Sermons on Hospitality:

Show Your Faithfulness To The Truth

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Dec 14, 2015

There are many great dangers to our faith! But ultimately the response to all of these is the TRUTH of God's Word.

What is the greatest danger to your faith? Please don’t let that question slip quickly from your mind. Consider it carefully. What is the greatest danger to your faith? As we take a moment to reflect on that question I want you to think back to the three Scripture readings for today. Did ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 1:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

Tell Jesus

Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Aug 6, 2023

This sermon was inspired by a sermon starter in "52 New Testament Sermon Starters" by Spiros Zodhaites. There is power in telling Jesus about our needs and the needs of others no matter how insignificant we may think they are.

TITLE: Tell Jesus Mark 1:29-39 (NIV) 29 And immediately He [or, they] left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. The Greek word translated as "immediately" is significant in the gospel of Mark. It is used 42 times in Mark's fast-paced ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:29-39

Denomination: Pentecostal

Lot – Part 4 – A Lot Of Trouble For God – For Abraham – And For Himself – Genesis 19 - Lot Offers His Daughters To Be Raped - Angelic Deliverance Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Nov 14, 2022

So great was Lot's love of Sodom, the angels had to drag him and his family out. Sin had such a hold on them and they left with nothing. He should NEVER have been in Sodom in the first place. We look at Lot's offering his daughters to be gang raped. A disgrace.

LOT – PART 4 – A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR GOD – FOR ABRAHAM – AND FOR HIMSELF – GENESIS 19 - LOT OFFERS HIS DAUGHTERS TO BE RAPED - ANGELIC DELIVERANCE INTRODUCTION We will repeat the ending of the last message just to lead into this one – {{Genesis 19:8 “Now behold, I have two daughters who have ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 19:8, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 19:10-11, Genesis 19:12-14, Genesis 19:15-16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Road Where Hope Returns

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 19, 2025

Jesus walks beside discouraged hearts, opens the Word, breaks the bread, and turns despair’s road into the path where hope returns.

Introduction — When Hope Walks Beside You and You Don’t Know It It is late afternoon on the first Easter Sunday. Two travelers walk the dusty road westward from Jerusalem toward a village called Emmaus. Seven miles, Luke says — not far, but far enough for grief to stretch every step. Their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35, Psalm 119:130, Isaiah 53:4-5, John 20:29, Romans 15:13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Progress Of Faith

Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 20, 2002

Jesus teaches us how to live with a progressing and growing faith

The Progress of Faith John 4:46-53 March 3, 2002 Introduction John Q. Archibald (DENZEL WASHINGTON), his wife Denise (KIMBERLY ELISE) and their young son Mike (DANIEL E. SMITH) lead a relatively happy life despite their various financial problems that stem from John’s hours being cut back at the ...read more

Scripture: John 4:46-53

Denomination: Church Of God

Going Home

Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Dec 20, 2005

Christmas is about going home.

Luke 2:1-5 (NASB) 1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4Joseph also went up ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

"When Actions Speak Louder Than Words"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 2, 2013

A sermon for World Communion Sunday.

"When Actions Speak Louder Than Words" 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 We had a really neat experience last Tuesday at East Ridge Cares 4 Kids. On the van ride from the Superior Creek Lodge to the church, one child (Landon) asked me what it means when we eat bread and drink juice during worship. As ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: United Methodist

Good News In The Midst Of Your Storm

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 27, 2015

A promise for those going through the storm! Praise God.... He is alive and He is good!

Good News in the Midst of the Storm Acts 27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship. I was reminded, afresh, this week of the fact that God’s word is a LIVING WORD. Not that I fail to believe or recognize ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:22

Denomination: Baptist

Hurry Up And Wait

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 25, 2010

Funeral message for Thelma Harper Brown, who exhibited extraordinary patience during a long decline.

What must it feel like to spend every day waiting? Just waiting. Not going anywhere, not keeping appointments, not concerned about a schedule, but just waiting. Waiting through interminable days and dark nights; waiting to be fed, to be turned, to be spoken to. What must it feel like just to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:18-39

Denomination: Baptist

Do Not Let Materialism Overtake Spirituality

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Mar 9, 2021

Materialism vs. Spirituality

Do not let Materialism overtake Spirituality - Sermon Text Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz Mark 6:7-13 7 And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits; 8 and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:7-13

Denomination: United Methodist

Victorious Christian Life Sermon Ii: Serving Christ With "the End" In View Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Feb 3, 2020

With the passing of each day, we are reminded of the brevity of life and the reality - perhaps imminent - of meeting our Lord face to face, thus challenging Christians to focus on the fundamentals of our Christian Faith.

THE VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIFE: SERVE CHRIST WITH “THE END” IN VIEW Books, movies, stage productions, tales, short stories, novels, indeed all lives lived upon this earth have one thing in common: The End. Have you noticed that many movies ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff

Contributed by Craig Condon on Jul 16, 2016

When people are with us, we must be with them. When God is present with us, we must be present with him. When life gets complicated, simplicity is the best solution.

How many of you have ever prepared a meal for a large group of people and wished that you had at least one other person to help you? If you have, you can understand how Martha felt in the gospel reading we heard from Luke 10:38-42 earlier in this morning’s service. This story takes place ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Anglican

Advice For Comforters Series

Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Nov 1, 2018

God grants us the joy of comforting someone. It is a gift of grace. Use it wisely.

15-year-old Douglas Maurer of Missouri had been feeling bad for several days. His temperature was ranging between 103 and 105 degrees, and he was suffering from severe flu-like symptoms. Finally, his mother took him to the hospital in St. Louis. Doctors diagnosed his symptoms as leukemia. They ...read more

Scripture: Job 28:1-28

Denomination: Other

To God Be The Glory Series

Contributed by Larry Grant on Jul 10, 2021

Power and glory belong only to God. He himself calls his Church, and rules, sanctifies and preserves it through his Word and his Spirit. Therefore, in return for the goodness bestowed upon us, we ought to thank and praise God, directing all our efforts to the recognition and glory of his name.

Our Prayers, Our Passions & Our Praise The position is that the end of all things is at hand. The miserable destruction of the nation foretold by our Saviour is now very near; consequently, the time of their persecution and our sufferings is but very short. The world itself will not continue ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Psalm 15 - Ascend The Hill Series

Contributed by Michael Monica on Feb 11, 2024

Exposition of Psalm 15

Introduction: • This psalm is simply titled A Psalm of David. In it, David meditates over the character of the man received into the presence of God. We have no precise occasion for this psalm, but this was a time when (most like when he was sojourning to the temple to make sacrifices); David was ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational