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  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Twenty-Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time—b ; 26th Sunday B-- Lessons From Lizards

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Sep 24, 2021
     | 1,365 views

    According to the artist "the Thinker" is sitting in mute amazement as he contemplates lost people in hell.

    Lizards scatter when they perceive a threat, and they will self-amputate their tail if a predator seizes it. It will leave its tail behind and run but with modified locomotor performance and mechanics. The lizard says to itself: 'It's better to lose my tail than to lose my ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    3rd. Sunday Of Easter, Year C Series

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Apr 16, 2001
    based on 179 ratings
     | 7,050 views

    God often works in ironic, paradoxical ways to carry out God’s will and purposes.

    Sermon for 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C Based on Acts 9: 1-20 By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson In our first lesson today, we learn once again that our God is a specialist in irony and paradox. My New Webster’s Dictionary And Thesaurus of the English Language defines irony and paradox as ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Tree Planted By The Waters

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 5, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,853 views

    The two states of being, the two ways of life: confronting our own hearts.

    A TREE PLANTED BY THE WATERS. Jeremiah 17:5-10. The prophet Jeremiah’s response to the political and international situation of his day was, “Thus says the LORD” (Jeremiah 17:5). And what does the LORD say? He says, in effect, that there are two states of being, and two ways of life: and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Sinner Saved

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 8, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,494 views

    A miraculous catch of fish, and the commencement of the Church's ministry.

    A SINNER SAVED. Luke 5:1-11. I can remember reading a quaint old book by a Puritan whose only acknowledged qualification for conducting a Christian ministry was, ‘Sinner Saved’. Without that we are either honestly mistaken, or really just charlatans and frauds! This begs the question, ‘What ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Spirituality, Diversity, And Gifts.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 18, 2021
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,601 views

    No-one can say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

    SPIRITUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND GIFTS. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11. 1. Concerning spirituals (1 Corinthians 12:1-3). “Now concerning spirituals,” begins this passage (1 Corinthians 12:1). This may be masculine, ‘spiritual people’. However, given the emphasis away from individualism to “Jesus is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Lost Sheep And A Lost Coin.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 5, 2022
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,413 views

    Man in sin is lost, whether he is aware of it or not. Jesus came to seek that which was lost. The testimony of Christians is, I once was lost, but now am found.

    A LOST SHEEP AND A LOST COIN. Luke 15:1-10. In the first parable of today’s reading we see the caring shepherd. He left his ninety-nine other sheep in order to seek the one that was lost, until he had found it. This is an image which is familiar from both the Old Testament and the New Testament: ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Prodigal Son.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 4, 2022
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,660 views

    Coming back to our senses in the far country.

    THE PRODIGAL SON. Luke 15:1-3, Luke 15:11-32. ‘Horror of horrors!’ proclaimed the scribes and Pharisees. The tax-collectors and ‘sinners’ were drawing near to hear the words of Jesus! The three parables which follow in Luke 15 show the calm response of the Master. The parables have a common ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    4th Sunday In Lent, Year B

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Mar 23, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 19,422 views

    One of the most siginificant paradoxes of our faith is that we’re saved by God’s grace alone; yet God created us for good works.

    Sermon for 4 Lent Yr B, 30/03/2003 Based on Eph 2:10; Jn 3:21 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson Now a certain man died and arrived at the pearly gates. St. Peter said: "You need one thousand points to get in. How many do you have?" "I don’t know," said ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    3rd. Sunday Of Easter, Year C Series

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Apr 23, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 10,422 views

    A sermon exploring the risen presence of Christ in the Church today.

    Sermon for 3 Easter Yr C 25/04/2004 Based on Rev 5:11-14 & Jn 21:9-14 By Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, & Chaplain of the Good Samaritan Society’s South Ridge Village, Medicine Hat, Alberta Breakfast is—for a lot of health-conscious people—the most important meal of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    4th Sunday In Lent, Year B. Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 10, 2021
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,247 views

    MARCH 10th, 2024.

    Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm 107:1-3, Psalm 107:17-22, Ephesians 2:1-10, John 3:14-21. (A) A SERPENT ON A POLE, AND A MAN ON A CROSS. Numbers 21:4-9. Much of the books of Exodus and Numbers tells the sad history of a people who for forty years - whilst being delivered, led, and provided for by God - ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Little Cantata

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 7, 2013
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,474 views

    Victory in Jesus!

    THE LITTLE CANTATA. Psalm 98:1-9. The Psalmist is calling us to sing of the mighty acts of the LORD whereby He has gotten Himself the victory (Psalm 98:1), secured our salvation, and demonstrated His righteousness (Psalm 98:2). This reaches back to the Exodus, when Moses and Miriam celebrated ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Wake Up! (First Sunday Of Advent 2018)

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Oct 24, 2022
     | 2,150 views

    Today’s text reminds us once again, that Jesus was and is and is to come. Jesus was: Jesus was in heaven and left His glory to become obedient. Jesus is: Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith. Jesus is to come: Jesus is to come again in glory.

    WAKE UP! Text: Luke 21:25 -36 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    Give Ear, O Shepherd Of Israel.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 7, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,965 views

    No matter what the world throws at us, we will persevere in the LORD.

    GIVE EAR, O SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL. Psalm 80:1-7; Psalm 80:17-19. Belief in the God of Israel is not blind faith, but an informed trust. One expression of our confidence that the LORD is in control of all things is to make our complaints known to Him. In Psalm 80 the writer bemoans the plight of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are You An A.c.e.?

    Contributed by Bill Burress on May 16, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,086 views

    A sermon for graduation Sunday.

    “Are You An A. C. E.?” Today we honor those graduating to a higher level. And to those, as well as everyone else I want to talk to you today about being an ACE. If you become an expert in your field then you are considered by most people to be an ace. You maybe an ace husband or wife, father ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Ecstasy Before The Agony

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 23, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 946 views

    Religious excitement does not necessarily translate into spiritual worship. Rather, the one following Jesus must guard against being turned aside by that which appears good. Remember that good is enemy of the best.

    “The large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!’ And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist