Sermons on Whit Sunday:

A Teacher's Heart Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 21, 2015

How does the gift of teaching help the church? And does that mean that if we don't have this gift that we don't have to teach?

Little Johnny wasn't getting good marks in school. One day he came up to the teacher’s desk and looked like he wanted to say something. “Yes Johnny” the teacher said. “Is there something you want?” Very quietly he said, "I don't want to scare you, but my daddy says ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Is Just, Not Fair

Contributed by Mark Woolsey on Aug 1, 2005

Article XVIII : Of Obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ: They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to th

I preached it @: o Providence REC 08/25/02 Article XVIII : Of Obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ -- or -- God is Just not Fair Gal 3:16-22: Promise to Seed. Purpose of Law. Faith alone. Luke 10:23-37: Good Samaritan. Does your faith make a damn difference? Acts 4:10-12: ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:16-22

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Troubled Waters – Hope For Sinners

Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Apr 27, 2003

I am astonished by this place. Bethesda pool was a kind of hospital packed with people: the blinde, the lame, the paralyzed. And rumor was that the chief doctor was an angel! Bethesda - reflecting, refracting and diffracting everything and everybody arou

I am astonished as I visit this place - Bethesda Pool. It’s like an hospital packed with sick people: the blinde, the lame, the paralyzed. And rumor was that the chief doctor was an angel! The Bible states here the popular belief. An angel encouraging competition? The fastest, the strongest ...read more

Scripture: John 5:2-8, John 5:1-15

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Seven Wonders

Contributed by Clarence Clough on Nov 28, 2008

The wonders of God and His Word must be where allegiance and focus is to be placed.

SEVEN WONDERS Titus 2:11-14 (KJV) 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-14

Denomination: Church Of God

Bright Hope For Dark Days, Pt. 1

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 3, 2008

I probably don’t have to convince you that these are dark days, but my hardest challenge is to convince all of us that theses are still the brightest days! When was the last time you sensed that you were the brightest spot in someone’s darkest place? This

For 4 weeks we will be looking at the topic, “Bright Hope In Dark Days” and how we must be looking for the best way to be the brightest person in some else’s darkest place. I probably don’t have to convince you that these are dark days, but my hardest challenge is to convince all of us that theses ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:11-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Temptations Of Jesus

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 21, 2013

The temptations expose our vulnerabilities. Beware of the devil's traps of performance (we are what we do), popularity (we are what others think), and possession (we are what we have).

Jesus was tempted, so are we today. Jesus overcame the temptations, so can we today. • Even under a direct confrontation with the devil, alone in the wilderness, under harsh circumstances, Jesus won. If the devil tempts Him these ways, it would possibly mean that these were good entry ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

But God

Contributed by Tamela Walker on Nov 4, 2015

Understanding God's Divine Love for us all but teaching about Strength, Faithfulness and also the conjunction But is extremely important to our Heavenly Father.

“BUT GOD!!” As I mediated before the Lord regarding the message for this morning and the words “BUT GOD” radiated in my mind and soul gave a different understanding of those words. Now in Romans 5:6-8 For when we were yet without strength in due time Christ died for the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:6-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lost And Found

Contributed by John Newton on Mar 21, 2021

A look at the three figures in one of Jesus’ most famous parables

One of my greatest delights in the church where I last served in Minnesota was to be part of a group of men who met faithfully every Wednesday morning for prayer, followed each week by coffee and conversation. Both the prayer and the conversation could be pretty free ranging at times. But I have to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Episcopal

God's Illogical Demand Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 13, 2016

I thought God hated child sacrifice? What is God doing asking Abraham to sacrifice his only son?

OPEN: I read the true story of a woman who told of the time she was teaching the toddler-age Sunday school class. Part of the reason she taught there was that her daughter was in that class. During one lesson on creation she was trying to make the concept as understandable as possible, so she ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Re-Finding Your First Love Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 12, 2017

Ephesus had been a great church, but now it had lost it's first love for Jesus. If it happened to them, how can we make sure it doesn't happen to us?

OPEN: Someone once asked a bunch of elementary aged children what they thought about love. Glenn, age 7: If falling love is anything like learning how to spell, I don’t want to do it. It takes too long. Regina, age 10 agrees: I’m not rushing into love. I’m finding fourth grade ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Swollen Heads Vs. Smelly Feet

Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Nov 4, 2001

Maybe our problem is that our egos have been inflated by the position that we hold that we have become not servants but members of a serve-me-please pharisaical class of clergy.

After a minister had preached a searching sermon on pride, a woman who had heard the sermon waited upon him and told him that she was in much distress of mind, and that she would like to confess to a great sin. The minister asked her what the sin was. She answered, “The sin of pride, for I sat ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Between The "Already" And The "Not Yet"

Contributed by Duke Jeffries on Oct 18, 2000

A. INTRODUCTION 1.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. We continue this morning in our study of the apostle Paul's exhaustive treatise on what has come to be called the Doctrine of S __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __, which is, we have learned, the life-long process whereby the Christian becomes more and more like Christ, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:14-17

The Impact Of Pentecost

Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 30, 2001

To call believers to the realization that it is God’s will that they all experience their own personal Pentecost.

The Impact of Pentecost Acts 2:1-4 1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47, Acts 2:1-4

Denomination: Wesleyan

God's Cure For Dirty Feet

Contributed by James Groce on Mar 27, 2002

We will never reach total perfection in this life, but this does not give us a license to sin

--------------------------- 1 John 1:5-7 5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, welie, and do not the truth: 7But if we walk in the light, as ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:5-7

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Loves People More Than Anything

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 29, 2006

A sermon on Jesus healing the man with a withered, shriveled hand on the Sabbath- Luke 6:6-11. (Much material taken from Sermon Central Contributor Clark Tanner in "Christ: Compassionate". I reworked the outline)

Sermon for 6/25/2006 Luke 6:6-11 Introduction: Ron Ritchie- Some years ago we sent a team of men to minister at a Midwestern college. We were holding meetings in a large room in the women’s dormitory. There was a rule at that college that the girls had to be in their rooms at 10:30 pm. We were ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:6-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ