Sermons on Festival Of Weeks:

Four Trees Of Easter

Contributed by Charles Goza on Jan 19, 2010

The four significant events in the last week of Jesus' life involved trees and can be likened to spiritual development in our life.

Four Trees of Easter John 12:12-19 . TREES PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SCRIPTURE. MANY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TOOK PLACE UNDER TREES. 1. Sin originated from eating fruit from the Forbidden Tree. 2. The first clothes were leaves from a fig tree. 3. Gen. 18. Under a grove of oak trees God told ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

Seasoning Your Giving Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 10, 2009

Advent week 2 in which changing the way we give has the power to impact ourselves and others for the sake of Jesus

The last time I preached this series I told you about a pair of guys who had exchanged the same pair of moleskin pants for over a decade. Each year they tried to outdo one another with the only rules being they couldn’t damage the pants and they had to use scrap material. I’d left the story with ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Bystander Series

Contributed by Todd Leupold on May 18, 2010

What it must have been like to be a bystander – a part of the common crowd – during this monumental Passion week.

In Jesus' Shoes 4th in Series: “What If YOU Were There?” Perth Bible Church, April 4, 2010 AM Easter Service Rev. Todd G. Leupold INTRODUCTION: Mama always used to say: “You don't really know someone and can't really understand them until you've walked in their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-48

Denomination: Baptist

The Triumphal Entry Series

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Mar 28, 2010

Truly a perplexing event in the ministry of Jesus, the Triumphal Entry marked the beginning of Jesus' last week before His crucifixion.

Sermon for CATM – March 28, 2010 – The Triumphal Entry – Matthew 21:1-10 Over the past number of weeks we have been travelling with Jesus on His journey to the cross. We’ve seen Jesus being tempted in the desert, we’ve seen the transfiguration. Lazarus was brought ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus On Casual Divorce Series

Contributed by David Flowers on Jul 9, 2008

Part 6 of a 13 week series Hearing Jesus Again. This message looks at what Jesus says about divorce.

Jesus On Casual Divorce Part 6 in series Hearing Jesus Again Wildwind Community Church David Flowers June 14, 2008 Dallas Willard writes: “Divorce, if it were rightly done, would be done as an act of love. It would be dictated by love and done for the honest good of the people involved. Such ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:31-32

Denomination: Free Methodist

The Hallways: Blending The Blended Family Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 3, 2008

#5 in a six week series on marriage and parenting. This message discusses the concept of Step-Families and how to cope while blending.

“THE HALLWAYS: BLENDING THE BLENDED FAMILY” Home Improvement - Week 5 Selected Scriptures INTRODUCTION: (Video: Brady Bunch Intro = 1:00) That show was one of the very first to show a blended family. What is interesting is that it really wasn’t all that huge a hit back when it came out in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:4-6

Denomination: Christian Church

Denial Series

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Feb 24, 2008

This sermon is the third in a Lenten series and deals with denial, one of the key words in the experiance of Jesus in the final week of his life.

A little boy kept falling out of bed, but no matter what his parents tried, each night he rolled out of bed. An visiting uncle teased the boy and asked “How do you keep falling out of bed”. The little boy thought a minute and then said ”I don’t know, unless I stay too close to where I got in”. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:30-35

Denomination: United Methodist

Part 1- God Is Observing Series

Contributed by David Seeley on Sep 10, 2006

What is God doing right now? Not this year, or this week, but at this very moment. How does He occupy His time?

A Day in the Life of God What is God doing today? Part 1—God is observing I. The Eyes of the Lord A. God is looking for ways to display His strength today in the lives of those who are righteous. 2Ch 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 16:9

Denomination: Holiness

Guilt Free

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jun 15, 2013

Grace at work - Those who are in Christ Jesus, now, today, not tomorrow, not next week, not next year, but NOW, there is no condemnation.

Rom 8:1 Romans 7:24 (AV) 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? May 6, 2013 – Rescued & free - Story of the 3 women 21, 16, 14 at the time - “held captive for 10 years - Inside a run-down padlocked Cleveland house, in Ohio. - Starved & beaten ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1

Denomination: Baptist

The Third Cup: [by His Grace] Our Cup Of Redemption

Contributed by Timothy Glaze on Apr 2, 2015

Part of a message delivered during Thursday Holy Week Service in the Bass Memorial Chapel on the campus of William Carey University.

The Third Cup: [By His Grace] OUR CUP OF REDEMPTION Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Matthew 26:27-28 During a customary Passover ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:27-28

Denomination: Baptist

Who Is The Devil?

Contributed by David Radcliff on Mar 12, 2016

Last week we took a closer look at Christ and how we need to view Him and his sacrifice for us.

WHO IS THE DEVIL? Matthew 12:24 Last week we took a closer look at Christ and how we need to view Him and his sacrifice for us I. HE WAS THE CHERUB WHOSE DWELLING PLACE WAS WITH GOD Ezekiel 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:24

Denomination: Baptist

Closer To God, Closer To One Another

Contributed by Greg Nance on Nov 23, 2013

This is the theme of our small group ministry. This sermon is a celebration and review of lessons in Genesis from this past eleven week series.

Dan Chambers is a Christian whose parents attend Mountain Creek Church of Christ. Dan has written a book entitled Churches in the shape of Scripture. In it, he explains several of the distinctive practices of the churches of Christ and why these practices matter. He has made it easy to read with ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Christmas Carol: Stave 3 Our Present Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 15, 2018

This message is part of a series using Dickens Christmas Carol as a framework. This week looks at how Christmas has impacted the present

He had become a celebrity, there was no other word for it, he had toured with his wife across the United States and Canada and crowds flocked to see him. During his time in the U.S., because of his celebrity status, he was granted an opportunity to address Congress on international copyright ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-12

Denomination: Wesleyan

Journey To The Cross

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Mar 27, 2021

Notes on a message about Passion Week. The lessons we learn from the events that led up to the cross and the resurrection of Christ.

Title: Journey to the Cross - Passion Week Theme: To show that Christ journey to the cross was deliberate. Each event in passion week had a purpose. Opening Scripture John 12:12-19 The next day a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-19, Luke 10:1

Denomination: Church Of God

Out Of The Whirlwind: Born To Trouble Series

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Oct 16, 2021

What job encounters in our text this week is a god who overwhelms and transforms him, even in the depth of his pain.

There’s nothing wrong with once in a while leaving the place of worship awestruck. It would become tiring on a weekly basis, but now and then, it is good to tremble at the threshold of the throne of God. I wonder this morning Wesley Does anyone come to worship expecting to encounter the living ...read more

Scripture: Job 38:1-11, Job 38:31-41

Denomination: United Methodist