Sermons on Keep God First:

Study And Preach

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 19, 2025

We will always need more study, but the Church and the World will always need more preaching by life as well as lip.

‘Study More, Preach Less' Billy Graham "One of my great regrets is that I have not studied enough. I wish I had studied more and preached less. People have pressured me into speaking to groups when I should have been studying and preparing. Donald Barnhouse said that if he knew the Lord ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:15

Denomination: Baptist

Persecution Not Prestige

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 21, 2025

Someone failed to tell the Apostles that they were to be the head and not the tail or they would not have suffered so much and only to be executed.

Deuteronomy 28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: 14 And thou shalt not go aside from ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 28:13-14, Hebrews 11:35-40

Denomination: Baptist

Hope

Contributed by Steven W. Satterfield on Mar 28, 2025

verses

Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 55:11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 41:10

Denomination: Vineyard

A Great Salvation

Contributed by Rev. Randy Barker on Apr 3, 2025

Mercy walked in

Read & expound as led!!! 1 Peter 1:3-9 read it from bible instead of notes in f possible “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9

Denomination: *other

Signed, Sealed And Delivered

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 12, 2025

Whose proposal have you signed and will you like where you will be delivered?

There is an old song called, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Part of it I am going to paraphrase. Here I am, Jesus, signed, sealed, delivered, I’m Yours. I’m Yours! It all starts with Jesus signing the proposal of salvation with His blood when we were the enemy. Rom 5:8  But God commendeth ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:8-9, Ephesians 1:13, Ephesians 4:30, 2 Corinthians 1:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

Humility Youth Sermon

Contributed by Youth Sermons on Oct 3, 2023

Jesus showed humility by coming from heaven to earth and washing His disciples' feet. When we choose humility, we reflect Christ to the world around us.

Imagine this: You're walking down the hall at school and you see a group of kids struggling to carry a huge box. The teacher is just standing there, watching. Then, out of nowhere, the principal comes over, rolls up his sleeves, and helps the kids lift the box. That's pretty cool, right? That's ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-11

Topics: Humility, Christian Life, Spiritual Growth, Godly Virtues

How Paul Benefited By Becoming All Things To All Men

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Principles and methods of identifying with everyone so we can bring Christ’s saving message to as many as possible

How Paul Benefited By Becoming All Things to All Men Illustration:Suffering from terminal spinal cancer at the age or 47, former North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano spoke with a reporter. He looked back on his life and told a story about himself as a 23-year-old coach of a small ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Target Group Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Feb 12, 2002

This is the 2nd sermon in the "Who Is Jesus Christ?" series. This sermon follows the footsteps of Jesus to see who He ministered to.

Sunday Morning February 17, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: Who Is Jesus Christ? [#2] TARGET GROUP 1 Timothy 1:15-17 Introduction: 1. Last week we learned that Jesus did not come to this earth to make us better. Jesus came to resurrect us from the dead. 2. Jesus said He came to seek ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:15-17, 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Great Lift Off Series

Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Mar 22, 2007

Although Jesus completed his earthly ministry and ascended into heaven, His work did not stop there. He commissions His disciples to carry on His work here daily. Are we doing that?

March, 2007 “The Great Lift Off” Luke 24:50-53 Acts 1:6-11 INTRODUCTION: We think of the Ascension as a cosmological event, a space flight, a transfer of a person from earth to heaven; but that is not what it meant to the early church. It meant the TRANSFER of RESPONSIBILITY from Jesus to his ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Life Is A Battlefield

Contributed by Danny Anderson on Oct 27, 2006

Too many Christians believe it’s easier to pay off the bully than learn how to defeat him. Too many don’t even realize we are living on a battlefield not a playground!

Life is a Battlefield Text: Ephesians 6:10-14 Introduction: A man wrote: "There used to be this bully who would demand my lunch money every day. Since I was smaller, I would give it to him. Then I decided to fight back. I started taking karate lessons, but the instructor wanted $5 a lesson. That ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Path Of Becoming One Series

Contributed by Mark Perryman on Jun 22, 2006

Looking thru the song of songs and what it teaches us about relationships and sex.

INTRO: There was a man who came to this village and he sat down with the villagers by the river and began to eat, when all of a sudden this large crocodile came out of the water and bit his arm off. The man was horrified along with the villagers. They gave him aid and then went about their ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

I Am The Light Of The World Series

Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on May 14, 2007

Why did Jesus use "Light" to explain His deity to people? In what way does Light speak to us today?

May, 2007 I AM the Light of the World John 1:1-9 John 8:12 INTRODUCTION: Jesus’ claim to be “the light of the world” is one of SEVEN claims in the scriptures concerning His deity. In the next few weeks I will be talking about three of the other claims. In various scriptures, He talks about ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-9

Denomination: Methodist

The Gift Of Mercy Series

Contributed by Bruce Willis on Mar 8, 2007

This sermon is the fourth in a series of ten on Motivational Spiritual Gifts which communicates the characteristics of the Gift of Mercy in order to allow the Holy Spirit opportunity to reveal this gift to those who have it.

Today is Mother’s day and the most appropriate spiritual gift to talk about is that of showing mercy. Whether it’s a skinned knee or a broken heart mothers are the ones we usually turn to for compassion and love. However, there are just as many men who have the heart gift of showing mercy as ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:8-15

Denomination: Baptist

Why Does He Eat And Drink With Publicans And Sinners? Series

Contributed by Shawn Rose on Aug 3, 2008

In the short story of Levi’s call, we find that no one is too sinful to be beyond the grace and love of Jesus.

WHY DOES HE EAT AND DRINK WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS? Text: Mark 2:13 – 22 Introduction: • How would you feel if we put a sign outside of our church that said “Homosexuals welcome”? • What about if Jim took the bus and brought back 5 drunks next Sunday morning? • What if we announced that we ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:13-22

Denomination: Baptist

Current Issues

Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008

What are your issues? What defines, drives, and devestates you? This message will help you find deliverance and freedom.

“Current Issues” Text: Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48 25And a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, 26and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:25-34

Denomination: Pentecostal