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  • Narnia: The Original Lion-King Series

    Contributed by Jeffrey Ebert on Dec 22, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,310 views

    Jesus is the great Lion King who cannot be caged or ignored. He comes into your life with awesome power and majestic love.

    THE ORIGINAL LION-KING Revelation 5:1-14 This Christmas season we have been using the children’s story of the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe as a means of illuminating the life and mission of Jesus. The author of the book, C. S. Lewis, was a dynamic and prolific Christian writer. He created a ...read more

  • Not What They Had Planned

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on May 2, 2022
     | 1,932 views

    A sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C

    May 1, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Acts 9:1-6; John 21:1-19 Not What They Had Planned Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Saints Peter and Paul. Both men are full of zeal. They will both be instrumental in the ...read more

  • Sermon On Hope & Expectations

    Contributed by William Meakin on Oct 19, 2023
     | 1,225 views

    Hope and expectations are considered beliefs and wishes concerning the future.

    Joyce Meyer, an American writer and speaker once remarked: “Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.” Hebrews 11:1 confirms: “Now faith is the assurance of ...read more

  • Transformed By Beholding His Glory 2 Corinthians 3:18 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on May 1, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,971 views

    2 Corinthians 3:18 illuminates how we are changed as we behold the transformative power of the glory of God with unveiled hearts.

    Transformed by Beholding His Glory 2 Corinthians 3:18 Introduction: Today, we embark on a journey into the transformative power of beholding the glory of the Lord, as revealed in 2 Corinthians 3:18. This scripture illuminates how we are changed as we behold the glory of God with unveiled ...read more

  • Seasons Of Creation: Being A Disciple With The Land Series

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Sep 11, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,495 views

    This sermon looks at how our relationship with the land has been affected by sin, how it should be and how it will be

    As we continue in our sermon series the season of creation, this week our focus is the land. When you hear the word land? What comes to mind? From my background living in the country; Farming, cropping, bush walks, salinity, hard work, wild animals come to mind,. And from my background living in ...read more

  • The Road To Bethlehem

    Contributed by Ken Crow on Dec 4, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,931 views

    This morning what we are looking for can still be found in the events that occurred in Bethlehem, Judea over two thousand years ago.

    The Road To Bethlehem Luke 2:1-4 (King James Version) Pastor Ken Crow Luke 2 1And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 3And all went to be ...read more

  • Remembering Our First Love. Revelation 2: 1-7

    Contributed by David Cramer on Nov 6, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,179 views

    A message of God's love for us all. A journey for the early church and how it pertains to our world today.

    Remembering Our First Love Revelation 2:1-7 Good Morning Stand with me and lift your bible and repeat after me. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I can do what it says I can do. I am going to learn how to be what it says I can be. Today I will learn more of the word of God. ...read more

  • Blinded By The Sign? PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 21, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 846 views

    This sermon explores the transformative power of faith in God, as demonstrated through Jesus' miracle of healing a blind man in John 9:1-12.

    Good morning, dear friends. I'm delighted to be here with you today, to share in the joy and fellowship of our faith. We gather here, not as strangers, but as a family, unified under the banner of God's love. Today, we stand on the precipice of a new understanding, ready to embrace the wisdom that ...read more

  • And Suddenly

    Contributed by Daniel Chua on Feb 17, 2005
    based on 76 ratings
     | 23,956 views

    There 5 essential attitudes that we need in this season of the suddenlies. Get ready - God is moving!

    And Suddenly Malachi 3:1 ’The Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple.’ Introdution Webster Dictionary defines ’suddenly’ as ‘happening unexpectedly; changing angle all at once; marked by abruptness; brought about in a short time.’ We are in a season of the unexpected where the ...read more

  • Entering Through The Veil Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 26, 2019
     | 3,395 views

    The gift we offer is the gift of ourselves, in Christ, for the Father to do with as He wills.

    St. John Bosco 2019 St. Matthew records, in his passion narrative, an old tradition from the earliest days of the Church which is referred to in this letter to the Hebrews. The story tells us that when Our Lord died, there was an earthquake, and one of the results was the ripping of the Temple ...read more

  • "let Us Run"

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Aug 13, 2019
     | 3,583 views

    Scripture refer to faith on occasions as run or running. Faith is a run, faith is a challenge, and fait is difficult.

    Hebrews 11:29-12:2 “Let Us Run” 1. Faith is often recorded in Scripture leaning towards Running • Isaiah says those that have Faith in the Lord 31will renew their strength They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, Isa 40:31 • Paul make a statement that who run ...read more

  • A Second Look At Freedom Of Religion Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 13, 2017
     | 3,591 views

    We must seek to meet those who have no connection to religious tradition but sincerely seek truth, goodness and beauty. Ultimately, Jesus Christ is the what and the whom they seek.

    Thursday of 5th Week of Easter 2017 Joy of the Gospel The words of today’s Gospel could be a reflection on the Beatitude, “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” Ultimately our food, our clothing, our housing and our health care are not ends in themselves, but rather means to the end of ...read more

  • The Call Of Moses. Part One.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 21, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 371 views

    The bush that burned, but was not consumed.

    THE CALL OF MOSES. Part One. Exodus 3:1-6. EXODUS 3:1. Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, and led them to new pastures on the far side of the desert, towards Mount Horeb (a.k.a. Mount Sinai). This place is also known in this verse as “the mountain of God,” and elsewhere as ...read more

  • "Our Lenten Pilgrimage"

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 28, 2008
    based on 71 ratings
     | 12,025 views

    A sermon for the Tranfiguration Sunday

    Transfiguration Sunday Matthew17:1-9 "Our Lenten Pilgrimage" 17:1* ¶ And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. 2* And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as ...read more

  • “the Priority Of Worship” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Sep 9, 2014
     | 6,564 views

    What can we do to insure our experience of worship is everything God wants it to be?

    (Show video - Be the Church) Today, I want us to do just what that video challenges us to do - talk about how our church can become a church that makes a difference. Sadly, what the video reports as being true of America, is also true of Portales. We have more churches than we have gas stations, ...read more