Sermons on Opposition To The Faith:

The Illustration Of Faith Series

Contributed by Greg Powell on Aug 19, 2020

As an example of salvation by faith and not works, Paul uses the Jews own patriarch Abraham against them!

INTRO: Let’s review...we have been talking about works versus faith. At the crux of the debate going on in the lives of the Galatian believers was the question of salvation through works or through faith in Christ alone. How are we truly justified? Justification is the gracious act of God by ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:6-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Importance Of Faith Series

Contributed by Greg Powell on Aug 19, 2020

Paul anticipates the Judaizers next objection since they were huge fans of the law of Moses. In general, they recognized the importance of the Abrahamic covenant, but they gave priority to the Mosaic covenant. This led them to emphasize law over faith.

INTRO: We have seen the interrogation of faith and the illustration of faith and today we’ll see the importance of faith. Next week is the identity of faith. What Paul has been hammering home in Galatians is that we are saved by faith and not by works. This is the distinguishing hallmark of ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:15-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Identity Of Faith Series

Contributed by Greg Powell on Aug 19, 2020

There is an identity crisis in our country. I believe that our racial problems are a result of an unbiblical view of our identity. This passage has long been used to rebuke a racist and bigoted view of the gospel.

INTRO: Galatians 3 has been a history lesson through the Old Testament. One of the more complicated chapters of Paul’s writings, it’s been a difficult hike, but like many hard journeys, there is a rewarding view at the end. We have climbed the mountain peaks of Abraham and Moses and have seen ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:26-29

Denomination: Baptist

A Tested Faith Series

Contributed by Thomas Fortini on Aug 25, 2020

Tests are a big part of life. The most important one is the testing of our faith!

Hebrews 11 (NIV) 17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.” 19 Abraham reasoned that God could ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:17-19

Dying In Faith Series

Contributed by Thomas Fortini on Aug 31, 2020

It is not how we start the life of faith, its how we finish!

Scripture Text: Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:20

Superstition Or Faith? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 31, 2020

Biblical Christianity is superior to magic and superstition. Yet we need to rout our superstition in our own lives, too. Biblical faith has no room for superstition.

Superstition or Faith? (Acts 19:11-20) 1. I think it is bad luck to believe in superstition. That’s a joke. “The number 13, black cats, breaking mirrors, or walking under ladders, may all be things you actively avoid – if you’re anything like the 25% of people in the US who consider themselves ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:11-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Holding On To Faith!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 12, 2023

God wants us to have faith that not only moves mountains but keeps the mountains away. Want more faith, you as a child of God has faith but Word of God makes it work and strengthen it.

HOLDING ON TO FAITH! The devil continues to try to steal, kill and destroy, but we must remember John 4:4 (KJV) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. I. Paul said "I have kept the faith". - 2 Timothy ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7, Romans 1:5, 1 Timothy 6:12, Jude 1:3

Blind Faith

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Mar 20, 2023

A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Lent, Year A

March 19, 2023 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 Blind Faith Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. A famous test was conducted in 1999 called The Invisible Gorilla. Perhaps you’ve seen the video. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9:1-41

Denomination: Lutheran

Faith Not Folly

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 4, 2020

Do not fear during this pandemic, but use common sense or discernment.

Some pastors are turning this stay home order into a 1st Amendment issue when it is a common sense issue. If there were gangs of men roaming the streets randomly killing women would you send your female loved ones out on shopping trips? If the numbers were only 2% of the women were wounded or ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:3, Proverbs 27:12

Denomination: Baptist

Apostolic Faith

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on May 2, 2020

The kind of faith the disciple had is the type faith we need all in faith, day by day faith, Flowerer type faith, Living Care type faith.

Apostolic Faith Acts 2:42-47 1. Living the Faith of the Apostles is “All IN Living” • What does it mean to be “all in,” or devoted? • In verse 42, we read: “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. • All IN Means Totally ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Methodist

To Be Found Faithful

Contributed by Derek Geldart on May 3, 2020

The following sermon is going to review the Parable of the Bags of Gold with the goal of spurring us on to use our talents for Jesus so that one day we might hear the words “good and faithful servant!”

To be Found Faithful Matthew 25:13-30 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour” When we dwell on the promise that Jesus will one day return does that unshakeable truth instill hope or fear within our hearts ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:13-30, Matthew 5:16, John 14:12-14, John 14:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

The Fellowship Of The Faithful Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 8, 2020

In Acts 2:42, fellowship is named the 2nd item the church devoted themselves to. Why 2nd? Was that a mere accident, or was there a special importance God wanted us to see in that part of worship?

OPEN: I’ve heard from several people in our congregation church (as well as a number of preachers I’ve spoken with) and everybody seems to agree this lock-down is getting old. Online worship is OK… but it’s no replacement for real church. Well, everyone is tired of online worship with the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christian Faith

Contributed by Pastor Duncan Shabane on May 21, 2020

Faith is the expectation of things that are hoped for, the evidence of things not seen but expected or imagined in the heart or the mind

1) how important is faith? __(Mark 11:22) __it is faith in God that makes the difference between the christian and the unsaved man __(John 3:36) __faith brings eternal life __faith gives peace when others are filled with fear __it gives courage __faith enables us to overcome the world __unbelief ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

Denomination: Other

Fearless Faith Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on May 21, 2020

Believe God and face adversity with courage, face the adversary with confidence, and face achievement without conceit.

In our day, when a lot of people are worried about staying safe, Mark Moring from Elburn, Illinois, has some suggestions: 1st, Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20 percent of all fatal accidents. 2nd, Do not stay home because 17 percent of all accidents occur in the ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:1-40, Judges 7:1-25, Judges 8:1-35, 1 John 5:4, Proverbs 16:18, 2 Corinthians 12:9, James 1:5, James 3:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Faithful Defense

Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Oct 6, 2019

The Big Idea: God wants us to be faithful him in our words and actions, even in difficult situations.

Of Christians put to death for their faith in the second century, perhaps no account is as striking as the story of Polycarp. Polycarp (A.D. 70-155) is bishop of Smyrna and a godly man who knows the apostle John personally. When urged by the Roman proconsul to renounce Christ, Polycarp responds ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:31-35

Denomination: Other