Sermons on Returning To Israel:

God Calls Us All To Vocation.

Contributed by Matthew Oliver on Jan 19, 2002

Through Isaiah’s call to Israel to become the light of the world, and John’s recognition of the Christ, we see a model of vocational call that we can follow. God calls us all to different vocations, but one we are all called to is to pray.

2nd Sunday after Epiphany God Calls us All to Vocation. Preached at Saint John the Evangelist, Cold Lake, Morning Prayer 20 January 2002 Isaiah 49:1-7, Psalm 40:1-12, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-42 Collect: Almighty God, your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ is the light of the world. May ...read more

Scripture: John 1:29-42, Isaiah 49:1-7, 2 Timothy 2:14-26

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Seek God's Preservation In All Things Series

Contributed by Bruce Landry on Nov 16, 2002

We will walk and see Israel in need of preservation in two areas this week. Area one was a lack of water, imagine that in an arid region as the Middle East. The second is in battle, let us see the directions that we can claim for our lives through this.

Seek God’s Preservation in all things Israel preserved in Thirst Israel preserved in Battle DBF Sunday Sermon, 11/17/02 I certainly thank God for preserving my life for all these 43 years and nearer to 44 every day. I plainly remember in my ignorance and folly thinking things that happened to ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon: Striving To Lead With Integrity And Skill

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Sep 30, 2025

With love and skill, David the shepherd cared for his flocks. As the king of Israel, David would care for God’s people. Despite the relentless pressure they had faced from their enemies and their woeful record of persistent rebellion, God had never abandoned them.

Sermon: Striving to Lead with Integrity and Skill Scripture Leson: Psalms 78:67-72 “Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved. He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 78:67-72, Jeremiah 3:15, Jeremiah 23:4-5

Denomination: Methodist

The Church Bone Yard: Or: Bony Christians

Contributed by Dennis Cocks on Oct 23, 2003

This is talking about Israel. Explain. But what if we applied this to the church today? What if this was the church bone yard? What kind of bony Christians would we have in our churches today? Let’s look at some of today’s bony Christians.

THE CHURCH BONE YARD OR: BONY CHRISTIANS TEXT: Ezekiel 37:1-10 INTRODUCTION: This is talking about Israel. Explain. But what if we applied this to the church today? What if this was the church bone yard? What kind of bony Christians would we have in our churches today? Let’s look at some of ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

God's Wisdom And Requirements Series

Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jan 11, 2003

Let’s walk with the nation of Israel and witness God’s wisdom given to teach the young nation about Justice, Agricultural Usage, their minimum fellowship requirements and their requirements to walk in HIS ways. How do these apply to us in our walk today?

God’s Wisdom and Requirements Wisdom in Justice and Land Use Requirements of Feasts Requirements of Nation in walking after God DBF Sunday Sermon, 1/12/03, Exodus 23 I hear many things today about if people will only pray and believe that God will ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 23:1-33

Denomination: Baptist

Wonder Bread

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on May 25, 2025

This message shows the supernatural power of God in supplying your needs. The Children of Israel received manna rained down for 40 years, but today God provides for you and I with spiritual and material blessing when we ask Him for our daily bread.

“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ” So it was that quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:12-15, Nehemiah 9:15, Psalm 105:40-41, Deuteronomy 8:3, John 6:31-35, Revelation 2:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Heroes #7: The Forgotten Heroes Of Judges Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Aug 16, 2008

The book of Judges is a book of Heroes and cycles. When the hero would die, the children of Israel would turn back to their sin, God would let their enemies defeat them, they would cry out to the Lord, and He would raise up another hero.

HEROES #7: THE FORGOTTEN HEROES OF JUDGES OPENING: This morning, we are going to take a look at the lives of some of the forgotten heroes of the Book of Judges. We are all familiar with the stories of David and Goliath, Daniel and the lion’s den, and Jonah and the whale, but how many of you ...read more

Scripture: Judges 2:16

Denomination: *other

Hypocrisy

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005

In this chapter God brings a charge of disobedience against Israel (v. l). The religious leader had replaced true worship of God with ritual prostitution. The nation had gone down hill spiritually and morally, breaking the laws God had given to them. The

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: He made free use of Christian vocabulary. He talked about the blessing of the Almighty and the Christian confessions which would become the pillars of the new government. He assumed the earnestness of a man weighed down by historic responsibility. He handed out pious ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 4:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Imitator

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005

It was customary in Hosea’s day for people to rejoice at harvest time. Israel, however, was commanded not to do so, because she attributed the abundance she experienced to the idols she worshiped, instead of God who sent it (v. l). Because of her spiritua

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: President Calvin Coolidge invited some people from his hometown to dinner at the White House. Since they did not know how to behave at such an occasion, they thought the best policy would be just to do what the President did. The time came for serving coffee. The ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 9:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Promises

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005

Israel prospered under King Jeroboam’s leadership by gaining military and economic strength. However the more prosperous the nation became the more they used their income for building more altars for idol worship (v.1). It is often the same today. More we

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; He promises honor and pays with disgrace; He promises pleasure and pays with pain; He promises profit and pays with loss; He promises life and pays with death. (Donnie Martin - Sermon Central) Israel prospered under ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 10:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

Tell Them I Am Has Sent Me To You

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 5, 2004

There are times when we hesitate to do God’s will because of feelings of inadequacy. Moses felt so inadequate to lead the children of Israel that he offered several excuses to God, but found God to be His adequacy. A right concept of God is essential to s

Tell Them I AM Has Sent Me to You (Ex. 3:13,14) There are times when we hesitate to do God’s will because of feelings of inadequacy. Moses felt so inadequate to lead the children of Israel that he offered several excuses to God, but found God to be His adequacy. A right concept of God is ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:13-14, Exodus 3:10-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sudden Impact 6 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 26, 2003

When Jesus said “I am the vine; you are the branches” he created another sudden impact moment between God and Israel by stating to them all that he is the source of life and truth in regards to serving God and the Israelite religion did not represent the

Sudden Impact 6 Thesis: When Jesus said “I am the vine; you are the branches” he created another sudden impact moment between God and Israel by stating to them all that he is the source of life and truth in regards to serving God and the Israelite religion did not represent the true way to God ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-27, John 15:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stepping Out For God Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Feb 19, 2007

Before God took the children of Israel into the Promised Land they needed to commit to Him, with no turning back. God, in turn, provided a way to do the impossible. When God calls us and we step out for Him, he comes through for us too.

After the preparation of Joshua as a leader, the encouragement to do what God had commanded - to take the land, and the spying out of that land to find out that the enemy seemed powerful but was frightened of God. After that is where the rubber meets the road, or in this case, the feet meet the ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Very Revealing! (Hix)

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 14, 2014

Now this 11 day journey would be a rough journey, there were rock’s and hills, pits, barren land and it was dry, (It was referred to, no man’s land for reason!) But that 11 day journey would reveal the true hearts and character of Israel!

Deut. 1:19-28-“So we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorites, as the Lord our God had commanded us. Then we came to Kadesh Barnea. And I said to you, ‘You have come to the mountains of the Amorites, ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:19-28

Denomination: Baptist

The Bad Judge Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 2, 2014

God dedicated 57 verses to a wicked judge who ruled as king in Israel for about 3 years. Why would He do that? Is it possible the story of this evil man has something to us about how we should think as Christians?

OPEN: In Clay County, Kentucky there was a judge named R. Cletus Maricle. He was one of the rare judges I could find online who had been permanently disbarred. You might ask: “Jeff, why was he disbarred?” I’m glad you asked. R. Cletus Maricle was disbarred because he and 7 other ...read more

Scripture: Judges 9:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ