Sermons on simplify:

Back Stabbing

Contributed by Bala Samson on Oct 9, 2020

It cuts really deep, when your own people stab your back! Just when you need lots of love and hugs, that’s when you get another blow to add to the pain and sorrow. Have you experienced that?

Take a risk and help 1 Samuel 29:1”Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors." It is imperative that I give the background of the above verse and this chapter very crisply before I delve into the subject ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 23:19

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Master Builder Series

Contributed by Rudolf E. Y. Mensah on Jan 31, 2022

This passage causes the clarity to unravel the mysteries surrounding the person and deity of Jesus Christ.

REF NO: 026 COLUMNIST: Rudolf Nii Yemoh Mensah, Prelate, Oasis Potterlight Chapel International PASSAGE: Hebrews 3:4, NIV: For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. BACKGROUND: This passage causes the clarity to unravel the mysteries surrounding the person and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:4, Psalm 127:1

Denomination: Charismatic

Prescription For Overcoming Holiday Stress

Contributed by Jim Twamley on Mar 25, 2003

The Christmas season should bring us joy and warm our souls, but more often than not, it brings heartburn and stress, headache and depression. Holiday stress will make this most wonderful time of year a miserable mess, if you let it.

PRESCRIPTION FOR OVERCOMING HOLIDAY STRESS The Christmas season should bring us joy and warm our souls, but more often than not, it brings heartburn and stress, headache and depression. Holiday stress will make this most wonderful time of year a miserable mess, if you let it. In spite ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Father Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do

Contributed by Eric Bland on Jun 16, 2003

First of the seven last words of Christ on the cross.

Word #1- ?Father forgive them; for they know not what they do? Luke 23:34 In Gods Holy Word there may be at times when reading through the scripture that it seems like we have no hope. There may be times when it appears that God is very upset and wants nothing to do with us. But you know what ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34

Denomination: Baptist

A Transformed Disciple Ii Series

Contributed by Donny Granberry on Mar 29, 2008

Sermon Series on what it means to truely be a transformed disciple of Christ.

A Transformed Disciple II By: Pastor Donny Granberry This past Sunday we looked into two questions. 1. Are you a disciple or follower of Christ. 2. What distinguishes followers of Christ from others. What do people in the world think about Christians? • They do not understand where they come ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Ruler Meets The Rabbi Series

Contributed by George Mansfield on Jan 4, 2008

It was so important for Nicodemus the Ruler to make contact with Jesus the Rabbi. It was a life and death situation. With his learning and experience, the ruler had never entertained the concept of a new birth. Jesus helps him.

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE INTRODUCTION TO SERIES: The title of this series used to be seen by me as untrue. Surely there are no “free lunches,” let alone, all of the best things in life being free. I thought that. But when we begin to see things through God’s eyes, finding out which “things” ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

New Years Sunday 2018

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jan 12, 2018

Every year starts new; kind of like the creation of a new year. So, today we will be taking a look a the real act of Creation as found in Genesis and look into the the microscopic wonders of all life on earth and how the intricacy shouts, "GOD IS AWESOME!

Please open your Bibles to Genesis 1:1-2:3 which we will read in a few minutes. Well … here we are in 2018. Can you believe it; 2018!!!???!!! And the years seem to go by faster and faster. Does it seem that way to you, too? This is the first Sunday in 2018 and we’re already a week into the year, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 19:1-4

Denomination: Nazarene

Birds Of A Feather

Contributed by Michael Buckingham on Jun 16, 2011

Warning on mixing with non Christians!

1 Thessalonians 5:22 says "Abstain from all appearance of evil" The title of this sermon is taken from a worldly proverb which seems to have been in use since at least the 16th century, having appeared in poetry from that period. The proverb goes: "Birds of a feather flock together" the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:22

Denomination: Baptist

Wisdom Of God Series

Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 6, 2023

Wisdom of God has two aspects: wisdom to live on earth (earthly wisdom) and wisdom to know God. We really need God’s wisdom to know God.

Wisdom of God has two aspects: wisdom to live on earth (earthly wisdom) and wisdom to know God. We really need God’s wisdom to know God. A saint once said, “If you can understand how the universe is created and how God sustains the great universe–that is, how God sustains the largest planets and ...read more

Scripture: James 3:13

What Does It Mean That God Has Given Us An "inheritance"?

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 29, 2025

It's an odd phrase: we have been given an "inheritance" in Christ? What does that mean? It's not like God is going to die! The phrase doesn't actually point us toward death but toward the Exodus. What can we learn from that reference?

WHAT IN THE WORLD DOES THAT MEAN? What does Paul mean when he speaks of us having an “inheritance” in the Lord? - Ephesians 1:14; Colossians 1:12; Colossians 3:24. - This is a phrase that has bothered me for a long time and I didn’t really have a great answer to it. There are a few places in his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:13-14

Denomination: Baptist

Walking As Pilgrims Of Hope Series

Contributed by Dr Fr John Singarayar Svd on Apr 1, 2025

I have been contemplating how we are called to be pilgrims of hope in a world that desperately seeks meaning and direction.

Title: Walking as Pilgrims of Hope Intro: I have been contemplating how we are called to be pilgrims of hope in a world that desperately seeks meaning and direction. Scripture: Romans 15:13 Reflection Dear Brother and Sister Religious, as I write this reflection from our mission house, I am ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:13

Denomination: Other

Thyatira: 'tis The Gift To Be Simple Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 3, 2003

True simplicity is a focus on the fundamentals of love, faith, service, and patient endurance. Getting caught up in theological guesses or emotional highs diverts us from "this one thing I do".

Some things are so simple they are hard to understand! Some things are so direct and obvious that we don’t want to accept them as they are. We want to make them complicated. Have you ever tried to describe to someone how to tie a shoestring? It seems simple until you start to teach it. Left ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:18-29

Denomination: Baptist

More Than Enough Series

Contributed by Wes Humble on Nov 16, 2006

A Sermon on the Tenth Commandment

Decades ago the famed poet Mick Jagger described our plight with these words: I can’t get no satisfaction, I can’t get no satisfaction ’Cause I try and I try and I try and I try... When I’m drivin’ in my car, and the man come on the radio He’s tellin’ me more and more about some useless ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:17

Denomination: *other

Extraordinary Love Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jul 21, 2009

Paul is a man who is shaken out of his religious ideas…ultimately centered in his own ego and understanding… and awakened to the reality of what the true and living God is doing.

Today we begin a new series… we begin a journey into the extraordinary life which God seeks to awaken in us. Over the centuries many have written of profound spiritual experiences… and often there can be something to learn from them. But none has been as profound or proved as substantial ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Skip Excess, Find Simplicity Series

Contributed by Dale Harlow on Dec 17, 2007

Worry is a big problem, especially at Christmas time. We shouldn’t be chasing after and worrying about things that non-Christian people chase! The sins of worry and fretting over things might be acceptable sins to people, but they aren’t to God! Worry is

You might be wondering why I am starting a Christmas series even before Thanksgiving. Well, the stores start Christmas now, so I figure if you can’t beat em, join em! That is only partially true. One reason I am starting it now is that I am going to be on vacation next week. But another ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ