Sermons on University College:

Let Us Let Jesus Change The World By Using You And Me Series

Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Sep 12, 2020

Is it just me or do you think like me that this world is messed up? People are just angry with one another nowadays. We have lost our ability to tolerate each other. We have lost our ability to accept a viewpoint that is different than ours.

Is it just me or do you think like me that this world is messed up? People are just angry with one another nowadays. We have lost our ability to tolerate each other. We have lost our ability to accept a viewpoint that is different than ours. We are afraid to speak to anyone because we don’t know if ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:17-21

Denomination: Baptist

God Has To Win Our Choices Series

Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Sep 17, 2020

It doesn’t matter if it is 1,000 choices a day or 35,000 choices a day. At the end of the day, what matters is that God won those choices that He needed to win in my life today

Sermon Title GOD HAS TO WIN OUR CHOICES Introduction College and profession football has begun. Now, the announcers for these early season games don’t talk about how this game is a must win for one of those two teams. But later, in the season, those announcers will be begin saying that if one team ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:24-28

Denomination: Baptist

Walking By Faith Part 2: Faith That Overcomes Series

Contributed by Dwight Davis on Aug 18, 2023

How can true, Biblical faith help us, to not only "survive" this life in a sin-saturated world, but to thrive?

Faith that Overcomes One of the points I tried to make especially clear in part one of this message is that the enemy of our souls is trying his best to persuade us to neglect or even abandon our faith in God. And, unfortunately, he’s been quite successful—especially so in the last decade or so. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:5, Romans 10:17, James 1:2-4, 1 John 5:1-4

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

"the Perfume Of Gratitude"

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 6, 2023

The story of a woman anointing Jesus' head.

Jesus Anointed at Bethany Mark 14 Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. 2 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.” 3 While he ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Does Success Really Look Like?

Contributed by Pastor Dre on May 30, 2019

What is Success? I believe everyone wants to be successful. Not too many people walk around in life saying I want to fail at this or fail at that, but we all desire success.

What Does Success Look Like? What is Success? Acts 13:36 - "Now when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. I believe everyone wants to be successful. Not too many people walk around in life saying I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:36

Denomination: Pentecostal

Praying For Boldness For The Preaching Business

Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on May 1, 2024

God has given every believer a Great Commission to preach the Gospel. We need to pray for Boldness to do the work.

Praying for Boldness for the Preaching Business Study Text: Acts 4:29-31 Introduction: - The Bible encourages Christians to pray in very many places. But in the New Testament we don’t actually have many examples of the prayers Christians used. Here is one of them. - They didn’t pray that the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:29-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Journey To Emmaus

Contributed by Revd Dr Ruwan Palapathwala on Dec 16, 2024

The risen Christ is with us always. He walks with us on every road. He is with us at the heights of joy and celebration and in the pits of terror and despair. He is always with us, but we do not recognise him. Nevertheless, he journeys with us to the end of our lives.

The gospel reading we just read about Jesus' journey to Emmaus with two persons is one of my favourite resurrection stories and possibly my favourite from the Gospel of Luke. Over the twenty-six years of my ministry, among many other texts in the Gospels, this is one of the most-loved stories I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Our Never-Dying Souls In Jesus Are The Light Of The World

Contributed by Revd Dr Ruwan Palapathwala on Dec 16, 2024

Remember always the beauty with which our souls came into this world – the gifts, the talents, and strengths -- are to accomplish the will of God for our lives in this world.

In today's Gospel reading, Jesus speaks powerful words about our soul, raising the question of what is there if we gain the whole world at the cost of losing it. To ponder the soul that God has given us, I'd like to share two stories with you. The first story is from my days of teaching ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:27-31

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

From Bondage To Breakthrough: God’s Hand In The Story Of His People

Contributed by Don Aldrich Tamayo on Feb 21, 2025

What are we passing on? Are we just remembering history, or are we continuing the legacy? Are we walking in the faith and strength of those who came before us? Because whether it’s a hat, a prayer, or a testimony—we are here today because someone before us refused to quit!

Sermon Title: “From Bondage to Breakthrough: God’s Hand in the Story of His People” Main Scripture: Exodus 3:7-8 – “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:7-8, Acts 8:26-39, Acts 16:25-26, Micah 6:8

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Hope Of The Resurrection

Contributed by David Magana on Apr 14, 2025

A common objection I hear to the resurrection of Jesus Christ is that people just do not rise from the dead.

A common objection I hear to the resurrection of Jesus Christ is that people just do not rise from the dead. It’s not documented that people rise from the dead. This is the objection. It’s impossible. Medically, scientifically, biologically, within the scope of human experience, it is impossible ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-4

Ready To Serve

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Feb 1, 2026

Seeing the world through eyes of faith, and living in devotion to God, doesn’t just happen by accident. It emerges from intentional nurture from one day to the next, and from one generation to the next. It is nurtured in the retelling of the stories, and in the remaking of the vows.

There’s a story I rather like about the college freshman biology class which kept a rattlesnake in a cage in the laboratory. The students enjoyed the monthly feeding almost as much as the snake did. The entire class would gather around the cage and watch in completely absorbed and attentive ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

From The Ashes - Sacrifice (Palm Sunday) Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 8, 2023

This sermon explores the concept of sacrifice in Christianity, comparing the temporary forgiveness granted through animal sacrifices in the Old Testament to the eternal redemption offered by Jesus' sacrifice on the cross, and encourages believers to live sacrificially in gratitude for this redemption.

Today, we’re going to be talking about the sacrifice of Jesus and the impact his humble actions have had on all humankind. To illustrate the idea of sacrifice I want to share a story with you from the trenches of World War II. “John Robert Fox was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in May 1915. By all ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:11-14

Topics: Sacrificial Life, Eternal Redemption, Overcoming Sin

Sermon Series: From The Ashes

Growing In Grace 1 - The Genesis Of Grace Series

Contributed by David Parks on Oct 31, 2014

Grace is one of three great motivators for living the Christian life.

GROWING IN GRACE 1 – THE GENESIS OF GRACE (outline with manuscript after the dotted line) Text: Genesis 1:1-3 Introduction 1. This morning we begin a study of one of the most significant concepts in the entire Bible. The concept of Grace 2. How radical is the concept of grace? During a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Strait And Narrow Sermon Iv: Christians Enjoy The Time Of Their Life Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jun 10, 2020

As culture drifts further away from biblical truth, Christians pray about everything as they enjoy the time of their life under the influence of the Spirit of God.

CHRISTIANS ENJOY THE TIME OF THEIR LIFE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD My mama’s grandfather clock went “tick-tock” all day and all night. Either you adjusted to it or lost your sanity! When mama kept my little niece while my sister was at work, at naptime mama tried to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:15-21

Crazytown Series

Contributed by Adam Weber on Mar 17, 2017

What is prayer and how do we lay hold of this gift that God has given to us?

Well… I just wanna welcome everyone here to Embrace… at all of our campuses… and wherever you’re joining us from. My name is Adam… I’m one of the pastors here… and as always… we are so excited… that you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11-17