Sermons on No Longer Slaves:

Adonai, My Headship Names Lesson 5 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on May 3, 2019

The name Adonai expresses a personal relationship between master and slave.

A. THE THIRD NAME OF GOD 1. Three primary or major names of God: God (Elohim); LORD (Jehovah); Lord/Master (Adonai). 2. Adonai means Master/Lord (small letters). 3. The name Lord (Adonai) occurs 340 times in the Hebrew Old Testament. It is the name the rabbis used as a substitute for Jehovah, the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:2-8, Matthew 10:24-25

Denomination: Baptist

#myblackhistory Begins In Seeing Our Real Glory Series

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Feb 11, 2022

So, At the Heart of The Transfiguration is three things One Companionship, two Revelation/our Moring-time, three Glorification. I would also like to suggest at the heart of Black History Month are the same three things.

#MyBlackHistory Begins in Seeing Our Real Glory We step away from the Old Testament text this week as we return to the gospel story of Jesus’ Transfiguration. Last week, we talked about our ongoing transformation. But here, it isn’t about us, but it is about Jesus. Some might ask what is our role ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:28-36, Luke 9:37-43

Denomination: United Methodist

Gladly Serve The Lord With All Your Heart Series

Contributed by David Welch on Apr 29, 2002

Continuing series in Romans focusing on verse 11 and being slaves of the Lord

“Gladly Serve the Lord with all Your Heart” Romans 12:11 Review As a response to God’s mercies through Christ detailed in the first eleven chapters of Paul’s letter to the Romans, Paul calls for all believers to present their bodies to God’s service as well as their souls to God’s transformation. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:11

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Amazing Grace (The Testimony Of John Newton)

Contributed by David Mcnally on Dec 19, 2010

The hymn is a personal testimony of a sailor and slave trader who became a Christian, then a minister, then a hymn writer and then an advocate for the end to slave trading, which was made illegal in the UK from 1813.

OT: Psalm 107:23-32 NT: Romans 5:1-15 Sermon: Amazing Grace "Amazing" means astonishing, incredible, wonderful, and “Grace” means either a pleasing or charming quality. (for example we say someone, like Grace Kelly or Princess Diana, possessed “Grace” because they were ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Age Of Nonsense: "The Failure Of 'ism's"

Contributed by Reverend Cooper Mcwhirter on Sep 29, 2016

An Age when our "Yes" no longer means yes, and our "NO" no longer means no. When right is wrong and wrong is right!

Sermon Preached at Grace Community Church (EPC) Sun City Grand, Surprise, AZ Sunday, August 5, 2001 by the Reverend Cooper McWhirter An Age of Nonsense: “The Failure of Isms” Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 Commencement is the one time each year when students get to hear a speaker say something ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Freedom (Galatians)

Contributed by Laura Martin on Jun 30, 2020

A walk through the book of Galatians. Are you living free – and not as a slave to the law or to sin?

I think freedom is one of the deepest longings of the human heart. Wars have been fought, songs have been sung, philosophies developed – all for the cause of freedom. So it should not surprise us that when Jesus entered into human history — some of his earliest public words in a synagogue came from ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1

When Manna Ceases

Contributed by Sunitha Justin on Jun 17, 2023

When the manna is no longer on the menu, it means milk and honey are on their way

The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan. Joshua 5:12 When God removes manna from our life, it means He is preparing you for milk and honey. What is the origin of manna? God took ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 5:12

Denomination: Charismatic

Being #2 Is Hard To Do Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on May 22, 2012

A study of the book of 2 Kings 4 – 8: 6

2 Kings 4 – 8: 6 Being #2 Is Hard To Do Let’s hear it for all the #2 men and women in this world. The Assistant is always in the shadow, hardly ever receiving thanks or appreciation for his or her love and service. This is reserved for the #1 person. Yet, what is given lavishly to #2 ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Devil's Cup

Contributed by David Dailey on May 24, 2003

THE longer you drink the more bitter it becomes

John 2:9-10 is our text. The Governer of the feast said something here that is a very important truth. As we read this scripture, we see the manner of the world (or the devil) described, and we see the manner of the bridegroom (or the Lord). The Governer said; Every man at the beginning doth set ...read more

Scripture: John 2:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Yes We Have A Future

Contributed by Norm Story on Feb 7, 2003

Focus on immediate suffering, or a longer-term perspective?

"Yes, You Do Have a Future" Isaiah 40:26-31 Romans 8:18-28 (Isaiah 40:26-31 NRSV) " Lift up your eyes on high and see: Who created these? He who brings out their host and numbers them, calling them all by name; because he is great in strength, mighty in power, not one is missing. {27} Why do you ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:18-28, Isaiah 40:26-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Foot Washing

Contributed by Grant Adams on Feb 19, 2024

One of the lowest things that a person could do in NT times was to wash feet. Jewish slaves were not allowed, only Gentile slaves. Jesus shares an important lesson for us all.

I want you to imagine for just a few minutes, you’re in a little upper room lighted only by candlelight in the city of Jerusalem, and the time is some 2000 years ago. Into that room came 13 men. They do not wear shoes as we wear shoes. They wear sandals and the dust and sand cover their feet as ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16, John 13:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Cross Purposes 3: Redemption Series

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Dec 13, 2019

Redemption is like purchasing a slave to free them. Jesus 1) made a personal investment, and 2) paid a price. We are free as we 1) recognize our worth, and 2) chooses to be slaves of God.

CROSS PURPOSES 5: REDEMPTION For the past 4 weeks, we have been asking, “Why did Jesus Christ, the Son of God, die on the cross for us?” We keep asking the same question, because the cross impacts our lives in so many ways, that we can’t exhaust them all: The cross shows the love of God. ...read more

Scripture: John 8:31-36, Philippians 2:6-8, Leviticus 25:47-49, Mark 10:45, 1 Peter 1:18-19, Exodus 6:6-7, 1 Peter 2:16, Romans 6:16-22  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Do You Want To Be Free

Contributed by Hoggan Tevis on Apr 9, 2005

There are a lot of people who are free, but still have the mind set of a Slave.

Do you want to be free? John 8:31-36 31Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." 33They answered Him, "We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to ...read more

Scripture: John 8:31-36

Denomination: Baptist

The Spring Of Persistent Public Love

Contributed by John Piper on Mar 29, 2007

Marking the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Abolition of Legal Slave Trading in Britain

The title of this message is long and full of historical significance: “The Spring of Persistent Public Love, Marking the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Abolition of Legal Slave Trading in Britain: A Sermon on Martin Luther King Weekend.” I hope to weave together three things: 1) a biblical ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-12

Denomination: Baptist

Freedom

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 13, 2011

Christians are free in Christ; they are no longer to permit themselves to be enslaved by any appetite or attitude.

“The free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many. And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For the judgment following one ...read more

Denomination: Baptist