Sermons on Decadence:

Open To Obedience Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 6, 2010

Jesus is the true sacrifice which we re-present in our worship; he is a perfect sacrifice of obedience to the Father's will

Monday of 32nd Week in Course November 8, 2010 Spirit of the Liturgy What the New American Bible calls “things that cause sin,” and the RSV translates “temptations to sin,” is the word skandala, which is lousy Greek but good Hebrew. The word “scandal” means a ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-6

Denomination: Catholic

What Is Our Action In Worship? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 4, 2011

Our action in the Holy Mass is to become one with Christ, to become holy through His grace, and to preach the truth of the Gospel.

Monday of 7th Week in Easter Spirit of the Liturgy At Ephesus, there were some disciples. They were probably emigres from Palestine who had settled in Asia Minor. They had received the baptism of repentance that John the Baptist had preached three decades earlier. This shows that there was a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:1-8

Denomination: Catholic

Igniting A Lifeless Church Series

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Feb 8, 2011

Have you ever wondered what it takes to ignite a dying church? Have you ever attended a dying church? No one wants to be in a dead, dull, dying church. What do you think it takes for a church to burn for Jesus?

Have you ever wondered what it takes to ignite a dying church? Have you ever attended a dying church? Introduction - A Dying Church An artist was once asked to put on canvas what he considered to be the picture best symbolizing a decaying and dying church. After several months, he returned and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28

Denomination: Baptist

Joy And Hope: A Personal Encounter With Christ In The Church Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 22, 2012

The Constitution on the Church in the Modern World gives us a kind of charter for the substance of the New Evangelization.

Monday of 34th Week in Course 2012 Documents of Vatican II: Gaudium et Spes The redeemed pictured in John’s Revelation stand in the Father’s house on Mount Zion, that is the heavenly mountain, and they are with the Lamb, redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. What are they doing for all ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 14:1-5

Denomination: Catholic

Smile At The Enemy!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Nov 25, 2012

Hannah is introduced to us as a weeping, mourning woman but she took a determined step in her life that gave her a new title. What is that? Mother of prophet Samuel!

I smile at my enemies! 1 Samuel 2:1”And Hannah prayed and said: " My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.” There is something undeniably lovely to sleep in the wee hours of the morning ….! I can ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Garments Of Revelations Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 13, 2011

The garments of the women of the Apocalypse are signs of the festal garment we are clothed with as we take communion together.

Feast of the Assumption August 15, 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy The vision of the Apocalypse shared in our first reading today is a scene in a great final struggle between good and evil. The ark of the covenant, kept in the tabernacle in the wilderness, and in the Temple of Jerusalem once it was ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

Love Your Neighbor As Yourself Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 16, 2013

The council fathers get specific about how we can help the poor.

Monday of 1st Week in Lent 2013 Gaudium et Spes You Shall Love Your Neighbor One of the great heresies of modern time is a subtle one based on the notion of sola fide or “faith alone.” That was Martin Luther’s great mistake, of course. The only place in the NT where we read ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Catholic

Cracking The Hard Seedcoat Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 24, 2013

The hard surface of our hearts must be scarified or we cannot grow and we cannot bear fruit.

Wednesday of Holy Week 2013 Seeds 3 [Preacher: You should have a bluebonnet seed or other seed and either sandpaper or vinegar.] We come to what we might call the last day of the triduum before the Great Triduum, and to the moment Church tradition calls “Spy Wednesday.” This is the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-9

Denomination: Catholic

Bring Us Together By Thy Word Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 25, 2012

The existence of the Word of God makes it necessary to have a living and authoritative interpretator "of last resort," in the Church.

Monday of 21st Week in Course St. Monica/St. Augustine Verbum Domini St. Monica could easily be called the patron saint of frustrated prayer. A Catholic herself, she found herself married to a pagan, with a son who, unbaptized as a child, turned into a kind of semi-pagan hellion during his youth. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:13-22

Denomination: Catholic

Dealing With Spiritual Russian Roulette

Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Apr 24, 2013

Prayer Sermon dealing with rampant indiscriminate satanic attacks

Russian roulette is a potentially lethal game of chance in which a player places a single round in a revolver, spins the cylinder, places the muzzle against his head, and pulls the trigger. "Russian" refers to the supposed country of origin, and roulette to the element of risk-taking and the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:9-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

On The Festival Of Purim Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 8, 2014

Theology is faith seeking understanding. It can help us see the relevance of God's Word to our lives, especially when we don't get what we pray for.

Thursday of the First Week of Lent 2014 Lumen Fidei In the Jewish calendar, which is a lunar, or thirteen-month calendar, spring is the time of Purim, the minor feast of deliverance. The story is well-known in all the world, to Jews and Christians. A Persian king had, in God’s design, an ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-12

Denomination: Catholic

Kingdom Seekers!

Contributed by David Wilson on Aug 26, 2013

Seeking God's kingdom should be priority, done diligently, and whole-heartedly.

BASIC OUTLINE FOR THIS MORNING’s MESSAGE: 1) We must seek God’s kingdom and righteousness FIRST! 2) We must seek God diligently! 3) We must seek God whole-heartedly! Matthew 6:33 We must seek God’s kingdom and righteousness FIRST! Far too often we find ourselves seeking our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33

Denomination: Baptist

Unity In Christ Series

Contributed by James Tilley on Dec 16, 2009

This sermon is an exposition of 1 Cor 1.10-17.

Unity in Christ Text: 1 Cor 1.10-17. Introduction: Illustration: The Queen Mary was the largest ship to cross the oceans when it was launched in 1936. Through four decades and a World War she served until she was retired, anchored as a floating hotel and museum in Long Beach, California. During ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Denomination: Baptist

If The Bible Be Hid

Contributed by Ray Geide on Feb 9, 2012

How the Bible is hid today and who it is hid to.

2 Corinthians 4:3 says, "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost." The gospel and the Bible are hid to those who are lost because they have not heard it. But that is not the only problem. There is something else that hides the gospel and the Bible and hides it to much more ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:3

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Living In A Pagan Nation Series

Contributed by Ronald Thorington on Mar 22, 2016

In its past America may have been a Christian nation but now it is very obvious that America has become a pagan nation that rejects God. When the New Testament was written the world was all pagan. By pagan I mean people without Christ and living in mora

Living in a Pagan Nation 9/20/15 Introduction: In its past America may have been a Christian nation but now it is very obvious that America has become a pagan nation that rejects God. When the New Testament was written the world was all pagan. By pagan I mean people without Christ and living in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-24

Denomination: Assembly Of God