Sermons on nonviolence: showing 76-90 of 260

Black History Month: Don't Sit Down And Die, Get Up And Try!

Contributed by Wayne Solomon on Feb 3, 2020

Just as Moses and Jonah came out of the water with a message from God. The peoples of African descent came out of the waters on slave ships and have a message from God, for the World.

Don’t sit down and die but get up and try! 2 King 7:3 Why sit we here until we die? 2 Kings 6:24-30 and 7:1-16 24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:3, 2 Kings 6:24-30, 2 Kings 7:1-16

Denomination: Church Of God

Yoked To Jesus Christ Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005

How can we begin to taste the close relationship we will have with God in heaven now?

Yoked to Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:4-11) 1. One woman relates this story: Early one morning, my husband, who works in a funeral home, woke me, complaining of severe abdominal pains. We rushed to the emergency room, where tests were performed to determine the source of the pain. My husband ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:4-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Reality Ever After

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jan 29, 2007

A message focusing on a few of the realities we tend to overlook in our quest for cultural relevance and seeker sensitivity.

Dakota Community Church January 28, 2007 Reality Ever After We sometimes portray the Christian faith like a fairy tale from childhood, all the action takes place before we “get saved” and then live happily ever after. Salvation is not the end of the story. It is not the end of the action or the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Denomination: Mennonite

I Have A Dream

Contributed by Wes Richard on Mar 18, 2003

Using the pattern of MLK’s famous speech, this message tries to set forth a congregational vision.

I have a dream (With apologies to MLK, jr. 1962) In the Old Testament we are told that young men shall see visions and old men shall dream dreams (Joel 2:28). Some of you know that 3 or 4 times a year I am blessed with dreams about this congregation while I sleep. In most of these dreams I see ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:28

Denomination: Brethren

The Lord Is Our Righteousness Series

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Nov 23, 2007

This sermon is based on Jeremiah 23:1-6 and emphasises the prophetic oracle being fulfilled in Jesus our Messiah-King.

Christ the King Sunday Yr C, 25/11/2007 Jer 23:1-6 Rev. Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson, Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, & Chaplain of The Good Samaritan Society’s South Ridge Village, Medicine Hat, Alberta “The LORD is our Righteousness” James S. Hewett tells the following story: The lion was proud of ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 23:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Kickball And Peacemaking

Contributed by Bruce Hamsher on Apr 20, 2007

Biblical Peacemaking is to be lived out in all of life.

Kickball and Peacemaking Pastor Bruce Hamsher I still remember today what recess felt like when I was in the third grade. That year the game was kickball. More pointedly, I remember the awesome red ball we used. It was the kind of ball which was somewhat solid, yet ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:14-21

Denomination: Mennonite

Conflict Of Ages

Contributed by Dan Shubin on May 27, 2002

About the concept of Christian pacifism and conscientious objection to military service, in the Bible and history.

THE CONFLICT OF AGES Daniel H. Shubin He (the Messiah) will judge between the nations, and will decide for many people; and they will beat their swords into plows and their spears into pruning shears; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. ...read more

Scripture: John 18:36, Isaiah 2:4

Denomination: Apostolic

Hinduism & 2nd Chances Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 16, 2003

Our “rebirth” is spiritual. We are born-again, not of flesh, but by the Holy Spirit. We don’t need another chance. This life isn’t a dress rehearsal for another life!

“Hinduism & 2nd Chances” Scripture> I Cor 8:4-6 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Hinduism is one of the oldest and most complex of all religions, and it takes many forms. It did not have a precise beginning or single founder but evolved over a period ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:4-6

Denomination: Congregational

Jesus Who?

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 16, 2007

Presentation and call to prayer for a new course to start in fall

Jesus Who? Presentation Luke 9 18 Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?" 19 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:18-20

Denomination: *other

Life After Death Easter 2021

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Apr 4, 2021

“Life After Death” “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” –Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–68) Acts 10:34-43. The Message

Sermon: The first Easter was a wrecked scene of dispirited disciples in the shadows of an insurrection. This year Easter falls on April 4, the anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. That early spring evening in 1968 was ten days before the Feast of the Resurrection. In 2021, the second ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:34-43

Denomination: United Methodist

The Ever Increasing Couple

Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Jul 5, 2022

The ever increasing thing is something that keeps growing from one level to the other as time passes bye. King Solomon had this to say about himself.

THE EVER INCREASING COUPLE Text: Col. 2:9-10. That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:9-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Christmas Characters: Isaiah

Contributed by Robert Butler on Dec 1, 2022

Jesus birth was foretold thousands of years beforehand by a prophet living for God

I’ll never forget a friend of mine asking where the wreath with the candles were during one of my first church pastorates. I replied, “we don’t need those rituals do we?” The response was all about the history, her church experiences during Christmas and why she loved a church all dressed up in ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 16:7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Bet (And Lose!)

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 22, 2001

A christian perspective on gambling

15Then he said, “Beware! Don’t be greedy for what you don’t have. Real life is not measured by how much we own.” New Living Translation This morning’s subject is about what Charlie McDowell called the interesting moral notion that if people are inclined to waste their money, the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:15

Denomination: United Methodist

An Invitation To An Unforgettable Meal (Revelation 19:1-21) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Oct 22, 2023

A practical, no-rapture, academically rigorous reading of Revelation.

Last week, in Revelation 18, we read about the vision John saw of a future, when Babylon has been destroyed by God. No matter how secure she looks, and powerful, the truth is that she cannot stand against God. Revelation 18 told us there were many reasons why God judged her: her boastful speech ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 19:1-21

Our Relationship To Government Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 31, 2007

Exposition of 1 Peter 2:13-17

Text: 1 Peter 2:13-17 Title: Our Relationship to Government Date/Place: LSCC, 9/18/05, AM I. INTRODUCTION A. Opening illustration: Not Raising Hogs – illustrations file B. Background to passage: This is the passage that begins what is termed as “a household code.” They were common among early ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:13-17

Denomination: Baptist