Father's Day:Preach on God's example

SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

In Sermons:

showing 331-345 of 2,056
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice

Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives

Ready & Faithful

Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future

Why Suffering?

Help your church understand God's plan in pain

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Living Stones--Living In Reference To The Cornerstone Christ Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 4, 2023
     | 1,290 views

    The Church must always be moving forward into the future, so into the sunrise, with and for Christ.

    Fifth Sunday of Easter 2023 “The cornerstone is an important part of any masonry foundation. It is the first stone that is set in the construction of the foundation and all other stones are set in reference to this stone.” If you haven’t figured out what the cornerstone of the Church is, please ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    The Purpose Of Our Celebration Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 2, 2023
     | 939 views

    To know the Father it is necessary to know Christ, and from that Passover on, they will know and see the Father.

    Saturday of the Fourth Week of Easter 2023 When contemplating this reading from the fourteenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel, it is very important to realize that this is taken from Christ’s last prayer and teaching at the Last Supper, the beginning of Jesus’s own Passover. Jesus has just told his ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Different Sheep For A Very Different Shepherd Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 28, 2023
     | 974 views

    We must think of Jesus as Shepherd in a new way, lest we just think of a fellow in a robe and beard cuddling a little lamb.

    Fourth Sunday of Easter 2023 We have a great privilege this week. Today is, as most of you know, Good Shepherd Sunday, and not just for us Catholics. But in the weekly readings, we are also given texts telling us more about our Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. Still, lest we just think of a fellow in ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Pentecost

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 28, 2023
     | 1,860 views

    In 1967, she prayed this prayer, “Father, I give my life to You. Whatever you ask of me, I accept. Just teach me to follow Jesus and to love as He loves.” The fire quickly spread, even to other Christian denominations.

    On Tesco's brand of Tiramisu dessert, printed on the bottom of the box, it says, “DO NOT TURN UPSIDE DOWN.”1—(too late!) I want to consider how the Holy Spirit has a way of turning things upside down. Like in the Acts of the Apostles in our First Reading, the devout Jews from every nation ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    The Ascension Of The Lord- But They Doubted

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 22, 2023
     | 1,116 views

    Involuntary doubt refers to hesitation in believing, difficulty in overcoming objections connected with the faith, or also anxiety aroused by its obscurity. If deliberately cultivated doubt can lead to spiritual blindness.

    In a Roman Catholic parochial school, a young student learned that Light waves travel much faster than sound waves. And he knew that we can see as far out in the universe as 46.5 billion light years away. So, when Sister Marie was teaching the Biblical story of the Ascension of Jesus to a class of ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Where Is Jesus And How Do We Recognize Him? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 22, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,038 views

    We want to live in confidence in this God of resurrection, and so we believe in God, hope to be united with God eternally, and love each other so we can accomplish those tasks.

    Third Sunday in Easter 2023 As the Church moves more deeply into the Easter season, we are presented this year with the awesome story of the two disciples walking together to Emmaus, away from Jerusalem, away from the grave of the man they had followed for perhaps three years. They were ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    I Am, Fear Not Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 18, 2023
     | 804 views

    All resources are finite, and so when food and other sustenance was given to the Christian community’s widows, the goods ran out.

    Saturday of the 2nd Week in Easter 2023 There are some things that human beings do without thinking very long or hard before doing them. You can imagine the power and gas going off in a severe winter storm and then burning clothes and furniture in the fireplace to keep warm. Or one might find a ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Bearing With One Another, And What It Does Not Mean Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 16, 2023
     | 896 views

    Christ’s appearances shocked and surprised His disciples.

    Sunday After Easter Office of Readings (Col 3: 1-17) We have been, as St. Paul attests, raised up in company with Christ, and must set our heart on what pertains to higher realms, things above rather than things of earth. Now as earthly creatures, coming from other earthly creatures and set in the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    The Seventeen Percent Or The Seventy-Two? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 13, 2023
     | 958 views

    Frodo from Lord of the Rings is great fiction, but Jesus is the Risen King of the Universe.

    Sunday After Easter 2023 A couple of years ago, Rasmussen surveyed Americans and found that seventy-two out of every hundred Americans believe that Jesus is Son of God and raised from the dead. Seventeen percent definitely deny that. Thomas the Apostle, after being told of Christ’s physical rising ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Sixth Sunday Of Easter: The Advocate Or Paraclete

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 12, 2023
     | 1,223 views

    A minister with a cracked voice and an unprepossessing appearance will not have one-tenth the natural drawing power of a Gypsy Smith with his wonderful voice and attractive personality (especially if Gypsy Smith criticizes or attacks your faith or morals.

    Good morning, and Happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers and grandmothers and mother-figures such as big sisters in the congregation this morning. In a social media video, a woman named Nicole DeRoy explains one of the challenges of motherhood. She says, “My kids wanted to know what it was like ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    He Is Lord And Christ, But What Does That Mean? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 11, 2023
     | 844 views

    Jesus poured out everything–His knowledge, His dignity, His very human life-blood to the last drop on Calvary. He held back nothing so He could give it all to us

    An Easter Homily One of the first phrases out of St. Peter’s mouth on the Day of Pentecost, the day in which the Holy Spirit filled the disciples of Jesus and they broke out in tongues and prophecy, is “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Did Judas Do Any Good? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 5, 2023
     | 935 views

    Judas got nothing good–not pleasure or honor or power. He ended up being the only person in the Bible whom God judged as being better off never being born.

    Wednesday of Holy Week 2023 It does not seem terribly fair what happened to poor Kerioth-born Judas, as Matthew records it. He sells out Jesus for what in today’s currency would be about $260. Then, seeing Jesus condemned to death, he changes his mind and attempts to return the money to the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Fifth Sunday Of Easter- Many Mansions

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Mar 31, 2023
     | 1,417 views

    I-IT and I-THOU and I-I

    I-IT and I-THOU to symbolize relationships is Martin Buber’s great contribution to Christians as a Jewish religious philosopher, especially regarding our Readings this Sunday which speak about an integration between personal spirituality, vocational responsibility, and organizational practice.1 ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    The Passion Of Jesus: What And Why And Who Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 31, 2023
     | 1,008 views

    Don’t waste the week. Come into intimate contact with the God-man and His redemptive death.

    Palm/Passion Sunday 2023 We have just proclaimed some of the longest, most intense Scriptures of our Christian year, informing us and all the world of the what and why and who of the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ not quite two thousand years ago. These words invite long contemplation; the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Grand Dream Or Magnificent Reality? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 30, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,092 views

    Here was the man who showed by His mighty works that He could perhaps make the prophecies of Ezekiel and Jeremiah and all the other prophets happen.

    Saturday of the Fifth Week in Lent 2023 Let’s start off our reflection with a few facts that need to be remembered if we are to understand why the Church gives us these rich Scripture passages to consider today: First, the prophecy of Ezekiel the priest was given to the Babylonian exiles about six ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic