Sermons on Turning The Table:

The Power Of God

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 17, 2021

The Bible is an amazing book. . For some: • There are favorite BOOKS of the Bible that they turn to regularly for devotional support The Bible is an amazing book...

For some: • There are favorite BOOKS of the Bible that they turn to regularly for devotional support • There are some favorite BIBLE PASSAGES that they turn to for daily living, to solve certain problems in their life • There are particular VERSES OF SCRIPTURE they go to for help Acts 1:8 is ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Baptist

The Upward Call

Contributed by David Parks on Jan 15, 2022

With the year 2022 I want to encourage you to turn the page the past and focus on the future and accept the upward call

Text: Philippians 3:12-14 Introduction: 1. Illustration – Recently, a Taiwanese tourist visiting Australia was so engrossed by her Facebook page on her smartphone that she walked right off the pier plunging twenty feet into the icy waters of the ocean below. Rescue workers were called and after ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Paul’s Pisidian Antioch Sermon Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jan 22, 2022

This sermon became a turning point for the gospel going to the ends of the earth. The gospel would be preached to all for the gentiles to receive .

Context of Paul’s Pisidian Antioch sermon This message to Pisidian Antioch came well into the journey after the Holy Spirit told the Antioch church to set aside Barnabas and Saul for the work for which He called them. This journey of Paul and Barnabas began and ended in Antioch of the Syrian ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 49:6

Denomination: Baptist

The Decision About Jesus Christ We All Must Make Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 27, 2022

What part of Christ's message trips us up, makes us want to turn away?

Fourth Sunday in Course We’ve been told that our incorporation into Christ, effected in faith and sacrament, remakes us in the image of Jesus, prophet, priest, and leader. So it may come as a shock to us to hear the Lord say to the synagogue of Nazareth, “no prophet is acceptable in his own ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:21-30, Jeremiah 1:4-7, Jeremiah 1:17-19

Denomination: Catholic

Visionary View: The Heart Of A Servant Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 12, 2023

Jesus makes a profound statement about leadership that turns the world's view of power upside down.

"Visionary View: The Heart of a Servant" Today, let's explore the words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as found in Matthew 20:25-28 in the New Living Translation of the Bible: "But Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that the rulers in this world lord it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:25-28, Matthew 7:24-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus And His Cross Series

Contributed by Larry Vollink on Jan 19, 2021

Jesus carried the Cross for us first, now it'd our turn to carry Our Cross!

There are so many books, sermons, songs about the cross, where does one begin as we consider Jesus and the Cross? The cross has always been in the eternal plan of God from the beginning of time. All of God's works have been known to Him from eternity and the cross was the focal point of His ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God With Us - Nevertheless Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Jan 21, 2021

Isaiah shows us that in spite of all the wickedness around us, God has a way of turning things around.

Opening Scriptures: Isaiah 8:21 – 9:1 – 7 Let me remind you that when the Bible was written there were no chapter divisions. It was not until later that chapter divisions were placed into scripture so that would could get some organization when finding passages Introduction I mentioned ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Rotten Figs

Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 3, 2019

Those who turn to the Lord are the fruit that will never spoil. Where do you find your nuterients today?

There is a hit TV show call Survivor. It’s an interesting show to watch in that it attempts to demonstrate how humanity will act when it is under stress and when there is an ultimate prize on the line. Every week, there is a part in the show called “the immunity challenge.” In it, the contestants ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 24:1-10, Mark 11:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Restoring Grace Series

Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Apr 28, 2020

How does God's grace help us when we turn away from Him?

RESTORING GRACE Many of us can remember when we were in elementary school of what would happen as soon as the teacher left the room. She would have to go out for some reason and would always tell the class, “Be quiet while I am gone and study!” However, as soon as the cat was away the mice would ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:27-31

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Worship The Lord

Contributed by Wayne Solomon on Apr 12, 2021

"Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; … truth is fallen in the street, …” (Isaiah 59:14).

Worship the Lord I wish to give credit to Dr. S. M Lockridge for the rhetorical and literary devices as well as some ideas and structure of content that I employ in this message. Our Text today is Matthew 4:8-10: “8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:8-10

Denomination: Church Of God

Getting A Faith Check-Up

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 22, 2022

Paul’s final warning to the Corinthians. If they do not turn from their sins, no one will be spared Christ’s punishment.

Paul’s final warning to the Corinthians is found in 2 Corinthians 13:1-10. Before he comes to see them, he tells them that they need to repent of their sins. If they do not turn from their sins, no one will be spared Christ’s punishment. When Paul carries out Christ’s potent discipline among them, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:5

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Do We Submit Ourselves As We Should So That We Can Have A Healthy Christian Relationship?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jul 2, 2023

Submission is a frequently abused word, but it does not mean turning oneself into a doormat. Unfortunately, many do not see it that way.

Submission is a frequently abused word. It does not mean turning into a doormat. Christ, at whose name "every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth" (Philippians 2:10), presented His will to the Father, and we honor Christ by following his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-33

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Betrayed! Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Feb 1, 2001

Four ways to make sense out of spiritual betrayal when spiritual companions turn away from Jesus.

There’s a scene from the 1988 movie Shoot To Kill that still makes my blood run cold. Maybe you remember the movie, it starred Sidney Poitier and Tom Berringer, and it was about their search for a jewel thief who murdered his victims. During one scene in the movie there’s a group of backpackers ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:18-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Recipe For Revival

Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on Jun 1, 2005

The LORD speaks to Solomon and to us in this matter that He will truly hear us when we turn to Him in brokenness.

“GOD’S RECIPE FOR REVIVAL” 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 1. God’s REQUIREMENTS. (v. 14a) Genesis 17:1; Deuteronomy 10:12-13; 28:10; Jeremiah 7:22-23; 9:23-24; Micah 6:8; Matthew 23:23 a. A Call to PREPARE. (v. 14a-i) If My people, which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves Leviticus 26:40-41; ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

Unfinished Business

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Sep 15, 2005

When bad things happen, people have unfisished business. Jesus turns to the religious and says that they do too.

Unfinished business Last Sunday we were at a day of celebration of ministry and we had many things to celebrate. But our world circumstances gave us another agenda. We talked about what the real “acts of God” are in today’s world. The acts that the living body of Christ does to reach a world ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-5

Denomination: Congregational