Sermons on coming like thief:

Come, Kamikaze. Come!

Contributed by Daniel Habben on May 25, 2010

Why do we want to pray for the Holy Spirit to come?

When you hear the word kamikaze what comes to mind? Allied sailors who served in the Pacific during World War II would probably think of Japanese airplanes deliberately slamming into Allied ships. Although kamikaze pilots didn’t stop the advance on Japan, they did manage to sink about 50 ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Prayers Rising Like Incense!

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Oct 17, 2005

Your prayers come before God like sweet smelling incense! This is a short homily given at a residential care home for the elderly.

[NOTE: You may find it helpful to place a wooden cross on a table, perhaps in the centre of the room, and to burn a small amount of incense near to the foot of the cross. The incense rising around the cross can provide a wonderful visual and ’nazal’ illustration. The nurses at the care home said ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 141:1-2

Denomination: Anglican

Ripped Off

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Apr 25, 2017

Satan tries to rip us off

Ripped Off ? (John 10:10- Proverbs 6:31) TEXT: (John 10:10) 10 A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest. (PROVERBS 6:31) 31 And thieves who get caught must pay back seven times what was stolen and lose ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Best Is Yet To Come

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 14, 2023

However, we may not even see a glimpse in this life. We may have to go through what seems like Hell on the way to Heaven.

Everyone likes to use the phrase the best is yet to come. If you are not a Christian the worst is yet to come. Your life may be golden here, but in the end your life will be Hell for eternity. Indeed, the best for a Christian is to be in Heaven so the best is yet to come. However, that does not ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 73:1-28, 2 Timothy 3:12, Philippians 1:29-30, Hebrews 11:35-40, 2 Corinthians 11:1-33  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Today In Paradise Series

Contributed by Rodney Fry on Apr 3, 2022

Should make us forgiving … forbearing … faithful

Today in Paradise Luke 23:39–44 I. Introduction A. Father Forgive Them 1. Should make us forgiving … forbearing … faithful 2. The word that withheld the wrath of God B. The Second Word from the Cross 1. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:39-44

Denomination: Baptist

Come Away With Me!

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 2, 2012

Peter and the disciples are struggling across the lake on a cold stormy night. They are tired, worn out from rowing, their muscles are aching, they are cold and they feel like a dirty beaten rug. In that moment of fatigue they see something walking on the

Sermon - Come away with me! Thesis: Peter and the disciples are struggling across the lake on a cold stormy night. They are tired, worn out from rowing, their muscles are aching, they are cold and they feel like a dirty beaten rug. In that moment of fatigue they see something walking on the water ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Dream Come True

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 22, 2000

Like Simeon we need to realize that if all we had was Jesus Christ, that would be enough; with Jesus, our life is complete and we can be content.

Children often dream about things they would like to do in the future. I suspect traveling in space as an astronaut, playing football in the NFL, making the Olympic figure skating team, or driving a $100,000 sports car are some of the more popular ones. When I was growing up, I dreamed of being the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:21-35, Matthew 13:45-46

Denomination: Baptist

Who Is Shebna? Series

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 14, 2014

To show Shebna and what are the future of Shebna and those living like Shebna.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you a parasite? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show Shebna and what are the future of Shebna and those living like Shebna. IV. TEXT: Isaiah 22:15-19 (Amplified Bible) 22:15 Come, go to this [contemptible] steward and treasurer, to Shebna, who is over ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 22:15-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

At The Church Was Like When The Church Was Like When It Was Like It Was Sup

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 21, 2003

What the Church should be like today

THE POEM I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to hurry and get to work. For bills would soon be due. So I knelt and said a hurried prayer, And jumped up off my knees. My Christian duty was now done My soul could rest at ease. All day long I had no time To spread a word ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Wesleyan

Come Back Tomorrow Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 25, 2009

The problem of hunger in our world is mostly a matter of people like the synagogue official who would turn away the blind and lame from the healing power of Jesus.

October 26, 2009 Caritas in Veritate There are many meanings to what St. Paul calls “living by the flesh,” and some tie in most wonderfully with today’s Gospel and the Pope’s latest encyclical. We have considered one over the past few weeks–the idea that human development is most importantly ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Catholic

The Coming Of The Holy Spirit

Contributed by Daniel Haas on Aug 7, 2009

We tend to ask: How does the Bible fit my life? But in reality the question is: What does my life look like in the light of scripture?

Acts 2:1-21 Flames today - tongues of fire dancing over every head and all of us - every single one of us is filled with the Holy Spirit - everybody speaking a different language - right here, right now, in church - "that is not the way to behave in church" - Scary! Flames back then - people from ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Congregational

Rescue In Progress Series

Contributed by John Dobbs on Mar 25, 2021

The Greatest Rescue Story of all Time is the story of Jesus AND WE ARE THE ONES BEING RESCUED!

LOST AND FOUND: RESCUE IN PROGRESS LUKE 23:32-47 Introduction Bobby Lemons, Kenny Moore and Cedrick Walton are Heroes who are also sanitation workers. Out on a route last week they witnessed a truck drive off a bridge on Winnfield Rd in W Monroe. It was submerged in a creek with the driver ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:32-47

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Come In

Contributed by Andrew Hart on Apr 6, 2020

We need Jesus to enter our hearts, our halls of power, and our hospitals

Come in! This Palm Sunday will certainly be one of the, if not the, most memorable Palm Sundays in my ministry, my life, and perhaps history. While there are no Palms waving about, nobody trying to remember how to make the crosses out of the Palms, and no loud singing, this may be the most ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

The Coming Series

Contributed by Chris Kelly on Jun 25, 2013

A series on the book of Mark

The Coming October 14, 2012 Series: “Markers Along the Narrow Way” Imagine it’s 65 A.D….(about 30 years since Jesus walked the earth)…and now the church he left behind is in big trouble. These “Christ followers” were seen by the Roman government as a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1

Denomination: Wesleyan

Peacemaker, Like Father Like Son

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jun 2, 2020

Blessed are the peacemakers because they will be called the sons of God. This conversation will explore what it means.

Peacemakers - Like Father, Like Son OKAY MGCC – let’s do this. AND – I want to begin our conversation this morning, the way I almost always do… By reading some alive and active, God breathed words, and by praying us into His presence… In Luke 9… (some of us read this in our FCFH this week) One ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ