Sermons on Popular Culture:

A Person's A Person No Matter How Small

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jun 26, 2009

A Mother’s Day message on the gift of life and the issues surrounding life in our culture

A Person’s a Person No Matter How Small TCF Mother’s Day Sermon May 10, 2009 Good morning, and Happy Mother’s Day. Have you noticed that when you’re a mother, you tend to look at the world in a whole different way than you did before you were a mom? It gets to the point where you almost redefine ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:13-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Benedict Arnold's New Name Series

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Aug 27, 2006

You have a choice - you can either name the culture, or let it name you.

Title: Benedict Arnold’s New Name Text: Daniel 1:5-8 FCF: Do not let the culture name you Intro: When Susan was growing up, Loudoun was changing every bit as much as it is today. She grew up on a road without a name – Landmark Road just turned into some gravel that was Rural Route 1. But for ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:4-7

Denomination: Baptist

Use Your Sling

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 7, 2021

If you are not teaching against false doctrine and naming names you are not using your sling to protect your flock from the wolves.

Romans 16:17  Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. Out of all the chaos of 2020 with COVID and the election something good, though bad, came out of it. The good thing is that many false ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:17, Revelation 2:14-15, Revelation 2:20, Matthew 7:21-23, 2 Timothy 2:15  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

The Exclusive Claims Of The Inclusive Jesus

Contributed by Benjamin Sharpe on Aug 16, 2002

An apologetic sermon defending the assertion that Jesus is God’s unique provision for salvation.

The Exclusive Claims of the Inclusive Jesus John 14:1-11 INTRODUCTION: You know that I teach OT and NT at our local college. Being in that setting enables me to encounter a lot of different people and to get a sense of the way people inside as well as outside the church think. One of the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Getting Ahead Of Ourselves Series

Contributed by Josh Reich on Jun 4, 2007

Many people in our culture are planners, in fact, our culture holds up planning ahead as an ideal. But what does the Bible say? Does planning ahead take God out of the equation?

A Search for What is Real: Getting Ahead of Ourselves (James 4:11 – 17) Have you ever had a decision and didn’t know what to do? Maybe it had to do with a career choice, which college to go to, who to date, whether to get married, buy that first house, start a family. All of us at different ...read more

Scripture: James 4:11-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

And Justice For All Series

Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Mar 26, 2014

Custom's set us apart; they become our culture, the attitudes, actions and values that define us. In His early messages Jesus kept referring to the coming kingdom of God and the culture that defines it.

Faith Challenges that will Change Your Summer And Justice for All Matt 5:33-48 7/14/2013 Introduction * The Masai tribe, located in Kenya and Tanzania, greet each other by spitting. When greeting elders, a tribesman must spit in his hand before offering a handshake, thus showing respect. The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:33-48

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Countercultural Jesus

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 8, 2023

Did Jesus seek to be culturally relevant or bring new faith to an old culture? Were there people who criticized and ridiculed Him? Let’s find out in Matthew 9:9-26.

Did Jesus seek to be culturally relevant or bring new faith to an old culture? Were there people who criticized and ridiculed Him? Let’s find out in Matthew 9:9-26. How did Jesus call some of His disciples? Is that a picture for anyone who chooses to follow Him? As Jesus passed on from there, He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-26

Denomination: Baptist

Heaven And Hell - For Real Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 3, 2011

Heaven is more popular than Hell - for obvious reasons. But just what does Heaven mean to us? And is Hell really as bad as we

OPEN: An extremely nervous patient came to his dentist for root canal surgery. He was brought into the examining room and made comfortable in the reclining dental chair. The dentist then injected a numbing agent around the patient’s tooth, and left the room for a few minutes while the medication ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When Less Is Best Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Apr 2, 2018

Simplicity is a spiritual discipline that is, too often, left unpracticed in our consumeristic western culture.

This morning we begin a four-week journey dealing with the stewardship of life. Over the next four weeks we’ll take a look at the futility that comes from longing for more in a culture of enough, then we’ll take a look at the power of debt to cause stress in our lives. In week three, we discover ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:4-6

Denomination: Methodist

You Must Be Born Again!

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Mar 23, 2023

The words of our Savior found in John 3 are the very heart of Biblical Christianity. Many in our society want to dismiss the very idea of rebirth through faith in Jesus. Many of our churches have embraced a "social gospel" where works are elevated above rebirth.

Today we will be reading from the Gospel of John 3:1-18 Intro Who am I? (Speaking as a guest preacher) Cautions Don’t trust me - Check everything I say with the Scriptures - Careful who you watch or listen to - Check what they say with the Scriptures - If you know the Scriptures you will “not ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-18, Ephesians 2:8-10, John 15:5-8, Galatians 2:20, Titus 3:3-5, 1 John 1:5-7, John 14:23, Matthew 22:37-40, Galatians 5:22-23  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Nazarene

Who Am I? Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Oct 16, 2014

I cannot overestimate the importance of image - especially in today's culture. It's time for the church to speak up.

“Getting A Clue: Who Am I?” Gen. 1:26-31 & 2:4-7, 18-25; Col 1:15-20 I cannot overestimate the importance of image – especially in today’s culture. People wander from relationship to relationship, pursuit to pursuit, project to project, social group to social group, social ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

How Do You Connect With Your World Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003

To reach the world you need to speak to it on its terms, in its language and with integrity

In the early 1940s a young graduate of Wheaton College went to a small Baptist church in a Chicago suburb. His name was Billy Graham. Although he felt his gifts were more in the area of evangelism, he agreed to give it a go. Within several months, the church was growing, and so was his popularity. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:20-22, Acts 17:16-34

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Blessed Are The Merciful Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 18, 2004

A sermon on God’s mercy with main points taken from a very popular section of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice.

Blessed Are the Merciful Matt. 5:7 INTRO. This is the first of the Beatitudes that deals with the attitude of a Christian toward his fellow man. Mercy is love in action. It seeks the benefit of those who are in our power to hurt and may well deserve ill treatment. It goes beyond benevolence ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Genuine Miracle Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Feb 16, 2004

Sermon contrasts the characteristics of this miracle with magical phenomena in much of the popular media of today such as "Harry Potter" "Crossing Over" etc...

A Genuine Miracle Fortifying the Foundations # 26 John 11:38-54 1-4-04 At the beginning of the service we read our text in John 11:38-54[1]. It is the story of Jesus’ last great miracle before his crucifixion: The resurrection of Lazarus. Miracles play a central role in John’s gospel. In ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:8, John 11:38-54

Denomination: Charismatic

Close To The Kingdom

Contributed by Bernard Dawson on Nov 23, 2002

An examination of a biblical character demonstrating the need of a vital relationship with Jesus Christ and not just a respectable alignment with a popular religious understanding.

CLOSE TO THE KINGDOM Scripture: Mark 12:28-40 Jesus had skilfully answered the Pharisee’s questions and avoided their trap. (v.13) The scribe in today’s lesson was quite pleased with the answers and stepped forward with some questions of his own. Scribes were professionals whose occupation was to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:34, Mark 12:28-40

Denomination: Holiness