Sermons on Meaningless Wandering:

Persecution Can Be Good

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 30, 2021

We grow soft and cold without it. Sometimes it takes the fire of persecution for us to seek the fire of God.

1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore let them that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:17-19

Denomination: Baptist

Fight The Obsessive Evil Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 30, 2021

Our evil habits are harmful to ourselves and everyone around us. Repent, and ask Jesus to heal and forgive you.

Monday of 4th week in Course 2021 One of the most helpful actions that a husband and wife can share with each other is from time to time to tell each other the story of their love. My wife and I are in the fiftieth year of marriage, so we have a fifty-one year story to share with each other and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20, Hebrews 11:32-40, Psalm 31:20-24

Denomination: Catholic

Lent, Time Apart

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 18, 2021

Why should we take time apart before Easter? What is the purpose of Lent?

Prelude Why should we take time apart before Easter? What is the purpose of Lent? Purpose Let’s see the value of quiet times apart for prayer, fasting, meditation and reflection. Plan Let’s look briefly at Jesus’ wilderness experience before beginning His ministry, in Mark 1:9-15. The ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

Remember Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Aug 22, 2021

As we participate in Communion we are called to remember.

10.07.2017 One of the dangers we face as Christians is how easily we forget. That’s why, throughout the Bible, God calls His people to remember. • Deuteronomy 7:17-18 - "If you should say in your heart, 'These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?' 18 you shall ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:14-19, Deuteronomy 7:17-18, Psalm 105:5

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Don't Waste Your Second Chance

Contributed by Diana Tyler on Apr 22, 2024

Don't go back to what God delivered you from.

What would you do if you were given a second chance at life? what if you had the opportunity to start again? to start fresh? To have a new beginning? Most people would take advantage of that second chance and be grateful to God for it. Unfortunately, many people squander their second chance and the ...read more

Let God Arise.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 20, 2023

The King ascends His throne.

LET GOD ARISE. Psalm 68:1-10, Psalm 68:32-35 #. Psalm 68:1-3 could well serve as a prayer for revival, or even a prayer for the Second Advent of Jesus. PSALM 68:1. Whenever the ark of the LORD set forward, perhaps even as the priests lifted the ark onto their shoulders, Moses would say ‘Rise ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 68:1-10, Psalm 68:32-35

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Encounters

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Aug 15, 2024

Encounters with God change us.

Encounters Ephesians 5:15-20 1. Encounters will help us to live with proper conduct as a Christian. • Verse 15 opens that we should pay attention to how we live our lives. Straight is the gate narrow the way • Some versions say be careful how you live. Jesus is wanting us to follow his ways he ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-20

Denomination: Methodist

The Dawn Of Zion's Glory.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 19, 2024

"And the Gentiles shall come to thy light" (Isaiah 60:3).

THE DAWN OF ZION’S GLORY. Isaiah 60:1-9. The motif of darkness is at last vanquished by the coming of the light (ISAIAH 60:1). Just as in Creation, God spoke, and there was light (cf. Genesis 1:2-3). The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overwhelm it (cf. John 1:5). Like ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Shall We Have Justice For The Elect?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 14, 2022

If even a corrupt judge will wither under incessant pleading, can we not expect the most just of judges, God, will give us what we really need?

29th Sunday in Course 2022 We should all remember the story of the Israelites wandering in the desert around Sinai for forty years. That was God’s way of purifying them before bringing them to the land of promise, Canaan. As they moved around, they ran into various other nomadic tribes, and one of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8, 2 Timothy 3:14-17, Psalm 121:1-8, Exodus 17:8-13

Denomination: Catholic

The Will Of God Door Lesson 2 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Dec 6, 2023

What is the will of God?

“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:2, Romans 2:18

Denomination: Baptist

Miracle 3: Healing A Crippled Man At Bethesda Lesson 3 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jul 13, 2023

Healing a crippled man at Bethesda

Jesus is God John 5:1-18 Healing A Crippled Man at Bethesda A. INTRODUCTION 1. Springtime and Passover. “There was a feast of the Jews and Jesus went up” (John 5:1). 2. John’s purpose is belief. John doesn’t include 50 weeks of Jesus’ life to include events to motivate belief. “These things ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Compassion Of Jesus.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 28, 2023

But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion (Matthew 9:36).

THE COMPASSION OF JESUS. Matthew 9:27-38. MATTHEW 9:27. As Jesus left the ruler’s house, two blind men followed Him. We are not told that they were bidden, like Matthew (cf. Matthew 9:9). But they were relentless, like the men who had carried the paralysed man into Jesus’ presence earlier (cf. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:27-38

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Dark Night Of The Soul

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Oct 15, 2024

Hard times, crisis, time loss times, are all dark times in one's life.

The Dark Night of the Soul Job 23:1-9, 16-17 Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591): A Spanish mystic and of the Carmelite Order of friar, Saint John of the Cross wrote extensively about his own spiritual journey, which involved intense periods of doubt, despair and purification. He ...read more

Scripture: Job 23:1-9

Denomination: Methodist

Come And See

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jan 13, 2023

Jesus invites us to come to Him and see what God can do through us.

Come and See – John 1: 29 - 42 Intro: A young conservative pastor came to his first parish determined that every person in that town should be baptized. As he walked down Main Street, he came across a homeless man. He asked the man, “Do you know Jesus?” The man answered, “No.” The Pastor ...read more

Scripture: John 1:20-42

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Wedding Banquet Not Just Any Old Party

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 25, 2025

All Christians, by their baptism and faith, put on Jesus Christ. That means that like Jesus, we are prophets, priests and kings or leaders. That imposes a moral code, doesn’t it?

Thirteenth Sunday in Course 2025 (Year C) There are a couple of strange sentences in today’s OT reading that need to be clarified, so you don’t leave church today with question marks on your face. Now we should all leave our Sunday assembly with questions, but they should be queries like “how can ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1, Galatians 5:13-18, Luke 9:51-62, 1 Kings 19:16, 1 Kings 19:19-21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic