Sermons on Raising Your Children:

Entertaining Angels - Genesis 18:1-15 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 24, 2021

Abraham and Sarah and then Hagar. That’s a challenge for all of them and we see how God deals with each person individually.

Please open your Bibles with me to Genesis 18. We’re going verse by verse through the book of Genesis. It’s a great trek for us to be wandering through Genesis and learning practical principles along the way. We come to this one section in Genesis 16-18 that’s about this fractured family. Abraham ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"The Resurrection And The Life"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 4, 2014

A sermon about being raised to new life.

John 11:1-45 "The Resurrection and The Life" Right before our Gospel Lesson for this morning, in John Chapter 10, Jesus had been in Jerusalem for a Jewish Festival. At this festival, we are told in John 10:24, that a mob circled around Him and asked Him, "How long will you test our patience? If ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45

Denomination: United Methodist

The Parable Shocks But Christ's Message Is Powerful

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 16, 2025

The goal is to spread the message of Christ and His Church of the will of God to save all human beings. If the authorities are dragging us off to jail it’s hard to fulfill that mission.

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Course 2025 Reading today’s excerpt from the letter of Saint Paul to Timothy, you might get the impression that the goal of any church congregation is to “lead a quiet an tranquil life in all devotion and dignity.” That sounds like an average middle-class suburban lifestyle, ...read more

Scripture: Amos 8:4-7, Psalm 113:1-8, 1 Timothy 2:1-8, Luke 16:1-13

Denomination: Catholic

What's On Your Mind?

Contributed by Edward Frey on Mar 15, 2003

Jesus teaches us that the way of Christ and the Christian is the way of the cross

Impending war in Iraq; an uncertain economic future; terrorism, a serial killer at large in Baton Rouge -- many things weigh heavily on our minds. At times, we wrestle with doubt and worry, fear and concerns. Our Lord wants us to struggle with our thoughts and concerns today. In the Gospel ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:31-38

Denomination: Lutheran

Knowing Your Call

Contributed by Joe Rowland on Feb 23, 2009

If He has promised you something, then He is able to bring it to pass.Trust in His Word, believe in what He says.Know that “with God all things are possible” even when it looks impossible. De 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but thos

Knowing Your Call Isaiah 41:1-7 1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. 2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 41:1-7, Genesis 17:1

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Understanding Your Authority

Contributed by James W Hare on May 10, 2016

understanding the authority the God has entrusted to us

UNDERSTANDING YOUR AUTHORITY Ephesians 2:1-2:7 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 1Jn 3:8 KJV Eph 2:1-7 KJV And you hath he quickened, who were dead in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-7

Denomination: United Methodist

Honour Your Parents

Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 18, 2010

Respecting authority is fundamental to life, it is God's blessing to those under authority and it begins at home. Remember there is no perfect parents. Accept, appreciate and affirm them.

Exodus 20:12 Honour Your Parents ES 16May20100 1822 Exodus 20:12 "Honour your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you." We have this impression that this is for the young kids or young people like us. • But there is no time limit or age limit ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Be Strong In Your Spirit

Contributed by Gbemisola Fafowora on Oct 3, 2021

We as the body of Christ are to be spirit dominated not flesh dominated.

For sometime now the Lord as been helping me to understand that we need to live in the spirit and not in the flesh, unfortunately the body of Christ here on earth live mostly in the flesh and this is why we are not seeing enough of miracles in our lives. God in his faithfulness will often show up ...read more

Scripture: Job 32:8, Ecclesiastes 12:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Study Of The Letter Of First John – Personalities Of The Children Of God – Part Iii Series

Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Aug 10, 2020

John starts out in chapter four warning his readers not to believe every spirit but to test them.

Today you will find many spiritually gullible and naïve people. We are shocked when we hear reports of religious groups creating pacts toward mass suicide. Someone has called them “Killer Cults.” Reverend Jim Jones & the People's Temple (900+died) Jim Jones, the son of a Klansman, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Lord’s Prayer Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Sep 7, 2017

A study of the Gospel of John 17: 1 – 26

John 17: 1 – 26 The Lord’s Prayer 1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, 2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-26

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

2 - Yours And Mine Series

Contributed by Kent Kessler on Nov 5, 2024

That is the promise, “I will be their God and they will be my people” or “I am yours and you are mine.” This is marriage language. And we have a symbol of this we practice every month in communion.

When was the last time you made a promise? Did you keep it? Perhaps when you were married? A wife took her husband to counseling and in tears the woman tells the counselor that her husband doesn’t tell her he loves her. The counselor asked the husband, if that is true, and he said, “I told her I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, Ezekiel 37:27

Denomination: Methodist

"Follow That Chariot, Now!" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Aug 22, 2016

For several years I really struggled with this thing called witnessing. Sharing my faith. Largely because I didn’t really know what to say.

“Follow that Chariot” Acts 9:26-40 For several years I really struggled with this thing called witnessing. Sharing my faith. Largely because I didn’t really know what to say. I put a license plate on my car that simply said Jesus. I put a bumper sticker on also that read, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:26-40

Denomination: Baptist

Restoring Time God's Way Series

Contributed by Ethel Lamazon on Sep 22, 2021

If I could turn back the hand of time is a familiar slogan spoken by many people, but what if I told you that time can be restored God's way and your latter days can be greater than your former days, if you can just believe that keep reading this message.

Money can be restored. Property can be restored—broken-down cars, stripped painting, old houses, old pictures can now be restored. Relationships can be restored. But there’s one thing that can never be restored is time. Time flies and it does not return. Years pass and we never get them back. Each ...read more

John- Believe In Jesus And Live!-Part 6- " The Resurection And The Life" Series

Contributed by Randy Edwards on Dec 25, 2015

Part 6 of the John - Believe in Jesus and live series

John – Believe in Jesus and live! Part 6 “The resurrection and the life” John Chapter 11 Verses 1-44 Death To many people this word strikes fear in their hearts A feeling of panic For others the word brings memories of days past Flooding back like a tidal wave We all fear ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-44

Denomination: Baptist

When The King Is A Child Series

Contributed by Isaiah Banjo on Oct 12, 2020

Whenever the Bible uses the word ‘woe’, it is expedient that optimal attention be given to the context.

WHEN THE KING IS A CHILD 16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 17Blessed art thou, O land when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness. (KJV) 16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 10:16-17

Denomination: Pentecostal