Sermons on In Vain:

"What We Don’t Or Do Know Can… (Help Or Hurt Us) (Sermon On Salvation)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 22, 2024

We all know in life what we know can be very helpful in this life.

For example: (1) What we know can be helpful in our security. For example, when you travel into certain countries it is very important that you know there are some parts of certain cities that you do not travel. Illus: A preacher in South Carolina tells how that he and his wife were in a foreign ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-18

Denomination: Baptist

Magnify The Cross Of Jesus Christ! Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 28, 2022

Magnify the cross of Jesus Christ... 1. Because it was God's perfect plan. 2. Because it confirms God's prophecies. 3. Because it is the greatest proof of God's love. 4. Because it is the source of our greatest peace.

Magnify the Cross of Jesus Christ! The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 20:17-19; Mark 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared November 28, 2022) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to Matthew 20:17. In this verse of Scripture, Jesus has started His trip to Jerusalem to die on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:17-19, Mark 10:32-34, Luke 18:31-34

Denomination: Baptist

Seven Habits For Spiritual Health

Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 7, 2022

How do believers maintain spiritual vitality and finish well? This message examines seven lifestyle habits that sustain the believer in the long run. Professor Robert Clinton found that only one-third of leaders finish well. These disciplines help us finish well.

Intro Welcome to this Legacy Ministry College chapel service. We take as our subject today: Seven Habits for Spiritual Health. What are the essentials for a successful life journey in Christ? It is one thing to begin a journey; it is another to finish that journey. To finish and finish well, you ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Matthew 22:37-40, John 15:5, Hebrews 10:24-25, 1 Timothy 4:1-10, Joshua 1:1-8, Matthew 16:24-25, Proverbs 4:23, Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew 4:1-4, Matthew 6:33  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

It's All About Worship

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Feb 13, 2023

From before the dawn of human history Lucifer, Satan, the Devil whatever name you decided to use has made his intention clear he desires to be worshipped as God. The focus of our worship is without a doubt to God and Him alone.

“It’s all about Worship.” By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. INTRODUCTION: - I want to start by declaring a few truths. TRUTH -From before the dawn of human history Lucifer, Satan, the Devil whatever name you decided to use has made his intention clear he desires to be worshipped as God. TRUTH - ...read more

Scripture: John 4:22-24, 1 Corinthians 3:18-20, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Galatians 6:7, Matthew 4:1-11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Apostolic

Encouragement

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 6, 2025

Your teenage son doesn’t complain about coming to church. He is not rebellious.

Encouragement “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But, I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” Luke 22:31 Intro: Your teenage son doesn’t complain about coming to church. He is not rebellious. You ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When The Clock Struck Glory Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 24, 2025

Jesus lifted up on a cross is the most significant hour in world history. Have you made your most significant hour in your personal history? Will you say, “I believe that my judgment is over, and I have passed from death to life.”

If you knew your time on earth was winding down, I think you might say some meaningful things to those you love. Jesus spent around forty months publicly teaching. Now, Jesus speaks in what was to be His next-to-last sermon that He will deliver in His life. The date is Sunday, March 29, 33 AD. ...read more

Scripture: John 12:20-36

Denomination: Baptist

My Child Has Come Home

Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 3, 2025

The Father runs toward wandering children with restoring love, covering shame, celebrating repentance, and welcoming every prodigal home with joy and resurrection life.

Introduction — When Words Can’t Touch the Wound There are some wounds in life that do not bleed outwardly, yet they bleed continuously inside a parent’s heart. These wounds have no bandage, no cast, no sling. They don’t show up in X-rays or MRIs. And yet they ache every single day. They are the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24, Isaiah 44:22, 1 John 3:1, John 6:37, Psalm 103:10-13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

A Song For Spiritual Giants (Psalm 63) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Dec 6, 2025

It's hard, and risky, to describe to people your healthy, strong, radically committed relationship with God. David pulls back the curtain, and talks about how his relationship in a transparent, helpful way.

One of the more famous pastors of the last century was a guy by the name of A.W. Tozer. He was more famous for his books, than his sermons, probably. But one of his books was called "The Root of the Righteous." In the first chapter of this book, Tozer talks about spiritual giants. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 63:1-11

Before You Say Amen

Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 22, 2025

Prayer becomes heavy when it turns into performance. Jesus calls us back to honest, relational prayer—where pretending ends and real communion with God begins.

There are few subjects in the church that create more confusion—and more quiet frustration—than prayer. Not because people don’t believe in it. Most Christians believe deeply in prayer. They would defend it without hesitation. They know it matters. They know it’s essential. They know it’s supposed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-8, Psalm 62:8, Romans 8:26-27, Hebrews 4:15-16, Psalm 13:1-2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Blood Bought, Battle Fought PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 29, 2025

Christ’s priceless sacrifice secures our salvation, transforms our identity, and empowers us to live free from sin and shame through His unchanging grace.

Some of you limped into this room today under the weight of the week. Bills barking. Calendars crowded. Regrets replaying. You smiled at the door, but your soul is sighing inside. You wonder, Am I still seen? Still loved? Still secure? Friend, you couldn’t have walked into a better word for a weary ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:18-19

Topics: Redemption, Victory

Lord, Draw Me Closer PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 3, 2025

True peace and purpose come from drawing near to God, letting go of distractions, and seeking His presence above all else in our daily lives.

Friends, some weeks feel like a treadmill stuck on high speed. Our calendars crowd us, our phones buzz at us, and our souls sigh within us. We try to keep up appearances while our insides ache for an anchor. Have you felt that slow leak of peace, that subtle drift of the heart when worries and ...read more

Scripture: James 4:8, Matthew 6:33

Topics: Focus, Distraction

I Messed Up… But God Cleaned Me Up! PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 10, 2025

God’s mercy meets us in our deepest failures, offering forgiveness, cleansing, and restoration when we honestly confess and turn to Him with humble hearts.

If you’ve ever sat in the quiet and felt the ache of regret—the kind that whispers, “How did I end up here?”—you’re in good company. If you’ve replayed a conversation you can’t unsay, a click you can’t undo, a glance that went too far, a promise you didn’t keep, you’re not alone. The Bible doesn’t ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-13

Topics: Sin, Confession

Followers Are Good Stewards Part 1 Of 3 Series

Contributed by Grady Henley on Nov 4, 2011

Followers Are Good Stewards part 1 of 3

Followers Are Good Stewards Grady Henley Part 01 of Lesson 09 of the Follow Me Series Key Verse: 1 Tim 3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 1 Tim 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:42

Denomination: Baptist

Decieves The Hearts Of The Simple (Lesson 3) Series

Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Aug 22, 2024

To herald Paul’s solemn plea and message to the church in Rome, to mark and turn away from those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine they had heard, learned, believed, and obeyed according to “The faith, once delivered to the saints.”

INTRODUCTION Outline. 3. Deceives the Hearts of the Simple Introductory Remarks. 1. This is lesson three in the sermon series: “Paul’s Solemn Plea To Rome.” This was an urgent and solemn plea from the beloved apostle Paul to the saints at Rome. His message began with a sincere plea to the brethren ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:17-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

First John Chapter Two Part 1

Contributed by Robert Kerr on Dec 21, 2000

Bible Study

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN -CHAPTER 2 I JOHN 2:1 - A FRIEND OF THE ACCUSED "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous" John uses the family term "my little children" to warn us that the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:1-17

Denomination: Baptist