Sermons on In The Beginning:

Finding Faithful Friends Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 4, 2025

To grow in faithfulness, make some faithful friends.

Finding Faithful Friends Philippians 2:19-30 Rev. Brian Bill March 1-2, 2025 People get mixed up on my name all the time. Some simply call me “Bill” and I’ve even been called “Brain,” though I’m not sure where that one comes from. When I’m called “Mr. Bill,” people around my age think of his ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:19-30

Denomination: Baptist

Covenant Concerns Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 13, 2024

God is thoroughly and completely committed to you, so commit yourself to Him, commit yourself to justice, and commit yourself to compassion.

Several years ago, a national magazine assigned a photographer to take pictures of a forest fire. They told him a small plane would be waiting at the airport to fly him over the fire. The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before sundown. Sure enough, a small Cessna airplane stood ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 23:20-33, Exodus 24:3-8, Romans 12:1, Ephesians 1:3, Exodus 21:22-25, Exodus 23:24-25, Exodus 22:21-27, Luke 14:13, James 1:27, James 2:5, Micah 6:8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Lord Is My Shepherd Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jul 1, 2024

David likens our relationship with God to a Shepherd and sheep. The Shepherd cares for, guides, and protects the sheep.

Summer in the Psalms 2024 Psalm 23 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church?06-23-2024 Resume I led a team to find a new Worship Arts pastor for our church a few years ago. We received over 200 resumes! I would take the resumes to a coffee shop and read each one slowly and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

When God Is Distant -Psalm 22 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Apr 28, 2025

What can you do when God is far away? You cry out to him and receive no comfort, no strength, it just seems like your prayers bounce off the ceiling. That actually happened to Jesus, and when it did, he quoted a psalm that teaches exactly what to do in times like that.

Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Introduction What can you do when God is far away? You cry out to him and receive no comfort, no strength, it just ...read more

20/26 Vision (Part 3):the Sabbath Protest: Ontological Rest In The Age Of Burnout Series

Contributed by Rev Emmanuel O. Adejugbe on Jan 14, 2026

We have looked at our minds-how to break free from algorithms that trap us. We have looked at our identities-how to resist the lie that we're machines. Today, we address something deeper: the Velocity of the Soul.

By 2026, the world has become a 24/7 machine that never sleeps, never pauses, and never says "enough." We are the most "time-starved" generation to ever walk the earth, enslaved to the "Chronos" of the notification and the deadline. We have mistaken busyness for ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15, Mark 2:27, Matthew 11:28, John 19:30  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

"Let’s Go To The Potter’s House”

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 14, 2026

In years past when we as a child misbehave our dad took us out behind the barn to teach us a lesson we needed to be taught. God did something different when he wanted to teach Israel a lesson, he took them to the Potter’s house to teach them a lesson.

Before any problem can be solved we must find the CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM!!! Illus: From an article in Reader’s Digest: A friend of mine awoke one morning to find a puddle of water in the middle of his king-size waterbed. In order to fix the puncture, he rolled the heavy mattress outdoors and filled ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6, Isaiah 64:8

Denomination: Baptist

We Must Obey God Rather Than Men

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jan 18, 2026

As our world, and nation, become increasingly hostile to faith, we may face a hard choice: obey orders from human authorities which conflict with God’s Law, or disobey and face the consequences. This sermon looks at three scenarios in Daniel and draws lessons for us today.

This morning, This morning, I’d like to address a concern that many of us have as we read and watch the news, as we observe the changes taking place in the world, and specifically in what used to be considered Christian nations. And what we are seeing is a growing hostility to Christian witness and ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-16, Daniel 3:13-18, Daniel 3:28-29, Daniel 6:10, Acts 4:16-20, Acts 5:27-29  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Choices Make A Difference PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2025

Wholehearted obedience to God, not partial or conditional surrender, is the true expression of faith and trust, bringing us into deeper relationship with Him.

Some of us know the tug-of-war inside the heart: the whisper of God on Sunday and the noise of everything else on Monday. We mean well. We sing loud. We even start strong. But somewhere between the amen and the alarm clock, our obedience gets edited, trimmed, negotiated. Can you relate? I can. We ...read more

Topics: Starting, Staying

Church Is Habitual PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2025

Trusting God in trials, resisting temptation, and living out our faith through obedient action shapes us into Christlike people who impact the world.

Some weeks feel like a head-on collision with life, don’t they? The calendar crowds you. The headlines haunt you. The phone rings and your heart sinks—another bill, another doctor’s report, another hard conversation. In moments like these, James steps into our living room with a calm, steady voice ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-27

Topics: Practice, Perfection

Salt And Light PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2025

We are called to be salt and light—living distinct, faithful lives that bless others and reflect God’s goodness in a world longing for hope.

Friends, I’m so glad you’re here. Some of us walked in today with a heart that feels thin and tired, like bread without salt. Some of us have been searching for direction, flipping on every switch we can find, still wondering if the light will ever come on in that one dim corner of the soul. Then ...read more

Topics: Salt, Light

Appropriate Biblical Responses To Difficult People

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Appropriate Biblical responses To Difficult People I Pet. 3:13-18

Appropriate Biblical responses To Difficult People I Pet. 3:13-18 I Pet. 3:13-18 - Peter wrote, "But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear." Paul wrote, Do not be overcome ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:13-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Followers Must Sometimes Be A Nathan Series

Contributed by Grady Henley on Nov 4, 2011

Followers Must Sometimes Be A Nathan

Lesson 10 of the Follow Me Series Followers Must Sometimes Be A Nathan 2 Sam 7 Grady (doc) Henley Introduction: You can pray and cry your eyes out until there are no tears left regarding a loved one to be saved. But, the facts still remain if you want to see that certain someone saved, you are ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Survival Of An Active Gospel Ministry

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 9, 2012

John the Baptist decisively/positively identified the Christ. But what must/does active Gospel ministry survive/endure? Active Gospel Ministry must survive/endure...

SURVIVAL Of An ACTIVE GOSPEL MINISTRY—Luke 3:15-22 Attention: A Scout Master was teaching his Boy Scouts about survival in the desert. "What are the three most important things you should bring with you in case you get lost in the desert?" he asked. Several hands went up, & many important ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:15-22

Denomination: Baptist

Gotta Grudge?

Contributed by Bob Coy on Feb 6, 2012

A sermon about letting go of bitterness and embracing forgiveness.

Are you holding a grudge? A grudge? You know, you can’t physically see it but hidden in your heart is something of substance. Something you have a tendency to hang onto, even hold close. It’s a resistance. It’s reluctance. It’s a rebellion, and it’s resentment. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:22

Denomination: *other

21 Days Pt 1 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 19, 2011

We need to have a biblical understanding of 3 spiritual disciplines giving, prayer and fasting so that we practice these disciplines and attain spiritual changes in our hearts and lives.

Series: Breath of Heaven 2011 Sermon: 21 Days For many they have started their fast. We are basing our called fast for a fresh Breath of Heaven in 2011 from the Lord. Scripture Text: Joel 1:14 14Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational