Sermons on The Transgression Of Adam:

From Death To Life

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024

We were death but now in Christ we are made alive … we are revived. God revived me by taking me out from my comfort zone and placing me in the Middle East.

Opening illustration: I'm told that Mount Whitney, in the US of America, in the state of California, is the highest spot in the whole of the Continental US. There's not a higher spot or mountain or piece of land - it's 14,495 feet. As you stand on that precipice, you can see from that ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Christ The Way

Contributed by Blake Carroll on Aug 24, 2001

Jesus Christ is the one and only way to heaven.

Title: “Jesus Christ The Way” Scripture: John 14:5-14 Introduction: Today many say that it does not matter what you believe as long as you are sincere. They say that all religions have some good in them and they all lead to heaven at last. But Jesus said, “No one comes to the Father ...read more

Scripture: John 14:5-14

Denomination: Baptist

A Sprinkling With Hyssop

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 4, 2017

A Psalm of true repentance.

A SPRINKLING WITH HYSSOP. Psalm 51:1-17. In this solemn Psalm of repentance, we dive in (headfirst, as it were) with a plea for mercy. The verbs “have mercy… blot out… wash me… cleanse me” (Psalm 51:1-2) all appear to be in the imperative: but they are in fact plaintive pleas based in the fact ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sin And Deliverance.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 20, 2024

There was none to help except the Lord.

SIN AND DELIVERANCE. Psalm 107:13-22. This reading begins and ends with a “crying out” to the LORD, His deliverance, and a call to praise. In the first of the two examples here, the petitioners were portrayed as people who were held fast with iron chains in the darkest deepest dungeon, ‘in the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:13-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Narnia: Christ - The Overcoming Lion

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 27, 2005

Jesus, our Aslan, has overcome.

“See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed.” “Safe?” said Mr. Beaver. Don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.” C.S. Lewis published the first installment of his ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:5

Denomination: Orthodox

Bad Medicine Series

Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 2, 2009

Settling for answers other than God’s answers is like taking poisoned medicine for a headache.

Bad Medicine More than 25 years ago (1982), seven residents of the Greater Chicago area made an assumption that proved fatal. They all took a dose of Extra Strength Tylenol® that had been laced with potassium cyanide. What they thought was medicine proved to be poison. This crime, still being ...read more

Denomination: *other

The Vicarious Death Of Christ

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jul 2, 2025

If you are like me, there so many things that we do not see that we would like to see. For example…

Illus: On one of the GUNSMOKE episode Matt Dillon is in a serious gun fight in one of the episodes. Matt draws his pistol out of his holster to shoot the bad fellow with one hand and his other arm was slightly behind his back which was unusual for him. Since this was unusual for him someone asked ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:4-6

Denomination: Baptist

1st Sunday In Lent, Year A. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 16, 2023

FEBRUARY 26th, 2023.

Genesis 2:15-17, Genesis 3:1-7, Psalm 32:1-11, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11. A). A WELL-STOCKED GARDEN AND A TERRIBLE FALL. Genesis 2:15-17; Genesis 3:1-7. I). Genesis 2:15-17. The LORD God took the man, and put him in a garden. Having already introduced the ordinance of the Sabbath, He ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17, Genesis 3:1-7, Psalm 32:1-11, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sour Grapes

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 29, 2020

From blame to shame. A call to repentance.

SOUR GRAPES. Ezekiel 18:1-4; Ezekiel 18:25-32. It seems to be very much a part of fallen human nature that we want to blame someone else for the things that go wrong in our lives. This all began in the garden of Eden, after the first couple ate of the forbidden fruit. Adam blamed both his ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 18:1-4, Ezekiel 18:25-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Undeserving Heart - The Man After God's Own Heart Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 4, 2005

There are people who refuse to come to God because they don’t believe they deserve His love. But do any of us?

OPEN: Max Lucado tells the story of a young boy who had just rec’d a slingshot for his birthday He’d spend hours shooting rocks at various target/but he never seemed to be able to hit his target. One day he was in his Grandmother’s house and he watched as her pet duck waddled by. On impulse he ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

From Jesus' Head Series

Contributed by John Bright on Apr 6, 2025

This is a sermon series for the six Sundays of Lent. I am using a wooden "Tau" cross on the platform and some examples of the instruments of torture the Romans used - a large spike, scourge/cat of 9 tails, spear, and crown of thorns. There is a teaching sheet below the sermon.

Series: Jesus’ Blood for Me “From Jesus’ Head” Joshua 24:14-16 Pastor John Bright Joshua 24 “14 “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 15 And if it seems evil ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:14-16, Joshua 24:19, Exodus 32:2, Exodus 32:5-6, Matthew 27:29, Mark 15:17, John 19:2, Psalm 110:1, 1 Corinthians 4:1-2, Romans 6:6, Isaiah 44:20, Isaiah 44:22, Genesis 3:17-18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

Don't Drop The Ball, Saving Our Families

Contributed by Greg Thompson on Jan 2, 2013

Don't drop the ball, let us save our families

Don’t drop the ball, saving our Families Gen 2:15-17, 21-25 Introduction: As bowl season is upon us there is one play that can change a game for good or bad depending on who you are rooting for. It is a fumble – someone is going in to score and they drop the ball. I wonder how many ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:15-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

New Life In Christ

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Dec 1, 2005

A road map to New Life in Christ - from being Dead, Enslaved and Condemned - through the Grace of God, telling us What God Has Done,Why God Did It and What We Are Now (Or Should Be).

The Bible is great literature but to the Christian it’s more than that – it’s God’s Story of His self-revelation to mankind. The story-line is God’s working out of His sovereign purpose in effecting a re-creation of what was fundamentally damaged by the sin of our first parents. God chose to do ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Substitute

Contributed by William D. Brown on Apr 14, 2008

The Ultimate Sacrifice, “The Lamb Of God”

The Substitute Leviticus 1:1-9 There are many people when they read are hear about the millions of animal sacrifices that were offered to God, don’t understand that they were a type, or were pointing to, the ultimate Sacrifice, “The Lamb Of God” that was to be slain on ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 1:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

~all Beleivers Are Free In Christ Jesus~ Series

Contributed by William D. Brown on Mar 30, 2014

Paul understood that the power of regeneration was not in baptism or received by the act of baptism, but received through faith in the working of God.

#6~ Col.2: 13 -17 ~ALL BELEIVERS ARE FREE IN CHRIST JESUS~ 12-29-13 9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10And ye are complete in him, -- since we are complete in Jesus there's nothing that any one can do that would make us even more so, this should put a stop ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:13-17

Denomination: Baptist