Sermons on The Greatest Gift Of All:

Love All Series

Contributed by Damien Saylor on Jul 6, 2019

In the constant battle to keep up our Spiritual Health, one of the greatest uplifts comes from loving all. As part of Father’s Day being a loving father brings great responsibility & great reward.

Sermon series - 6 qualities for spiritual health part 3 (Love All) Sermon Father’s Day 2019 - Today we are celebrating Father’s Day, but I also am going to continue our 6 qualities for spiritual health too. - You’ll Get Why in a minute. - The call to be a dad, is a big undertaking, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-11

Denomination: Baptist

How Does Money Affect You? Series

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Jan 16, 2007

The greatest way for believers to decrease worry in life is to increase their faith in God.

Taking the "Stew" Out of Stewardship (Part 2 of 4) How Does Money Affect You? Key points and thoughts from Pastor Leland Patrick Matt. 6:24-34 Jan. 14, 2007 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: A A man named Stumpy illustrates how money affects ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:24-34

Denomination: Baptist

The Greatest Priority

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 14, 2007

A call to serious discipleship for the new year.

The Greatest Priority Philippians 3:7-10 January 7, 2006 What would your reaction be if I took a big bag and dumped a bunch of garbage onto the platform? You know, the real gooey, icky stuff – rotting food, old diapers, that kind of thing. Hopefully you’d be disgusted. Because garbage is ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-10

Denomination: Wesleyan

And The Greatest Of These Is Love

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Feb 15, 2009

A 5-point sermon dealing with different types of love, including the love God has for us and the love we are to have for His church.

As humans, our emotions can vary widely throughout a whole range of subjects. And while this is certainly true, since Valentines day was yesterday, I want to focus on love. We are capable of feelings several types of love, too, and each type has its own focus of intensity. There is an old ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:18

Denomination: *other

The Best Thing You Could Ever Do - Mark 12:28-31 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 10, 2024

Of all the good deeds you’ve done, which is the best? What’s the best deed anyone could ever do?

Mark 12:28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-31, Matthew 22:34-40

The Greatest Love Series

Contributed by Brian Williams on Feb 13, 2023

Only the Lord’s love is perfect, unlimited, and eternal and only through His Word and His Spirit can we begin to comprehend the immensity and the intensity of this love.

Last Sunday, we shared from John 15 where Jesus was speaking about His identity as the true vine, the source of new life. Jesus was actually comparing Himself as the true vine to the false vine - the nation of Israel who produced bad fruit. Those who derived their lives from the old and saw ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Greatest Commandment

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 14, 2015

The Greatest Commandment – Matthew chapter 22 verses 36-40 - sermon by Gordon Curley PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

SERMON OUTLINE: (1). A Controlling Opponent (vs 34). (2). A Calculated Snare (vs 35). (3). A Cunning Question (vs 36). (4). A Comprehensive Answer (vs 37-40): (5). A Challenging Application (vs 37). SERMON BODY: Ill: • I guess you’ve seen their adverts on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40

Denomination: Brethren

The Gift Of The Spirit

Contributed by William Baeta on Jun 9, 2011

“When the day of Pentecost had fully come...they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” Acts 2:1-4.

Theme: The gift of the Spirit Text: Acts 2:1-21; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13; John 20:19-23 Today is Pentecost Sunday, the day that Jesus Christ began His ministry through the Church with the coming of the Holy Spirit. Pentecost simply means “fiftieth” and the presence of the Holy Spirit ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19-23

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Greatest Glory Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 14, 2021

Jesus gave some of His disciples a brief glimpse of His heavenly glory on the Mt. of Transfiguration. His face began to shine like the sun and his garments became bright with glorious light.

THE MOST GLORIOUS PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE The Hubble telescope has discovered a star in the center of the Milky Way that is startling in its brilliance. The report of its brightness is astounding, for scientists say it glows with the awesome radiance of ten million suns. That is power, glory and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-3

John The Greatest Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 18, 2021

It is of interest to note that John was the first person to recognize that Jesus came into the world to give His life as a sacrifice. He saw Jesus coming toward him and he said, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."

It takes all kinds to make a world is an old cliché, and like many old clichés there is a lot of truth to it. God so made our physical world that it just won't work without differences. Issac Asimov points out that energy can only be turned into work when you find it in greater ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1-8

Some Assembly Required Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Oct 17, 2006

Gifts are to be used for the building up of the body. However, our greatest strength is our greatest weakness, and when a gift is used in the power of the flesh, it has destructive consequences illustrated in 1 Corinthians 12

Unwrapping Your Spiritual Gifts – Part 3 “Some Assembly Required” 1. Review a. This is the third week that we have been exploring our spiritual gifts. By now, you should be familiar with what they are and why we have them. If you have been coming on Sunday nights, you likewise would be learning ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:14-30

Denomination: Baptist

The Gift Of Christ (Christmas) Series

Contributed by Chris Surber on Dec 20, 2007

I prepared this sermon to deliver on Christmas Eve as a concise message of the gift we have in Christ.

The Gift of Christ, Luke 1:35 (Christmas Eve Message) Introduction “Mommy, what is Christmas?” asked the three-year-old girl. Her mother carefully explained that Christmas is Jesus’ birthday. “Then why do we not give gifts to Jesus if it’s His birthday?” The mother explained the tradition of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:35

Denomination: Christian Church

The Greatest Ruler Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 15, 2021

This is an impressive amount of evidence that supports the conviction that Jesus is the greatest ruler in the universe. He governs the universe from this position of equality with God the Father.

We are ahead of our time when we bow to Jesus, for one day every knee will bow and every tongue confess him as Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Back in 1917 at the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Academy in London, Charles Butler exhibited a painting he had worked on for three years. It is called ...read more

A Christmas Message For December 22, 2024 Series

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jan 9, 2025

Jesus is the greatest Christmas gift ever! John showed how that even though He was rejected, more often than not, some from that day to this still receive Him as Lord and Savior.

A Christmas Message for December 22, 2024 (based on a sermon preached at New Hope Baptist Church near Fulton, MO on 12-22-2024. This is not an exact transcription.) (Full disclosure: Sermon Central has already posted a message of mine, based on this same text, called “The Unwanted Christmas Gift”. ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Greatest Focus Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 15, 2021

The best sermons, the best books, the best Sunday School lessons, the best Bible studies, the best articles and the best of everything you can hear or read are those things that help you fix your thoughts on Jesus.

There are no end to the things we can think of and focus our attention upon, but the greatest focus of all is to focus our thoughts on Jesus. That is the focus of the Bible from beginning to end. That is to be the focus of all that we do in church, and in all the meetings and activities of the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:1