Sermons on Why Jesus Came:

Why The Church? Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 7, 2014

A sermon that begins a series on the community of the church (Material adapted from introduction of Daniel Overdorf's book, Rediscovering Community, from College Press)

HoHum: It’s popular today to meet with friends at a coffee shop and call it “church.” In some cases it is but most of the time it isn’t. It’s difficult to stand in defense of the church when there are so many examples of dysfunctional churches around us. But ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Suffering? Youth Sermon

Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 4, 2023

Suffering has a purpose in our lives, as it expands our faith, sanctifies us, and makes us savory to the world around us.

Today, we're gonna talk about something we all face in life: suffering. Yeah, I know it's not the most fun topic, but stick with me, because I promise it's important. We all go through tough times, and sometimes it's hard to see why. But guess what? God has a plan for all of it, and He's using it ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:3-5

Topics: Pain Management, Emotional Resilience, Life Challenges, Personal Growth

Why Suffering? Series

Contributed by Steve Pearman on May 29, 2025

In our series about the Big Questions of faith, we look at the subject of Suffering

Introduction We’re in a series called “The Big Questions of Faith,” and today we face one of the hardest: • Why is there suffering? • Why would a loving and merciful God allow it? This isn’t just a question for theologians - it’s a question for all of us. Whether you’ve o lost someone you ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:18-28

Why Prayer? Series

Contributed by Wade Allen on May 29, 2007

A sermon looking at why we pray.

A mother and her children were taking a tour of New York City and were in awe of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The children were especially curious about the votive candles at the front of the cathedral, so the mother invited each of them to light one. She explained it was customary to say a prayer of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Church? Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 16, 2008

There are five things being a part of church allows us to do which we can’t do on our own in the same way

Why Church? Ephesians 4:11-16 George Barna is a demographer and social scientist who does surveys for major corporations like Disney and Visa but also spends a good portion of his profits studying faith trends in the US and the impact the church is having for Jesus Christ. In his book, Revolution, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16

Denomination: Methodist

Why Go?

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Nov 10, 2003

Why go to the unenlightened heathen with the Gospel? Because they are sinners in need of Savior.

Why Go? Rom. 2:12-15 INTRO.: When we talk about the mission of the Church to send the Gospel all over the world, the question always comes up; "What happens to the heathen who never hear anything about God?" or "If we are judged by the light available to us, then they can get to Heaven without ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:12-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Ten?

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 31, 2003

A look a the concept of tithing from Melchizedek on.

We don’t know a whole lot about him, and what we do know is buried in mystery. We know that he was the King of Salem, we know that he was a priest of the Most High God, we know that he had a funny name and we know that Abraham thought enough of him that he made an offering of ten percent of ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 7:1-14, Hebrews 7:1

Denomination: Wesleyan

Why The City

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 16, 2007

This sermon was part of a service of Prayer for our City. For Christ to reach a nation, he must reach the cities.

Why> the City (Church of the City Prayer Service) – Combined, Bi-lingual Service Opening Songs ED - Message: Today our church is participating in something that is happening in 80 other congregations of all kinds across the city of San Antonio. About a month ago Dallas, Jesus, and I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:19-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Community?

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jan 8, 2008

A look at our need for true community in all of its glorious messiness.

Dakota Community Church January 06, 2008 Why Community? - I We live in a very “individual” focused social order. It’s all about personal rights and freedoms, personal space, and let’s not forget personal relationship with God. This church thing though is about something different altogether; in ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35

Denomination: Mennonite

Why The Church? Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jan 21, 2003

The Church described in Ephesians is the Body of Christ, the habitation of God, the bride-elect of Christ, the channel of God’s grace to all the world, and designed to glorify God.

Why the Church? INTRO.: In 1792, a Methodist preacher in North Carolina, James O’Kelly, revolted against the Methodist Church. He had fought valiantly in the American revolution for his freedom and could no longer tolerate being ruled from England by the Methodist, Bishop Asbury. He and his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:22-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Me?

Contributed by Jose R. Hernandez on Apr 9, 2011

Do not allow the enemy to trap you in the “why me?” Just remember who you are.

If you remember, last week I mentioned that on occasions the believers tend to fall in the enemy’s trap; on occasions, the believer tends to fall in the trap of self pity, which in almost all instances causes them to deviate from God’s path. This was certainly the case with the prophet ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:2-5

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"Why Proverbs? Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jun 4, 2018

Solomon tells us who the book of Proverbs was written for and why.

The fool says in his heart “there is no God” (Psalm 14:1), lives as if there’s no God and ends up eternally separated from God. The wise acknowledges there’s a God, lives to please God and ends up eternally enjoying communion with God. Those who are wise acknowledge that God is there and He is not ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 1:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Why Trust Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2014

Trust can be a huge challenge for us, especially when it comes to God. What does it really mean to trust God?

Why Trust? Matthew 6:25-34
 A man was out jogging one day and slipped and fell off a cliff. Grabbing hold of a branch on the way down, he found himself stranded and began to scream, “Help, is there anyone up there who can hear me?” He yelled for hours and was about to give up when ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: Methodist

Why Hell ?

Contributed by Jim Caswell on May 11, 2017

Hell is real, but so is the salvation of the cross.

Title: Why Hell? Date: 5/21/17 Place: BLCC Text: 2 Peter 3.12-13 CT: Hell is real, but so is the salvation of the cross. FAS: British evangelist Rico Tice says, "Loving people means warning people." He illustrates with the following personal story: I was once in Australia visiting a friend. He ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:12-13

Denomination: Christian Church

Why Be An Usher

Contributed by Lacy Scott on Jul 24, 2008

What is the motivation to ministry of ushering.

“WHY BE AN USHER?” PSALMS 84:10 WE HAVE STOPPED BY THIS EVENING TO CELEBRATE WITH OUR FRIENDS AT _____________ IN THEIR ANNUAL USHER DAY PROGRAM. A TIME THAT IS SET ASIDE TO HONOR AND APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE AND WORK THAT THOSE ON THE USHER STAFF HAVE GIVEN. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO ANSWER ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 84:10, Psalm 84:10-12, 1 Corinthians 14:40

Denomination: Baptist