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Honor In The Home Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on May 31, 2021

Honoring your parents is always proper.

This week I asked parents a question on the Edgewood Facebook page: “What’s the #1 thing you want from your children?” I was struck by the depth of answers along with the longing in the hearts of parents for their children to love and serve the Lord. • To know God and make Him known. • To have ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:12

Denomination: Baptist

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

Don't Be A Goat Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 17, 2021

If you want to stand in the judgment to come, be a sheep; don’t be a goat.

Jean Crist from Niagara Falls, New York, talks about her days in a Christian college, where the college president gave a weekly Monday morning chapel message. On one occasion, the student body settled down for another session of daydreaming as he launched into one of those messages. His pedestrian ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:40, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 24:14, Revelation 13:16-18, Matthew 24:9-10, James 1:27, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 6:2-3, Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew 28:10, Matthew 12:48-50, Matthew 19:28-29, Matthew 5:5, Romans 8:16-17, Revelation 20:1-6, Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 23:8, Matthew 25:31-46  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical Free

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

The Way Of Escape

Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 5, 2025

Temptation confronts every believer, but God’s faithfulness always provides an exit—grace stronger than sin, hope greater than failure.

“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” --- The Common Struggle Every believer knows what it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13, James 1:12, Romans 5:20, Hebrews 4:15, Micah 7:8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Turn Your Lights On Church

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Aug 1, 2008

Men in todays world walk around in darkness they need to see Gods light so they will change their ways.Then they can change our nation.

There are all types of light today we use to see in the dark yet there is only one light to help us see our lives and what needs to change. A.The professor,s lamp Matt:25-3 Empty 1.No oil to burn his lamp 2.No wick in his lamp 3.Empty no fuel are flame B.The possessor,s lamp Matt:25-4 ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

Study In Revelation 18 Series

Contributed by James Lee on Oct 29, 2009

Study in Revelation, using "The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible" Study sheet included for particapants boxes & underlined blanks may be missing

STUDY IN REVELATION 18 The Announcement of The Final Triumph Over Evil [part I] The Little Book Revelation 10: 1-11 [Part II] The Great Destruction of Israel & Jerusalem Revelation 11: 1-2 Up to now we have witnessed the horror of the first six “trumpet judgments” 1. The fierce storm that ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Second Chances

Contributed by Nate Barbour on Feb 2, 2004

Grace so amazing that it offers second chances. Learn about the unfairness of God’s grace and get some relief!

Second Chances The Unfairness of Grace 12/03/03 I. Introduction In Medieval Persia, Earth’s mightiest and most mysterious kingdom, a king and his son defeat the powerful Maharajah, looting his palace of priceless treasure, including an extravagant hourglass and a mysterious dagger. What the Prince ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Contents Of The Most Holy Place

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Apr 8, 2014

To show that we are GOD's brides and no matter how many rebellion we do, GOD loves us.

I. EXORDIUM: Is GOD married to us? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we are GOD's brides and no matter how many rebellion we do, GOD loves us. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 9:4 (Amplified Bible) 9:4 It had the golden altar of incense and the ark (chest) of the covenant, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

One Life To Live, Many Lives To Lose Series

Contributed by Tim White on Mar 12, 2014

Lessons from the death of John the Baptist.

• Today's passage, though lengthy, reads like a script from a soap opera. • Though all the sorted details are not specifically mentioned in Luke, they are alluded to as part of the story. • The twisted nature of man without God can be seen clearly in the intoxication of power, the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:13-29

Denomination: Baptist

Getting To Know God - Part 8 - God’s Family Series

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Nov 20, 2019

The Lord God is a family God. This is a look at the "Three Families of God", what they mean to us and how we can become a member of the family.

Getting To Know God - Part 8 - God’s Family Please stand as we read our newest memory Scripture together … Jude 1:24-25 “To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy – “To the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17, John 5:24, 1 John 5:13, John 3:36, Romans 8:17, Romans 8:14, Mark 3:31-35, John 7:5, Luke 2:41-52, Matthew 13:54-58, John 10:30, John 14:26, John 5:37-38, Matthew 1:20-21, Isaiah 6:8, Genesis 1:26-27, Romans 8:16, Psalm 19:14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Nazarene

Defusing Disasters

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jun 7, 2017

This sermon deals with the disasters and conflicts of life and now we can both diffuse and avoid them.

Defusing Disasters Joshua 22 This past week at a concert in Manchester England a terrorist bomb exploded killing 22 and wounding over a hundred. Such disasters are mind boggling, and so what I’d like to do today is to look at how we can defuse situations before they turn into full-blown ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 22:1-25

Denomination: Foursquare

Simeon Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Sep 8, 2022

There are four different men named Simeon mentioned in the Bible: Simeon, a son of Jacob (Genesis 29:33); Simeon, a man who met the baby Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem (Luke 2:25); Simeon, a church member in Antioch (Acts 13:1); and Simeon who was listed in the lineage of Jesus (Luke 3:30).

Simeon Who was Simeon in the Bible? There are four different men named Simeon mentioned in the Bible: Simeon, a son of Jacob (Genesis 29:33); Simeon, a man who met the baby Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem (Luke 2:25); Simeon, a church member in Antioch (Acts 13:1); and Simeon who was listed in the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25

Denomination: Baptist

Liberated By Grace

Contributed by Richard Papafio on Jul 18, 2018

By grace we are saved and liberated from all things that the laws of Moses could not liberate us from. Live by grace and not by the law.

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: LIBERATED BY GRACE Acts 13:38-39 King James Version (KJV) 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:38-39

Denomination: Charismatic

All God's Children

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Sep 23, 2014

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All God's Children John 4:35 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/AllGodsChildren.html [This sermon contains many statistics, and you know how statistics can be. In many cases, you can make them say whatever you want to say. However, for this topic, I used conservative averages of many estimates from ...read more

Scripture: John 4:35

Denomination: Baptist