Sermons on The Rented Vineyard:

Justifying Ourselves? Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Sep 10, 2012

Justification of being a good person by comparing oneself to others is foolishness to God and if you don’t repent from this attitude, God will make your death painful and humiliating!

We are now in Chapter 13 of the Gospel of Luke. Again, Luke was not one of the original 12 Disciples but was a Disciple of Christ very early on. Luke was a physician who accompanied the Apostle Paul in his missionary journeys. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Luke interviewed many and reported on ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Wild Land (Judges 21)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 21, 2025

What happens in a land where everyone just does whatever he thinks is right? Let's look at Judges 21.

Was Israel at this time a wild society without a central government? What happens without law? What is the best basis of law? Let’s look at Judges 21. In their anger at the atrocity in Gibeah, had Israel made a hasty oath? The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: “Not one of us will give ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Parable Of The Two Sons Series

Contributed by David Blizzard on Jun 3, 2004

OUTLINE OF MATTHEW 21:28-32

THE PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS – Matthew 21:28-32 As we have already discovered the parables of Jesus not only explain truths but they also expose the heart. This is another series of parables that Jesus taught. We studied the seven parable series in Matthew 13 about the kingdom of God. This parable ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:28-32

Denomination: Baptist

The True Vine

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 17, 2021

We draw our spiritual life from the Lord Jesus Christ just as surely as the branch draws the sap from the root.

THE TRUE VINE. John 15:1-8. In Psalm 80:8-16 Israel is poignantly portrayed as a vine which has spread throughout the whole land, only to be torn down, devoured, and burnt at the time of the Exile. The vineyard motif is again taken up in Isaiah 5:1-7, where a moral reason is given for this ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Where's The Fruit?

Contributed by Michael Scott on May 24, 2018

A brief devotional message to encourage believers to cultivate spiritual fruit in their lives.

"Where's the Fruit?" Luke 13:6-9  6 He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:6-9

Denomination: Baptist

Work For Food

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 13, 2025

Your cripple the spirit and soul of a person when you keep giving handouts instead of a hand up.

Lev 19:9  And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.  10  And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 19:9-10, 2 Thessalonians 3:10

Denomination: Baptist

Nurtured By Grace SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 10, 2023

An uplifting sermon for the dawn of a new year or a church anniversary, reminding us of the nurturing and sustaining power of God's grace.

Traditionally, the New Year is a time of new beginnings. It's when we make commitments to do better in the coming year than we did in the previous one. We sit down and make a list of how we can improve ourselves and our church. We say, "Out with the Old and in with the New." We make resolutions, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:6-9

Topics: Grace, Growth, New Year, Church Anniversary

Slippery Slopes, Dried Up Hands...

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 5, 2010

If I ever wrote a lesson that needs to be studied this is it... let us consider Jeroboam and his moving the church to Dan and to Bethel for fleshly reasons... BEWARE! BEWARE!

SLIPPERY SLOPES, A DRIED UP HAND AND STILL REFUSES TO LEARN... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com 2 Tim. 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Tim. 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 12:4-28

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Bypassing God, Slippery Slopes

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 5, 2014

We seem to praise praise and worship worship and forget about a Holy God. This is a study about how JEROBOAM made worship more convenient. He compromised God's truth for popularity and acceptance. BEWARE!

SLIPPERY SLOPES, A DRIED UP HAND AND STILL REFUSES TO LEARN... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com 2 Tim. 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Tim. 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 12:4-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Stand By That Which Is Decided”

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Aug 8, 2017

Many in the body of Christ believe that they have a say in what they will and will not believe when it comes to scripture. But from God's point of view, He has already decided with we must believe if we want to see heaven on earth.

My Mom loved Perry Mason. I remember watching her iron and fold clothes as she watched him cause the guilty to crumble on the witness stand. Her love for Perry Mason is the reason I enjoy courtroom dramas to this day. Among my favorites are Law & Order, Matlock, LA Law, the Perry Mason movies and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:19, James 4:7, 1 John 5:4, Galatians 5:6, John 14:12-14, John 3:16-18, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Isaiah 40:8, Psalm 119:89, 1 Corinthians 1:10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Our Deliver

Contributed by Harry Wood on Feb 27, 2002

Our need to find God as our dependence in the time of trouble.

G.O.D. (GUARANTEED OUR DELIVERANCE) (GOD OUR DELIVER) Text: Psalms 30:5 “For His anger endureth but a moment; in His favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning, 1. Are you in the middle of the night and don’t see hope of morning? a. Everything is ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 30:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Easter Morning

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 15, 2014

Seismic activity; angelic visitation; dead men living; living men "as dead men". Fear not: Jesus is risen from the dead! Do not be afraid: He is risen indeed!

EASTER MORNING. Matthew 28:1-10. We noted on Palm Sunday that there was an ongoing spiritual shakedown taking place in Jerusalem, signified by the whole city (meaning the people in it) being ‘moved’ by the events of Palm Sunday (Matthew 21:10). It was also seen straight afterwards in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Owe No Man Anything Except Love

Contributed by Olusola Olaitan Ayeleru on Sep 5, 2018

Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8

Text: Romans 13:8-10 8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8-10

Call Unto Me

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 9, 2015

Call unto me

Jeremiah 33:1-3 - "A Single, Stand-Alone Scripture on Prayer" 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. 1. The Asking.... “Call unto me.” What a Proposition! - Prayer is God’s idea. What an Invitation! - He’s ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:1-3

Denomination: Holiness

The Greatest Changer Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 15, 2021

When you trust in Jesus as your Savior, and believe that His shed blood cleanses from all sin, then you can come with confidence and boldness into the very Holy of Holies and speak to God as your heavenly Father. This is the greatest change in the history of God and man.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his close friend and partner Ralph Abernathy changed the course of history in America because of their leadership of the civil rights movement. The end result was that blacks could enter eating establishments, schools, buses, and a host of other places where they ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:22-24