Sermons on Nine:

The Test Of A Stranger Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on May 24, 2021

Watch Joseph’s strategy here. Joseph is alternating the sun and the frost in order to break the brothers open to God. When things alternate between really hot and really cold, it breaks things. It breaks the ground.

We’ve called Joseph’s life a roller-coaster… … where his dips included two years of languishing in prison and eleven years of slavery. And we meet him in today’s story, he’s been promoted over the world empire, Egypt, and second only to Pharaoh inside the world’s most important nation of the time. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

David In His Old Age Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Mar 5, 2021

First Kings 1:1-10 shows us what happens when we wrongly desire preeminence.

Scripture Last week, we concluded our study of 2 Samuel but not of “The Life of David.” The first one and a half chapters of 1 Kings tells us about the sunset of David’s life. Let’s read about David in his old age in 1Kings 1:1-10: 1 Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 1:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

David And Goliath--Part 2 Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 3, 2019

In Samuel 17:31-40 we learn that God raises up a savior against those who defy him.

Scripture We continue our sermon series on “The Life of David.” Today I want to examine the story of “David and Goliath—Part 2.” Israel’s first king was a man named Saul. He was head and shoulders taller than anyone else in Israel. However, because of his blatant disobedience of the Lord’s ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:31-40

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

David And Goliath--Part 3 Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 17, 2019

In 1 Samuel 17:41-58 we learn that God raises up a savior against those who defy him.

Scripture In our sermon series on “The Life of David” I want to conclude the story today of “David and Goliath.” The Philistines gathered their armies for battle against Israel in the Valley of Elah. But, instead of the two armies slugging it out, the Philistines put forward a champion named ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:41-58

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Secular Salvation Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 20, 2021

Secular salvation gets nobody into heaven, but it is often the stepping-stone on the way to eternal salvation. Every time we experience secular salvation we are given the opportunity to do for Christ what we could not do if we were not so spared

My father used to say that he had a piece of meat that was so tough it was like trying to eat shoe leather. I doubt that he ever knew that there was a time when Americans actually ate shoe leather. It was back in the year 1610 in the first English settlement called the Virginia Colony. The ...read more

Scripture: Acts 21:27-32

Living Among Giants

Contributed by Arthur Miller on Oct 7, 2020

Have you ever lived among the giants? This is an important question that will help encourage us as we serve Christ.

INTRODUCTION Have you ever lived among the giants? Many of the great fantasy books have a land of giants. Of course we have great children’s literature with giants as well. You have Jack and the Bean Stalk. That giant was not so friendly when Jack stole his gold egg laying goose. Then you have ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Tree And Its Fruit (Teaching)

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 24, 2019

“A Tree and its Fruit” – Luke chapter 6 verses 43-45 – sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: • All Trees Bear Fruit (vs 43-44) • All People Bear Fruit (vs 45a) • Your Words are the Fruit (vs 45b) SERMON BODY Quote: "Remember God wants spiritual fruits and not religious nuts!" Quote: • Dr. Martin Kaonga, • Director of Science & Conservation for ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:43-45

Denomination: Brethren

Of Whom The World Was Not Worthy

Contributed by Victor Yap on Mar 18, 2023

John the Baptist

OF WHOM THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY (LK 7:18-35) I had a severe ministerial midlife crisis ten years into full-time ministry. I pondered the meaning, value and effectiveness of what I was doing. My esteem, confidence, and drive were at an all-time low. Church work was wearisome, people disappointed ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:18-35

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Angels Exist Series

Contributed by Dennis King on Sep 30, 2021

The subject of angels has certainly become very fashionable. Bookstore shelves hold a plethora of books depicting the appearance of angels and their powers. Angels are never referred to in any gender other than masculine, never is an angel referred to as “she” or “it.”

The subject of angels has certainly become very fashionable. Bookstore shelves hold a plethora of books revealing authored expressions depicting the appearance of angels and their powers. Nor is angelic subject matter confined just to books. Many of us remember watching "It's A Wonderful ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:2, Daniel 12:1, Ezekiel 9:2, Isaiah 6:1-7, Colossians 1:16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Be Supportive Of Other Churches Series

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Oct 30, 2021

If we serve the Lord with the impure motive of personal gain, instead of with the intention of leading people to faith in Christ, then we can become self-focused, critical and judgmental of other believers and other churches.

The apostle Paul once admonished the Philippians, “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3-4). In ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:38-41

Denomination: Baptist

No Excuse For Excuses

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Nov 26, 2021

Douglas Bernstein, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois recently asked faculty members for the ‘most unusual, bizarre, and amazing student excuses’ they had ever heard.

He got dozens of responses from his fellow professors: * Grandparent death: an old favorite, but one professor’s class established some sort of record when 14 of 250 students reported their grandmother’s death just before final exams. * Car Problems: "I had an accident, the police impounded ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

A Life Of Ingratitude (Thanksgiving Sermon)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 6, 2022

It is sad that today in churches we find many people who have not REJECTED salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ, but they have NEGLECTED the salvation they have in Christ.

We all know a great deal about REJECTION and rejection can be very painful. We normally learn about rejection when we are a child, but if we do not learn anything about it as a child, we probably learned something about it when we began dating. Illus: I read this list of the top rejection lines ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Heroes Of The Bible: David Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Feb 26, 2022

The Bible is full of heroes! They don't wear spandex or fly around in capes and cowls, but God empowered these heroes and heroines to accomplish some pretty amazing feats that can inspire us to become heroes of God ourselves. Our next hero is Daivd. (Alliterated Outline, PowerPoint Available)

Heroes of the Bible: David Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 8/22/2021 NOTE: This sermon was adapted from my book, Holy Heroes of the Bible. If it's a blessing to you, please consider buying the book which includes chapters/sermons on 17 additional Bible heroes: ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:4-6, 1 Samuel 26:25, 2 Samuel 21:22, 2 Samuel 6:5-22, Psalm 103:1, 1 Samuel 17:45-46  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian Church

The Mind Of Christ

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 29, 2022

A college boy was explaining the reason he flunked out in college was because he had a clinker in his thinker.

Did you know that about ninety-nine-and-nine-tenths of the problems that confront people is because they have that same problem--they have a clinker in their thinkers? We laugh this off as not being important, but God sees the way people think as being very important. Illus: We see this in the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Disciplines, Scripture Study Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Nov 12, 2022

This message looks at the reasons we need to study God's word

Start by reading three random passages from A Fisherman’s Tale. You may have recognized those passages as random paragraphs from my new book, “A Fisherman’s Tale.” And from those three passages, you probably figured out that the book is about Jesus. It is a retelling of the Gospel from Simon ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16

Denomination: Wesleyan