Sermons on Rebelliousness:

Making The Most Of A Bad Situation

Contributed by Larry Wise on Mar 21, 2010

How to handle trials, unfairness and inustice

Making the Most of a Bad Situation I Peter 2:18-25 ILL.- On Veterans Day a Boulder, Colorado, man parked his car in a metered area. Noting a sign saying “Sundays and Holidays Excepted,” he didn’t put in a coin. But his car was ticketed, and he went to city hall to ask why. It ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:18-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Crook At The Cross

Contributed by Bishop Talbert Swan on Mar 28, 2010

The power of Jesus to save is manifested through the redemption of a convicted thief.

A CROOK AT THE CROSS Luke 23:43 “Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” Title: “Crook at the Cross” 1. Jesus talks about heaven in Matthew 13 utilizing 7 different scenarios. a. Matt. 13:24 – Wheat and Tares – grow together b. Matt. 13:31 – Mustard ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:43

Denomination: *other

God’s Righteousness Through Faith In Christ Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 16, 2011

Man can be made right with God, but not on his own terms or in his own power. We can be saved only by the provision of God’s grace. Only by the cross of Christ can man find God’s justification & righteousness.

ROMANS 3: 21-26 GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST [Job 9:2-20] All human beings, of every race and rank, of every creed and culture, the immoral and the moralizing, the religious and the irreligious, are without any exception sinful, guilty, inexcusable and will be speechless before ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-26

Denomination: Baptist

Immitating God Through Mutual Submission In Our Families Series

Contributed by Neil Olcott on Sep 10, 2009

The key we are told to being people who show a dark and troubled world what freedom and light look like is mutual submission. Loving one another so much that we put the needs and concerns of others before self. This “other-minded-ness” is the crowning tes

Date: 3-12-00 Title: What God says about Child/Parent relationship Bible Text: Eph. 6:1-4 & others Subject: What does God’s Word have to say about the relationship between Children and Parents. Complement: Parents must take authority, children must honor & obey. Main Idea: Intro: We continue ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Struggling When Others Disappoint Us Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 18, 2009

July 1989. When others disappoint us, it is often because they do not meet our expectations, and anger is natural. God feels that about us. But God allows us to reap the consequences of our sin in Christ’s cross takes into Himself that burden and transf

He was a fuzzy-faced young man with a twangy West Virginia accent and an angular chin as craggy as the hills from which he had come. You had to notice him, small though he was, because he carried a Bible as big as the side of a barn and painted in the same bright fiery color. It was obvious that he ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 11:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

How Will You Respond To Jesus?

Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 15, 2013

1. Accept the Lord’s authority. 2. Answer the Lord’s questions. 3. Apply the Lord’s lessons.

How Will You Respond to Jesus? Matthew 21:23-32 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - August 26, 2012 BACKGROUND: *In Matthew 21, we are very near the time of the cross. The chapter begins with the Lord entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, as the multitudes cried out in vs. 9, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:23-32

Denomination: Baptist

Descriptive Greeting Continued - Beloved By God The Father Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Oct 12, 2010

We are loved by God.

Intro: 1. In the 1980s, people shelled out thousands of dollars to own a potbellied pig, an exotic house pet imported from Vietnam. Their breeders claimed these mini pigs were quite smart and would grow to only 40 pounds. Well, they were half right. The pigs were smart. But they had a ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:1

Denomination: Baptist

Living Out The Life We Have In Christ Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jan 23, 2013

Paul stresses how the believer should live a life that reflects their status of being IN CHRIST and Paul lays out what needs to be laid aside for this to happen...

Colossians 3:1-9 [NLT] January 23, 2013 Oak Park Baptist Church – Wed Bible Study Series Colossians Bible Study Paul’s clarifies his teaching on attitude and actions within the body of Christ: I hope and pray I can get ALL this in tonight, but if NOT we will pick up next week right ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

The Kisses You Do Not Want Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 17, 2013

Even back in Bible times (where they did a lot of kissing) there were certain kisses you didn’t want. And the worst kisses were those of enemies and betrayers. How did God say we should deal with people who attempt to deceive as those would?

(A Poem) Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, Remember this terse little verse To let a fool kiss you is stupid But to let a kiss fool you is worse. (Readers Digest 2/77 p.103) As I noted a couple of weeks ago, the Bible is just filled with kissing. They did a whole lot more kissing back then than we ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 27:5-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Promises, Promises, And All Of Them True

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Jul 13, 2017

A look at the first chapter of the book of Exodus.

Chapter One PROMISES, PROMISES – AND ALL OF THEM TRUE! Ex. 1:1-22 Intro: 1. Years ago I was minister of outreach at Calvary Hill Baptist Church. The Pastor was Bro. Ralph Gossett. He was a great man of prayer and every now and then, he would sing a special, it was always the same song, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 1:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Bad Attitude

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Mar 27, 2019

A study in the Gospel of Matthew 22: 1 – 14

Matthew 22: 1 – 14 Check your attitude at the door 22 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:1

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Parable Of The Tenants Series

Contributed by Gilbert Sefaranga on Mar 30, 2019

Biblical parables reveal hidden truths concerning the Kingdom of God. Judgment, behavior, and/or Biblical principles. An interesting thing about the Parables that Christ taught is the fact that what He often seeks to reveal is hidden.

33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. 34 When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:9-19, Matthew 21:33-46

Lesson 26: Slaves And Masters Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Sep 2, 2018

Paul continues the general teaching of this section of the letter: The Christian is different—a new man—and therefore behaves differently.

Commentary on the Book of Ephesians By: Tom Lowe Date: 1/31/18 Lesson 26: Slaves and Masters (Ephesians 6:5-9) Ephesians 6:5-9 (KJV) 5 Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; 6 not by way ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:5-9

Denomination: Baptist

A Study Of The Book Of Romans Lesson #6 Series

Contributed by James May on Aug 15, 2014

An expository study of the Book of Romans

Book of Romans Study Romans Lesson # 6 By Rev. James May Let us begin tonight by backing up just one verse into our last lesson. Romans 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God. We had spoken concerning the fact that God is ultimately Just and Holy, and that He alone is Sovereign in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:11-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Study Of The Book Of Romans Lesson #8 Series

Contributed by James May on Aug 15, 2014

Expository teaching on Romans chapter 3

Book of Romans Lesson #8 Romans 3:1-3:12 By Rev. James May Since it has been a few weeks since we last taught on Romans, let us digress just a little and go to the beginning of Chapter 3. If you will recall, what we had studied was that Paul was trying to tell the Jews that they were no more ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible