Sermons on Struggles:

Enduring Adversity In The Christian Life

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Oct 27, 2014

A sermon examining the adversity that we may face in this life.

ENDURING ADVERSITY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE Acts 5:17-23 (Antioch Baptist Church: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025) Have you ever experienced relief from a circumstance or situation and then weeks, months, or years later you find yourself back in the same familiar and uncomfortable situation? Some ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:17-23

Denomination: Baptist

Forgiveness

Contributed by Marc Phillips on Nov 16, 2014

we must free ourselves of our past and others that have sinned against us so that we can truly enjoy the joy of being forgiven ourselves. I am not the original author of this entire sermon, some of it has been shared from other sermons and some original

Many of us live in fear in our daily lives because of our past sins. Many of us have been frozen by our past sins against someone or even more so, a past sin someone has committed against us. Think about it! How many of us do not move on in our Christian walk because we can’t forgive ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:14-15

Denomination: Church Of God

Beware Of The World Series

Contributed by Rodney Coe on Feb 12, 2015

Worldliness is polluting our churches and poisoning our hearts. How can we avoid worldliness in our lives?

Beware of the World Colossians 3:1-11 In the final two chapters of Colossians Paul moves from declaring and defending the truth to practical demonstration of truth. In other words what good is in to know to put Christ first, to say we put Christ first but we never do put Christ first. There are ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Hosea Chapter 12 Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jul 18, 2013

Hosea compares Israel and Judah to their ancestor Jacob

Hosea 12 [NLT] July 17, 2013 Oak Park Baptist Church – Wed Bible Study Series Hosea Bible Study A Study of the Minor Prophets Hosea (750-725 BC) HOSEA to Israel (Northern Kingdom) God is angry at the nation because they have turned away from Him and turned TOWARD idols and idolatrous worship ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 12:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Developing A Fulfilling Faith Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 3, 2013

We can enjoy an exciting fulfilling faith if we are willing to make the investment.

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Expectations. Life is full of them. • We have expectations for what school would be like, then college, then work, marriage, and eventually retirement! • The thing about expectations is sometimes expectations are met, sometimes they are exceeded ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:6-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love's Power

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Sep 14, 2015

What is the power of love? What is the power of hate? This message is a study in contrasts.

The self-proclaimed “King of Adultery” was dethroned this week after his adultery website, Ashley Madison, was hacked. Private data of more than 30 million users was leaked by a hacker group calling itself “The Impact Team”. Good name. They’ve had quite an impact. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Homosexuality And The Christian

Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Aug 4, 2017

Same-sex attraction and homosexual lifestyles - hardly mentioned in public a few years ago - are mentioned daily in news, entertainment, and other venues. Public acceptance is on the rise. How is the Christian to respond to this development?

Homosexuality and the Christian I. Introducton Read the story of Lot in Sodom (Genesis 19:1-11) God destroyed Sodom because of its utter sinfulness. Clearly, theirs was homosexual sin. When I was coming of age in the 1950’s, I was barely aware such a thing as homosexuality existed. I naively ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 19:1-11, Romans 1:26-27, 1 Timothy 1:8-11, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Romans 6:12-13, James 1:2-3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Follow-Service Wear Series

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Mar 23, 2017

As followers of jesus we are to be dressed to serve. Luke 12.35.

Title: Follow-Service Wear Place: BLCC Date: 4/2/17 Text: Luke 12.37; Colossians 3.12-14; 1 Corinthians 11.2-12. CT: As followers of Jesus we are to be dressed to serve. [Screen 1] FAS: Does what we wear tell us about who we follow? How about these guys? (show pic of UK fan tricked out) Or how ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:35

Denomination: Christian Church

A Unique Story Series

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Jan 15, 2018

Our story and God’s story are intertwined: 1. Our story begins with and revolves around God.2. Our story is designed by God.3. Our story is wrapped up in worship.

A Unique Story Genesis 1 & 2 Until you understand God’s story, you will be missing important pieces of the puzzle in your own life. Our story and God’s story are intertwined: 1. Our story begins with and revolves around God. Psalm 90:2 Genesis 1:1 God is Eternal: there has never been ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Beautitudes (Continued) Series

Contributed by Leighton (Lee) Vary on May 17, 2016

A continuation of the series on the Sermon on the Mount

I. Introduction A. Two gas company servicemen, a senior training supervisor and a young trainee, were out checking meters in a suburban neighborhood. They parked their truck the end of the alley and worked their way to the other end. At the last house, a woman looking out her kitchen window ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8-12

Denomination: Baptist

Errors And Home Runs

Contributed by Larry East on Oct 9, 2016

Baseball is a game where players fail more often than they succeed. And sometimes our Christian life can be like baseball.

How many of you are watching the baseball playoffs this week? It's that time of year when the Division winners and wildcard teams are vying for the World Series. Now most of you know that I’m a big baseball fan of the Atlanta Braves and have been since 1966 when the Braves moved from ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:14-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Isolate Your Isolation Series

Contributed by Steve Meenho Kang on Feb 1, 2017

In order to be truly happy, we must be connected to God, others, and ourselves.

Isolate Your Isolation Habits of Happiness Part 1 Matthew 22:36-39 We all want to be happy. I bet there is no single person who intentionally chooses to be unhappy. However, so many people in this world are not happy for one reason or another. In order to be happy, this is what we have to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:36-39

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor...

Contributed by Jonathan Meyer on Nov 2, 2017

Jesus offers rest to His followers--from the troubles of the world, yes, but especially from the burdensome weight (the yoke) of the Law.

One of the highlights of our trip to Germany—beyond all of the historical Luther sites and exhibits—was the opportunity to visit the city of Osnabruck. There’s nothing of particular importance for Lutherans about Osnabruck. We visited purely for my own sake. My branch of the Meyer family came ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30, Romans 7:14-25

Denomination: Lutheran

Disciples Who Make Disciples Series

Contributed by Kumar Aryal on Jun 16, 2019

This morning, we will look at the way how Jesus made disciples and learn three key components of discipleship.

Introduction Good Morning Everyone! Today is Discipleship Sunday so I would like to begin our time with some facts and fictions about discipleship. #. 1: Discipleship is something I can do by myself—just Jesus and me. Fact 1: Discipleship is relational. To be obedient to the Great Commission, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Samson: It's Time To Flex Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Jun 17, 2019

Judges 16:23-31

SUPER MEN - Samson: It’s Time to Flex June 23, 2019 Judges 16:23-31 (p. 177) Introduction: I did a study for this sermon on some of the strongest men in history and here are some of them. Pierre Gasnier - The French Hercules. He was born in 1862 and lived until 1923. He ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:23-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ