Sermons on Ugly:

"How Beautiful Are Your Feet?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 18, 2010

A sermon on evangelism.

Romans 10:8-15 “How Beautiful are Your Feet?” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN Have you ever walked up to some tough looking person… …someone who looks hard and callous on the outside… …perhaps a bit intimidating… …and a bit sad… …and struck up a ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:8-15

Denomination: United Methodist

What's Love Got To Do With It? Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Nov 25, 2007

What does love have to do with marriage? Everything! Want your marriage ot be the best one on the block? This message can help uncommitted couple see the importance of falling in love again.

“What’s Love got to Do with it?” 1st Corinthians 13 Through the years there have been tens of thousands of songs written that we would call love songs. Many of these of course have been country songs. We all remember songs like Your Cheatin Heart, don’t break my heart, my achy, breaky heart. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Tearing Up The Checklists Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Nov 2, 2007

Do you think that pleasing God means making and keeping a long list of rules? Think again.

Tearing up the Checklists It’s Monday evening at your house. You have had a long day and now after dinner you are going through the mail at the kitchen table. A long envelope falls out of the stack of junk mail that is hand addressed to you. The feel of the paper is rich and textured; the stamp ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Watch Them Dawgs" Series

Contributed by Ken Harris on Jan 29, 2006

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to WATCH-OUT and AVOID churches and religious leaders who are only concern about their outward appearance.

1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV) 29 January 2006 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris CP Walker Multicultural Gospel Service Taegu, South Korea BIG IDEA: Churches and religious leaders who are only concern about how believers “outwardly look” should be avoided. REFERENCES: 1 Sam 13:14 – KJV (But now thy ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Depravity

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 13, 2006

Three reasons we must grasp an understanding of man’s depravity.

Romans 5:12 Depravity Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church February 12, 2006 Introduction Tonight as we take up our subject of depravity, remember that we are considering anchors of our faith. An anchor is something that will hold us in place when the winds of change and compromise come up and try ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12

Denomination: Baptist

The God Who Changes The Unchangeable

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Aug 7, 2005

Philip Yancey has described it as one of the ugliest words in our language. It is a word that nearly suffocates all the joy out of life. The word is irreversible. But through Jesus that which was irreversible has now been reversed.

The God Who Changes the Unchangeable Acts 3:13-15 Philip Yancey has described it as one of the ugliest words in our language. It is a word that nearly suffocates all the joy out of life. The word is irrevers¬ible. You know what it means for something to be irreversible do you? It’s like the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:13-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"A Cinderella Story"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 25, 2006

Obstacles can only be overcome by faith.

1 Samuel 17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49 Mark 4:35-41 “A Cinderella Story” Certainly the Bible makes it quite clear that God’s power is able to come out of the so-called “least of these,” and therefore anyone of us can do mighty things for God through faith! And the story of David defeating the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-49

Denomination: United Methodist

When Jesus Comes: No Fear

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 12, 2010

Christmas Day 1988: Jesus came into a world full of fears about economics, government, health, and the rest. Our pretty porcelain manger scenes are not realistic. But when Jesus comes today and works through us, He works to drive away all the fears that

A certain family, a number of years ago, as was their custom, lovingly and carefully set out their beautiful porcelain nativity scene for Christmas. They were so very proud of this delicate, fragile thing of beauty; they had paid a good deal of money for it on a trip to Europe, and its value could ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Right Side Up In An Upside Down World Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Oct 1, 2015

Rather than giving a list of ideals to strive for, Jesus was showing the people how widely available God’s kingdom was – even for ordinary, poor, ignorant, imperfect, despised people. The beatitudes describe their struggle & grace to thrive in adversity.

Right Side Up in an Upside Down World Intro: The more I study the Sermon on the Mount, esp. the Beatitudes, the less prescriptive and the more descriptive they become to me. Here is what I mean by that. Last week as I shared them, I introduced the first one (poor in spirit) as a requirement for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Fear Fighters Series

Contributed by Troy Campbell on Mar 15, 2016

No matter what life throws at you, we can know for certain that Jesus is always with us and there is no reason to fear.

Title: Fear vs. Faith – 8 “Fear Fighters” Text: II Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. A police recruit was asked during the exam, “What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?” He ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Power Of Love: Working The Word Into Your Life.

Contributed by Tighmir I. Sayles on Aug 29, 2013

Sometimes we as Christians forget our true purpose here on Earth, and it is our first and foremost purpose to love each of God's creation. So many people have turned their backs on God because of the church. It's time to flip the script.

We’re going to be discussing the power of love. Now, Webster’s dictionary defines love as a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties. Affection based on sexual desire. Affection based on admiration, benevolence or common interests, attachment, devotion, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8-14

Denomination: *other

Pt. 2 Nehemiah's Confession Series

Contributed by Steven Dobyns on Sep 19, 2013

Part 2 of a 7 part series based on biblical people and how they connected to God through prayer. feel free to use any or all of this...

Learning to Pray Pt.2 Nehemiah’s Confession Intro: Last week we started talking about prayer… How many of you ever prayed the bed time prayer? It was one that my mom had us pray as kids… we even had a plaque on the wall with the prayer on it… I don’t know about you ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:4-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Rut: You Will Never Be A Butterfly?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 8, 2018

Ruts of frustration will hinder God's plan for our development. Is life about the destination or how about the journey? Thorns have purposes.

YOU WILL NEVER BE A BUTTERFLY. RUTS: FRUSTRATION By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com ***RUT: a worn track by habitual usage/ passage, YOU WILL NEVER BE A BUTTERFLY? My son played little league baseball in Archer Park in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. The balls fields are in the flood ...read more

Scripture: James 3:9-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

How To Get Answered Prayers?

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 11, 2018

This aims to show you how to get answered prayers and not only that but in an instant.

How To Get Answered Prayers? John 15:7 If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you {and} continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. The LORD JESUS CHRIST promised it Himself if you want to get your prayers answered by GOD, ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Criticizer

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Mar 19, 2018

This sermon looks at someone who is a criticizer, a person with a judgmental attitude and a critical spirit.

The Criticizer Matthew 7:1-5 Two taxidermists stopped before a window where an owl was on display. Immediately they criticized the way the owl was mounted. They noted that the eyes were not natural, nor the wings proportionate to its head, and its feathers were not neatly arranged, and its feet ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-5

Denomination: Foursquare