Sermons on nothing new under the sun: showing 241-255 of 185,410

Prayer Under Pressure Series

Contributed by Guy Caley on May 11, 2003

3rd in the series "Patterns for Prayer." The way Stephen faced death for his testimony is an inspiration and a pattern for us when we face persecution.

In midwinter of A.D. 320 Emperor Licinius sent out an edict that to show their allegience all soldiers were to offer sacrifice to the pagan gods. Forty members of the famed Twelfth Legion of Rome’s imperial army serving in Sevaste, in present-day Turkey refused the emporer’s order. Their captain ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:51-60

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Da Vinci Code- Truth Under Fire

Contributed by Frank Lay on May 11, 2006

Many of the New Testament epistles were written to combat false teachings that threatened the church. The epistles of John are no exception. The letter of 2 John is the shortest letter in the New Testament. Yet, this little letter speaks powerfully to

TRUTH UNDER FIRE By Frank Lay A STUDY OF 2 JOHN In John 14:6, Jesus made a statement that has become His most controversial claim. He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me.” In that declaration, Jesus claimed to be the personification of ...read more

Scripture: 2 John 1:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

New Age Movement Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on Jul 28, 2008

The New Age movement is huge pull on the world today, but it is nothing new at all. This is a study of its misleadings and contradiction to the Bible.

New Age Movement The Serpent’s Old Lie in an Updated Package Intro Among the myriad of new religions and cults today, nothing is more far-reaching or hard to define than the New Age Movement (NAM). Russell Chandler, a former writer for the Los Angeles Times, observed that “New Age is not a sect ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Being Jesus To The Under Resourced Series

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Nov 14, 2017

Moral wisdom and instruction about our money: get the right perspective, wealth is a passing, lowly, risky and received thing, get the right response, and get the right outcome.

United Being Jesus to the Under-resourced 1 Timothy 6:17-19 In 2015, over 290,000 people in Tarrant County lived in poverty income: $23,850 for a family of four 1/3 of Hispanic and African American children live in poverty in Tarrant county; in Arlington the percentage is 19%. This in a city, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:17-19

Denomination: Baptist

On The Edge Of Nothingness

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 20, 2016

A sermon on the belief that there is nothing beyond a person's individual life. Then we discuss how David dealt with the nothingness and how this brought him to belief in God. Then we see how this influenced his life especially in regards to Goliath

HoHum: As Vice President, George Bush Sr. represented the U.S. at the funeral of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Bush noticed a silent protest carried out by Brezhnev’s widow. She stood motionless by the coffin until seconds before it was closed. Just as the soldiers touched the lid, ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Lamp Under A Bowl Series

Contributed by Eric Carey-Holt on Feb 9, 2003

Jesus used parables to make truth simple and understandable. However our responses to the truth are not always the same. We all receive the truth, but few of us know how to deal with it. Jesus taught the people by telling them parables; these were short s

LAMP UNDER A BOWL---MT 5:14-16 TEXT: "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:14-15

Denomination: Methodist

No Impossibilities With God PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 26, 2024

This sermon encourages believers to embrace the boundless possibilities of faith in God, witnessing His wonders and becoming bold through His blessings.

Good morning, friends. It's a delight to gather with you once again, in this sacred space where we come together as one body to worship and learn about our Boundless God. A God whose love, grace, and power has no limits. [Scripture reading] These two passages are not just mere words, but they are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:37, Philippians 4:13

Topics: Nothing Is Impossible, With God

The Ministry Of The New Covenant Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jun 26, 2018

Paul was under attack at Corinth. His authority and honesty were being challenged. Charges of dishonesty were circulating in the church. Paul was facing a church in revolt.

May 8, 2014 Tom Lowe The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians Lesson II.B.3: The Ministry of the New Covenant. (4:1-6) 2nd Corinthians 4:1-6 (NKJV) 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

When Something Is Nothing Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 23, 2021

Man's self-love is both an evil and a good. It is both an essential for a happy life in God's will, and the main cause for most evil that is out of God's will.

Some people, probably most people, and maybe all people have to learn how to be humble the hard way, and that is the humpty dumpty way of having a great fall. This was the case with Max Eastman. A film was being made on the life of Christ, and he happened to meet the well known woman photographer ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:3

Power Under Control: The Fruit Of Gentleness Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 10, 2007

Gentleness is power under control, like a tamed horse. Jesus described Himself as gentle and humble of heart, which is good news for us because life is hard.

Power Under Control: The Fruit of Gentleness Matt. 11:28-30 October 31, 2004 Intro: I want you to think for a moment of someone you know who you would describe as gentle. Someone who, as you think of them, seems to embody the idea of gentleness. Can you think of anyone? Anyone want to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Baptist

Passion: Living Under God's Direction Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jul 10, 2011

As Children and people of the covnenant we are marked in the Old testament by circumcision in the New by God's Spirit. It will be our passion to follow God's command if we are indeed children of the covenant.

Intro: Warren Wiersbe said something profound. “God’s people must be prepared before they can be trusted with victory.” The conquest of the Promised Land was God’s victory not Joshua’s or Israel’s. It was not the expertise of the Jewish army or emotions of ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 5:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

A New Beginning

Contributed by Adam James on Jan 2, 2017

Often we set a New Year's Resolution, because there is a part of ourselves we are not happy with, or we want to live better than we have before. The world says we can't change. But with God, nothing is impossible.

Who here has ever made a new year’s resolution? How many people have actually stuck with it? I have made a new year’s resolution many times. A common one for me has been to lose weight, and get into shape. However, needless to say, I never lost weight. And I came to the realisation, ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-19

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Old To The New

Contributed by John Colbert on Aug 3, 2015

The sermons that I have listed are 30 to 40 minute sermons. I have only listed the points and a couple of comments under each point of each sermon to give the preacher a remembrance which the Holy Spirit can lead on and speak through the man of God.

Old to the New 2nd Cor. 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. The old saying "come as you are" is a true statement, but God does not want us to stay that way. As a Christian I should want to live a life that ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Baptist

Choosing Under (Faith)

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Dec 6, 2022

God exalts those who humble themselves

Choosing Under (Faith) I Peter 5:6-11 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 11-27-2022 Humility I read recently about a man that was voted the most humble person in the church. They had a party for him and then gave him a medal. The next week, he wore the medal to church and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:6-11

Denomination: Baptist

With God Nothing Is Impossible"

Contributed by Randy Santiago on Jan 30, 2001

When my INABILITY merges with God’s divine CAPABILITY, anything can happen.

"The said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; there shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold thy cousin ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:35-37, Luke 18:18-27

Denomination: Pentecostal