Sermons on Sores:

Fire, Fire, Fire

Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 31, 2007

Our lives would be greatly altered without fire. The Bible uses the word fire throughout its contents. However there are four kinds of fire mentioned in the Bible that I would like to talk about this morning.

Luke 4:43 But He said to them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent." Jesus had the power to accomplish his purpose. The purpose for his coming was the preaching the kingdom of God to the whole world. He has given us the same ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:43

Denomination: Baptist

Christmas - A Fairy Tale? Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 23, 2014

Is the Christmas story a fairy tale? This message suggests that it is not. It is in fact the greatest and truest of all tales.

Ron Walters tells the following story in Preaching magazine. During the 1960s, a phenomenon called “Peanuts” was born. The comic strip began popping up in newspapers across America. It was destination reading. The cartoon’s childlike characters and modest storylines had become the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Grace I Can't Explain It

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Apr 2, 2011

Grace is outrageous. It’s hard to accept, It’s hard to believe, and It’s hard to receive.

Imagine yourself in this story. You show up bright and early, dressed for work, lunch pail in hand. You're thrilled when the owner comes by in his flatbed pickup and hires you. He promises a generous wage, the wage of a soldier, more than you are used to getting paid. You already start thinking ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Going Home

Contributed by William Baeta on Mar 6, 2013

“He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead’” Luke 16:31.

Theme: Going home Text: Luke 16:19-31; Rev. 21:1-5 Our theme for today’s sermon is ‘going home’. A popular saying is that “a man’s home is his castle”, implying that the best place to be is home. This has led many people to have the wrong idea that their home ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

I Am With You Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Dec 10, 2012

There's no greater comfort than knowing we are not alone...yet let's not get too comfortable, for our Savior has work for us to do!

How comforting to know that as we make our way through life we are not alone. Jesus is with us…yet don’t get too comfortable; He has work for us to do! Here at the close of Matthew’s Gospel we see disciples who’ve been through a lot. They’ve seen their Master die, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Congregational

Not Brick Makers Any More

Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on May 26, 2013

The Hebrew’s were slaves under the hand of a hard task-master. Mankind is slaves to sin and it certainly is a hard task-master. No mercy, no ease, no release. However, God, by a strong hand has delivered us from the bondage of sin. We are not brick makers

Quotes: “Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower "A confession has to be part of your new life." - Ludwig ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 5:4-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

To Meet The Big Boss

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jun 30, 2013

A person passionate and burning to see His Face would throw away everything for the experience!

Holy of Holies! Exodus 28:35”Aaron must wear it when he ministers. The sound of the bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he comes out, so that he will not die.” Aaron the High Priest had to wear a robe that had tassels of a golden bell and a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 28:33-35, Exodus 28:36

Denomination: Pentecostal

Cooped Up, But Coping

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Jan 24, 2011

Noah and family were cooped up in the ark for more than 1 year. During the long cold winter months of being cooped up, domestic violence rises. How can couples and families cope when all cooped up?

I. THINK ABOUT LIFE ON THE ARK A. Not Just 40 Days/Nights – But Over 1 Year – With At Least 7 Other People 1. Cooped Up – real miracle isn’t just that the lions didn’t eat the goats but that the people didn’t kill each other 2. This was not Carnival Cruise ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Heaven

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Jan 13, 2010

Funeral Sermon for a dear saint of the Lord

Heaven John 14:1-3 A little girl asked her slightly older sister why Grandma read her Bible so much. The reply, “I think she is studying for her final exams.” Wiser folk think about heaven sooner rather than later. Life has no guarantees! You see heaven is a prepared place for a ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Go Tell It On The Mountain

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 10, 2010

Celebrates the literary insights of James Baldwin, who had died shortly before; the privilege of redemptive suffering on the part of a person or a people participates in the suffering of Christ and of His victory. Includes readings from Baldwin’s writing

Nothing is more full of mystery than this – that the suffering of .a few who are oppressed and injured acts to redeem the many, including the oppressors. And yet nothing is more true than this – that from time to time a person, a people, a race receives the awesome privilege of suffering in such ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Does God Answer Prayer?

Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Oct 26, 2009

A classic short sermon by D. L. Moody on whether God really answers prayer

I suppose there has been no word on Christians’ lips so frequently at this time as the word "prayer," and there is not one in this hall who has not thought often, during the last forty-eight hours, of the importance of prayer. During this week of prayer, they are a great many not only thinking ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7

Denomination: *other

Amazing Discoveries On The Other Side Of Eternity

Contributed by Rodney Kelley on Sep 14, 2009

Where you spend the other side of Eternity will be based on whether you’ve accepted Christ on this side of Eternity.

Intro. A Few weeks ago, I preached on facing the Border, and how Enoch was translated, raptured, to live with God forever. We are facing the border. You may doubt the times, or you may be looking vigorously for the Lord to come, but nothing changes that we are all facing eternity sooner than we ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Baptist

Laboring To Enter Into That Rest

Contributed by Mark Roper on Feb 1, 2008

Be cause of Jesus we can find rest in the midst of toil, trouble, and conflict.

Laboring to enter into that Rest I. Need For Rest In The Twenty Four Hour Society, Martin Moore-Ede says our most notorious industrial accidents in recent years—Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, the fatal navigational error of Korean Air Lines 007—all occurred in the middle of the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:11

Denomination: Church Of God

Good News For The Poor Series

Contributed by Charles Scott on Feb 25, 2008

God is ever willing to forgive and heal us of our moral leprosy.

Lk 4__14-22 and 5__12-13 Proclaim glad tidings to the poor Friday after Epiphany Reading 1 1 Jn 4:19–5:4 Beloved, we love God because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

Christmas The Important Announcement

Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 2, 2007

Christmas the IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. Of all the important announcements that were ever made this was it. This was the most important announcement since the fall of Adam and Eve. I have heard announcements all my life. However, the only announcement tha

Christmas IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Luke 2:8) "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night." (Luke 2:9) "And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid." (Luke ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-18