Sermons on Abortion Is Murder:

How Our Nation Turned Its Back On God's Commandments Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 26, 2021

No city, no nation, no culture deliberately sets out to become a society of depraved miscreants, to be forever remembered as abhorrent, to give its name to an unspeakable sin.

Homily for Monday of 13th week in Course Gen 18; Mt 8:18-22 Have you ever wondered how Sodom and Gomorrah got to be the way they were in the time of Abraham and Lot? In their day gangs of violent homosexuals roamed the city night after night, invading the homes of law-abiding citizens, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:16-33, Matthew 8:18-22

Denomination: Catholic

Unity, Hypocrisy And Engagement With A Needy Culture Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 15, 2021

But there’s more to Christian life. Much more. It’s a series of challenges and privileges that come to us with our existence in human society. We model our love for other human beings on the love God has for us.

Seventh Sunday of Easter The prophet Isaiah said it several hundred years before Jesus was born: “My thoughts are not your thoughts. Your ways are not my ways.” Our psalm says it in another way: “As far as the east is from the west, so far has [God] put our transgressions from us.” God is not ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:8-10, Acts 1:15-26, Psalm 19:11-12, 1 John 4:11-16, John 17:11-19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Lesson 43: Subversive Preaching Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 27, 2018

How to subvert a popular theological misconception.

Lesson Goal In this lesson I hope to teach you how to subvert a popular notion. Lesson Intro The sermon on the mount (Matthew 5-7) is subversive, but wise in avoiding hot political issues. Many preachers around the world get themselves into political trouble by trying to subvert the legally ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Paschal Mystery And Our True Ends Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 28, 2024

Raised with Christ means being moved into a new level of existence, an existence that is best studied in the Book of Revelations, the Apocalypse.

Easter Sunday 2024 (The Paschal Mystery) God is entirely transcendent. God is so different from us that there is no way we can comprehend Him, that is, get our arms around Him. We are a combination spiritual and material beings, body and soul. God, Who is Most Real, is also Immense. We understand ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4, John 20:1-9, Revelation 21:1-8, Acts 10:34-43

Denomination: Catholic

A Pastoral Response To The Bombing In Bali Series

Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Oct 20, 2002

The terrorist attack in Bali came a week before I was to preach on the subject of murder, and a National Day of Mourning was declared for that Sunday. God does work in mysterious ways...

Over the last few weeks God has been showing me how his timing is always perfect. I became more convinced of this when I realised what sermon I had planned to preach today. In view of the events of the last week today’s passage seems to be the most appropriate in the Bible. The bombing in Bali ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:13, Matthew 5:21-26

Denomination: Holiness

Good Friday

Contributed by David Trexler on Mar 21, 2008

What happen on this day some 2000 years ago was a murder, a cruel, painful, and utterly shameful execution.

Sermon for Good Friday 2008 Here is the only message I will proclaim on Good Friday. Because what happen on this day some 2000 years ago was a murder, a cruel, painful, and utterly shameful execution. Paul the apostle says it best when he holds up the horror of the actual cross, “We preach ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:26-48

Denomination: Lutheran

Hands That Shed Innocent Blood

Contributed by James Dina on Jul 30, 2020

God’s image is debased and his wrath justly incited every time a person(innocent blood) made in God’s image is unjustly destroyed. Approximately, there are 200.000 abortions per day worldwide (WHO).What blood could be more innocent than the blood of an unborn child?

HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT BLOOD God’s image is debased and his wrath is justly incited every time a person (innocent blood) made in God’s image is unjustly destroyed. Approximately, there are 200,000 abortions per day worldwide (WHO). What blood could ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 19:10, Genesis 4:1-8, Proverbs 6:16-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

There Is Death, But There Is Forgiveness And Healing

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 31, 2024

God’s Word is more powerful than anything the profiteers of death can throw at us.

December 28 Holy Innocents 2024 Voters in the state of Florida awoke on November 5 of 2024 to discover that their fellow Floridian Donald J. Trump had defeated his opponent not only in their state but popularly in the entire country, and decisively by electoral vote count. They also found that, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:13-18, Psalm 124:2-8

Denomination: Catholic

The Fruit Of The Spirit: Goodness

Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Jul 22, 2023

The Holy Spirit wants us to grow in the quality of goodness. But what is goodness? How can we find the path of goodness?

For the past three weeks we’ve been focusing on two verses in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. Paul wrote, ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law’ [Galatians 5:22-23] In these famous ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

The Return Of Evil Spirits Unto This Wicked Generation

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on May 7, 2023

We don’t need to have a Christian nation, government, educational system or culture to stand for holiness and thrive spiritually. Let’s stand for holiness not being conformed to the ideologies and modern day thinking of this wicked generation.

The Return of Evil Spirits Unto this Wicked Generation By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - Nelson Mandela once said “You speak a language people know you speak to their head. You speak a language people understand you speak to their hearts”. It is my desire to speak to your ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:43-45, Matthew 13:10-13, Romans 1:21-32, Matthew 23:27-28, Isaiah 29:13, Leviticus 10:10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Apostolic

The Hush Of Holiness Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Aug 25, 2025

Because God reigns over all, I must allow Him to rule over all of me.

The Hush of Holiness Psalm 99:1-9 Rev. Brian Bill August 23-24, 2025 When I was a student at Moody Bible Institute, I served as a summer missionary in Zimbabwe where I taught in a Bible college. At the end of our time, our team took a trip to Victoria Falls, which is one of the largest and most ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 99:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

10 Commandments #6: Let There Be Life! Series

Contributed by Florita King on Jun 6, 2019

How many families do you know who are destroyed by violence and anger and bitterness. There may not be a physical murder but many of us can attest to families who emotionally murder each other, spreading seeds of resentment that often poisons the current and future generations.

LET THERE BE LIFE Ten Commandments That Build Strong Families - Part 6 Exodus 20:13 Were in Part 6 in the series “Ten Commandments That Build Strong Families.” Exodus 20:13 is very simple, just four words: "You shall not murder." Some of you are saying, we can skip this one. Probably ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:13

Not By, But For Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Apr 21, 2009

Dealing with one of the greatest truths in all of Scripture, namely being saved by the grace of God.

Not By, but For Text: Ephesians 2:8-10 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) This is one of the most well known passages of Scripture from the Bible, and it’s also one of the most debated. If I was to take a poll within the Body of Christ, across all denominations, and I was to ask, “What would you like ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Listen Up Sheep!

Contributed by Gary Holt on Jan 14, 2023

God is trying to get our attention. He has things to say, do we want to hear them? Are we listening?

"Listen up sheep” part 1 John 10:22-30 https://youtu.be/6RfkCc5Tlyo Something interesting happened: ? with my sermon this week ? I started off in one direction ? my introduction to that sermon became this sermon Today’s sermon is not as organized as I like: - I like to think the ideas ...read more

Scripture: John 10:22-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Life Begins And God's Work

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 20, 2014

A sermon for the Sanctity of Human Life Sunday (after reading and meditating on this sermon from Sermon Central's Ed Wood at: http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/gods-hand-in-creating-life-ed-wood-sermon-on-abortion-98204.asp I had enough for a sermon)

HoHum: There were 3 preachers in Barnie’s Coffee shop discussing the time when life begins. They each gave their opinion of when life begins. One preacher said "Life begins when the child takes his/her first breath." The other said "NO," then he finished, "It begins when the child is ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ