Sermons on It Was Good:

The Shepherd's Psalm

Contributed by James R. Rice on Jan 30, 2014

King David made one of the great contributions to the world when he wrote the beloved 23rd Psalm. This psalm has been memorized more than any other psalm. It has blessed more people than any other.

A. David made one of the great contributions to the world when he wrote Psalm 23. 1. “They tell me that David wrote the 23rd Psalm; I believe that I could have written it, David just beat me to it.” (Angel Martinez) 2. He wrote the Psalm in the twilight years of his life. After he had ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Jehovah-Rohi - The Lord Is My Shepherd

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Nov 1, 2013

This message focuses on Jesus being our Shepherd and what this actually means.

Scriptures: Psalms 23:1-3; Isaiah 53:6; John 10:14-18; Rev. 7:17 Introduction This morning my message is titled “JEHOVAH-ROHI which means “The Lord Is My Shepherd” and is a continuation of the series I started a few weeks ago. If you recall, in my first message we examined ...read more

Scripture: John 10:14-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Preaching From Philippians #11

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 28, 2021

Many consider this passage of scripture to be one of the most important passages in the Bible. Once we get into these verses, it is easy to see why it is ranked so high by so many.

The reason it is ranked so high is because this passage deals with the example we set before our FAMILY and FRIENDS. Every one of us has influence for GOOD or BAD! Illus: Even Jesse James had a gang that followed him around, and so do we. We have people under our influence. When we speak about ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:17-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Crumbs From The Plate Of Jesus Healed A Daughter Series

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Dec 4, 2019

Greetings In The Holy Name Of Jesus Yahshuah, My sisters and brothers, we pray the crumbs from your table ...

THE CRUMBS FROM THE PLATE OF JESUS HEALED A DAUGHTER by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (December 4, 2019)) “But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 10:1-11, Matthew 15:26-28, Matthew 8:8, John 8:44

Denomination: Friends

God Fulfills His Promises With Us

Contributed by John Ong on Sep 22, 2017

God is faithful to us, so we must also do our part in aiming the ultimate good, which is to manifest God’s glory.

Sometimes, we can’t comprehend God’s promises in the literal sense, so we should be very careful with our finite human interpretation. The scope of God’s Word is indeed beyond our understanding, and so we must consider that His fulfillment is much broader and much grander than what we could ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Jesus Is Hated Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 5, 2017

Are you ready for God to get the glory as you respond to His goodness and grace?

I wanted to apologize for something. I feel badly that I’ve let something slide. Many of you are no doubt wondering about it so I thought I better make it right. Pardon me for going a couple months without showing pictures of our grandson. Here’s a recent picture of Pip on a swing at a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Spurn The Allurement Of Sin

Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Sep 23, 2019

Do you really know what is wrong with sin?

“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Completed Work Series

Contributed by Brady Boyd on Aug 15, 2019

Paul was probably in prison in Ephesus and knew that he would probably never see the people in Phillipi again.

Philippians 1 The Completed Work August 18, 2019 Philippians 1:1-6 NIV Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 I thank my God every ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:1-6, Acts 16:14-15, Psalm 139:23-24, Philippians 1:21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Is My Heart Open To God? Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jan 14, 2019

Is My Heart Open to God? Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) Brad Bailey – January 13, 2019

Is My Heart Open to God? Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) Brad Bailey – January 13, 2019 Intro A belated welcome into the New Year. Our planet has completed it’s rotation around the sun…and we are now on a fresh start. It gives us the opportunity to consider how we are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

No Better Sacrifice

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2018

Easter

NO BETTER SACRIFICE (JOHN 10:11-18) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya (Filipino) https://bible.ryl.hk ...read more

Scripture: John 10:11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Just For Today

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Jan 30, 2018

we must wait for God's plan for us

There are a lot of people who simply seem unable to live without excitement, without stimulation. Whether it comes from pleasure - or from crisis - they thrive on activity, on chaos, confusion – on dealing with problems - on adrenalin – on constant drama – in fact, we sometimes call them ‘drama ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:15-26

Denomination: Episcopal

Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Mar 9, 2018

What is the Good News about Jesus? It is salvation through belief in His sacrificial death and in His resurrection.

Fourth Sunday of Easter B Ian Simmons in his book on bizarre animal stories tells about a group of Chinese shepherds in Mongolia who were put into a difficult place where their large herd of sheep got it into their minds to jump into a lake 5ft feet deep. In took twenty herdsman three-hours to ...read more

Scripture: John 10:11-18

Denomination: Catholic

An Unexpected Friday Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 1, 2018

Of all the things that were expected to happen the Friday after the triumphant entry, nobody expected these things.

An Unexpected Friday Nobody had expected this. It was only five days ago that the people of Jerusalem had welcomed Jesus as their Messiah. For three years Jesus had travelled throughout Israel. Preaching, teaching, healing the sick and feeding the hungry. He had quieted storms and cast out ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:21-32

Denomination: Wesleyan

"God Promised A Shepherd....himself"

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Apr 24, 2018

On Easter Evening Jesus "opened the minds" of the disciples to see that He was fulfilling the O.T. prophecies. Ezekiel 34 is one of those passages.... Jesus is telling the Pharisees that He is the Lord. Some thoughts are from a sermon by John Piper

In Jesus Holy Name April 21, 2018 Text: John 10:11 Easter IV “God Promised A Shepherd…… Himself” Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! The Good news of Easter is not that Jesus lived and died but that “Jesus Died and Lives” and He will return again. ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Success Through His Words

Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Apr 30, 2018

God is interested in our success and prosperity in all that we do as His children, though not in our own way but in His own way, and under His supervision.

SUCCESS THROUGH HIS WORDS Study Text: Joshua 1: 8 “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shall meditate there in day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shall make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shall have ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal