Sermons on Socrates:

Can You Believe This? Series

Contributed by Guy Caley on Apr 20, 2003

12th & final in the series "Conversations With Jesus." Easter Message. What do we need to overcome our doubts about the resurrection?

I don’t usually begin a sermon on a sad note like this, but sometimes we need to pause and remember what life is all about. There was a great loss recently in the entertainment world. Larry LaPrise, the Detroit native who wrote the song "The Hokey Pokey", died at age 83. I’m told he died ...read more

Scripture: John 20:24-31

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Jesus: Light Of The World

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jul 18, 2013

3 kinds of darkness and how to dispel it. Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

Jesus: Light of the World John 8:12-20 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/LightOfWorld.html Jesus makes His bold claim of being the light of the world right in front of the temple during the big festival of tabernacles, with a great crowd gathered. At night they would surround the temple mount with ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12-20

Denomination: Baptist

All I Want For Christmas

Contributed by Wayne Solomon on Dec 19, 2009

God's Unspeakable Gift

Christmas Sunday Service Theme: The Unspeakable Gift Text: 2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. The practice of giving and receiving gifts for Christmas has been immortalized in well known songs of our times. Songs like Donald Gardener’s 1944 song All I want for ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:15

Denomination: Church Of God

Presence Provides Ministry Series

Contributed by Dustin T Parker on Aug 29, 2010

If God is our patron...

Concordia Lutheran Church Pentecost 14, August 29, 2010 Presence Provides Ministry Hebrews 13:1-17 † IN JESUS NAME † As you contemplate that God’s grace, that loving mercy and peace that heals you, poured out for you as the blood of Christ, may you grasp His unchanging nature that helps ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:1-17

Denomination: Lutheran

Revealing The Unknown God Series

Contributed by Tom Owen on Jan 14, 2011

verse by verse through Acts

Today we’re going to be in Acts chapter seventeen as we continue to follow the missionary travels of the Apostle Paul. We’ve seen him and his partners go to Philippi, to Thessalonica, and to Berea. In each place they’ve seen lots of people get saved, they then set up a church, and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34

Denomination: Baptist

Why Do We Need Relationships? Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Apr 8, 2013

This is the fourth message in a series from the book of Ecclesiastes that examines Solomon's wisdom in regard to the mistakes that he had made in his life. This message examines why God has wired us to need and desire relationships.

Dear Diary, “Every time I open myself up for a relationship I get kicked in the teeth. Why do we need relationships? Why should take the risk of being hurt again?” If you are like me you have been hurt and betrayed by someone you thought was your friend. These experiences really cause ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our Eternal Reward Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 31, 2021

It is the reward of heaven, however, that motivates us to add these values to life, and to apply them so that we bare fruit, and become profitable servants of Christ.

Among the Kamba people of East Africa there persists an ancient legend. The story goes that the people of that region long ago were very embittered by death's merciless destruction. They sent messengers to all countries of the world to seek a place where death did not reign so they could all ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:11

The White Goose Story And The Incarnation

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 18, 2016

The Son of God - the Logos of God became human over 2000 yeras ago in Bethlehem to show us the way to salvation

TSJ, TSL WSG 18-12-2016 The Christmas Story A Scottish farmer did not believe in the Christmas story. The idea that God would become a ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Anglican

Faithful Father

Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Jun 19, 2021

Fathers are to invite your children to receive, to inspire your children to obey God, to influence your children to fear God, to instruct your children to reflect the way of God, and to invoke your children to remember God.

Faithful Fathers God said: "And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse." (Malachi 4:.6). God finishes the Old Testament by talking about fathers and their families. Malachi ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Original Meaning Of Communion

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Sep 3, 2024

What did communion mean when Jesus’ performed it for the first time? It’s Aramaic cultural meaning will enhance today’s usage of the evennt.

The Original Meaning of Communion Luke 22:14-23 Rabbi Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz 14 And when the hour had come He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him. 15 And He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I say to you, I shall never ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:14-23

Denomination: United Methodist

You Can Be Different

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Mar 31, 2025

This sermon helps us to understand the need for change in our lives, a change that puts away the old self and allows a new self in Christ to begin.

Let me open with this. If there is no intelligence behind the universe, then nobody or nothing designed my brain for the purpose of thinking. Thought is merely the by-product of some atoms within my skull. If so, how can I trust my own thinking to be true? And if I can’t trust my own thinking, I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17, 1 John 3:14, John 12:46, John 3:18, Hebrews 9:27-28, 2 Corinthians 4:3-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Logos Of God

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 1, 2026

The Son of God - the Logos of God became human over 2000 years ago in Bethlehem to show us the way to salvation

Carlby 04-01-2026 The Christmas Story A Scottish farmer did not believe in the Christmas story. The idea that God would become a man was absurd to him. His ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Denomination: Anglican

Three Areas Of Historical, Prophetic, And Personal Evidence That Prove Jesus Existed - Part 1 Series

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Aug 12, 2020

In this study, we will look at three areas of evidence; Historical, Prophetic, and Personal, and conclude with how to share your testimony.

Just a short time after my 11th birthday, my Mom died suddenly. The pain, anguish, and anger I felt made me question everything I had been taught about God, my experience with Him, and even if He existed. About two years later, I was at a YMCA camp on Catalina Island, just off the California ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 John 5:19, Ephesians 2:1-2, 1 Corinthians 1:21, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Isaiah 46:9-10, Isaiah 41:22, Isaiah 41:23, 1 John 5:11-12, Psalm 35:26  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Courage Under Fire

Contributed by Alan Stokes on Apr 22, 2001

This sermon covers the theme of courage as it relates to the example of Peter and John’s close relationship to God discussed in Acts 4.

Members of the 4th grade class at Spring Hill Elementary School in McClean, Virginia were asked the question: "What Is Courage". Their answer was: "Having faith. Being brave. Doing something when you’re scared of it. Doing something when you think you can’t. Trying something that you’ve ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-13

Denomination: Holiness

The Lights Of The World Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 8, 2006

Jesus taught of the POWER of the light, the PLACES of the light, the PUTTING OUT of the light, and the PURPOSE of the light. Link included to formatted text, handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

The Lights of the World Matthew 5:14-16 Ye ARE the light of the world…Ye ARE the salt of the earth. In the original language these statements are in an emphatic tense, meaning it would not be wrong at all to say “you and you alone are…” [meaning Christians] The beatitudes were all about the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16

Denomination: Baptist