Sermons on Stigma:

Times Of Refreshing

Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 23, 2021

Religious history shows that God periodically sends spiritual stirrings! But Charles Finney proved that God is ready to send His Spirit when the conditions for revival are right. We must seize these seasons of refreshing to bring revival to our world.

TIMES OF REFRESHING Acts 3:19-20 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. There are a lot of people who need revival! 2. One lady, Vickie, called a lawyer’s office. She made an appointment with their Family Law department. 3. "How can I help you, ma’am?" asks the lawyer. "Is it true," ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:19-20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Come, Long Expected Jesus

Contributed by Craig Condon on Jul 8, 2015

If we obey God’s will for our lives like Mary and Elizabeth did, we will be richly blessed like they were because we will be blessed by the light and life of Christ-a light that shines brightly in our dark, sinful world.

Anne couldn’t think of a good reason that God should give her a grandchild. And even though it was one of her deepest desires, she had almost given up on the idea. God had already blessed her with two wonderful children. Her son decided to remain single and had devoted his life to Bible ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-45

Denomination: Anglican

Heart Attacks - Pt. 3 - Hope Resisted Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Feb 28, 2016

The enemy attacks our heart in an attempt to drive us into a place of hopelessness. We must find hope again!

Heart Attacks
Pt. 3 - Hope Resisted Introduction
 There are 5 principalities that we are assigned to confront and drive out of our body and region. The first was isolation. We talked about how we need each other. God designed us for one another. We then confronted poverty. We now ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:8-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

Don’t Hold Your Peace !

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 4, 2015

Don’t Hold Your Peace !

2 Kings 7:1-20 Don’t Hold Your Peace ! Intro: The city of Samaria was surrounded by the Syrian army. In ch. 6 we are told that things were so bad that a donkey’s head was sold for 25 pieces if silver and that dove’s dung was sold for 5 pieces of silver. Mothers ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:1-20

Denomination: Holiness

Ordinary Water Into Fine Wine

Contributed by Les Buttolph on Mar 13, 2023

Moses gets water from a rock; Jesus gets fine from stone jars

You’ve all heard that phrase, “You can’t squeeze blood from a turnip”. Well this morning, as you heard from our Scripture readings, you can get water from a rock, and even get the finest wine from ordinary water in a stone jar. At least with God, nothing is impossible. Our OT lesson, told in 8 ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11, Exodus 17:1-8

Denomination: Other

Light And Dark: What Is Shining Out Of Us?

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Sep 19, 2022

Light and Dark: What is shining out of us? Luke chapter 11 verses 33-36 – sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Light must shine (vs 33) (2). Light must illuminate (vs 34a) (3). Light must not grow dim (vs 35-36) (4). Light must be our goal (vs 36) SERMON BODY: Ill: • The brightest star ever found in the universe goes by the catchy name R136a1. • It is 165,000 light years away from ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:33-36

Denomination: Brethren

First Christmas Risktakers

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024

Risk taking is an essential ingredient in ministry for the Kingdom of God. Most Bible heroes were risk takers. Jesus was a risk taker too.

Opening illustration: Christian villagers in a rural district of India’s Maharashtra state have been told that one church will be closed down every week because they have been “destroying” local tradition and culture by “luring” others to convert to Christianity. Some Christians have also been told ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:40-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Obedience Of Joseph Series

Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Dec 16, 2022

Buy a Hallmark card and it will picture a beautiful scene and give a positive message. But not everyone experiences a Hallmark Christmas. Some people have problems, and as we look at scripture, we discover that one of the original characters of Christmas has a big problem. His name is Joseph.

Alba 12-11-2022 THE OBEDIENCE OF JOSEPH Matthew 1:18-25 It is Christmas shopping time as we near the big day. Stores take advantage of this and come up with some clever signs to encourage people to shop in their stores. Here are a few clever ones: From a toy store: "Ho, ho, ho spoken ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Relationship Recovery Series

Contributed by John Dobbs on Sep 7, 2019

Whenever we talk about recovery, we are never talking about one person - but a system of persons. Our addictions, obsessions and persistent sins have taken a toll on everyone around us.

RELATIONSHIP RECOVERY Genesis 2:4-25 Introduction September is Recovery Month and we have a few goals in this emphasis. -We seek to find hope in the Gospel for dealing with all of our obsessions, addictions, and the sinful weights that are holding us down from following God wholeheartedly. - ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:4-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Show Your Thankfulness

Contributed by John Daniel Johnson on Oct 18, 2017

A message on how to show the LORD how thankful you are for His blessings in your life.

How to Show You Are Thankful Scripture Reference: Luke 17:11-19 Preached at Ebenezer Church on November 20, 2016 Delivered by Rev. John Daniel Johnson Illustration— Someone wrote this list of things for which he was Thankful. "I am thankful for: The taxes I pay - because it means I’m ...read more

Denomination: *other

"it's Not Our Job To Judge The World"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 18, 2023

A sermon about loving people into the kingdom.

“It’s Not Our Job to Judge the World” Matthew 7:1-6 Mission Insight is a program that our Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church pays for and makes available to local churches such as ourselves so that we can find out about our community. The information comes from the census, a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6

Denomination: United Methodist

"Heaven Meets Earth At The Wedding In Cana”

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Jan 15, 2025

Jesus is not healing, not teaching, maybe He is "line dancing" at a wedding. John only has 7 "signs". the word miracle is not used. Signs point to the "divinity" of Jesus, who is replacing all things Jewish with Himself

In Jesus Holy Name January 19, 2025 Text: John 2:1-3 Redeemer “Heaven Meets Earth at the Wedding in Cana” With the waters of the Jordan dripping from His clothes Jesus hears the voice of John proclaim: “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world”. ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-4, John 2:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Lessons From Jeremiah – Part 1 – Problems In Our Genealogy; Are We To Blame? Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 24, 2024

Whose fault is it if your children depart from God, and are bad? This is the first study in a series in Jeremiah and we look at Judah’s wonderful king Josiah and his family.

LESSONS FROM JEREMIAH – PART 1 – PROBLEMS IN OUR GENEALOGY; ARE WE TO BLAME? PART 1 – Jeremiah 1:1-3 CHAPTER 1 {{Jeremiah 1:1-3 The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah, the son ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:1-3, 2 Chronicles 35:25-26, 2 Chronicles 36:12-13, Proverbs 22:6, 2 Kings 25:27-30, Luke 12:19-20  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Value Of Work

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on May 18, 2013

A sermon on how work in the world can be viewed as a form of worship of God.

We are going to look through a lot of scriptures today, so I am not going to have you open your Bibles to any one particular scripture. Today, I want to open up with a question. How many of you remember your very first job that you earned a paycheck? For me, my first job, I hate to mention, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:17-19

Denomination: Christian Church

Experience The Joy Of Expectancy

Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 2, 2002

Learn and choose the three biblical expectations that will bring you joy forevermore

I trust most of you enjoyed your Thanksgiving. I came across a Thanksgiving poem that might describe some of our Thursday night experience. Let’s see if you agree: Twas the night of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn’t sleep I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep. The leftovers ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-55

Denomination: *other