SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Handling The Past:

showing 2,101-2,115 of 76,054
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

Faithful to the Finish

Peter's final call to a young and growing church

Grace and Glory

A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter

Entrusted

Gifts, risk, and the return of the King

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Ervin Kimrey avatar

    Anger; Sinful Or Not?

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on May 18, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,429 views

    What does the Bible say about anger? Can it ever be a good thing? This sermon gives some practical steps in identifying, handling and combating sinful anger. To show that anger is a God given emotion and that alot of energy is generated that should be u

    ANGER ; SINFUL OR NOT Date: May 18th 2005 Text: Ephesians 4:26-32 I. ANGER IS NOT SINFUL IN AND BY ITSELF A. It’s ok to get angry; God does. 1. God gets angry a. (Psalm 85:4) Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. b. (Psalm 7:11) God ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Telgren avatar

    Caricature Or Reality (Pt 1) Series

    Contributed by John Telgren on Jan 8, 2006
    based on 85 ratings
     | 15,101 views

    In order to pray, worship and serve God effectively, we need to understand who he is. This begins with an understanding that he is first of all holy. Only when we get a handle on his holiness can everything else fall into place.

    Do you know what a caricature is? You see them all the time when you pick up a newspaper. You often have political cartoons where the details are not true life representations. Prominent features are often exaggerated and non-prominent features are diminished or eliminated altogether. If you go to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    Hanging In There Through Anxiety Series

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,579 views

    Anxiety is common to all people, even Christians. We can learn to handle our anxiety by understanding that God is our ever present help, His strength is adequate for anything you might face and His help stands on its own.

    We are living in anxious times. As I grew up we faced total annihilation by way of the bomb. My folks actually considered building a bomb shelter. Some of you may have done that. We wondered what would happen. Our anxieties are ever expanding. We have seen people poisoned by simply eating food that ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Dispute And Debate In The Church

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 12, 2008
    based on 87 ratings
     | 11,801 views

    From this text, we get a few ideas of what to do whenever disputes arise in the church. 1- Legalism always leads to trouble 2- Trouble should be handled by the leaders 3- Leaders must always follow God’s Spirit

    INTRO.- ILL.- A married couple were arguing with one another. The husband said, "Don’t you remember promising to love, honor and obey me?" His wife, "Yes, but what else could I do, I was in church!" ILL.- A wife said, "Dear, could I have some spending money?" Husband, "Money, money, money. If ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steve Smith avatar

    Are You Robbing God Series

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Apr 2, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,840 views

    The principle of tithing shows our trust of God. It shows if He (in your mind) is big enough to handle your life. His promise is that He will not only take care of us but that He will fill the barns with blessing - if we trust Him!

    INTRODUCTION A. Why Now? 1. Began a Series “How do we Accomplish the Vision” a. “Whether on Temple and even More So if on Bullsboro” b. Part I – Last week was the importance of the Journey in that “We Must Offer God Our Best” from the example of Mary. We considered the statement, “God does not ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • James D. Thornber avatar

    The Trouble With Success Series

    Contributed by James D. Thornber on Dec 26, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,178 views

    We would like to think that after killing Goliath, David would be well-liked and admired by everyone in Israel. But the problem with success is it brings its own set of difficulties. How we handle these difficulties shows our character vefore God.

    The Trouble With Success 1 Samuel 18:1-16 How many like to think that when good things are happening that everyone will like us and want to rejoice with us? Most people will. But there will be people, even in the church, who will be jealous of our victories, and how we handle this jealousy and ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Godly Judgment

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jul 20, 2012
     | 4,286 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you've been cheated in a court? Have you been deceived and felt that the judge who handled your case is an unjust judge. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To display characteristics of a Godly judgment.

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you've been cheated in a court? Have you been deceived and felt that the judge who handled your case is an unjust judge. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To display characteristics of a Godly judgment. IV. TEXT: Isaiah 11:3 (New Living Translation, Second ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Choosing A Wife

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 9, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,374 views

    How are we to handle decision making? Especially about important things like who to marry, or where to live, or what jobs to pursue? What comes first, Marriage or Love? How should we go about making those decisions?

    Opening illustration: My conversation with a pastor friend in our local community while meeting him over lunch last winter. [Biblically marriage comes first then love … our culture has switched it around …] Introduction: God could have just directly communicated to Abraham – ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Christopher Benfield avatar

    A Feast In The Desert Series

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Sep 20, 2017
     | 10,212 views

    Facing a great multitude, the disciples faced a problematic situation - how to handle their hunger and need. Jesus took what appeared to be insufficient and provided more than enough. We can bring our meager supply before Him and receive abundance.

    A Feast in the Desert Mark 6: 35-44 Our text today is one of the most familiar accounts recorded in the gospels. In fact, this is the only miracle Jesus performed that is recorded in all four of the gospels. It is a story that many of us have heard all our lives. I suppose it resonated so well ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Telgren avatar

    Caricature Or Reality (Part 1)

    Contributed by John Telgren on Feb 23, 2017
     | 5,525 views

    In order to pray, worship and serve God effectively, we need to understand who he is. This begins with an understanding that he is first of all holy. Only when we get a handle on his holiness can everything else fall into place.

    Do you know what a caricature is? You see them all the time when you pick up a newspaper. You often have political cartoons where the details are not true life representations. Prominent features are often exaggerated and non-prominent features are diminished or eliminated altogether. If you go to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • James Wallace avatar

    Dealing With Unpleasant Realities Series

    Contributed by James Wallace on Aug 19, 2016
     | 8,721 views

    We all have to deal with the unpleasant realities in life--death and taxes among many others. Even the Son of God was not exempt from these. How Jesus handles these situations gives us wisdom for dealing with the same.in our lives.

    Eyewitness to the Messiah Dealing with Unpleasant Realities Matthew 22:22-27 The old sage of American History, Ben Franklin, commenting on his hope of the new U.S. Constitutions permanency, wrote in 1789: “But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Dewayne Bolton avatar

    To Whom Shall We Go Series

    Contributed by Dewayne Bolton on Jun 25, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 28,009 views

    In the midst of the journey of life there comes times we are distressed and don't know how to handle the difficult situations of life. But thanks be to God there is one we can go too and know He knows the way through life's difficult times.

    John 6:66-71 TO WHOM SHALL WE GO Jesus began his ministry in Judea. His success there seemed to be all that could be desired. However it soon became apparent that the crowds that followed Him misunderstood or willfully ignored His purpose. It seemed they followed Him chiefly for material things. ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Holiness

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Breaking Down Barriers Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 24, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,326 views

    Peter’s response to these religious rule-keepers is a model for us as we face criticism or complaints. We’ll see that Peter’s answer is more pastoral than argumentative. I see seven correctives to help us handle criticism.

    This week I shared something positive on Facebook and got pulverized. The criticism came quickly and repeatedly. Normally I’m more careful about posting about controversial matters so I wasn’t prepared for all the venomous vitriol and overwhelming opposition. One person simply replied, “Oh ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Diligent Discipleship: Transformed By Truth 2 Timothy 2:15 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jan 4, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,881 views

    In 2 Timothy 2:15 (NLT), we encounter a call to diligence in handling God's Word—a truth that can transform our lives. Join me as we explore the transformative impact of truth in our journey of discipleship.

    Diligent Discipleship: Transformed by Truth Introduction: In 2 Timothy 2:15 (NLT), we encounter a call to diligence in handling God's Word—a truth that can transform our lives. Join me as we explore the transformative impact of truth in our journey of discipleship. Point 1: Approved Workmen ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Using Power Evangelism In Cross - cultural Communications

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,068 views

    Cross-cultural communicators, in the past, have sadly neglected the issue of spiritual-power thinking that the use of reasonable Christianity is the best way to produce change. However, in most non-western societies, the issue of power is central to most

    USING POWER EVANGELISM IN CROSS -CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS Illustration;About 40 percent of Americans characterize the nation’s moral values as "poor" and 41 percent say the state of moral values is "only fair." Only 18 percent rank the situation as "good" or "excellent." Weekly church attendees had ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational