Sermons on Paul:

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

Maintaining God’s Intent For Marriage(& Singleness)-4

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Feb 5, 2019

4 of ?. Paul answered the inquiries & clarified the concerns of the Corinthian Christians regarding marriage. How are Christians to maintain God’s intent for marriage? Maintaining God’s intent for marriage demands a concentration upon...

MAINTAINING GOD’s INTENT For MARRIAGE-IV—1Corinthians 7:1-9 (Making Marriage Worthy of its Creator) Attention: I have seen many who want a ‘church wedding’ despite their never ‘darkening the door of any church house.’ They want God’s blessing upon their marriage, without any commitment on their ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Choosing Excellence Over Loss-3

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 31, 2018

3 of 4. Paul told the Philippian Christians the value & means of maintaining a proper level of commitment to Christ. Christians are expected to maintain their commitment to Christ. But Who will, & How? Those who maintain their commitment to Christ...

CHOOSING EXCELLENCE Over Loss-III—Php. 3:7-16 Attention: Try to Be Ugly: Everyone in the apartment complex I lived in knew who Ugly was. Ugly was the resident tomcat. A life spent outside had it's effect on Ugly. To start with, he had only one eye & where the other should have been was a hole. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-16

Denomination: Baptist

Choosing Excellence Over Loss-4

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Feb 6, 2018

4 of 4. Paul told the Philippian Christians the value & means of maintaining a proper level of commitment to Christ. Christians are expected to maintain their commitment to Christ. But Who will, & How? Those who maintain their commitment to Christ...

CHOOSING EXCELLENCE Over Loss-IV—Php. 3:7-16 Attention: David & Paula Eddins were career foreign missionaries to Sri Lanka. They were commissioned on June 29, 1993. They were certain of their calling to the foreign mission field years prior to actually being accepted by the FMB. David had to ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-16

Denomination: Baptist

Introduction To 1st Corinthians Chapter 1 Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 17, 2018

Paul had been brought up in Jewish learning; but the plain preaching of a crucified Jesus, was more powerful than all the oratory and philosophy of the heathen world. This is the sum and substance of the gospel. Christ crucified is the foundation of. . .

JULY 15, 2012 Commentary on First Corinthians By: Tom Lowe Introduction to 1st Corinthians Chapter 1 A SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING. 1:1-9 All Christians experience the new birth and by baptism are dedicated and devoted to Christ, and are under strict obligations to be holy. But in the true ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

Choosing Excellence Over Loss-1 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 9, 2018

1 of 4. Paul told the Philippian Christians the value & means of maintaining a proper level of commitment to Christ. Christians are expected to maintain their commitment to Christ. But Who will, & How? Those who maintain their commitment to Christ...

CHOOSING EXCELLENCE Over Loss—Php. 3:7-16 Wal-Mart Photo shop worker is approached by a teenaged girl who wanted her boyfriend’s picture duplicated. She wanted the back of the picture inscribed with—‘My dearest Tommy, I love you with all my heart. My love for you grows stronger with each passing ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-16

Denomination: Baptist

Choosing Excellence Over Loss-2 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 15, 2018

2 of 4. Paul told the Philippian Christians the value & means of maintaining a proper level of commitment to Christ. Christians are expected to maintain their commitment to Christ. But Who will, & How? Those who maintain their commitment to Christ...

CHOOSING EXCELLENCE Over Loss-II—Php. 3:7-16 Attention: “On April 21st, in the year 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez sailed into the harbor of Vera Cruz, Mexico. He brought with him only about 600 men, & yet over the next two years his vastly outnumbered forces were able to defeat ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-16

Denomination: Baptist

The God-Directed Heart

Contributed by Mark Opperman on May 29, 2013

Is your heart and life being directed by the Lord, or are you the director? Do you care about others who still need to hear the good news about Jesus? Paul addresses these issues with encouraging words.

The God-Directed Heart 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Indignity Of Division

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 6, 2013

1 of 1. Paul urged the Corinthian church to distance themselves from the indignity of internal division. What can pull us away from division? Pulling us away from the indignity of division is a Unified...

The INDIGNITY Of DIVISION—1Corinthians 1:10-17 Attention: In my trucking days...The flat tire on the interstate on I-95 in FL. It completely stopped the progress of the truck. Need: The Corinthian church was afflicted/troubled by the indignity of internal division. Paul urged the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Denomination: Baptist

Qualified To Decide-5 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 29, 2017

5 of 6. Paul rebuked the Corinthian Christians for trusting secular sources in rectify grievances among themselves. The Church is uniquely fitted to properly rectify personal grievances. Christians are qualified to rectify grievances thru Their...

QUALIFIED To DECIDE-V—1Corinthians 6:1-11 OR Qualified To Rectify *WARNING to parents about the ‘delicate’ subject matter of this sermon* Attention: Alerted Passenger: A passenger is in a plane enjoying the view of the clouds when a man with a packed parachute appears at the window. The man says ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Having Done All, Stand Series

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Oct 29, 2020

Not unlike other churches within the first century, Thessalonica faced much adversity and opposition. They were relentlessly attacked for their faith in Christ. However, Paul encouraged them to remain steadfast in the faith, standing firmly for the Lord.

Having Done All, Stand 1 Thessalonians 2: 14-16 It has been a few weeks since we began to study this powerful letter to the Thessalonian church. Our last encounter revealed Paul encouraging the church to be an imitator of Christ rather than a pretender of the faith. He exhorted them to a life ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16

Denomination: Baptist

Let The Son Shine In!!! Series

Contributed by Tiger Newkirt on Jun 4, 2022

Even if the sun should disappear behind thick clouds so that we don’t see it for a while, the Apostle Paul tells us about another kind of Son light that shines on us and through us.

Topic: Let the Son Shine in !! Scripture: Ephesians 5:8 Even if the temperatures don’t always reflect it, the position of the sun proves it. Spring is on its way! Yes, there may be lots of snow on the ground and the sidewalks covered with ice, but the sun keeps climbing higher and staying longer ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8

Denomination: Apostolic

The Whole Armor Of God Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jun 21, 2022

Our enemy is a spiritual power. Our enemy the devil, is described as spiritual forces in heavenly places. Paul wants the believers in Ephesus to know that our enemy is the devil. There may be earthy leaders who oppose the gospel.

Living the Christian life is like standing on a battlefield. There is a drastic difference between peacetime and wartime. In the original Perspectives Books Ralph Winter uses the illustration of the Queen Mary ship to illustrate this. Here is his illustration: The Queen Mary, lying in repose in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20

Denomination: Baptist

Witness With Water Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 2, 2021

Baptism is to be a witness not only to the world, but a perpetual witness to your self in time of temptation. You are to look back, as Paul makes the Roman Christians look back, and remember what you gave witness to in the water of baptism.

A visitor to a drought stricken area was talking to some of the citizens about their no rain situation. As they were complaining about the difficulties it brought to them he sought to comfort them with the it-could-be-worse philosophy. He said, "If you think it is bad here, you should ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:3-4

Divine Direction Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 7, 2021

Paul is praying for divine direction. This clearly implies that not all that happens is God’s providence, for what is the need for praying for specific divine direction if all that life brings us is his pre-determined direction anyway.

A common saying that has become well-known is, “Truth is stranger than fiction.” When one begins to study what has really happened in history he discovers that reality if just as amazing and interesting as anything that could be invented. For example, I read the story of a drifter in Australia ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:10-13