Sermons on Right Directions:

Leading Lives Of Holiness & Godliness Series

Contributed by Wes Richard on Oct 5, 2005

God has called us to right living in a world that has a lot wrong with it

Last Wednesday evening, a student from ONU joined our group to do an assignment he had for a class. He was supposed to visit a church and then write a report. He found our church through our website and called us to be sure we were meeting. I’d love to read his report. Every day I’m ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:14-18

Denomination: Brethren

The Time Came

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 9, 2008

When God comes, it seems inconvenient to us, but it is the right time. And when we cannot get Him to arrive when we want Him, that simply is not the right time.

While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. The time came? Whose time? What kind of timing is this? A child deserves to be born in the surroundings of home, not in some strange place scores of miles away. A young woman wants to give birth to her child with her own ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7

Denomination: Baptist

How To Handle A Hostile Enviroment

Contributed by John Phillips Jr on Jan 5, 2007

Christians not only need to have the right attitude in church, but it’s important to have the right attitude out in the world; even when we face a Hostile Enviroment!

How to Handle a Hostile Environment Phil. 2:12-16 We’re looking at a text that comes from one of the “Pastoral Epistles”. These books of the New Testament are particularity useful to us because they are so practical and applicable to our everyday lives. Paul had just finished talking to the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Sane Perspective Upon Discipline And Compassion Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 27, 2012

Walking with God means we must be willing to mix discipline with compassion in the right ratios and in the right situations. There is a time to be firm and buckle down and a time to open your heart.

A Sane Perspective Upon Discipline and Compassion (Proverbs 19:14-15, 17-18) 1. Discipline and compassion are connected. For example, if teachers do not keep a class under control, students cannot learn and that affects their futures. 2. A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 19:14-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Children's Bread Are Not For The Dogs

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Oct 19, 2015

To show that children have more rights than pets. We get the greatest right a man can get in this world, that is to become sons of GOD, and not be content to retain as a dog.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you a dog? Yes, before but not anymore, I'm a child of GOD. John 1:12 (Amplified Bible) But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:26

Denomination: Pentecostal

Rejoicing Over Bad Things?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 17, 2019

"Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right." Who in his right mind rejoices at wrong?

Second Sunday of Lent 2019 One of the great themes of Christian literature, both in and out of the Scriptures, is the need for each of us to make a deliberate choice between the Two Ways of living. There is the way of life and the way of death, the way of following God’s will and law, or the way ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:17-21, Luke 9:30, 1 Corinthians 13:6

Denomination: Catholic

You Can't Park Here

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Jun 19, 2018

If you have ever had a Mountain Top Experience – you have the tendency to want to stay right there. You want to park right there and stay on the Mountain Top.

TITLE: YOU CAN’T PARK HERE SCRIPTURE: ST. MATTHEW 17:1-8 We attended the State Congress of Christian Education in Tulsa two weeks ago. The classes were very good and the Congress hotel was located downtown, which was very nice as well. As you find in most downtown City hotels the on-site ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Approaching Your Problems Lesson 2 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 27, 2023

Life is a choice. People have the most success when they make right choices.

A. APPROACHING YOUR PROBLEMS “Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:14-15, Romans 8:28

Denomination: Baptist

Got Purpose?

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 12, 2009

Running to win only makes sense if you’re chasing the right prize

Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one. So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: United Methodist

A Tale Of Two Brothers

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Oct 18, 2000

How we relate to God affects how we relate to others: Because Cain didn't have a right relationship with God, his relationship with his brother Abel was not right either.

For a number of years, one of my favorite TV shows was "Murder, She Wrote" with Angela Lansbury. Now, I could never figure out how so many murders could happen in that little New England village of Cabot Cove, but there was something captivating about trying to figure out "who done it" before the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

What A Way To Learn Your Lesson

Contributed by Rodney Kelley on Sep 15, 2008

You cannot do the wrong thing the wrong way and expect it to turn out right!

Intro. In chapter one of the book of Jonah, God gave Jonah an ORDER. Go to Nineveh, a city founded by Nimrod, and a very wicked place. It was the Metropolis of the Assyrian Empire. It compassed 60 miles and had a wall a hundred feet high, so broad that three chariots could go abreast on it. It ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Shrewd Surrender Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 18, 2018

Sometimes God calls us to surrender our rights for the benefit of his kingdom.

Shrewd Surrender (Acts 16:35-40) 1. Three violin manufactures have all done business for years on the same block in the small town of Cremona, Italy. After years of peaceful co-existence, the Amati family decided to put a sign in their shop window saying: “We make the best violins in Italy.” The ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:35-40

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Dealing With Stiff Opposition

Contributed by Phillip Wright on Mar 17, 2007

We all recognize that opposition will come. The trick is to learn how to properly deal with others anger and resistance when it is directed at us.

Dealing with Stiff Opposition Acts 4:1-22 Rev. Phillip A. Wright Introduction: This morning we are looking at a topic which hops in front of all of us from time to time. That is dealing with opposition. Attention: There was a passenger who boarded a Los Angeles-to-New York plane, he told the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

“if Your Right Eye Causes You To Sin, Tear It Out And Throw It Away” Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 28, 2015

Overcoming sin in my life is more a matter of heart work than hard work

This morning we’ll wrap up our sermon series on the hard sayings of Jesus. Obviously in 8 weeks we haven’t covered all the hard things Jesus said, but I think we have looked at enough of what Jesus said to get a pretty good feel for why much of what He taught was so hard to understand ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30

Denomination: Baptist

How Rich Are We, In Christ, Right Now? (1 Corinthians 4:1-21, Part 2) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Jan 29, 2022

Are we kings, already? The answer is "yes" and "no." But our riches are for service, to be used in humility. Not to lift ourselves up.

Last week, we worked through 1 Corinthians 4. Admittedly, I didn't really explain the last half of the chapter at all. I think I had three reasons for this. None of which are very important, but here they are: (1) Chapter 4 hangs together as a single argument, and I wanted to catch the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1-21