Sermons on Shame And Guilt:

Renewing Your Subscription

Contributed by Johnny Carver on Aug 4, 2007

Ps. 51 is an outpouring from the heart of a guilt-ridden king named David. David was listed as a “man after God’s own heart.”

Scripture: Psalms 51:1 – Title: “Renewing Your Subscription” Introduction: Ps. 51 is an outpouring from the heart of a guilt-ridden king named David. David was listed as a “man after God’s own heart.” (Acts 13:22) The psalm elaborates David’s confession of his sin with Bathsheba after the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hope In Times Of Despair

Contributed by William Hooper on Feb 16, 2015

How can we find hope when we despair of being rid of depression or guilt or besetting sin? How to find hope in Jesus.

Hope in Times of Despair Lamentations 3:1-6, 16-25 INTRODUCTI0N The year is 586 BCE. The nation Israel had already been taken into captivity. Now, the city of Jerusalem was under siege by the Babylonians. Soon, the walls of the city would be destroyed. The Babylonian army would plunder all the ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:1-25

Denomination: Baptist

Preaching The Gospel In Unfamiliar Places

Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 9, 2012

How a people understand themselves and their world goes far in determining how we should present the Gospel.

PREACHING THE GOSPEL IN UNFAMILIAR PLACES Romans 1:16 & Genesis 3:7-10 Big Idea: How a people understand themselves and their world goes far in determining how we should present the Gospel. INTRO: In Romans 1 the Apostle Paul says, “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:16

Denomination: Nazarene

The Final Judgement

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 17, 2004

We all need to live each day fully for Him.

The Final Judgment Matthew 25: 31-46 25:40 LETTER FROM A PASTOR To My Dear Friend, Pastor Phil Blowhorn, I sure hope attendance at your church was better than my church. Mercy, pastoring ain’t always easy, now is it? We had us a bunch of sick folk, and them added to all the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Wesleyan

Peace - The Illusive Fruit? Series

Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 29, 2003

What kind of peace is God’s peace?

Over 20 years ago a retired couple, concerned about the threat of nuclear war, decided to carefully research the safest place on earth to which they could move and live. They studied and traveled, traveled and studied. Finally they found THE PLACE. And on Christmas they sent their pastor a card ...read more

Scripture: John 14:27

Denomination: Church Of God

The King In Hiding

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Dec 3, 2019

Before the event at Mizpah, Samuel had anointed Saul privately as Israel's first King. But on the day he was to be presented to the people, Saul was hiding in the baggage.

THE KING IN HIDING "20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was chosen. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was chosen. And Saul the son of Kish was chosen. But when they sought ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 10:20-24, Hebrews 12:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Running Your Race

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Sep 14, 2022

In this life, every single person is running a race. It’s either a race that will lead to an eternity with Jesus or it’s a race that will separate them from Jesus.

Turn with me to Hebrews 12 and look at the last part of verse one: “… let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” Each one of us is running a race. And many of us don’t know it. Whether we are sons of God on our way to an eternity with our Father, or whether we are sons of Adam ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2, John 14:12, John 14:6, John 14:1, John 14:27, Luke 19:10, John 8:41, 1 Timothy 2:1-4, Philippians 3:13-14, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Hebrews 11:35-39  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Biggest Losers Who Ever Became Winners Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 25, 2011

Why would Peter repeatedly tell his audiences that they were guilty of the death of Jesus? Why didn’t he just preach a more comforting and positive message?

For the past couple of months we’ve been preaching our own version of the “Biggest Loser. Unlike the popular TV show, the losers we’ve dealt with 8 different Bible characters who made poor decisions and lost BIG. But today we’re looking at the biggest losers in Scripture who ever became ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:22-41

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Life's Too Short To...live In The Past Series

Contributed by David Flowers on May 10, 2005

Part 6 in series "Life’s Too Short To..." this message looks at a life stuck in regret and guilt, and contrasts it with a life in the experience of God’s freedom, release, recovery, and good news.

Life’s Too Short To. . .Live In The Past Life’s Too Short To… prt. 6 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers 5/8/05 I would venture to say there’s a good possibility that there are some people at Wildwind Church today who are not carrying any regrets. Do you think that’s possible? I’ll bet ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:18-19

Denomination: Free Methodist

Joy After Sorrow Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 15, 2020

God provides help and grace and deliverance and justice and power and comfort in the sorrow to the other side of the disaster where His joy awaits.

MESSAGES FROM THE PROPHETS: JOY AFTER SORROW Joel 2:20-32 #6weeksintheprophets INTRODUCTION… What are our feelings about COVID-19? (p) * Stress because of changes to routines, school schedules, and life in general. * Hostility that some people take distancing seriously and others do not. * Worry ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:20-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Judge Not - Love Much

Contributed by Carl Greene on Jun 15, 2007

Love Jesus as the woman who wiped His feet with her tears loved Him and love others as Jesus loved the woman.

This message deals with one of the chief complaints of non-believers... that of "Christians are Hypocrites and Self-righteous." Why do they believe that? Jesus gives a beautiful lesson in non judgmental, non self righteous and unconditional love. JUDGE NOT – LOVE MUCH 1. TOPIC: HYPOCRISY/SELF ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-39

Denomination: Methodist

How Does The Holy Spirit Free Me From Sin? Series

Contributed by Tim Brock on Sep 16, 2011

Holy Spirit convicts us of the precise sin(s) that may be keeping us from being intimate with God.

My parents home in East Tennessee sits atop a beautiful hill that overlooks hay-fields & an old cattle barn. At the base of our driveway use to stand an Old White Oak Tree that dated back to the late 1800s. It had stood there long before my grandparents ever settled on the property. We never gave a ...read more

Scripture: John 16:8

Denomination: Christian Church

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Mar 24, 2011

We can't understand how incredible the comfort of God is unless we accept our pain and mourn it.

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Matt 5:4 March 20, 2011 Intro: Today, the second Sunday of Lent, our journey through the teachings of Jesus commonly called the “beatitudes”, brings us smack into the middle of a rather difficult teaching: “God blesses those who mourn, for they will ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:4

Denomination: Baptist

The Circles: Brokenness

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Aug 15, 2018

We are broken people living in a broken world. And why is that?

We are broken people living in a broken world. And why is that??1. We choose to depart from God’s design. Genesis 3:1-7 ? sin: choosing our way over God’s way; rejecting God’s design for our own design. Isaiah 53:6 Romans 3:23 2. When we depart from God’s design, it always leads to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Uriah's Wife (Bathsheba): Another Man's Lamb Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on May 21, 2019

2 Samuel 12:1-23

WOMEN OF WONDER - Uriah’s Wife (Bathsheba): Another Man’s Lamb May 26, 2019 2 Samuel 12:1-23 (p. 215) Introduction: I was watching this documentary the other day about the Lincoln assassination and they interviewed some of the elderly descendants of John Wilkes Booth. One ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:1-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ