Sermons on Magnified:

Planning Your Life

Contributed by Jason Jones on Apr 23, 2012

A sermon on the importance of prioritizing your life the way that God commands.

.Text: 1 Cor 16:5-12, Title: Planning Your Life, Date/Place: NRBC, 4.22.12, AM Opening illustration: Time management principles Background to passage: Paul is tying up loose ends as many of us would do in extended communication. Most of these things include travel plans and so forth. But ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:5-12

Denomination: Baptist

Salvation Is Here

Contributed by Jason Jones on May 7, 2012

A talk on many of the great truths of salvation.

Text: Luke 19:1-10, Title: Salvation is Here, Date/Place: NRBC, 5/6/12, AM Opening illustration: share my testimony Background to passage: I was just reading my bible through this week, and God seemed to speak loudly through this passage. And the doctrine of salvation, and our experience ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Hope Has Come

Contributed by Jason Jones on Dec 6, 2012

Exposition of Hope

Text: Luke 1:67-75, Title: Hope Has Come, Date/Place: NRBC, 12/2/12, AM A Opening illustration: Read Ex 1:8-14 & 2:23-25 & 3:7-9, play the Deliver Us clip from Prince of Egypt (YouTube) 0:40-2:01, Anticipation on Christmas Eve for children; B Background to passage: one of Luke’s threads that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:67-75

Denomination: Baptist

Cursing In The Church

Contributed by Jason Jones on Oct 24, 2011

Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12 regarding some foundational truths about spiritual gifts.

Text: 1 Cor 12:1-11, Title: Cursing in the Church, Date/Place: NRBC, 10.23.11, AM A. Opening illustration: B. Background to passage: Paul seems to calm down a bit after his passionate commands regarding the love among the family of God and the Lord’s Supper. And he goes back to answering ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Make A Statement, Don’t Mumble

Contributed by Wesley Byrd on Oct 25, 2011

No greater message has been entrusted to be delivered by man than the message of salvation. Don't Mumble!!!

Ps. 107:2 INTRO: Life if filled with sadness and joy. When sadness comes often we pull within and become more solitary. However the joy causes us to desire to share it with others. In fact the more we share joy the more joyful it becomes. A great acrostic for joy ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:2

Denomination: Baptist

Sunny Side Sermon Viii: Despite The Dark, Solomon Kept On The Sunny Side Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jul 1, 2020

In our fallen world, Christians must do as Solomon did: Ask God for a remedy to the situation we find (or put) ourselves in. God turned a raucous sinner's formula for failure into a repentant sinner's formula for success!

DESPITE THE DARK SIDE, SOLOMON KEPT ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE Which is it? “There’s no fool like an old fool” or “The older you get, the wiser you become”? Can you have it both ways? If we were to put it to a vote, we would probably get a split decision ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 3:3-14, 1 Kings 4:29-34

Workers In The Vineyard

Contributed by John Dobbs on Mar 17, 2019

It's the moment that Bruce Willis sees his wedding ring roll across the floor in The Sixth Sense, or when Dorothy wakes up in her own bedroom back in Kansas ... surprise endings make movies and stories memorable.

Introduction It's the moment that Bruce Willis sees his wedding ring roll across the floor in The Sixth Sense, when Charleston Heston looks up at the beach and sees a semi-submerged Statue of Liberty in Planet of the Apes, when a psychotic Norman Bates puts on his dress and wig, or when ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Makes A Great Mother

Contributed by Matt Skiles on Jun 12, 2023

Giving birth does not make a woman a mother. It takes a special woman to be a mother. A mother is a person who is willing to take the responsibility of investing her life into another human being who is totally de-pendent upon her to do so:

Proverbs 31:29-30-“Many daughters have done well, But you excel them all.” 30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. Luke 2:1-7-“And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 31:29-30, Luke 2:1-7, Proverbs 22:6, 2 Timothy 3:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Grace Across The Span Of Your Life

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Oct 31, 2022

A sermon for Reformation Sunday and also for Confirmation

October 30, 2022 - Reformation Sunday Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson John 8:31-36 Grace across the Span of Your Life Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. “If you REMAIN in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will ...read more

Scripture: John 8:31-36

Denomination: Lutheran

Hebrew Word Study: Racham, Love Is Complete When Returned Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on May 13, 2022

You might say that the expression of their love for one another in community, took love from being on the page, to love being something real and complete.

“During World War II, Hitler commanded all religious groups to unite so that he could control them. Among the Brethren assemblies, half complied and half refused. Those who went along with the order had a much easier time. Those who did not, faced harsh persecution. In almost every family of those ...read more

Scripture: John 21:20, John 3:16

Denomination: Salvation Army

Growing Through Service SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 10, 2023

It is not the high-powered executive, a celebrity or a prominent politician who receives honor in the eyes of God, but the Christian who lives for Christ and serves him.

As we approach the end of one year and the beginning of another, it is a fitting time for personal reflection. In our fast-paced world, it is easy to continue doing what we have always done without pausing to consider if we need a change of direction. This is especially true in our spiritual lives, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:42-44

Topics: Christian Growth, Servitude

Faith Forgiveness Fruit

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Oct 26, 2024

Have faith, right attitudes, right requests and forgive to see what God will do. Maranatha!!!

Mark 11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; 16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:15-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Gift Of Joy

Contributed by Mary Erickson on May 10, 2021

A sermon for the 6th Sunday of Easter, Year B

May 9, 2021 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson John 15:9-17 The Gift of Joy Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. “So teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” So says Psalm 90. How many days are we ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Lutheran

Tested Positive

Contributed by Lorraine Greeff on Aug 2, 2021

we live in a negative orientated world, situations or circumstances lead to us being either positive or negative, you are the first person that decides.

TESTED POSITIVE Make no mistake, we live in a negative orientated world, situations or circumstances lead to us being either positive or negative, you are the first person that decides, choices that you make will open up the door of your mind to the devil, and you must make an inner choice, this is ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33, Philippians 4:6-7

Denomination: Charismatic

Make Sure That God Is Your Priority

Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Apr 16, 2024

Prioritizing Our Priorities

1. INTRODUCTION. ALL OF US HAVE THINGS IN OUR LIVES THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE OUR PRIORITIES. THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US, AND WE APPLY OUR TIME, OUR EFFORT, AND OUR ENERGY TO ENSURE THAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE MET. THERE ARE MANY WHO HAVE ASPIRATIONS TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS, AND THEY WILL ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:16-20

Denomination: Baptist