Sermons on Holding A Rope:

Christmas Signs

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Dec 16, 2019

Everywhere you look there are signs telling you it's the Christmas season. There were also some signs surrounding the first Christmas. Let's take a look at some of those and see what significance they hold for us.

CHRISTMAS SIGNS Everywhere you look there are signs telling you it's the Christmas season. It could be a literal sign like one promoting a sale or a show, or simply an indicator like the decorations or music. Whether it's as big as a billboard or as small as a flyer, the signs about ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:21-23, Matthew 2:5-6, Matthew 2:14-15, Luke 2:8-20, Matthew 2:1-2, Matthew 2:9-11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Death Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 16, 2022

We can follow the thoughts in Ecclesiastes 1-12 and we be fearful of death or unsettled by it and unnaturally hold onto this physical life or we can realize there is a better way… a wiser way… that takes into account fearing God and our relationship with Him.

WISE LIVING: DEATH Ecclesiastes 8:1-17 #wiseliving2022 READ ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 8:1-17 [somone from the congregation] INTRODUCTION… Movie Quotes… moviequotes.eu/life/death Some people like movies and TV and can quote their favorite characters at the drop of a hat. I can do that sometimes. I do ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 8:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Run Or Hide Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Sep 3, 2021

We can never outrun God or hide from His presence. No matter where we go be it to the highest heavens, or the depths of hell or as far away as we can imagine, the Psalmist declared that His hand is able to hold and guide us.

Freedom from captivity Chapter 11 – Are you trying to Hide or Run? We read in 2 Corinthians 5:18, “All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into his friends and gave us the task of making others his friends also.” (GNT) Have we considered all the marvelous things God ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:18

Denomination: Other

Charity's Preeminence

Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Dec 4, 2020

To establish the preeminence, potentials, and the permanence of charity (love). Charity must hold first place and influence all that we do in word and deed unto God, the Lord, and all people. Without charity, we make nothing, are nothing, and profiteth in nothing.

INTRODUCTION Outline. 1. Charity's Preeminence 2. Charity's Potentials 3. Charity's Permanence Remarks. 1. In this lesson today, we will be discussing the theme: "Charity's Preeminence." Paul wrote to the church at Corinth regarding: "The Preeminence of ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:6, Ephesians 4:11-17, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Rejoicing In Our Inheritance, Despite A Horrible Job Market

Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Jun 8, 2011

As unemployment is still rampant, some of us struggle to make ends meet, needless to say provide an inheritance for our next generation. However, through any frustration and hold-up in life, we are called to REJOICE in our promised inheritance in Heaven.

Rejoicing in our Inheritance, Despite a Horrible Job Market Sterling C. Franklin Glorious King Jesus Christian Church June 5, 2011 (Sunday) Man, this job market is HORRIBLE! Many men in their 60s and 70s who have talked with me on the topic are saying that they’ve never seen such hardship in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Heart Of Forgiveness

Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Mar 22, 2025

This sermon is all about forgiveness and the freedom that we find when we learn to forgive and stop holding on to the things that people do to hurt us...It also points to Jesus and the cross and the power that He gives us to help us overcome.

The Heart of Forgiveness Luke 23:34 Good morning, I want to start out today with a story… Imagine this: A mother stands in a courtroom, face-to-face with the man who murdered her only son. The room is silent, thick with tension. Everyone expects her to demand justice … maybe even vengeance. But ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34, Ephesians 4:32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Funeral Sermon: Victory Beyond The Grave Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Apr 5, 2025

The Apostle Paul reminds us that death has been swallowed up in victory. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, a door has been opened for us into eternal life. The grave may claim the body, but it cannot hold the soul of the righteous.

FUNERAL SERMON: VICTORY BEYOND THE GRAVE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 (KJV) 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:51-57

Denomination: Assembly Of God

It Is Finished

Contributed by Larry Grant on Apr 19, 2025

The words we will consider today echo through the corridors of time, words that have changed the course of history, words that hold within them the very essence of our faith. “It is finished,” It is a word from Christ that speaks of fulfillment, of finality, and of freedom.

John 19:30 (NKJV) It Is Finished April 20, 2025 ILLS: I heard a preacher this week tell us that his Momma would say, “You ain’t got nothing to worry about.” Momma said that there are only two things in this life to worry about; whether you are healthy or whether you are sick? If you are healthy, ...read more

Scripture: John 19:30

Denomination: Baptist

Ascended: A Journey To Spiritual Awakening Youth Sermon

Contributed by Youth Sermons on May 29, 2024

John 3:1-17 is about being reborn in Christ and recognizing Jesus as the only authority who has gone up to heaven. This truth unfolds in three parts: Waking up to Spiritual Reality, Giving in to God's Change, and Holding on to Jesus.

Nicodemus was a big deal, a religious leader. But he was curious about Jesus, so he came to Him at night. Jesus told him something wild: to see God's kingdom, you have to be born again. It's like waking up to a whole new level of reality, a spiritual one. To see God's kingdom, you have to be born ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17

Topics: Spiritual Awakening, Divine Surrender, Jesus' Teachings, Spiritual Reality

The Defilement Of Bitterness Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 5, 2022

Hebrews tells us that bitterness defiles. But what does that mean and why should I avoid this emotion?

Our Sermon Series this month is entitled: "Insomniacs: Things That Keep Us Up At Night." I read that some of the Polynesian natives spend a great deal of time fighting. When people offend them, they steal something that belonged to offender and hang it from the ceiling of their hut. Then ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:9-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Faith Is A Verb

Contributed by Eric Ledermann on Jul 23, 2002

Faith is not something we hold on to, it is not something that lays on a table and does not move but only for display. Faith is active--it is what causes us to act. If a person is not acting on upon his/her faith, then that person has no faith. Let us e

I. Recap A. Verses prior: Jesus on his way to Jairus’s house (a synagogue leader…big guy in charge). B. Slowed by a large crowd, pressing against him, wanting to touch him, grabbing his clothes. C. One woman comes, presses her way through the crowd only to touch his outer garment…a large piece of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:24-34

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"Leaderhsip That Makes A Difference"

Contributed by Dennis Deese on Aug 10, 2002

Many people who serve in positions of leadership only hold a position and never make a difference. Things and people remain the same during their tenure and time is lost that can never again be retrieved. God help us all to be leaders that make a differ

"LEADERSHIP THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE" Dr. Dennis Deese, Fan The Flame Ministries, Inc. ACTS 6:1-8 Many people who serve in positions of leadership only hold a position and never make a difference. Things and people remain the same during their tenure and time is lost that can never again be ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-8

Radical Love!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 14, 2001

Your faith, what you have been taught, what you believe about God & His will for your life, makes all the difference in the way you act, in the values you hold dear, & in the standards that guide your life.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2019) TEXT: Matthew 5:38-41; Luke 23:34 A. Fifty-two years ago Ethel & I became acquainted with Dr. Vijai & Pushpa Lall of India. The story of their family’s introduction to Christianity & their ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-41, Matthew 27:54, Luke 23:34

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Biblical Guidance Concerning Abortion Series

Contributed by James Mccullen on May 23, 2005

What does the Bible teach concerning abortion. It certainly holds up the sanctity of life. Please note all points and sub-points are tied to the scripture. This sermon is expository in style, you will have to open, and keep open, your Bible to get ful

BIBLICAL GUIDANCE CONCERNING ABORTION JER. 1:1-5 1 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2 to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3 It came also ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:1-5

Denomination: *other

Rejoice, For Today Is The Day Of Salvation!

Contributed by David Richardson on Jul 14, 2005

At just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. The sacrifice of Jesus enables God to once more look upon man and to hold out His heart and hands to man and say "Come, now is the day of salvation."

Title: Rejoice, for Today is the Day of Salvation! Scripture: Romans 5:1-8 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-8, 2 Corinthians 6:2

Denomination: Calvary Chapel