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It looks like a few people have reported this problem over the last several months, but I haven't seen an answer for this yet. I'd like you to check a few things:

First, look at your WordPress Page with the title "Sermons". (It's parent Page is Media Resources.) Does it contain the shortcode with no options inside it?

Second, in the WordPress control panel, go to Sermons, Options. What do you have in the "Upload folder" box?

Finally, go to Sermons, Templates, and look at the "Sermon page" template. Please copy everything in that template and paste it into http://pastebin.com/ , then post the link here so we can take a look at it.

pfeilmail,
Try changing your Upload folder option to:
/lacmedia/wp-content/uploads/sermons/

If that doesn't work, try this:
/wp-content/uploads/sermons/

If neither of those work right away, then pick one, let it sit for a day, and check it again.

On our church's website, we always upload the audio file via FTP, so I don't think that is the problem.

Our upload folder box is set to:
/wp-content/uploads/sermons/

I know your WordPress installation is in the /lacmedia/ subfolder, so that's why I had you try the other setting also. I don't know if waiting a day will help or not, but we've seen problems similar to this go away by themselves after a few hours.

The URL for the sermon link on your site is correct. On a site that is working properly, this address will display a page containing just the one sermon and any Bible verses attached. For example:
http://www.pathwayschurch.us/p…..rmon_id=25

pfeilmail said:

is there a way I can simply remove the link? Since the audio file plays right from the main sermon page, there's really no reason to click to a different page. If I could remove the underline hyperlink and not give people the opportunity to click it, that would be fine with me. It looks like the filters work fine and people are still able to listen to the audio file by just clicking the player so I'm thinking they don't need to click a link to the actual sermon. But how would I do this?

This, I can help you with.

Before we begin, though, the typical warnings: I think the changes below are pretty basic, but still it's a good idea to make regular backups of your WordPress installation, both the files and the database. If you haven't done so recently, it would be a good idea to make a backup before you make these changes.

Now take a look at your Search results page template, which can be found by clicking on Sermons, Templates. Somewhere in there, you'll see the template tag [sermon_title]. This tag gets replaced by the Sermon title with a link. We'll create a new template tag without a link. Let's call it [sermon_title_no_link].

To do this, we need to edit the dictionary.php file in the Sermon Browser plugin. This file contains all the definitions for all the template tags. If you are familiar with PHP editing and want to get right to it, skip the next paragraph.

If you are not used to editing PHP files, the easiest way to edit the file is to edit it right from the WordPress control panel. The downside to editing this way is that you can't make a backup easily before you begin. However, this is a simple edit, so you should be okay. See below for what to do in the event of catastrophic failure. To begin, deactivate Sermon Browser. Then access the plugin editor by going to Plugins, Editor. Choose Sermon Browser from the drop-down box and click Select. Next, on the right side of the screen you'll see a list of files in the plugin. Click on "sermon-browser/sb-includes/dictionary.php"

The dictionary.php file contains two functions. Function sb_search_results_dictionary contains the template tags for the Search results template. This is the one we are concerned with. Look for the line that contains the [sermon_title] tag (it should be around line number 11). It should look like this:

Just below that line, add the following line:

If you are using the WordPress plugin editor, click Update file. Otherwise, save the file you are editing and upload it to your web server. If you deactivated Sermon Browser, Activate it again.

Next, you need to edit your Search results page template to use the new template tag. Go to Sermons, Templates. In the Search results page template box, find the tag [sermon_title]. Replace it with [sermon_title_no_link]. Click the "Save" button at the bottom of the page. That should do it.

Note: Edit dictionary.php first, then edit the template, in that order.

If something catastrophic happens as a result of your editing the php file, you can reinstall Sermon Browser. To do this, access your web server via FTP and rename the sermon-browser folder (found in wp-content/plugins) to something else. This will automatically deactivate Sermon Browser and bring your site back up (minus Sermon Browser, of course). Then you can install Sermon Browser again and Activate it. You shouldn't lose any sermons, and you'll be back to where you were before you made any changes.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any questions.