Sermons on Wishes:

If The Heart Were A Bone... I'd Be Crippled

Contributed by R. Joseph Owles on Jun 22, 2011

Seeing the Christ in our midst...

I can remember being young and watching the play Peter Pan. In that play there is a scene in which Tinker Bell, who becomes jealous of Wendy, agrees to betray Peter Pan by identifying the location of his hiding place to Captain Hook. Captain Hook then sends a bomb to Peter Pan which is disguised ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

Denomination: Catholic

Does God Want Us Rich And Healthy?

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on May 17, 2009

Get a prosperous soul and let God decide if your life will match it or be given something better.

If you listen to many of the TV and radio preachers you would think that Christ is the dispenser of the American dream. Indeed, God’s throne seems to be a celestial Las Vegas where instead of spinning a wheel your prayers are like rolling dice. If you roll the right number God drops money, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:31-40, 3 John 1:1-2, 1 Timothy 6:5-9

Denomination: Baptist

Need Work? Christ Works

Contributed by Joshua Parrish on Jun 11, 2008

In an time when so many people are in need of work, Christ asks us to work for him. We do not work to earn salvation, we work because we already have salvation!

I want you to think for a moment about the talented people you know or that you know of. [advance] They could be athletes; they might be musicians, or dancers, or writers, or painters. I think we all know talented people, skilled people. And maybe they aren’t skilled at athletic, or artistic ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Feb 20, 2020

Jesus shows His true color in the Transfiguration

2.23.20 Matthew 17:1-9 Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James; and he led them up onto a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured in front of them. His face was shining like the sun. His clothing became as white as the light. 3 Just then, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9

Denomination: Lutheran

Caring And Sharing

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Feb 5, 2022

Caring enough to share our love and faith meets other people’s needs, physical and spiritual; but it also meets ours as well. Whenever we look out beyond ourselves and reach out to care and share, God delivers us from our own problems.

This morning’s message is entitled “caring and sharing.” Often when we teach on the purpose and life of the church we speak about koinonia, which is a New Testament Greek word meaning “fellowship.” However, one pastor tells us “that koinonia means caring for the poor” and that “Christian ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:25-34

Denomination: Baptist

The Priestly Blessing Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 27, 2015

God blesses us and causes us to be a blessing to others. We need to learn what it means to bless, and to let people know we are blessed.

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.” In Fiddler on the Roof, a man from the Jewish village of Anatevka asks the Rabbi, “Is there a blessing for the Czar?” The ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 6:22-27

Denomination: Congregational

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

The God Who Changes The Unchangeable

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Aug 7, 2005

Philip Yancey has described it as one of the ugliest words in our language. It is a word that nearly suffocates all the joy out of life. The word is irreversible. But through Jesus that which was irreversible has now been reversed.

The God Who Changes the Unchangeable Acts 3:13-15 Philip Yancey has described it as one of the ugliest words in our language. It is a word that nearly suffocates all the joy out of life. The word is irrevers¬ible. You know what it means for something to be irreversible do you? It’s like the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:13-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Two

Contributed by Scott Ridout on Jul 2, 2009

A sermon from a series entitled, "Five" focusing on the five things the pastors of Sun Valley want for their congregation members. This message relates the joy and necessity of sharing your faith.

Today, we are in our second week in a series we creatively called five. And we are talking about five things that we as pastors at Sun Valley want not from you, but for you. Five things that if they were true of your life, would take your experience of God, your perspective on life and I believe, ...read more

Scripture: Philemon 1:6

Denomination: Baptist

The Wise Man's Gifts

Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 30, 2013

Solomon was given special gifts by God which he wasted in pursuit of the meaningless. We too are given gifts, what shall we do with what we have been given?

asked, 'Did they do the same thing with the foundation?" He laughed and said: "Oh... you can't do THAT with a foundation." A contractor will tell you that a building is only as good as its foundation. If the foundation is faulty, the building is doomed. But if the foundation is solid, the building ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 28:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In Health As Your Soul Prospers

Contributed by John Gaston on Aug 6, 2020

"Soul Prospering" is the key to health and all other forms of prospering.This truth upholds the idea that it's God's will for all to be healed and it explains why many are not healed.

IN HEALTH AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS 3 Jn. 2 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: OUTBOASTING TEXAS 1. A Texan was visiting Niagara Falls. The New York tour guide said, “I know you have a lot of big things in Texas, but I bet you haven’t got anything like that in Texas!” pointing to the Falls. 2. The Texan ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 1:2, Matthew 8:17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Jesus The Messianic King(2020)-2

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 17, 2020

2 of ? Matthew’s audience is provided a telling look at Jesus’ right to Messianic rule. Jesus is uniquely the Messianic King. But ?Why is Jesus uniquely that King? OR...?What makes Jesus uniquely the Messianic King? Jesus is uniquely the Messianic King by...

JESUS The MESSIANIC KING-II—Matthew 1:1-17 Attention: A Politically Correct, Legally Safe, Holiday Greeting: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:2-16, Matthew 1:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Job's Trials

Contributed by Luther Sexton on Jun 21, 2018

A brief Outline of Job's Trial

JOB'S RESPONSE TO TRIAL I. He Worshipped Job 1:20 (After wealth and children were lost.) II. He Wished Job 3:1-5 that he had not been born. (After body was diseased.) III. He Wanted Job 6:8-9 to be destroyed. IV. He Wished Again Job 9:32-33 for a daysman (umpire) between he and God. V. He is ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:1-2

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Made Us Strong

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 2, 2012

I. EXORDIUM: Are you strong because of the vitamins? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believer III. OBJECTIVES: To prove that GOD made us strong IV. TEXT: Zechariah 10:12 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) By my power I will make my peo

I. EXORDIUM: Are you strong because of the vitamins? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believer III. OBJECTIVES: To prove that GOD made us strong IV. TEXT: Zechariah 10:12 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) By my power I will make my people strong, and by my authority they will go wherever they ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 10:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

First Things First

Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000

Seek first the Kingdom of God.

"First Things First" Matthew 6:25-33 In the ancient Arabian folktale, Aladdin, Aladdin is the lazy son of a poor Chinese tailor. After his father's death, he meets a magician who says that he is Aladdin's uncle. The magician convinces Aladdin to go after a beautiful lamp that is hidden in a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ