Sermons on Urgent:

If We Really Love Our Children

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 7, 2001

How would we show our love if we really loved our children the way the Bible teaches us to love them?

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX ILL. There was an article in the Reader’s Digest a few years ago entitled "What Motherhood Really Means," & subtitled, "It Will Change Your Life, But Not the Way You Think." The writer is telling of a conversation ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Dreamer Or Visioner?

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jun 29, 2001

When you are moving below the level that God wants you to move, you will not be able to withstand the storms and waves that will come against you.

John 3: 8 says an interesting thing about the Holy Spirit. It says, “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but cannot tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.” It simply means that immediately you get born again and get ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:17, John 3:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

God's Radical Mercy

Contributed by Eric Hickman on Feb 1, 2003

God’s Mercy is greater than our sin

Jonah 3:1-10 1. Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 2. "Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you." 3. Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city--a visit required three days. 4. On the ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10

Denomination: Church Of God

Help! A Cry For The Gospel

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Sep 26, 2003

a stewardship sermon on evangelizing based on a WELS sermon study

September 28, 2003 Acts 16:6-15 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-15

Denomination: Lutheran

Jonah - A Case Study In Anger And Suicide

Contributed by Bruce Morrison on Oct 27, 2003

The Book of Jonah is the story of a man whose greatest struggles were not with a big fish or a pagan city - they were battles within his own heart.

We are first introduced to Jonah the prophet in the Book of Second Kings. "In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. 24 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn away from ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-3, 2 Kings 14:23-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Increase Our Faith

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Oct 28, 2003

PENTECOST 20(C) - Lord, increase our faith by making us forgiving and teaching us humility.

INCREASE OUR FAITH! PENTECOST 20 - LUKE 17:1-10 1Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. 2It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran

How To Live Free From Anxiety Series

Contributed by John Baker on Jan 12, 2006

Series on Christian Stewardship

Sermon Title: How to live free from Anxiety Place: Oakdale Wesleyan Church Date: February 27, 2005 Series: How to Live the Uncomplicated Life Introduction In recent years our society has been plagued by a new epidemic. The cure for this epidemic has become a billion dollar industry as one ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-33

Denomination: Holiness

Understanding Corporate Worship Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Jun 4, 2005

A lesson in worship exhibited in the first century.

SERIES: “LESSONS FROM THE EARLY CHURCH” TEXT: ACTS 20:7-12 TITLE: “UNDERSTANDING CORPORATE WORSHIP” INTRODUCTION: A. Worship is important 1. Back during the days when people would travel by sailing ship, a young boy ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:7-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Forever Living In A Whatever World

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Jun 14, 2005

Living a life that contrasts with the cynicism and darkness of the surrounding culture.

Forever Living in a Whatever World Philippians 1:27-28; 2:12-16; 3:20-21; 4:11-13 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Introduction: Whatever! That’s one of those little “young people’s” words that exists for one purpose and one purpose only—to drive ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:27-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Are One Body

Contributed by Klaus Mehrl on Jul 12, 2005

Seven Blessings in being called to be a part of the Body of Christ.

How do you feel about your body? Strange question for a sermon, isn’t it? Most of us would rather not think about our bodies and if we do we probably don’t think of them very highly. It’s too fat or too skinny, too short or too tall. Bumpy, lumpy or just plain ugly -- kind of like the guy who was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27

Denomination: Lutheran

Miracle On The River Kwai

Contributed by Ken Durham on Jul 22, 2005

Ernest Gordon’s “Miracle on the River Kwai” tells the extraordinary story of survival in the Prisoner of War camps.

1. INTRODUCTION I am indebted to Philip Yancey’s book “Rumours of another World for first bringing this awesome story to my attention and for his insights and revelations to us today. I guess most of us here today would have heard of or even seen the film “Bridge over the River Kwai”. The film ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

"Are You Ready?"

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 27, 2005

Jesus clearly exhorted His disciples to be ready for His coming. Are you ready? Really?

Alistair Begg recalls a news story he heard while living in England about a Liverpool couple who had their car stolen from in front of their home one night. Several days later they woke in the morning to find their car, cleaned, full of gas and sitting back in front of the house. There was a note ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:35-40

Denomination: Orthodox

Waking Up

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 10, 2004

Three great awakenings: 1. Awakening from spiritual death. 2. Awakening from spiritual dullness. 3. Awakening from spiritual deafness.

For a long time I knew that the Christian life was a matter of having a relationship with God, but I also often thought of it as a list of rules to be kept. I wasn’t sure how to maintain a relationship with God, but it was clear to me what it meant to keep the rules. If I did well, I was in ...read more

Scripture: John 11:38-44

Denomination: Methodist

Flood Assurance (Revised)

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Dec 7, 2005

The question is not, "Why do bad things happen." The better question is, "Why were we spared." And the answer? Because we have a God who loves us!

Title: Flood Assurance Text: Luke 13:1-5, but it only makes sense in the context of Luke 12:54-57,1-9. FCF: We are all judged and worthy of death, but God be praised we have an advocate who pleads to give us more time. SO: I want my congregation to feel sympathy for the people of New Orleans, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Five Conditions To Answered Prayer (2of4) Series

Contributed by Jim Moynihan on Apr 7, 2005

There are five Biblical conditions necessary for God to answer our prayers.

You have probably seen the Television commercial where an overweight yet eager gentleman is about to start exercising. He is in the gym and has his sweats on and his cassette player with headsets and just before he begins his exercise routine he weighs himself. He weighs in at 257 pounds. Then he ...read more

Scripture: John 15:7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational