Sermons on Postmodern:

Get Wisdom Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2011

from a series on the life of Solomon. A book sermon, from the Proverbs, about the importance of wisdom in life.

Proverbs Intro: (used a powerpoint of these choices. Best to put them all up before asking people to choose one) OK. Time for an audience participation quiz this morning. Each question is a multiple choice. Let’s say, if you had to pick one of these 4 answers, which one would it be? ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Rapture, Judgment, Tribulation Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Oct 22, 2015

A series of events will most certainly come to planet Earth one day, maybe soon. Here are a group of sermonettes covering some of them.

Recipe for disaster: Do you get frustrated, as do I, when you hear obvious perversions of Scripture? When a passage is mutilated beyond repair? When the words are so obvious, but folks read into them their own ideas? I wouldn't want to let them in my kitchen, to prepare a recipe for me that they ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Dangers That Threaten The Family

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 28, 2014

a sermon to help make people aware of the dangers that are threatening our families

Introduction: (Read from newspaper): “Stalker Endangers 4-State Family - Authorities are nervously watching a 4-state home where a stalker has been recently cited. The stalker has been spotted, using a variety of disguises to hide his identity. A known criminal, he is wanted in several ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:5-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus Tries To Save Pilate Series

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 8, 2013

Is Pilate trying Jesus, or is Jesus trying Pilate?

Jesus Tries to Save Pilate John 18:28-38 Introduction Last week we talked about three trials. We talked about the mock trial of Jesus before Annas and the Jewish leaders. The second trial was that of the Jewish nation before Jesus. The third was the trial of Peter and John in the courtyard before ...read more

Scripture: John 18:28-38, John 18:33-37

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Fervent Prayer From The Bell Of A Fish

Contributed by Jim Mccutchen on Mar 12, 2017

One of the most powerful prayers ever uttered came from a desperate preacher that found himself in a unbelievable situation. YOU will learn how to pray when the storm is beyond your control.

FERVENT PRAYER FROM THE BELL OF A FISH We come the theme -- Character’s that build Character. We will park in Jonah 2 and discover a desperate prayer from a desperate Preacher who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a big fish. Jonah 1:17 unequivocally states, “7 Now the LORD had prepared a ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Christian Church

Idolatry Is The Issue Series

Contributed by David Owens on Oct 15, 2018

In this introduction to the series, we discuss what idolatry is and how it is still a problem in our modern times.

A. Can you guess what is the number one problem in the Bible? 1. It is the problem that more than 1,000 verses speak of? a. It is the problem that more than 50 of the laws in the first five books of the Bible are directed against. b. In Judaism it was one of only four sins to which the death ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:21, Exodus 20:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Freedom's Relationships Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 8, 2016

You are free because you are loved!

Pastor Lee Eclov, from Vernon Hills, Illinois, talks about his first visit to a health club in the 1970s. His friend Frank had invited Lee to go with him, and when they arrived, they entered a room filled with weight machines. Pastor Lee had never seen those things before in his life, so Frank ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Sermon 3: Jesus’ Trial And Torture Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 9, 2019

The trial & torture of Jesus reveal the extent to which Jesus was willing to go to carry out the plan of redemption, and teach rich doctrinal truths about the substitutionary sacrifice of Jesus for our sins. This sermon explores those truths, and imagines a retrial of Jesus today.

Sermon 3: Jesus’ Trial and Torture 82 Hours: Countdown to the Resurrection Chuck Sligh Preaching April 7, 2019 NOTE: A PowerPoint presentation is available for this sermon by request at chucksligh@hotmail.com. Skeleton outline, the idea of a retrial for Jesus, and some other elements are borrowed ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

8 Words To Change Your Family: Truth Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on May 22, 2011

True families tell the truth in love.

8 Words to Change Your Family: Truth Ephesians 4:15 Rev. Brian Bill 5/22/11 I heard about a guy who sees a sign in front of a house: “Talking Dog for Sale.” He rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the backyard. The guy goes to the back and starts asking questions of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:15

Denomination: Baptist

Worthless Religion Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 8, 2012

Don’t let anyone judge you by legalistic standards, disqualify you by mystical experiences, nor enslave you by ascetic practices, because Jesus is all you need. A warning of the false ideas of legalism, mysticism, & asceticism.

Back in 2004, when several hurricanes hit the state of Florida, it left thousands of people without electrical power. Like many Floridians, Don Aycock’s neighbor used a portable generator to supply power until the electrical lines could be repaired. It had been running for a while when the man ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:16-23

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Nominal Christianity

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Mar 17, 2012

How to know that you are truly saved.

“Nominal Christianity” 2 Corinthians 13:5-6 Scripture Reading 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 2 Corinthians 13:6 But I trust that ye shall ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:5-6

Denomination: Baptist

Yin And Yang - How To Deal With It As A Christian

Contributed by Robert Sickler on Apr 28, 2012

Americans may be infatuated with Yin and Yang but they neither understand its strengths nor its weakness; they certainly do not understand the hidden dangers.

YINYANG – HOW TO DEAL WITH IT AS A CHRISTIAN INTRODUCTION I have a dozen unfinished writing tasks but I find myself chasing a topic through a maze of rabbit tunnels. I recon this is what I deserve for candidly commenting about a subject that is near and dear to the minds of so many people: ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:7-25, Romans 7:7

Denomination: Christian Church

Exploring The "Isms" Series

Contributed by Rick Thiessen on Mar 17, 2016

A look at the three main branches of worldviews, pantheism, atheism and theism to see which makes sense.

SE040414 HOW I MET MY SAVIOR 2. The Isms TITLE SLIDE Imagine I put two items in front of you: a Jar full of jelly beans, and an IPod. Then, I ask a question: - Is choosing your worldview, more like guessing the actual number of Jelly Beans in a jar, or more like picking your favorite song from ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 14:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"When Friends Fail” Series

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 15, 2019

Job’s three friends talked too much and listened too little. We should resist interpreting God’s will for another person’s disaster. What people really need is compassionate listeners. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Good Advice (2). Job's comforters (2:11-13): • Eliphaz will speak from a viewpoint of his experience. • Bildad will speak from the viewpoint of tradition • Zophar will speak from the viewpoint of his own assumptions • Elihu will speak from the viewpoint of an angry ...read more

Scripture: Job 2:11-13

Denomination: Brethren

Black History Month: Don't Sit Down And Die, Get Up And Try!

Contributed by Wayne Solomon on Feb 3, 2020

Just as Moses and Jonah came out of the water with a message from God. The peoples of African descent came out of the waters on slave ships and have a message from God, for the World.

Don’t sit down and die but get up and try! 2 King 7:3 Why sit we here until we die? 2 Kings 6:24-30 and 7:1-16 24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:3, 2 Kings 6:24-30, 2 Kings 7:1-16

Denomination: Church Of God