Sermons on Grumbling:

Magnify The Cross Of Jesus Christ! Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 28, 2022

Magnify the cross of Jesus Christ... 1. Because it was God's perfect plan. 2. Because it confirms God's prophecies. 3. Because it is the greatest proof of God's love. 4. Because it is the source of our greatest peace.

Magnify the Cross of Jesus Christ! The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 20:17-19; Mark 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared November 28, 2022) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to Matthew 20:17. In this verse of Scripture, Jesus has started His trip to Jerusalem to die on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:17-19, Mark 10:32-34, Luke 18:31-34

Denomination: Baptist

Equal Justice For All Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 17, 2023

To find true justice in this world, look to God beyond our legal system and beyond your own labor.

A few years ago, 6-year-old Robbie Richardson saw his dad drive through a red light on their way home in Quincy, Massachusetts. The boy warned his dad that he was going to report what he did to police. The dad, Michael Richardson, tried to explain to Robbie that the turn he made was a legal right ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:16-22, Ecclesiastes 4:1-16, 1 Peter 2:23-25

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Come And Drink Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Aug 26, 2023

If you want to enjoy lasting contentment and satisfaction, surrender to Jesus, submit to Jesus, and side with Him.

Erwin Lutzer once described a man who walked into a psychiatric hospital where a staff member took him on a tour. On the tour, they saw a man in a padded cell, who was beating his head against the walls. He kept saying, “Linda, how could you do it? Linda, how could you do it?” The staff member ...read more

Scripture: John 7:1-52, Luke 8:18, Zechariah 14:8

Denomination: Evangelical Free

God's Chosen One PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 3, 2025

God calls ordinary, imperfect people to carry His name, assuring us that our past doesn’t disqualify us and His presence empowers our purpose.

Some of us walked in today with a smile that hides a sigh. Your hands shook a little when you poured the coffee. Your thoughts carried old regrets like heavy suitcases. You wonder, “Could God still use me? Does Heaven have a purpose for someone like me?” Friend, lift your chin. The heart of God is ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:15

Topics: Chosen Vessel

Zacchaeus PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 3, 2025

Jesus sees beyond our past and reputation, calls us by name, and brings transforming grace and salvation personally into our lives.

Some of us walked in today wearing an invisible name tag. It doesn’t say “Hello, my name is…” as much as it says “Hello, my past is…” or “Hello, my reputation is….” Labels linger. Nicknames stick. Stories spread. And sometimes we start to believe them more than we believe the voice of God. We ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Topics: Christ's Knowledge, Names

Commitment Issues PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 5, 2025

Following Jesus requires surrender and steadfast devotion, even when His teachings are difficult, trusting that true life is found only in Him.

If you’ve ever sat at the kitchen table late at night with a lukewarm cup of coffee and a heavy heart, wondering why following Jesus can feel so wonderfully right and yet wonderfully hard, you’re in good company. The Gospels show real people with real questions, listening to a real Savior who ...read more

Scripture: John 6:60-70, 2 Corinthians 11:1-4

Topics: Commitment, Lukewarmness

Impetus PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 21, 2025

The sermon urges us to end each season and day with intentional prayer, focusing on what truly matters and leaving a legacy of faithfulness to God.

If you’ve ever closed a well-worn journal, you know the gentle weight of a last line. Ink fades, pages wrinkle, and somewhere in the hush after the final sentence, a story settles. There’s a tender finality in that moment—like the soft sigh after “amen.” That’s how Psalm 72 ends: not with a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 72:20

Topics: Time

I Didn’t Ask To Be Born

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 24, 2019

A study in the book of Romans 9: 1 - 29

Romans 9: 1 - 29 I didn’t ask to be born 1 I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:20

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Listener Series

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002

4 of 10 of the series, Supernatural Transformation. There is a wonderful intimacy that Jesus Christ shared with the Father while here on earth. It is this same intimacy that God wishes to share with us! But this intimacy begins to take place as we learn

THE LISTENER James 1:22-24; Various Read at beginning of service: James 1:22-24 (NIV) 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22-24

Denomination: Pentecostal

See God's Vision

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Oct 30, 2002

Pentecost 23(WWIID #1) - Believers see God’s vision as they observe God’s grace and respond to God’s grace.

SEE GOD’S VISION Genesis 28:10-22 October 27, 2002 Genesis 28: 10-22 10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. 11 When he reached a cer-tain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Lutheran

More Than A Fish

Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 13, 2002

This message speaks about the fact that it is more than a fish sign on the back of the car that identifies us as people of faith.

January 13, 2002 Hebrews 11:23-26 “More than a fish” INTRODUCTION How do you identify a Christian? How do you identify a person of faith? Is a person of faith one who has read all of the “Left Behind” series and who has recently purchased a CD by a Christian recording artist? We’ve come ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:23-26

Denomination: Baptist

Pursuing Purity In An Impure World Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 24, 2004

We can con our coworkers, fool our friends and family, play charades with church members, and even deceive ourselves, but we can’t masquerade before the Lord because He sees right through our masks.

Pursuing Purity in an Impure World I remember seeing a cartoon that shows a pastor and his wife deep in conversation. The wife says, “Today let’s do something different. Why don’t you be charming at home and grouchy at church?” Ouch. That really doesn’t apply to me…because I’m often grouchy in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

When Life Hurts Part 2

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 7, 2001

How should righteous people suffer?

JOB- When Life hurts! - part 2 Veterans Day Clip! Theme of the Book: How should righteous people suffer? Key Verse: Job 3:26 "I have no peace, no quietness. I have no rest, but only turmoil. Key Word: Trials Introduction: Job is the oldest book in the Bible. Genesis was not written ...read more

Scripture: Job 3:26, James 1:2-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Activate Your Faith

Contributed by J Spurling on Feb 6, 2003

How do Christians activate their faith? We’re going to look at a couple of practical directives given to us in James 2:14–26 that instruct us how we are to activate our faith.

How to Activate Your Faith He was born in Columbus, Ohio, 1890, the third of eight children. At eleven he quit school to help with the family expenses, and got his first full-time job at $3.50 per week. At fifteen he got interested in automobiles and went to work in a garage at $4.50 a week. He ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26, James 2:14

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Life As God Intended It To Be Series

Contributed by Peter Chan on Feb 11, 2005

Genesis 1:26-2:25 presents to us how God wants us to live as He intended it to be.

Introduction One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell God that they were finished with him. The scientist walked up and said, “God, we’ve decided that we no longer need you. We’re to the ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed