Sermons on This Old House:

A Call For Youth Commitment

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 6, 2020

Youth is fleeting. Think about the long term not present minute.

Depending on your available technology you can draw a picture of of a head with the lights are on, but nobody’s home look on the board or use one from the Internet. You have probably heard someone say or maybe you said it yourself, “Hey. I’m young! I have lots of time to live for ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:8-10, Ecclesiastes 12:1

Denomination: Baptist

Is Baptism Necessary For Salvation?

Contributed by Colin Mcgeer on Jul 21, 2023

Baptism to be fully immersed in water. As the Israelites escaped Egypt through the Red Sea, our old man dies, and we are raised into newness of Life in Christ Jesus. Our old man is buried, and we live in resurrection life.

How many of us remember when we were Baptized, fully emersed in water? I remember the day I was baptized. At that time in my life, I had grown up in a church that christened Children. My parents had me christened as a child. Our church practiced infant baptism called Christening due to their ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:1-4, Mark 16:15-16, Galatians 3:13, Romans 5:12-17, 1 Corinthians 10:1-11, Colossians 2:11-13, 1 Peter 3:19-21  (view more)  (view less)

A New Beginning Series

Contributed by Kamalanathan Francis on Jan 22, 2022

Every child of God has two sides of life one is a personal life, which involves health, career, family, and so on. Secondly, a mission life, a life to give, be a sacrifice and become an aroma of fragrance for Jesus Christ.

Let’s start with our personal life, No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. 17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins [d]break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:16-17, James 4:7, Matthew 16:18, 2 Chronicles 16:9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Water Into Wine

Contributed by Alvan Lewis on Mar 7, 2022

Two Things: What does the Bible teach about Wine? And, more importantly, what doe it teach about our destiny in Jesus Christ?

Water into Wine Jesus’ first miracle: water into wine. Of course, turning water into wine is common, especially here in the Okanagan Valley. The trick is to be able to turn water into wine without grapes, without yeast and without the passage of time. Jesus turned water into wine without grapes, ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11

Denomination: Anglican

A Stubborn People (Deuteronomy 9)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 27, 2024

Are we just as stubborn as ancient Israel? Let's explore Deuteronomy 9.

Is it good for us to be reminded of our sins? Is it easy to become self-righteous? Is there a law that gives us freedom from sin? Let’s look at Deuteronomy 9. What was about to happen to the people of Israel? Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, and go in to dispossess nations ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Building Blocks: A New Covenant

Contributed by Scott Jewell on Jul 28, 2024

God entered into covenant 6 times and man failed every time. What makes this new covenant different and why does it matter to us?

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today in the sight of God to join together this man and this woman in Holy Matrimony. Marriage is a sacred and joyous covenant, which should be entered into reverently. Now, you may be thinking, “But Scott, it’s Sunday morning, we’re not here ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Putting Off And Putting On Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 13, 2015

This message taken from chapter 5 of my published book, "Our Spiritual Walk" deals with the preparations we make for our daily spiritual walk in Christ.

Our Spiritual Walk #3 Putting off and Putting on Ephesians 4:22-24 CHCC – June 22, 2014 INTRODUCTION: For the last few years, I have developed a habit of taking at least a 30 minute walk almost every morning. Sometimes I will use a treadmill we have set up in our bedroom and watch Andy ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:22-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Conditional Blessings (2 Chronicles 7)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 7, 2025

Was the Old Covenant conditional?

Was the Old Covenant written on stone and stored in the sacred chest, conditional upon obedience? Is the New Covenant better? Let’s begin in 2 Chronicles 7. Did God reveal His approval at the dedication of the Temple? How did the people react? When Solomon finished praying, fire descended from ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Living Hope

Contributed by Don Baggett on Jan 24, 2020

Regardless of troubles, we have much cause to rejoice. The Lord is going to be with us until we die, then we will move in the house with Him. This old world is not heaven, but there is a heaven, and if we are saved, we are as sure for heaven as if we were already there.

The book of 1 Peter was written around 64 a.d., when a man by the name of Nero become Emperor in Rome, and Rome pretty much ruled the civilized world. There are two things about Nero that stand out: He was crazy (there’s a better medical name for his condition, but his thinking was totally ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Them Bones, Them Bones, Them Old Bones And What They Mean To Us. Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Feb 14, 2025

They had received their inheritance in the Promised Land, our eternal inheritance are we ready for it?

Them bones, them bones, them old bones and what they mean to us. Joshua 24:28-33. Last week I addressed promises that God had made to the people of Israel when they entered the promised land a land that they had been given some 400 years earlier in a covenant that God had made with Abram, who ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:52, 2 Corinthians 5:1, John 3:16, John 11:25-26, John 14:1-4, Romans 6:23, Genesis 3:17-19, Romans 14:8, John 10:30, Acts 4:12, Romans 10:9-10, Joshua 24:28-33  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Salvation Army

Tears Shed On The Way Back Home

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Jul 31, 2016

A sermon examining the road back to the Father's house.

Tears Shed On The Way Back Home Psalm 6:1-10 Big Jim Hammil of the Kingsmen Quartet used to do a recitation that told the story of an evangelist was making his way home on a train. He sat down beside a young man, and after a while he noticed tears in his eyes. The minister asked if there was ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 6:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Solomon Builds The Temple Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jul 4, 2010

Solomon finally gets to build the Temple that David had planned - a place where God will be with his people but it's still just a building.

By Rev Bill Stewart You could be forgiven for thinking that a report of the Building Committee has been subtituted for today’s reading by mistake. To most of our ears today's reading from 1 Kings sounds like a technical report; dull and boring for everyone except the people who do that sort ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 6:1-38

Denomination: Anglican

Time Is Ticking Away

Contributed by Shawn Drake on May 29, 2001

A sermonette concerning a personal house cleaning.

TIME IS TICKING AWAY PSALM 90:12 Introduction: 1. This morning I have just a few minutes. a. How many times in your life have you felt that you didn’t have enough time to get something accomplished? b. Mothers and grandmothers, how many times have you not had enough ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 90:12

Denomination: Baptist

Still Blessed

Contributed by Michael Martin on Feb 25, 2007

The Blessing of Staying in God’s House

(Psa. 84:1-12) "Blessed are they that dwell in thy house..." The word "Blessed" in the Bible means "contentment, happiness, fulfillment!" The implication is that those that are content, happy and fulfilled are truly BLESSED! In this wicked, lost and dying world, we can still have peace and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 84:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Gods Day We Should Have Respect For It

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Aug 11, 2015

Show respect for God and his house.

GODS DAY WE SHOULD HAVE RESPECT FOR IT Exodus 20: 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11

Denomination: Baptist