Sermons on Skin In The Game:

Is This Your Final Answer?

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 29, 2022

The television game show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” offers very large cash The The television game show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty.

Regis Philbin is the host of the show, and after asking each question, he will say, “IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANSWER?” Each day we are asked many questions, and some of these questions make life difficult for us. Illus: You decide to stop by a fast-food restaurant to get a hamburger. Now that should ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-30

Denomination: Baptist

"God’s Vision For His Church- Koinonia” Series

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Jun 8, 2022

The sermon opens with an illustration of people attending a foot ball game or a basketball game sitting next to each other...They come in as strangers and leave as strangers. The Church must be different. some illustrations from Max Lucado, & others.

In Jesus Holy Name June 12, 2022 Text: Acts 2:42 Redeemer Lutheran “God’s Vision for His Church- Koinonia” This is a very big week for Basketball fans. The Boston Celtics and San Francisco Warriors are playing for the National Championship. Warrior fans will ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42, Acts 2:22-42

Denomination: Lutheran

The Prodigal's Father

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Oct 18, 2006

It is true that fathers like to give rather than to receive. If they are not giving they are fixing. Anything that is broken around the house. Mothers will fix meals, patch up a skinned knee or elbow, but Dads like it most when they can fix a lawnmower

THE PRODIGAL’S FATHER We are thankful for all of our fathers. Question: Do you know what day of the year that there are the most phone calls made???…… Mothers day. On mothers day everyone wants to call home. By contrast - What do you thinks happens on Father’s Day? The most collect Calls. Dads ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Whose Side Are You On?

Contributed by Richard White on Mar 19, 2003

In the game of life it is time to take sides. In the Kingdom there is no nuetral ground, whose side are you on?

Who’s side are you on? JOS 5:13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, "Are you for us or for our enemies?" JOS 5:14 "Neither," he replied, "but as commander of the army of the LORD ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:16-23, Joshua 5:13-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Perseverance Series

Contributed by Michael Treston on Dec 22, 2000

Using computer games to show how God wants to act in our lives -command and conquer

Perseverance. My generation made this a dirty word - we were labelled as a generation of slackers Jesus didn’t give up- when he was being beaten, nailed, he could have shouted out enough but he didn’t The disciples gave up - they were scarred and feared for their lives but Jesus didn’t give up ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Alpine Skiing: Some Things We Need To Do For Ourselves Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 26, 2002

The second in the series on the Winter Games, looks at the areas in our Christian life that we are personally responsible for

Everything has been done, you’ve dreamed, you’ve sacrificed, you’ve trained. And now as you stand looking down at the slope below you, you realize that everything now depends on you. As you prepared for this day you had your coach, your trainer and your family supporting you and encouraging you. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-16

Denomination: Wesleyan

Christian Life - Winners Are Finishers

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Aug 2, 2004

The Christian Life is much like a person in training to participate in the Olypic Games in Athens this summer, 2004.

Christian Life – Winners are Finishers -Set a Spiritual Goal- Hebrews 12:1-2 Have you noticed that you sometimes do better when you have people cheering for you as you compete in sporting events? I remember one of the first basketball games I played in when I was Junior High age. My dad was ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2

Denomination: Free Methodist

Deal Or No Deal?

Contributed by Bill Beach on Oct 10, 2006

Ref to game show Deal or No Deal and how it relates to decisions we must make as Christians.

DEAL OR NO DEAL? Hebrews 12:1-3, 11:35-40 Acknowledgments: Many thanks to Pastor Bruce Ball, who prepared much of the information used here in his sermon “Let’s Make A Deal”, and to Pastor Steve Malone for his illustration submitted to sermoncentral.com. If you were here Wednesday ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

God Has A Blueprint For My Life Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Jul 22, 2016

In determining God's will, we often are confounded because we confuse a blueprint for a game plan.

Series: Mythbusters “God Has a Blueprint for My Life” Ephesians 5:17; Romans 12:2 Open We’re moving forward in our series of messages called Mythbusters. We’re looking at a variety of spiritual myths that people believe in and on which they build their lives. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Are You Rooting For The Right Team?

Contributed by Bryan Fink on Feb 18, 2012

To cause Christians to think twice about whether they're rooting for their game plan or Christ's.

Title: Are You Rooting for the Right team? Theme: Rooting for Christ and Christ’s interests instead of our own. Text: John 3.22-30 Time: February 6, 2011, Communion Sunday [S] Today is Super bowl Sunday. The Super bowl is the most anticipated and watched sporting event in America. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:22-30

Denomination: Methodist

God, Jesus And Basketball

Contributed by Jenny Franklin on Jan 24, 2022

God is the creator of the game, the referee and the coach. Jesus is our substitution and wipes the penalty card clean.

Upward basketball provides a safe space for coaches to teach and kids to learn the fundamentals of basketball. Beyond motor skills like dribbling, passing, shooting, guarding, blocking, rebounding, Upward is also teaching them an even more important concept: How the rules work. Understanding the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:8, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Deuteronomy 32:4, Psalm 89:14, 2 Corinthians 5:19, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 53:4, Isaiah 53:6, Romans 8:32, Ephesians 5:2, Romans 3:22, Romans 10:9  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time- 4th Sunday- Rejection At Nazareth: Be Not Crushed On Their Account !

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jan 29, 2022

“I appreciate your opinion and hope we’ll have your support in the next game.”

The Scripture passage Jesus just read from the prophet Isaiah dates back 700 years. Then Jesus, a local boy, a carpenter from a family of modest means, announces, in effect, that he was the Messiah sent from God. This is Jesus’ first messianic declaration. He is the long-awaited Christ, who would ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-19, Luke 4:21-30

Denomination: Catholic

Do You Know The God Of The Bible? (1 Of 3)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jul 18, 2024

A lot of folks think the Christian life is like the game children play, called “Hide and Seek”.

Even older teens sometimes enjoy playing this game. However sometimes older teens they cheat when they play this game. Let me explain… Illus: For example, did you hear about the teenage girl that said to her boy friend, “Let’s play Hide and Seek.” • He said, “How do you play it?” • She ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Our Enemy (Covid And The Christian) Series

Contributed by Joe Williams on Nov 13, 2020

Humility before God and toward others is the best offensive and defensive game plan in resisting the devil!

COVID-19 has been front-page news for most of us for about 6 months! Now, the virus has been around a little longer than that, but for most of us, it was about 6 months ago (March) that it smacked us in the face, and life took a major shift! It was in March that everything was shutting down fast! ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:5-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Golf And The Christian Life

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jun 28, 2004

This morning I’m going to attempt to compare the Game of Golf and the Christian Life. I have found that there are some good ways to help illustrate how we should live our Christian life, through this game we call Golf.

Golf and the Christian Life Pastor Glenn Newton 8-4-02 Romans 10:11-15 “ As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:11-15

Denomination: Nazarene