Sermons on Not Of Necessity:

Getting To The Heart Of The Matter Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Aug 2, 2019

Jesus taught His followers to prove their love by purity of living that flows from the heart.

“If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you do it, too?” If I heard it once, I heard it a thousand times growing up. The point is: Just because everyone else is doing it doesn’t make it right. However, Christian perspective on the subject of Christian distinctiveness presents to some ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30

Twelve Points That Prove Christianity Is True

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 2, 2021

Can Christianity be proven? Contrary to popular belief that the Christian faith is based on unproven assumptions, there is actually a great deal of evidence for the Christian worldview.

Can Christianity be proven? Contrary to popular belief that the Christian faith is based on unproven assumptions, there is actually a great deal of evidence for the Christian worldview. This is a twelve point reasoning process, in extremely short form, indicating a reasoning route beginning at ...read more

Scripture: John 8:58, Mark 2:28, Matthew 5:18, John 17:17, John 10:35  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Salvation Army

Genuine Love

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 7, 2020

Another song of agape love.

GENUINE LOVE. Romans 12:9-13. In Greek, the first clause of Romans 12:9 has no verb, so could literally be rendered “love without hypocrisy” or “love unfeigned”. From this, I have taken ‘Genuine Love’ as a title for this section. The second clause talks about evil and good, forming a kind of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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

With These Hands

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Feb 5, 2018

Temptation that is wickedness in high places could only hide the truth of its nature when you fail to spiritually discern the mask of the unclean spirit.

WITH THESE HANDS By Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (February 5, 2018) “Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that went with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:34-35

Denomination: Friends

Jesus Was Baptized "to Fulfill All Righteousness" Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 12, 2020

We might make the mistake of thinking that Jesus stopped growing in the Spirit at His baptism.

The Baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ 2020 In today’s Gospel the words of John the Baptist could just as well have begun “Jesus, this makes no sense!” He rightly senses at the Jordan River, as he did three months before he was born, when Mary visited his mother Elizabeth, that he is in the presence ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:52, Isaiah 42:1-7, Matthew 3:13-17, Matthew 5:3-4, John 19:30  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

The Debt That Cannot Be Repaid

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Sep 12, 2012

The debt of love can never be fully repaid, but we should die trying.

The Debt that Cannot be Repaid Romans 13:8-10 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons.html http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/120912pm.mp3 Being a Christian should affect every area of our lives. Relationships [ch. 12] with God, friends, and enemies...and even government and human authority in our lives [ch. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8-10

Denomination: Baptist

Pretenders

Contributed by Craig Benner on Feb 15, 2014

Without dissimulation. That simply means open, transparent, and honest. Whether is be in love or business, that is what God expects from us in all of our dealings.

PRETENDERS Gibeonites --Joshua 9 motivated by fear pretension cannot be equated with love. The deceit was used to make a league with Israel. The vow was unwise, but it was considered official and had to be honored. A wrong relationship now has become obligatory and thus, will have its ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 9:1-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

Buck Fever Or Soul Fever

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Nov 27, 2013

Hunters have buck fever I think Christians should have Soul fever.

Buck Fever or Soul Fever Romans 10 :1 After searching through the store to buy camo I soon learned why I don’t hunt or fish a shirt silky felt so good $78. A pair of Camo pants $85 I thought well, maybe I will see what one of those nice lookin little ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:1

Denomination: Methodist

Chapter Five Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 20, 2014

1 John: Chapter Five Three Tests

1 John: Chapter Five Three Tests: Doctrinal – Do you believe; Social – do you love; Moral – Do you obey (1-5) John has used the term begotten ten times in the epistle. I think he does so because of the strong stance he takes on the necessity of obedience. He wants to give ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Value Of Graceful Speech Series

Contributed by Troy Luttrell on Apr 1, 2014

God honoring speech is seen as Christians pray to God, intercede for others, and witness to the lost

Background: • In Colossians 4:2-6, Paul will continue to show us what Christ looks like in and through the life of a believer when we are walking close to Christ. Nothing more makes us look like Christ than what comes out of our mouth. Our speech will manifest all the ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Effective Prayer Meeting

Contributed by Patrick Agbonkpolor on Oct 26, 2020

The effective prayer meeting is the one that produces results and brings solution to the issue at stake. Believers need to know the content and practice of result oriented prayer meeting.

THE EFFECTIVE PRAYER MEETING TEXT: ACTS 4:23-31 "And when they had prayed,the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and they spake the Word of God with boldness" (Act 4:31). The effectiveness of a prayer meeting is measured by ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

God's Presence With Us.

Contributed by Patrick Agbonkpolor on Oct 14, 2020

Man is a stranger in this life.We need to lean on God for direction. We can only have His directive when His abiding presence be with us.

GOD'S PRESENCE WITH US "And He said,My presence shall go with thee,and I will give thee rest" Exodus:33:14 What a reassuring and comforting words from LORD, even as we go through the journey of life. To set out on a journey into an unknown destination, one thing that is very ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:14-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Christian Challenge Sermon Iv: The Heart Of The Matter Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jul 15, 2020

In times like these, when the whole world seems to have "heart trouble", mature Christians must deal with "hot button" issues by getting to the real heart of the matter as taught by the Lord Jesus in word and in deed.

GETTING TO THE HEART OF THE MATTER “If everyone else jumped off a cliff, would you do it, too?” If I heard it once, I heard it a thousand times growing up. The point is: Just because everyone else is doing it doesn’t make it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30

Disciplined Living Sermon Vii: Celebrate Victory By Sharing Good News Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jun 3, 2020

In times when anti-Christian sentiment runs high in our society, mature Christians keep on keeping on and never lose sight of the victory already won by Christ our Lord and the victory promised to His faithful followers.

MATURE CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE VICTORY IN JESUS BY SHARING THE GOOD NEWS A recent visit to the Waffle House found me sitting at the high counter next to a gentleman of Nordic descent whose Viking ancestors no doubt fought many a battle against my Anglo-Saxon ancestors. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:44-49