Sermons on Risking It All:

The Life You Really Want To Live Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 4, 2013

If you want to truly live, then acknowledge that Jesus is the Christ headed for the cross and follow Him anyway even if it might cost you everything.

City Slickers is a movie that describes the adventures of three friends having mid-life crises. They escape the city and head west for a two-week cattle run to discover what's important in life. Before they leave, Mitch (played by Billy Crystal) shares what he does for a living at Dad's Day at ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Justice For All Series

Contributed by Denis O'callaghan Ph.d. ,th.d., D.d., D. Phil. on Sep 22, 2012

"What Jesus really meant", standing up for truth over tradition.

We are back and speaking out on our favorite subject "What Jesus really meant", standing up for truth over tradition. Our last truth was dealing with HIERARCHY and the opposite of hierarchy is equality, and Jesus was a radical egalitarian. The early church reflected this value, as we can see from ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:26-28

Denomination: Independent/Bible

All In The Family Series

Contributed by Douglas Dudley on Feb 10, 2005

Sometimes we go through life and we never show the proper appreciation for each other, especially those of the household of FAITH.

“All In The Family” Text: Romans, chapter 16 Introduction. Do you remember when you were a senior in high school? Graduation was coming, and in the spring of the year we got our last school yearbook. One of the traditions in school was signing each other’s yearbook. Some of the things we ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:1-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"the Worst Year Can Be The Best Year"

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jul 13, 2019

Message shares the worst years can be the best years if we go all in.

Amos 7:7-17 The Worst Year can be the best Year by “Going all in” 1. Many believe that the worst Year were 1347, 536, and 722 • Some claimed the worst year was 1347 The Black Death, also known as the Great Plague or the Plague, it was one of the most devastating time in human history, ...read more

Scripture: Amos 7:7-17

Denomination: Methodist

All Saints Day

Contributed by Zabdi Lopez on Nov 13, 2013

Today we are celebrating All Saints Day. It is a great day when we remember people who believed in Jesus as their savior and departed from this world.

Revelation 7:9-17 Today we are celebrating All Saints Day. It is a great day when we remember people who believed in Jesus as their savior and departed from this world. All of us have people who we remember who are already with the Lord. Actually it is very important for us, because we want to ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 7:9-17

Denomination: Lutheran

Christmas For All Series

Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Jan 2, 2019

Christmas is one of the most inclusive festivals. The Good news of Great Joy is truly for ALL people on earth.

Christmas for All Diversity and inclusiveness is a buzzword in corporates today. Special efforts are made to ensure that workplaces accommodate all types of people, without any prejudice to race, gender, language, sexual orientation, ethnicity etc. There are laws that forbid discrimination of any ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-47

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In Spite Of It All PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 5, 2023

This sermon explores our identity through God, emphasizing how our perception of God influences our self-perception and actions.

Hey folks, how's everyone doing today? It's wonderful to see you all here. I'm really excited to share something special with you today. I've been thinking a lot about our identity, how we see ourselves, and how we think God sees us. It's a complex topic, but it's one that's close to my heart and, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 4:13-17

Topics: God

Drop It All!

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 24, 2024

In recent years, one of the biggest dangers to the church is that what was considered normal Christianity is now considered abnormal and what was not even considered Christianity at all is now become the norm and hub of our faith.

Opening illustration: Show video “Leave: Follow.” Introduction: This is dizzying. If we read these verses honestly and thoughtfully, they really do take our breath away. And so I’m left at the end of these five short verses asking myself: “What just happened?” I don’t know about you, but it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Faith Should Be Spelled R-I-S-K

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jul 29, 2015

For the Christian, Faith is not spelled "F-A-I-T-H" it is spelled "R-I-S-K." If something is not a risk, then it really does not require Faith. Updated March 2021.

A single traveler... had hiked for many miles ... across the desert ... His water supply was gone, ...and he knew .... if he did not find water soon... he would surely die. In the distance ... he saw what looked like... an abandoned cabin, ....and when he arrived......he discovered an old rusty ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12, Hebrews 11:6, Hebrews 11:1, Acts 4:12, James 2:18, John 6:24-35  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

Conquerors All

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 8, 2009

We are bored. Feelings shut down because we strive for security and for status, and even for spirituality, but nothing works. Only allegiance to the risen Christ provides fulfillment.

Of all the diseases of our time, the most serious one is boredom. Of all the sicknesses this flesh is heir to, the most fatal is boredom. Not AIDS, not homicide, not heart disease nor cancer, but boredom. Oh, I don’t suppose any mortuary ever tagged a cadaver’s toe with "boredom". I don’t suppose ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:15-22

Denomination: Baptist

All Or Nothing

Contributed by Steve Heartsill on Oct 25, 2000

When it comes to choosing God, it is really a "all or nothing" decision.

ALL OR NOTHING! Luke 14:31-35 A woman walked into her bathroom at home. As she did, she saw her husband weighing himself on the bathroom scales, sucking in his stomach. The woman thought to herself, "He thinks that he will weigh less by sucking in his stomach." So, the woman rather ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:31-35

Denomination: Baptist

All Is Vanity Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jul 20, 2010

In today's lesson we are warned that apart from God, we will not gain anything from all our toil.

Scripture People today want to live meaningful lives. They have questions such as: • What is the meaning of life? • Why am I so unhappy? • Does God really care? • Why is there so much suffering in the world? • Why is there so much injustice in the world? • Is ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

In All Things!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 27, 2016

In this outline we list just a few of the references to the word ALL as you can see it would be one of the world’s longest sermons if we did. However, the few we list lay out a message for both the believer and the now-believer

IN ALL THINGS! In the KJV Bible the word ALL appears to be used 5621 times in 4664 verses. It is a three-letter word but is used much in speech and even in the Word of God. In this outline we list just a few of the references to the word ALL as you can see it would be one of the world’s ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:1-10

Love Bears All Things, Believes All Things, Hopes All Things Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 8, 2016

When I love like Jesus loves I set others free to be the best that they can be

ENGAGE In our relationships it seems like there are two kinds of people – those who look at our lives and see our weaknesses and tell us what we can’t do, and those who look at our lives and look past those weaknesses to our strengths and tell us what we can do. That is true in our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Baptist

Justice For All Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 9, 2009

1) Boaz’s preparation for court action, (2) the transcript of the court proceedings, & (3) Boaz’s response to the outcome of the court proceedings.

This week saw the conviction of Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb receiving sentences of seven and six years in jail, respectively, by an Ontario Superior Court judge for their orchestrating a massive accounting fraud at theatre company Livent Inc. This has been a drama playing out for the past ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 4:1-10

Denomination: Other