Sermons on Justice Ministry:

Why Does God Allow The Innocent To Suffer Series

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Feb 13, 2016

How can a loving God allow innocent people to be hurt? This sermon uses 7 pillars of truth about God as the foundation to give 7 Reasons why God Allows Suffering.

GOD’S NOT DEAD PART I Unbeliever’s Question: A God who allows horrible tragedies to happen to innocent people is not a god to worship. How can a loving God allow innocent people to be hurt so badly? Question 1 has been asked so frequently by non believers that I cannot imagine there ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:25

Denomination: Baptist

My Will Not Be Done Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 4, 2017

Father, I ask this in the name of Jesus, and I also ask that if my request does not conform with Thy plan, please tell me “no.”

Thursday of first week in Lent 2017 Joy of the Gospel The first Hitler was a fellow named Haman, a member of a tribe that had almost been wiped out by the Hebrews maybe a thousand years before Haman. Haman hatched a plot to kill all the Jews in Persia, and even got the king to order their ...read more

Scripture: Esther 4:1-17

Denomination: Catholic

"What Goes Around Comes Around.”

Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 16, 2018

Haman received the punishment he planned for Mordecai.

“What Goes Around Comes Around.” Esther 7:1-8:17 Haman, second in authority only to the Xerxes in the kingdom of Persia, is angry that Mordecai, a Jew will not show him proper respect and so he ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

God Who Judges

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Leslie Verghese on Sep 10, 2018

Psalm 58

Royal Rule, Autocracy, Democracy, Socialism - Where Justice does not prevail, there will be anarchy Every society has its rules, regulations, norms. If those who are expected to practice justice breaks them, what can the righteous do? Three sections Justice Upstaged; Asks for Justice; Justice is ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Kingdom Keys - Jeremiah Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Jul 21, 2023

A Godly representative lives with sorrow for those who do not know God because they do not know in whose image they were created, whose spirit they have within and whose child they are.

So maybe you’ve heard it said, ‘read your bible’ so you tried and failed. Our hope as leaders is that all of us will pick up God’s word and come to understand the true nature of God. After all, the bible is God’s Word curated over centuries detailing His nature, His will, the meaning of life and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:41-42, Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:10, Lamentations 1:18-20, Jeremiah 29:10-14, Jeremiah 31:16-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"I Am About To Do A New Thing;” Series

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Mar 31, 2022

Understand the same God who brought this people out of the land of Egypt is not yet done with them. Babylon is not an end but rather, an opportunity for God to display his power and his grace to his people once again.

The book of Isaiah is divided into three sections: (1) events leading up to the captivity and exile in Babylon, (2) redemption and restoration (Comfort), and (3) the Messianic Reign. Today’s message comes from the Messianic Reign and describes the suffering servant. Today’s reading is the first ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21

Denomination: United Methodist

God Brings Down The Proud Series

Contributed by Reuben Bredenhof on Apr 10, 2022

In the church's fear and struggle, feeling hard-pressed and helpless, she can be encouraged. We know that the proud of the earth will not endure forever. The violent will not prevail. God is on his throne: He is the great judge and our faithful Saviour.

The world has seen many cruel tyrants and dictators. Sometimes these powerful men live out their days to the fullest, enjoying all the glories of their position right to the end, then dying in comfort. But many end in humiliation and defeat. The great Napoleon spent his last years in exile on a ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Sermon – Navigating Seasons Of Desperation

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Nov 12, 2024

When you and I feel like there is “no hope for a harvest” (Habakkuk 3:17), when desperation distracts us from God’s truth, and when our faith is shaken, what do we do? We can learn from sufferers like Habakkuk.

Sermon – Navigating Seasons of Desperation Scripture Lesson-Habakkuk 3:16-19 “I trembled inside when I heard this; my lips quivered with fear. My legs gave way beneath me, and I shook in terror. I will wait quietly for the coming day when disaster will strike the people who invade us. Even though ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:16-19, Romans 8:28, Psalm 73:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

Who Can Stand On The Great Day Of Wrath? The Church! (Revelation 7:1-8) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on May 12, 2023

A no-rapture, academically rigorous study of Revelation. We, the church, are the 144,000.

Last week, we saw the beginnings of God's plan for the world starting to unfold. In the first four seals of Revelation 6, we saw pictures of the wrath of God, and the wrath of the Lamb, being poured out on the world through the four horsemen of the apocalypse. They brought with them conquest, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 7:1-8

Acting Justly, Loving Mercy, Walking Humbly

Contributed by Gerald Manning on Aug 20, 2021

Micah's fabulous trio

SERMON: JUSTICE, MERCY, WALKING HUMBLY Scripture: Luke 10:25-37 and Micah 6:8 (from THE MESSAGE) "... a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?” Jesus answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:8, Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Nazarene

The Pre-Conditions God Sets For Us In His Mercy Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 22, 2023

God turns away from our fasting unless we are getting our behavior together

Saturday of the First Week in Lent Today’s reading from the prophet Isaiah is the second part of a very late prophecy, one that appears to have been written down years after the Babylonian exile. The prophet Zechariah tells us that in this late period, there were fasts in the fourth, fifth, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32, Psalm 86:1-6, Isaiah 58:9-14, Zechariah 8:18

Denomination: Catholic

God Is Right, Just And Fair

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 30, 2023

God is right in… from Nehemiah 9:33- for thou hast done right- KJV (Outline adapted from W. Gregory at: https://biblehub.com/sermons/auth/gregory/god_has_done_right.htm)

HoHum: Some folks think they are really good people. Let’s suppose that a person sins 3 times a day. A sin in the morning, a sin during the day, and a sin at night. Sounds like a pretty good person! Let’s think for a moment. If that person is saved at 10 years old and dies at 80 years old that ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:7-11, Proverbs 9:8-10, Romans 3:25-26, Nehemiah 9:33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Dear God, Why Don't You Do Something?

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 18, 2022

Habakkuk was frustrated with the lack of faith and the immorality in the Israelites. God had an answer for him and for us.

11.20.22 Habakkuk 1:1–3, 2:1-4 1 The threatening oracle which the prophet Habakkuk saw. 2 How long, LORD, must I cry for help, but you do not listen? I call out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save! 3 Why do you cause me to see injustice? Why do you overlook misery? Devastation and violence ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 1:1-3, Habakkuk 2:1-4

Denomination: Lutheran

Unstrained Mercy Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Nov 24, 2022

None of us can forgive the wrongs done to someone else. We can, however, show mercy to anyone who is suffering - whether forgiveness is involved or not.

Every week it seems like there’s another new disaster. The 10 plagues that Moses visited on Egypt to convince Pharoah to free the Israelites almost pale in comparison. Talk about plagues? We hoped that 2021 would see the end of Covic19 but noooooo. And as if that weren’t enough, an earthquake ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Yes, He Is The One Who Is To Come

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 9, 2022

Our Lord is the most just of all judges

Third Sunday in Advent 2022 Justice in Judgement–that’s what every one of us wants when we are in trouble, whether someone else imperiled us or we did it to ourselves. Actually, what we are likely to seek is an outcome favorable to our side, isn’t it? “Really, officer, is ten miles over the speed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-11, James 5:7-10, Psalm 146:6-10, Isaiah 35:1-10

Denomination: Catholic