Sermons on Episcopal Eucharist:

The Antidote To The Deadly Sin Of Pride

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 8, 2025

Countering the deadly habit of thinking of ourselves as a "god."

Friday of the Twenty-Third Week in Course 2025 Take a look at the opening prayer for our worship today. We implore God, by whom we are redeemed and receive adoption, to look graciously on your beloved sons and daughters. We are redeemed by God through the free and meritorious ace of the Son of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:39-42, Psalm 16:1-11, 1 Timothy 1:1-2, 1 Timothy 1:12-14

Denomination: Catholic

Triumph In Christ Despite Tragedies

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 11, 2024

John felt God’s authority inside his heart to proclaim that the Messiah was in the midst of His people, and why he was able without fear to tell people how to act, how to get ready for Christ’s coming.

Third Sunday of Advent 2024 Just imagine fifty-six years. If you are as old as I am, subtract fifty-six years from your age and reflect on what your life was like in that year. You’ll see a huge difference in your life, in the culture, in the Church, in a little over a half-century. Now think of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:10-18, Philippians 4:4-7, Isaiah 12:2-6, Zephaniah 3:14-18

Denomination: Catholic

The Occult

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Oct 27, 2010

❶. Definition of the Occult ❷. Characteristics of the Occult ❸. Who Gets Involve in the Occult ❹. Why Such an Interest in the Occult ❺. What Does the Bible Say

Today occult philosophy embrace every area of our society. - Police departments request psychics to solve crimes. - College students are addicted to fantasy games (Dungeons and Dragons) which introduce them to the world of the occult through role-playing. - Well-known science fiction writers ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 18:9-12

Denomination: Baptist

What If Things Don't Change? Series

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 27, 2017

hang on to God when things don't change

Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong . (2 Corinthians 12:7-10) Last week I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Matthew 26:39

Denomination: Episcopal

Transfiguration

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 24, 2017

Transfiguration of Jesus and us

Second Sunday of Lent Jesus' transfiguration and the believer's transformation Flannery O'Connor asks a probing question, "Have you ever looked inside yourself and seen what you are not?" What we are not, but should be, is the question. It’s the sometimes frustrating denying or neglecting who ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

Election 2016

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Jan 30, 2018

how Christians should make decisions before they vote

We are just weeks away from the presidential election, and I know there are many out there who agree with me that I wish it was over. But it is not, and the rhetoric is only going to get worse until election day. For many reasons, this is one of the most important elections in this century. The ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal

Practice A Little Kindness

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Jan 30, 2018

practice random acts of kindness in response to hostility, cruelty

I know most of you have heard the song 'Try a Little Tenderness'; well, today we are going to ‘practice a little kindness’. The media is noisy these days with opinions about controversial issues. People on both sides of these issues advocate for something they call “kindness.” But, what sort of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:31-32

Denomination: Episcopal

The Wisdom Of God And The Witness Of Martyrs

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 1, 2018

The wisdom of every age considers the Catholic faith a folly. The only promise Christ made about this life is that we would be blessed through the agency of persecution.

Thursday of the 22nd Week in Course 2018 St. Donatian of Africa The wisdom of any secular age considers the Christian faith to be folly. The reason for this is that the wisdom of a given secular age is focused on how to attain pleasure, status or power. It is essentially centered on the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11, 1 Corinthians 3:18-23

Denomination: Catholic

Jesus Tells Us To Share

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 8, 2018

after Jesus' resurrection, early Christians began to live together for mutual benefit

Acts 4:32-35 Would all the children come forward and join me, and any of those young at heart, regardless of their age? This is the first Sunday after Easter, and Jesus is no longer there to lead the disciples or the people. They are all sad and kind of lost and missing Him. We heard in the Bible ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-35

Denomination: Episcopal

"ten Lords," Ten Commandments

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 29, 2018

Anything that causes us to turn our backs on the two great commandments–love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves–is sin, and needs the healing power, the forgiving power of Christ.

January 3, 2019 Tenth Day of Christmas According to one interpretation of the overused carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas, this tenth day is the one which adds “ten lords a leaping” to the list of gifts given us by our true love, Jesus Christ, who is the “partridge in a pear tree.” The ten lords, ...read more

Scripture: John 1:29-34

Denomination: Catholic

Abounding Gratitude

Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Dec 7, 2022

Both grace and gratitude are freely given. They’re not something that you can manufacture or work up. They have to be freely given.

Great are Your tender mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your judgments. - Psalm 119:156. This week also, we continued to meditate on the theme of gratitude. The gratitude attitude—and what a difference it makes in our lives.We'll look at what it means to be a grateful person, and the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:156

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Until He Comes Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Feb 29, 2008

A meditation on the promise of Christ’s return and the hope that we draw from contemplating this truth at the Lord’s Table.

1 CORINTHIANS 11:26 UNTIL HE COMES “As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” For almost two thousand years, followers of Christ, the Risen Son of God, have gathered in assembly to instruct one another in righteousness, to build one another ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:26

Denomination: Baptist

0817 Trinity Xvii: Covenantal Collapse Series

Contributed by Mark Woolsey on Oct 4, 2008

The relationship of the Christian Sabbath and the Gospel

Sermon: Covenantal Collapse Text: Luke 14:1-11 Occasion: Trinity XVII Who: Mark Woolsey When: Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 (which is really Trinity XVIII) Where: Providence Reformed Episcopal Church Luke 14:1-11, NKJV: Now it happened, as He went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-11

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

0814 Trinity Xiv: The Ten Lepers: The Excessive Ingredient Series

Contributed by Mark Woolsey on Aug 25, 2005

The suprising but important points in the story of the 10 lepers.

Sermon: The Ten Lepers: The Excessive Ingredient Text: Luke 17:11-19 Occasion: Trinity XIV Who: Mark Woolsey Where: Arbor House When: Sunday, August 28, 2005 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. In the name of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Rest Of The Story

Contributed by William Mouser on Mar 2, 2005

On the Mount of Transfiguration, Christ gives us a foreview of the Kingdom to come, and our glorification within it.

Second Sunday in Epiphany, Exodus 34:29-35; Mark 9: 1-7 “The Rest of the Story” Paul Harvey is famous with his features entitled “The Rest of the Story.” The premise of the feature is that some stories are compelling, interesting, fascinating, and that they reach a point where it would seem ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:29-35

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican