Sermons on Parental Favoritism:

Faith Expressed Through Obedience Series

Contributed by James Parker on Oct 19, 2011

I would like to begina series on some of the people of the Old Testament. there are so many that we can learn from. And one of my favorites from the old Teastament has to be Noah. So today we are going to begin looking at men & Women of the Old Testamen

I would like to begina series on some of the people of the Old Testament. there are so many that we can learn from. And one of my favorites from the old Teastament has to be Noah. So today we are going to begin looking at men & Women of the Old Testament as we begin with a look at the man named ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:6-24

Denomination: Baptist

There Are Many Ways To God Series

Contributed by Craig Groeschel on May 30, 2008

You can see this on talk shows, television, radio, you can see your favorite movie star talking about this, and in this very politically correct world, it is very common to hear that there are many different ways to God. People will say as long as you ar

Urban Legends #1 [Video, Eerie Sounds] There is an urban legend that this house is haunted because a little girl supposedly was murdered. It is not that I am afraid to go back there or anything, but I just kind of like standing here. Now, for the record, I don’t believe in ghosts or anything ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:54

Denomination: *other

Whose Fault Is It?

Contributed by Don Baggett on Apr 2, 2008

One of my favorite old movies is “No Time For Sergeants,” where a very young Andy Griffith played a country boy who got drafted into the air force. As he was undergoing his psychiatric evaluation, the psychiatrist did everything he could to try and make

Do you know people who have, what I call, a victim mentality. In other words, everything that happens to them is somebody else’s fault? The reason they have the problems that they have is somebody else’s fault? One of my favorite old movies is “No Time For Sergeants,” where a very young Andy ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:5-8

Denomination: Baptist

Christmas For Everybody!

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 15, 2014

God’s favor is not exclusive. God doesn’t play favorites, but offers His mercy to all who will receive Him. Let’s look at some thoughts about God’s favor, His good will toward men.

Christmas for Everybody! Luke 2:7-14 7 and she [Mary] gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:7-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Everything Hangs On This

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Sep 23, 2025

What does it really mean to Love God with all? Not just on Sunday morning when your favorite praise song is being sung, on Wednesday afternoon when the high of Sunday service has dissipated and you find yourself stuck in traffic, or in times of suffering, or grief.

“Everything Hangs on This” By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr PRAYER SCRIPTURE: - Matthew 22:37-40 “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:37-40, Romans 3:23, John 14:15

Denomination: Apostolic

Dealing With Lust In Your Heart

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 8, 2025

In the Garden of Eden, our first parents messed up grievously. They heard the voice of God telling them what to do to care for this earth, and what not to do, and then they listened not to the loving voice of God, but the envious voice of the Horrible Serpent, Satan, our adversary.

Friday of the 10th Week in Course 2025 I suspect that I’m not the only one here today who has ever felt trapped in a deep well, a hole that has no way out. Perhaps your whole family has been in such a trap, and you have gotten to the limit of your power to get them out. Like the psalmist, you are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:27-32, 1 Kings 19:9, 1 Kings 19:11-16

Denomination: Catholic

Funeral Service For Our Son, Eric Crandall

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jun 2, 2021

This is the message I preached for our 40-year-old son. I hope it can help give comfort to other grieving parents. I preached about Heaven because that is where our Eric is.

Funeral Service for Our Son, Eric Crandall Revelation 21:1-6 (Preached May 25, 2021) BACKGROUND: *This is the message I preached for the funeral of our 40-year-old son who died on May 21, 2021, after a brief but terrible illness. This sermon is intensely personal, but I hope it can help give ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Paradise - Lost And Regained

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000

Our first parents were place in Paradise and through wilful disobedience it turned to Paradise Lost bringing discord and death but God in Christ made possible Paradise Regained by redemption.

PARADISE - LOST AND REGAINED The Internet has been both a boon and a blight. On 11 May 2000 a lady found a new e-mail message on her computer, which simply said, "I love you". It looked innocent enough, perhaps even romantic. Like most of us would, she clicked to open the message, and the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus' Picture Gallery

Contributed by John Vella on Feb 5, 2007

The important thing is not to have just one image of Jesus. This would hardly do him justice. It would be the same as our parents showing their friend only one photograph of us.

Seeds for Sowing, Vol. IV, Issue 3, No. 18 Third Sunday of Lent (Year B) March 26, 2000 Readings: * Exodus 20:1-17 * 1 Corinthians 1:18, 22-25 * John 2:13-25 Jesus’ Picture Gallery Baby Pictures One of the first things that new parents want to have is a picture of their baby. Many parents ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-25

Denomination: Catholic

The Echo

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jun 23, 2009

This sermon was preached after our youth group returned from a week at Falls Creek. It also ties in with Fathers Day, and it hopefully encourages parents to pass their faith on to the younger generations

ECHO (Fathers Day / Falls Creek Message 2009) By: Ken McKinley Text: Psalm 145:4 (Read Text) Well as you all know, we spent last week at Falls Creek. There were 5300 students and adults registered from 116 churches, and the theme this year is the idea of echoing your faith, from one generation to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 145:4

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Safe At Home

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 1, 2011

Interactive sermon, asking what more we can be for our children: mutual submission means respect; parenting means sacrificial love; the church has a responsibility to provide safety.

Takoma Park Baptist Church, August 31, 1997: audience response involved There are times when all of us need to participate, times when no single person can speak all the truths or do all the work. There are times when a community of people must come together, and think together, pray together, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

The Contamination Of Your Connection Series

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Oct 24, 2011

Again Israel had fallen captive to the Philistines so God raises up Samson who was devoted by his parents from birth to be a Nazirite - but his connection causes a contamination.

The Contamination of Your Connection Judges 16: 1-18 Again Israel had fallen to captive to the Philistines so God raises up Samson who was devoted by his parents from birth to be a Nazirite. Nazirite – ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:1-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Feb 4, 2008

A 5-point sermon about the different types of love in our lives - from romantic, to parent-child, to the love of God. Text, audio, and communion message will be at www.sermonlist.com

As humans, our emotions can vary widely throughout a whole range of subjects. Valentines day is this coming Thursday, so today I want to focus in on love. We are capable of feelings several types of love, and each type has its own focus and intensity. There is an old saying concerning love. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: *other

The Ideal Servant Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 4, 2009

Spiritual power, perseverance, purpose, and parenting made Paul the ideal servant to those he was leading. And we are all called to be servants. Link inc. to formatted text and PowerPoint.

The Ideal Servant I Thessalonians 2:1-12 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/IdealServant.html Being a servant is a calling. And you have that call. Preachers are called, but you are called as well. Preachers go ‘calling’. Once a minister went to call on one of the elderly widows of the church. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Faith Of A Mother In The Face Of A Struggle

Contributed by Billy Ricks on May 7, 2011

The family today is in desperate need for parents with faith that can face the struggles of uncertainty, unkindness, and ungodlyness. In Hannah we get a glowing example of a mother that faced her struggles with faith.

Intro: Bill Most of the scholars that you read will look over Hannah and move straight to the last judge of Israel. His name is Samuel in Hebrew means heard of God or God hears. But you cannot bypass one of the most important reasons that Samuel had the relationship with God that he had. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist