Sermons on Handling Snakes:

Overcoming The Critic

Contributed by Matthew Morine on Jun 12, 2007

About a year and half into full-ministry, I made one of the biggest mistakes in my life. Personally, I was passive in this mistake. I only started the problem, but others certainly finished the damage. If I could, I would go back and change my actions.

OVERCOMING THE CRITIC TEXT: LUKE 6:1-11 THEME: OVERCOMING THE INFLUENCE OF THE CRITIC IN LIFE. About a year and half into full-ministry, I made one of the biggest mistakes in my life. Personally, I was passive in this mistake. I only started the problem, but others certainly finished the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Wisdom Of God

Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 17, 2014

God's wisdom is higher than human wisdom and His weakness is greater than our strength. Let's submit to the wisdom of God.

A couple months ago a snake handling pastor in Kentucky died from a rattlesnake bite after refusing treatment when he went home after the service. This has happened more than a few times and continues to be quite a common practice in some churches in that area. There’s even a reality show ...read more

My Faith Is Saying Go But My Fear Is Shouting No! Series

Contributed by James Lee on Dec 4, 2015

I would like to thank Pastor Jerry Shirley for sharing this series on Acts. It has been a blessing as well as a great help. I have used these for our church, as I spend my days caring for my dying father.

Acts series # 15 My Faith is saying Go but my fear is shouting NO!! Acts 4:1-12: We have been looking at the early church and trying to understand what Elim Bible should look like. If you remember the very beginning of this series we talked about writing Acts chapter 29 and we discussed the blunt ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Shake It Off PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 31, 2023

This sermon emphasizes God's protection and healing in our trials, encouraging believers to deepen their dependence on Christ amidst life's challenges.

Good morning, beloved family of God. We gather here today, not as mere spectators, but as active participants in the divine narrative of God's love and grace. Our lives, filled with joys and sorrows, victories and defeats, are a testament to the enduring power of faith and the unyielding love of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 28:5

Topics: No Harm

We Care, God Cures

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Apr 9, 2011

We are caregivers, God is the cure giver.

Mark 2:1-12- And again He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Genesis 3

Contributed by Richard Cathers on Feb 17, 2007

Verse by verse study of Genesis 3

Genesis 3 Sunday Morning Bible Study November 19, 2006 Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of “beginnings”. It was the beginning of the universe. It was the beginning of mankind. It was the beginning of marriage. It is also the beginning of sin and temptation. Illustration A woman was ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Radical Rejoicing Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 30, 2006

This sermon tells us to rejoyce always - but there are seven aspects of 1 Thess. 5:16-22 that we need to apply to life.

Radical Rejoicing Text: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.” 1 Thessalonians A ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Overcoming Temptation

Contributed by Stephan Brown on Sep 27, 2001

Shows the fallacies about temptation that often cause believers to succumb to it, demonstrating the total victory that we can find in Jesus Christ.

Temptation is a fact of life for all of us. As we know, even Jesus was tempted in the wilderness. So, the question arises, why are some people able to withstand the temptations while others are not? Why do some people come through temptation unscathed while others are completely ruined by ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Salvation Has An Object" Series

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Mar 7, 2009

This sermon pulls together the "bronze serpent" event in Numbers with John 3:14-21. Jesus is the object that is tangable. Other world religions offered in our pluralistic culture Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism offer ladders to God... Jesus is the lad

In Jesus Holy Name March 8, 2009 Lent II John 3:14,15,17 Redeemer “Salvation Has an Object” This morning we have before us one of the most famous bible verses in the bible. It is well known. I would guess that every Christian has even memorized ...read more

Scripture: John 3:14-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Caesar's Coin Foils Pharisees And Herodians

Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Dec 17, 2004

Jesus’ wisdom and understanding of the Pharisee and Herodian treachery foils their attempt to trap Him in in His speech.

CAESAR’S COIN FOILS PHARISEES AND HERODIANS Luke. 20:19-26 Our Gospel lesson this morning comes immediately after Jesus tells the scribes and the chief priest the parable of the wicked tenants. Jesus really displeased the scribes and the chief priests with that parable because they realized that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:19-26

Denomination: Catholic

Let My People Go Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 17, 2015

I'd always thought Moses just told Pharaoh "Let my people go." But Moses never said it quite that way. What did Moses actually say... and why should it matter to us?

OPEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SJrHDSlE7A from 0:50 to 1:31 (it’s the part of the move “The Ten Commandments” where Charlton Heston/Moses confronts Pharaoh/Yul Brynner and declares “Let My People Go.”) There’s an old Negro spiritual Louis Armstrong made ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 5:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Advent Iii, Year B

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Dec 5, 2002

Paul exhorts us to "rejoice always." True joy and rejoicing is a gift recieved vis-a-vis our relationship with Christ.

Sermon for Advent III, Yr B Dec 15, 2002 Based on I Thess 5:16 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson A woman was sitting on her living room couch one day when a black snake slithered past. The woman, who was deathly afraid of snakes, dashed to the bathroom to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Denomination: Lutheran

Look And Live! Series

Contributed by Mark Jones on May 20, 2006

We are invited to look to Jesus’sacrificial death on the Cross so that we might live.

Look, and Live! Numbers 21:4-9 Copyright 2006, J. Mark Jones all rights reserved, may be used with credit. EOLS: We are invited to look by faith at Jesus’ finished work on the cross so that we might be saved. It’s the most prevalent advice, the common denominator that you see when you go ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9

Denomination: Methodist

He's Alive! Do You Believe Him? Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Jan 29, 2018

The resurrection is more than just an historical event.

INTRODUCTION My wife keeps telling me I’m losing my hearing. Some husbands call it “selective hearing.” An older couple was sitting outside in their rocking chairs one afternoon. She looked at her husband of 60 years and said, “I’m proud of you.” He turned to her and said, “I’m tired of you, too.” ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Chiseling Away At God

Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 18, 2002

For most people, their image of God is too small. A proper view of God controls your obedience, your faith and your peace.

June 4, 2000 Exodus 20:4-6 “Chiseling away at God” INTRODUCTION Every time that I go into Wal-Mart, I am reminded that there is a major group of American soldiers that does not yet have a memorial in Washington, DC. This group is composed of the men and women who served our country so ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:4-6

Denomination: Baptist