Sermons on The Rented Vineyard:

Fathers Day 2016

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jun 20, 2016

Each Father has great opportunities to leave lasting, permanent, and positive imprints upon their child’s life. The way to make sure that the good outweighs the bad is to be a Father who exercises – Faith.

Father’s Day 2016 Message: Today is a special day for Fathers and I am so glad, that there are so many here of so many different ages. We have Sainted Grandfathers and retired Fathers too, all wise and learned sages. We have middle aged Fathers here whose minds without hesitation, are ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Stuff Never Satisifies

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 11, 2019

Learn to be content and you will always have all you need. You also learn what true giving means.

Hebrews13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 1 Timothy 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. Coming home from Fort Worth the other day I noticed the vast ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:5, 1 Timothy 6:8, Isaiah 58:5-8

Denomination: Baptist

If The Tomb Could Talk

Contributed by Dr. Zachary Sizemore on May 5, 2020

The story of Easter is a story that can be best told from the lips of the empty tomb.God emptied the tomb to fill our hearts.

If The Tomb Could Talk Proverbs 30:15-16 “…... There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. (The grave is never satisfied) There has ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 30:15-16

Denomination: Bible Church

Core 52 Week 24 - Our Calling And Election Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Jun 14, 2020

Predestination. Election. Free will. These are some of the most hotly debated doctrines in the church. We think we have to be in one camp or the other. But is that true? Let's find out together.

You can listen to the audio of the sermon on my podcast at: https://pastorlanny.buzzsprout.com/ Core 52 Week 24 - Our Calling • Threw away the rent check. Before you judge me, how many gift cards got thrown out at Christmas time in the wrapping paper at your house? • So easy to overlook or lose ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:2-13, Matthew 22:14, 2 Peter 3:9, 1 Timothy 2:4, Acts 10:34, 1 Peter 1:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sermon On A Positive Life

Contributed by William Meakin on Apr 4, 2020

Life is what we make it.

Sermon on A Positive Life May I speak in the name of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Amen. Life is what we make it. There are many alternatives to choose from. Probably one of the best choices we can make is to elect a positive life. A positive life leads to positive thinking. If we think ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-15

"What Does All This Mean?”

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 13, 2020

in the midst of the pandemic, what does the raising of Lazarus mean

John 11:1-45 Good morning to you, wherever you are. You have just heard our long, well-known and beautiful Gospel reading from John about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Hold that story in you mind as I read you today’s poem by Padraig O’ Tuama, an Irish poet and theologian, entitled ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45

Denomination: Episcopal

Adjusting To Transition Series

Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Nov 24, 2018

There are two parables in these four verses that teach us a lot about transition.

Luke 5:36-39 INTRODUCTION There are two parables in these four verses that teach us many things about transition. • Old & New Garments • Putting New Wine into Old Wineskins I. LIFE IS FULL OF TRANSITION A. We can’t live life without transitions 1. Physically our life changes… 2. Psychologically ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:36, Galatians 6:15, Mark 1:27, Luke 5:38, Luke 15:7, 2 Corinthians 8:2, Revelation 5:9, Acts 8:8, Luke 24:52, Matthew 2:10, 1 John 2:8, Luke 5:36-39, Acts 15:3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Church Of God

"Created By God Built For A Purpose"

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jul 20, 2017

VBS we are created by God and built for a purpose.

Created By God Built for a Purpose 1. First night of VBS we learned God Made You Think of all the amazing God has made Day 1 - Created light and dark. God said let there be and it was Day 2- Created land, water and atmosphere. Day 3 - Gathered water together into seas and created ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:14

Denomination: Methodist

Go! And Trust The God Of Your Today And Tomorrow Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 2, 2025

Have you ever lain awake at night, staring at the ceiling, thinking about tomorrow? When God speaks a promise, it carries the power to accomplish what it declares.

Go! And Trust the God of Your Today and Tomorrow Introduction – Living Between Today’s Worries and Tomorrow’s Promises Have you ever lain awake at night, staring at the ceiling, thinking about tomorrow? Maybe you’re wondering how the bills will be paid, or how that medical report will turn out, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:34, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Luke 1:37, 1 Corinthians 15:22, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, 2 Corinthians 6:2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Blessed Are The Hands/Hearts That Give

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 27, 2024

Few learn the real lesson of giving. Giving is not sacrifice where there is love.

BLESSED ARE THE HANDS AND HEARTS THAT GIVE. By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) WE HAVE A DIVINE MANDATE TO REACH THOSE WITH NO HOPE AND NO PEACE. LIFE HAS A WAY OF CRUSHING US WITH DEADLY WOUNDS… Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-3, Luke 6:38, Acts 20:35

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Holy Ghost Troublemakers

Contributed by Darren Felarise on Feb 2, 2025

A troublemaker is defined as "one who insights someone else to rebel." Bringing it into a Christian perspective it would be “one who insights someone else to rebel against, or resist sin, Satan, & his works."

Acts 24:5 5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: (KJV) Acts 24:5 5 We have found this man to be a troublemaker. He starts quarrels among all Jews throughout the world. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 24:5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Abiding Confession, Abiding God - 1 John 4:15 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jan 26, 2026

We are living in a restless age. Identities are curated, beliefs are customised, and truth is often treated like a preference rather than a reality. The apostle John calls us to a public, personal, and persevering confession of Jesus Christ.

Abiding Confession, Abiding God - 1 John 4:15 (NLT) Introduction: A Faith That Holds in a Shaking World We are living in a restless age. Identities are curated, beliefs are customised, and truth is often treated like a preference rather than a reality. In such a world, the apostle John writes with ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:15, John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 3:16, John 15:4, 1 Peter 2:24, Romans 10:9, 1 John 2:28  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jezebel And The Eunichs

Contributed by Bruce Morrison on Jun 18, 2003

Jezebel ia alive and well in the church today but many are rising in the spirit and power of Elijah to defeat her.

JEZEBEL AND THE EUNUCHS Pastor Bruce Morrison’s Farewell Sermon, Christian Fellowship Church, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Sunday, February 24, 2002. Scripture text: Revelation 2:18-29 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, “These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 9:30-33, Revelation 2:18-19

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Benevolence According To Jesus

Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 31, 2010

In the eyes of the Master our motive for practising benevolence is extremely important.

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Samson Pt 1 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 7, 2010

Samson’s life reveals to us 7 choices that will lead us to blindness. He was called by God for a specific purpose and God used him in spite of his character flaws.

Series: Here Comes the Judge! The book of Judges: It is the history of the Judges of Israel and is connected with the previous book of Joshua, as a “link in the chain of books.” It describes the history of Israel under different leaderships, governments and their deliverances from other powers for ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational