Sermons on Less:

I Will Be Focused Series

Contributed by Alan Tison on Feb 11, 2009

Success is marked by different people at different times in your life, I received an article this week stating that a person making less then $25k a year believes that success is having an income of $100k, while those making $100k believe success is havin

Introduction: Have you ever won a prize? Maybe it was at a county fair or a sweepstakes. Maybe it was a door prize at a party, maybe it was a prize from McDonald’s monopoly or maybe you found a discarded lottery ticket – because after all Christians trust God not the Powerball! There is a thrill ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Perplexing Problems Of Sovereignty Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Mar 1, 2009

After acknowledging God’s ultimate justice the prophet humbly asked in worship the hard issue of how the wicked could be used to punish those less evil than themselves (CIT). He said this apparent moral contradiction needed further clarification from God

Habakkuk 1:12-2:1 PERPLEXING PROBLEMS WITH SOVEREIGNTY [1 Chronicles 29: 11 & 12] Habakkuk is a profound book that delves deeply into the mysteries of God. This passage is Habakkuk’s response to the preceding divine revelation concerning God’s future plans to bring about correction. God’s ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 1:1-12, Habakkuk 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Why Do They Give Series

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 18, 2007

This expanded outline examines why we give/tithe. It is part of series on questions people have asked in the church. Specifically, it attempts to answer the question, "I don’t understand why people who have less money than I, continue to give to the chu

WHY DO THEY GIVE? Several weeks ago I gave you some index cards and asked you to fill them out if you had questions or had been asked any questions about church, the Bible, things we believe or about Christianity in general. We got a number of responses. The first week I asked, we got a couple ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:38-44

Denomination: Baptist

Hell, Some Facts From The Bible!

Contributed by Tony Abram on May 26, 2012

We live in an age when most churches and Christians no longer believe in hell. Yet the Lord Jesus spoke more of it then heaven. Today we speak more of heaven and less of hell. In this sermon outline we are using mostly the words of Jesus in sharing what h

HELL, SOME FACTS FROM THE BIBLE! We live in an age when most churches and Christians no longer believe in hell. Yet the Lord Jesus spoke more of it then heaven. Today we speak more of heaven and less of hell. In this sermon outline we are using mostly the words of Jesus in sharing what hell is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

But I Say To You...

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 14, 2011

1. Jesus reinterprets the law and makes it a more difficult way (not less). 2. Jesus’ way had to wait until the human family was able to hear it and follow it. 3. We cannot live the way Jesus taught us without each other.

• Peter Kreeft, professor of philosophy at Boston College, tells this story from his childhood: “I remember to this day exactly where I was when it hit me: riding north on Haledon Avenue between Sixth and Seventh Streets in Paterson, New Jersey after Sunday morning church with my parents. Isn’t it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:21-37

Denomination: Methodist

Christians In Peril

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Nov 24, 2004

The Lord has said that, with out a vision my people perish. We work and cannot obtain, we save and spend more, we fight and loose ground, we obtain and have less, we learn and understand little, we pray and little is accomplished.

Christians in Peril The Christian today has become a people without a vision. The Lord has said that, with out a vision my people perish. We work and cannot obtain, we save and spend more, we fight and loose ground, we obtain and have less, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:8-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

All-Knowing Series

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Sep 26, 2018

God knows you … God really, really knows you … everything about you … and yet God still loves you! His love and His omniscience are both infinite, which means He can never know us better or love us less.

Imagine that you and the President of the United States are close friends. Better than that … he or she is your twin brother or sister. Now … I don’t want you to get lost here. I’m not talking about a particular person or president. I just want you to imagine “the” President … you can imagine ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:23-24

Denomination: United Methodist

How To Know You're Going To Heaven Series

Contributed by James Wallace on Oct 27, 2016

Depend on Jesus' forgiveness, not your goodness, to be sure of Heaven--as shown by the story of the sinful woman who showed her faith in Christ's forgiveness by wiping his feet with her hair, and kissing his feet vs. the Pharisee who did so much less.

How to Know . . . How to Know You’re Going to Heaven Luke 7:36-50 This morning we’re doing the first of our “How to Know” Series and the subject is How to Know You’re Going to Heaven. The most recent research I could find on the issue of how Americans feel about ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Bible Church

“giving Up On Perfect” Series

Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Dec 18, 2013

2nd sermon in series in which I challenge people to evaluate how they typically observe Christmas with the hope they will seek to make it more about Jesus and less about us. I draw some thoughts from Mike Slaughter's book "Christmas is not your birthday"

AM Sermon preached at Central Christian Church December 8, 2013 A Different Kind of Christmas sermon series Message 2 “Giving Up on Perfect” Christmas. For most of us the word, “Christmas,” overflows with meaning and memories. The thought, “Christmas is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What? Me? Worry?

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jan 29, 2014

Your future..has yet to be determined, but is so full of promise! The devils future was determined long ago...his future is one of endless torment in hell forever...The more you remind him of his future, the less he will remind you of your past!

“Who? Me?...Worry? Matthew 6:25,26 MSG 25-26 “If you decide for God, living a life of God-worship, it follows that you don’t fuss about what’s on the table at mealtimes or whether the clothes in your closet are in fashion. There is far more to your life than the food you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Distractions Designed To Destroy Destiny

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jul 19, 2020

The Devil called a worldwide meeting of his demons. Keep them distracted with the nonessentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds. so that they would have little or no time for God, for their families, and much less time to tell others about Jesus’ power to change lives.

Distractions Designed to Destroy Destiny By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. STORY:- I came across this in my studies on this week and when I read it I knew that this is what God would have me to expound upon on for this message, it’s a story called The Devil’s Meeting:- The Devil called a worldwide ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11, John 10:10, 1 Corinthians 7:35

Denomination: Apostolic

God’s Roadmap To Prosperity

Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 3, 2020

Do you want God’s best in your life? If you are tolerating any type of physical ailment, anything less than financial abundance, or a struggling relationship, the answer is a resounding yes! In this outline are a few steps to lead you to what God desires for us.

“GOD’S ROADMAP TO PROSPERITY” Do you want God’s best in your life? If you are tolerating any type of physical ailment, anything less than financial abundance, or a struggling relationship, the answer is a resounding yes! Take time today to renew your mind to what God has to say about your ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 48:16-18, John 10:10, Jeremiah 29:11

Seeking Self-Justification Series

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Mar 30, 2022

Part of a Lenten Sermon Series on people in the gospels who seek out Jesus. This week we consider less than pure motivations in “Seeking Self-Justification.” We hear the story of a man who wants Jesus to settle a dispute between him and his brother.

March 30, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Luke 12:13-21 Seeking Self-Justification Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Why do we seek Jesus? For direction, for help, for forgiveness. There are many reasons. And if ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

Denomination: Lutheran

An Unlikely Mother Series

Contributed by Bryan Moore on May 25, 2005

Mother’s Day Sermon: The Bible tells us about a woman, who from our perspective, was unfit, unprepared, and ill-equipped to be a mother, much less a good one. HER NAME WAS RAHAB AND SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE. RAHAB WAS AN UNLIKELY MOTHER. And, yet despite her

THE UNLIKELY MOTHER Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25 Fordtown Baptist Church Kingsport, Tennessee May 8, 2005 Mother’s Day READ SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25 KJV PRAYER INTRODUCTION A.) This is the day that we honor our mothers. Actually, God has commanded each of us in His Word to honor our ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:31

Denomination: Baptist

Obeying God's Commands

Contributed by Bishop Johnathan Hester on Aug 28, 2009

God’s people were about to enter the promised land. They were less than one month away from the death of Moses, and the leadership of Joshua where, in a few more weeks, he would lead them to cross the Jordan river. There were giants in the land. There wer

Obeying God’s Commands Deuteronomy 6:1-6:23 OPEN: I once read the true story of woman who had been just learning to golf. She had been at it for about a month or so when her father-in-law invited her to go golfing with him. After teeing off on one of the holes, her father-in-law was intent ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-23

Denomination: Apostolic