Sermons on Fly In Ointment:

When All You See Is Jesus Series

Contributed by Spencer Miller on May 19, 2013

Jesus contrasts the attitudes of the Sinful Woman and the proud Pharisee.

INTRODUCTION A family who moved into a new neighborhood had a late start one morning. As a result their six-year-old missed her school bus. Though it would make him late for work her father agreed to take her to school if she gave him directions. After 20 minutes of going in circles they finally ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

A Sinful Woman Anoits Jesus Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jul 30, 2017

Jesus was very approachable, by all classes of people, as we shall see in today’s scripture lesson. It is the story of the sinful woman who worshiped Him, at a dinner given in the home of a well-to-do Pharisee.

Harmony of the Gospels -AD 28- Galilee (22) A Sinful Woman Anoits Jesus Luke 7:36-50, John 12:1-8 Jesus was very approachable, by all classes of people, as we shall see in today’s scripture lesson. It is the story of the sinful woman who worshiped Him, at a dinner given in the home of a ...read more

Scripture: John 12:1-8, Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus

Contributed by John Lowe on May 31, 2012

Jesus was very approachable, by all classes of people, as we shall see in today’s scripture lesson. It is the story of the sinful woman who worshiped Him, at a dinner given in the home of a well-to-do Pharisee.

A Sinful Woman Anoints Jesus Jesus was very approachable, by all classes of people, as we shall see in today’s scripture lesson. It is the story of the sinful woman who worshiped Him, at a dinner given in the home of a well-to-do Pharisee. We have already read the scripture, so let’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50, Luke 7:38-40

Denomination: Baptist

Those Who Are Forgiven Much

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Apr 19, 2022

Church life can become awful conventional, safe and predictable. One day Jesus met a woman who blew all of that away.

Our text for this morning is a surprising story of the reaction that different people had when they met Jesus. It is Luke 7:36-50. I encourage you to open your Bible so you can see it for yourself. In the pew Bibles it is on page 66 of the New Testament section. And please stand for the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Sermon # 7 - Watch And Pray Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Jun 13, 2024

Jesus wanted His disciples to tarry with Him in prayer at a most crucial hour, but they were overcome with sleep. If we can set aside some distractions and discipline ourselves to spend time with God we will experience wonderful transformation in our lives.

We read in Mark 14:37, He went back and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour? (GW) As Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, he instructed his disciples to tarry in prayer right where they were, when He went on further ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:37, Mark 14:1, 1 Corinthians 5:7, Mark 14:2, Proverbs 29:25, Mark 14:12-25, Luke 7:28, Isaiah 40:31, Mark 14:3-9, Mark 14:32-34  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Easter Sunrise Sermon

Contributed by Mike Turner on Apr 7, 2004

Sermon for Sunrise Service

Mark 16:1-8 1. They arrived early. These ladies didn’t arrive early in anticipation, but rather to take care of unfinished business. Luke 23:55-56 records that they had seen the tomb and where his body was laid after he was taken down from the cross. Yet, they had to return home where they ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Worshipping Without Words

Contributed by Curtis E. Nester on Jun 29, 2016

A Sinner worships Jesus without speaking a word, but her tears speak what is in her heart.

TITLE: Worshipping Without Words TEXT: Luke 7:36-50 INTRO: Now, we look at another story that is recorded only in Luke. Sometimes this story gets confused with one in the other gospels, where Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus, but the two incidents take place at different times, in different places, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

Love's Great Offering

Contributed by Dr. Casey Adams on Oct 9, 2018

This message covers the concept of displaying an unconditional measure of love for God and His cause

I. "THEN TOOK MARY A POUND OF OINTMENT OF SPIKENARD, VERY COSTLY, AND ANOINTED THE FEET OF JESUS AND WIPED HIS FEET WITH HER HAIR" A. The setting of our text: 1. Jesus had arrived at Bethany six days before the Passover - that is on a Friday 2. The day after was the Sabbath and "they made Him a ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, Acts 7:58-60, Acts 12:1-2, Romans 8:31-33, Romans 9:3, Acts 21:13, Acts 20:35, Galatians 2:20, 1 John 4:8, Mark 12:41-44, John 12:3, Romans 5:5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Prepare To Die

Contributed by Paul Decker on Mar 28, 2004

Jesus was preparing to die.

PREPARE TO DIE! John 11:45 – 12:11 S: Jesus, Death, Sovereignty, Worship Th: The Road to the Cross Pr: JESUS WAS PREPARING TO DIE. ?: How? KW: Events TS: We will find in our study of John three events that show how Jesus was preparing to die. The _____ event was the… I. SCHEMING (45-53) II. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Be A Judas

Contributed by Mike Turner on Mar 5, 2005

A sermon on Judas, and his road to betrayal

Don’t Be A Judas John 13:1-30 Leonardo Da Vinci, the noted Italian artist, painted the Last Supper. It took seven years for him to complete it. The figures representing the twelve Apostles and Christ himself were painted from living persons. The life-model for ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-30

Denomination: Baptist

Judas

Contributed by David Radcliff on Mar 25, 2016

As a little boy I looked at the picture of the Lord's Supper trying to decide which of the men in the picture was Judas.

JUDAS John 13:18-22, Matthew 26:47-49 As a little boy I looked at the picture of the Lord's Supper trying to decide which of the men in the picture was Judas. I looked for the meanest, ugliest most sinister looking one I could find, but I didn't find him. The reason being that that was not the ...read more

Scripture: John 13:18-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Lesson At Jesus' Feet!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 28, 2022

We can get so busy in DAILY MENIAL CHORES that we forget the beauty of an intimate relationship with God. Mary is found 3 times at Jesus' feet. At Jesus' feet is more than a position. Choose the good part.

THE LESSON OF SITTING AT JESUS’ FEET… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) While visiting door to door in Middlesboro, Ky., we had some friends and the daughter was visiting. She asked me: PREACHER WOULD YOU MIND TAKING YOUR SHOES OFF SO I CAN SEE YOUR ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 52:7, Luke 10:38-40, Luke 7:44-46

Denomination: Assembly Of God

When Worship Gets Expensive: Mary’s Price And Judas’ Calculations Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jul 17, 2025

Don’t you imagine that Lazarus grew tired of the onlookers wanting to catch a glimpse of him? No doubt Lazarus would have loved his privacy away from prying eyes after being in the spotlight. How many times did he have to answer, “How do you feel?”

Find John 12 with me. Worship is the one activity believers will do for all of eternity. Worship offers us these incredible benefits of peace and joy in our lives. Listen and learn from a story of incredible worship. As you listen, refuse to be Judas while embracing Mary. Oh, that there would be ...read more

Scripture: John 12:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Uncut Pages Of Life

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 13, 2005

There are moments of opportunity waiting to be opened in our lives.

Philippians 3:13-14 – “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,” “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” l. INTRODUCTION ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Faith To Empty Your Alabaster Box

Contributed by Cedric Portis on Nov 6, 2001

The Lord is worthy to receive unashamed worship. See how this woman gives us the blueprint of true worhsip.

True Worship Faith to Empty Your Alabaster Box Luke 7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. Luke 7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed