Sermons on Materialistic:

Stay With It Until The End

Contributed by Colin Thornby on Nov 12, 2010

Jesus' call to us, in the face of wars and rumours of war, is to stay with it until the end - to continue on as servants.

This part of Luke’s gospel is a type of writing - a genre - called apocalyptic. Apocalyptic literature is found throughout the Bible - the most sustained example being the book we call ‘Revelation’. This type of writing focuses on the coming of God’s kingdom, or rule, in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:5-9

Denomination: *other

Moving To A World Religion

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 6, 2009

Roman Catholic & Islam.

- It has been said that politics and religion don’t mix - Iran is primarily run by the religious clerics - Today the foundation being laid for a one-world religion. - BBC Tuesday, 3 March 2009: The Vatican is sponsoring a five day conference to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:14-15

Denomination: Baptist

Promote The Good; Proscribe The Evil Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 23, 2013

The call of Christ not to judge, not to condemn, is directed at our relationships with other humans, not evil actions themselves.

Monday of 2nd Week in Lent 2013 Gaudium et Spes Today’s Scriptures are most appropriate as follow-ups to the Gospel of Transfiguration we heard on Sunday. Jesus is seen on Mount Tabor conversing with Moses, the great lawgiver, and Elijah, the greatest prophet. Jesus has always been seen by ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:36-38

Denomination: Catholic

Christmas Billboards Point In The Culture War's Direction

Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Jan 7, 2012

Christmas Billboards Point In The Culture War's Direction

Christmas is the time of year when the thoughts of most Americans grow to be at their most devout. It is increasingly the time of year that the avowed despisers of the Almighty are at their most disrespectful. Before now, the most culturally embarrassing thing to come out of the wastelands of the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Independent/Bible

In The Spirit Of St. Francis Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 24, 2016

Perhaps what we need to pray for and accept is the spirit of St. Francis. That way we can say “Lord, Lord” and do the will of the Father.

Thursday of First Week in Advent 2016 Joy of the Gospel We are at the beginning of a new year of grace, and we are hit in the face with some pretty strong Gospel language, even in the first reading. “Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps faith may enter in.” Righteous ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-27

Denomination: Catholic

Evangelization--Sacred Vs Secular Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 31, 2015

The pope encourages us to understand that non-Western cultures are suspicious of Christian evangelization because they confuse it with the spread of secularism and the culture of death.

Thursday of the 4th Week in Course 2015 Light of the Gospel St. Mark’s Gospel is rarely verbose. He always tells the story of Jesus using an economy of words, perhaps because the Church of Rome was too poor to supply him much in the way of writing supplies, or because it was often ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:7-13

Denomination: Catholic

Offering - What Offering?

Contributed by Aham Igbokwe on May 31, 2015

Dynamics and Dimensions of Offering in New Testament context. For majority of Christians, the word 'offering' quickly invokes thoughts of money... but offering in true scriptural perspective is hardly ever about funds colection on a Sinday church service.

Majority of Christians have been wrongly churched to be just about as materialistic as the unbelievers however this sermon isn't about money but rather targeted at attacking money-centric error with the subject matter of 'offering' and to dismantle those, in Jesus’ name. To diismantle is to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Apostolic

The Grinch That Stole Christmas

Contributed by Jack Woodard on Jul 16, 2011

Just as in the Fairy Tale, there are Grinch's that will may rob each of us of the true joys and meaning of Christmas, if we fail to guard ourselves against them.

TEXT: JOHN 10:10 TITLE: THE GRINCH THAT STOLE CHRISTMAS AUTHOR: JACK WOODARD ____________________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION: Nearly all of us have heard of the story of "The Grinch That Stole Christmas", and probably ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Baptist

Where Is Your Power

Contributed by David Radcliff on Jul 1, 2016

Most Christians are powerless. Now, that might be a statement you agree with or it might be a statement you feel is too judgmental. Either way, it’s a statement about the church I’m not happy to have to make.

WHERE IS YOUR POWER Ephesians 5:14-18 Acts 4:31 Most Christians are powerless. Now, that might be a statement you agree with or it might be a statement you feel is too judgmental. Either way, it’s a statement about the church I’m not happy to have to make. Consider what ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:14-18

Denomination: Baptist

Sheep & Harvesting

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 13, 2017

What do tending sheep and harvesting crops have to do with church?

Intro What do tending sheep and harvesting crops have to do with church? Purpose Let’s look at some farm lessons that apply directly to the local church. Plan Let’s look at two agricultural metaphors for the church’s work in Matthew 9:35-10:8. Matthew 9:35-36 Shepherdless Sheep In Matthew ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Where Is Your Power

Contributed by Rev. Dwayne Kight on Jun 1, 2016

A sermon intended on helping us understand how powerful we can be and where that power comes from.

Most Christians are powerless. This might make some of you raise your hand in agreement or cringe with disgust. Either way, it is a statement about the church I not happy to have to make. Consider what “normal” Christianity in the typical believer looks like today. This person is ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:14-18, Acts 4:31

Denomination: Baptist

A Moral Analysis Of Physician Assisted Suicide

Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Aug 18, 2014

A Moral Analysis Of Physician Assisted Suicide

It is often difficult to judge someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. As such, one of the most challenging situations imaginable would be for someone in optimal health to counsel the terminally ill as to the proper response to legal physician-assisted suicide. In this contentious ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:27

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Purposeless Driven Life Series

Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Dec 5, 2011

Have you ever thought about the purposeless driven life?

THE PURPOSELESS DRIVEN LIFE Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 Introduction: Rick Warren has caught a lot of people’s attention with his books The Purpose Driven Church and The Purpose Driven Life. Have you ever thought about the purposeless driven life? This is the first sermon in a series on the ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Fullness Of God Pt 2 - The Comforter Has Come Series

Contributed by Dan Cale on Nov 5, 2012

Jesus says that He will ask the father and send us another Helper. The word helper is the word Parakletos in the Greek. It’s one of those Greek words that is difficult to translate into a single English word. It can be translated Comforter, Helper, adv

The Fullness of God Pt 2 – The Comforter has Come John 14:16-27 We started last week talking about rethinking the Spirits role in our lives and our Church. We talked about rediscovering the work of this third person of the Trinity – the God who seems to be all but forgotten in the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:16-27

Denomination: *other

Hey, Wait A Minute.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Apr 10, 2021

Are we to sell all that we have and give all of it to the Church to administrate for everyone one. Or does this passage mean something else?

Sermon Title: Hey, wait a minute. Scripture Text: Acts 4:32-35 ILLUSTRATION by joke. There's a story of a soapbox preacher in Hyde Park. He declared: "If you had two houses, you would give one to the poor wouldn't you?' 'Yes' said a man in the audience, 'indeed I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-35

Denomination: Independent/Bible