Sermons on reluctance:

Turning Religious Reluctance-5

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jul 4, 2018

5 of ? Jesus bore witness of His Messianic identity to a religious woman who was reluctant to believe. How/When will God’s people turn the reluctancy of the religious? Turning religious reluctance God’s way requires...

TURNING RELIGIOUS RELUCTANCE-V—John 4:1-26 Turning the Religious Lost Attention: [Fox News news feed--04/12/2018—“The Associated Press contributed to this report”] At around 7 p.m. on Sunday April 1st 2018, a newborn baby—with the umbilical cord still attached— was placed in the ‘Safe Haven Baby ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-42

Denomination: Baptist

Turning Religious Reluctance-1

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Mar 6, 2018

1 of ? Jesus bore witness of His Messianic identity to a religious woman who was reluctant to believe. How/When will God’s people turn the reluctancy of the religious? Turning religious reluctance God’s way requires...

TURNING RELIGIOUS RELUCTANCE—John 4:1-26 Turning the Religious Lost Attention: When I was a young tween-ager(9-12 yrs.) Daddy bought me a ‘Cox’ brand miniature ‘Baja Bug’ Volkswagen. It was about a foot & 1/2 long & was built to scale. It had fat tires mounted on shiny plastic ‘mag’ wheels. It ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-42

Denomination: Baptist

Turning Religious Reluctance-2

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Mar 20, 2018

2 of ? Jesus bore witness of His Messianic identity to a religious woman who was reluctant to believe. How/When will God’s people turn the reluctancy of the religious? Turning religious reluctance God’s way requires...

TURNING RELIGIOUS RELUCTANCE-II—John 4:1-42 Turning the Religious Lost Attention: Everybody has a religion—right or wrong!...Everybody has a belief system to which they subscribe—right or wrong. Even atheists have a religion & are religious people. These may be Reluctant to turn, But by the ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-42

Denomination: Baptist

Turning Religious Reluctance-3

Contributed by Byron Sherman on May 1, 2018

3 of ? Jesus bore witness of His Messianic identity to a religious woman who was reluctant to believe. How/When will God’s people turn the reluctancy of the religious? Turning religious reluctance God’s way requires...

TURNING RELIGIOUS RELUCTANCE-III—John 4:1-42 Turning the Religious Lost Attention: —The Elephantaisis Convert— by: D. G. Barnhouse in ‘Let Me Illustrate’ A disease known as elephantiasis is a terrible scourge in tropical countries. The skin of the diseased becomes very thick, very hard, & ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-42

Denomination: Baptist

The Reluctant, Rebellious Prophet: Jonah, Chapter 1 Series

Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Feb 16, 2014

Serving and ministering those whom we love is easy. What if you were called by God to minister to a nation of murderers, whose part and parcel was to kill wantonly and have no fear of God at all?

The Reluctant, Rebellious Prophet: Jonah, Chapter 1 Today we will begin the first of a four part series on the book of Jonah. I hope to be in the church building in three Sundays from today, and we will finish this series the Sunday after that. I've decided to take a break from the Achieve New ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17

Denomination: Bible Church

Jeremiah And Lamentations Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Jul 11, 2021

Jeremiah was a reluctant prophet. He didn't want the job, but he did what God asked him to do at great personal cost.

July 10, 2021 Jeremiah was born during the reign of Manasseh – Judah’s worst king. Little is known about his early life, but in the 13th year of Josiah’s reign {627 BC}, Jeremiah got THE CALL. Which brings us to My Favorite Thing About JEREMIAH. He was a reluctant prophet. He did not apply ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10, Jeremiah 20:7-18, Jeremiah 38:3-6, Lamentations 1:1, Lamentations 5:15-16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Jonah Dilemna

Contributed by Craig Benner on Dec 3, 2019

When the will of God encounters reluctance, God goes to work for the sake of all involved.

THE JONAH DILEMNA Are you really willing to do whatever God calls you to do? Personal Illustration: I was raised in northern Missouri in the 1960s and 70s. I never met or knew a hispanic person in my adolescence. After going to bible college and moving to Texas, things were quite different. I ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:3, Jonah 4:9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Gideon: God's Reluctant Hero Series

Contributed by Rick Bartosik on May 23, 2001

Gideon was an unlikely hero. But God used him in a powerful way, just as He uses all who will believe Him and obey.

"Gideon: God’s Reluctant Hero" Judges 6:1-40 Mililani Community Church Pastor Rick Bartosik June 6, 1999 Today is a very famous day in history, called D-Day. On June 6th 1944, during WW II, thousands of allied troops landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France to begin the liberation of Europe from ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:1-40

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Good Givers And Reluctant Receivers

Contributed by Charles Holt on Apr 19, 2001

We examine a slice of Isaac’s life and find an illustration of the "not of works" principle for success in living the Christian life.

A Study by Charles W. Holt email: cholt@gt.rr.com Good Givers and Reluctant Receivers Genesis 25:5 and 24:36 Abraham is truly one of the greatest men of the entire Bible. He is not great in an all-encompassing sense. No one has ever attained to that status, except our Lord Jesus Christ. He is ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Joseph - The reluctant Stepfather

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Jan 30, 2017

would you be willing to raise another man's child as your own

Listen to the Scripture on Joseph’s side of the Nativity story: Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-21

Denomination: Episcopal

The Reluctant Missionary: Jonah Preaches To Nineveh

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jan 16, 2021

God's will will be done whether we are willing or not.

The Reluctant Missionary: Jonah Preaches to Nineveh Jonah 3:1-10 The story of Jonah and the whale is a favorite story at Vacation Bible School. Children are drawn with the fascination of the idea of being swallowed alive. It also addresses the natural fear children have of the unknown. A story ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10, Jonah 3:1-5, Jonah 4:1-11, Jonah 2:1-10, Jonah 1:1-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Blessed Are The Meek

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 10, 2009

A sermon on Blessed are the Meek (Taken from John Baker’s Book, Life’s Healing Choices on Choice #3)

Sermon for 3/8/2009 Matthew 5:5- Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Introduction: A pet store delivery truck driver was traveling down the road. Every time he came to a stoplight, he would get out of the truck and grab a 2 X 4. Then he’d run to the back and start beating on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Becoming More Undignified

Contributed by Carl Barnhardt on Aug 5, 2004

Encourages worshipers to not be ashamed or reluctant to display their faith publically

Do you know that today is a special Sunday? Every Sunday is special but today is most especially special because it is congregation participation Sunday. I want to know who in the early service told you what was coming. Today we’ve seen some things, we’ve seen some very small children display ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:1-22

Denomination: Methodist

A Dog That Only Jesus Could Love Series

Contributed by Larry Turner on May 9, 2012

A persistent Mom and a reluctant Lord makes for a faith-fiiled story.

I have been told that being a mom really changes things. And the more children you have the greater the changes. In fact I have heard that there is an evolution involved. For example, you begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your doctor confirms you are pregnant. You pore over baby- name ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28

Denomination: Foursquare

The Age In Which We Live….perilous Times

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 19, 2022

Many Bible preachers are somewhat reluctant to preach on these verses of scripture.

Why? Because when they preach on these verses of scripture, they may be branded as one of those “Doom and Gloom” preachers. Nevertheless, if a Minister of the Gospel loves the Lord, he is compelled by his love for the Lord to preach on these verses of scripture. Why? Because these verses of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Denomination: Baptist