us, and He calls us to love others the same way. This is impossible, but it is our calling, and with God, all things are possible.

The Love of God For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17 God Who is God? —evolution or ...read more

Denomination: *other

A Man After God's Own Heart

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Mar 12, 2018

How could David be the man after God's own heart?

The Prayer of a Man After God’s Own Heart Psalm 51:1-19 The first thing that we come across when we turn to Psalm 51 is that it is a Psalm of David. In 1 Samuel 13:14, God tells the prophet Samuel that after rejecting Saul as king, that He was going to replace Saul with a man after His own heart. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-19, Psalm 51:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Easter According To St. John

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Mar 21, 2018

What a blessing it is to have John's account of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead along with the other witness of the Gospels.

Easter According to St. John John 20:1-18 Today we remember the most important day in human history, the day Jesus rose from the dead. This is a day of great joy to us. We put the sorrows of Jesus death behind us and celebrate that Jesus lives. There are basically five accounts that talk about ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Man Of Sorrows

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Dec 16, 2018

Isaiah lived some seven hundred years prior to Jesus, and yet he revealed much about the significance of His life and death. Jesus fulfilled every prophecy regarding His first advent. I am thankful He came to provide the means of our salvation.

The Man of Sorrows Isaiah 53: 4-6 As I consider the Bible as a whole, there are specific chapters that seem to stand out above the rest. I do not imply these are any more inspired, or needful than the rest, but they are of such rich substance that I feel inadequate to enter their eternal standing. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-6

Denomination: Baptist

"God’s The Owner; I’m The Manager” Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jan 14, 2019

Beelievers are called to manage what God has entrusted to us in such as way as to bring Him glory, benefit His household, and expand His kingdom.

In Matthew 24 and 25 Jesus teaches about the end times. The disciples asked some questions and so Jesus answered them; and focused on what His followers need to be doing to be found faithful on His return. In the story of the ten virgins (vs. 1-13), He says we must be vigilant. Then in this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Baptist

Buried By A Friend Series

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Jan 16, 2019

Following the crucifixion, the hill of Calvary had grown silent. The sneering crowds had gone, and the soldiers were left to their work. An unlikely candidate showed up to remove Jesus' body and provide for His burial.

Buried by a Friend Mark 15: 42-47 Our text records a somber and uncertain time for Jesus’ followers. He and the other malefactors are now dead. Calvary has become silent as the mocking crowds have dispersed, leaving the soldiers to their work. From a human perspective, all seemed lost as Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:42-47

Denomination: Baptist

Our Own Place

Contributed by Jon Lipka on Jun 10, 2012

Christian humility sees rightly, neither higher nor lower than we really are, and allows Christians freedom to be who they are in Chirst and accept their role and place in His Body with joy.

Today’s reading all speak about humility. Humility is knowing exactly who we are. Pride is thinking that we are someone that we’re not. Humility is all about knowing who we are, not in the world’s sight, but according to God’s judgment. The world looks at a man’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:7-14

Denomination: Anglican

Journey Through The O.t. #2: The Tabernacle Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Jun 12, 2012

In Exodus, God raises up a deliverer in Moses and bringing His people out of bondage. Here God gives them the pattern for the tabernacle, a blueprint for going deeper in our relationship with God.

JOURNEY THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT #2: THE TABERNACLE OPENING TEXT: “But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation ...read more

Denomination: *other

Words Can Hurt Or Heal

Contributed by John Quigley on Sep 14, 2012

Showing how Christian people can be hurtful with their words or helpful.

Jas 3:1-12 NKJV My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. (2) For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. (3) Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

"Lord, When Did We See You Hungry?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 19, 2014

A sermon about "being" Christian.

"Lord, When Did We See You Hungry?" Matthew 25:31-46 One day a student asked anthropologist Margaret Mead for the earliest sign of civilization in a given culture. He expected the answer to be a clay pot or perhaps a fish hook or grinding stone. Her answer was "a healed femur [bone]." ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: United Methodist

The Best Laid Plans Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 19, 2019

Robert Burns wrote a poetic apology to a mouse for having destroyed its home. How often are we like that mouse when we try to leave God out? What does the Psalmist have to say about finding balance between faith and effort? Check out these thoughts from our Family Minister, Scott Jewell

There’s a popular saying that goes, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” Where does this saying come from? Many attribute this to John Steinbeck’s book- Of Mice and Men, written in 1937. He actually got the title from a poem by Robert Burns- To a Mouse, written in 1786. ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Our Maker-Helper-Keeper Twenty-Four-Seven! (Psalm 121) Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Aug 12, 2019

The Psalmist highlights the difference it makes in lives by trusting our Maker to help us be true to Him and protect us from them who would distract and deter us away from our trust in Him.

MAKING MUSIC FROM SHARPS AND FLATS IN LIFE Sermons Based on Selected Psalms Psalms Sermon XII – Psalm 121 David the shepherd lad who became ...read more

"chutes And Ladders"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 27, 2019

A sermon about Jesus' call to humble ourselves.

Luke 14:7-14 “Chutes and Ladders” (The Idea for Chutes and Ladders comes from a commentary by Mark Ralls in Feasting on the Gospels, Luke part 2 pgs. 62-66)) There is a game for children that has been around for a long time, since 1943, to be exact. And I bet almost everyone here has played it ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14

Denomination: United Methodist