Sermons on B Proper 8:

Prayer And Praise.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 25, 2025

Desperation gives way to elation when we trust the LORD.

PRAYER AND PRAISE. Psalm 28:1-9. There is only one God who hears and answers prayer. His name is YHWH: the One who ‘is, and was, and is to come’ (cf. Revelation 1:8); the maker of the heavens and the earth (cf. Psalm 121:2). He is ‘the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ’ (cf. Ephesians ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 28:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Comfort Ye... Abridged.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 11, 2024

Comfort in the certainty of God's Word.

COMFORT YE. Isaiah 40:1-9. We have before us a passage which may well be remarkably familiar to us: yet please do not allow its very familiarity to breed contempt. This is a little Gospel, a sort of proto-Gospel written by the prophet many years before the event. Our task is to ask Isaiah ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Body Prepared.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 17, 2023

The timeliness of what Jesus came to do, "once and for all" (Hebrews 10:10).

A BODY PREPARED. Hebrews 10:4-10. The epitaph of the Old Testament sacrificial system is: “it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4; see also Hebrews 10:6; Hebrews 10:8). Now it was time to move on to new and better things (cf. Hebrews ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:4-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"How Freemen React To Authority" Series

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 15, 2006

Sermon 8 in a study in 1 & 2 Peter

“Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. 12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-20

Denomination: Orthodox

In God We Trust Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 22, 2007

Kings of Judah, Pt. 8

IN GOD WE TRUST (2 KINGS 18-20) Spiderman, arguably the most popular superhero of all time, especially with the Hollywood blockbusters produced, is the story of an unpopular teenager who turned into an unlikely superhero. I have the original first color copy of Spiderman reprinted by Barnes and ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How To Reverence The Lord.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 8, 2024

The outworking of our covenant relationship with the LORD.

HOW TO REVERENCE THE LORD. Psalm 34:11-22. PSALM 34:11. David addresses his hearers as “children” - like disciples receiving instruction at the feet of their Rabbi. The Scottish metrical version reads: “O children, hither do ye come, And unto me give ear; I will you teach to understand ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:11-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Shadows Of The Approaching Day.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 19, 2024

"For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified" (Hebrews 10:14).

SHADOWS OF THE APPROACHING DAY. Hebrews 10:1-25. The Law is but a “shadow” of “good things to come” (HEBREWS 10:1). As such the Law, though good in itself (cf. Romans 7:12), serves only as a schoolmaster pointing us to Jesus (cf. Galatians 3:24). The round of sacrifices represented here by ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:1-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Christian And Sin. Abridged.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 15, 2024

"Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God" (1 John 3:1).

THE CHRISTIAN AND SIN. Abridged. 1 John 3:1-8. “Behold,” says John. Pause for thought and reflection. For it is indeed a wonderful demonstration of God's love that “we” should be called the sons of God (1 JOHN 3:1). This was not what we deserved, but as we know from other Scriptures, it ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Blood Of The Covenant.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 26, 2025

The ratification of the Book of the Covenant: 'not without blood.'

THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT. Exodus 24:4-8. This short passage informs us of the writing (EXODUS 24:4a) and ratification of the “Book of the Covenant” (EXODUS 24:7a). This book consists of the case laws and moral exhortations of Exodus chapters 21 to 23. Moses appears to have written these down ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 24:4-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Cheerful Giver Series

Contributed by Tim Byrd on Oct 3, 2002

Part 8 in a study of the church covenant

A COVENANT WITH GOD PART 8 THE CHURCH COVENANT “The Cheerful Giver” Date: August 4, 2002 Place: Allendale Baptist Church Text: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Introduction Someone asked me several days ago, what is next on our study of the Church Covenant? I replied, “Contributing cheerfully to the church/ ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Denomination: Baptist

Ascension Day.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 6, 2024

Jesus was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

ASCENSION DAY. Mark 16:14-20. Jesus appeared to the eleven, and “upbraided them with their UNBELIEF” because they “BELIEVED NOT” them which had seen Him after He was risen (Mark 16:14; cf. Luke 24:36-43). The passage fast-forwards to the Great Commission (Mark 16:15; cf. Matthew 28:19; ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:14-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Glories Of The Messiah.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 13, 2024

This is a song about love: but principally about the love of Christ and the Church (cf. Ephesians 5:32).

THE GLORIES OF THE MESSIAH. Psalm 45:1-6. The Psalmist wrote of things beyond his natural knowledge. As a prophet, he sought diligently and inquired after the grace that was to come (1 Peter 1:10). Then he spoke and wrote as the Spirit of God led him (2 Peter 1:21). I). Psalm 45:1-2. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 45:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Garden Of Joy.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 27, 2013

It is the acceptable year of the LORD. A young man in Nazareth preaches the good news.

A GARDEN OF JOY. Isaiah 61:1-4, Isaiah 61:8-11. Imagine yourself in ancient Israel celebrating that most solemn of feasts, the day of Atonement. This, however, is not just any old Yom Kippur: it is the fiftieth year, and on this day a musical instrument formed out of a ram’s horn is sounded in ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 61:1-4, Isaiah 61:8-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Christian And Sin

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 1, 2014

So what is to be the Christian's relationship to sin? Strictly speaking, he should not have such a relationship!

THE CHRISTIAN AND SIN. 1 John 3:1-10. “Behold,” says John. Pause for thought and reflection. For it is indeed a wonderful demonstration of God's love that “we” should be called the sons of God (1 John 3:1). This was not what we deserved, but as we know from other Scriptures, it was ‘while ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Certainty Of God's Witness.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 20, 2024

A faith that overcomes.

THE CERTAINTY OF GOD’S WITNESS. 1 John 5:4-12. It is interesting to note that 1 JOHN 5:4 begins “all that is born of God” overcomes the world. On just this one occasion, this is written in the neuter. The deeds of faith performed by born-again people are just as much begotten of God as the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:4-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational