Sermons on Easter Sunrise:

What's Jesus's Favourite - The Box Of Chocolates

Contributed by John Foster on Dec 24, 2001

This sermon is a mini childrens address using a box of chocolates as a prop. The people are asked which chocolate would be Jesus’s favourite. After lots of interaction, the sermon concludes that Jesus loves all people the same, we are all His favourite

This is an outline of an interactive childrens address. The message is that Jesus loves us all equally. -------------- TIPS ------------------- You need to take along a box of chocolates I take along a box of chocolates and hand them out after the service or give them to the Sunday School ...read more

Scripture: James 2:1-4

Denomination: Methodist

Excuses Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 19, 2003

Moses’ excuses for not going to Pharoah with God’s message - they apply to us as well.

Exodus 3:1-4:17 – Excuses (The Ministry of Moses #1) NO EXCUSE SUNDAY: DEDICATED TO MISSING CHURCH ATTENDEES! To make it possible for everyone to attend church this Sunday, we are going to have a special "No Excuse Sunday": Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say, "Sunday is my only ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Choices

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 27, 2005

Knowing that life is filled with choices , we must as Jacob of old, wait upon the Lord (Gen. 49:18). Jacob’s descendants likewise had to make choices, but they chose to go against God and His love:

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: Eamon De Valera was an Irish statesman who served three times as prime minister of Ireland and subsequently as her president. After the Easter rebellion of 1916, De Valera was sentenced to penal servitude. While traveling to prison, he took out his pipe and was about to ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 13:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

If Love Is Stronger Than Death

Contributed by Elvis Chinguwa on Sep 27, 2007

Before the plan of salvation became operational, death was the strongest power on earth! You couldnt survive against this greatest power!

Jn 3v16. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son thst whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have eternal life. Before the plan of salvation became operational, death was the strongest power on earth! You couldnt survive against this greatest power! Dying was very ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Embodiment Of God's Unremitting Love Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 18, 2009

Jesus’s preaching differed from that of Jonah because Jonah prophesied judgement and vengeance, while Jesus embodied God’s unremitting love.

Monday of 16th Week in Course 20 July 2009 Caritas in Veritate Before continuing a commentary on the papal encyclical Love in Truth, let me spend a moment on this analogy to Jonah. Jesus is saying to these Jewish non-believers, in effect, “Jonah eventually got it, and you guys will never get it.” ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:38-42

Denomination: Catholic

Sell It All?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 18, 2009

The command to become poor for the Gospel’s sake is really a liberation to preach the Gospel.

Tuesday of Second Week in Easter John 3 Today’s reading from Acts is a little scary. We always worry about the preaching of the Gospel, lest it impact on our lifestyle. It looks today as if Luke is telling us to sell our property and give it to the poor or to the community for the poor. A ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37

Denomination: Catholic

Keeping Order Among Our Passions Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 2, 2009

Christ is our shepherd, because we are prone as sheep to wander about in pursuit of pleasure, and be devoured by our passions.

Tuesday of 4th Week of Easter May 5, 2009 “If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” So Jesus talks about sheep. As the Jews of His day–and ours, for that matter–saw it, Jesus never talked plainly. But that wasn’t Jesus’ problem with the Jews, or us, for that matter. Our problem is that Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 10:22-30

Denomination: Catholic

Learn Your Lessons Well

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 17, 2009

The downward movement of God becoming man is mirrored by the upward movement of Christ returning to the Father

Tuesday of 6th week in Easter Acts/John Earthquake! What a terrifying sound that must have been to a first-century Greek. We in South Texas, sitting on this tapioca-karst bed of limestone as we do, far from any real tectonic plate junctions, have no idea what fear the word “earthquake” provokes. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:22-34, John 16:5-11, Ephesians 4:7-10

Denomination: Catholic

Beauty And Truth In Worship Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 11, 2009

Our worship in the Eucharist must bring together what we believe with the way we pray, and reflect both Ultimate Truth and Beauty.

April 13, 2009 Sacramentum Caritatis As we sit in the warm glow of Resurrection Day, we are invited to reflect on the connection between what we believe and how we pray. We believe that Jesus rose from the dead, that He conquered sin and death, and that we who eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:14-33

Denomination: Catholic

Jesus, Our Hero

Contributed by Craig Condon on Jul 17, 2015

Jesus calls on us today to be heroes like him. We can be heroes like Jesus by doing things such as making our beds, washing the dishes, helping our parents with chores around the house or doing things for our friends or neighbours.

Good morning boys and girls! Can anyone tell me what a hero is? A hero is someone who helps someone else, especially when the person being helped is in danger. Who are your heroes? Sometimes we like to imitate our heroes by copying the way they act or the way they dress. Have any of you ever ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-40

Denomination: Anglican

Jesus Wears His Crown

Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Dec 27, 2014

A drama for children: Jesus Wears His Crown.

Jesus Wears His Crown Text: Matthew 27: 27-31 Introduction: The drama is especially suitable for the season of Easter. Theme: Salvation through Jesus Aim: 1. To teach that Jesus is our saviour 2. To teach that the Saviour wears a crown of thorns. Materials: 1 Various hats (three or four) i.e. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:27-31

Denomination: Lutheran

James- Least Known Of The Apostles Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Sep 13, 2019

This is the 9th sermon in the "Getting Acquainted With The 12 Apostles" series.

Series: Getting Acquainted With The 12 Apostles [#9] JAMES- LEAST KNOWN OF THE APOSTLES Luke 6:15 Introduction: There are 3 men named James in the New Testament- James, the son of Alphaeus; James, the brother of John; and James, the brother of Jesus and a leader in the early Church. We know ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:15

Denomination: Baptist

The Work Of Jesus On Calvary

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Mar 14, 2018

What Christ did for us at Calvary.

Easter THE WORK OF JESUS ON CALVARY This is the results for all who believe. Luke 23: 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:28-33

Denomination: Baptist

The Omniscience Of God.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 11, 2023

The response to "The LORD has searched me" (cf. Psalm 139:1) is “Search me and know my thoughts” (Psalm 139:23).

THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD. Psalm 139:1-12, Psalm 139:23-24. When we read Psalm 139, sometimes it is hard to tell whether we should read it with a sense of dread: The LORD knows me (PSALM 139:1); He knows everything I am doing (PSALM 139:2); He knows where I am going (PSALM 139:3); He knows my every ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-12, Psalm 139:23-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jerked Back Into Reality

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 23, 2022

The disciples were whipsawed into reality, that Christ was risen from death.

Easter Tuesday One of the realities of life is that our little minds are quite capable of self-delusion, and on a grand scale. Most of the time we fool ourselves into thinking we understand what is going on around us–way more than we actually do understand. We kid ourselves that we are in ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:36-39

Denomination: Catholic