Sermons on Mariners:

Have Your Way

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Aug 31, 2015

Just step aside, and allow God to take over. Let go and let God! Give up your gloom and doom, and put your future in God's hands. That worry that creases your brow and reminds you continually just how horrible your situation is can be turned into a smile.

Opening illustration: Consider this scenario, the building all around you is burning. You are too far up to jump, because landing on the ground would surely kill you. The flames and smoke have forced you out of the window and onto the ledge. You are hanging onto the ledge to avoid the flames and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Old Soldier Whose Words...never Faded Away.

Contributed by Mitchell Leonard on Nov 6, 2016

A sermon for Veterans Day or Memorial Day. It was preached on the Sunday before Veterans Day as part of honoring our Veterans for their service to our country.

2 Timothy 2:1-4 Veterans day 11/6/16 At 5:00 in the morning on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918, in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France, the Armistice was signed which ended WW1. This day was first known as Armistice Day. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Building The Church--Making A Difference Series

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 21, 2013

God has called us all to make a difference in the lives of others. We are to do it in three different ways as a solider, an athlete, and farmer.

Let’s Build The Church—Wanting To Make A Difference July 21, 2013 Glenville 2 Samuel 18:19-23 2 Timothy 2:1-13 We are in part 3 of our series, “Let’s Build The Church,” and today we are going to look at Wanting To Make A Difference. Imagine if you were at ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

James 5:13-20 Series

Contributed by Michael Larsen on Oct 21, 2020

The Cheerful, the Sick, the Weak, and the Wondering.

Open your bibles to James Chapter 5. As we wrap up our series in the Book of James entitled Faith That Works. We have been quoting R. Kent Hughes who says “one thing is clear about the book of James—the dominant theme is; “Faith that is real works practically in one's life. Faith that is ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

It Came From Within! Series

Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Feb 10, 2021

Jesus teaches that the things that defile a person are the things that come from the heart. This sermon offers four habits to be cultivated as means of grace to allow the Spirit room to root out the sin that lurks within our hearts.

It Came From Within Introduction Growing up spending many days at my grandfather's home we watched television a lot. While I was a child of the 80s, we also watched old films. There were those that put my young mind in suspense with titles like The Creature From the Black Lagoon and It Came ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:16-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

Our Commander

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 9, 2019

A study in Psalm 46: 1 – 11

Psalm 46: 1 – 11 Our Commander To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song for Alamoth. 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:7

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

How Should We Live?

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Feb 25, 2013

1. Live with the Lord’s hope (vs. 10-13 & 20-25). 2. Live with the Lord’s heart (vs. 22). 3. Live with the Lord’s holiness (vs. 14-19).

How Should We Live? 1 Peter 1:10-25 Grayson Baptist Church - Nov. 4, 2012 *Any Christian who is paying attention knows that our society has descended into darkness over the last fifty years. We need to understand that our rational world has been turned upside down by postmodernism, moral ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:10-25

Denomination: Baptist

Life Intercepted By God-1(2024)

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 9, 2024

1 of 3. The apostle Matthew recorded some key elements/aspects surrounding the conception & birth of Jesus, from Joseph’s perspective. ?What can be learned from Joseph’s perspective about Jesus’ beginnings? Lessons learned from a life intercepted by God. Life Intercepted By God...

LIFE INTERCEPTED By GOD-I—Matthew 1:18-19(:18-25) Attention: One day, in 1986, before I knew Jesus, I was sitting the living room of my, my wife’s, & our infant daughter’s newly purchased home in Savannah, Georgia. I was watching a Sunday Bible Study program aired by a local pastor. He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-19, Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Facing Your Past With God Series

Contributed by Brian Williams on Mar 18, 2025

How often does God have to wrestle with us, through His word and His Spirit to bring something to our attention? He’ll wrestle with us until we come to the end of ourselves, until we see the issue for what it is, until He is first

Facing your past with God Genesis 32:1-28 16 March 2025 Last time in our Dust to Life series, we saw how God called Jacob to leave Haran and how Jacob made his peace with his father-in-law Laban. We are in chapter 32 today where Jacob now comes face-to-face with God. Before this happens, however, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:1-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Memorial Day 2024

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jun 2, 2024

Remembering the people we are called to honor. Includes honoring fallen military, law enforcement, and Christian Martyrs.

Memorial Day 2024 Please open your Bibles to Romans chapter 13, Romans chapter 13. We will be there in just a couple of minutes. Romans chapter 13. We live in a world with evil men. It is bad enough on the personal level, but it is devastating when evil men like Adolf Hitler, Tojo, or Vladimir ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Simplicity Versus Complexity

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 13, 2021

We need to see that the primary problem of the Pharisees was that they were too religious. Some people go bad because of their vices, and others because of their virtues.

Human nature loves to magnify the minute and give significance to the insignificant by the simple method of stretching the truth. An army cook, for example, feed a mob of men with scrambled eggs, and then he sat down and wrote to his girl friend: "Dearest, for two hours shells have been ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:33-37

Come To Me

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Mar 14, 2021

We like to be invited to things. It makes us feel good to be on the guest list. It tells you the person cares and wants you to be a part of what they're doing. Jesus gave an invitation in Matt. 11:28-30. Let's take a look at this invitation and see what we can learn.

COME TO ME Matt. 11:28-30 We like to be invited to things. Depending on the event, we might get a fancy, overpriced invitation in the mail, requesting our presence at such-and-such. It makes us feel good to be on the guest list. Sometimes we don't want to go to the thing we're invited to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30, Psalm 68:19, Acts 3:19, Acts 3:26, Galatians 5:1  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Walk In A Manner Worthy Of Your Calling Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 17, 2021

Know your calling. Feel the full worth of God's grace in your life! See the cross in all of its glory and Christ's actions for securing your eternal salvation! The greatness of your calling should constrain you to lead a life worthy of His call.

Famed outlaw, John Dillinger escaped from a local jail in Crown Point, Indiana, using a fake gun he carved out of wood and blackened with shoe polish. He then stole the sheriff's brand new Ford to escape. Frank Lee Morris, as well as John and Clarence Anglin, escaped from "the Rock" ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1

Denomination: Baptist

How To Tell If Your Faith Is True. Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 31, 2021

When you think of some Christian you greatly admire, you are usually thinking of their loving kindness and Christian actions, and not their views of the trinity. It is by behavior that we impress people with our Christian faith and not by our belief.

The passage we are looking at has been greatly misunderstood. Some have thought it contradicts what Paul says about being justified by faith. James says we are justified by works. They appear to be holding opposite views, but a close study of the words reveals that they are in perfect agreement. ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Fearfully Made

Contributed by Rich O' Toole on May 8, 2024

The Lord has intricately designed every person

Fearfully Made Psalm 139:1-18 Good morning and happy Mother’s Day. Wives and mothers are such an important part of our lives, so we should take the time to recognize and appreciate them. I want to start this morning by giving you a top-five list of things we should not say to Mom. 5. I bought you ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational