Sermons on Spiritual Giants:

The Enigmatic Concept Of Spiritual Unity

Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Oct 17, 2019

The United Body of Christ

THE ENIGMATIC CONCEPT OF SPIRITUAL UNITY EPHESIANS 4:1-3 The opening of chapter 4 marks the principal transition of the entire Epistle. As is his custom in other writings, Paul turns from the doctrinal to the practical. Paul recognizes the value of spiritual unity in the church because he had a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Don’t Be A Spiritual Packrat

Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 22, 2020

Here are practical steps on how to cooperate with Jesus and the Holy Spirit in changing your life to be more Kingdom centered. We must unclutter our lives and make changes that will reduce the obstacles to our transformation.

DON’T BE A SPIRITUAL PACKRAT INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Jerome Dasso of Georgetown, Texas was visiting the great naval academy of Annapolis (in Rochester, New York). He saw several freshmen crawling around the main courtyard on their hands and knees with pencils and clip boards. He asked his tour ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:22, James 1:21

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Joseph’s Spiritual Promotion Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 4, 2020

Joseph had been promoted politically to the highest position in the Egyptian government, but his father would promote him to a higher position spiritually – in God’s nation, Israel.

Joseph’s Spiritual Promotion (46:1-50:26, esp. 48:1-20) 1. Sometimes promotions are not measurements of success. 2. The boss called one of his employees into the office. "Rob," he said, "you've been with the company for a year. You started off in the mail room, one week later ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 48:1-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Reset Button For The Spiritual Life Series

Contributed by John Daniel Johnson on Mar 8, 2020

As mankind, we are made of the physical, mental and spiritual. In each of these the LORD has given us reset button. God has placed a reset button in this life for us that is meant to revive us, refresh us, transform us, and change our behavior.

Introduction: Last week we began our two-part study on “The Reset Button.” Let me give you a quick recap of what we learned last week. We learned that the One True God is one God composed of three natures. He is composed of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. After He created the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Partnership That Brings Spiritual Power Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 27, 2019

Using Mary and the birth of Christ, this sermon explores the partnership of our willingness and the Holy Spirit's power to bring about amazing results.

SEEING THE POWER OF GOD: God’s vision for Mary involves a combination of her willingness and the Holy Spirit’s power. - Luke 1:35. - In this situation, it means that Mary’s humble willingness to trust and serve team up with God’s power. The result is the miraculous birth of the Savior. - In the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Baptist

The Challenge To Eat Right (Spiritually) Series

Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Jan 7, 2020

In this world, we, as Christians, eat a whole lot of junk that the world says tastes really good.

Introduction One of the biggest challenges as a parent is to get your young child to eat right. They want to eat junk. When your child hits the preteen age, their favorite food is not broccoli but McDonald Chicken nuggets (for some reason all kids love McDonald chicken nuggets). Once again ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:2-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Fog Of War - Spiritual Warfare

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Aug 16, 2018

Spiritual Warfare - God's Armor 1. The Battle is Real 2. God's Defensive Weapons 3. God's Offensive Weapons

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10 - 20 Theme: Spiritual Warfare Title: The Fog of Spiritual Warfare INTRO: Grace and peace from God our Father and from Jesus Christ, our Savior and LORD who came to take away the sin of the world and grant us Abundant Life! Have you ever heard of the name - Carl ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20

Denomination: Nazarene

The Spiritual Gift Of Fear Of The Lord Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 15, 2018

We are in danger in the U.S. Church today because we have in many ways lost that attitude of reverence, humble fear, toward God.

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost 2018 Extraordinary Form Every morning all Catholic clergy, and thousands of lay Catholics, pray the Benedictus prayer of Zechariah. It’s the prayer John the Baptist’s father vocalized when his voice was restored after John’s birth. There is a line in this ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:4-8, Isaiah 5:1-10

Denomination: Catholic

Holy Spirit And Spiritual Gifts Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 16, 2012

A sermon on spiritual gifts, serving and meeting needs (Material adapted from Dr. Jack Cottrell's book, "The Holy Spirit: A Biblical Study", chapter 7)

HoHum: The former editor of Christianity Today, Kenneth Kantzer, commented once that he never knew what his gift was. He just served where he saw the need. If a man of this experience and caliber never knew what his gift was but just served where he saw a need, then this should serve as a good ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Six Stages Of Spiritual Sight

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Apr 18, 2012

The blind man had been delivered from darkness and given sight by the compassion of Jesus. This formerly blind man is confronted by his neighbors, he’s confronted by the Pharisees, and by Jesus as well. We are going to concentrate on Jesus as seen by thi

The last time we were in our study in John, we looked at 9:1-7 and saw Jesus give sight to the blind man. This blind man had been delivered from darkness and given sight by the compassion of Jesus. In tonight’s study, this formerly blind man is confronted by his neighbors, he’s ...read more

Scripture: John 9:8-41

Denomination: Baptist

A Warning To Spiritual Free-Loaders Series

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Apr 28, 2012

The unsaved receive temporal blessings on account of the righteous, but God will not grant these blessings indefinitely.

If you’ve ever watched “Shark Week” or know much about sharks, you may have heard about a unique fish called Remora. They are sometimes called “suckerfish” or “shark-suckers.” These fish have a unique suction design and attache themselves to sharks, ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Battle In The Life Of Abraham Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 11, 2012

Turn the hindrances and obstacles that come your way in life into ‘valuable-crisis-lessons’ rather than be stumped by it!

Abraham – Part 1 - Hindrances Genesis 12:6” Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.” Friend, today I share an extract of the message that I preached in our recent ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Spiritual Battle In The Life Of Abraham Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 12, 2012

We need strong faith to combat severe famine! Friend, I’m not going to tell you that you would never face problems and things will always be cozy and rosy all the time, but instead I say today, even in the midst of calamity, we need to collect ourselves

Fear not! Abraham – Part 2 Genesis 12:10”And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.” We need strong faith to combat severe famine! Friend, I’m not going to tell you that you would never ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Building Hedges Of Spiritual Protection

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on May 28, 2012

Hedges in biblical times were special barriers/fences placed around grape vineyards.They served many purposes (Keep out insects, bugs, rodents, birds, or thieves from coming in and stealing the harvest).Spiritually, a hedge is God’s wall of protection pro

Building Hedges of Spiritual Protection A Hedges in biblical times were special barriers/fences placed around grape vineyards. 1 They served many purposes (Keep out insects, bugs, rodents, birds, or thieves from coming in and stealing the harvest). a Ezekiel 13.5 “ You have not gone up ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 13:5

Denomination: Baptist

What's In Your "Spiritual" Wallet Series

Contributed by Larry Turner on Jun 2, 2012

What's in your wallet can reflect your relationship with Jesus.

There is a commercial that asks the question “What’s in your wallet?” I think a lot can be discovered about an individual based on that question. As I thought about the answer to this question concerning my own wallet, I pondered what items found there reflected on my relationship ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:33

Denomination: Foursquare