Sermons on truthful love:

Building Up With Words Of Truth Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on May 3, 2024

We delve into the transformative power of our words as believers, based on Ephesians 4:29. This verse underscores the importance of edifying speech that reflects God's truth and grace.

Building Up with Words of Truth Ephesians 4:29 Introduction: Today, we delve into the transformative power of our words as believers, based on Ephesians 4:29. This verse underscores the importance of edifying speech that reflects God's truth and grace. Ephesians 4:29 (NLT): "Don’t use ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians 4:22-24, Proverbs 16:24, Colossians 4:6, Ephesians 4:15, Proverbs 15:1, Colossians 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Hebrews 10:24-25  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Graciousness Spectrum Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 3, 2014

We humans and yes, we believers, are not all good or bad, black or white. We exist on a spectrum; at one end is Christlikeness, graciousness, truth, love. On the other end is self-centeredness, withholding of grace, compromised truth, and control.

The Graciousness Spectrum (Proverbs 22:8, 10-12) 1. Do you make fewer phone calls than you used to? 2. According to UPI, “…making phone calls is the sixth most common use of a cellphone, with first being sending text messages and second being receiving texts. Reading personal emails ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:8-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Love-Love-Love.

Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Apr 21, 2001

Year C Third Sunday of Easter--April 29th, 2001. John 21: 1-19

Year C Third Sunday of Easter--April 29th, 2001. John 21: 1-19 Title: “Love-Love-Love.” Jesus appears to his disciples. At his word they catch a huge amount of fish. They share a meal that Jesus prepared. Then Jesus commissions Peter as pastor of his ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-19

Denomination: Lutheran

Love, Love, Love Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 3, 2010

1- The charge of love 2- The creator of love 3- The crown of love

INTRO.- ILL.- Someone wrote: If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with. If it just sits in your living room and messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money and never ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love, Love, Love

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jul 12, 2020

God’s love is not what most people think it is. It is a Father’s love.

Love, Love, Love July 12, 2020 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: God’s love is not what most people think it is. It is a Father’s love. Focus Passage: Romans 5:6-10 Introduction: “All You Need Is Love” was written in 1967 and performed by The Beatles. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:6-10, Romans 3:25-26

Denomination: Baptist

Love, Love, Love

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Jul 5, 2011

God's children will abide in love from God and love for God, for God is love. The response of the children of God, then, should be to love one another, that God’s love may be reflected in them.

Love, Love, Love 02/14/10 AM Text: 1 John 4:16 Introduction 1 John 4:16 “We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” The Greeks had four words which we translate as love: Eros ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Growing In The Truth Series

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Feb 20, 2010

The Importance for us to keep growing in our spiritual lives, it’s a must.

"Growing in the Truth" Col. 2:1-5 Feb. 21st, 2010 Colossians 1:1-7 COL 2:1 I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. 2 My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:1-5

Denomination: Nazarene

Spirit Of Truth

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on May 22, 2010

Living in the Spirit involves risk.

John 14: 8 - 17 – Spirit of Truth Intro: When people discover you are an only child, they immediately think you were spoiled as a child. I, of course, was very different. I was not spoiled; . . . I was just smart. Every year at this time when I was a child, I would start dropping little ...read more

Scripture: John 14:8-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What Is Truth? Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 11, 2007

There is a very serious lie rampant in our culture: there is no moral truth, no right or wrong that universally applies. Truth is a person.

What Is Truth? In But Not Of John 18:28-40 May 22, 2005 Intro: When Pilate met God, he ended up articulating a timeless question. Listen to the story from John 18:28-40 (NLT) “Jesus’ trial before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of the morning. Then he was taken to the headquarters of the ...read more

Scripture: John 18:28-40

Denomination: Baptist

The Truth Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Jon Miller on Mar 2, 2011

This message is a fresh look at the basic truth of Christmas and also teaches practical application of that truth.

The Truth of Christmas Luke 2:1-21 Over the years Christmas has become so commercialized that today I would like to re examine the Biblical truth about the birth of our savior a recent article I read on the CBS NEWS website said that Americans spend an average of 66 billion dollars on Christmas ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-21

Walking In Truth

Contributed by John Crisp on Sep 4, 2014

How do we walk in truth?

2 John 1.6 – Walking in Truth V1 – We find John’s letter is written unto the church • “elect lady” o God has chosen us for His own.(purpose, possession, propitiation of Love[for later not now]) o We can try to run or run or fight, but in the end those ...read more

Scripture: 2 John 1:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Truths That Transform

Contributed by Micah Fries on Feb 10, 2004

Looking at Colossians 3:12-14 and considering who we are in Christ and how that status/relationship should direcly affect each of us.

Illustration: "A religion that gives nothing, costs nothing, and suffers nothing, is worth nothing." Martin Luther 1. Our Identity in Christ (12a) a. Chosen by God Ephesians 1:4 2 Timothy 1:9 b. Changed by God Ephesians 1:4 ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:12-14

Denomination: Baptist

Buying Truth

Contributed by Koushik Biswas on Sep 19, 2003

The points about truth that we so often forget.

Buying Truth “Buy truth and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding” (Pr 23:32) Could you recollect last when you were out buying something? Then suppose someone had intervened to ask, “why are you buying this?” You would have at least replied this, “I need this”. Need! ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 23:23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Is Truth? Series

Contributed by Mark Vanburen on Jan 10, 2001

Biblical look at truth

Truth (Part 1) John 14:6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me What is truth? · Christ John-14:6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me The Way-Why? · Holy ...read more

Scripture: John 14:6

Denomination: Baptist

What's The Truth

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 13, 2018

Jesus receives the title, “King of the Jews,” but he declares that his kingdom is not of this world and it is a kingdom of truth.. If it is not of this world, then where is it? And, where can we find the truth? Is God’s kingdom confined to heaven, or does

INTRODUCTION Pilate’s question, “What is Truth?” was a hotly debated question centuries before he took his first breath and for millennia after he took his last. With so many religious purveyors of truth, we have come to question the reality of absolute truth. Relative truth is currently ...read more

Scripture: John 18:28-40

Denomination: Lutheran