Sermons on Life Jacket:

Harvest Time

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 3, 2023

What are you sowing? What will your harvest be, on the Day of the Lord?

One of the things I loved about living in South Jersey, where I served my first church, was the fresh peaches. I love peaches even more than I love sweet corn. So as soon as they started appearing, I started buying. And every time I went into the local farmer’s market (Puglia’s) I would just wander ...read more

Scripture: Amos 8:1-12, Matthew 13:24-39, Luke 6:43-44, Amos 5:18-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Palm Sunday 2023

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Mar 31, 2023

How do we know with certainty that Jesus is the One and Only Son of God? This message examines the "odds" and/or probability based on the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies.

Palm Sunday 2023 Scripture: Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:26-27; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1-2 Today we celebrate Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is always the Sunday before Easter and commemorates Jesus arriving into Jerusalem riding on a donkey. As He made His entrance into the city, some people laid down ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:14, Luke 1:26-27, Micah 5:2, Matthew 2:1-2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Is Risen Series

Contributed by Delray Lentz on Dec 17, 2024

Today we are wrapping up the series titled “Were you there?”

Today we are wrapping up the series titled “Were you there?” In part 1 we took the journey that Jesus took from the Friday before Passover, all the way up to Passover. Then, in part 2, we examined the events of the Crucifixion. Today is Resurrection Sunday!!! I’d like us to consider 3 things ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

A Look At Joseph, Husband Of Mary Series

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 18, 2024

Joseph, the husband-to-be of Mary of Nazareth, was looking forward to his wedding day! But he received some news that almost made him change his mind. After a word from the Lord, he followed the Lord's instructions.

(Based on a sermon preached December 15, 2024 at New Hope Baptist Church, Fulton, MO. This is not an exact transcription.) Introduction: Two Sundays ago we looked at Zacharias and Elisabeth as two important people in the first Christmas story. Last week we studied the message of the angel Gabriel ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:16-25

Denomination: Baptist

Seven Last Plagues

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 6, 2025

Rev 16

SEVEN LAST PLAGUES (REVELATION 16) One of my favorite TV shows through the COVID crisis was the Chinese movie and TV series “Judge Dee” or “Detective Dee, as first popularized by Andy Lau many years ago in a 2010 movie directed by Tsui Hark. The first movie, Detective Dee and the Mystery of the ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Jerusalem Council Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 24, 2025

Acts 15:1-35 teaches us about the Council of Jerusalem in which they had to settle a crucial doctrinal question.

Introduction Throughout the past two millennia, countless assemblies of Christian leaders have assembled to settle doctrinal matters. The first of these assemblies is the Jerusalem Council, described in Acts 15:1-35. The book titled Got Questions states the following: “Employing the council ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:1-35

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Sermon # 46 - What God Desires Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Feb 5, 2025

Jonah failed to understand the compassionate and merciful nature of God. We as a church must know the heart of God and be actively involved in sharing the good news of the gospel and inviting those outside to be part of God’s Kingdom.

We read in Jonah 4:8, “And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.” (KJV) As we observe the works of God they astound ...read more

Scripture: John 4:8, Matthew 9:36-38, Luke 8:2-3, John 21:17, John 1:46, Matthew 12:7, Matthew 9:13, Matthew 24:1-2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Time To Engage: "Following Hard After God”

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Feb 9, 2025

The impulse to follow God originates with God, but it’s our responsibility to follow. We are told throughout the Bible that we’re to seek the Lord. As we purpose to follow hard after God, He upholds and strengthens us as seen in the Psalmist description of a deer in search for water.

Time To Engage “Following Hard After God” Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFndeU2Ewgg Let me get this out of the way, and that is, I’m not saying it’s hard to follow God. In fact, God even said it isn’t. In fact,  He said it was downright easy, which is something ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:6, Jeremiah 29:13-14, Psalm 42:1-2, Psalm 63:8

Denomination: Foursquare

29 The Book Of Galatians – Chapter 6:14 - Message 29 – What Did Paul Really Boast In? Paul And Boasting Examined. We Ought To Follow Suit Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 14, 2025

Boasting is a major problem to be overcome but Paul was very clear about his position on it. Only in the cross of Jesus Christ would he boast. We open up this subject of boasting in this message with a good number of scriptures. God forbid that I should boast!

29 THE BOOK OF GALATIANS – CHAPTER 6:14 - Message 29 – WHAT DID PAUL REALLY BOAST IN? PAUL AND BOASTING EXAMINED. WE OUGHT TO FOLLOW SUIT This matter of boasting is a vexed problem in scripture and Paul had a lot to say about it. I want to examine how it affected the Apostle and then to look ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:14, 1 Corinthians 2:8, 1 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 4:5, Matthew 12:30, Galatians 6:12-13, Romans 15:16-18, 1 Corinthians 9:16, 2 Corinthians 7:3-4, 2 Corinthians 7:13, 2 Corinthians 11:16-20, 2 Corinthians 11:30, 2 Corinthians 12:5-6, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Romans 1:30, 1 Corinthians 1:31, Romans 3:27, 2 Corinthians 10:17, Galatians 5:26, James 3:5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Whit Sunday (B C P). Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 4, 2025

Sermons upon the Bible readings of the Book of Common Prayer.

Psalm 122:1-9, Deuteronomy 16:9-12, Acts 2:1-11, John 14:15-31. A). LET US GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. Psalm 122:1-9. The “house of the LORD” encompasses this Psalm (Psalm 122:1; Psalm 122:9). Jerusalem, in turn, encompassed the house of the LORD (Psalm 122:2; Psalm 122:3; Psalm 122:7). ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 122:1-9, Deuteronomy 16:9-12, Acts 2:1-11, John 14:15-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sending On Mission Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Jun 9, 2025

Jesus didn’t come to take us from good to great, but to take us from depraved to saved, surrendered, and sent.

Sending on Mission Isaiah 6:1-8 Rev. Brian Bill June 7-8, 2025 “This is holy ground because I’m looking at the Bride of Christ. You are part of the most multilingual, multicultural, diverse, and sacrificial entity in the world, and you’ve been sent to the little, the least, the left out, and the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Sour Grapes

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jul 29, 2019

A study in the book of Jeremiah 31: 1 – 40

Jeremiah 31: 1 – 40 Sour Grapes 1 “At the same time,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people.” 2 Thus says the LORD: “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness—Israel, when I went to give him rest.” 3 The LORD has appeared ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Houston, We Have A Problem

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jun 27, 2019

A study in the Gospel of Matthew 27: 27 – 66

Matthew 27: 27 – 66 Houston, we have a problem 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole garrison around Him. 28 And they stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. 29 When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:52

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

How To Turn Your Problems Into Possibilities

Contributed by Adrian Rogers on Aug 30, 2011

Introduction Find please, the Book of Nehemiah.

Introduction Find please, the Book of Nehemiah. And, we’re beginning, now, a series through this book. I want us to notice what I consider to be the verse that sets the tone for the book, in Nehemiah chapter 2 and verse 20. We’ll look at that verse; and then, we’ll go back to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Justice For All Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2009

1) Boaz’s preparation for court action, (2) the transcript of the court proceedings, & (3) Boaz’s response to the outcome of the court proceedings.

This week saw the conviction of Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb receiving sentences of seven and six years in jail, respectively, by an Ontario Superior Court judge for their orchestrating a massive accounting fraud at theatre company Livent Inc. This has been a drama playing out for the past ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 4:1-10

Denomination: Other