Sermons on Structure:

Work Out Your Own Salvation - (What Does This Really Mean?)

Contributed by Bruce Hadley on Aug 3, 2021

We are told to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. However, what do I have to do to work out my salvation? Are there certain steps I must take? Are there some specific criteria for me to work out my own salvation? These are all good questions.

Phil 2:12-13: Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. One day I was at the gym, and this man ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-13, Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"depression (Part 2): Understanding Psychological And Spiritual Aspects Of Depression" Series

Contributed by Benjamin Utomo on Aug 11, 2021

Today we will learn how to deal with Depression biblically and psychologically. We need to know it because a wrong response to depression can make depression worse.

On June 20, 2001, Andrea Pia Yates, a Christian mother in Texas, drowned her five children; the oldest was seven, and the youngest was six months, in their bathtub. She had been suffering for some time from very severe postpartum depression after the birth of her fourth child. Last Sunday, we ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33, Philippians 4:8, Psalm 50:15, Matthew 11:28, 1 Thessalonians 5:18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Is Love: That's Why He Created Hell

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Aug 18, 2021

This is a revision of a sermon I posted over a year ago on another website. The subject matter is more timely than ever considering the rapid descent into evil and chaos we have witnessed recently. Come quickly, Lord Jesus.

There are some things that are getting more hard to find as the days draw nearer to the LORD'S return, such as ethical politicians, intelligent leftists, happy liberals, competent leadership, and sound Biblical preaching on the reality and horror of a literal, real place called hell. Now ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 9:17, Matthew 10:28, Matthew 23:33, Matthew 25:41, Revelation 20:11-15, Mark 9:43-48  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

God’s Power Tools

Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 29, 2020

Power tools are a great parallel for the supernatural power tools of God we can use in spiritual warfare. The Name of Jesus, the Word of God, the Holy Spirit, and the Blood of Jesus are forces which can overwhelm the enemy. Use God's power tools!

GOD’S POWER TOOLS 2 Cor. 10:2-4 Msg. INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: PROPER COVID RESPONSE 1. Sherry Campbell told that at the height of the Covid-19 crisis her boss set her and other secretaries down and said, “From now on, when a visitor arrives at our office, they must ring the bell, sign in, be ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:2-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

O Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge: An Exposition Of The 90th Psalm.

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Dec 8, 2020

We need to see ourselves for who we truly are in the light of the eternity of God.

Lord, Thou Hast Been our Refuge: An Exposition of the 90th Psalm The 90th Psalm is titled “A Psalm of Moses the Man of God” which probably makes this the oldest Psalm in the Bible. It has inspired great music. Isaac Watts paraphrased the words in the hymn “O God our Help in Ages Past.” This in ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 90:1-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Signs Of Jesus' Return Part 2 Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Jan 11, 2021

Wars and rumor of wars, famine and earthquakes, what does it all mean? All Bible references are from the NASB.

I know many are worried about the future. When we consider the incoming administration in Washington, with its decidedly anti-Christian flavor to many of the policies that they are pushing forward, when we consider the violence in our capital building by mobs, we are distressed. Are these the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:4-8

Denomination: Baptist

Church Leaders (1 Corinthians 3)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 11, 2021

Now comes that chapter that many congregations would not want to hear. Let’s listen to what God’s minister has to preach to the Corinthians. Could it apply to us too?

Now comes that chapter that many congregations would not want to hear. Let’s not be like rebellious people, “Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits” (Isaiah 30:10 KJV). Let’s listen to what God’s ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Defilement Comes From Within Series

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Mar 22, 2021

It is not the food you eat or religious observation you practice that enables you to claim that you are right with God. Your attitude, behavior, and response to His commands show whether or not your life is defiled before Him.

Worship is supposed to come from a grateful heart and mind, focused on how God's mercy and grace has taken us off of the road to hell and by the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on our behalf, placed us on the narrow road leading to eternal life. Our submission to Him as Lord and Savior, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23, Hebrews 12:14-15, James 3:6

Denomination: Baptist

The Virgin Birth Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 26, 2021

When one accepts the Lordship of Jesus there can be no problem in accepting His miraculous birth. Once you accept that Jesus is the Son of God it is no problem accepting the way He came into human flesh.

For many years the great battlefield of the Bible critics was the subject of the resurrection of Christ. They felt that if they could demolish this truth and prove it to be only a myth, the whole structure of Christianity would crumble. But the resurrection was in impregnable, and they could not ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

The Son Of God Enters The City Of God: The Revolutionary Triumphal Entry

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 27, 2021

As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives.

As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 “Go into the village over there,” he said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:6-7, Isaiah 54:4-8

Denomination: Salvation Army

A Warning About Warnings Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 28, 2021

The warning of Christ gives us a warrant to be skeptical about all prophetic schemes of men. It gives us the authority to question and probe into the foundations and premises of all men's teachings, including our own.

Jesus loved Israel, for the Jews were God's people. He was their King, and He was as patriotic as any of Israel's leaders or kings. We cannot doubt that Jesus loved the Jews more than either Moses or Paul, both of whom were ready to perish for the sake of Israel. Nevertheless, Jesus did ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:3

Timothy And Titus Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Jan 7, 2022

Paul's instructions to young pastors

January 08, 2022 Now to the letters to Timothy and Titus. All three letters were likely written around 65/66 AD Paul was entrusting Timothy, in Ephesus, and Titus, in Crete, with the Gospel that he had sacrificed so much to proclaim. Which brings us to My Favorite Thing About 1st and 2nd ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:3-7, 1 Timothy 4:9-16, 1 Timothy 6:3-5, Titus 2:11-15

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Redeeming The Time (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Benjamin Utomo on Jan 12, 2022

This sermon explains the meaning of "redeeming the time" or "making the most of every opportunity" in Ephesians 5:16.

Opening: Suppose you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86,000 that carried over no balance from day to day. It allowed you to keep no cash in your account, and every evening canceled whatever part of the amount you failed to use during the day. What would you do with it? Of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:16, Proverbs 23:23, Galatians 4:4, 1 Corinthians 7:29, Galatians 6:10, 1 Peter 4:3, James 4:14, 2 Corinthians 5:10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God’s List Of Do’s And Don’ts (1-3)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 15, 2022

Often, when God’s man has the courage to stand before the people of God, and declare the whole counsel of God’s Word, it does not earn him any favorable treatment.

Why? Because he tells them things they do not want to hear. For example, how many would turn to the astrology section of the newspaper, if it told them something like this, “You are a very dumb person, and because of that, some very bad things are going to happen to you today!” They turn to the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Great Messages Of Encouragement #2: Strength To The Weary

Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Jan 15, 2022

In Isaiah's day Judah was invaded by Assyria, threatened by Babylon and ridden with sin. And yet, Isaiah offers a wonderful message of encouragement: 'they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles.' How is that possible?

Last week we started a series on ‘Great Messages of Encouragement’ in Scripture. Today we’re going to look at a great message of encouragement in Isaiah. It’s at the end of Isaiah 40. Isaiah writes: “He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:27-31

Denomination: Baptist