Sermons on resume:

Be Resolved

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Apr 13, 2015

So we must be resolved in 2015 not by our own power but by the secret power of God to give us the boldness of faith to stand firm against the unbelieving world in which we live.

Be Resolved I like to start each New Year thinking about a quote that goes like this…”may all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions”. For many of us our New Year’s resolutions will be short lived and this quote suggests that if that is the case ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Serving God During Dark Times Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 20, 2017

Elisha was in rough situations, but was still God’s man in the midst of it all. We, too, represent God during different but challenging times.

Serving God During Dark Times (2 Kings 6:24-7:20) 1. Today I am resuming the tradition of ethnic jokes I began a while ago. Many ethnicities make fun of their neighboring nations as not being too bright. 2. Two Belgians are driving a truck and arrive at a bridge with a warning sign: maximum ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Belzebu

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 6, 2018

Los escribas erróneamente atribuyeron a Jesús el poder de enfrentarse con la magia de Satanás. Lo acusaban de brujería.

Los escribas erróneamente atribuyeron a Jesús el poder de enfrentarse con la magia de Satanás. Lo acusaban de brujería. En su época era comunmente aceptado que los demonios más débiles podían expulsarse mediante exorcismos por demonios más poderosos. Jesús hace notar que tal creencia es ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:20-35

Denomination: Catholic

Only You Can Change Your Habits

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Jan 30, 2018

it is our responsibility to change negative habits

I ran across this story as I was working on this homily and want to share it with you: "A bazaar was held in a village in northern India. Everyone brought his wares to trade and sell. One old farmer brought in a whole covey of quail. He had tied a string around one leg of each bird. The other ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal

Plans Of The Diligent

Contributed by Bala Samson on Apr 4, 2016

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance! Hurray!

DILIGENT ! Proverbs 21:5”The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.” It was half yearly examination that our Abide school, the English question paper was issued and I sat in the class for supervision. I found a senior boy ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 21:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abounding Hope

Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Sep 6, 2013

Hope is a very powerful force for good and that hope comes from the Lord. And patience is the trust we hold this hope in.

Quotes: “Hope is a waking dream.” - Aristotle “Hope, Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'” - Alfred Tennyson “Hope is the thing with feathers, That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Leadership That Just Won't Quit

Contributed by Jon Sullivan on Mar 18, 2010

These lessons from the life of Nehemiah will show leaders how to respond in the face of adversity.

Leadership That Just Won't Quit I) When opposition struck, Nehemiah prayed Nehemiah 4:4-5 (NIV) 4 Hear us, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. 5 Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:4-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Preparations For The Passage

Contributed by J Bernard Taylor on Nov 30, 2019

For those of us who follow the Lectionary, this Sunday begins the Season of Advent, a time of preparation for the coming of Christ. It is also the beginning of the Christian year, ending in November. How do we prepare ourselves for the passage of the year ahead of us?

PREPARATIONS FOR THE PASSAGE Introduction For those of us who follow a Lectionary, this Sunday begins the season of Advent, signifying a time of reflection and preparation for the coming of the Messiah. It also marks the beginning of the Christian year, ending next November. Two ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1, Romans 13:11-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Somebody’s Happy Somewhere.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 23, 2020

We can be happy following Jesus' teachings

ILLUSTRATION: A grumpy old man and his wife . . . While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant, and resumed their trip. When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left her glasses on the table, and she ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Best Is Yet To Come

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 14, 2023

However, we may not even see a glimpse in this life. We may have to go through what seems like Hell on the way to Heaven.

Everyone likes to use the phrase the best is yet to come. If you are not a Christian the worst is yet to come. Your life may be golden here, but in the end your life will be Hell for eternity. Indeed, the best for a Christian is to be in Heaven so the best is yet to come. However, that does not ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 73:1-28, 2 Timothy 3:12, Philippians 1:29-30, Hebrews 11:35-40, 2 Corinthians 11:1-33  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Twenty-Second Sunday In Ordinary Time- Get Behind Me, Satan

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 29, 2023

You tell the Lord you don’t want him to die, and he responds by calling you Satan.

The book, Tigers in the Dark, tells about a time when all the electricity went out at a Barnum and Bailey Circus. There was total darkness at the circus. They had just started the act with the tiger trainer locked in a cage with several fierce Bengal tigers. The tigers could see the man - the man ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:21-27

Denomination: Catholic

Begin Again By Moving Forward

Contributed by Nettie J Pennington on Jan 16, 2021

Every moment of every day, we have an opportunity to find the way back by moving forward. Renew your minds. Try this: "Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable."

Here is the connection we need to make: "All wrongdoing is sin" (1 John 5:17) and "sin is lawlessness" (1 John 3:4). Lawlessness and sin are a couple, and they will not divorce one from the other. There are no irreconcilable differences. Do not allow individuals in these ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:8, 1 Corinthians 11:1, 1 Peter 1:13

Denomination: Other

Iglesia Que Adora

Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on May 31, 2024

El Culto es una celebración comunitaria por quién es Dios y por lo que ha hecho por su pueblo.

Hoy iniciamos nuestra nueva serie de Sermones que le hemos llamado: Iglesia ADAMI. Si es primera vez que escuchas la palabra ADAMI quizá te parezca algo extraño. Y es que lo es, porque ADAMI es una palabra inventada que forma un acróstico que resume cinco acciones que como iglesia ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 111:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Power To Defeat Your Defeat

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Mar 31, 2004

Spirutal warfare

Micah 7:8:“Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall it in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.” Now, make the following confessions loud and clear: ¨ I may lose a battle, but I will win the war, in the name of Jesus. ¨ This year, if the devil tries to discourage me, I ...read more

Scripture: Micah 7:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Deadly Conspiracy Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Nov 23, 2007

I preach expository messages, and this is the tenth in my series on the Book of Acts.

“A Deadly Conspiracy” Acts 5:1-11 July 8, 2007 Note the honesty of the Bible, and of Luke as a historian. Surely, if the Bible were a book that was merely a propaganda piece, wanting only to “put the best foot forward”, aiming to impress people, this incident would have been covered up/swept ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical Free