Sermons on Wrong Direction:

New Clothes Series

Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Nov 10, 2002

Believers are called to "put off" the old man and "put on" the new man. Literally, Christians exchange ashes for beauty, wrongness for righteousness.

Characteristics of Christianity pt 2 New Cothes I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels. Isaiah 61:10 (NLT) [Past tense] In ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:8-17, Isaiah 61:10

Denomination: Baptist

Answering Our Culture #9: "I Don't Want To Change My Lifestyle" Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 26, 2002

Ninth in the series of answering charges against Christianity. This one discusses the bottom-line issue of submitting to Christ, and the question of "What if Christianity is wrong?"

Answering Our Culture #9 – I Don’t Want to Change My Lifestyle; What if Christianity is Wrong? Various Scriptures September 29, 2002 Introduction Today we look at our last main message on reasons people give for not becoming Christians. We have spent the better part of the last 3 months looking ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-4

Denomination: Wesleyan

Maintaining Faith…don’t Get Shipwrecked!

Contributed by Kelly Durant on Oct 25, 2015

We must maintain faith. Those that lose faith do much damage. Many today have lost consciousness or right and wrong.

Maintaining Faith…Don’t Get Shipwrecked! Kelly Durant 10-25-15 1 Tim 1:18-20 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:18-20

Denomination: Salvation Army

Sunday Morning Religion

Contributed by Adrian Rogers on Feb 15, 2012

There’s nothing wrong with Sunday-morning religion, but the problem is that so many people have only a Sunday-morning religion.

The curse of the 20th Century is Sunday-morning religion. Now, there’s nothing wrong with Sunday-morning religion, but the problem is that so many people have only a Sunday-morning religion. Somebody wrote these words: “They’re praising God on Sunday, but they’ll be all ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:16-24

Denomination: Baptist

What Must We Do To Be Saved?

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 29, 2013

What to believe about Jesus for salvation, versus a wrong kind of belief. What we are saved from, and what we are saved to.

WHAT MUST WE DO TO BE SAVED? Acts 16:25-34. The Apostle Paul and his companion Silas had responded to the call of God to take the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to Macedonia. The first recorded convert to Christianity in Europe was a woman named Lydia, whose heart the Lord opened to give heed ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:25-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Is Legalism A Bad Word?

Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010

This message deals with the fact that God’s law (from Moses to Christ) is good and that its continued presence in church and culture is right, not wrong.

Too many people today, even Christians, feel like the days of grace and spiritual liberty should erase the law of God. If any minister or church preaches or teaches the laws of God as good, they are labeled as old-fashioned, cult-like, or legalistic. Since when did ‘legalism’ (the idea of abiding ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:1-25

Denomination: Baptist

Building On The Right Foundation

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jan 21, 2010

It's not necessarily how we build, but how we start that counts. We can build a great building, but if it is on the wrong foundation...trouble!

Passage: Matthew 7:24-29 Intro: Story of the Quimpers on the banks of the river, in Michener’s book “Texas” 1. the Sermon on the Mount has been full of images. PP very fast: paths, roads, gates, wolves and sheep, salt, light, trees… 2. but there is a final ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-29

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Where Is My Beauty?

Contributed by Godwin Tam Brisibe on Aug 19, 2011

There are times when we ask questions becuase the promises of God has not been fultilled in our lives, and there is nothing wrong in asking questions.

Isaiah 61:1-4 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted , to proclaim liberty to the captives , and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; 2 To proclaim the acceptable ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Haggai's First Message Series

Contributed by Bramwell Hayes on Apr 29, 2008

The Post-exilic people got their priorities wrong. So do we. God calls us back to put first things first

It was 29th August 520 BC, over 18 years since they had returned from exile in Babylon. An exile that their parents and grandparents had been repeatedly warned by the prophets would come if they did not abandon the worship of fake gods and return to the Lord alone. They ignored the warnings of the ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:1-15

Denomination: Salvation Army

Assumption

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Nov 18, 2025

Why did the Pharisees assume that Jesus did something wrong on the Sabbath? Healing was allowed. Do we make assumptions about people?

Assumption Luke 13:10 – 17 Rabbi Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz Luke 13:10 Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent over double, and could not straighten up at all. 12 When ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: United Methodist

He Lifts Me Up

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 24, 2025

God’s mercy lifts us from resentment into freedom; forgiveness is not forgetting the wrong—it’s releasing it to the One who heals

1 — The Wound That Wouldn’t Heal It’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. That’s how this message begins—not with triumph but with honesty. Because forgiveness never starts from strength; it starts from brokenness. Maybe you know that kind of breaking. Someone walked away, someone lied, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:19, Genesis 50:20, Matthew 18:21-35, Psalm 3:3

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Thorn In The Flesh

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Apr 23, 2025

There is always a thorn that is sand paper that rubs us wrong. Paul tells us how we can deal with them in our lives.

The Thorn in the flesh 2 Cor. 12:1-10 Good Morning everyone…Let’s pray Prayer- Father, in the powerful name of Jesus, we come this morning and we are wanting you to do something fresh and new! It is our prayer that each time we gather here in your name, we want to see you do something ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Denomination: Nazarene

Sermon On A Free Spirit

Contributed by William Meakin on Jul 1, 2025

Ethics have been defined as fundamental beliefs and values that guide individuals' decisions and actions regarding what is considered right or wrong.

Martin Luther King Jr, an American minister of religion and activist once remarked: “Moral principles have lost their distinctiveness. For modern man, absolute right and absolute wrong are a matter of what the majority is doing.” Romans 13:1-7 reminds us: “Let every person be subject to the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:26, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Romans 13:8-10, Proverbs 11:1

Faithfully Follow Jesus Youth Sermon

Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 4, 2023

When we decide to follow Jesus, He gives us a new identity, makes our wrongs right, and makes us whole.

Today, we're going to talk about what it means to go all in for Jesus. You know, sometimes we think we know Jesus, but we don't really follow Him. So, let's dive in and see what happens when we decide to follow Jesus completely. Object Lesson: Grab a backpack and fill it with random items (books, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24, Matthew 4:18-20

Topics: Faithful Discipleship, Spiritual Commitment, Divine Obedience, Christlike Living

Psalm 10 - A Prayer For Justice Against The Wicked Series

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Oct 1, 2015

This psalm is one that deals with the matter of the unrighteous wicked who often usurp their control over the righteous. It directs us toward effective prayer in these matters.

A PRAYER FOR JUSTICE AGAINST THE WICKED TEXT: Psalm 10:1-18 Psalms 10:1-18 KJV Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? [2] The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. [3] For the wicked ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 10:1-18

Denomination: Pentecostal