Sermons on Loving Lost:

Kindness

Contributed by Greg Nance on Sep 13, 2001

When God’s people fail to practice kindness, they fail to be God’s people. Unkindness is as unChristlike as any doctrinal error. Love is kind.

Kindness September 9, 2001 Kindness shows respect for the dignity of man as one who is created in God’s image. It is a way of showing reverence to God himself. Prov 12:10 A righteous man cares for the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 2 Samuel 9:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What God Wants Us To Hear About Loving Our Neighbors

Contributed by Matthew Doebler on Mar 11, 2003

Who’s the real good Samaritan and what can we learn from him?

So often, people hear only what they want to hear. Take my father, for instance. He is actually deaf in one ear and hearing impaired in the other. However, he still hears only what he wants to hear. We call it “Selective Hearing Loss.” For instance, if you call for him, he often won’t hear you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Lutheran

God's Letter Of Recommendation

Contributed by Mark Adams on Oct 21, 2006

This sermon relies heavily on a visual illustration. It is based on the passage in 2 Cor. 3 which says we are letters from God. It calls for serious dedication to living for Christ.

______________________________________________________ NOTE: This sermon relies heavily upon a visual illustration. It’s based on Paul’s statement that we are a ’letter from Christ’. Here is a description of the visual I made for this lesson: Before the sermon, I prepared a manilla envelope, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Be My Valentine

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Apr 27, 2008

John 3:16 God’s Valentine

Be My Valentine John 3:16 I was thinking about love this week. No because I wanted too ,but because Dorothy suggested that tit would be a good topic this week. Since Valentines day is just a few days away. I thought back to my elementary school days down in Douglasville. Beulah Elementary ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Congregational

A Panic Postcard! Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jan 21, 2013

2 John seems to have been written hurriedly to warn a woman of the danger of walking in love without also walking in truth and thus aiding and abetting those who taught error. This study looks at this little "postcard."

A Panic Postcard Series: New Testament Postcards Chuck Sligh January 20, 2013 TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to 2 John. INTRODUCTION In one of his sermons titled What About the Foundation?, Ravi Zacharias tells this story: A few weeks ago, I did a lectureship at Ohio State University. As I was ...read more

Scripture: 2 John 1:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

"Fixed Up"

Contributed by Brad Henry on Jul 28, 2011

We have fear in our lives because we don't know God's perfect love for us.This lesson will help you understand how to allow that love into our lives.

Thank you for all your prayers yesterday. One of my prayers was that I would be able to write to you this morning. Amen thank you Lord. So many of you prayed for me that I was overwhelmed by your kindness and prayers. I got to the hospital at 6:45 but they didn’t operate on me till 9:30. But ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:16-18

Final Greetings Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 25, 2012

In today's lesson we learn about the marks of love in the church.

Scripture We continue our study in The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. One of the challenges that Christians face is the issue of love in the church. Let us read about it in 1 Corinthians 16:15-24: 15 Now I urge you, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:15-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Seeking God Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Mar 11, 2022

The healing of the invalid shows that God seeks out the lost to save them.

INTRODUCTION • Imagine that you have some disability, one from which you have suffered from most of your life, it not all of it. • You have tried everything and every treatment, as well as some that are off the books. • You hear about a special pool where you can go to be healed, but there is a ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Ultimate Wilderness Guide

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on May 15, 2023

Lack of belief is a sin because if you don't understand that reunion with God is the purpose of life, you will wind up lost. Literally.

I was 8 years old when my family moved to Brazil. Everything changed: language, food, customs, weather. And one of the things that I at least did not expect was the absence of school buses. If Dad couldn’t take us we had to take public transportation: a taxi, a tram, a bus. We usually took a city ...read more

Scripture: John 16:4-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Original Home Alone

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 13, 2024

Jesus was left behind at His Father's House by Mary and Joseph after the Festival. How often do we leave Jesus behind as well? Why did Jesus stay behind? Find out.

12.29.24 Luke 2:41–52 (EHV) 41 Every year his parents traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Festival. 43 When the days had ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-52

Denomination: Lutheran

Pass It On-Priorities

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Apr 21, 2018

Put God first above all things to reach God’s Ideal!

Title: Pass It On-Priorities Date: 5/25/2014 Place: BLCC Text: Genesis 22.1-14 CT: Put God first above all things to reach God’s Ideal! FAS: Father 'Replaces God' with His Hobby At the age of 47, the writer William Giraldi's father died tragically in a motorcycle accident. Giraldi's father was a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14

Denomination: Christian Church

Anger Part 3 Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Oct 12, 2017

Part three of this series demonstrates how even our righteous anger , depending on how we deal with it, can cause us to sin against God.

Anger – Part 3 Scriptures: Ephesians 4:26-32; 5:1-2; Numbers 20:1-12; Matthew. 17:1-4 Introduction This message is part 3 of my series on anger. Last week I told you that there are people who have gotten angry on their jobs, spoke out their supervisors and got fired. These same people ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 20:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Take Courage. Series

Contributed by John Gullick on Jul 14, 2003

A sermon that takes heart from the teaching of Hebrews chapter 5. It shows how this chapter can increase our courage.

It wasn’t an easy task. The best runners in the world were there - world record holder Roger Moens, Ernie Cunliffe, George Kerr, Christian Waegli, Istvan Rozsavoelgyi, Jerry Siebert, Bulyshev, Balke, Murphy, Matuschewski, Schmidt. Any one of these could be the winner. High up in the pressbox ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 5:1-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Learning To Accept One Another Series

Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 13, 2004

So what is the Joseph effect? For Joseph it wasn’t about labor (carpentry), it was about love. Life is about love.

18 This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. 19Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Apostle John The Beloved

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jun 8, 2003

The Apostle John’s life is an example of the Christian Life in Spiritual Growth and Maturity. In John’s life we see three levels of maturity.

Apostle John’s the Beloved -Growth in Spiritual Maturity- Introduction Jesus called 12 men of different personalities, passions and skills to follow Him and become His disciples. We call them Apostles because Jesus commissioned and sent them out as His Missionaries to preach, teach, baptize and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:13-19

Denomination: Free Methodist