Sermons on Sleep In Death:

The Isaiah 53 Flashback Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 15, 2014

When people grasp the atoning work of Jesus and turn to him, his death on the cross begins to make sense.

The Isaiah 53 Flashback (Isaiah 52:13-53:6) 1. Looking Back The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Johnny interrupted with this triumphant announcement: "My Mommy looked back once while she was driving, and she turned into ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Must I Do? Keep His Church Pure

Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 1, 2013

Sin brings death and when sin is permitted to linger within a congregation it kills its body life and ministry.

WHAT MUST I DO? KEEP HIS CHURCH PURE 1 CORINTHIANS 5:1-13 Big Idea: Sin brings death and when sin is permitted to linger within a congregation it kills its body life and ministry. INTRO: A few years back I bought an electric guitar. The seller only wanted $50.00 for it and he told me upfront ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Denomination: Nazarene

Intolerable Tolerance Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 20, 2011

Sometimes tolerance is not a virtue; a deviation outside the specifications can be a matter of life and death, not just sub-optimum functioning.

It’s been a week of tragedy, hasn’t it. Not on the scale of September 11, of course, but still - a tragedy. No one ever thought that the Columbia would crash. Particularly no one ever thought that it would crash on re-entry... But something did, and so today we are mourning the death ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:12-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Whats That Smell?

Contributed by Richard Laraviere on Aug 9, 2008

Each believer is leaving a spiritual scent. What kind of secent are you leaving? One of death or one of life?

What’s that smell? Opening: 1. Have you ever thought of what do you smell like to those around you? 2. We ALL emit a scent or smell – if you don’t believe it, lean over to your neighbor and have a whiff 3. How good is your sniffer anyway? Human nose – good Dog nose – 300 times more ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14-16

Denomination: Mennonite

Mephibosheth And God-Like Kindness

Contributed by Arliss Beavers on Jun 17, 2008

We have allowed a lot of precious people to fall through the crack, causing personal injury or spiritual death.

6-17-2008 Vacation Bible School Lesson: Mephibosheth and God-like Kindness David makes an inquiry: (in chapter 9) - of the ruined house of King Saul (sin and misconduct ruin) - disobedience ruins lives/wrecks homes - This was a great while after David assumed the throne - ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:1-11

Denomination: Church Of God

The Achilles Heel Syndrome

Contributed by Johnny Carver on Jun 27, 2008

A sermon using the story of the ungurarded areas in a person’s walk with the Lord that can cause defeat or death spiritually.

Scripture: Ephesians 6:11 – 20 Title: “The Achilles Heel Syndrome” Introduction: There’s a mythological legend of a warrior named Achilles whose mother dipped him into the river Styx in order to make him invulnerable. The ONLY part of his body that didn’t receive the mysterious protection was ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:11-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Great Chasm

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Sep 25, 2010

Death seals our fate for eternity so we must decide now to place our faith in Christ.

THE GREAT PURITAN LEADER AND FOUNDER OF THE COLONY OF CONNETICUT, THOMAS HOOKER, WROTE THIS OF HELL: “CONCEIVE THIS MUCH, IF ALL THE DISEASES IN THE WORLD DID SEIZE ON ONE MAN, AND IF ALL THE TORMENT THAT ALL THE TYRANTS OF THE WORLD COULD DEVISE, WERE CAST AGAINST HIM; AND IF ALL THE ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Free Methodist

We Killed Him

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 9, 2015

Jesus went willingly to His death for our sakes, to fulfill the covenant obligation God freely took on with Abraham.

We killed Him. O, I know the Roman procurator read the sentence, and Roman soldiers beat Jesus and crowned Him with thorns and hammered in the nails. They were what philosophers would call the “efficient cause” of Christ’s death. But Adam and Eve and David and Caligula and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:11-15

Denomination: Catholic

Narrow, Heavenly Way

Contributed by David Radcliff on Mar 12, 2016

If you enter the funnel at the broad end, it keeps narrowing down until you come to death, destruction, and hell.

NARROW, HEAVENLY WAY Matthew 7:14 He is giving a picture of a funnel. If you enter the funnel at the broad end, it keeps narrowing down until you come to death, destruction, and hell. But you can enter the funnel at the narrow part. That's where Christ is and the longer you walk with Him, the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus, The Figure Of Adam Who Is To Come

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Apr 18, 2016

To show that sin and death reigned from adam (beginning) to Moses (law) while Life and Holiness reigned in CHRIST.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you alive in CHRIST? Yes. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers/unbelievers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that sin and death reigned from adam (beginning) to Moses (law) while Life and Holiness reigned in CHRIST. IV. TEXT: Romans 5:14 (Amplified Bible) Yet death held sway from Adam ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Something Completely Different

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 17, 2023

When God intervenes to bring life out of death, we have to let him do it his way.

How many of you remember Monty Python? The British comedy group in - I think - the 70's which used to transition between their skits with “And now for something completely different....” And it always was pretty strange. Part of their appeal was that their humor was so totally off the wall, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:27-38

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Redeemer Of All Ages.

Contributed by Trevor Chuma on May 29, 2019

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

When Adam and Eve sinned the judgment was that their life would be taken from them, not by God but by sin. The moment they sinned, they died, for the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). To fix this problem, God himself killed an animal and covered them with the blood of that animal (Genesis 3:21). ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:23, Leviticus 17:11, Hebrews 9:22

Denomination: Charismatic

The Power Of The Resurrection Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 5, 2021

The good news of Easter is that the power to conquer death is already available to those who will humble themselves to receive it as a gift.

For the man who has everything there is now a solar-powered headstone. John Dilks, a computer engineer for Western Electric designed this headstone with a recording device and a video display screen, which will display a biographical account and a computerized photograph. Dilks Creative Tombstone ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Remember The Cross: Memorial Day

Contributed by Gary Holt on May 23, 2020

The Lord's Supper is our weekly memorial of the Lord's death until He comes

“Remember the CROSS” Memorial Day 2020 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Credit: various sections were taken from K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 13, 2004 Background research from Tom Fuller Memorial Day is a time when we remember a sobering fact: • The Cost of Freedom is Blood. • Once a year we observe ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

An Easter Nobody Will Ever Forget! Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 11, 2020

Psalm 22:22-31 expresses praise to God for the expanding proclamation of the good news of victory over death.

Scripture Psalm 22 is a fitting psalm for our meditations on Good Friday and Easter Sunday because the first part of the psalm (verses 1-21) focuses on the experience of suffering on a cross, while the second part of the psalm (verses 22-31) announces the resurrection and expresses praise to God ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:22-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed