Sermons on Island:

An Outline Of Acts 13:1-12

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Aug 26, 2022

Acts 13 is a turning point in the history of the Church. Barnabas and Saul were personally selected by the Holy Spirit for a special mission. They left Antioch, preached through Cyprus, and experienced several things.

Introduction: Acts 13 could serve as a turning point in the Church’s story. The first 12 chapters are primarily concerned with the beginning of the Church and the issues facing the Church near Jerusalem. Now Luke is relating how the Church was going “to the uttermost part of the earth.” 1 Antioch: ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Rescue Me

Contributed by Kenneth R. Jenkins on Oct 11, 2022

Like Sheep, when we get in trouble we need to be rescued.

Ezekiel 34:11-12, Luke 15:3-7 The REAL American heroes I believe are our Fire Fighters, EMTs, good, devoted police officers, the doctors and nurses in our hospitals and ERs or that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:3-7

Denomination: Baptist

Shipwreck

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 17, 2022

We must maintain the right course and not assume the ship will steer itself!

Shipwreck (I Timothy 1:18-20) 1 Things are getting bad in our world. 2. A shipwrecked mariner spent years on a deserted island, completely alone. Then one morning he sees a ship offshore and a smaller vessel pulling out towards him. When the boat grounded on the beach, the officer in charge ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:18-20, 1 Timothy 4:14-16, 2 Timothy 2:17-18, 2 Peter 2:20-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Sermon On The Bread Of Life

Contributed by William Meakin on Aug 3, 2021

Everyone in life needs a staple food as a source of survival.

Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, otherwise now known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, once remarked: “In each of our lives, Jesus comes as the Bread of Life - to be eaten, to be consumed by us. This is how He loves us. Then Jesus comes in our human life as the hungry one, the other, hoping to be fed with ...read more

Scripture: John 6:51-58, John 6:27, Matthew 5:6

4. The Paralyzed Man Through The Roof Series

Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Nov 25, 2025

Someone brought you here today. You came desperate or curious. This ancient story speaks directly to your life right now. It reveals who Jesus is and what He offers you.

THE PARALYZED MAN THROUGH THE ROOF INTRODUCTION You stand here today because someone brought you. A friend invited you. A family member insisted. You came out of desperation or curiosity. The story you are about to hear happened two thousand years ago in Capernaum. It speaks directly to your ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12, Mark 2:5, Mark 2:7, Mark 2:9, Mark 2:10-11, Mark 2:12, Romans 3:23, Isaiah 59:2, Matthew 11:28, 1 Peter 2:24, Acts 16:31  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Timothy Joins Paul (Acts 16)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Sep 2, 2025

Do we do mission work like Paul?

How did Timothy join Paul’s ministry? Did the Holy Spirit direct the mission? Let’s continue Paul’s second missionary journey in Acts 16. Did Timothy join Paul and Silas as they spread the decisions made by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem? Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

No Shortcuts

Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 18, 2025

Do the right thing. There are no shortcuts when serving God.

No Shortcuts Late one night, a man had gone to a party and had too much to drink, so he decided it would be best to walk home. He found a shortcut through a poorly lit cemetery and, in the darkness, stumbled into an open grave. He repeatedly tried to climb out, but the walls were too slippery, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hope

Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Aug 24, 2025

This is a simple (unfinished) sermon on Romans 12:12.

I thought this morning about being a young child in the store shopping with my mom. I remember walking through the clothes racks and letting the clothes brush against my face playing some game alone with my imagination. I remember going to the mall with them and walking through the old Target store ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sermon On Gracious Acceptance

Contributed by William Meakin on Dec 1, 2022

Gracious Acceptance is said to receive something in a polite or kind manner.

Alexander “Sandy” McCall Smith, a British writer once remarked: “Gracious acceptance is an art – an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but we forget about accepting things, which can be much harder than giving…. Accepting another person’s gift is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:10, Colossians 3:15-20, Romans 11:29, Hebrews 12:28

If God Revealed Himself, I’d Believe

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 3, 2025

He has revealed Himself many times, but you refused to see, but the time is coming when you will have no choice to see.

IF God Revealed Himself, I’d Believe I do not know how many times I have heard people say something along the line, “If God would reveal Himself, I’d believe. Sadly, the history of the human race proves otherwise. Gen 3:8  And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 11:8-9, Deuteronomy 4:34, John 4:8, Acts 4:30-31, Revelation 6:14-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Pursue Until You Possess

Contributed by Bala Samson on Sep 18, 2024

Don’t quit half way through in your life, keep the heat on until you see victory!

Pursue until you possess- part 1 Judges 8:12 Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, fled, but he pursued them and captured them, routing their entire army. Don’t quit half way through in your life, keep the heat on until you see victory! Are you listening? Don’t give up what you started, I ...read more

Scripture: Judges 8:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abide And Thrive. Living A Fruitful Life In Christ

Contributed by David Cramer on Dec 12, 2024

A message abut learning to grow in our faith and enjoying a fruitful life.

Abide and Thrive. Living a fruitful life in Christ. John 15:1-5 Stand with me and repeat after me. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I can do what it says I can do. I am going to learn how to be what it says I can be. Today I will learn more of the word of God. The ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sermon On The Great Seas Of Life

Contributed by William Meakin on May 31, 2024

The sea is defined as a great body of salt water that covers much of the earth.

William James, an American philosopher and psychologist once remarked: “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected on the deep.” Psalm 95:5 confirms: “The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.” The sea is defined as a great body of salt water ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:10, Psalm 104:25-26, Zephaniah 3:17, Romans 5:8

Revelation Six Series

Contributed by Diana Tyler on Oct 15, 2023

The seven seals are opened.

In the last chapter, we were introduced to the scroll with the writing within and on the back. What is the writing? Nobody seems to know for sure, but what we do know is that this is the beginning to the judgments that's going to come to the earth after the Rapture occurs. The beginning of the ...read more

Revelation 1:9-16 Series

Contributed by Zak Saenz on May 26, 2025

Revelation 1:9-16

Revelation 1:9-16 9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. So here in verse nine the first question arises that we need to give ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:9-16, John 10:28

Denomination: Bible Church