Sermons on Love Does Not Delight In Evil:

Are You A Loving Person?

Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 11, 2006

John doesn’t leave room in the kingdom of God for anyone who does not love his brother.

Are you a loving person? Do you see yourself as someone who people would describe as loving? I’m not talking about warm and fuzzy, but loving… stubborn, sacrificial, I care about you and what is best for you and will do whatever I can to see that you get it– loving. As we look at God – what about ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love, Christ And Marriage

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Feb 12, 2014

How does the Lord's instruction through Paul demonstrate the dynamics of the relationship that husbands should have with their wives?

This coming Friday is Valentine’s day. Love, love, love; all we need is love! How many husbands plan on getting a present for their wife on Valentine’s Day? Visa Versa? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO TO MARRY? You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-33

Denomination: Nazarene

As Christ Loved The Church

Contributed by Sylvan Finger on May 14, 2025

Theme: How does the image of marriage (according to Paul) show us the relationship between Christ and the church?

O Lord, let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. If you are asked to submit to someone, how do you picture this happening? You probably think of obeying someone who is above you. Someone who has more authority than you. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33

Denomination: Lutheran

"love Never Fails"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jan 30, 2019

A sermon about embodying God's Love.

“Love Never Fails” 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 When I was a Junior in high school, some friends of mine and I were hanging out in a local park, smoking dope and drinking beer. And we started talking about the future--what we were going to do after high school. One of my friends, Jim, spoke and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

1 Corithians 13 Part 1: Love Is Patient, Kind And Does Not Envy Series

Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004

A look at the begining of 1 Corithians 13 and love is patient, kind and does not envy.

Introduction Love. The Beatles sang the song, All You Need is Love. Perhaps in light of 1 Corinthians 13 they were not too far from the truth. This morning we looked at what it means for God to be love and then what that means for us. We looked at the background to 1 Corinthians 13, to see where ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Holiness

The Unity Of Love

Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 13, 2023

Paul's desire was that the Church would be unified, but what does that look like? We live in a time when the church seems fragmented and divided, and that is affecting who we reach and don't reach people.

The Unity of Love If nothing else, you need to love the sixties and seventies for their awesome sense of style. The band was “The Brotherhood of Man,” the year was 1970, and the message of the song was spelled out in its title “United we stand, divided we fall.” Interesting tidbit about the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

Denomination: Wesleyan

Elijah's Miracle At Carmel Series

Contributed by Brady Boyd on Oct 4, 2023

Evil does not have the final word.

1st Kings 18 Elijah’s Miracle at Carmel 1st Kings 18:25-39 NIV Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”26 So they took the bull which was given them, and they ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:25-39, John 2:23, John 6:14, John 14:11-14, James 5:16-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Love And The Great Flood Series

Contributed by Roberta Karchner on Jun 26, 2019

In the face of overwhelming evil, God chose to redeem the world through Noah and his family.

Scriptures of the day: Genesis 6:11-20, Genesis 7:6-16, Psalm 5 Opening Intro: First of all, as we focus on Genesis, I have already received questions about the hows of things that went on there at the beginning of time. I want to remind all of you of something we discussed last week about ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:11-20, Genesis 7:6-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Your Love Quotient Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 20, 2005

The greatest commandment is to love God, and the second is to love people. What does it mean to truly love God with all our heart?

It is not easy to sum up all the commandments that govern life in one or two sentences, but Jesus did it. It is amazing! Think about it. If you get these commands right, you’ll get the rest right. Jesus says (in Matthew’s version), “All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Complete Love

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 21, 2020

Do we love God completely? How do we love God with our whole heart, soul, strength and mind? What does it mean to love our neighbor as ourselves? Let’s examine the more complete love taught by Jesus in Matthew 22:34-46.

Do we love God completely? How do we love God with our whole heart, soul, strength and mind? What does it mean to love our neighbor as ourselves? Let’s examine the more complete love taught by Jesus in Matthew 22:34-46. Matthew 22:34-36 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-46

Denomination: Baptist

Love Each Other?

Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Oct 1, 2005

How do we love as God does? What is real love? How do we love each other? questions we will try to answer.

John 13:34&35 Love Each other? Did God create everything that exists? Does evil exist? Did God create evil? A University professor at a well known institution of higher learning challenged his students with this question. "Did God create everything that exists?" A student bravely replied, "Yes ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Them?

Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Feb 24, 2020

Loving God. I can do. Loving your neighbor. I will try, especially if they are fellow Christians. Loving your enemy. I don't if I can do that. How does a person love their enemy?

Love Them? (Matt. 5:43-48) Intro: A. I want to start this lesson with a word found at the end of our reading. It’s the word “perfect.” “You therefore must be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.” That calling seems to be impossible, so how could Jesus call upon us to be at the level ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48, Romans 12:14-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Good Out Of Evil Part2 Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 12, 2021

We cannot know the value of any experience at the time of experiencing it. There is no way to know if that which makes us cry now will be one of our most precious blessings in the future.

A tornado came sweeping across the prairie of Minnesota destroying everything in its path. When it struck Rochester, Minnesota, hundreds of people were injured, and 23 were killed. It was a tragedy, yet millions of people have been thankful for what God did to bring much good out of that tragic ...read more

Scripture: James 1:12

Love And Good Deeds

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Nov 12, 2012

We are called to spur one another on to love and good deeds

“Love & Good Deeds” Hebrews 10 - October 14, 2012 Turn with me in your bibles to Hebrews 10. We have been going through the book of Hebrews, and we are camping out for a month looking at the five calls to us given here in chapter 10. The book of Hebrews is a book of the Bible written ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Justice And The Exceedingly Abundant Love Of God

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Apr 26, 2021

There is a growing belief that God does not need to punish people for sin...

There is a growing belief that God does not need to punish people for sin and that His just wrath is directed specifically against all the ungodly behavior and unrighteousness of humanity that is damaging them, hurting them, causing them to sin against each other, and anything that is contrary to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:3-5, 2 Corinthians 2:14-16, Colossians 3:12-15, 1 Timothy 1:14-17, Hebrews 6:4-6, John 3:36, Luke 6:31, Jeremiah 17:9, Isaiah 55:8-9, Ephesians 2:4-8, Proverbs 6:19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational