Sermons on Table Salt:

The 7 Mountains Of Influence In Society: Government & Family Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 5, 2021

I love talking about these seven mountains of influence in society. It’s really interesting to dig into this stuff. But unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and today we talk about the last two hills, government and family.

I love talking about these seven mountains of influence in society. It’s really interesting to dig into this stuff. But unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and today we talk about the last two hills, government and family. First, the hill of government. What a pertinent topic, we ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Promise Of Rest Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 26, 2018

This message looks at the type of rest that Jesus promises and who it was promised to.

Pinky Swear, rest Sometimes you hear people talk about how hard they work and how tired they are. But in 2018 in North America, I’m not sure that we have that completely in perspective. And I understand that there are different types of work and different types of tired. I was in a meeting ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30

Denomination: Wesleyan

God’s Infallible Guarantee Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 30, 2014

Have you ever bought a product and received a guarantee or a warranty that says if anything goes wrong with it, you get your money back? Romans 8:28 is “God’s Infallible Guarantee!”

INTRODUCTION Last year I read the book entitled, Into Thin Air, written by John Krakauer, an account of the ill-fated expedition to climb Mt. Everest in May of 1996. This was the expedition where some of them got caught at the top of Mt. Everest during a terrible storm and of the five people who ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Denomination: Baptist

Our Civic Duty

Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 7, 2025

Christians must serve as salt and light in our world. As part of our responsibility in the world, we must be good citizens, fulfilling the will of the Lord by wise exercise of our participation in the civic process.

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Denomination: Baptist

Happy Are The Merciful Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 11, 2021

The merciful are willing to identify with others and their need. They are willing to get involved with people because they look upon all men as potential brothers in Christ. They are the light of the world, and the salt of the earth.

The tallest Methodist church in the world stands in the loop of Chicago. Skyscrapers of offices are around it, but stretching still steeper into the sky is the slender steeple symbolic of man's aspiration to reach God. Sometime ago bells were installed in this steeple in order to peal out a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Restored By A King Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 13, 2004

Like Mephibosheth, all of us have been Crippled by a fall, sought by a King, found in a Far Country, saved for Another’s Sake, and restored to the King’s Table.

RESTORED BY A KING The example of Mephibosheth II Samuel 9 INTRODUCTION: Today I want to examine another story from the Old Testament, and --- as I love to do --- I have found another obscure character most people don’t know much about and rarely hear preached about in a sermon. We will ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Just One Little Crumb

Contributed by James May on Jun 4, 2006

The Syrophonecian woman came to Jesus for help. All she needed was just one little crumb from the Master’s Table to have the answer to her prayer of faith.

JUST ONE LITTLE CRUMB By Pastor Jim May I hear a lot of talk in these days about faith. Some say that you need to have great faith, and if you have great faith, you will have prosperity, health and the abundant life. That’s true to a point, but we don’t want to get into hyper-faith that ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:25-30

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Eating The Bread Of Heaven

Contributed by William Mouser on Mar 8, 2005

The Communion, the Eucharist, the Lord’s Table -- whatever we name it -- is, by the Lord’s teaching in John 6, the seat and center of our existential experience of intimacy with Christ.

Fourth Sunday in Lent Exodus 16:9-15, 1 Corinthians 10:14-22, John 6:10-58 “Eating the Bread of Heaven” Jesus’ feeding the 5,000 is understandably one of the most preached passages from John’s gospel. I am sure you have heard a great many sermons on it. I know I have. I’ve even preached a few ...read more

Scripture: John 6:10-58

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Silent Night Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 28, 2015

There are 3 great prophecies out of the book of Daniel that give a detailed and accurate time table for the coming of Jesus. Do you know what these prophecies are and how they apply to us?

Open: I’m told that, in the early 1800’s, there was a priest in Europe who led his congregation in a Christmas Eve service. Unfortunately, the organ had broken down and many of the traditional Christmas songs could not be sung. But, sometime before he had written a song of his own and, ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 9:24-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Vote The Bible

Contributed by Jeff Taylor on Oct 27, 2022

With all the issues on the table this election season, we as the Church need to take a stand for God's Word and what His Word says about these very issues.

Today, I want to read from the book of Proverbs chapter 29, as I share with you the message, "Vote The Bible". With election season upon us, many of us are sorting through the list of candidates trying to determine who we will vote for. Many of us are looking at the issues at hand. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 29:1-4, Proverbs 6:16-19, Jeremiah 1:5, Psalm 127:3, Psalm 33:4-22  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Prayer - For Those Of Us Who Struggle

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jul 26, 2025

A talk on prayer preached at St Christophers Hanwell 28 July 2025, at a Cafe Communion service - where people sit around tables and the sermon is inevitably quite interactive.

INTRO “one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples” [Luke 11:1] Martin Luther, the 16th Century reformer, was once asked much time he spent in prayer. “An hour a day” he said. “But what about if you are really busy?” “If I am really busy I have to spend ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13, Mark 1:35, Luke 6:12-13, Luke 5:15-16, Luke 22:39-44, Matthew 4:1-11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

The Main Thing Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 11, 2025

If you want to enjoy fellowship with God hear His call to you, put Him first in your life, and come to His table. Then invite others to do the same.

Several years ago, the London Transit Authority had a problem. Buses were going right past passengers who were waiting at designated places to be picked up. They were at the bus stops, and the buses were sailing right past them. The London Transit Authority released a statement to explain their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:15-24, John 1:11-12, John 3:16, Romans 10:13, 2 Timothy 2:10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Lord, Have Mercy!

Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Sep 6, 2003

The secret of God’s blessings is to lie low at the feet of Jesus and cry our for mercy! If all you ask for is crumbs off the table, how can God refuse?

Friends if you listened carefully to the gospel story, it appears as though Jesus was not very inclined to heal the daughter of the Syro-Phoenician woman who came begging him for a miracle. It also seemed as though Jesus had enough and just wanted to get away because scripture tells us that he ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Denomination: Anglican

Inside Out

Contributed by Evelyn Weston on Sep 21, 2003

St Matthew’s Day: The call of Matthew is a reminder that Jesus calls outsiders. Fortunately, Jesus turns the tables on us, turning everyone into an outsider, called to follow him.

May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen Have you ever wondered, why did Matthew get up? I don’t mean, why did he get up in the morning to go to work. Why did Matthew get up... and follow Jesus? I once saw ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Wise Words To Pray

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 29, 2012

1. You comprehend me (vs. 1-6). 2. You guide & guard me (vs. 7-12). 3. You formed & fashioned me (vs. 13-16). 4. I treasure your thinking of me (vs. 17-18). 5. Your enemies are my enemies (vs. 19-22). 6. Lord, keep searching & steering me (vs. 23-24)

Wise Words to Pray Psalm 139:1-24 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 5, 2012 *Do you want a better prayer life? -- I’m sure all of us would say, “Yes!” *Well this Psalm can help us, because it was written by a man after God’s own heart. David had a wonderful prayer life, and he ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-24

Denomination: Baptist