Sermons on God And Abraham:

How Then Can We Be Saved?

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Dec 19, 2007

Advent 1(B) - How then can we be saved? God’s power makes all tremble. God’s justice makes us despair. Thankfully, God’s mercy is our confidence.

HOW THEN CAN WE BE SAVED? (Outline) December 2, 2007 - ADVENT 1 - Isaiah 64:1-8 INTRO: How then can we be saved? is a familiar age-old question. When man remembers his mortality he often wonders what next. Many ask how then can we be saved? This is also a familiar question to students of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

Psalms Of Hate?

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jun 30, 2006

We’re told to love our enemies, yet the "Imprecatory Psalms" seem to curse them. How are we to understand what appears to be some troubling, problematic prayers?

“Psalms of Hate?” Psalm 69:22-28 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts “Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare and their prosperity become a trap. Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see, and make their bodies shake continually. Pour out ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 69:22-28

Denomination: Congregational

The Fatherhood Of God Displayed In Earthly Daddies

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jun 12, 2014

God commands us to train our children. We see in this command a blueprint and recipe for changing our families and our city. The Spirit empowers us to love and discipline our children as a loving Father like God.

Intro: A four-year-old boy was eating an apple in the back seat of the car, when he asked, "Daddy, why is my apple turning brown?" "Because," his dad explained, "after you ate the skin off, the meat of the apple came into contact with the air, which caused it to oxidize, thus ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Who Am I? PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 5, 2023

This sermon explores the transformative power of God's presence, using Moses' encounter with God as a guide to understanding our own divine calling and purpose.

Good morning, church family! I'm so glad we're gathered here today. It's a beautiful day to share in God's word and love, isn't it? I can feel the warmth and joy in this room, and it's a testament to the kind of community we've built here. Today, we're going to talk about something that I believe ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-22

Topics: Power, God's Presence

God's Glorious Servant Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 8, 2011

Jesus came to speak; let’s listen. Jesus came to suffer; let’s trust Him. Jesus came to save; let’s tell the world. And Jesus came to rule; let’s bow before Him, for that’s what true success is all about.

A few years ago, the Tokyo Times carried a report about a 19-year-old man who was desperate to get to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. So he hopped a bus and demanded that the driver take him there. He was hijacking the bus, but few of the passengers were concerned. For one thing, the hijacker ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical Free

God Is Holy Different Series

Contributed by David Owens on Nov 8, 2021

The aim of this sermon is to help us to capture a vision of God's holiness so that we realize that we must take God's holiness as seriously as God does and to strive to be holy like God is.

A. One day Charlie Brown and Lucy and Linus were lying on the ground, looking up at the sky. 1. Lucy says, “Aren’t the clouds beautiful? They look like big balls of cotton. I could just lie here all day and watch them drift by.” 2. Then Lucy says, “If you use your imagination, you can see lots of ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:28-29

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Meeting With God In Prayer Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on May 5, 2020

Meeting with God in Prayer Series: Meeting with God in Prayer May 3, 2020

Meeting with God in Prayer Series: Meeting with God in Prayer May 3, 2020 Big Idea: To help us capture the most essential principles and pattern for meeting with God in prayer. This includes what Jesus said about getting real and showing up...and then drawing broadly from the Lords Prayer (Matt. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Facilitate Divine Appointments For Your Family!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 1, 2008

God has a plan. God’s plan is not always STAINED GLASS! GOD CAN TAKE A STAINED LIFE AND ENABLE AND FALICILATE MIRACLES!

FACILITATE DIVINE APPOINTMENTS FOR YOUR FAMILY! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. I. WE NEED GODLY WISDOM ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 22:30

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The 1 Essential Thing Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Feb 5, 2007

Third in a six-part series on the life of faith as seen in the person of Abraham

We have questions. God has answers. It is what we do with the answers God gives that makes the difference in our lives. Genesis 15 is effectively one extended, spirited conversation between God and Abram, punctuated by one crucial conclusion that forms one of the lynchpins of Bible theology when ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-21

Denomination: Evangelical Free

3 Million Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Feb 5, 2007

Second in a six-part series on the life of faith as seen in the person of Abraham

When we left him last week, he had stepped out in great faith and was on the move, going at the behest of God to a place known only to God. He had marched what must have seemed like 3 million steps. What courageous faith! What derring-do! He built two separate altars, one at Shechem and one at ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Holy Dough, Roots And Branches Series

Contributed by Ron Tuit on Jun 24, 2013

Paul uses some parabolic language to describe God's dealings with Israel while challenging Gentile believers to holiness.

Holy Dough, Roots and Branches Romans 11:16-21 Israel is often in the news today and the Church speaks and wonders about the future of Israel. Evidently ...read more

Scripture: Romans 11:16-21

Denomination: Baptist

Be A Peacemaker Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 10, 2007

To make peace is not to compromise or avoid confrontation. Abraham set us a good example. We must have the desire to make peace, treasure the relationship, be generous in heart and avoid a self-centred view of things.

JOHN PIPER says the cry of the beatitudes is this: “Get a new heart!” • They are not good suggestions, but what every Christian ought to be. • The beatitudes counter the false understanding that a person can be saved without being changed. Or: that a person can inherit eternal life even if his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

An Anchor Of Hope

Contributed by Carl Allen on May 7, 2008

One of the greatest dangers facing Christians is to lose sight of the basis of our hope.  When we become so burdened with the stormy blasts of life that we forget out hope, then we face the slippery slope of sluggish ness, doubt, and even worse, the possi

An Anchor of HopeHebrews 6:9-20Intro In the first part of chapter six, we saw the warning that was issued to those that had never moved pasted the stage of spiritual immaturity and the peril that would face them.  And those words from the author would cause most to look at their salvation.  I ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:9-20

Denomination: Baptist

Now See Jericho

Contributed by Ken Hubbard on Feb 2, 2010

This sermon reminds listeners of how to "see" and perceive what God has in store for those who trust Him.

INTRO * Recap -- Canaan -- Flow -- Fruit -- Achievement -- Production -- Success * Joshua has spoken to them... ...they have taken care of Now Control Courage Compassion Consecration Celebration Circumcision Consumption Now SEE (C) Jericho * See I have delivered (KJV) * See I have ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 6:1-2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Never-Ending Agreement

Contributed by Gary Christensen on Jun 21, 2007

God entered into a Never-Ending agreement with Abraham. God entered into a Un-ending agreement with David. With you and me, God has entered into an Agreement that Never Ends!

GOD’S AGREEMENT IS NEVER-ENDING. "I have found David, My servant, I will steady him with My hand, and strengthen him with My arm. Wicked people will not defeat him, My loyalty and love will be with him, My love will watch over him FOREVER, My agreement with him will NEVER END." (Psalm ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 89:20-28

Denomination: Independent/Bible