Sermons on Good Or Bad Decisions:

Turning Religious Reluctance-9

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Oct 2, 2018

9 of ? Jesus bore witness of His Messianic identity to a reluctant but religious woman. God’s people bear witness of Jesus’ identity to reluctant religious people. What does it take to turn that religious reluctancy around? Turning religious reluctance to God requires...

TURNING RELIGIOUS RELUCTANCE-IX—John 4:1-26+(:1-42) Turning the Religious Lost Attention: Picture A Train. The train is dedicated/committed to a specific set of tracks. However, that specific set of tracks leads to an abandoned attempt at bridging a deep canyon in order to make a shorter way to ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-42

Denomination: Baptist

Following The Crowd Is Not A Good Idea Series

Contributed by David Elvery on May 7, 2009

A children’s Service talking about how people think we can get to heaven

Following the crowd is not a good idea. Luke 13-22-30 Gladstone Baptist Church - 6/8/06 pm S1 - Heaven seems like such a wonderful place and everyone wants to get to heaven don’t they. But many people will miss out. Hi Boys & Girls, Mums & Dads, today I want to talk to you about heaven. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:22-30

Denomination: Baptist

A Good Man Got Saved

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Oct 16, 2007

Let’s take a look at this good man Cornelius and how he got saved. He was: 1- A God-fearing man 2- A vision-seeing man 3- A Christ-receiving man

INTRO.- How good is good? Whom you do consider to be a good man? Billy Graham? Any others? Good men are hard to find. Here’s a story about a good man. ILL.- Trish was working at the Olds, Alberta Canada hospital. It was a cold winter day, a very cold winter day! When Trish went to leave ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A No Good Lying Fig Tree

Contributed by Ron Theis on Jul 1, 2010

A Warning to all those who APPEAR to be fruitful, but are not.

A No Good Lying Fig Tree Matthew 21:17-20 INTRO A. No one likes A Liar! 1. There was a world renowned theologian and philosopher several years ago who used a story to illustrate this point. 2. It was a story about a monkey and a coon dog. 3. This world famous theologian’s name was Jerry ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:17-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Danger Of A "Good Enough" Faith

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 28, 2011

This message focuses on the abundance that Christ wants to do through His servants and the "good enough" mentality of many people claiming faith. It focuses on the verse speaking of "everyone who has will be given more."

What This Is NOT Saying: “Jesus is a reverse Robin Hood” – because this is not about our money, but our responsibilities. - Luke 19:13, 16, 18, 24. - v. 24 makes the master (i.e. Jesus) sound like a reverse Robin Hood, taking from the poor and giving to the rich. - vv. 13, 16, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:20-26

Denomination: Baptist

Be Of Good Cheer, A Strange Request

Contributed by Marvin Walker on Dec 2, 2004

Many lessons can be learned from Paul’s shipwreck experience, Life can be full of heartache, disappointment, and grief; but we still have abundant reason to "BE OF GOOD CHEER."

There is nothing righteous about a gloomy, despondent, pessimistic attitude in a believer. In fact, these things are the opposite of righteousness. Those who honor God the most are those who walk before Him with a cheerful heart, full of joy, believing His precious word and rejoicing in His ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:10-25

Denomination: Baptist

Good Stewards And Financial Contentment Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 21, 2006

In this message the apostle Paul sets before us six principles of financial contentment.

Scripture There is a story about a mother and son who lived in a forest. One day when they were out walking a tornado surprised them. The mother clung to a tree and tried to hold her son. But the swirling winds carried him into the sky. He was gone. The woman began to weep and pray: “Please, O ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:10-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

I Am The Good Shepherd Series

Contributed by Stephen Weatherby on Aug 16, 2021

I Am the Good Shepherd

Good morning! It is great to be back from back from vacation. We had a good trip, but after sleeping on four different beds, nothing feels quite as good as your own. Before I left, we had been on week 3 of our I Am series, in which we have been focusing on the 7 notable I Am statements Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 10:11-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Am The Good Shepherd Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Dec 4, 2016

The Good Shepherd enables His sheep to have peace with God because He: 1) Dies for them (John 10:11–13), 2) Loves them (John 10:14–15), and 3) Unites them (John 10:16–21).

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he has chosen retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, to be secretary of defense. He has said that responding to “political Islam” is the major security issue facing the United States. Like Trump, Mattis favors a tougher stance against U.S. ...read more

Scripture: John 10:11-21

Denomination: Other

The Good Son...sort Of. Series

Contributed by Daniel Richter on Oct 10, 2006

Parable of the Two Sons.

The Good Son…Sort of. Matthew 21:28-32 Beartown Road Alliance Church October 8th, 2006 There was a movie out a while back called “My Life” about a man who learns that he is dying and you get a look at the way that it changes his life and his family’s life. He begins to make a series of videos ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:28-32

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Heavenly-Minded And Earthly-Good Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Feb 15, 2004

We need to have the correct perspective.

HEAVENLY MINDED AND EARTHLY GOOD I Corinthians 3:18-23 S: Perspective Th: Live the Difference Pr: WE NEED TO HAVE THE CORRECT PERSPECTIVE. ?: Where? KW: Areas of concern TS: We will discover in our study of I Corinthians 3:18-23 that we should have four areas of concern in order to have the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23

Denomination: Baptist

Overcoming Barriers To The Good News Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 21, 2008

With God’s help, we can learn to naturally and effectively share His love with others.

Overcoming Barriers to the Good News Acts 14:1-18 Intro: Many Christians believe that they are supposed to share the good news about Jesus with other people who do not know God yet. I would guess that most if not all of the Christian here today have at least some desire to do that. However, most ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:1-18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Knowing What Is Good For You Series

Contributed by David Mcclain on Jul 22, 2018

Marriage is threatened when we question the goodness of God’s design. Sin and disobedience is the result of believing that God is withholding something from us and we know better than Him what is good for us—so we pursue our own path.

OPENING SENTENCE: I can remember when I was still in High School my sister was watching a romance movie where the handsome main character was telling his beautiful recently discovered true love the depth of his everlasting love. INTRODUCTION: While I was trying to hold back my natural guy gag ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Good News From The Graveyard

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 6, 2023

Today we are going to celebrate one of the special days we Christians celebrate…EASTER!

• Nowhere in Scripture are we told to set aside a day to commemorate this special day called Easter. NO WHERE! • Likewise, nowhere nowhere in the scriptures are we told to set aside a day to commemorate Christmas. NO WHERE! BUT CHRISTIANS THROUGH THE DECADES OF TIME HAVE SET ASIDE THESE TWO ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

I Am The Good Shepherd Series

Contributed by Reuben Bredenhof on Aug 1, 2021

We come to know Christ in the same way that sheep came to know their shepherd: by experience, by following him year after year, by learning that we can love and trust him. We come to know that He will bring us to places of safety, and that He will be with us always.

Nobody enjoys feeling like they’re just a number. But this tends to happen when you deal with a big organization, like a bank or the government. It feels like to them, you’re just another account number, just another taxpayer. Sometimes the bank will send you a nice letter, “We really care about ...read more

Scripture: John 10:14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed