Sermons on Sacred Cows:

Paradise

Contributed by Alvan Lewis on Apr 15, 2019

What happens right after we die? The answer lies in something Jesus said from the Cross.

Paradise Luke 23:32-43 Most of us don’t know when death will sweep us away. Only once in my ministry did I know a person who knew the year of his death. Fred came to me in January 2008 and told me he was going to die that year. I was taken back because he seemed to be in great health, he was sane, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:32-43

Denomination: Anglican

"reformation: Finding Peace With God"

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Oct 25, 2019

The Reformation explosive, hard hitting, controversial, grace saturated, salvation clarifying Christ moment in history, based on Luther’s understanding of God’s grace as he lectured on Romans. The Reformation changed culture and our view or vocation.

In Jesus Holy Name October 27, 2019 Text: Romans 3:21-24 Redeemer “Reformation: Finding Peace with God” What a great event last night. Good food. Great music. Fun fellowship. Great beer. I always tell my Calvinist friends I’m so glad I’m a Lutheran. Why? Because I don’t ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-24, Romans 5:1-3

Denomination: Lutheran

Assessing Value

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 3, 2024

Message on giving. Jesus on assessing value in the gift of the widow

Background to passage: This is the last event of Jesus’s public ministry that he includes in his gospel. A familiar account of Jesus watching the offering bins and teaching a lesson about giving. The account teaches just a couple of things, and I am going to throw in a few more. Now, I never (or ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:41-44

Denomination: Baptist

Why Do The Nations Rage?

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jul 5, 2024

The world is in darkness and plots against God, but David, by inspiration of the Holy Spirit gives the people of God hope and strengthens us with the truth.

Why do the Nations Rage? Text: Psalm 2 I hope everyone had a joyful and blessed Independence Day and that you were able to celebrate the freedom that was won for us by our Nation’s Founders. And I know it’s a few days past Independence Day, but I do want to tie in my sermon with that this ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 2:1-12, Acts 4:24-27, Proverbs 1:24-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Beware Of Mammon

Contributed by Pastor Renji George on Jul 10, 2024

Have you ever wondered, if you take away the music and the money power from today’s churches what will remain? How many people will still be attending the assemblies? God’s work does not suffer because of the lack of money as some money loving preachers say.

Our Lord said, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” (Matthew 6:24). When God and mammon become rivals, one or other will inevitably be rejected. In spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:24, Acts 3:1-11, 1 Corinthians 4:11-12, 1 Timothy 6:10, Luke 12:15  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Can You Still Sing?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 18, 2024

How can we sing in a strange land? Can we sing in jail. Christian must keep singing.

CAN YOU STILL SING? ... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) SPARROWS: represent GOD’S LOVE AND GOD’S CARE, God cares about little insignificant things, THE SMALLEST ACCEPTABLE OFFERING THAT COULD BE MADE AT THE ALTAR IN THE TEMPLE. A sparrow, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:29-30, Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Saul's Erratic Leadership (1 Samuel 14)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 10, 2025

Was Saul erratic, sometimes doing God's will and sometimes not? Let's look at 1 Samuel 14.

Did Jonathan have a living faith that included action? Did Saul vacillate between asking God’s guidance and foolish decisions? Do we? Let’s begin in 1 Samuel 14. Did Saul’s son Jonathan want to check out an enemy Philistine garrison? Did he choose an easily defensible position between two large ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Hand Him Your Heart

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 8, 2025

God seeks not our money but our hearts—surrendered lives whose joyful generosity springs from grace, proving that sanctification transforms every part of us.

Proverbs 23:26 > “My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.” That single verse is a tender invitation. God doesn’t demand—He asks. He reaches out His hand and says, “Give Me your heart.” Not your résumé, not your reputation, not your records of what you’ve given ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:17, 2 Corinthians 8:5, Acts 4:32, Isaiah 1:16-18, Luke 16:10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Redeeming Grace Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Dec 2, 2025

The book of Ruth is a quiet story tucked into the Old Testament—a story without thunder, earthquakes, or kings. Yet in this small, domestic narrative we find one of the most powerful pictures of God’s grace and redemption.

REDEEMING GRACE TEXT: Ruth 4:1-12 Introduction 1. "Certainly, we should be very active in seeking God, and Jesus himself called us to 'ask, seek, knock' in order to find him. Yet those who enter a relationship with God inevitably look back and recognize that God's grace had sought ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 4:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

Why Do We Need A Savior?

Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 17, 2004

This is one of the marvelous passages in Scripture and often preached by many but this takes a unique look at God’s Gracious gift in Jesus Christ His Son.

“Why Do We Need A Savior?” John 3:16 Because Of… A. A SACRED PERSON. (v. 16a) For God Leviticus 11:44; Matthew 5:48; 1 John 1:7; 3:3; Deuteronomy 32:4; Exodus 34:6-7; Jeremiah 42:5; Psalm 100:5; 136:1-3; 2 Peter 3:9 B. A STRONG PASSION. (v. 16b) so loved 1 John 3:1-2, 16; 4:8-10, 16, 19; Romans ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

If I Preach Christ Alone, I Preach Christ Still

Contributed by Jennifer Verdin on Aug 21, 2001

Preaching Christ without compromise.

The ancient practices of voodoo run rampant in my part of the country. It has been suffocating at times to take a stand for the truth and not waver. I am seeing the effects of these beliefs destroy the youth and the children of our city. Preachers of old had never challenged the strongholds of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:16, 1 Corinthians 15:19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Marriage Problems And Problems About Marriage Part 2 Series

Contributed by Rodney Fry on Aug 27, 2007

There are problems about marriage that are not problems within marriage B. Paul gives advice as one who represents the Lord (v. 25). C. What about Christians who are not married.

MARRIAGE PROBLEMS AND PROBLEMS ABOUT MARRIAGE (Part 2) 1 Corinthians 7:17-40 Introduction A. There are problems about marriage that are not problems within marriage B. Paul gives advice as one who represents the Lord (v. 25). C. What about Christians who are not married. I. Paul ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:17-40

Denomination: Baptist

The Anointing Oil

Contributed by Hans Manaka on Oct 11, 2014

Most of people today put their eyes on the symbols rather than principles. This sermon is meant to help people understand the true source of God's power in their lives.

Exodus 30:25-38, Leviticus 18:8, 21:10 - 25 1. The anointing oil is the symbol of God's protection, blessing, and empowerment. 2. In the old testament the anointing oil Is dedicated to sanctify the tent of the meeting which was the house of God, furnitures, utensils of the Temple, the priests, ...read more

Denomination: *other

Watch Out

Contributed by Dr. Abraham Obadare on Dec 23, 2020

We must be careful for the spirit of selfishness and betrayal, according to the teachings in Mark 14

Chief Priests & Scribes (copiers of royal and sacred manuscripts) sought to kill Jesus (14:1-2) • From the sense of Mark 14:53 & Matt. 26:3-4 where both chief priests and high priests are mentioned in the same verse, one could understand that the terms are not used interchangeably. High ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 5:26, John 13:20-30, Mark 14:1-50

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Punishment Does Not Suit The Crime Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 22, 2012

a study of the book of Judges chapter 19 verses 1 - 30

Judges 19: 1 – 30 The Punishment Does Not Suit The Crime And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote mountains of Ephraim. He took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 But his concubine played the ...read more

Scripture: Judges 19:1-30

Denomination: Calvary Chapel