Sermons on Peters Mother In Law:

Hanna - A Woman Of Prayer Series

Contributed by Ben Thomas on Feb 2, 2007

This is a mother’s day message . Hannah who did not giveup in the difficult situaion and continue pray until she receiced the delivernce.

Hannah – Grace, abundance grace society had become a cesspool, a pit of depravity and corruption, when Samuel was born. His day was a time when people had slipped into an immoral, lawless, abusive, violent, compromising, and permissive lifestyle. The depth of their moral decay was seen in cases ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-20

Denomination: Church Of God

God's Power In Our Weakness Series

Contributed by Rick Duncan on Nov 17, 2003

In the Bible is a man who tried and tried to follow Christ closely but failed time and time again… miserably. His name is Peter. Yet God showed His power in Peter’s life. If he can do that with Peter, he can do that with you.

A spiritual leader named Henry Varley shared some words that still serve to challenge God’s people. Here are the words: “The world has yet to see what God will do with and for and through and in and by a man who is fully consecrated to Christ.” God used these words to change a man named D.L. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

A Joyful Heart

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2001

Someone says, "All right, preacher, I hear you. But circumstances in my life aren’t that good. Things have been tough. Just why should my heart be filled with joy?" Let me mention 3 reasons.

MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2013) The basic point of some of my messages in recent months has been that, for most people, their faith - what they have been taught, what they believe - makes all the difference in the way they act, in the values they hold dear, ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 17:22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Your Father Never Knew And Your Mother Never Told You Series

Contributed by Denis O'callaghan Ph.d. ,th.d., D.d., D. Phil. on Jan 7, 2012

Study for most is not fun but what can be learned by real study of Scripture?

THE IMPORTANCE OF BIBLE STUDY Anyone who claims to be a Christian and bases that claim on a knowledge gained from the Bible will also have a desire to be pleasing to the One Who has provided the salvation promised in the Bible. The desire to be pleasing to our Lord is not only something which we ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Case For A Creator (Part 3) Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 6, 2013

In this five part apologetics series, based heavily on the work of William Lane Craig and Reasonable Faith, five arguments are presented in favor of the existence of God: the evidence of Cosmology, Creation, Conscience, Christ, and Conversion.

The Case for a Creator (3) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 4/21/2013 A lecturer in Hyde Park, London was speaking out against religion one day and said, “My hatred of religion is inherited; my grandfather was an atheist; my father was an atheist; and, thank God, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:14-15

Denomination: Christian Church

A Call To Unlimited Forgiveness

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 26, 2014

The full extent of the law, versus the full extent of grace.

A CALL TO UNLIMITED FORGIVENESS. Matthew 18:21-35. Peter’s question, “How many times shall I forgive my brother?” (MATTHEW 18:21) arises out of the context of church discipline (cf. Matthew 18:15-20). Perhaps the original grievance was resolved, between one brother and another. The brother was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Good Life Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 28, 2021

1) the right attitude (1 Peter 3:8), 2) The right response (1 Peter 3:9), 3) The right standard (1 Peter 3:10-11), and 4) the right incentive (1 Peter 3:12).

1 Peter 3:8-12 8 Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. 10 For “Whoever desires to love life ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-12

Denomination: Other

The Time Has Come To Glorify The Son

Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 10, 2002

sermon reflecting jesus prayer to be glorified by God after having completed his work here on earth - slight connection with mother’s day / ascension

May 12, 2002 John 17:1-11 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2 For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3 Now this is ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Neither Jot Nor Tittle Series

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jun 27, 2014

Is Jesus making the Law binding upon Christians in these verses?

Neither Jot, nor Tittle Matthew 5:17-19 This text has many emphatic markers in the Greek which indicates that what Jesus says here is to be taken with all seriousness. We need to be reminded again that the Sermon on the Mount was preached to His disciples in the light of dividing the true ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-19, Matthew 5:13-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

No: The Key To Knowing Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Aug 30, 2012

The 10 Commandments are the key to knowing God, ourselves, and love.

Since 1997, an anti-lawsuit group from Michigan has held “The Wacky Warning Label Contest” every year. They do it to highlight the absurd effects of lawsuits on warning labels. In 2007, Kevin Soave of Farmington Hills, Michigan, submitted the winning label, which he found on a small tractor. It ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Battling Besetting Sin Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 7, 2011

Paul was being defeated by (the law of) sin, forcing him (his renewed mind) to search till God could reveal to him the way of deliverance (the Law of the Spirit). The law of sin is too strong for anyone so you must yield to a higher law if you would have

BATTLING BESETTING SIN (THE ENEMY WITHIN) ROMANS 7:15-8:2 How does one go about battling the sin which so easily besets us? Is there any way to be completely delivered from the sin that has plagued your life for years and years? A person who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ may be ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

800-Pound Gorilla? Or The First Pope?

Contributed by William Mouser on Aug 23, 2005

In Matthew 16, Jesus confers on Peter (and, later the other Apostles) authority to rule the Church, founded on the truth of Peter’s confession that Jesus is the Messiah.

Matthew 16:13-20 800-Pound Gorilla? Or the First Pope? There’s a phrase that’s popular in modern discussions of any number of topics, and that phrase is this: “an 800 pound gorilla in the room.” An example would be this line which I plucked from a blog entry on the international economy as it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

"no" Is A Beautiful Word. It Set Me Free

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 24, 2022

How are we set free from sin and death? No condemnation. How and where? In Christ.

3.27.22 Romans 8:1–4 (EHV) 1 So then, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 Indeed, what the law was unable to do, because it was weakened by the flesh, God did, when he ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-4

Denomination: Lutheran

Thank God For His Rules!

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jun 22, 2009

God’s laws are a blessings not a burden.

Today is officially the first day of summer. What do you like best about summer? As a kid what I loved was going to the pool on a hot humid day. I’ll bet there are a lot of children here who enjoy swimming. If so, what do you like best about the pool? Do you like jumping off the diving board or ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:23-28

Denomination: Lutheran

Community,you Get What You Give And More

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jan 20, 2008

laws of giving and receiving from God

Intro: in the book the Blessed life we receive the secret blessings that are tied to giving. As we approach the video series for the next two Sundays, I would like to lay down one simple principle that will run through the entire series. It is the principle that you get what you give and more. It ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:26-38

Denomination: Assembly Of God