Sermons on Graduation Youth:

Honoring Our Fathers

Contributed by Dan Santiago on Jan 11, 2008

Earthly father should follow the example of our heavenly Father.

HONORING OUR FATHERS LUKE 15:11-32 ILLUSTRATION THE IDEA FOR CREATING A DAY for children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought of the idea for Father’s Day while listening to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909. Having been ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

I Pledge Allegiance Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Apr 13, 2008

Be absolutely dedicated to following God.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE I Kings 18.1-46 S: Change C: Commitment Th: Choose the Fire Pr: BE ABSOLUTELY DEDICATED TO FOLLOWING GOD. Type: Inductive Challenge I. Trust God [showdown] II. Worship God alone [no syncretism] III. Sincerity is overrated [false prophets] IV. Acknowledge your high calling ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:1-46

Denomination: Baptist

The God Of All Comfort

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 24, 2009

Paul, Pt. 9

THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT (2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-6) Everything that could go wrong went wrong for Will Smith’s character in “The Pursuit of Happyness.” He invested his money into buying and selling bone-density scanners. One of his $250 scanners was stolen by a hippie and another by a lunatic. The lack of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How To Handle Life

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Jan 4, 2012

How do we handle these pressures in a way that we find success and that we please God in the process?

How To Handle Life Mark 6:14-29 INTRODUCTION Lloyd J. Ogilve, in his book "Life Without Limits," tells the story of a pastor who in the space of one week heard the following comments from various people: A woman said; "I'm under tremendous pressure from my son these days. I can't seem to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:14-29

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

"Give Me A Man” 1 Samuel 17:10: Sermon On Biblical Manhood

Contributed by Tim White on May 9, 2011

David and Saul faced the same giant obstacle to leadership, but only David revealed Biblical manhood.

Goliath’s had no idea what he was asking for when he bellowed like an out of tune tuba: “GIVE ME A MAN!” Wayne Grudem and John Piper identified and addressed a problem in leadership back in 1991 which is still relevant: “A controversy of major proportions has spread through the church. It began ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-52

Denomination: Baptist

Thank God For Man Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 10, 2021

Notice that Paul was thankful to God, but it was for these men that he was thankful. This does not seem like a very startling revelation until you begin to examine Paul's thinking all through the New Testament. You discover that man is the primary means by which Paul is made thankful.

Edward R. Morrow once told of the commencement speaker who was a Yale graduate. He used the 4 letters of YALE for his speech outline. Y was for youth; A was for ambition; L was for loyalty, and E was for energy. After his tedious trip through these four points one of the board graduates turned ...read more

The Testing & Teaching Of The Feeding Of The Five Thousand

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 26, 2022

You probably know that what we learn after we are out of school is much more than what we learned in the classrooms while we were in school.

A mistake many high school students make is to think that one day they will graduate and never have to apply in their daily living any of the things they learned in those classrooms in the past twelve years. The reason they think that way is because we have been trained to think of a classroom ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Forward In Faith, Fathers!

Contributed by David Simpson on May 19, 2017

A Fathers Day sermon challenging men and the church to move forward in faith!

Sermon Lanier Christian Church June 19, 2011 – Father’s Day David Simpson Forward in Faith Ephesians 3:20,21 and Jeremiah 7:24 AND Ephesians 6:4 Why A Son Needs A Dad by Gregory Lang A son needs a dad to show him how to shave. …to teach him how to talk to girls. A son needs a dad to teach him ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:4, Ephesians 3:20-21, Jeremiah 7:24

Denomination: Christian Church

Be Strong And Courageous Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Jun 19, 2017

Five leadership lessons from Joshua 1. A Father's Day message.

Be Strong and Courageous Joshua 1:1-9 Rev. Brian Bill June 17-18, 2017 Since our youngest daughter has now graduated from high school, it got me thinking about how many graduation speeches I’ve heard. Some have been very good and others, well, not so good. I’ve given some speeches myself…some ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Worship: An Attitude Of The Heart

Contributed by R Davis on Oct 18, 2000

Main Idea: Selfishness, pride and bitterness are all attitudes that will keep us from celebrating God’s presence in worship Interrogative: What are the barriers that will keep us from celebrating God’s presence in worship Intro: This past week on vacation, my wife and I carried my mom to visit

Main Idea: Selfishness, pride and bitterness are all attitudes that will keep us from celebrating God’s presence in worship Interrogative: What are the barriers that will keep us from celebrating God’s presence in worship Intro: This past week on vacation, my wife and I carried my mom to visit ...read more

Scripture: John 12:1-8

Favour Of God

Contributed by Pastor E. Jolly Erhunwmunse on Mar 11, 2011

Jacob was not the rightful person to receive the blessing from the father, but because the mother loved Jacob more than Esau which made Jacob to become a candidate of uncommon favour.

Gen. 27:27-29 “27 So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed. 8 May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 27:27-29

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Actually Is Remission?

Contributed by Lou Butterfield on Sep 5, 2011

A true story of a young man’s leukemia going into remission and how it changed his life for eternity.

While a graduate student at Indiana University and also serving as youth minister at the North Central church in Bloomington, I had an experience I will never forget. I woke up early on this particular Sunday morning to get to the building in time to drive one of the church buses to pick up ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Will You Do When The Lights Go Out?

Contributed by James Turner on Mar 9, 2001

How to weather the storm, coming out of darkness into his light.

Title: What Do You Do When the Lights Go Out? Text: John 1:1-5 & 9 Matthew 5:14-16 -I want to talk to you about this simple question - What do you do when the lights go out? Pray Light the candle Turn lights out (Stats by George Barna) I. Los Angeles School District A. They practice five ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-5, Matthew 5:14-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Maturing Like Christ

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Jun 9, 2008

A broad challenge on "Academy Sunday" for ALL of us to be life-long students of Christ striving for the fullness of His maturity.

MATURING LIKE CHRIST Luke 2:40-52 Rev. Todd G Leupold Perth Bible Church 6/8/08 AM “Academy Sunday” SCRIPTURE: LUKE 2:40-52 PRAYER INRODUCTION: From this passage we are examining this morning with help from the Holy Spirit, God the Father communicates and Jesus the Son demonstrates that as ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:40-52

Denomination: Baptist

Bury The Past Or It Will Bury You!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 29, 2016

We believe Jesus forgives, we must let Him. Come and let us cast the problem into the sea of forgetfulness.

BURY THE PAST, OR IT WILL BURY YOU! GOD FORGIVES, LET HIM... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: 1 Timothy 5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. I HAVE IN MY HAND A FISHING ROD AND A REEL... 1 Peter 5:6 Humble ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:6-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God