Sermons on Love Husbands:

God Is Love

Contributed by Christopher Decker on Dec 28, 2006

John gives us a message of God’s love after being connected to Jesus ministry.

April 30, 2006 There are times as a pastor when I look at the readings on the back of the bulletin and think…how am I ever going to craft a sermon out of this? The selections don’t speak to me and don’t seem relevant to the lives of the church or people. But then there are times when I read the ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Christmas Love Series

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Dec 30, 2006

If you want to grasp true joy during the Christmas season it is imperative that you catch the significance in how God showed love by giving Christ. God gave His Son and Christ came willingly—true expressions of sacrificial love.

Turn Your Bibles to Luke 2:1-7 Title: Christmas Love Theme: The Love of God, Christ Given Series: The Cast of Christmas Listen as I read Luke 2:1-7, “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love Not The World Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Jul 19, 2006

However, there is a love that God hates which John warns us about. It is love for the world. Why are believers not to love the world?

WARNING AGAINST LOVE FOR THE WORLD 1 John 2:12-17 John reveals something about his audience in verses 12-14. John is writing to "little children” because their sins are forgiven. Note that verses 12 and 13 use two different words. Verse 12 refers to all believers as the word means literally ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Love In Action

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Jul 31, 2006

The fullness of living in the love of Christ requires faith AND action in his name.

Love in Action I John 3:16-24 May 7, 2006 There was this girl who called her boyfriend one day and asked him to come over to her house because she needed some help. She had started to put together a jigsaw puzzle and she just couldn’t get it. She had been working on it all afternoon and hadn’t ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16-24

Denomination: Methodist

Love And Dogma

Contributed by William Mouser on Aug 2, 2006

The Bible, particularly Jesus, puts together two ideas which the world would always keep seperate: love and dogma. This sermon argues they must always go together.

Psalm 33, Isaiah 45:11 – 19, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:9-17 The Bible puts two things together that modern man would never in a million years put together. We see them both in the gospel and the epistle appointed for today. On one hand there is something in both the gospel and the epistle which ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

"Where Is The Love?"

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Aug 20, 2006

Evangelistic sermon looking at John 3:16. Where is the love?

Where is the love? It was the American band the Black eyed peas who had the best selling hit of 2005 in the UK entitled "where is the love?" It real is the growing cry of people from all walks of life noticing the futility and horror of life not just globally but individually. More ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

The Importance Of Love

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Sep 7, 2006

Love is important because it is essential, expressive, and eternal.

THE IMPORTANCE OF LOVE 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (NRSV) 1/ If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2/ And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Love Slaves

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2006

Jesus’ time of crucifixion was drawing near and here he sat, with his leadership team for the future who still didn’t get it – talk about a desperate and seemingly fruitless reality. Since none moved, Jesus did it. The towel that Jesus wrapped around him

Most of you will be familiar with the term and concept of servant-leadership. It is not a new concept of course. Corporate North America didn’t come up with it and the bright minds of the world didn’t phrase it as a new discovery. One of the Army’s earliest references to servant-leadership is that ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-17

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Debt Of Love

Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 22, 2006

If you can write out your love for the Lord in a nice, neat little paragraph, you probably don’t understand your love for the Lord. The difficulty with love is the inability to express adequately in words how you feel.

If you had to describe your love for the Lord, how would you do it? Could you find in the proper words to express your passion and appreciation for the Lord? If you can write out your love for the Lord in a nice, neat little paragraph, you probably don’t understand your love for the Lord. The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

God's Love

Contributed by Carl Allen on Oct 4, 2006

With humanity so confused about love, who is to say what love is? The answer is God! One of the simplest and yet most profound definitions of love is found in 1 John 4: "God is love."

READ 1 John 4:7-21 "God is love" ought to fill our hearts with warmth and hope. But we need to understand this rightly. "God is love" does not mean, that "love is God." It has accurately been said that "love does not define God, but God defines love." Love in modern society bears no resemblance ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Loving Community Series

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 23, 2006

this is the 2nd in the series of the purpose driven Church entitled Loving community.

A loving community John 15:1.17 /Acts 4:32 Our Church statement is that we are a Church building community where everybody is somebody and Jesus Christ is Lord. That will only be a reality when reqal love is expressed to one another and others around us. When Brandon Moody visited his uncles ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Limitations Of Love

Contributed by Danny Anderson on Oct 27, 2006

The reality of our lives in Christ is this: we have been set free! We have been set free from our old way of life. We have been set free from the power of sin. We are no longer in bondage to it. And we have been set free to enjoy life and to enjoy it more

The Limitations of Love Text: I Corinthians 8:1-13 Introduction: The reality of our lives in Christ is this: we have been set free! We have been set free from our old way of life. We have been set free from the power of sin. We are no longer in bondage to it. And we have been set free to enjoy life ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Love's Memorial

Contributed by Ed Wood on Nov 1, 2006

A Lord’s Supper Devotional to be used before communion.

LOVE’S MEMORIAL 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 INTRO: The immediate setting for the first observance of the Lord=s Supper was the Jewish Passover. This was an annual feast of remembrance. Its purpose was to com¬memorate the passing over by the death angel of Jewish families in Egypt, prior to the Exodus. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: Baptist

Discover Love Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Nov 5, 2006

The Psalmist God’s steadfast love in our lives. The truth of God’s steadfast love empowers us, and provides us comfort and hope

Psalm 136:1-26 “Discover Love” INTRODUCTION Thanksgiving will soon be upon us. This day, which has become encased in over eating and college football, has giving thanks for God’s blessings at its core. I want to take the month of November and examine the great blessings that God has poured ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 136:1-26

Denomination: Lutheran

Love 360 Series

Contributed by Wes Humble on Nov 10, 2006

Learning to love like Jesus

Love 360° Last week we studied together what it meant to live like Jesus lived. This week we are looking at loving like Jesus loved. Love is intimidating. It is the most mystical and heavenly expression of the Kingdom you can know. And of course, Jesus set the bar very high when it comes to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40

Denomination: *other