Sermons on This World Is Not My Home:

Fighting The Battle Series

Contributed by Terry Williams on Aug 26, 2013

When fighting apostasy we must follow God's plan.

Sermon #10 of 11 Jude: A Call to Defend Fighting the Battle Jude 22-23 Introduction Illus: In warfare, there is always an objective. In many wars, the objective is land. For example, in the Middle East, Israel and the Palestinians are fighting because they both want to have the same land. In ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

Reconciliation

Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Apr 21, 2014

Trying to follow the command of Jesus to love God and others without the power of the Spirit would be like trying to fill a bucket with water that has holes in the bottom of it. The bucket won't fill up.

If you sit down to a piano and play one key you create a sound. Now if you strike another key at the same time, you will have one of two tones. You will hear a harmonious tone, or you will hear a dissonant tone. You'll know right away which tone you hear. If you strike two keys at the same time ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Ruth Chapter Three: "Open Your Heart" Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Feb 27, 2012

We need to open our hearts to the possibilities and opportunities God is orchestrating in our lives.

Naomi and her daughter-in-law, Ruth, had experienced bitterness in life, Because of famine, Naomi had fled with her husband, Elimelech, to Moab. There, her two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, met and married Moabite women. Naomi’s joy over her sons’ marriages was short-lived, however, as, due to ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 3:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Great Personal Offenses

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Sep 7, 2017

In every church in Christendom, we will eventually be confronted with some great personal offenses.

Prelude, Purpose, Plan In every church in Christendom, we will eventually be confronted with some great personal offenses. How can we better deal with major conflict? Is conflict resolution always possible or even realistic? What can we do when our grievances are ignored? Why is conflict a part of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-20

Denomination: Baptist

Face To Face With God!

Contributed by Jan Oosthuizen on Oct 7, 2017

I believe the best way to communicate is meeting face to face. Yet we try to substitute this most ancient and proven way with technology and social Media and have become terribly disconnected as a result.

A face-to-face request is 34 times more successful than an email In research Mahdi Roghanizad of Western University and I conducted, recently published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, we have found that people tend to overestimate the power of their persuasiveness via text-based ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:4-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Healthy Habits For A Deeper Walk With God Pt 4 Series

Contributed by David Welch on Jun 11, 2018

Message 4 in our series exploring the regular practices that deep our relationship with God. This message touched on the regular practice of worship and thanksgiving.

Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Thanksgiving or Thankskeeping” Review We have been looking to understand and implement into our lives the habits or discipline that conditions the spiritual dimension of our lives that in turn increases our capacity to relate to God. Only when these ...read more

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The Plot Of The Bible Series

Contributed by Vince Miller on Sep 3, 2018

In today’s lesson we discover the plot of the Bible, because knowing the plot of the Bible, gives us a better understanding of the Bible’s context so that we can discover personal change.

As I said in the last lesson, the purpose of this series is to help us discover how to read and study the Bible. Last time our lesson was the on the purpose of Bible study. And we came to the conclusion that the ultimate purpose of Bible study is personal change for the glory of God. And I hope you ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14, Genesis 1:3, Hebrews 1:1, John 1:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Miracles Of God's Provision Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 11, 2018

God remembers His own. He is concerned with little things. He cares for our needs. Hardships reveal where our true trust is.

We have been looking at the miracles of Elisha. It is good to remember that these works were done against the backdrop of the widespread idolatry. • The Northern Kingdom of Israel especially, where Elijah and Elisha ministered, the people had already abandoned God and gone into worshipping ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:38-44

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What's That Smell

Contributed by David Welch on May 16, 2018

Message exploring the concept of smell in the Bible. What smells good and bad to God?

Chico Alliance Church “What’s That Smell?” Introduction High in each nasal cavity it a small tract of mucous membrane containing olfactory cells. Hairlike fibers in these nerve cells, responding to various odors, send impulses along the olfactory nerve to the brain and thus produce the sense of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14-17, Hebrews 13:15-17

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Drama Queen? Hornet's Nest?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 30, 2018

We must consider the role of BEING OFFENDED? Jesus warned us in Matthew 24 of second coming agendas... one of those is being offended and hurting each other. How you handle being offended is your choice.

DRAMA QUEEN? HORNET’S NEST? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com ***OFFEND: to be difficult, to cause people to feel hurt, angry, upset at something said or done, to be unpleasant, to do wrong, to hurt or cause pain, ***DRAMA QUEEN: a person who acts as though things are much worse ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:12-15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Stuff Is Enough

Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 21, 2025

God’s presence makes hearts willing and turns our ordinary “stuff” into more-than-enough for His holy work.

Introduction – One Offering Picture this scene. It’s Sabbath morning. The church board has just finished breakfast and gathers for a quick finance meeting. The pastor walks in with a smile and says: “Friends, I have the new church-building plan God gave me. And here’s the budget strategy: we’ll ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 25:1-9, Exodus 36:2-7, 2 Corinthians 8:1-9, John 1:14, Zechariah 4:6  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Title: Offended And Unforgiving — Nursing Grudges In Jesus’ Name - How Unforgiveness Poisons The Soul—and The Church Series

Contributed by Dr. John D. Wentworth on Oct 12, 2025

“When you become offended, you take an idol from its shelf, put it on the throne of your heart, then you kneel before it and adore it.” — Paul David Tripp

Title: Offended and Unforgiving — Nursing Grudges in Jesus’ Name - How unforgiveness poisons the soul—and the church Text: Matthew 6:14-15 “ For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, 15 but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:14-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Preparing Today For Tomorrow

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Dec 6, 2019

The future begins now. Every journey begins with preparation.

PREPARING TODAY FOR TOMORROW "So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God." 2 Chronicles 27:6. The future begins now. Every journey begins with preparation. Adequate preparation will always receive glorious manifestations. To prepare is to be ready. It ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 27:6, Matthew 6:34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Need Christmas Because We Have A Time Problem Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Jan 21, 2019

This final message in the series deals with the need for Christmas because Christ could come at any time and we need to be ready

WE NEED CHRISTMAS BECAUSE WE HAVE A TIME PROBLEM Galatians 4:4-5 (NIV) But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, 5  to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. 2 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV) For he says, "In the time of my ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:4-5, 2 Corinthians 6:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Denomination: Baptist

Can A Christian Be Cursed Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 23, 2021

Paul uses the strongest language he ever used in this passage, and we need to ask some questions about it.

The war between the states ended as it did in large measure because of Stonewall Jackson's defeat by his own men. Jackson was fighting brilliantly, and he had the entire Eleventh Union Corps on the run. He then planned his strategy for the final blow. He was within half a mile of the one road ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 1:8