Sermons about How To Love - SermonCentral.com

Entering The Harvest Field

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 12, 2005

based on 60 ratings

| 10,720 views

Jesus: 1. Saw the crowds. 2. Had compassion. 3. Called to his disciples.

The story goes that Mark Twain loved to go fishing, but he hated to catch fish. The problem was he went fishing to relax, and catching fish ruined his relaxation, since he had to take the fish off the hook and do something with it. When he wanted to relax by doing nothing, people thought he was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

Denomination: Methodist

The Gospel Is Preached At The Areopagus Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 25, 2005

based on 14 ratings

| 8,476 views

Paul takes the context of a pagan city and uses their apparent spiritual thirst to tell them about Jesus and his rescue from the judgement to come.

Here’s Paul, left alone in Athens, the cultural capital of the world. How do you think he’d be feeling? Overwhelmed? Excited? Fascinated? Imagine this is you, not in Athens, but in New York or Paris or Rome or Berlin? How would you be feeling? Like you couldn’t wait to get out and start exploring? ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34

Denomination: Anglican

People, Like Pennies

Contributed by Timothy Darling on Feb 2, 2007

based on 4 ratings

| 3,420 views

Wealth in our lives is measured in many ways. Pennies are a small measure of money, but Benjamin Franklin would have told you that a penny saved is a penny earned. Friends in our lives are another kind of wealth that we may not value highly enough. Wherev

People, like pennies Luke 5:27-32 I watched a hidden camera show some time back. The director had taken two rolls of pennies and dropped them randomly but obviously along a half a city block. Then he filmed people’s reactions. People noticed, but they did not stoop to pick up the pennies. Some ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32

Denomination: Mennonite

The Best Kind Of M And M

Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 8, 2003

based on 20 ratings

| 8,593 views

God has a mission for us.

Since it has been two weeks since we gathered together for worship, let me briefly remind us that we are in the closing weeks of our series on God’s vision for us. And what is his vision – that we be a fully following and faithfully functioning church. For the past four weeks we have focused on ...read more

Scripture: John 17:18, John 20:21

Denomination: Church Of God

Reason For The Season

Contributed by Tim Zukas on Dec 25, 2004

based on 8 ratings

| 3,901 views

For Sunday After Christmas. Reason for the Season is to reconcile the world. Uses "Unchurched Harry and Marry" by Lee Strobel

I have been doing parodies of The Night Before Christmas this season. I did one on Christmas Eve and you might remember that on Thanksgiving Sunday I read one The Day After Thanksgiving. In response to the Thanksgiving poem, I got an email with another parody. I don’t know who wrote it, so I can’t ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:10-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Still Speaks Today

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jan 22, 2008

based on 5 ratings

| 5,920 views

Prayer is as much about listening as it is about talking to God. This message encourges members of the congregation to participate in small prayer groups.

God Still Speaks Today I Samuel 3:1-10 In First Samuel we find the people of Israel have gone back to their old ways of being indifferent toward their Creator. Their leader at the time was the high priest, Eli, an old man whose eyesight has begun to go bad. Unless something changes Eli will ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Denomination: Free Methodist

Why Is Preaching So Important?

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 13, 2001

based on 37 ratings

| 29,929 views

God commands us to preach when it’s convenient and when it’s not, to reprove, rebuke, encourage with great patience and instruction. (2 Tim. 4:2) B. Preaching follows the models of Christ, Paul, and the Prophets. We are told to imitate the faith of thos

PREACHING’S IMPORTANCE WHY IS PREACHING SO IMPORTANT? A. God commands us to preach when it’s convenient and when it’s not, to reprove, rebuke, encourage with great patience and instruction. (2 Tim. 4:2) B. Preaching follows the models of Christ, Paul, and the Prophets. We are told to imitate ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Power Of Your Testimony

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 26, 2003

based on 88 ratings

| 51,391 views

"Suppose you stay at home and tell my why you are a Christian." The man, knowing he couldn’t match wits with Huxley, hesitated. But the agnostic said gently, "I don’t want to argue with you. I just want you to tell me simply what this Christ means to you.

The Power of Paul’s Personal Testimony (Acts 22:1-10) Illustration:In the midst of a generation screaming for answers, Christians are stuttering. Howard Hendricks. Illustration:T.H. Huxley, a well-known agnostic, was with a group of men at a weekend house party. On Sunday morning, while most ...read more

Scripture: Acts 22:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

People With A Purpose Series

Contributed by Tiger Gullett on Jan 20, 2004

based on 15 ratings

| 4,586 views

"The second message in a series of messages from the sermon on the mount dealing with The Importance Of Our Attitudes."

Introduction: Last week we looked at The Beattitudes, and the effect that our attitudes today will have on the future events of our life. Today, we are going to look at the importance of "Our Attitude Toward Our Purpose." Everybody likes to have purpose. Even dogs like to feel like they have a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

The Romans Road To Salvation

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 29, 2004

based on 38 ratings

| 7,432 views

Eight verses outline the Romans road to salvation that are essential in every explanation of the gospel.

"What is the Romans Road to salvation?" Too many people are confused about the path of salvation either making it too complicated or not giving adequate Biblical explanations. Quote: Everyone who ends up in heaven does so because of a description and demonstration of truth. Jesus said, "You ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:9-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Andrew: Bringing Others To Jesus Series

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 3, 2003

based on 80 ratings

| 17,275 views

To look at how Andrew brought Peter to Jesus and to encourage the congregation to share Jesus with others

Sermon August 3, 2003 6 p.m. Andrew: Bringing Others to Jesus John 1:35-42 Primary Purpose: To learn from Andrew the importance of bringing others to Jesus Andrew is the disciple that everyone has heard of and nobody remembers. At least 5 times he is listed as a disciple and three of those ...read more

Scripture: John 1:35-42

Denomination: Baptist

Impacting Our City For Christ (Part I)--Get Involved With People

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Apr 9, 2008

based on 6 ratings

| 3,812 views

This sermon examines the process of impacting a city for Jesus Christ.

Do you want to impact this city for Jesus Christ? That should be the dream of every believer. We find a wonderful example in John 4. The majority of this chapter is dedicated to Jesus involvement with one lady. However, the end result is found in verse 39, "Many of the Samaritans of that city ...read more

Scripture: John 4:7-12

Denomination: Baptist

One By One

Contributed by Robert Fox on Jan 10, 2006

based on 6 ratings

| 5,696 views

Personal Evangelism - Bringing people to Christ, one by one. A look at the character of the desciple Andrew - geared for a student ministry. PowerPoint format.

[One By One] Slide Text - Personal Evangelism – Bringing People to Jesus, One By One Slide Graphics – Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper Note: Parts of this message was developed with the help of the material in John McArthur’s excellent book “Twelve Ordinary Men” This is a photograph of “The Last ...read more

Scripture: John 1:35-40

Denomination: Baptist

Enhancing Cross-Cultural Evangelism With Spirit Led Ceremonies

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2001

based on 10 ratings

| 2,639 views

Enhancing Cross-Cultural Evangelism With the Use of Spirit Led Ceremonies

ENHANCING CROSS-CULTURAL EVANGELISM WITH CEREMONIES Introduction - In a cross-cultural evangelism class one of the students shared an interesting case study of how a deficient understanding of the importance of ceremonies hindered the spread of the gospel in Kaduna State, Nigeria. In Dumi ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Once Was Lost

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 9, 2007

based on 7 ratings

| 3,306 views

The Father invites us to join Him in seeking and caring for the lost.

Introduction: (The lights go out…so does the preacher and worship leader, for a minute, until people begin to look around uncomfortably. Then, the worship leader welcomes the crowd and asks them to turn to Lk 15:1. Then, he begins to read…in Spanish…something that isn’t Lk 15. After a minute, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:7-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sermons on How To Love:

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

Confident Preaching

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 12, 2005

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 25, 2005

Contributed by Timothy Darling on Feb 2, 2007

Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 8, 2003

Contributed by Tim Zukas on Dec 25, 2004

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jan 22, 2008

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 13, 2001

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 26, 2003

Contributed by Tiger Gullett on Jan 20, 2004

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 29, 2004

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Aug 3, 2003

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Apr 9, 2008

Contributed by Robert Fox on Jan 10, 2006

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 11, 2001

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 9, 2007