Sermons on Open Heart:

Ulterior Motives Series

Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 15, 2014

What motivates our acts of worship and piety?

Ulterior Motives Matthew 6:1 One of the great blessings in preaching verse-by-verse through Books or Sections of the Bible is that you begin to more easily pick up on patterns which are contained within the text. These patterns might easily be missed if we jumped around from passage to passage, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Reason To Believe

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Apr 22, 2014

Is there sufficient evidence to believe that the gospel is true, and if there is, what will you do about it?

A Reason To Believe Acts 15:12-28 At the Wisconsin State Capital, the atheist group, Freedom from Religion put up a display featuring this sign: “Nobody died for our sins, Jesus is a myth.” This is just the latest in the now popular assaults against Christians. This organization ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:12-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Respond When The Enemy Attacks Series

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Nov 16, 2013

A sermon examining the greatest prayer recorded in the Bible. sponse in times of trouble.

How To Respond When The Enemy Attacks Psalm 62:1-7 Two weeks ago we saw the largest terror attack on US soil since September 11th 2001. A man who swore allegiance to ISIS walked into a nightclub and killed 49 people while wounding 53 others. Since that day our leaders have seemed to focus on ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 62:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

More Than Rules

Contributed by Ken Pell on Nov 18, 2013

The hand that wrote God’s law in stone writes your sin in the sand.

MORE THAN RULES JOHN 8:1-11 Big Idea: The hand that wrote God’s law in stone writes your sin in the sand. NOTE: The idea for this sermon was inspired by the Not a Fan series developed by Kyle Idleman. 1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Nazarene

Our Triumph Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Dec 20, 2013

The gift of our testimony.

Revelation 12:10-12 (p. 867) December 22, 2013 Introduction: I think some of the most amazing words written is Scripture are found in John’s Revelation, and verses 7-9 of Revelation Chapter 12 are up there in the amazing category. “Then war broke out in heaven, Michael and his ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:10-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fear Not! Behold! A Savior. The Savior

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 23, 2013

A simple Christmas Eve message

December 22, 2013 Luke 2:9-12 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:9-12

Denomination: Lutheran

For To Us A Son Is Given Series

Contributed by Peter Scott on Jan 1, 2014

The coming of Jesus is foretold by the prophet Isaiah

For to us a Son is Given Isaiah 9.1-7 Introduction Lighthouses Since the very earliest days of sea travel, sailors have recognised the danger they are in when travelling close to a rocky shore or sand bar – especially at night. Over the centuries many thousands of sailors have lost their ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7

Denomination: Anglican

Church My Way Series

Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 9, 2014

Church should be GOD'S way, not YOUR way.

You Should Be Committed A husband and his wife arose one Sunday morning and the wife dressed for church. It was just about time for the service when she noticed her husband hadn't moved a finger toward getting dressed. Perplexed, she asked, "Why aren't you getting dressed for church?" He said, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-5

Denomination: Bible Church

The 144k Series

Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 10, 2014

Sermon about the 144,000 mentioned in Revelation 14

"Tune in again next week...same Bat time, same Bat channel". For those of us that grew up in the 1960's you know exactly what I'm talking about. The 1960's campy super hero action TV show Batman, starring Adam West and Bruce Ward as the "Caped Crusaders", the "Dynamic Duo" along with many other ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 14:1-5

Denomination: Bible Church

True, Godly Love

Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 22, 2014

A sermon on the Greek words for love, and how we must show godly love toward all.

True, Godly Love (John 21:15-17) John 21:15-17 15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs." 16 He said to him again a second time, ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-17

Denomination: Bible Church

Social Skills Required From Jesus To Sort The Tantrums.

Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Jan 24, 2014

At first glance this Gospel reading is very uninspiring; and read over it quickly, but there is much more to this story than meets the eye; its message, the social skills and the tantrums hide some secrets that lay hidden. Read on and enjoy …

Amos 8:1-12 Psalm 52 Colossians 1:15-28 Luke 10:38-42 Summary: At first glance this Gospel reading is very uninspiring; and read over it quickly, but there is much more to this story than meets the eye; its message, the social skills and the tantrums hide some secrets that lay hidden. Read on and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Episcopal

What Could You Do For God That He And Everybody Would Like?

Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Feb 3, 2014

If you could ask God for anything in world, what would you ask, and if you got that thing, would it cause a conflict with someone else. Then ask, what you could give God that he would like you to do, that would suit you both; that then is your calling!

Word Count: 2610 This sermon was delivered to the congregation in St Oswald’s in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 4th December 2012 by Gordon McCulloch (A Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Summary: If you could ask God for anything in world, what would ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:22-40

Denomination: Episcopal

Scared Of Your Shadow

Contributed by Larry Turner on Feb 4, 2014

There are a lot of things that frighten us from fully serving but they are actually only shadows.

Happy Groundhog Day. We are either going to have six more weeks of winter or spring is around the corner. How many of you knew that Groundhog Day had its beginning as a religious holiday? On the 2nd day of February there was a celebration called Candlemas Day. It was the Christian festival of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9

Denomination: Foursquare

From Slavery To The Slammer!

Contributed by Jim Mccutchen on Feb 10, 2014

Is when we are thrown into the pit, sold as a slave and shoved in the slammer that you not only must digger deeper but look higher On occasion the world bottoms out. In Genesis 39 - we find Joseph is led down to Egypt. lets learn and grow from his life.

FROM SLAVERY TO THE SLAMMER! INTRO When we are looking at someone who has everything going for them, our first general assumption is we are looking at someone who has every received all the breaks in life and was born with a silver spoon in their mouth. • From the distance, they’ve got ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

Let Me Introduce You To Jesus Series

Contributed by Ray Geide on Dec 22, 2021

With the help of two Johns, John the Apostle and John the Baptist, I would like to introduce Jesus to you.

May I Introduce You to Jesus? John 1:14-34 I would like to share with you one of the big mistakes that I made after we first got married. Gerlie and I were visiting a church. I knew the pastor. After the service I went up and talked with the pastor. We had a good conversation and then we left. ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible