Sermons on Less Fortunate:

Wisdom Superior To Folly Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Nov 22, 2010

In today's less, we are urged to use wisdom, especially in the political arena, to navigate our way through life.

Scripture In his quest to find out how to live a meaningful life the writer of Ecclesiastes urges his readers to use wisdom, especially in the political arena, to navigate their way through life. Let us read Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20: 13 I have also seen this example of wisdom under the sun, and ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Deeper Meaning Of Christmas

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Dec 2, 2007

The world today has no real conception of what Christmas really means, and much less its deeper meaning.

THE DEEPER MEANING OF CHRISTMAS "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV) Much of the world today has no real conception of what Christmas really means. To many, it is Santa Claus, ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

Worship: An Act Of Community Series

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Apr 6, 2008

Worship is less a private choice and consideration than it is a communal invitation from God to join together in adoration and service.

Sermon for CATM – April 6, 2008 – “Worship – An Act of Community” There’s a fellow who about ten years ago was a regular attender at CATM. Since then he’s had tremendous legal and then medical problems, and he’s been out here on Sundays only very rarely; I’ve been quite involved personally over ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Daily News: A Prophet Is Born #3 Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 22, 2019

What small thing can change your entire life? We must be less so that He is more.

Has anyone done something small for you that is highly significant in your life? Slide #1 Sermon Series Slide Glen’s stories over the past few weeks have provided us with a cause to pause. The first week it was about the importance we place on Jesus in our lives. Last week it was about what ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:57-80, Luke 3:7-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Life's Short, Live It! Series

Contributed by James Dorman on May 10, 2016

First in a series based on a tweet. This sermon focuses on settling for no less than the abundantly life due to the brevity of life.

Introduction: AG: I don’t often pay attention to what celebrities have to save, but Easter Sunday, Donnie Walburg tweeted this: Life's short, LIVE IT! Hate's weak, STOP IT! Hope's real, KEEP IT! Fear's poison, FACE IT! Love's eternal, FEEL IT! Time's wasting, DO IT! RS: That got me ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14

Denomination: Baptist

Good Friday: The Nailing Of Jesus

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 15, 2018

By invoking the power of the Spirit and linking it to the Cross, Paul effectively dislodges one from any cross-less spirituality.

The Crucifixion of Christ horrified well-disposed pagans, and Christians were taunted with the disgrace of having such a God. Christian art only gradually overcame the repugnance to realistic representations of the death on the cross. At first the cross was represented as studded with ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

Christmas 2020-"unprecedented!"

Contributed by Robert Walderman on Dec 18, 2020

"Unprecedented!" This Christmas is less the Currier and Ives picture that we imagine and more the stark reality that is life.

Unprecedented! “Unprecedented" is the word elected as the People's Choice 2020 Word of the Year. "Unprecedented" beat out "pandemic" by a small margin, according to John Kelly, senior research editor at Dictionary.com, and is defined by the site as "without ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

The Need For Church Life Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 8, 2023

This sermon introduction discusses the decline in church attendance in America, attributing it not to a decrease in believers, but to less consistent worship and participation.

No one disputes that church attendance has been in decline in America for the last number of years. But it’s not as straightforward as it seems. According to Thom Rainer, the former CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, “The number one reason for the decline in church attendance is that members ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:17-18, Hebrews 10:25

Topics: Church Attendance, Active Membership, Consistent Worship

Sermon Series: The Easter Challenge

Where You Spend Eternity Is Your Choice. Series

Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Jun 28, 2009

Call to evanglelism

My fellow good people of all religions and fellow good people of no religions and the children of God; Do you want to find God? Do we want to serve God? You can do this by simply by looking for someone less fortunate than yourself or even someone more fortunate than yourself and point them to the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-33

Denomination: *other

The Blessed Life - Pt. 2 - The Shared Life Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Feb 17, 2011

Fortune cookies, horseshoes, 4 leaf clovers, rabbit's foot . . . Luck. Athletes would often rather be lucky than good.However, living a blessed life is even better than trying to live lucky.

The Blessed Life Part 2 – The Shared Life I. Introduction You can choose to live your live based on luck. However, if you do that you must also be prepared to experience a hit or miss type of life. Luck is fleeting. Luck can’t be counted on. Luck gives you no guarantees. That is why I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:38-47

Denomination: Pentecostal

Praying With Good King Hezekiah

Contributed by Reuben Bredenhof on Feb 21, 2021

Looking back on the last few months, do you feel like you’ve been praying more, or is it less? Is this a practice that has been strengthened with you, or has it struggled? Has the seeking become less diligent, or the knocking not so confident? A praying Christian is a living Christian!

In Luke 11:9 Jesus says these words to us, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Simple commands, yet astonishing. For his words reveal the great privilege that we have when we pray. This is the heavenly power that we access whenever we ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, 2 Kings 20:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Following At A Distance

Contributed by Craig Benner on Sep 29, 2012

Does being a follower automatically make you a success? Peter shows us what it is to follow at a distance and the reprecussions that it can bring to your life if you are not willing to follow at the side of Jesus. Fortunately, Peter changed his ways and

Following at a Distance Luke 22:54-62 Jn. 21:1-9; 15-19 Ups and Downs of life (Altibajos)----we all experience them. Like Peter, we have our moments in life when we are ready to die for Jesus, then, a little later, in midst of uncertainty and anxiety, we are at the point of denying Him Peter ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Strategy For War

Contributed by Ben Peak on Jan 3, 2008

For us to enter into battle against Satan without having a strategy for victory would be suicide. Fortunately, the Word of God has given us a map, has given us a strategy for defeating the Devil.

It was late October when an officer commanding a platoon of American soldiers received a call from headquarters. Over the radio, the captain learned that his unit was being ordered to recapture a small French city from the Nazis—and he learned something else from headquarters as well. For weeks, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8

Denomination: Holiness

Confidence Within The Chaos

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Jul 26, 2016

Life is filled with uncertainty. In fact, life can be chaotic at times. It is easy to lose focus and stumble among the chaos. Fortunately, we do not have to succumb to the uncertainties; we can overcome in Christ.

Confidence within the Chaos John 16: 32-33 We have read a passage from one of my favorite sections of Scripture. Beginning in chapter thirteen, and going through chapter seventeen of John, we find an intimate account of the last hours Jesus spent with His disciples prior to His arrest, trial, and ...read more

Scripture: John 16:32-33

Denomination: Baptist

Hold Up The Light

Contributed by William White Jr on Jan 20, 2001

It is a textual sermon for I only use the one biblical text I supplied to the congregation.

HOLD UP THE LIGHT-ISAIAH 49:3-6 I remember some three years ago I visited a nursing home with my mentor, Melvin Black. I was captivated by the singing, moving, and ongoings of the patients there but I took great interest in an African American man pushing himself in a wheelchair. After the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 49:3-7

Denomination: Holiness