Sermons on Locked Doors:

Mercy In Action Series

Contributed by Duane Wente on Oct 13, 2025

Through the parable of the Good Samaritan, we’ll see that mercy is more than a feeling—it’s compassion in action. God’s mercy meets us new every morning, and we are called to extend that same mercy to others in tangible ways.

### **Introduction** Video Ill.: Sermon Bumper - Shortened Music Lyric Video - Less Like Me by Zach Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hawc0emHq8c Last week we began our series Less Like Me: More Like Jesus, based on the song Less Like Me by Zach Williams. We talked about humility—how John ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37, James 2:15-16, Ephesians 2:4-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I'm With You PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 11, 2025

God’s presence and promise give us courage to face opposition and uncertainty, reminding us that prayer shapes our lives and God stands with us always.

Some weeks feel like a wrestling match. You wake up with a knot in your stomach, step into the day with a brave face, and still hear the whispers of worry: What if this doesn’t work? What if they don’t understand? What if I’m not enough? You’ve felt the headwinds—critics at the office, tension at ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:19

Topics: Victory

Patience Is A Virtue PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 14, 2025

Trusting God in seasons of waiting, we cultivate patience and steadfast hearts, confident that He is working and His promises will be fulfilled in His perfect timing.

Friends, if your calendar has been crammed with waiting—waiting on a phone call, waiting on a breakthrough, waiting on the fog to lift—then you are in good company today. The Bible does not blush about the ache of “How long, Lord?” It speaks straight to the heart that beats a little faster when the ...read more

Scripture: James 5:7-8

Topics: Patience, Endurance

Your Birthing Season PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 29, 2025

God uses prayer and waiting to prepare us for new beginnings, inviting us to trust His timing and embrace the fresh work He is doing.

Some mornings feel like the air itself is holding its breath. You can sense that change is near, like the hush before a symphony begins or the split second before a seed splits and sends up a tender green shoot. If you’ve been waiting, watching, and wondering, you’re in good company. The God who ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 42:9

Topics: Dreams, Visions

Have You Seen Jesus?

Contributed by Michael Thomas on Sep 6, 2001

Message on "Doubting Thomas" Seeeing Jesus

Have You Seen Jesus? Video presentation (Acts video Day after Resurrection) Question: Have you seen Jesus? I’m not talking about physically seeing him because we won’t see Jesus physically again until the day comes for His return. In that day every eye shall see, every knee shall bow, every tongue ...read more

Scripture: John 20:26-29

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Mission: Impossible Grace

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Sep 24, 2001

Encouragement to encounter Christ’s grace and to go forth in His mission

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE GRACE Matt.9:9-13 By Andrew Chan, Senior Pastor, PBC Sept.23, 2001 PM Contemporary Service The old saying goes "truth is stranger than fiction." And, there are many stories in our newspapers and on television that bear out that statement. Some of my favorite examples are "dumb ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Mothers, Hands And Nails

Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 17, 2001

Reflection on how God loves us with the imagery of mothers, hands and nails.

Sermon Notes on “Mothers, Hands and Nails” Mother’s Day 2001 Pilgrim Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, And will have mercy on His afflicted. But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, And ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 49:13-16

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Jesus Is The Reason For The Season

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Dec 13, 2001

This sermon is about making room for Jesus in the Inn of our hearts.

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON Text: Luke 2:1-7 "On February 24, 1948, one of the most unusual operations in medical history took place in Ohio State University’s department of research surgery. A stony sheath was removed from around the heart of Harry Besharra, a man thirty years of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: United Methodist

We Need A Lamb!

Contributed by Edward Frey on Jan 18, 2002

Jesus is the sacrifice that has won our redemption.

A tourist visited a church in Germany and was surprised to see the carved figure of a lamb near the top of the church’s tower. He asked why it was there and was told that when the church was being built, a workman fell from a high scaffold. His co-workers rushed down, expecting to find him dead. ...read more

Scripture: John 1:29-41

Denomination: Lutheran

How To Worry Well Series

Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Oct 27, 2009

How do we live fearless lives as Christians? God’s heart is that we not just survive, but thrive (adapted from a series taughty by Pastor Larry Osborne, North Coast Church).

Introduction Fearless the series continues- last installment. We will be addressing the topic of worry today. Much to worry about today and even be fearful of. How do we master our fears/concerns as Christians? How do we worry well? Do you know someone who worries? Do you worry? What do you worry ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9

Denomination: Charismatic

The Road Of Doubt That Leads To The Ditch Of Unbelief Series

Contributed by Bryan Crumpler on Oct 2, 2009

A warning to the church about doubt and unbelief

Warnings from Hebrews The road of doubt that leads to the ditch of unbelief. Bryan Crumpler INTRO: WE NEED TO LISTEN TO WARNINGS Illustration of warnings 1. Americans are getting warned to death. Manufactures are growing increasingly wary of being sued when their products are misused, so ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Chained Up But Not Chained In

Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 10, 2005

The eighth sermon in a Fall 2005 series through Acts

(To the reader: I created the following dramatic reading for this sermon. I recorded it onto a CD and then played it during the worship service. I portrayed Peter writing his account of the event to Timothy several years after it occurred as the CD played.) My Dear Timothy, I am sorry to hear of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:1-5

Denomination: Church Of God

Tune Up For Judgment Day

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 14, 2005

Stay ready for Judgment Day by feeding your faith through God’s Word.

Are you ready for winter? Have you tried on your snow boots to make sure they still fit? Have you taken your car in for a tune-up to make sure your battery and antifreeze are still good and that you have the right kind of oil for cold weather? Although it takes time to do all these things, it pays ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

From Fear To Courage To Perseverance

Contributed by Chris Tiller on Nov 19, 2005

Falling deeper in love with Jesus (from knowledge about him, to conviction that he lives, to identification with his suffering) moves us from fear to courage to perseverance.

This passage in Acts 5 describes the third time that the apostles risked arrest because of their association with Jesus. The first time that the apostles stood and faced arrest, they didn’t… That is, they didn’t stand, they turned and ran. And they didn’t face their opponents, they scattered ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:17-42

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Much Grace Was Upon Them All

Contributed by Chris Tiller on Dec 14, 2005

First, Jesus is alive. Really alive. Abundantly alive. Second, because Jesus is alive, a new community of people is formed-—people who demonstrate the reality and power of the risen Christ in their life together. Real life. Abundant life.

When Jesus walked the earth—teaching, and preaching, and healing—-strange things happened. Not strange as in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. More like strange as in counter-intuitive. Strange as in turning upside-down what everyone knew to be true about how the world worked—what was important and ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed