Sermons on Russia:

"I Know That My Redeemer Lives…”

Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 1, 2020

During his terrible trials, Job became conscious, by way of revelation, that he had always had a heavenly friend in heaven who would stand up for him, and be his Advocate and Intercessor. It was the Preincarnate Jesus, his Redeemer!

“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES…” Job 19:25 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Humor about Pastors 1. RENEGADE SONG LEADER a. Having just preached a passionate sermon on the dangers gossip and tale-bearing, the pastor turned over the pulpit to the song leader for the closing hymn. b. The song ...read more

Scripture: Job 19:25, Job 16:19-21

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Do We Have David’s Desire?

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 16, 2019

We will follow whatever we desire. That was the secret of Davi'ds spiritual success. David "set his heart" and his affections on God. Because he did, he developed a hunger for God, he loved God's presence and His Word. We must set our hearts on God.

DO WE HAVE DAVID’S DESIRE? Ps. 27:4 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. A man was telling about an exciting experience in Russia. His sleigh was pursued over the frozen wastes by a pack of at least a dozen famished wolves. 2. He arose and shot the foremost one, and the others stopped to devour it. But ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:4, Colossians 3:1-2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Danger Of Compromise

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 3, 2022

At one time or other all of us have been removed from our usual roles in life and have found ourselves in strange situations. When this happened we did not know quite what to do with ourselves.

All of us have a particular group of people that we are comfortable with. While we know some people are quite versatile and can adapt themselves to any group they associate with, others have a hard time adapting. Illus: For example, we all know there is a proper way to arrange a place setting at ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 11:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Living Water And Hidden Food Series

Contributed by Ray Geide on Jan 17, 2022

The rule of threes says you can go about three weeks without food, three days without water, three hours without shelter, and three minutes without air. So food, water, shelter, and air are important. Without them you will die. Today we will look at two of them, water and food.

Living Water and Hidden Food John 4:10-34 The rule of threes. Do you know about this? If you were a survival expert, you would. The rule of threes says you can go about three weeks without food, three days without water, three hours without shelter, and three minutes without air. Let me repeat ...read more

Scripture: John 4:10-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Amazing Grace

Contributed by Donny Yarbrough on Jun 2, 2017

Message about God's grace from our Grace Living series through Ephesians. Illustrations gathered from various sources.

Amazing Grace Ephesians 2:4-10 His name was John. He had deserted the Royal British Navy and was caught, flogged and demoted. After that he made up disrespectful songs about his ship’s captain and was demoted again. Furthermore, he prided himself in creative profanity and sharp-witted attacks on ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-10

Denomination: Baptist

Away In A Manger Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Dec 26, 2017

The message of the manger. What is the significance of the manager for us today.

No Christmas song is more loved than this tender children’s carol. For some time “Away in the Manger” was titled “Luther’s Cradle Hymn.” It was thought to have been written by Martin Luther for his own children and then passed on by German mothers. Modern research discounts this claim, however. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

How God Prepared The World For His Son Spiritually

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Nov 19, 2018

A message showing how people all over the First Century world were sick and tired of the cruelty in the world and the idolatry in the religions and were longing for some kind of universal Savior.

Christmas Messages 4 Bob Marcaurelle homeorchurchbiblestudy.com bob marcaurelle free printed an audio messages HOW GOD PREPARED THE WORLD FOR HIS SON SPIRITUALLY “And the Lord opened up her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.” Acts 16:14 Lydia was a Jewish business woman and she ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-2, Galatians 1:15-16, Acts 10:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

How God Prepared The World For His Son Personally And Spiritually Series

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Nov 22, 2018

Shows how God put the hope of a universal Savior and the disgust with idolatry and cruelty into the hearts of Gentiles to get the world ready for Jesus

HOW GOD PREPARED THE WORLD FOR JESUS PERSONALLY “And the Lord opened up her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul.” Acts 16:14 Lydia was a Jewish business woman and she became the first recorded convert in Europe. In that town God saved a demented slave girl and a Roman jailor. They ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:4, Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Becoming A Giant Killer

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 10, 2021

All of us face giants of debt, abuse, rejection, troubled children, battle fears, health issues, habits, failure, or depression. They seem impossible to overcome. But David shows us how to trust in God to save us. Jesus, our Champion, won the victory!

BECOMING A GIANT KILLER 1 Sam. 17:2-51 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: You have to know…“HOW TO GET HELP” 1. One day Jacob, a Jew living in Russia, slipped on the wet riverbank and fell into the water. Unfortunately, Jacob couldn’t swim and was in serious danger of drowning. 2. Two Communist ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:2-51

Denomination: Assembly Of God

World-As-It-Is To World-As-It-Should-Be | Jesus The Only Hope | Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd Series

Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Mar 12, 2023

The world-as-it-is, is a pretty messed up place. We cannot fix it by ourselves. Good news is that there is one person who can. Let us put our faith in Jesus Christ alone. Join Dr. Madana Kumar, PhD, as he expounds on this idea.

World-as-it-is to World-as-it-should-be We cannot escape bad news even if we want to, nowadays. Media channels and social media scream out bad news to us, unless we are on a media fast. We are just sort of coming out of the pandemic. The World health organisation is still not sure that they can ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:2, Job 12:7-10, Job 42:2, Psalm 22:28, Isaiah 2:2-5, Isaiah 9:2, John 8:12, 2 Corinthians 4:6, 1 Peter 2:9, John 6:35, John 10:9, John 10:11, John 11:25-26, John 14:27, Hebrews 4:14-16, John 13:1, John 13:13-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Measure Of Our Sacrifice Series

Contributed by Mark Hall on Mar 17, 2024

I give my permission for this sermon to be used in its fullest for the glory of God. God will one day measure our lives and one of the things He will most certainly measure is our sacrifice.

THE MEASURE OF OUR SACRIFICE Please open your Bible to Romans 12:1 for today’s message, “The Measure of our Sacrifice.” God will one day measure our lives and one of the things He will most certainly measure is our sacrifice. Many hear the word sacrifice, and they immediately think of suffering and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1, Revelation 12:11, Romans 12:2, Mark 10:28-30, Matthew 6:21, 1 Samuel 15:22, 2 Timothy 4:7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Book Of Lamentations – Part 7 – The Lord Destroyed Judah Permissively – Sin Reaps Judgement - Chapter 2:2-5 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 13, 2025

Jeremiah attributes all the destruction in Judah to the LORD’S action against the nation, yet they themselves are responsible because of their perverted idolatry. This was done in fierce anger as described. The Lord’s judgement against sin will have a future component.

THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS – PART 7 – THE LORD DESTROYED JUDAH PERMISSIVELY – SIN REAPS JUDGEMENT - CHAPTER 2:2-5 [1]. THE LORD HAS WROUGHT A COMPLETE DESTRUCTION {{Lamentations 2:2 “The Lord HAS SWALLOWED up. He HAS NOT SPARED ALL the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath HE HAS THROWN down the ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 2:2, Isaiah 43:28, Lamentations 2:3, Romans 1:18, Lamentations 2:4, Jeremiah 6:15, Psalm 137:1-6, Jeremiah 3:22-25, Zechariah 14:4, Jeremiah 31:7-9, Jeremiah 31:10-12, Lamentations 2:5, Jeremiah 5:29, Jeremiah 8:16-18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Is Isaiah Crying Marantha? (Advent 1 December 2020)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Dec 5, 2023

Though we are not a post-exilic community, like the one in today’s text we too, want relief from our disasters of this tumultuous year. The one thing that quarantine has in common with being exiled is isolation. ... We too, want God to act and fix things.

IS ISAIAH CRYING MARANTHA? (Advent 1 December 2020) Text: Isaiah 64:1 - 9 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence— 2 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-9

Denomination: United Methodist

Facing A New Year In A Shaky World

Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Jan 1, 2024

We are facing a New Year, and while that can mean hope for a better future, the past and its troubles casts a shadow over that hope that is hard to ignore. We are living in a shaky world.

Alba 12-31-2023 FACING A NEW YEAR IN A SHAKY WORLD I Thessalonians 3:1-5 Have you ever gone to a scary movie? When I was twelve years old some friends and I walked to a movie theater that was about two miles from our home. The movie was called “Them”. It was not the kind of movie our family ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Consider Your Ways

Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 19, 2024

When the Israelites stopped working on His House, God turned off the Blessings. It's time Christians got back to work on the Church of God. If we do, He promises He'll bless us!

CONSIDER YOUR WAYS Haggai 1:4-15; 2:18-19 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: THE FAILING TELEMARKETER 1. I heard that leading up to Christmas, telemarketing companies were giving away Christmas Hams and having good reactions from those they called, except one telemarketer, named Larry. 2. He was given a ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God