Sermons on Hard:

Testing Praise

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 28, 2011

A sermon on Proverbs 27:2, 21 on praising others and how to evaluate praise (Outline and material adapted from Pulpit Commentary)

HoHum: 5 Ways to Praise from Charlotte Business Journal by Bob Nelson: There are 5 ways that you can praise employees: personal praise, written praise, electronic praise, public praise and indirect praise. Personal praise- is considered the most important type of praise by employees. It consists ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 27:2-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Evangelical Omissions

Contributed by Dan Cormie on May 17, 2008

A look at a few of the teachings of Jesus that rarely get mentioned in the modern North American Church.

Dakota Community Church May 18, 2008 Evangelical Omissions Have you ever been reading along in your Bible and come across something that kind of subtly goes against one of your doctrinal viewpoints? Right away you know it doesn’t mean ... it can’t mean, what it seems to mean; but, you also know ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:16-23

Denomination: Mennonite

"Dig Deep" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Apr 12, 2011

When we look around at churches today, one of the things that we quickly discover is that there are not enough believers who are really living a healthy, growing Christian life. Everywhere we look we find people who have heard the gospel, they have heard

In His Foot Steps “Dig Deep!” Matthew 13:1-23 When we look around at churches today, one of the things that we quickly discover is that there are not enough believers who are really living a healthy, growing Christian life. Everywhere we look we find people who have heard the gospel, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Anarchy

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Apr 13, 2011

This sermon uses spiritual math: one person with no spiritual compass plus another person with no spiritual compass is greater than the sum of the two... it is actually multiplied until they become a black hole of sin sucking in other persons.

Spiritual Anarchy Judges 17 & 18 READ: “(Judges is) one of the most difficult books to deal with in all of the Old Testament is the book of Judges. It contains the stories of men and women who lived during the “dark ages” of Israel’s spiritual history. These people lived in ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Jonah...what A Loser!

Contributed by Timothy Gardner on Nov 7, 2009

Jonah actually teaches us many characteristics of being a Christian without actually following them himself. This sermon concentrates on these characteristics.

Captain Tim Gardner Text: Jonah 3 & 4 Introduction: Melodrama: Joe and the Wannafights by “Spontaneous Melodramas” book There are so many things we can learn from the bad attitude of Jonah, but this morning we will just concentrate of three. His willingness to be unwilling. His fearless fear ...read more

Denomination: Salvation Army

Living The Crazy Faith!

Contributed by Jennifer Casto on May 21, 2007

Crazy to believe and not see…even though you are not able to touch…yeah, so what! Faith is faith! Don’t worry about what others think! Because, it works! It is crazy enough to work! without faith we cannot please God...and you know what...through the

Sermon: I’m Living That Crazy Faith! Jennifer Mears 4/10/2007 Crazy to believe and not see…even though you are not able to touch…yeah, so what! Faith is faith! Don’t worry about what others think! Because, it works! It is crazy enough to work! without faith we cannot please God...and you know ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:3

Denomination: *other

How Blessed Are You?

Contributed by Robert Cox on Jun 23, 2007

We are so blessed that we overlook it sometimes...

MAT 6:25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: Pentecostal

Discerning Whether That "Open Door" Is From God

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Mar 14, 2007

This message looks at situations where we take something to be God’s hand when often there are other causes at work.

Life Principle: Every “open door” doesn’t have God’s hand on the handle. - If you listen to testimonies, you’ll hear plenty of stories of “coincidences” that were divinely orchestrated. Someone just happens to be at the store at the right moment to share a witness. Someone just happens to ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 9:6-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Abundant Life

Contributed by Geoff Hamrick on Apr 14, 2007

This message deals with people giving up on life.

The Abundant Life Recently a neighbor of ours decided to end his life. It is not known the reason why, and that is not the important thing here. What is important is that his quality of life was not good enough that he decided to go ahead and end it. There are people who would say, “I would never ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-11, 2 Peter 1:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Precious Is The Death Series

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Feb 17, 2007

This verse is at once both beautiful and startling. It provides a measure of comfort and assurance. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” That’s good to hear at times like this.

Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Precious Is the Death Psalm 116:15 Introduction: This verse is at once both beautiful and startling. It provides a measure of comfort and assurance. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 116:15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Issues Of Life - Part One

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 28, 2006

Tonight I want to talk to you about your heart. Let me to be your spiritual cardiologist for the next few moments.

ISSUES OF LIFE - Part One - <Power Point available upon request> Text: Proverbs 4:20 thru 23 Prayer: We should always take care to listen carefully to God’s Word. The NIV says in verse 20 to “listen closely to my words.” I am impressed that the Lord wants to speak plainly to His people today. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Try A Little Harder

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007

This passage is a call to pray with our bodies and our actions as well as with our hearts, minds, and mouths.

There is an old Japanese saying that if a person makes one thousand folded paper cranes, then he/she will be made well. Lots of people believe that prayer works that way: If enough people pray enough prayers to God, then God is bound to grant their request. Prayer is a way of getting God to do what ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

A Sermon For Proper 23, October 11, 2009

Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Oct 10, 2009

A camel can go through the needle’s eye

19th Sunday after Pentecost [Pr. 23] October 11, 2009 “Series B” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, we come to worship in order that we might be near to you and learn from you how we might live our lives as ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-31

Denomination: Lutheran

Quiet Time: Why It Is Important To A Man

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 19, 2012

A sermon for Father's Day on the importance of men to seek the Lord every day through a quiet time of Bible mediation and prayer

Introduction: It is said that Andrew Bonar, a great man of prayer, had three rules: (1) Not to speak to any man before speaking to Jesus; (2) Not to do anything with his hands until he had been on his knees; (3) Not to read the papers until he had read his Bible. WBTU: In our Christian culture we ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Is The Answer

Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 5, 2008

A sermon on love from 1 Corinthians 13. Many ideas taken from Max Lucado.

Sermon for 2/3/2008 Love is the Answer Introduction: Blessid Union of Souls- Violence is spread worldwide and there are families on the street And we sell drugs to children now oh why can’t we just see That all we do is eliminate our future with the things we do today Money is our incentive now so ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ