Sermons on The Dumb Spoke:

The Annunciation

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 5, 2013

The difference between honest questions and unbelief.

THE ANNUNCIATION. Luke 1:5-38. There are a few people in the Bible whose births were announced prior to their conception. In the Old Testament we had Isaac, Samson, and Samuel. In the New Testament we have John the Baptist and, of course, Jesus. The Gospel of Luke commences with the end of 400 ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-38

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Great Advantage Series

Contributed by James May on Mar 17, 2002

There is no advantage to knowing Christ if we do not put some actions to our belief and walk in faith.

Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

One Spirit, One Body, Many Gifts

Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Sep 21, 2025

Even though there are many gifts, there is still only one Spirit, one body and one Lord. There is only one purpose for all these gifts that the believers have. They are diverse, but their goal is singular – the common good of the church.

Alba 9-21-2025 ONE SPIRIT, ONE BODY, MANY GIFTS I Corinthians 12:1-31 Bonnie Brechill tells a story about her five year old daughter Crystal, who recently met an Amish girl her age. Within minutes they were off, hand-in-hand, to play. “I caught glimpses of them chattering and giggling,” Bonnie ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Seeing The Person, Meeting The Need

Contributed by Brent Hulett on Oct 18, 2000

Date: October 1, 2000 Topic: Ministering to the whole person Read: Mtt.

Date: October 1, 2000 Topic: Ministering to the whole person Read: Mtt. 9:35-38 Introduction: A farmer was out plowing his field one spring morning. The spring thaw had just occurred and there were many muddy valleys in the field. Through one particularly wet place his tractor became stuck in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

You Feel Inadequate Because You Are Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 2, 2009

God’s work is primarily about God, secondarily about us.

You Feel Inadequate Because You Are (Jeremiah 1:1-10) 1. Thu Feb 26, AP DENVER – A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket. Family members said 58-year-old bus ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:1-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Psalm 23 Philosophy Series

Contributed by Thomas Fortini on Feb 1, 2021

Everyone, either knowing or unknowingly, has a philosophy of life. I encourage you to adopt yours from the 23rd Psalm!

Topic: Sunday Sermon Series -Encouragement from the Psalms Text: Psalm 23 (KJV) Title: A Psalm 23 Philosophy Intro: - Everyone, either knowing or unknowingly, has a philosophy of life. Either an attitude, a belief system, or a system of principles that guides the decisions and the practical ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

I Saw The Light Series

Contributed by Bill Lyle on Oct 23, 2006

A Study in First Peter

I Peter 2:9-10 Suffering from happiness: I saw the light! He was a scientist, a sculptor, a engineer, a painter, a philosopher, a musician and a man who historians say will never again be endowed with as many God given gifts . One of his greatest works was that of the last supper. I am speaking ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Lies Of False Religion.pt 1. Series

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Jul 29, 2005

What is a false religion? A False religion is any group or organization, that denighs that Jesus is the Son of God. 5 part Series.

The Lies of False Religion. Being called a writer that brings about religious devision, isn’t all that bad. For I only answer to God. What is a false religion? A False religion is any group or organization, that denighs that Jesus is the Son of God. Some examples are; Buddhism, Islam, Scientology, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Longing For God

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jun 28, 2011

Seek him and he will be found.

LONGING FOR GOD Acts 8:30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:30-39

Denomination: Baptist

Dinner To Go Series

Contributed by Marc Bertrand on Nov 5, 2004

A Narrative in five movements: Heavy Hearts, Broken Hearts, Passionate Heart, Burning Hearts, Peaceful Hearts

I. Heavy Heart – The Long Walk Home There’s a grief that can’t be spoken. There are wounds that will not heal. My eyes are blind; my heart, a stone. Somehow the sun has nerve to rise again. Somehow the clouds break to reveal a blue sky. Somehow the birds still sing. Somehow it is still ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

Denomination: Baptist

Don’t You Love A Good Storm?

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jul 1, 2012

Don’t You Love A Good Storm? 1) It destroys our sense of self-importance. 2) It heightens our sense of God’s providence.

Lord of the winds! I feel thee nigh, I know thy breath in the burning sky! And I wait, with a thrill in every vein, For the coming of the hurricane! William Cullen Bryant (1854) Do you get as excited about storms as the poet Bryant did? I don’t think little children especially enjoy storms. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:13-26

Denomination: Lutheran

On Joy Series

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Jun 22, 2004

A sermon on joy.

Sermon for 4 Pentecost, Yr C 27/06/2004 Based on Ps 16:11 & Gal 5:22-23 By Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, & Chaplain of the Good Samaritan Society’s South Ridge Village, Medicine Hat, Alberta Joy. It has been said that a sorrow shared is half the sorrow, while a joy ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Lutheran

P.r.a.i.s.e.s. More Than Mere Lip Service

Contributed by William Akehurst on Apr 11, 2008

Acronymn for ’Praises’ - More than mere lip service. Our Praises to the LORD must be Personal, Real, Alive, Instantaneous from our innermost being, Sacrificial, Everyone needs to know, So Speak-Sing-Shout it out…to the LORD!

P.R.A.I.S.E.S. 4/13/08 William Akehurst, HSWC Our Praises to the LORD must be Personal, Real, Alive, Instantaneous from our innermost being, Sacrificial, Everyone needs to know, So Speak-Sing-Shout it out…to the LORD. Psalm 107:2 Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So Psalm 107:8 Oh that men would ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:2-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Does Legalism Get Us Off-Track Spiritually?

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jun 6, 2007

This message uses Saul’s poorly-conceived rule as an example of how our rules can create major problems.

- This was a difficult passage to find the “interpretive key” for. How Legalism Starts: He made up a rule that made him feel better. - 1 Samuel 14:24. How Those Around Him Responded: They feared the rule, so they tried to live by it. - 1 Samuel 14:26-28. - v. 26 - There was honey that they ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 14:24-45

Denomination: Baptist

Good Things Always Come In Three’s? Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 1, 2015

A study of the book of Ester 10: 1 – 3

Ester 10: 1 – 3 Good Things Always Come in Three’s? 1 And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. 2 Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the ...read more

Scripture: Esther 10:1-3

Denomination: Calvary Chapel