Sermons on B Proper 13:

Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year B: How To Catch A Fish

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 18, 2023

Cast, get a bite, and try to hook it; loose it; say something emotional, sit and cry. And repeat.

How to catch a fish. Cast, get a bite, and try to hook it; loose it; say something emotional, sit and cry. And repeat. James Merritt has come to the conclusion that there are basically four reasons why people do not catch fish: (1) Some people are using the wrong bait. (2) Some people are ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10, Mark 1:14-20

Denomination: Catholic

We Reject Plan A And God Effects Plan B, Which Is Sweeter

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 19, 2024

The Father sent His Son as His perfect image and as the perfect human to take our death upon Himself so that He might earn for us His own eternal life.

Friday of the 33rd Week in Course 2024 The Book we call “Revelations” is surely one of the most complex literature items ever written or read. Yet these words have within them a sure picture of the reality of God’s plan. To state that plan simply: God created humans in His own image and gave ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 10:8-11, Luke 19:45-48

Denomination: Catholic

Twenty-Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year B: The Fellowship Of The Rings

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Sep 1, 2024

When I was a young boy; My mama said to me; “There’s only one girl in the world for you; And she probably lives in Tahiti.”

Marriage requires 4 types of "RINGS”:1 The Engagement Ring: The idea of Soulmates was first written about by a Greek playwright, the ancient equivalent of Hollywood.1 It’s a made-up romantic term meaning that there is only one person whom you are spiritually destined to marry. “Those ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:2-16

Denomination: Catholic

Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time; 30th Sunday B--Bartimaeus.

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 23, 2021

We can all get stuck on the side of the road in different ways at different times in our lives.

The name, fame and shame of Bartimaeus. His name means Bar, meaning “the son of” Timaeus. Others point to the Aramaic or Hebrew word for "unclean" (‘bar-tem’), suggesting that BartimaeSus is "son of the unclean." In reality both names fit because Bartimaeus was a poor ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: Catholic

Everyone Who Belongs: A Life That Matters, Reign Of Christ, Year B Series

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Nov 21, 2021

Reign of Christ Sunday is a marker for the end of the liturgical year. It is a way of saying we wrap up a year’s worth of worship by claiming again whose we are in the Kingdom.

Reign of Christ Sunday is a marker for the end of the liturgical year. It is a way of saying we wrap up a year’s worth of worship by claiming again whose we are. This is the last Sunday of the Christian Calendar year and the most important. On this Sunday we reiterate our mission – to make ...read more

Scripture: John 18:33-37

Denomination: United Methodist

Sixth Sunday Of Easter, Year B- The Best Seller On Joy And Love

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 3, 2024

The anointing with this oil causes our faces to be joyful and serene.

There is a joke that asks, “What do you call a book club that's been stuck on the same book for more than 2000 years?” [The answer] The Church. We have covered much of John’s Gospel in the last few weeks so that Joy and Love are the only new themes that emerge this Sunday. The most popular ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Catholic

A Model Of Intercessory Prayer.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 4, 2022

The power of the Cross.

A MODEL OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER. Exodus 32:7-14. Even as Moses finished his business with the LORD in the mount, the LORD disowned His covenant people, telling Moses to get down “for your people which you brought up out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves” (Exodus 32:7). The ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 32:7-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Choosing Life For Others

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 29, 2017

Faced with the desirability of reaching our destination in Christ, are we willing to tarry a while to help others along the way?

CHOOSING LIFE FOR OTHERS. Philippians 1:21-26. The Apostle Paul had just referred to his ‘earnest expectation and hope’ that Christ should now be ‘magnified’ in Paul’s body ‘whether by life or by death’ (Philippians 1:20). Suddenly, it seems, Paul found himself in a state of perplexity. “For to ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:21-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Unexpected Encounter With God.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 2, 2023

A ladder of God's devising, connecting heaven and earth. Prefigures the Cross.

AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER WITH GOD. Genesis 28:10-19a. GENESIS 28:10. Jacob had defrauded his brother Esau of both his birthright and his blessing. So now Jacob was on the run from his brother Esau, headed back in the direction of the city which their grandfather Abraham had left behind so many ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Called To Be Conquerors, Conformed To Christ

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 2, 2017

If God be for us, who can be against us?

CALLED TO BE CONQUERORS, CONFORMED TO CHRIST. Romans 8:26-39. We are, it seems, surrounded by “infirmities” (Romans 8:26). These may be caused by lack of strength (which is what the word means), emotional weakness (including ‘burnout’), financial hardships, sickness, or sin. Paul also speaks of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:26-39

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Implications Of The Ascension Of Jesus.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 5, 2014

Seated in the heavenlies, head over all things, exercising dominion, filling all things for the church.

IMPLICATIONS OF THE ASCENSION OF JESUS. Ephesians 1:15-23. This single-sentence prayer is a follow-up to the single-sentence praise of Ephesians 1:3-14. God has blessed Paul’s readers with faith (Ephesians 1:15), so the Apostle ceases not to give thanks for them, and continues to pray for them ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Voice In The Wilderness.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 24, 2022

Never mind the preacher. Look to the One preached.

THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS. John 1:19-28. The witness of John is put on record (John 1:19) because the Council in Jerusalem sent a delegation to him, asking who he thought he was, preaching without licence (from them) out there in the wilderness. They surely knew he was a priest’s son, but ...read more

Scripture: John 1:19-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Happy Are Those Whose Strength Is In Thee.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 10, 2022

When we are walking in the way of the LORD, it is He who is leading us.

HAPPY ARE THOSE WHOSE STRENGTH IS IN THEE. Psalm 84:1-7. At the end of the celebration of Passover, in Jewish homes scattered throughout the world, the parting toast is, ‘Next year in Jerusalem!’ The sentiment echoes a common consciousness, a restlessness if you will, which is forever ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 84:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Do's And Don'ts Of Giving Series

Contributed by Rich Dunbar on Feb 8, 2005

This sermon is a lesson on the proper attitude for giving.

The Do’s and Don’ts of Giving – Acts 4:32-5:11 The only thing that will make a Church more upset at a Pastor than talking politics from the pulpit is preaching about giving. Let’s look at two examples of giving from the early Church and identify the Do’s and Don’ts of giving. First let’s look ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Our Passover Lamb

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 27, 2013

Contemplating the sufferings of Christ.

JESUS, OUR PASSOVER LAMB. Isaiah 50:4-9a - Third Servant Song. Like the fourth Servant Song, Isaiah’s third Servant Song fits remarkably with some of the details of Jesus’ sufferings. Jesus did not shrink from His task (Isaiah 50:5). His attitude to the Father who commissioned Him was, “not my ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational