True and Just Are Your Ways
Revelation 15-16 · Preached October 18, 2026
God's judgment and his love are not opposites but two sides of the same holy character.
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Browse 15 real sermons on holiness from 8 churches across the MinistryHelper network, each turned into a full set of devotionals, discussion guides, and study content.
How Grace Saves, Shapes, and Sets Apart
Titus 2:11-15 · Preached October 18, 2026
Grace does far more than forgive sin, it actively teaches believers how to live while they wait for Christ's return.
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Living as Billboards for the Gospel
Titus 2:1-10 · Preached October 11, 2026
How Christians conduct themselves in everyday life shapes the way those around them perceive Jesus Christ.
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Holding the Line Against False Teaching
Titus 1:10-16 · Preached October 4, 2026
False teaching that contradicts Scripture has crept into the church and must be addressed with clarity and care.
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Guard Your Steps Before God
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 · Preached September 27, 2026
How a person approaches God in worship reveals more about their heart than any outward ritual or setting ever could.
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Out of Oil, Out of Order
Matthew 25:1-13 · Preached September 20, 2026
A Women's Day message at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church examines the parable of the ten virgins to ask whether believers are truly prepared for Christ's return.
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Forgiven People Forgive People
Ephesians 4:32-5:1 · Preached September 13, 2026
Unforgiveness in the heart of a believer is more offensive to God than anything visible from the outside.
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So Help Me God
Romans 8:1 · Preached September 13, 2026
God's law condemns every person as guilty, yet Christ paid the penalty so that those in him face no condemnation.
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Allow Joy to Reintroduce Himself
Matthew 5:1-10 · Preached June 28, 2026
Jesus opened his first recorded sermon with the word 'blessed,' signaling that human happiness has always mattered to God.
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Working Out What God Works In
Philippians 2:12-13 · Preached August 23, 2026
The Christian life is the ongoing process of working out what God is already working in you.
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Crossing Your Jordan Into Promise
Joshua 3:1-5 · Preached August 16, 2026
A barrier standing between you and God's purpose for your life requires preparation, obedience, and trust before it can be crossed.
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Finding Your Identity in Christ
Ephesians 4:20-24 · Preached August 16, 2026
God does not ask believers to fit Christ into an existing identity but to let Christ define and shape who they are from the foundation up.
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Faithful in a Culture of Confusion
Daniel 1:8-21 · Preached August 23, 2026
Daniel and his companions show what it looks like to remain faithful to God while living inside a culture that pressures believers to conform.
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Check Your Heart in God's Kingdom
Matthew 5:17-20 · Preached August 18, 2026
Jesus did not come to erase God's law but to fulfill it, and he calls his followers to examine the condition of their hearts.
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Burn the Plow, Wear the Mantle
1 Kings 19:19-21 · Preached September 7, 2025
The story of Elisha leaving his plow behind raises a direct question for anyone feeling spiritually stuck: what are you holding onto that keeps you from fully following God.
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Each one was written from a different sermon on holiness, in that pastor's own voice. Pick a sermon and read all five days free.
True and Just Are Your Ways
“Understanding the Truth Have you ever felt quietly embarrassed by the idea of God's judgment, like it's the part of faith you'd rather not bring up in conversation?”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalHow Grace Saves, Shapes, and Sets Apart
“Grace isn't just the door you walked through once, it's the whole house you get to live in. Here's a definition worth holding onto: grace is unmerited, undeserved favor from the Creator of the universe. Not favor you earned. Not favor you're working toward.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalLiving as Billboards for the Gospel
“Your patience at work, your honesty in a hard conversation, your kindness to a stranger, all of it can quietly say, look at him. You are already a billboard. The only question is what people see when they look at your life.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalHolding the Line Against False Teaching
“There's a phrase that sounds humble but can quietly become an excuse: Who am I to judge? We say it to avoid awkward conversations, to keep the peace, to protect relationships.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalGuard Your Steps Before God
“The second man came with almost nothing. He couldn't even lift his eyes. He had no speech prepared, no credentials to offer. Just five words: God, have mercy on me. And Jesus said he was the one who went home right with God.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalOut of Oil, Out of Order
“Have you ever said one thing and done another? Most of us have. And sometimes the gap between what we say we believe and how we actually live is wider than we'd like to admit.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalForgiven People Forgive People
“Have you ever walked into a room carrying something heavy and hoped no one would notice? Most of us do it every week, not with luggage, but with unforgiveness.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalSo Help Me God
“Understanding the Truth Have you ever walked into a courtroom scene in a movie and felt your stomach tighten, waiting to hear the judge's decision?”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalAllow Joy to Reintroduce Himself
“You don't have to manufacture a Christian smile today. You're allowed to bring your real self, the struggling, doubting, grieving version, and find that the gospel works even there.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalWorking Out What God Works In
“He doesn't just change your behavior, he changes your desires. He places holy dissatisfaction where there was once comfortable numbness. He stirs up hunger for things that are good and true and life-giving.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalFinding Your Identity in Christ
“She began to see that her worth wasn't in what she produced. It was in who she belonged to. And as that settled in, everything else, how she treated people, how she made decisions, how she handled uncertainty, started to look different.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalFaithful in a Culture of Confusion
“Daniel didn't land in Babylon by choice. He was taken captive, uprooted from everything familiar and dropped into a culture that expected him to blend in. The pressure to conform was real, immediate, and wrapped in the king's finest food.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalCheck Your Heart in God's Kingdom
“He said that looking at someone with lust is already adultery in the heart. He wasn't trying to make everyone feel like a failure. He was pointing to something deeper, that sin doesn't start with the action. It starts with the desire.”
Read all 5 days of the devotionalBurn the Plow, Wear the Mantle
“Understanding the Truth Have you ever felt like you're just going through the motions, same routine, same struggles, same feeling that somehow life was supposed to be more than this?”
Read all 5 days of the devotional15 small group discussion guides from sermons on holiness
Ready-to-lead discussion questions, each set drawn from one sermon on holiness. Open one and take it to your group this week.
True and Just Are Your Ways
“⏱ 5-10 minutes Go around the group and have everyone answer this question before diving into the sermon content: "Think of a time, maybe from a movie, a news story, or your own life”
Open the discussion guideHow Grace Saves, Shapes, and Sets Apart
“een grace and glory, between Christ's first coming and his return, we're called to say "no" to shortcuts because something better is coming. Where in your life right now is it hardest to believe that God's "something better" is worth waiting for? [Le”
Open the discussion guideLiving as Billboards for the Gospel
“We don't try to act well to be approved by God. We try to act well so that others might think well about our God.”
Open the discussion guideHolding the Line Against False Teaching
“Small Group Discussion Guide "Hold the Line: Truth, Love, and the Church" Based on Titus 1:10-16 | Harris Creek Baptist Church A Note to Facilitators: This week's sermon addresses some topics that may feel sensitive”
Open the discussion guideGuard Your Steps Before God
“Have you ever accidentally walked into a situation where someone important or surprising was present, a celebrity, a boss, someone you deeply respect, and you had to quickly change how you were acting?”
Open the discussion guideOut of Oil, Out of Order
“said we say "there is no God" by how we react in a crisis. She shared that God challenged her to stop bracing herself when hard things come and start embracing them. What is the difference between bracing and embracing a crisis? Whi”
Open the discussion guideForgiven People Forgive People
“Ephesians 4:32 says to forgive "as God in Christ forgave you." The pastor emphasized the tiny word "as", meaning the standard for our forgiveness is God's forgiveness of us. What makes that standard feel impossible? What makes it feel possible?”
Open the discussion guideSo Help Me God
“Pastor Gable shared his personal story of running from God for years, living what looked like a glamorous life, until God met him in a hotel room in April 2006. He said, "I ran from God because I felt I needed to be perfect first.”
Open the discussion guideAllow Joy to Reintroduce Himself
“This guide is designed to help any leader, whether you're an experienced elder or leading a group for the first time, create a meaningful conversation around Sunday's message.”
Open the discussion guideWorking Out What God Works In
“Small Group Discussion Guide "Working It Out: The Outworking and Inworking of the Christian Life" Based on Philippians 2:12-13 For Facilitators: This guide is designed for a 60-90 minute meeting.”
Open the discussion guideCrossing Your Jordan Into Promise
“Crossing Your Jordan Small Group Discussion Guide Based on the Sermon from Joshua 3:1-5, 15-17 "Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”
Open the discussion guideFaithful in a Culture of Confusion
“niel and his three friends chose faithfulness over conformity when they were taken captive in Babylon. Their story isn't just about survival, it's a picture of how radical obedience to God can actually impact an entire culture. T”
Open the discussion guideCheck Your Heart in God's Kingdom
“Jesus says in Matthew 5:27-28 that looking at someone with lustful intent is already adultery in the heart. This teaching was shocking in His day, and it's still uncomfortable today. Why do you think Jesus goes after the heart instead of just the behavior?”
Open the discussion guide15 deep study guides from sermons on holiness
For groups that want to go further. Each guide works through one sermon on holiness passage by passage.
True and Just Are Your Ways
“The prayers of the saints in Revelation 5:8 are stored in golden bowls, the same bowls that appear in chapter 16 filled with wrath. What does it mean to you that God collects and holds our prayers for justice?”
Open the deep study guideHow Grace Saves, Shapes, and Sets Apart
“We were not just pardoned; we were purchased. That changes how we think about ongoing sin: to return to it is to walk back toward what Christ paid to free us from.”
Open the deep study guideLiving as Billboards for the Gospel
“Each of the five groups is given instructions specific to their season and situation, but the underlying concern is always the same: the reputation of the gospel among outsiders. What does this tell us about God's heart for people who don't yet know him?”
Open the deep study guideHolding the Line Against False Teaching
“The church is called to hold the line on biblical truth not out of arrogance or culture-warring, but out of genuine love, correcting error, sharing Christ, and never stopping the search for the lost.”
Open the deep study guideGuard Your Steps Before God
“In Hebrew, hearing and obeying are almost the same concept. You have not truly heard something if you do not act on it. So "draw near to listen" carries the full weight of: come ready to receive, internalize, and obey.”
Open the deep study guideOut of Oil, Out of Order
“The speaker's insight is crucial here: this fool has understanding, he just refuses to act on it. This is not ignorance; it is willful suppression.”
Open the deep study guideForgiven People Forgive People
“Share with your group: Paul's letter to the Colossians was written to a church facing pressure from a blend of Jewish legalism and early Greek philosophy, a worldview that said spiritual progress was about”
Open the deep study guideSo Help Me God
“This session explores the Apostle Paul's courtroom logic in Romans, the progression from universal guilt under God's law, to justification through Christ's blood, to the stunning verdict of "no condemnation" for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Open the deep study guideAllow Joy to Reintroduce Himself
“This session explores Jesus' inaugural sermon, specifically the Beatitudes, as a revolutionary reorientation of how humanity understands happiness and joy. Pastor Touré Roberts made the provocative case that the modern Christian distinction between”
Open the deep study guideWorking Out What God Works In
“The word "therefore" in verse 12 connects the command to the Hymn of Christ in verses 5-11. Why do you think Paul follows a song about Christ's humility and exaltation with a command to work, rather than a call to worship?”
Open the deep study guideCrossing Your Jordan Into Promise
“The priests had to step into a raging, flood-stage river before anything changed. The miracle didn't happen at the edge of the bank, it happened when their feet hit the water.”
Open the deep study guideFaithful in a Culture of Confusion
“Daniel's resolve was set before the pressure arrived. What decision do you need to make now, before the next moment of pressure, so that you don't have to figure it out in the moment?”
Open the deep study guideBurn the Plow, Wear the Mantle
“Elisha didn't just leave, he made it impossible to go back. Is there a step you could take this week that would make your commitment harder to reverse?”
Open the deep study guide15 sermon quizzes from sermons on holiness
Short quizzes that check whether a sermon on holiness landed. Each one was built from that sermon's actual content.
True and Just Are Your Ways
“According to Nathan, what is the only instructive verse for the church in all of Revelation chapters 15 and 16?”
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“According to the pastor, what does grace teach us to do 'in this present age' between Christ's first and second appearance?”
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“According to the study from the Institute of Family Studies cited in the sermon, what fraction of young men plays video games, gambles, AND watches pornography every single day?”
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“In Titus 1, what is the only command Paul gives in the passage the pastor preached from?”
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“In C.S. Lewis's 'The Screwtape Letters,' what tactic do the demons use to defeat Christians during worship?”
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“According to Elizabeth Lutter, what is one of the key things she said you CANNOT do with salvation?”
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“How does the pastor describe the difference between forgiveness and trust, using the illustration with James and his car?”
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“According to Pastor Gable, what does every sin do in relation to Satan?”
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“According to Pastor Touré, what is the greatest revelation of Matthew 5, the Beatitudes?”
Take the sermon quizWorking Out What God Works In
“The pastor told a funny story about people who vowed they'd never go to church again once they left their mother's house. What was his spiritual point?”
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“According to the sermon, approximately how many people had to cross the Jordan River at flood stage?”
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“In his personal illustration about imitating his father, what specific habit did Pastor Wes catch himself doing that made him realize he was becoming like his dad?”
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“According to Elliot, what is the key difference in outcome between Daniel chapter 1 (the feast) and Daniel chapter 3 (the furnace), even though the men ran the same play?”
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“A man approached the pastor in the lobby with tears in his eyes and pulled something out of his pocket. What was it, and why did it matter?”
Take the sermon quizBurn the Plow, Wear the Mantle
“What key principle did Pastor Craig state about the relationship between God's prompting and our obedience?”
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