Sermons on Mad Man:

The First Promise Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 20, 2014

What would you say to a man who was afraid of dying? A man who knew his death was just months away but couldn't handle that truth? Would you be able to turn his fear into hope?

OPEN: I recently listened to a man named Chris tell of visiting his relatives in Kokomo, Indiana. One night his family took him out to and treated him to a special meal at the Texas Roadhouse restaurant. Sometime during the evening, Chris got up and went into the bathroom, and while he was there ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:11-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Be A Servant After God’s Own Heart Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 10, 2026

Why was David a man after God's own heart... but Saul wasn't? And what can that tell me about how I can be a man after God's own heart?

I never thought about it before, but our culture talks a lot about our HEARTS. For example: If we want to have an intimate and personal talk with someone, we say that we want to have a “heart-to-heart”. If we’ve had a really good day, we might say that we are feeling “Lighthearted.” If we know ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 78:70-72, Acts 13:22, 1 Samuel 13:14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Blindness To Blessings

Contributed by Senior Pastor Ndayiragije-Misigaro Joel on Dec 30, 2022

It is very critical if not disastrous to fall into lusting because it places one in denial and refusal to see reality. When God created man and breathed the breath of life into the nostril. Man became a human being or a living soul and not a human doing

BLINDNESS TO BLESSINGS written by Pastor Ndayiragije-Misigaro Joel December 30, 2022 Reading: Numbers 11:6 “But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.” INTRODUCTION It is very critical if not disastrous to fall into lusting because it places one ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 11:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Wedding Message

Contributed by Michael Stark on Jul 4, 2023

A message presented at the wedding of a young man who was born during a previous pastorate. The young man, now twenty-five years of age, is a vibrant follower of Christ as is his bride. I was privileged to be invited to share in this special event.

Would [the parents of the bride], and [the parents of the groom], please stand. You have acknowledged that your children are a heritage from the Lord, and you have faithfully given of yourselves to bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Now, they have come to a time of mature ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-30

Denomination: Baptist

Quit Being A Quitter

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 30, 2022

When Sir Winston Churchill was a young man, he attended a preparatory school, and although he was in the lower third of his class, he graduated and went on to the university.

After a successful military career and after having been elected Prime Minister of England twice, near the end of his life he was invited back to Harrow (the preparatory school) to address the students. His coming was announced, and all the students awaited the arrival of this great orator. The ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:24

Denomination: Baptist

Quit Being A Quitter

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 8, 2022

When Sir Winston Churchill was a young man, he attended a preparatory school, and although he was in the lower third of his class, he graduated and went on to the university.

After a successful military career and after having been elected Prime Minister of England twice, near the end of his life he was invited back to Harrow (the preparatory school) to address the students. His coming was announced, and all the students awaited the arrival of this great orator. The ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:24

Denomination: Baptist

The Fires Of Anger Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 30, 2015

God hates it when we lose our temper. But how do we stop doing that? What does God tell us we can do to get rid of our anger?

There’s a story about an actor who was playing the part of Christ in a Passion Play.As he carried the cross up the hill a tourist began to heckle him,and make fun of him, and shouted insults at him. Finally, the actor had taken all of it he could take. He threw down his cross, walked over ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus Opens The Eyes Of The Blind

Contributed by Eric Vertein on Mar 4, 2005

By the healing of a man born blind, Jesus shows that he is the Son of God. That opens our eyes! But for some it just leads to further blindness.

John 9:1-7,13-17,34-39 3rd Sunday in Lent – A February 27, 2005 #091 John 9:1-7,13-17,34-39 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-39

Denomination: Lutheran

Joseph Of Arimathea The Corageous Coward Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 18, 2021

It took the crisis of the cross to change his cowardice into courage. Sometimes it takes a crisis to bring out a man's true faith.

A fireman who was half dead from exhaustion and smoke inhalation, with face dirty and uniform covered with grime, staggers past the crowd and is almost deafened by their shouts and cheers for him. He has just come from a burning building where, at the risk of his life, he climbed to the third ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:37-47

The Journey To Calvary Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 7, 2003

The cross is about a holy God, a sinful people, and the God-man Savior, Jesus Christ, providing reconciliation between God and man by providing the ultimate sacrifice for sin. In order to better understand the events of Calvary, we can look at some of the

The Journey to Calvary (Mark 15:21, Luke 23:26-31, John 19:19-22) INTRO 1. Calvin Miller said, "One cannot even begin to understand the life of Christ without understanding His death." 2. JUST FOR YOU In Peggy Noonan’s book When Character Was King, she tells about a meeting between President ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:21, Luke 23:26-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jairus Daughter

Contributed by Robert Baldwin on Aug 12, 2004

Jairus a ruler of the synagogue, a holy man, one that believed in God. A man acquainted with problems such as his own. There were many from his synagogue over the years that he had tried to comfort when they had lost loved ones.

Jairus Daughter Mark 5:22-24, 35-43 Intro. Jairus a ruler of the synagogue, a holy man, one that believed in God. A man acquainted with problems such as his own. There were many from his synagogue over the years that he had tried to comfort when they had lost loved ones. His daughter lay sick ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:22-43

Denomination: Baptist

Has God's Promise Failed, Or Do His Purposes Stand? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 26, 2004

However complicated it is to harmonize the doctrine of Sovereign Grace (election) with man’s responsibility, the Scriptures hit us over the head with the reality that those who are saved are saved because God chose them apart from anything good in them

Has God’s Promise Failed, Or Do His Purposes Stand? (Romans 9:6-13) 1. We see the Sovereign hand of God in saving people all the time. Take this article about a young man from Turkey: 2. Last time we saw that this section of Romans deals with the Sovereignty of God. 3. Paul has begun answering ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:6-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Stephen: His Life & His Love Pt. 3; By Dr. E. Winson Butler

Contributed by Winson Butler on Sep 21, 2004

Just because you are following a well marked trail doesn’t mean that whoever made it knew where they were going. Stephen knew who to follow and why. Let’s examine this one man’s Godly example!

Introduction While living in TN we enjoyed visiting Bays Mt. Wolves, beaver, wild life was abundant. Most of all, there were plenty of Mountain trails. One could walk for miles. There was a sign at the entrance that said, "Marked Trails." Those were the ones we took, however one wise member of my ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Victory Over Temptation

Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Aug 19, 2005

Paul was a mighty man of God but like Elijah he was a man with a nature like yours and mine (James 5:17). You may be redeemed in the Blood of the Lamb but you still carry around in your body feet made of clay.

Victory Over Temptation It was the Apostle Paul’s practice to deliver to his hearers that which he received from the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:3-5). Paul was a mighty man of God but like Elijah he was a man with a nature like yours and mine (James 5:17). You may be redeemed in the Blood of the Lamb ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:11-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Prayer Of Jabez

Contributed by John Lowe on May 28, 2012

As for Jabez, he was well intentioned, wealthy, and famous; he was a man of prayer. The best honor that any man can have is to have a relationship with God, and Jabez did, and he has his prayer recorded in the word of God, because it is significant and in

The Prayer of Jabez One of the most popular books on the Christian best seller list is “The Prayer of Jabez.” I haven’t read the book, but I have heard an interview with the author. There are many who believe that this book brings a new revelation, and they put a lot of faith ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Denomination: Baptist