Sermons on What Really Matters:

Yes, It Really Is Really Real Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 30, 2009

Considers the reality of Heaven - evidence of it, and why that affects the way we live now

(Show clip from BluefishTV – “Spiritual tots, Colonik’s got ‘em!”) Even if they’re unsure of it, most people want to believe in Heaven, and most people have some concept of it. TIME took a poll 10 years ago, and 81% of the people they surveyed said they believed in the existence of Heaven, where ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:11-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Communion - What Does It Really Mean?

Contributed by Rick Macdonald on Aug 8, 2001

A recent survey showed that most Christians aren’t quite sure about this practice handed down from Jesus to His disciples to the Church.

Title: Communion: What does it really mean? Text: 1 Corinthians 11:23-27 By: Pastor Rick MacDonald Date: February 28, 1992 1 Corinthians 11:23-27 - For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; (24) and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

What God's Kingdom Is Really About!

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Nov 18, 2007

A sermon for Christ the King Sunday to highlight that God’s kingdom is about more forgiveness and less about force and the human way of power.

Wouldn’t, life be much easier if everyone saw things the same way? Imagine if you and your family all agreed on everything. The reality is though we don’t. Some people see bigger as better, others see it as worse. Some believe the new workplace relations are wonderful, others feel they are the ...read more

Scripture: John 18:33-37

Denomination: Lutheran

What Do You Really Need?

Contributed by Paul Johnson on Mar 21, 2008

Encouragement to congregation to examine and realign their wants and needs to the glory of God and the furtherance of His Kingdom.

What do you really need? Sermon Title – What do you really need? Sermonic Text - John 19:28-29 After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfil the scripture), ’I am thirsty.’ 29A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on ...read more

Scripture: John 19:28-29

Denomination: Methodist

Discover What It Really Means To Be Saved

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 3, 2008

Palm Sunday (B) - Discover what it really means to be saved. God is working in you so that believers may try to shine like lights.

DISCOVER WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE SAVED (Outline) March 16, 2008 – PALM SUNDAY (Lent 6) - Philippians 2:12-18 INTRO: Different events in the life of Jesus command our attention. Even those outside of the church take note of different events in Jesus’ life. Jesus’ birth, Christmas, is ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-18

Denomination: Lutheran

What Will It Take For You To Really Believe?

Contributed by Rodney Kelley on Sep 10, 2008

What circumstances must happen to make you really trust God to take care of you?

Introduction: Elijah had been fed by ravens and drank from the brook. Then the ravens quit coming, and the brook had no water. Now he was told to go find a widow, and she would feed him. God sent a prophet to the widow. In our text, the prophet faces another difficult trial of faith. Elijah ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-24

Denomination: Baptist

What Do You Really Want?

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jun 2, 2009

Coveting is not wrong...provided you covet the right things.

Today, we’re looking at the tenth commandment, Exodus 20:17: "You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." Johnny was looking through the chain-link fence at the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:17

Denomination: Baptist

"What Did God Really Say?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 8, 2008

We are the ones who get in the way of the making of disciples for the transformation of the world.

“What Did God Really Say?” Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the world. This is a huge responsibility. Precious lives ...read more

Denomination: United Methodist

God, What's He Really Like?

Contributed by Andy Almendarez on Apr 4, 2004

Examine man’s view of God vs. How God has revealed Himself in Scripture.

God, What’s He Really Like? Psalm 145:8-9, 18-21 Theme: Examine man’s view of God vs. How God has revealed Himself in Scripture. “How do you know there is a God?” Because somebody told you there was one. A young man was asked if he ever thought about dying and what he expected to be doing ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 145:18-21, Psalm 145:8-9

Denomination: Holiness

What Does God Really Want?

Contributed by Mike Gay on Feb 19, 2004

This message is intended to show the seeker and the complacent christian that God wants a relationship rather than a religious zealot.

WHAT DOES GOD REALLY WANT? Micah 6:1-8 1 Hear now what the LORD says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, O you mountains, the LORD’S complaint, and you strong foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a complaint against His people, and He ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

What Do You Really Want?

Contributed by Tony Searles on Nov 19, 2006

A devotional from a Prayer & Praise Concert. Encouraging us in not just asking for things from the Lord , but to actually begin to seek them out too...faith without work is dead.

"What do you REALLY want?" John 5:1-9 Prayer… Most of us are familiar with this story… There is a man here who has had an infirmity for about 38 years… And he, among many others who were sick with a variety of infirmities, would wait beside a pool called Bethesda… -Waiting for it to be stirred ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-9

Denomination: Other

So What's Grace Really About?

Contributed by Krista Roehrig on Dec 29, 2005

Do you really want to know and understand what God’s grace is all about?

So What’s This Grace Thing All About? Have you ever been notified by an attorney that your presence was requested at the reading of someone’s will because your going to be receiving an inheritance? Well most people think this is a bittersweet time for obvious reasons. But for me, I can only ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Really Makes You Happy? Series

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Feb 26, 2013

What drives us in life? Solomon ponders the source of our pleasure.

Ecclesiastes 6:1-12 What Really Makes You Happy? 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 6:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

What Walking By Faith Really Means

Contributed by Evangelist Sola Ibironke on Jan 13, 2011

The sermon aims to give biblical explanations on the practical definition of walking by faith.

WHAT WALKING BY FAITH REALLY MEANS 2CORINTHIANS 5:7 (New King James Version) 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. This scripture shows to us how a Christian ought to live his Christian ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7

Denomination: Charismatic

Communion What Does It Really Mean?

Contributed by David Radcliff on Apr 22, 2017

The words of the Apostle Paul still ring true today. We are continuing to pass on the service of Communion to commemorate the death of Jesus and celebrate the new covenant that he bought for us through His blood. This morning as we prepare our hearts for

COMMUNION WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN? I Corinthians 11:23,26 The words of the Apostle Paul still ring true today. We are continuing to pass on the service of Communion to commemorate the death of Jesus and celebrate the new covenant that he bought for us through His blood. This morning as we prepare ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: Baptist