Sermons on Self Identity:

The Danger Of Doing What Is Right In Your Own Sight

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Aug 6, 2023

The church has had far too much in common with the children of Israel back in the days when there was no king. We must cry out against the Spiritual, Moral, and Ethical Depravity that is being allowed to happen in the churches today.

The Danger of Doing What is Right in Your Own Eyes By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. PRAYER: SCRIPTURES: - Judges 17 – 21 Deuteronomy 12:8 says, “You shall not do as we are doing here today, everyone doing what is right in his own eyes”. That is not a request that is a command. Judges 17:6 ...read more

Scripture: Judges 17:6

Denomination: Apostolic

Do We Really Get It?

Contributed by Timothy Enns on Aug 27, 2013

God knows us, loves us and cares for us before time began, what is our response?

When the 1960s ended, and San Francisco became very expensive to live, many of the hippies moved down the coast to Santa Cruz. They had children and got married, but in no particular sequence. They didn’t name their children Melissa or Brett. People in the mountains around Santa Cruz grew ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-24

Denomination: Nazarene

Never Steal God's Credit. Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on May 19, 2024

As humans, we often struggle with the desire to take credit for our accomplishments and successes.

1 Corinthians 4:7, Psalm 100:5 As humans, we often struggle with the desire to take credit for our accomplishments and successes. However, as Christians, we must remember that everything we have and everything we achieve is a gift from God. When we take credit for what God has done, we risk ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:7, Psalm 100:5, Proverbs 25:27

Baring The Fruit Of The Vine

Contributed by Randy Stephenson on Jan 23, 2012

Jesus calls true believers to bare the Fruit of the Spirit. Are personal attitudes needing to be dug out so you can bare fruit?

Mark 1:14-20 One of the problems about baring the fruit of Christ is the hardness of our attitudes. Four early disciples of Jesus were fishermen. They had attitudes about their skills and profession that Jesus wanted to use for the glory of God. But they had to do some digging in the hardness of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20

Denomination: United Methodist

Wrestling With God

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 18, 2010

Jacob Wrestles With God. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Genesis chapter 32 verses 22-32. Ill: • James Whistler, the Victorian artist, • Showed scant respect for the hierarchy of any profession. • When his poodle fell ill with a throat infection, • The artist sent immediately for the country’s leading ear, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Brethren

Blessed Are The Pure In Heart

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Apr 15, 2011

When we respond to God

Blessed are the Pure in Heart Matt 5:8 April 10, 2011 Intro: A couple of years ago we went to Ottawa as my wife Joanne had some work to do there, so Thomas and I tagged along to check out our nation’s capital. One of the places we visited was the historic Canadian mint – where money ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

Submission Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Mar 16, 2022

Submission Series: Spiritual Practices Brad Bailey – Dec. 12, 2021

Submission Series: Spiritual Practices Brad Bailey – Dec. 12, 2021 Intro Now less than two weeks from Christmas... I want to welcome us into the wonder of how God came to us. It begins with the will of heaven... the good will being declared to earth... a world of defiant independence... like a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:35-38, Ephesians 5:21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Our Inheritance

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 27, 2014

A funeral sermon in which we learn about the person something of her relationship to herself, to others, and to God.

Jutta was one of those people that make a preacher’s job easier – or really, the job of anyone who speaks in public. I came to know Jutta at the vespers service held each Thursday evening at the Manor. She always sat close to the front – on the second row, in fact – ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:11-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Holy But Haughty – The Trap Of Spiritual Pride Series

Contributed by Dr. John D. Wentworth on Jun 23, 2025

"Spiritual pride is the most dangerous of all religious diseases. It feeds on orthodoxy, grows in the shadows of ministry, and disguises itself as righteousness while it quietly kills humility." — Jonathan Edwards

Title: Holy but Haughty – The Trap of Spiritual Pride Text: Luke 18:9–14 (ESV) “ He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Identify Yourself Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Dec 5, 2011

#6 in series. Who are we? How do we find out?

Colossians 2:6-12 – Identify Yourself Today we resume our series through the book of Colossians. Where we left off, before I took a week vacation, was the first part of chapter 2, and that’s where we pick up again. Today Paul is writing to the believers in Colosse about their identity. ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:6-12

Denomination: Baptist

In Christ Alone: "In The Beginning"

Contributed by Reverend Cooper Mcwhirter on Sep 27, 2016

Christ, as seen through the eyes of John. Bible scholars have long viewed his narrative as the most theological of the four narratives. Calvin wrote: "The first three exhibit His body...but John shows His soul."

Sermon Preached at Grace Community Church (EPC) Sun City Grand, Surprise, AZ Sunday, October 6, 2013 by the Reverend Cooper McWhirter IN CHRIST ALONE: “In the Beginning…” [Part One] John 1:1-5; 10-14 The gospel of John is distinctly different from that of the Synoptic Gospels; ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Series: Recovering Stolen Identity & Reclaiming Misplaced Destiny: Part 2: Do Not Sell Your Birthright Or How Not To Lose Your Identity

Contributed by Jeremiah Menyongai on Mar 10, 2020

Destiny helpers are people placed in your life by God to help you reach your destiny. Destiny Killers are people assigned by the devil to kill God’s plan for your life. Your destiny killers must change or God will trouble them, take away their peace & give them assignment they cannot complete.

SERIES: RECOVERING STOLEN IDENTITY & RECLAIMING MISPLACED DESTINY: PART 2: DO NOT SELL YOUR BIRTHRIGHT OR HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR IDENTITY 1. Genesis 25: 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian. 21 ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:20-34, Hebrews 12:14-17

Denomination: Charismatic

"The Importance Of Knowing Whose You Are"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 6, 2014

A sermon addressing temptation.

"The Importance of Knowing Whose You Are" Matthew 4:1-11 Lorenzo Sell Writes: "In mid 2009, I left my position as CEO of a company that I had founded. I didn't know it at the time, but this was the beginning of an almost four-year process that I can only describe as losing my identity. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: United Methodist

Core Value 2 - Mission Minded Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 21, 2019

This sermon uses Matthew 28:18-20 to give biblical teaching on the NEC core value of being Mission Minded where we seek “To lead not-yet-believing family, friends and neighbours into a mature relationship with Christ and integrate them completely into the life of our church.”

Message Matthew 28:16-20 Mission Minded In a town near a river which is full of fish there is a fishermen’s club. Week after week the fishermen in this club meet to talk. They would talk about their responsibility to fish. Their slogan was “We live to Fish”. They would talk about the many types ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20, Mark 5:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

"I Am Rewarded" Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Apr 10, 2014

As living tributes to Jesus our lives should always point to Him. All the credit goes to Him. And all the rewards of our inheritance with Christ can be ours. The ultimate reward of course being in the presence of God for eternity, and perhaps hearing, “Well done good and faithful servant.

“I Am Rewarded” (Eph 6:1-9) Here’s how our passage begins today, “Children obey your parents, honor your mother and father, this is the first commandment with a promise that it might go well with you and that you may live long in the land”. There’s one promise ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-6