Sermons on Shifting:

How Can Jonah Sleep So Soundly When Running Away From God? Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Sep 11, 2013

A look at how a defiant attitude can cause us to not care that we're disobeying God.

HOW CAN JONAH SLEEP SO SOUNDLY WHEN RUNNING AWAY FROM GOD? Defiance can overwhelm any sense of guilt. - Jonah 1:5. - There are other possibilities here for why Jonah is able to enter into a deep sleep: it could have been physical exhaustion; it could have been that he’s so tormented by his ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:5

Denomination: Baptist

And What I Have Failed To Do

Contributed by James Kevin Bachmann on Dec 3, 2011

During Advent ask God to reveal to your hidden sins.

And What I have Failed to Do Advent and Lent are the penitential seasons of the church. The faithful make an effort each year to eliminate those sins of which they are regretfully aware. This year I would suggest in addition we ask God to reveal our hidden sins, those of which we are not aware or ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1-8

Denomination: Catholic

Mary Was Not Just Another Girl On The I.r.t.

Contributed by Charles Jones on Dec 5, 2011

If Mary had aborted Jesus,she would have cheated the world out of a chance for redemption.

I recently had the chance to view a movie entitled " Just Another Girl On The I.R.T." the movie tells the story of a young 17 year old African American teenager named Chantel Mitchell who is played by (Ariyan A. Johnson) Chantel who is a high school junior who lives in Brooklyn, New York is ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Being Thankful For The Opportunity To Serve

Contributed by Guy Glass on Feb 22, 2010

This message was preached as part of a series dealing with thankfulness, and looks at our being thankful for the privilege of serving.

BEING THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MATT 25: 14-16,35;28:19-20 Matthew 25:14-16 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-35

Denomination: Baptist

Longsuffering, A Judgement N The End

Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Dec 12, 2011

Jesus gave us his name to cover our short comings before our end comes

2Kings 3:1-24 Christ is the spiritual side of his chosen people. There will always be a few people that want to do right. They always keep trying no matter how short they keep falling. On this journey, you’re going to meet people that you like who are not the friends of God. Mesha King of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 3:1-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sorrow Turned To Joy - Jesus Valedictorian Speech

Contributed by Michael Blitz on Apr 21, 2024

In John 16, Jesus explains to the disciples that they will face sorrow, especially as he will be leaving them. But he encourages them that in the future, this sorrow will be turned to Joy when they see him again.

Good Morning. As we begin, I want to refresh you on a term you probably haven’t heard in quite a long time, the Valedictorian Speech. If you remember it, it’s a talk where someone stood in front of you, as you prepared to graduate from something, and gave you the final words you would hear before ...read more

Scripture: John 16:16-22

Denomination: Anglican

Hoe Your Spiritual Garden

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jun 19, 2018

Saints we must stretch out in these days to grow tall above the shadows of the weeds around us. We must demonstrate that the love of God is greater than the hate of His enemy. We must grow together sheltering one another from the encroaching weeds.

Hoe your Spiritual Garden Matthew 13:24-30 13:36-43 Message: I trust you have been enjoying this spring weather and I hope you have gotten your hands dirty in the garden. Today we listen to Jesus give us a wonderful Parable about the Weeds in the Garden. Last Sunday our girls and boys of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43, Proverbs 24:30-31, Hebrews 10:24-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Step Nine - Not Saying I'm Sorry? Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Jan 8, 2020

Step 9 is making direct amends except when to do so would injure those or others. It’s also the place the writers tell us of the promises come true when one earnestly works the steps of recovery.

I have been thinking about Step nine over the last few days. I really think the writers knew how much humility and courage it takes to do a 9th step amends and it’s the reason, they made sure the other steps of getting right with oneself and then God came before reconciling with others. Step 9 is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:23-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christmas Greeting Card Sermon Iii: Wonder! Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Sep 30, 2019

Of all the wonders of God's Beautiful World, the wonder of it all is that "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son". The wonder of God's Gift of Love must be shared with all!

CHRISTMAS GREETING CARD SERMON III: WONDER! Remember the little rhyme we sang as toddlers: “Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are, Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Why Read The Old Testament?

Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 3, 2019

By Rejecting the Authority of all the scriptures, we display the root of our sin.

Today, we heard the word of the Lord through our reading of Jeremiah. If you are not familiar with the scripture, the background is this: Jeremiah was the ultimate survivor. He was the pastor kid of a pastor kid. He was a prophet at 18. He was biblical theologian long before the world knew what ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 8:4-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lent 4, Year C: The Parable Of The Dysfunctional Family

Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Mar 13, 2019

Rian Adams: Sermon on the parable of the lost son, Lent 4, Year C. The sermon looks at family dysfunction.

?The Parable of the Dysfunctional Family The Rev. Rian Adams The father in this parable makes me uncomfortable. Some of his ways even bother me. I’m also willing to guess that he might seem “off” to you as well. There is one thing we can see; he wasn’t very good at raising sons. We know this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-3, Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Episcopal

The Embarassing Stepchild--Messianic Judaism

Contributed by Walter Thomas on Nov 26, 2019

Although Messianic Judaism is how it all began with the Jewish Messiah and Jewish Apostles, it has been treated as an unwanted stepchild by Judaism and much of the Church

THE STEPCHILD Some Provocative Food for Thought. There is a much-needed conversation… so let’s talk. Traditional Judaism and traditional Christianity have often treated Messianic Judaism as an embarrassing and problem stepchild. It is an ecclesial anathema. They don’t know what to do with ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-31

Denomination: Other

20th Sunday After Pentecost

Contributed by Michael Tkachuk on Oct 20, 2020

God works in mysterious ways to bring something good out of the worst of what happens to us.

A Spanish Catholic priest, the venerable Saint John of the Cross, wrote, "Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God, for you are His, and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:11-16, Galatians 1:11-19

Denomination: Catholic

Christmas Is A Rapture In Reverse

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Nov 21, 2018

The Nativity of the Lord – Christmas Mass During the Night (Traditional Christmas Biblical reading).

The third grade was staging their annual Christmas pageant. Finally it came time for the birth. Mary was hidden from the crowd by bales of hay. A boy appeared on stage, in a bathrobe with sandals, a stethoscope around his neck. He disappeared behind the hay bales, and reemerged with a bundle. He ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-14

Denomination: Catholic

We Must Live Godly Lives Series

Contributed by Jon Daniels on Jun 21, 2021

Based 1 Timothy 4:7 - Challenges hearers to understand the components of living a godly life

“WE MUST LIVE GODLY LIVES” 1 Timothy 4:6-10 FBCF – 6/20/21 Jon Daniels INTRO – Shift from corporate emphasis to individual emphasis this morning in “How to Do Church.” EXPLANATION – 1 Timothy 4:6-10 Continuing “How to Do Church” series. Quote from Judah Smith: “The Church isn’t a building. It ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:6-10

Denomination: Baptist