Sermons on Death Of Lazarus:

A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action

Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 4, 2005

A small church far away from Hurricane Katrina damage - what do we need to hear? It seems that Jesus would tell us to repent.

Luke 13:1-5 - A Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action Some of this sermon may sound familiar to you, and there’s good reason for it. Much of what I’m about to say, I preached after September 11, 2001. I felt it was time to dust it off and say it again. A pastor friend of mine, Denn ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Hand In The Coconut

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Sep 15, 2005

Using an illustration showing how we not only grab things of this world, but we hold on to them in spite of approaching spiritual death.

For those of you who were not able to be here last Sunday evening, Pastor Willie presented one of the best sermons I have heard in a very long time. In that sermon was an illustration that I thought was perhaps the best I have ever heard involving how we may want God, but we want what is in the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:36

Denomination: *other

Living In The Light Of Eternity

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 27, 2005

When a person embraces the reality of the world to come it radically changes how the peson view this world. A person’s priorities change concerning money, things, time, friends, family, and life itself.

Living in the Light of Eternity Ephesians 1:15-23 (Message) When waiting in slow traffic on a hot day with 100-degree heat do you wonder why you do what you do? Do you wonder what’s the point of your daily activity? What gives you sense of purpose? Events can happen in your life that helps ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Free Methodist

Rewards

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

God rewards His People

Intro: most of us have seen a reward sign posted somewhere for the return of a lost item or a missing person or pet. Sometimes the reward may be a small amount, in some cases there have been rewards of a million dollars for information leading to the arrest or capture of a terrorist. Would it shock ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

I Believe In The Resurrection And Eternal Life Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Oct 6, 2005

At the core of the abundant life is the knowledge that there is life after death and that we are now living our eternal lives.

1 Corinthians 15:35-49 “I Believe in the Resurrection and Eternal Life” INTRODUCTION We are surrounded by death. Death is highlighted in the evening news, with announcements of the latest war casualties and comments about recent shootings in the Valley. We are touched by death when a family ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

The Essentiality Of The Holy Spirit In The Process Of Revival

Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on Oct 10, 2005

There can be no life or the revival of life apart from the Holy SPIRIT.

God brings the Prophet to a most unusual place; "A Valley full of Dried Bone." The bones symbolizes at least four things: 1. Death and Restoration of the Nation Isreal. 2. Death and Resurrection of the dead in Christ. 3. Death of the sinner’s life apart from God. 4. Death on all levels. Bones ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Funeral Sermon: The Lord Is With Us

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Oct 17, 2007

A funeral sermon based on Psalm 23

The hymn that Muriel requested today is a hymn based on Psalm 23. You would have heard this song on numerous occasions, especially when people are facing difficult situations and times… Because it is a Psalm that during times of difficulty reminds us that God is always with us… And this is not so ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Welcome Home Son

Contributed by Rommel Samaniego on Oct 22, 2007

A Funeral service for a person who accepted Christ on his death bed.

Welcome Home son ( a funeral Service) Luke 15:17-24 Good evening we are all here to to mourn the passing of Tatang. But more importantly to celebrate and thank the Lord Jesus Christ, for the life that He gave Tatang, and the time we shared his life, Truly God has given and he hath taken away… ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:17-24

Denomination: Baptist

Life Is For Living (Not Dying)

Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 6, 2007

The issue of life after death touches all of us -- sometimes with enormous intensity. What are some Biblical passages that might address this issue?

SERMON OUTLINE AND NOTES Life Is for Living (Not Dying) Luke 20:27-38 V. 36 -- Indeed they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. If we humans die, will we live again? That’s my question. All through these difficult days I keep ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:27-38

Denomination: Methodist

Encourage One Another

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Feb 7, 2009

This message is about the Christians hope in the face of death.

This morning we turn our attention to a subject that has confused and divided more churches and Christians over the century then perhaps any other. Today we are going to look at the second coming of Christ. As a child, our death and the second coming of Christ, it seems to me was used to “Scare ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

When Death Seems Better Than Life

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 12, 2007

Suffering is part of the experience of everyone’s life. Consequently, the suffering question is one of the most profoundly disturbing factors today.

For the first eight years of my life, I lived on the south side of Dallas, TX. Across the street from us lived the Hicks family. They had four children, all of them older than we were, but we occasionally played with them, until they got too big for us and then we moved away. When I was in the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 73:1-28

Denomination: Baptist

A Building From God

Contributed by Matthew Olanrewaju on Sep 17, 2007

When death occurs, Christians should have more cause to thank God and not despair as Our bodies are erthly tents which if destroyed, we, however, have a buiding from God, eternal, in the heavens.

“For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” 2 Cor 5:1 The second epistle of Paul to the Corinthians Chapter 5, verse 1, is contained in a letter written to comfort Christians in situations of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

Our Grief Is Not Without Hope!

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Nov 1, 2006

A Funeral Sermon for a Christian (Sudden Death)

This sermon is NOT an original, as I have borrowed from an outline I discovered in my studies...This was an actual funeral sermon but I have removed the name... Date Written: November 1, 2006 Date Preached: November 2, 2006 Sermon Details: Sermon Series: Funeral Service for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Baptist

It Is Finished Series

Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 12, 2006

what was finished when Jesus died on the cross.

THE WORD OF VICTORY "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished." John 19:30 The last two weeks we have been occupied with the tragedy of the cross; we turn now to its triumph. "It is finished." The ancient Greeks boasted of being able to say much in little. "It is ...read more

Scripture: John 19:30

Denomination: Baptist

Redemption

Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 18, 2006

Short devotional on redemption: The price, the plan and the proof of redemption

REDEMPTION Bought out of the slave market I. The Price of Redemption We owe everything to the Lord because of what He paid to redeem us. In I Peter 1:18 the Bible says we were not redeemed with corruptible things but with the precious of Jesus. II. The Plan of Redemption There is not a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:18-21

Denomination: Baptist