Sermons on Hard Place:

An Invitation To Salvation Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Feb 2, 2009

God’s invitation to be saved is found in the most unlikely places in the Bible and requires a response.

AN INVITATION TO SALVATION Romans 10:13-21 * (Read the scripture) This morning we witnessed the baptism for some of our new believers. Today we made available to these believers pre-printed invitations to send out inviting friends and family to attend the most significant event in life, their ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:13-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Object Of Faith

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Jan 21, 2011

For our faith to be sure we must place it in the only thing that is sure, the word of God.

The Object of Faith 01/17/10 AM Text: Hebrews 11:6 “Without faith it is impossible to please Him.” Introduction In our lesson today we are going to focus on a topic that is crucial to any who would seek to follow after God: faith. Faith is so elemental that we tend to simply overlook ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Trust Him

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 23, 2009

Place your faith and trust in the Lord for He is the only one who is completely trustworthy.

Text: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” (Proverbs 3:5). Trust in the Lord for what? What does it mean to trust in the Lord? When should we trust in the Lord? Why should we trust in the Lord? How do we trust in the Lord? What is trust or what does it ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-21

Denomination: Christian Church

Hell – Let’s Not Go There! Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 17, 2013

Hell is a real place of real suffering that we should want every person to avoid

Keith Green had a song. It’s the devil’s words: Well I'm gaining power by the hour They're falling by the score You know, it's getting very easy now Since no one believes in me anymore I’m afraid that’s where a lot of people are where hell’s concerned. Our concept ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:29-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

After Death, Then Judgment Series

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on May 7, 2014

To show that we die once and after this we go to the place of judgement: Heaven or hell.

I. EXORDIUM: Have you prepared for death? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we die once and after this we go to the place of judgement: Heaven or hell. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 9:27 (Amplified Bible) 9:27 And just as it is appointed for [all] men once to die, and after ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Ladder Of Faith

Contributed by Paul Steffens on Dec 12, 2007

Our faith if often tested, even by obstacles placed in our way by God Himself.

THE LADDER OF FAITH When this troubled woman came to Jesus for help, she, like most others wanted and longed for an immediate solution. What she found however were four obstacles or walls that Jesus Himself put in her path. Obstacles and walls that would test her faith. (1) When she first ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Kingdom And Chaos - Honoring Authority

Contributed by Brady Boyd on Mar 21, 2019

God places people in authority. Most leaders have pure motives and are leading sincerely.

Kingdom and Chaos Honoring Authority March 24, 2017 1 Samuel 24:1-7 NIV After Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, "David is in the Desert of En Gedi." 2 So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and set out to look for David and his men near the Crags ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 24:1-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-4, 1 Timothy 5:19-20, Hebrews 13:17, Matthew 18:15-17, 1 Samuel 24:12, 2 Samuel 23:14-16, Ephesians 4:30-32  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Who Is Jesus Series

Contributed by Trevor Chuma on Jan 5, 2018

The origin of Jesus, where did he come, his place in the godhead before the creation.

Jesus is the voice that proceeded from the throne during creation, he is the same voice which spoke to Abraham, Moses, and through the Prophets of old. He has always been in the Father, for he is the voice of the Father, when the Father speaks it was Jesus in manifestation, and that voice is in ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-5

Denomination: Charismatic

'junipers In Wastelands' A Powerful Blessing Over Your Life

Contributed by Sophia Lorena on Mar 17, 2022

God works in the most unlikely situations, in the most unlikely people, in the most unlikely places.

Juniper berries apparently are used in cooking, but the more common usage is that Juniper berries are what gives a gin martini its unique flavoring. In the part of the world where I live, I am not even sure if Juniper berries are available for cooking, and I am certainly not into drinking Gin ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Women Of Jerusalem Lament Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 23, 2022

What should we lament as we contemplate the tortuous walk of Jesus to the place of the skull?

The Women of Jerusalem lament (Those of us who have had the privilege and honor of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land always make Jerusalem part of the holy time. There, although the Jewish Temple has been replaced by a grand mosque, we can see the very places we read about in the New Testament, the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:27-31, Isaiah 4:4, Luke 13:34

Denomination: Catholic

What About Your Neighbor? Do They Matter?

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 3, 2022

Whos your neighbor and what responsibility has been placed on you to speak to them?

What about your neighbor? Do they matter? Luke 10:25-37 Introduction- I am so glad you joined us this morning! I pray that the Lord would speak a word into you … that you would receive what He has for you. We have been in a series call “Instructions for Christian Living” We have centered ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Nazarene

Assurance Of My Salvation

Contributed by Arsenio Segismundo on Nov 19, 2021

Many Christians look for the assurance of their salvation and often times they are seek answers in wrong places .

Topic: Assurance of my Salvation By Ptr Jack Segismundo Text: 1 John 5:11-13 (NKJV) 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:11-13

Denomination: Christian Church

The Speech Of Stephen

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 10, 2013

Wherever God meets His people is a holy place, not just in the Temple or in a Church building.

STEPHEN’S SPEECH. Acts 7. Standing before the Sanhedrin, the Jewish council in the Temple of Jerusalem, false witnesses alleged that the Christian deacon Stephen had claimed that ‘Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses delivered us’ (Acts 6:14). ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:1-60

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Worship God With Your Temple

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Feb 18, 2015

To show that our thoughts is a powerful tool to worship GOD that is placed within this temple (body).

I. EXORDIUM: Are you a worshipper of GOD? Yes, I have my thoughts fixed on GOD. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that our thoughts is a powerful tool to worship GOD that is placed within this temple (body). IV. TEXT: Psalms 48:9 (King James Version) 48:9 We have ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 48:9

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Glory Of God Returns To The Temple

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 10, 2016

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former … and in this place will I give peace.

GOD’S GLORY RETURNS TO THE TEMPLE. Haggai 2:1-9. The rebuilding of the Temple of God at Jerusalem about 537 BC met with early discouragements and setbacks. It is in this context that we first hear the prophet Haggai (Ezra 5:1). The whole of Haggai's short canonical book is designed to lift ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational