Sermons on Losing A Loved One:

All For One And One For All Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Nov 4, 2007

This message was preached to help our congregation se the beauty of being a church that works together to reach our community for Christ.

“All for One and One for All” Ephesians 4:1-16 If you are a sports fan then there have been plenty of games to watch to keep you busy. The baseball playoffs, the world series coming up. Plenty of football also. Until Thursday night we had the #2 football team in the nation right here in Tampa. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Love It Up! Series

Contributed by Todd Fetters on Feb 26, 2003

God, our Heavenly Father, commands that His children are to love one another deeply.

INTRODUCTION: The Difference between Mediocrity & Greatness in the Church 1. Just before Jesus told His disciples that the world would hate them (John 15:18—“If the world hates you, keep in mind it hated me first”), He commanded them to “love one another just as He had loved them. The Apostle Peter ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-23

Denomination: Brethren

Matchless Love

Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 12, 2004

This is a devotional written for our church newsletter on the love Christ has for each one of us

Matchless Love Ephesians 3:18-19 Do you understand what it means to know that Jesus loves you? 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:18-19

Denomination: Church Of God

A Mother's Love

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 5, 2005

Hannah, one of the "greats" in the OT shows us how we can succeed in adversity

Dymchurch 05-03-05 Hannah - an OT Great! 1 Samuel 1:1-28 and 2:11 Today is Mothering Sunday, the day when we thank God for giving us the one person, on this earth who generally has had the greatest impact on our lives. Question: Can anyone tell me what ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Denomination: Anglican

Demonstrating Love Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 19, 2020

Serve one another, even your enemies, and so demonstrate that you follow Jesus.

Robert Holmes, in his book God’s Man, describes a man who went home with his friend for dinner. The man was impressed by the way his friend entered the house, asked his wife how her day went, and told her she looked pretty. Then, after they embraced, she served dinner. After they ate, the husband ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-35

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Love Triangle PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 28, 2023

Guide us in shifting from a self-centered life to one that prioritizes God and others.

Good morning, Church family. It's a joy to be with you today. We're going to be delving into the book of James, specifically chapter 4, verses 1 to 6. Oscar Wilde once said, "Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live." I believe this quote ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-6

Topics: Selfishness, Godliness

No One Likes A Hating God Series

Contributed by Troy Luttrell on May 5, 2014

This sermon seeks to answer the questions, "Does God hate me?" "What does it mean for God to hate?"

Ill: “Don’t be hating on me.” Author Anne Lamott – “You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people that you do.” Background: • Reading of 1 John 4:7-8 & Malachi 1:2-3. • When ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 1:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Out Of Many Comes One

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Dec 26, 2020

This message is about how individual Church members are given gifts that are needed within the Church body to ensure the Church accomplishes what Christ has called us to do without jealousy.

Out of Many Comes One Borg Christians Scripture: First Corinthians 12:4-30 In my message last week I shared with you that Jesus’ birth was a gift of love from God. He came so that we could have a Father-child relationship with God that was broken when Adam sinned. With that gift the door was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Diverse Yet One Blood

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 30, 2024

All men are my temporal brothers through the Creation. Some men are my eternal brothers through the new Creation.

Is it not amazing that we love and admire the diversity the Lord gave us in fauna and flora, but get crazy in the small diversity He made in humans with only one color with varying shades. Asians have 2% more fat in their eye area causing their eyes to look different. SO for that people have hated ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:20, Acts 17:26

Denomination: Baptist

One Faith One People Series

Contributed by Steven Chapman on Oct 5, 2015

The oneness we find in Christ Jesus obliterates the social constructs that we have developed to define who is in and who is out ... who is part and who is to be left out ... who is like us and who is different for He makes us one. Connection to "Woodlawn"

One year ago, racial tensions had stirred to the boiling point in Ferguson, MO. Riots had overtaken this St. Louis suburb in the wake of what was portrayed to be an execution of Michael Brown by a white police officer. As momentum built behind the movement it seemed to no longer matter what the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Loved In Truth Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 27, 2010

Christians are taught to love one another. However, what is it that causes us to love one another? How shall we love? John gives us a glimpse of the love we are to have in this brief letter to a man named Gaius.

“The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. “Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 1:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Chapter Four Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 20, 2014

1 John: Chapter Four Doctrinal Test of Spirits (1-6)

1 John: Chapter Four Doctrinal Test of Spirits (1-6) John addresses the recipients again as beloved, his favorite term of endearment. The context here is the uncritical acceptance of any and all supernatural phenomena. He gives them a test to determine origin of spirit, whether it is of God or of ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:1-21, 1 John 4:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Study On Epistle Of Ephesians Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Dec 21, 2013

Introduction to Ephesians

EPHESIANS Read: Ephesians 1:1-2 Introduction to the Church at Ephesus: Jesus Vs Diana: Located at the western edge of Asia Minor, with easy access to the Aegean Sea, It was at its height in the 1st and 2nd centuries, a rich heritage of wealth, philosophy and Roman law. Most attractive was the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-2

Denomination: Methodist

The Call To Live Together In Unity Post Election

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Nov 18, 2020

Nations are deeply divided over politics, the appropriate response to COVID-19, racial and ethnic justice, and many other issues. Not even the church is a safe place from the divisiveness. How do we live together in this “very good and pleasant” way that the psalmist celebrates?

Sermon: The Call To Live Together in Unity! Scripture Lesson: Psalm 133:1-3 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 133:1-3, John 8:31-32, John 13:35

Denomination: Methodist

Membership: Living Out The One-Anothers Series

Contributed by Chris Baker on Nov 24, 2020

A sermon on membership and the One Anothers of the New Testament

Good morning, church! I invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 3. I have been looking forward to this day for months. We’re beginning a sermon series on the church today. We believe the church is a body, not a building. You are this church. This is a building where the church meets, but a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:8-12