Sermons on The Whisper Test:

The Christmas Story Is Absurd

Contributed by Troy Borst on Dec 24, 2013

Short Christmas Eve Sermonette, Part of the Candlelighting

CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT DEVOTION DECEMBER 24, 2013 500PM & 700PM The Christmas Story is absolutely absurd. As the Christmas Story begins, we find the writers Matthew and Luke describing that a baby would be born through the Holy Spirit to a virgin named Mary. That is impossible and yet Luke ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Wedding Wine

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 16, 2013

Jesus can transform everything. We would do well to heed Mary's directive: "Do whatever He tells you."

A Sunday School teacher shared this account of our Lord’s first miracle, and after church a parent asked what the lesson was about. The child said, “I learned that if you’re having a wedding, make sure Jesus is there!” Sound advice. Wise is the couple who invites Jesus to ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11

Denomination: Congregational

Jesus, The Same

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jul 9, 2012

JESUS CHRIST THE SAME.

Jesus, the Same September 12, 2007 Wednesday Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne INTRO. A cynic once remarked that nothing is permanent except change. We live in a world of change. Everything from ladies’ shoes to legislation, from automobiles to art, from furniture to ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:8

Denomination: Baptist

The Method Of Mission

Contributed by Matt Stacy on Sep 30, 2019

Matthew 6:33 says to seek first the kingdom of God. We are being taught to seek first what is good for ourselves every day. But the kingdom of God is not all about us. Yet, we must be all about the Kingdom of God;

Introduction: Matthew 6:33 says to seek first the kingdom of God. We are being taught to seek first what is good for ourselves every day. But the kingdom of God is not all about us. Yet, we must be all about the Kingdom of God; revealing it, accessing it, and getting others to join it. We are not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Great Is Thy Faithfulness Series

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Nov 24, 2014

God is faithful even in the hard times

- A lesson Israel learned during their wilderness journey was that God’s provision of manna for them was on a morning by morning basis. - They could not survive on old manna nor could it be stored for future use (Exodus 16:19–21) - Great Is Thy Faithfulness. - Thomas Chisholm, who ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-24

Denomination: Baptist

Decision Time Series

Contributed by Ken Sowers on Mar 18, 2014

Jesus at the time of decision

Show Video Clip of John 7 JN 7:25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill? 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Christ? 27 But we know where this ...read more

Scripture: John 7:25-52

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Fingerprint On Reality: Emotions Of Life, Freedom, & The Golden Ratio

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 27, 2021

Great trails extend between cities, connecting people, and we drive from here to there traveling the roads. We go from here to there, day in and day out. Trees roll across the horizon.

Great trails extend between cities, connecting people, and we drive from here to there traveling the roads. We go from here to there, day in and day out. Trees roll across the horizon. Massive metal cities rise up from the fog of daily life. We move from here to there, wondering at our lives. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-31

Denomination: Salvation Army

Paul's Sermon At Athens: The Unknown God Made Known

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Jun 8, 2021

Paul began his Gospel message by pointing out the empty altar dedicated to the "Unknown God' whom the Greeks acknowledged and worshipped, then proceeded to tell them about the true and living God and how to know Him personally.

Paul had now established common ground with the men of Athens by referring to the empty altar dedicated to the God of whom they know nothing yet honored despite their ignorance and uncertainty. Paul did not chide them or charge them with blasphemy, nor does he rebuke them for their polytheism. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1, Exodus 20:11, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalm 33:6, Isaiah 40:28, Isaiah 48:13, Acts 4:24, Hebrews 1:10, Acts 17:24  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Clay Jars

Contributed by Alvan Lewis on Mar 18, 2019

Where does God place the indescribable treasure of Eternal Life?

Where do you hide your emergency house key? (And if you’ll give me that information, you’ll give me your Bank PIN number) Do you have it near the back door in a fancy marble box engraved with the words: Emergency House Key? Do you have it encased in an alabaster jar sitting on a pedestal on your ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-12

Denomination: Anglican

Know It All Series

Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 14, 2019

God wants my neighbor (and me) to know all of the will of God and to know HIM.

1. You may remember the story of Franklin Roosevelt, who often endured long receiving lines at the White House. He complained that no one really paid any attention to what was said. One day, during a reception, he decided to try an experiment. To each person who passed down the line and shook his ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9-14, 2 Corinthians 1:12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What The Animals Saw In The Nativity

Contributed by James Huff on Jan 4, 2018

United Methodist

“Talk to the Animals” Matthew 2: 1-12 Ephesians 3: 1-12 There was this donkey that was living a very normal donkey life. He was well taken care of and often just laid around until his master needed him to do some chores such as gathering fire ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Have A Blessed Life Sermon Vi: Blessed By The Permanence And Relevance Of God's Word Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Mar 23, 2020

In American we are blessed in ways that the world at large can only dream about and hope for. We Christians in America as well as the world at large cling to our Bibles because God's Word endures, assures, matures, secures!

BLESSED BY THE PERMANENCE AND THE RELEVANCE OF GOD’S WORD A billboard on the Airline Highway in New Orleans boldly announced a local church’s slogan: “God said it. I believe it. That settles it.” One day a seminary professor mentioned the billboard ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:89-96

God Is Listening

Contributed by Thomas Andrufski on Feb 25, 2021

It is so disheartening when no one is there to listen and provide encouragement. God will listen!

Psalms 65:2 (KJV) O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. There come times in our life when we suffer loneliness It overshadows us like a cloud, (Ziggy) “Loneliness wouldn’t be such a bad thing…if you had somebody to share it with.” - Ziggy “I’d say thistles, but nobody ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 65:2, Ezra 9:6, Romans 5:20, 1 Peter 5:10, 2 Corinthians 1:3, John 14:16, Psalm 4:3, Psalm 145:18, Psalm 62:8, Lamentations 2:19, John 16:7, Ephesians 3:17-19, Psalm 66:18, Acts 3:19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Church Of God

In Remembrance (April 17, 2014)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 3, 2021

All of us realize that we are not perfect and that there is humanly no way possible for us to live as if we are. But, it is perfection that we are striving for as we strive to live out all that Jesus taught us about being His disciples.

IN REMEMBRANCE (A Maundy Thursday sermon) Text: I Corinthians 11:23-26 1 Corinthians 11:23-26  For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:  (24)  And when he had given thanks, he ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: United Methodist

Sermon On The Importance Of Prayer

Contributed by William Meakin on Mar 21, 2021

Prayer is our personal communication with God

William Franklin Graham, (Billy Graham) the American evangelist, once remarked: "We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13, Mark 11:24