Sermons on Secret Codes In Holy Week:

Core 52 Week 30 - Dirty Hands Leadership Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Aug 4, 2020

Leading like Jesus means we're going to get our hands dirty.

You can hear the sermon on my podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697261/4722329 • stopping to help woman with tire. • Son Jay’s insight about dirty hands. "I guess that's what a Christian's hands are supposed to look like. • likely we’ve all done similar things without much deep ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:35-37, Mark 10:45

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Core 52 Week 18 - Finding True Righteousness Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on May 13, 2020

How do we know the right thing to do? We get lots of advice from family, friends, media, you name it. But what direction do we truly trust to guide us into right thinking and right behaviors? Jesus shows us the way in the Sermon on the Mount.

You can listen to the sermon audio on my podcast at: https://PastorLanny.buzzsprout.com Intro: (Preached on Mother’s Day, 2020) • Good/Bad advice from Mom. • Bad: o “If you see a bear and don’t have time to run away, hug it. Bears cannot scratch their stomachs.” o “Always weave a little, and all ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:48, Matthew 5:20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Core 52 Week 23 - The Cross Before Me Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Jun 7, 2020

Jesus turns our cultural ideas of "the good life" upside down by affirming a radical shift in our thinking and actions away from our own agenda and living for Him will bring us true happiness and contentment.

You can listen to the audio of the sermon at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697261/4078034 Intro: • Yale course on happiness. Taken by over 2 million people. • Professor Laurie Santos - demand is a “bit surreal but understandable given that people are looking for evidenced-based ways of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24-25, Matthew 5:3-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Core 52 Week 44 - He Is Risen Indeed! Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Nov 5, 2020

Resurrection. What does that even mean? Jesus is our example of what resurrection will be like.

Core 52 Week 44 - Resurrection You can listen to the audio of this sermon on my podcast at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697261/6238342 Intro: • Two old men had been best friends for years, and they both live to their early 90’s, when one of them suddenly falls deathly ill. His friend comes to visit ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:22, 1 Peter 1:3-4, 1 Peter 1:21-23, 1 Corinthians 4:20, 2 Timothy 1:7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Week 1: This Is Love - Forgiveness Of Sin (Story Of Peter) Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Apr 3, 2021

Week one of This Is Love series. This message uses the idea from the This is Love series and uses Peter's life as an example.

This is Love – Forgiveness of Sins Theme: Text: John 21:1 – 15 Introduction Ideas “Last week we left off service with this statement ‘You cannot have the resurrection without the crucifixion’. The good news is in our life the things that we go through prepares us for life. Prepares us for ...read more

Scripture: John 12:1-11

Denomination: Church Of God

Core 52 Week 14 - Wisdom From Above Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Apr 5, 2020

Wisdom is being able to skillfully apply our knowledge and experience to life. Where does your wisdom come from?

Core52 Week 14 - Wisdom Intro: • Advice and direction on how to “do life” in the coronavirus age. o Gloves - no gloves, mask - no mask, 6 feet, etc. • These are serious questions that could affect our health, even our lives. • We feel it. You reported it in the 2nd week of our “How are you doing?” ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 1:1-7, James 3:17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Core 52 Week 6 - Leadership Of Moses And Jesus Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Mar 2, 2020

Be careful who you follow!

To hear the sermon, please visit my podcast at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697261/2891803 Jesus and Moses • Mistaken for a doctor, asked if patient should have catheter inserted. • Be careful who you follow! • Core52 has brought us through Abraham, Moses and, a couple weeks, David. Greatest ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:18, Numbers 21:4-5, Numbers 21:6-7, 1 Peter 2:24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Core 52 Week 34 - Worshiping In Spirit And Truth

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Aug 23, 2020

The singer says he's "getting back to the heart of worship." It's a laudable and important goal. What does it really mean? Jesus interrupts a Samaritan woman's life to point her (and us) in the right direction.

You can listen to the audio of the sermon at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/697261/5117092 Core 52 Week 34 - The Heart of Worship • There was a church where the preacher and the song leader were not getting along. This began to spill over into the worship service. One week the preacher preached on ...read more

Scripture: John 4:4-26, John 4:39-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Person And Purpose Of The Holy Spirit

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 11, 2007

A Pre-Pentecost Sermon

(Title Slide Up) This time twenty six years ago I was engaged in a search for a youth pastor position because I had a desire to spend a few years of my life serving God full-time. I did not realize or even expect to be a pastor 26 years later. I thought that I would be doing something else. Now, ...read more

Scripture: John 14:16-17

Denomination: Church Of God

Live By The Spirit Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 3, 2009

Success or victory in living the Christian life is to follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance & receive His empowering. This leads to an inner & outer transformation of life that a code of ethics cannot even touch. Paul’s understanding & deep conviction is to

GALATIANS 5:16-18 LIVE BY THE SPIRIT [Romans 7:14- 8:4] What principle should one follow to live the Christian life? If a group of average church members were asked that question what answers would they give? Some would likely emphasis Bible reading and prayer. Some would stress faithful ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:16-18, Romans 8:1-17, Colossians 3:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Symbols Of The Holy Spirit: Comforter Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Oct 10, 2011

Messages about symbols of the Holy Spirit and the comforter

Title: The Comforter Theme: To get into the lives of people the importance of seeing the Holy Spirit as the comforter. Text: John 14:15-17 John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; ...read more

Scripture: John 14:15-17

Denomination: Church Of God

Unplugged From The Holy Spirit

Contributed by Larry Turner on Sep 8, 2016

There is a danger from becoming disobedient to the Holy Spirit. Samsom was an example of that.

Judges 16:20 “Then she cried out, ‘Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!’ When he woke up, he thought, ‘I will do as before and shake myself free.’ But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him.” There are not too many verses as troubling as ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:20

Denomination: Foursquare

Living In Forgiveness....in Christ Series

Contributed by Dustin T Parker on Jun 13, 2010

One of the "secrets" to living in Christ is not falsely claiming holiness, but rather knowing that we can deal with all our sin by confessing it, and hearing we are forgiven.

Living In Forgiveness…in Christ Luke 7:36-8:3 † IN JESUS NAME † To you is given the gift of mercy, love and peace that is from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. With that gift is the freedom to truly live! * The Crushing weight of sin…and failure As he sits there ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Turn Out The Lights, The Parties Over Series

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Jan 16, 2014

Jesus returns from Bethany to Jerusalem to Curse the Tree, Cleanse the Temple and Convey the Truth. He rallies His enemies in His last week of His earthly ministry!

Countdown to Calvary The Final Week of Jesus’ Earthly Ministry Mark 11:12-26 (NKJV) 12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:12-26

Denomination: Baptist

Messiah Jesus Born In A Manger To King Of The Universe

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Dec 28, 2022

A humble desire for the Lord of all. Simple, pure, truthful, meek, lowly, humble. That’s what it takes. Maybe in the end that’s a gift from the Lord himself.

“Mother and daughter looked more like twin sisters. Both were grossly overweight, and together they couldn’t have possessed more than eight teeth. Both had spent too many nights in jailhouses and skid row missions. As they lugged garbage bags full of their meager possessions past our church, Wanda ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:4-5, John 14:15, Hebrews 12:1-3

Denomination: Salvation Army