Sermons on Stupid:

The Lord's Day

Contributed by Clarence Clough on Sep 25, 2008

The Sabbath was made for man.

THE LORD’S DAY The Lord’s Day: — Text: Mark 2:27-28 Intro: Labor is God’s appointment. His wholesome and needful law. But did He mean us to bear the drudgery of ceaseless toil? How wretched, how degrading, how brutalizing! And God has not appointed it: “Six days shalt thou labour.” Son ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:27-28

Denomination: Church Of God

Who?

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 22, 2008

Ultimately, each person must answer for themselves the question of who Jesus really is.

Who? Matthew 16: 13 – 20 Introduction: The old childhood game, “HERE’S THE CHURCH. HERE’S THE STEEPLE. OPEN THE DOORS AND SEE ALL THE PEOPLE” took on new meaning for me while I was pastor of Memorial Presbyterian Church in South Bend, Indiana. I had just sat down to enjoy my lunch when the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Divine Equation

Contributed by Craig Smee on Nov 19, 2007

Faith is basedon trust. When we trust we obey. When we obey there are blessings promised.

Crime story at Riversong – Armed robbery 3 ½ minutes - burglary = 8h15 arrive 16h35 RESPONSE TIME Response time from time God gives you instruction to time you get going = OBEDIENCE Delay response to God = delay in the blessings / promises He has for you! # 1 Hindrance to living the life you ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:3-5

Denomination: Christian Church

Useful To The Master

Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 30, 2008

I, like you I’m sure, want the church to be successful, fruitful, fulfilling prophecy, and impacting our community. So, let’s look at these “reminders” and see how we, the church, could become “Useful to the Master.”

Useful to the Master 2 Timothy 2:14-26 I don’t know about you, but sometimes I need to be reminded over and over about certain things. Anniversaries, birthdays, taking out the trash…things like that sometimes just slip my mind and land me in hot water. Paul here is instructing Timothy to “keep ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:14-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

Break The Mold – Part 2

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Nov 11, 2013

Transformation (metamorphosis) -A change in the life of a creature. What is inside produces a total transformation on the outside

In 1502 in Florence Italy there was a large block of marble given to a church in Santa Maria, the church immediately hired who they thought was a professional to sculpt this enormously huge piece of rock. The man was not a professional and soon after commencing this great task the man drilled a ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:2

Denomination: Baptist

Think Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 31, 2015

This is the 8th sermon in the series "Don't Be Discouraged". We need to think like Jesus.

Series: Don’t Be Discouraged [#8] THINK 1 Peter 4:1-11 Introduction: It is approaching that time of the year where everyone is in their championship part of their season. College swimming is over; but we still have basketball. I enjoy watching Jason’s girls’ team play as ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Lent Means Return To God

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Mar 4, 2014

This is a brief homily given at The Tuesday Feast, a weekly meal, worship and discipleship outreach event at Yonge Street Mission in Toronto.

**This is a brief homily given at The Tuesday Feast, a weekly meal, worship and discipleship outreach event at Yonge Street Mission in Toronto** Lent is a time of getting ready, when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:12-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

But

Contributed by Geoffrey Foot on May 28, 2018

We use the word 'But' quite frequently and it can change the meaning of something said. In the Bible the word BUT and the context is profound, we are not object of God's wrath as sometimes seen in the Old Testament but objects of His love.

BUT… John 3:16-17 In my working life I’ve been on many training courses either related to management, finance, dealing with the media and so on.. One course still comes to mind when I was criticised for using the word’ ‘BUT’ I was using this simple and very significant little word to clarify ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-17, Genesis 1:26-31

Volunteers Are Awesome: They Change The World

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 27, 2021

Thank God for volunteers. They change the world. I’m completely serious right now. God bless volunteers. What would we do without them? Well, I imagine we’d do a lot less.

Thank God for volunteers. They change the world. I’m completely serious right now. God bless volunteers. What would we do without them? Well, I imagine we’d do a lot less. I’ve often wondered at what I could do in the world with 10 good men. Or 10 good women. Imagine what a church can do with 10 ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Salvation Army

Remember Series

Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on Feb 10, 2017

We often complain because we forget God's leading in our lives

REMEMBER We Complain Because we Forget I am stunned every time I read the story of the Exodus. How can the people of Israel complain like they do? How could they be so ignorant, so stupid, so forgetful? The God of the universe had just tossed around the most powerful man on the face of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 103:1-5

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Part 1: The Beginning Series

Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Nov 1, 2019

Scientists have been attempting to figure out where and how the universe started ever since Galileo came up with his telescope. Yet, we have discovered nothing.

We have been to the moon and back, we have robots of sorts on Mars and have for years. They have yet to discover any evidence of life...so what have we learned and how much have we spent doing it? Could we not have spent those monies on our homeless and poor? In our scripture, if we look real ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2, Genesis 1:3-4

Denomination: *other

Hand In The Cookie Jar? Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 14, 2019

This is the 15th sermon in the "Accounting" series from the Book of Ephesians.

Series: Accounting [#15] HAND IN THE COOKIE JAR? Ephesians 5:1-7 Introduction: Today, we celebrate Palm Sunday. While, we are going to continue with our series in Ephesians, Palm Sunday is a reminder of how fickle people can be. As Christians, we are supposed to live like Christ; but often we ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

War And Disaster Series

Contributed by Ken Henson on Sep 9, 2018

The Revelation serves as a warning to us all. Fear and repentance is the proper response to God’s judgment. May we never indulge in soul’s boast that only invites destruction, for He humbles the proud, but exalts the humble.

Revelation 16 TRANSLATION 12. And the sixth poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way for the kings of the East could be prepared. 13. And I saw from the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 16:12-21

Denomination: *other

Sweet Smell Or A Stink

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Apr 25, 2017

How do you smell

Intro: One day long, long ago there was an apothecary who created the most exotic perfumes. The perfume maker had just finished making his greatest creation, a perfume that was so intoxicating that no one could resist it's aroma. He would make a fortune with this perfume; he would sell ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 49:3-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Tomorrow

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 6, 2019

DON"T PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW

Tomorrow (James4:13-17) Intro It is reported that Colonel Rahl, commander of the British troops in Trenton, New Jersey, was playing cards when a courier brought an urgent message stating that General George Washington was crossing the Delaware River. Rahl put the letter in his pocket and ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Pentecostal