Sermons on Clean Temple:

United Series

Contributed by Joel Gilbert on Aug 28, 2023

As a church, we are in the process of transitioning from traditional Sunday School classes to home-based community groups. In this process, we are going to take a few weeks to consider what it means for us to be a biblical community. We begin with the consideration that we are united.

Introduction Series on biblical community in preparation for the launching of community groups next month we will look at a variety of passages, but most of our time together will be in the book of Ephesians Background Diversity There were cultural, ethnic, and religious divisions in the city - ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer And The Obedience Of Faith

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 24, 2023

We have access to grace and eternal life with the Blessed Trinity precisely because of their obedience, and our imitation of them by the obedience of faith.

Saturday of the 29th Week in Course 2023 Our Lord frequently prayed at night, perhaps because His fame spread so widely in a short time that people desperate for help surrounded Him every day (except perhaps the Sabbath). So what did He do when praying? We can learn a great deal from His ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22, Psalm 19:2-5, Luke 6:12-16

Denomination: Catholic

Intermediary? Why Do I Need A Middle Man Between Me And God?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 21, 2023

If I can't fix my own stereo system, how can I build a path for myself to divine union?

Fourth Sunday of Advent 2023 So King David, after surviving his quarrel with King Saul and his thousands of followers, taking Jerusalem, the unconquered city, with the loss of barely any men, and extending his rule pretty much from the “river to the sea,” wakes up one morning in his cedar-lined ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:25-27, Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Catholic

"a Carnival Of Corruption" Lent 3

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Feb 28, 2024

Carnival time is often a time of chaos. Jesus created chaos because of the corruption in the Jerusalem temple. The cleansing of the temple is the "judgement" of God against commercial robbery of the poor by the religious establishment. Jesus is the replacement.

In Jesus Holy Name Lent III March 5, 2024 Text: John 2:19-20 Redeemer “A Carnival of Corruption” Carnival time in New Orleans or Brazil always shows a crush of humanity going crazy. We have seen videos of “Smash ...read more

Scripture: John 2:12-24, Luke 19:43-45

Denomination: Lutheran

Rescued By The Lamb, The Good Guys Win.

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 24, 2024

All the incidental stuff like Gog and Magog and the Beast and the Great Whore of Babylon will not matter then, because they will have been among those rolled up in the great Rug of Evil and thrown into the flaming pit.

Friday of the 34th Week in Course 2024 Probably a few metric tons of ink have been spilled over the generations as scholas and preachers tried to make sense of the Revelations of St. John. But a few things in this murky and often confusing part of God’s Word come through to us quite clearly. The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:29-33, Luke 21:28, Revelation 20:1-4, Revelation 20:11-15, Revelation 21:1-2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

A. B. C. Presentation Of The Lord. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 29, 2024

FEBRUARY 2nd, All Years.

Malachi 3:1-4, Psalm 84, Psalm 24:7-10, Hebrews 2:14-18, Luke 2:22-40. A). THE TWO MESSENGERS. Malachi 3:1-4. The name Malachi means ‘My Messenger’ (see Malachi 1:1). The Book of Malachi is the response of the LORD to the Complaints of His people. Not that they were complaining directly To ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:1-4, Psalm 24:7-10, Hebrews 2:14-18, Luke 2:22-40

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hosanna (Mark 11)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 4, 2024

Why did Jesus ride into town on a donkey? Why did the same people turn on Him just a few days later? Let's look at Mark 11.

Why did Jesus ride into town on a donkey’s colt, like an Israelite king? Why did the crowd yell, Save us, please? Why did Jesus curse a fruitless fig tree? Why did He cause a scene in the temple over merchandising? Why did the religious leaders challenge His authority? Let’s find out in Mark ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Taking The Bread Of Life Always In Faith

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 13, 2024

Our senses, as St. Thomas taught, deceive us. Only faith enables us to recognize the reality.

Twentieth Sunday in Course 2024 There are, we know intuitively, that there are two ways for a human being to go. The Scriptures refer to them as Wisdom and Foolishness. The writer of the book of Proverbs introduces our theme by picturing Wisdom as a person who builds a kind of Temple with seven ...read more

Scripture: John 6:51-58, Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34:2-7, Ephesians 5:15-20

Denomination: Catholic

Two Elderly Saints (Luke 2)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Sep 29, 2024

What did two elderly saints say when Jesus came into the temple? Let's look at Luke 2.

What does the blessing and prophecy from two elderly saints tell us about God? What can elderly saints teach us if we’ll listen? Let’s look at the latter half of Luke 2. What did the Holy Spirit reveal to an elderly saint named Simeon? A man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. He was righteous and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Restrictive Religion Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on May 3, 2018

If you want to be free from a guilty conscience, don’t depend on restrictive religion, which is limited by its procedures, its place, its people, and its purifying power.

Two neighbor boys were the best of friends on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. On Sunday, however, they didn’t talk to each other, because one was a Catholic and the other was a Baptist. Their parents were concerned, so they agreed to let their sons visit each other’s ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Repair The Temple Of God: It's Time To Be Set Apart As Holy

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 27, 2021

Since the early beginnings of the church, in the book of Acts, the apostles had to deal with false teachers.

Since the early beginnings of the church, in the book of Acts, the apostles had to deal with false teachers. They had to deal with persecution. They had to deal with Gnosticism and the gnostic gospel forgeries. They had to deal with the bishops of Rome and later the corruption of the papacy. And ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:27

Denomination: Salvation Army

Don’t Put Your Investments In Bags With Holes

Contributed by Jack Perkins, D.min., Ladc, Csac, Cclc on Jan 13, 2020

The sermons of Haggai led to the restoration of the Temple. There are three themes in his messages encouragement, warning, and hope, the secret to understanding the response of the people and their willingness to resume work on the Temple.

God often uses a single voice to stir the hearts of his people. These prophetic voices often come at crucial points. • The Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s inspiring oratory is believed to have helped save Britain in WWII. • On November 2, 1863, several months after the battle of Gettysburg ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"what God Called Clean" Fifth Sunday Of Easter, Year C Series

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on May 14, 2022

Change is all around us, even in the church. And change is never easy. Our text this week is about a whole new direction for the beginnings of the church.

Acts 11:1-18 The Jewish leaders in Judea, the circumcised, The Church Leaders rebuked Peter for sharing a meal, Breaking Bread, with the uncircumcised, the Gentiles (cf. Galatians 2:11-14). They gave him holy heck for doing what they felt went against the rules. Peter proceeds to tell how it ...read more

Scripture: Acts 11:1-18

Denomination: United Methodist

Who Touched Me?

Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Sep 24, 2016

To establish that the Lord was moved by the touch of a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years, that made her unclean. It was her touch of faith that removed her social disgrace. This lesson explains how that is possible, even today.

INTRODUCTION Outline. 1. The Woman’s Incurable Health 2. The Woman’s Insistent Hope 3. The Woman’s Incredible Healing Introductory Remarks. 1. Today's lesson will discuss the theme, “Who touched me?” Our Lord asked this question because “virtue” went out of Him because of that touch. He wanted ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:43-48

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Christians Pray? Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Jan 29, 2012

Message about the importance of Prayer in the church and Jesus in the temple.

Note: The introduction I got from Jim Cymbala - Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, and other sources from years ago about importance of Prayer. Title: Prayers of a Christian Theme: Text: Opening scripture James 4:6-8 James 4:6 But he gives more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:15-18

Denomination: Church Of God