Sermons on Love Lasting:

Extreme Love

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Feb 24, 2019

Jesus calls us to an extreme love, to even love our enemies. He calls us to lay down our rights for revenge, and shows us that God has already given us that kind of love, while we were God's enemy.

Luke 6:27-36 Extreme Love [Please contact me at kerry.n.haynes@gmail.com for sermon outline in Word.] Today’s passage is a tough one; that’s why I chose it, so I could better understand it myself. Is Jesus saying we are to give in to bullies? Is he taking away our right to self-defense? Is the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-36, Matthew 5:38-48, Exodus 22:25-27

Denomination: Baptist

Ruthless Love Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Sep 27, 2013

Loyalty, Friendship, Love, Sacrifice

Ruth 1:16-18 (p. 182) September 29, 2013 Introduction: Loyalty is the characteristic of never giving up. Never quitting – no matter how bad things get. No matter how hard things are – (Show Video of John and Ann Betar – 1:37) 80+ years together...good times, bad times, ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:16-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Real Love

Contributed by Greg Burcham on Feb 12, 2017

This sermon explores our experience with Love and emphasizes the standard for love, God's love.

Love In just a few days, we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day, or St. Valentine’s Day. A made up Holiday by the candy, flower, and greeting card industry designed to make husbands and boyfriends feel guilty and penniless. From what I see every Valentine’s Day, the restaurant and ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

Act In Love

Contributed by Barnabas Park on Feb 15, 2021

The reasons to stop passing judgment on one another There reasons to “ACT IN LOVE” To act in love means we see the person as someone for whom Christ died.

Act in Love (Romans 14:13-15) 13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. 14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:13-15, Romans 14:1-12, 2 Corinthians 5:14-17, 1 John 4:16-17

Denomination: Baptist

Sick Love

Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 26, 2025

2 Samuel 13

SICK LOVE (2 SAMUEL 13:1-22) According to a team of scientists led by Dr. Helen Fisher at Rutgers, love can be broken down into three categories: lust, attraction (not physical), and attachment. Each category is characterized by its own set of hormones stemming from the brain (Table 1). Though ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Fragrance Of Love Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 17, 2021

How is a Christian suppose to smell? According to Paul, he is to smell sweet and pleasant, like the perfume of God in Christ.

Napoleon and Josephine adored violets. She often wore the extremely expensive violet scented perfume as her trade mark. Only the wealthiest people could afford it. When she died in 1814, Napoleon planted violets at her grave, and just before his exile to St. Helena he made a pilgrimage to it. ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 1:1-17

A Special Love

Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Jan 31, 2008

What a great love that He loved us with

A Special Love by Gerald Van Horn Galations 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: never the less I live; but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Introduction: We must always look at salvation from ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Love Expressed

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 12, 2007

A message for a Valentine’s Day celebration.

LOVE EXPRESSED John 21:15-25 INTRO: Do you know who St. Valentine was? St. Valentine, according to tradition, was a priest who lived in Rome about AD 200. He cared. He cared about Christians who were being persecuted. He helped them to the extent that he became imprisoned by the Roman ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Cost Of Love Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jun 2, 2011

Love is free to those who receive it, but it can cost the giver a great deal.

Acts 7:55-60 “The Cost of Love” INTRODUCTION There’s an old saying, “One person’s trash is another’s treasure.” How true this is. This fact of life is what fuels garage sales, thrift stores, and institutions like Goodwill and St Vincent de Paul. Most ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:55-60

Denomination: Lutheran

True Love Series

Contributed by Robert Fox on Dec 22, 2006

Part 3 in series. What is "true love"? Is it biblical? If so, what does the Bible say about it? Student ministry PowerPoint format

[True Love] 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 This material was originally presented in PowerPoint format to a student ministry. If you have questions or would like a copy of the original PowerPoint, drop me an email at robert.fox@alltel.com [True Love] Slide Graphic: shamelessly sentimental pictures of me ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Walk In Love Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 28, 2020

1) The Plea (Ephesians 5:1–2a), 2) The Pattern (Ephesians 5:2b), the warning of 3) The Perversion (Ephesians 5:3–4) and finally the consequences of rejecting the walk in facing 4) The Punishment (Ephesians 5:5–7).

Ephesians 5:1-7 [5:1] Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. [2] And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God[3] But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-7

Denomination: Other

Walk In Love Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 2, 2015

1) The Plea (Ephesians 5:1–2a), 2) The Pattern (Ephesians 5:2b), 3) The Perversion (Ephesians 5:3–4)

The world claims to want love, and love is advocated and praised from every corner. Romantic love especially is touted. Songs, novels, movies, and television serials continually exploit emotional, lustful desire as if it were genuine love. Questing for and fantasizing about the “perfect ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-7

Denomination: Other

Love Well Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 7, 2022

To be able to love well means I have to embrace the 4 letter word “Love” in its original definition and application – Because that word “Love” has been twisted and distorted by this world – But the true meaning of love goes back to God’s meaning of love!

Video Transition Illustration: Love Boldly Bluefish Tv – Maybe we could call rephrase it “Love Well in 2022” The challenge for 2022 – Are you willing to commit to “Love Well” this new year? Poem: I am the New Year. I am an unspoiled page in your book of time. I am your next chance at the art of ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35, John 4:7-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Keep On Loving Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 21, 2005

The series of instructions at the end of Hebrews can be summed up in this command: Keep on loving each other as brothers. Keep on loving those in need, your family, your church leaders, and the gospel of Christ.

Keep on Loving Hebrews 13 (Hebrews 12 unavailable) SCRIPTURE READING: Hebrews 13:1-8 INTRODUCTION: We’ve reached the end of the book of Hebrews. It ends with a series of final instructions. Maybe you remember getting final instructions --- the kind of thing you call out as someone drives ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:1-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God's Love

Contributed by Mark Elkins on Jun 28, 2003

Understanding that God is love. True love isn’t an emotion, it is God! And God’s love transcends everything. Nothing can keep God’s love from anyone!

A couple had been married for fifty years. “Things have really changed,” she said. “You used to sit so close to me.” “Well I can remedy that,” he said moving close to her on the couch. “And you used to hold me tight,” she said. “How’s that,” he said as he gave her a big hug. “ Do you remember ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-19

Denomination: Baptist