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The Mercy Of God Locks Up Death And Hades Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 8, 2025

Jesus bears the keys that have locked up “Death and Hades” so that we no longer can fear dying, so that when we close our eyes for the last time here, we can look forward to seeing Our Lord in that New Life.

Sunday of Divine Mercy 2025 When the Church gets really excited about one of God’s wonderful works, She commits Liturgy over and over. So last Sunday was our celebration of Christ’s Pasch, His rising from the dead, and for the entire week we have been celebrating that same Mass every day. This ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:12-16, Psalm 118:2-4, Psalm 118:13-15, Psalm 118:22-24, Revelation 1:9-13, Revelation 1:17-19, John 20:19-31  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

It's Time To Clean Up

Contributed by Mitchell Leonard on Sep 19, 2025

A sermon to adults on Jesus cleansing the temple.

Matthew 21:10-16 9/21/25 a.m. I remember as a kid there were many times that my mama would tell me and my brother, “You two need to clean your room.” And ... she was right. It looked like a pig stye. It was mostly my brother Mike’s stuff. And now as a daddy I’ve told my kids, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:10-16

Denomination: Baptist

God Won’t Give Up On You

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 10, 2025

When grace chases you down, don’t run — look up. God’s mercy can reach you even in the belly of despair.

(Jonah’s Prayer) Introduction – A Strange Place to Pray The Bible contains some very peculiar verses, doesn’t it? And I must say, the story we’re looking at today begins and ends with two of the strangest. Jonah 2:1 — “From inside the fish Jonah prayed.” Jonah 2:10 — “And the Lord commanded the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:8-12, Matthew 12:40, Romans 5:8, John 3:16

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Shut Up And Believe The Good News, Zechariah

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 15, 2024

Gabriel: “I AM GABRIEL, and I bring good news. But you didn’t believe the gospel, so you’ll get to shut your mouth until the prophecy comes true.”

Fourth Sunday of Advent 2024 Today’s Gospel just leaps out at us in the congregation if we haven’t any Old Testament background or have failed to read the earlier part of Luke’s Gospel. Zechariah and Elizabeth, up in the hill country of Judea, are childless, elderly members of a priestly clan. We ...read more

Scripture: Micah 5:1-4, Hebrews 10:5-10, Luke 1:39-45

Denomination: Catholic

Go! And Wake Up! Sounding The Alarm Of Truth Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Dec 26, 2024

In a world where the Church can sometimes seem content to whisper when it should be shouting, a timely reminder to boldly proclaim the Gospel.

Go! and Wake Up! Sounding the Alarm of Truth Introduction: Go and Sound the Alarm The Bible is filled with commands to go: "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone" (Mark 16:15, NLT). "Go and make disciples of all the nations" (Matthew 28:19, NLT). These ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 33:6-7, Acts 20:26-27, 2 Timothy 4:2-4, Proverbs 27:6, Joel 2:12-13, Mark 1:15, Isaiah 6:8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

When God Gives Up On Human Sinfulness Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Mar 7, 2024

Three times in this passage it is stated that God gave up evil humanity to its own devices. A serious warning to our generation.

1:24 “Therefore God also gave them up …” Therefore. The wrath is coming. We deserve the wrath that is coming. Why? Well, men knew the truth of God and suppressed it. They could see His attributes, but they ignored Him. They did not glorify Him. They were not thankful to Him. They thought they ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:24-28

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Build Up While Others Tear Down Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Mar 17, 2024

Jude gives his readers seven commands and a promise t keep us from failig

Jude 1:17-25 (Part 5) Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 3-17-2024 I am God Jude has spent the majority of his letter warning his readers about false teachers and the dangers they pose to the church. Unless we are tempted to think that false teaching was only around in Jude’s ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:17-25

Denomination: Baptist

"get Up Out Of That Grave" Series

Contributed by Perry Fowler on Mar 28, 2024

What's exciting about the empty tomb?

Last Christmas, our family decided to do something different. We decided to take a vacation together in Orlando. A few of us are runners and my Son wanted to run one of the Disney series of races so we went to Disney, camped out in Ft. Wilderness and had a “running vacation.” I chose to do the ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

God's Wake-Up Call

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024

God's truth is the best protection against Satan's lies.

Opening illustration: As we moved to our new home in the Middle-East after the government transferred Maureena and me to a previous location in the mountains, we never expected the place to be hiding scorpions, which would show up regularly in our bathrooms and poisonous snakes that would appear in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hands Up: Win! Hands Down: Lose!

Contributed by John Gaston on May 25, 2024

“As long as Moses held up his hands [in prayer], the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.” Ex. 17:11

HANDS UP: WIN! HANDS DOWN: LOSE! Ex. 17:11 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Two ministers were scheduled to speak at a convention. The first speaker, a young preacher, discovered he’d left his sermon back home. He told the older preacher his trouble and asked him what he ought to do. The older minister ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

How Are We To Get A Faith Check-Up?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jun 24, 2024

Like going to a doctor to get a physical exam, we should be getting a spiritual exam daily.

2 Corinthians was composed to assert Paul's own ministry service, shield his position as an apostle, and to discredit the bogus teachers that were in Corinth. In the previous chapter, Paul discussed his vision, his thorn, and the concern that he had for the Corinthians. Presently Paul now ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

To Stir Up Hunger For God Lesson 2 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Aug 14, 2025

Remembering gets you hungry.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for (God) righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6). A. INTRODUCTION: REMEMBERING GETS YOU HUNGRY 1. How do you feel when hungry? a. Gnawing desire. b. Empty. c. Desire for food. d. Weak. e. Maybe headache. f. Mind focuses on hunger or on ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 16:9, Psalm 77:10-12, Galatians 2:20

Denomination: Baptist

Wake Up To God's Purpose

Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Dec 19, 2025

God calls us to be spiritually alert and prepared to respond when He calls. There’s a world that needs us now… not later.

Introduction As a Firefighter one of the worst things in the world that can happen is sleeping through an alarm… I remember one time after we had a long day of hose testing, everybody was pretty tired and we were hoping for a quite night, which never seems to happen… about 1:00 or 2:00 in the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:14-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Battle Is His, But We Have To Show Up Youth Sermon

Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 4, 2023

We need to invite God into our financial lives and trust Him with the process, while also actively participating in it.

Today is all about money. Yeah, I said it, money. We've all had those moments when we needed God to show up in our money matters. So let's discuss how God deals with money! Imagine you're at a carnival, and you're trying to win that giant stuffed bear at the ring toss game. You keep throwing ring ...read more

Topics: Divine Provision, Faithful Stewardship, God's Abundance, Spiritual Trust

How Did I End Up Here? PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2023

Explore the story of Jonah to understand how God intervenes in our lives with His love and grace, even when we try to run away from our calling.

Good morning, family of faith! Today we're diving into the ocean of God's infinite wisdom and mercy, using the story of Jonah as our guide. In the words of the late Christian author, Timothy Keller, "God always gives you what you would have asked for if you knew everything that He knows." Our ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:17

Topics: He Keeps Making A Way