Sermons on Simon The Leper:

Maintaining Your Spiritual Life

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005

keep on keeping on

Intro: a while back Brother Rushing made this statement about machinery. It will only be as good as the amount of maintenance you put into it. There are many people who have a very rigid maintenance schedule on their mowers, cars, trucks, boats, weed-eaters, etc. They all have long life ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Your Opinion Doesn't Matter To Me. Date: 22:06:10

Contributed by Dr. Amen Howard on Aug 4, 2014

No matter what you do. I want you to know that everybody always has an opinion. People never avoid their opinion of other people.

Your Opinion doesn't Matter to Me. Luke 17: 11-19. Opinion. is powerful, sometimes it can be very negative or even lead to destruction. Opinion can lead people to destroy their life, carrier, family, even others. People can have opinion about what they are going to wear, where to eat, what ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Calling

Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 1, 2001

This is a Bible study that focuses on the call of Christ on the life of Peter and how the call is still going out to all the earth to follow.

The Calling Luke 5.1-11 Midweek Bible Study August 20, 1997 1. What is happening in the passage? Jesus is beginning another phase of His overall ministry and Luke records this text as a base point for the establishment of Jesus’ followers. Jesus is working at building His ministry in the area of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Church Of God

Healing The Body And The Soul

Contributed by William Mouser on Feb 19, 2006

While Jesus healed the bodies of many afflicted with demons and disease, he came into the world to heal a deeper sickness than any of these: the guilt and stain of sin. In healing the paralytic, Jesus healed the sinner’s soul, and then his body.

Psalm 32, Isaiah 43:18-25, 2 Corinthians 1:18-22, Mark 2:1-12 Healing the Body and the Soul Chuck Swindoll in his book "The Grace Awakening" had some interesting things to say about our needs and what God might have provided to meet them. Expanding on Swindoll’s suggestive words, I would render ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Take Your Son

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jun 4, 2007

This sermon was the culmination of a fund-raising/pledge campaign to underwrite a new staff member’s salary

Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her. When she came to him, he said, “Take your son.” She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground; then she took her son and left. 2 Kings 4:8-37 (NRSVA) I’d like to make an understatement…children make life ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:8-37

Denomination: United Methodist

5 Love Languages: Physical Touch Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Feb 26, 2009

I want us to take a moment and look at Jesus’ life and how He used the language of physical touch. We have seen in the past four weeks that Jesus Christ speaks all five of the love languages perfectly… and physical touch is no different. Jesus was not a

FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES: Physical Touch VARIOUS GOSPEL PASSAGES INTRODUCTION… “Cooties” BlueFishTV.com I want you to know that we will be talking about the last of the five love languages today and the last love language for us to ‘touch on’ is physical touch. Everything we will talk about today ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:1-3, Matthew 8:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"How Can A Loving God Allow The Suffering Of Good People?”

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 27, 2005

This sermon addressed the suffering people experienced following the 9-11-01 terrorist attack in New York and Washington, DC.

“How Can A Loving God Allow the Suffering of Good People?” I Peter 4:12-19 This past week has been a time of suffering for many people in America. Evil hearts resulted in killing friends and family members in San Francisco and Sacramento. Evil hearts planned for months to strike at the heart of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Denomination: Free Methodist

Turning Quiet Places Into Holy Places

Contributed by Robert Donato on Nov 30, 2005

An intimate relationship with God enables a person to handle life’s difficulties

Turning Quiet Places into Holy Places Luke 5:12-16 Theologian A. W. Tozer gives tremendous insight as he writes these profound words in his book The Knowledge of the Holy: “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” What do you think about God? Do ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:12-16

Denomination: Nazarene

By His Stripes Were We Healed!

Contributed by Bruce Hadley on Sep 18, 2019

Most of us believe that God heals, but how many of us operate in the faith it requires to obtain the blessing of physical healing?

1 Pet. 2:23-25 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Naaman: A Sick Man With A Spiritual Need

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 10, 2010

This message shows the correlation between the healing of Naaman's leprosy and the salvation of the lost sinner, defiled by sin.

Naaman: A Sick Man With A Spiritual Need Text: 2 Kings 5:1, 14 Intro: Over the next decade, 2010-2020, the Southern Baptist Convention will conduct a nation-wide evangelistic initiative called, “GPS—God’s Plan for Sharing.” Its rallying cry is rather ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

A Risky Business

Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Nov 16, 2014

A perspective on Luke 5: 1-11. How does one give their life to Jesus? There is only one step. Listen to the Word of God. The rest is up to Jesus.

Luke 5: 1-11 A Risky Business We have heard in our text a fishing story, the failures and success of catching fish. When we look at our picture with Jesus in the fishing boat it appears as if his hands have just cast out the net. But his net is one to catch the shoal of people that have gathered ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

He That Winneth Souls Is Wise No. 6

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 31, 2022

There is a story told of a football game between two teams, the small animals and the big animals.

In the first half, the big animals were winning. The score was 70 to nothing when half-time came. When the second half began, the big animals got in their huddle and planned their strategy. They decided to send the elephant down the left side with the ball. They threw him the ball and he ran hard ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

A Faith That Does Not Save Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 27, 2024

Acts 8:9-25 teaches us about a faith that does not save.

Introduction Years ago, I read a story about the famous outlaw Jesse James (1847-1882). He killed a man in a bank robbery and, shortly after that incident, professed faith in Jesus and was baptized at the Kearney Baptist Church in Kearney, Missouri (the church where his father had once served as ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:9-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Overcoming Mistakes: Moving Past Regrets

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 15, 2016

This sermon look at how regrets from the past do not have to paralyze our lives. Jesus has the power and authority to remove regrets.

Overcoming Mistakes: Regrets From The Past 7/14/2016 Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 Luke 7:36-50 We are in part 3 of our series of Overcoming Mistakes. Pastor Kellie showed us the mistakes we can make when we let our desires get our control. Last week Pastor Toby showed us the mistakes we can make ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

In His Steps Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 26, 2007

Stations of the Cross, Pt. 4

IN HIS STEPS (MARK 15:21-22, MATTHEW 27:32-33, LUKE 23:26) The cross is what separates Christianity from other religions, the suffering Messiah from popular gurus and theological heavyweights from lightweights. Lois A. Cheney wrote a touching and thought-provoking poem on the cross: I stand ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:21-22

Denomination: Independent/Bible