Sermons on Parable Of The Tares:

Whose Manifestations Are You Believing?

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 24, 2021

If it does not match up with the Word then whatever you are experiencing or seeing is iniquity.

Is not ironic that God leads us away from materialism yet in some places He is reported to manifest His presence with gold dust and diamonds? Angels are spiritual beings though they can manifest to haul Lot and his family out of Sodom and cook for Elijah. Yet, in all the manifestations of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-25, Isaiah 6:2-3, 1 Kings 17:14-16, 1 John 4:1, Matthew 24:4-5, 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Timothy 3:1-5, Matthew 24:12, Jude 1:24, Matthew 24:24  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

John The Baptist And The King's Arrival (Matthew 3:1-17)

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Nov 5, 2024

John the Baptist was God's chosen instrument to announce the arrival of the Promised Messiah.

Matthew 3:1-6: Thirty years have passed between the events described in Chapter 2. Matthew continues the story of Jesus with the arrival of John the Baptist in the wilderness of Judea. His message centered upon the need for all people to repent and prepare their hearts for the arrival of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-17, Mark 1:2-8, Luke 3:1-20, John 1:31-34

Denomination: Baptist

Righteous By Faith

Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Sep 14, 2017

Ask yourself, “Am I righteous?” Few people would answer with an unqualified “yes.” But if your answer is “yes,” and you believe that you are righteous through unblemished right living, I hope to show you righteousness lies elsewhere.

Note: I have a short set of very simple PowerPoint slides that I will be happy to provide on request. They're very plain and have only the two equations mentioned plus a few of the major points in the sermon. Email me at sam@srmccormick.net with the subject: Righteous By Faith slides if you're ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46, Proverbs 15:8-9, Philippians 3:8-9, Romans 10:6-9, Jeremiah 23:5-6, Luke 1:5-6, 2 Peter 2:7-8, Psalm 14:2-3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Theory Of The Thief

Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 6, 2009

the thief in prophecy analyzed

THE THEORY OF ’THE THIEF’ Just as in many other theories, prophecy ’scholars’ have gone astray due to faulty interpretations of specific texts of Scripture. One of these false interpretations is ’THE THIEF’ mentioned in distinct ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:42-44

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Deadliest Fire In History Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 13, 2019

No one seems to be excited about the topic of Hell. Even God's not keen on it. But it's crucial to our message of hope for the lost. What is it about Hell we need to know and that we need to tell others?

Does anyone know what the worst fire in American History was? Most people would say it was the great Chicago Fire in 1871. That fire started on Sunday, October 8 and ended on Tuesday, October 10, 1871, killing up to 300 people and destroyed a little over 3 square miles of Chicago, leaving over ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Humble Birth Of The Savior Series

Contributed by Manny Salva Cruz on Nov 30, 2015

Great things come from small beginnings. This is what we can learn on that first Christmas when Christ was born of humble beginnings and rose to be King of Israel.

THE BIRTH OF THE SAVIOR SCRIPTURE READING: Micah 5:2 (NIV) "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." INTRODUCTION; Our sermon series on the Book ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:2

Denomination: Nazarene

Studies In Revelation Chapter 14 Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Oct 12, 2011

This is a study of chapter 14 in the book of Revelation. This is a controversial subject but takes a conservative approach to understanding the book.

Note: I used many sources to study this book, one of my favorites is Revelation: God’s Word for the Biblically-Inept by Daymond Duck and some out of different study bibles. Title: Triumph of God’s people Theme: Text: Revelation 14 John Calvin said," I would rather be on the side that ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 14:1-20

Denomination: Church Of God

Gloom, Despair, And Agony On Me

Contributed by Mason Davis on Jul 19, 2025

What gloom, despair, and agony can cost you.

Gloom, Despair, And Agony, On Me By: C. Mason Davis A doctor comes in and asks his patient, "where does it hurt?" The Man says, "everywhere, absolutely everywhere, I'm at my wits end, whenever I touch any part of my body it hurts a lot!" The doctor asks the man to point ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1

Identify The Root

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 11, 2020

It is sad a dandelion can have ten feet deep roots. Cut the yellow flower of and the plant still thrives. To mature we must identify the root of the problem. Our enemy will hide his true purposes. Get smart, go to the root system.

IDENTIFY THE ROOTS By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com **Root: the underground part of a plant, absorption, aeration, food storage. The anchor, support, the origin, source, underlying, core, to help develop, to fix, essence. OFTEN SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS EXIST BECAUSE WE CAN NOT RECOGNIZE ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:12-15, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 13:29

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Healthy Christian Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Aug 12, 2023

Jude shows us what it means to be a healthy Christian

Title: A Healthy Christian Theme: To show that there are false teachers, but we must keep out self-healthy NJ and willing to help others. Text: Jude 1:17 - 23 Transition: You might say all of this one way or another is spiritually sick and theologically wrongheaded, and you would be right. So, ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:17-23

Denomination: Church Of God

Treat The Source, Expose The Dirt...

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 7, 2016

We tend to be very good at making the offering of excuses... We must come clean and search our hearts and motives before real change can come. NIP IT in the BUD!

TREAT THE SOURCE, EXPOSE THE DIRT! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. INTRODUCTION A. I have a friend that absolutely HATES DANDELIONS in his yard. He was determined to exterminate each dandelion from his yard. He desired them pesky weeds to out of his yard and to be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Pig Is Still A Pig Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on Aug 23, 2003

The greatest struggle facing the church is not danger from without but rot from within. 2 Peter makes plain what a foe within looks like and where it is headed.

A Pig is Still a Pig. 2 Peter 2:1-22, part two. In the book of 2 Peter, the greatest problem the church faces is not danger from without, but rot from within. Have you ever picked up an apple and taken a big bite out of it just to discover that it is rotten or worm infested? I remember as I grew ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 2:1-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Preparing The Way

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Mar 23, 2005

It is in the Triumphal entry we see our preparation to move from sinner to saint, from overcome by sin to overcommer of sin, from beaten to blessed!!!! We can proclaim today these things because our redeemer prepared the way, and because he finalized the

All history (His Story of saving us from our sin) will hinge on the cross. In His triumphal entry (scholars have called it a-triumphal) we see the foreshadowing of His purchasing our pardon from sin and preparing for us the way called straight. His plan was prepared before the foundations of the ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-31

Denomination: Baptist

The Sow That Was Washed

Contributed by David Goering on Aug 10, 2018

What is counterfeit repentance, and what is true repentance?

SCRIPTURE: 2 Peter 2:22 "But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." PROPOSITION: to use this text and others to show that swine in the scripture are a picture of unconverted ...read more

Change Your Bait

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Oct 30, 2023

Know your fish or your net will be empty.

Matthew 4:18  And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.  19  And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.  20  And they straightway ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-20, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Denomination: Baptist