Sermons on Responsive Reading:

Comfort Comfort My People

Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 5, 2006

A different kind of sermon - going back and forth between a reading of Isaiah and illustrative sermons that bring the text to the listner’s reality.

Special instructions - "quoted" material should be read by one reader and is the text of Isaiah 40. Material beginning with numbers can be split up amongst different readers or read by the pastor/sermon deliverer. “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.” 1Isaiah is an old man now. His ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Tthe Battle Of Ezk. 38: & 39: ~ Gog And Magog Series

Contributed by William D. Brown on Jul 24, 2013

Today I want to bring a few thoughts to do with the Battle that we read about in Ezekiel 38: and 39:, when will it happen?

# 4~ EZK.38:~39: STILL TO COME 7-13-13 Today we'll continue talking about things that are still to come on God's Prophetic Calendar. We have already pointed out; the next thing that's to occur on His prophetic calendar is the RAPTURE OF ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

What Will Sustain You In Grief?

Contributed by Bradley Berglund on Apr 6, 2013

Job gives to us three foundational truths that keep us believing that God is good when circumstances read the other way.

What Will Sustain You? Job 1:20-22; James 5:10-11 This message was preached the day after I had officiated at my aunt's funeral. She and my father had died within one week of each other near the Thanksgiving holiday. My mother was caught off guard. As we approached the stand next to the vault, ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:20-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Imperishable Seed

Contributed by Dr. David Wesner on May 15, 2015

God is with us when we read His word and He is able to make His words come alive in our hearts.

Mark 4:1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge. He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: "Listen! A farmer ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-8

Denomination: Charismatic

Confusion Of Mind!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Oct 29, 2015

How many Christians do you think read the Bible every day? Very few. The predominant source of confusion is sin!

Confusion of mind! Deuteronomy 28:28”The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.” I’m struggling within myself to write this devotion but I feel it should be preached today! In the above scripture, we read about madness, blindness and confusion of ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 28:28

Denomination: Pentecostal

None Can Oppress You!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Aug 1, 2015

The moment you start walking close with God through consistent prayer, fasting and reading of His Word, the devil would flee!

They dare not touch you! Psalm 105:14”…he allowed no one to oppress them….” After giving water baptism for two young girls in our church, we returned home and I was not able to come out of that anointing! Yes, I felt the presence of God in a mighty way at the place of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 105:13-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Handout For Bible Study On Healthy Prayer

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 10, 2018

This is an one page handout make copies and give out before you do the study, have each person read the verses....

HANNDOUT: LORD, WE PRAY SEEKING FOR YOU TO HEAR OUR PRAYERS AND ANSWER FROM HEAVEN… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14, Luke 15:4-9, Matthew 9:38, Psalm 122:6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Radical Moves

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jan 19, 2012

These men make radical moves Jesus, James and John, and the Father Zebedee, in this reading we will also can make radical moves.

Radical Moves Mark 1:14-20 1. The first Radical Move we find is with Jesus, Jesus goes to Galilee and does what John had done that got him arrested and eventually killed ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20

Denomination: Methodist

You Rich People Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Oct 23, 2019

In the passage we will read, addressed to “you rich people,” James frames wealth in its proper place in our Christian life.

MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK SERIES "You Rich People" JAMES 5:1-8 #JAMESatCCC INTRODUCTION…elitedaily.com/life/make-rich-other-money/991468 I was doing some reading and came across an interesting article about wealth and feeling rich. The author’s name is Paul Hudson. I couldn’t nail ...read more

Scripture: James 5:1-8, Matthew 6:19-21, 1 Timothy 6:9-10, Lamentations 3:21-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus Hates Hypocrisy

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 9, 2025

Jesus took a very firm line in today's Gospel reading about how we shopuld walk the talk

Jesus hates Hypocrisy Our Gospel reading today shows clearly that Jesus hadn’t read Dale Carnegie’s book How to win friends and influence people Because the way Jesus spoke to the Scribes and Pharisees in this passage was tough and he wasn’t out to make friends that day The setting is a meal. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:37-46

Denomination: Anglican

Deliverance Or Destruction

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 4, 2022

Every carpenter should enjoy reading his Bible because much of it deals with building terminology to which he could relate.

For example, in... - Matthew 16:18. We read, “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will BUILD my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” - Romans 15:20. We read, “Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-29

Denomination: Baptist

Hurdles And Progress Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Oct 5, 2020

There was Hypocrisy, covetousness, and lie, which had been dealt with correction in the early Church. Then, the Church began to expand. Read more.

Acts 5:1-11 Hurdles in the Progress of a Church Hypocrisy, Covetousness, and Lies The episode of the death and burial of Ananias and Sapphira in the first church of the New Testament is heartbreaking, and a costly spiritual lesson the Church has learned. Hypocrisy, covetousness, and lie were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

God's Voice Will Lead You To Be Like Jesus

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Oct 8, 2024

If what you hear and read is truly God's voice, you will desire to be more like Jesus in every way.

You have heard similar stories I am sure. This is a true story of a Pastor in Brazil who was loved, respected, and faithful to Christ in every way. But it hadn't always been that way. He came from a generation of alcoholics and was himself addicted to alcohol. He spent so much money on ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

A Model Israelite

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Oct 26, 2024

For Proper 26 Year B. November 3, 2024. This is from the Old Testament reading from Ruth 1:1-18

A Model Israelite Ruth 1:1–18 NKJV Now it came to pass, in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem, Judah, went to dwell in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech, the name of his wife was ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Spiritually Destroying Children

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Nov 5, 2004

Parents have a great responsibility in rearing their children. So many parents are destroying their children spiritually by the life they live.

EPH. 6:1-4 "SPIRITUALLY DESTROYING CHILDREN" A) Imagine with me that 2000 years have passed in time and it is now the year 4000! * A natural disaster had completely buried our society around 2000, thus preserving the remains for future excavation. B) When the archaeologists dug up the remains ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Denomination: Baptist