Sermons on Strange Fire:

When Truth Needs Fire

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 29, 2025

Jesus rekindles cold faith by engaging every doorway of our soul—mind, heart, and body—so truth burns with love again.

INTRODUCTION — The Right That Feels Wrong There is a kind of religion that is technically correct and emotionally vacant. People walk in with good doctrine and walk out… colder than they came. And here’s the heartbreaking part: They were right. The Sabbath is right. The Second Coming is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:32, Acts 2:1-4, John 20:27, John 1:39, John 10:27  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Keep The Fire Of Revival Burning

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 6, 2025

Message for the Pastoral/Leadership Conference 2025.

OPENING ILLUSTRATION: A pastor asked his wife, “Should I put more fire in my sermon?” She said, “No! You should put your sermon in the fire.” Are we living out the fire of revival? INTRODUCTION: As we gather together for this pastoral/leadership banquet, we are reminded of the high and sacred ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 6:12-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When The Fire Goes Out

Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 12, 2025

Apathy melts when wounded believers encounter the gentle, pursuing love of Jesus—and a church that mirrors His compassion becomes a place where hearts burn again.

I want to talk to you this morning about something that sits quietly in the corners of our churches. It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t slam doors. It doesn’t usually make the headlines in church board minutes. But it drains the life out of congregations and breaks the heart of Jesus. I want to talk ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:15-20, Isaiah 42:3, Hebrews 3:7, Luke 15:4-7, Psalm 34:18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Lake Of Fire And The Second Death

Contributed by Robert Wright on Jan 18, 2026

This Brings in the Lake Of Fire and Second Death

Opening Prayer O most holy and righteous Father, Thou eternal God, Creator of heaven and earth, We come before Thee this day with humble hearts and bowed spirits. Lord, we acknowledge Thy holiness, Thy justice, and Thy truth. We confess that Thou art righteous in all Thy ways, and holy in all Thy ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 20:14-15

It’s Like Fire

Contributed by Larry Grant on Feb 1, 2026

What Jeremiah’s ministry was doing for the nation was important, but even more important was what Jeremiah’s ministry was doing for Jeremiah. As we serve the Lord, our capacity for ministry should increase and enable us to do much more than we ever thought we could do.

Jeremiah 20:7-9 (NKJV) “It’s Like Fire” February 1, 2026 It was in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah to the 11th year of Zedekiah. Mattaniah was his birth name, and he was the last of King Josiah’s sons to sit on the throne in Judah, but Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon changed his name to ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 20:7-9

Denomination: Baptist

"Certain Persons” – The Creepers Who Slipped In, Quietly In Slippers – Jude 1 Verse 4 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 10, 2022

Even in Jude's time false teachers had crept into the church and Jude does not hold back. In this message we look into "creeping" and examine these false teachers, ungodly men, the wolves among the lambs. There is much warning for us too 1950 years later.

“CERTAIN PERSONS” – THE CREEPERS WHO SLIPPED IN, QUIETLY IN SLIPPERS – Jude 1 verse 4 MESSAGES IN JUDE – MESSAGE 3 Jude 1 v 4 Jude 1:4 “for certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 2:1-2, 2 John 1:7, 1 John 4:1-3, 2 Peter 2:18-19, 1 John 2:22, Matthew 10:32-33, Titus 1:16, Matthew 10:24, 1 Peter 2:18, Titus 2:9, Philippians 2:9-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, Revelation 22:20, Acts 20:28-31, Jude 1:4, Leviticus 9:23-24, Leviticus 10:1-3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Two Prophets Appear To Be Wrestling; It’s A Strange Dance!

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Dec 10, 2009

How do you reconcile judgment and joy?

14Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem! 15The LORD has taken away the judgments against you, he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more. 16On that day it ...read more

Scripture: Zephaniah 3:14-20

Denomination: United Methodist

Be A Messenger And Giver Of Hope! Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 1, 2015

Mark sets the scene of Jesus in a strange place, in a strange situation with a couple of strange outcomes. The result is that Jesus shows he is open to all people.

Hope found in Jesus. Ever been the stranger in a situation, maybe the people you are visiting know you are coming, but still you are the stranger. Maybe there’s something you want, maybe there’s something you’re expected to provide. There could be uncertainty, there could be a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:24-30, 1 Peter 1:13-17, 1 Peter 1:3-5

Denomination: Salvation Army

Elijah And Elisha Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 22, 2022

In the biblical narrative he is a disciple and protégé of Elijah, and after Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind, he gave Elisha a double portion of his power and he was accepted as the leader of the sons of the prophets. Elisha then went on to perform twice as many miracles as Elijah.

Elijah and Elisha Elijah was the one who clashed with King Ahaz about worshipping Baal, who was eventually proved to be impotent. Elisha was Elijah's successor. He is the one who healed Naaman (captain of the king of Syria's army) of leprosy. The Bible story of Elijah and Elisha is found ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:19-21

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon On Fire & Family Traditions

Contributed by William Meakin on Apr 16, 2024

Tradition is defined as the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.

Gustav Mahler, a Bohemia-born composer once remarked: “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” Mark 7:8-9 reminds us: “You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:5, Ephesians 6:4, Psalm 104:4, Luke 12:49

When God’s Fire Falls

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Aug 15, 2022

Several months back I taught about our need for revival, “Revival Required.” This Sunday, I’d like to expand on that message, as we look at biblical history and how God would deliver his people by sending “holy fire,” to revive and deliver them.

When God’s Fire Falls Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns-xDm9cgSE John Whitehead, president, and founder of the Rutherford Institute said, “If there isn’t a revival in this country of some sort … we’re moving toward a state that would be very much like pagan Rome.” There’s a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 85:4-6, Isaiah 64:1-2, Exodus 3:2, Malachi 3:3, 2 Chronicles 7:1, Acts 2:3-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Foursquare

Who Shall Dwell With The Consuming Fire?

Contributed by Dove Inspirations on Nov 10, 2022

It is possible to be a modern day Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego

Who shall dwell with The Consuming Fire? Daniel 3; Isaiah 33:14-17 Most of us know of the incident of the fiery furnace that occurred in the lifetime of Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego. Amazing story of courageous men who faced certain death by fire, but would not bow down to the demands to ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 33:14-19

"faith To Face The Fire"

Contributed by David Henderson on Nov 4, 2020

If there is anything that can get your attention, it’s a fire. As a child I remember our neighbor’s house caught on fire and I watched from our window as the house was burning down.

“Faith to Face the Fire” Daniel 3:1-30 and 1 Peter 4:12 If there is anything that can get your attention, it’s a fire. As a child I remember our neighbor’s house caught on fire and I watched from our window as the house was burning down. Later in life the church we grew up in had a fire and the ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:1-30, 1 Peter 4:12

Denomination: Baptist

God’s Refining Fire

Contributed by Doug Gorman on Apr 11, 2016

Refining Fire...

Christians are told to love and forgive one another, not try to tear each other down. Those are devices of Satan and church we cannot let him get a foothold in here. I am going to quote Chuck Colson who once told his congregation (and this should hold true for any pastor), “I’m not ...read more

Scripture: Job 38:1-7

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Are You Fired Up Or Fizzled Out?

Contributed by John Gaston on Aug 7, 2014

This is a look at the life of Asa, seeing how he started his walk with God fired up, but ended fizzled out. It's a good warning to us to maintain our first-love for Christ.

ARE YOU FIRED UP OR FIZZLED OUT? 2 Chron. 14:2-16:13 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Two Aggie cowboys, Wally and Dallas, each bought a horse and they rode them together for the summer. When winter came, they didn’t want to pay to have them stabled for the winter. 2. Instead, they decided to ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God