Sermons on Funeral Home:

Building The Altar Of God In Your Home Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on May 1, 2025

Building an altar in your home can be a powerful way to deepen your relationship with God...

In the Bible, the altar was a sacred place where God's people offered sacrifices and worshiped Him. Today, building an altar in your home can be a powerful way to create a sacred space for prayer, reflection, and connection with God. The Significance of the Altar In biblical times, the altar ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 18:6, 1 Corinthians 1:18

Honored Except At Home (Mark 6)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 30, 2024

Was even Jesus honored except at home? Let's look at Mark 6.

Did Jesus do many miracles in places where He was dishonored? What was the purpose of the first short-term mission trip? Why was John the baptist killed? How did Jesus provide for the 5000? Did Jesus take time alone to pray? Were the disciples' hearts still hardened? Let’s look at Mark 6. Why ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Finding Your Way Back Home SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 9, 2023

Sometimes, the most detrimental thing God can do is to grant us our desires. The prodigal son's journey to a 'far country' symbolizes a place that first exists in our hearts. This journey and his eventual return home teaches us about the dangers of desire and the power of forgiveness.

Today, we will explore the parable of the Prodigal Sons, which is the third story in a series of parables told by Jesus. This parable, along with the stories of a lost coin and a missing sheep, teaches us important lessons about God's love and forgiveness. Let us dive into the story and uncover its ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Topics: Prodigal Son, Forgiveness

Memorial For A Christian Lady

Contributed by Adam James on Feb 16, 2017

A short reflection I used for an active Christian lady who passed at the age of 90 years.

One of the major themes in the book of Ecclesiastes, and certainly a theme that is reflected in our passage this afternoon, is that everything in this life, including life itself, is temporary. The author wrote that, “For everything there is a season. A time to be born and a time to die.” Words ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Funeral Service For Our Son, Eric Crandall

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jun 2, 2021

This is the message I preached for our 40-year-old son. I hope it can help give comfort to other grieving parents. I preached about Heaven because that is where our Eric is.

Funeral Service for Our Son, Eric Crandall Revelation 21:1-6 (Preached May 25, 2021) BACKGROUND: *This is the message I preached for the funeral of our 40-year-old son who died on May 21, 2021, after a brief but terrible illness. This sermon is intensely personal, but I hope it can help give ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Eulogy Funeral Service For Bessie Payne Bryant

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Oct 20, 2025

Bessie was an 87 year old Christian who walked with God most of her life. She was an African American woman born in western Alabama and later migrated to Cleveland, OH.

Funeral Eulogy Bessie Payne Bryant By Rick Gillespie- Mobley Psalm 139:1-18 Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 Summary: Bessie Payne Bryant was an elderly believer who loved her family, had a special bond with her sister, and gave her life to Christ as a child. It is amazing how God uses governments and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-18, Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Funeral Service (For A Christian Man Or Woman)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jun 23, 2022

You may be seated…Let’s began with prayer:

Our heavenly Father, we thank you that we can come into your presence anytime but especially when our hearts are weighed down with sorrow. Father, you know the grief that’s experienced by the ____________family and_______________ friends and the need they have of your comforting presence and the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Sailing To A New Harbor / Funeral (Short Homily)

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Aug 19, 2013

A Funeral Message (Short Homily) -Updated November 2016-

On behalf of ______, ... _______, ... _______ and the whole extended _______ family. We thank you for your prayerful support ... and for taking time this day ....to celebrate the life .... of ... _______ _______ _______. _______ had a gift ... she had the ability ... to make every person feel ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-5, John 11:25-26, Philippians 1:21-23, 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Denomination: Anglican

Funeral For 82 Y/O Christian Lady

Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 2, 2020

Sue was a warm Christian influence on her family, friends, and coworkers.

Welcome and Obituary Psalm 46:1-3, 10-11 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-3, Psalm 46:10-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Life Is Like A Game

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Aug 13, 2010

This is a funeral sermon for a longtime and well respected Coach, who lived a great Christian witness!

Because I do some football officiating, especially as Umpire, it puts me out there in the middle of the game! When I moved to Uvalde, I first recall meeting Coach King on the Football field. I was officiating and Coach King looked at me with a bewhildered look and asked, “Are you my new ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: United Methodist

Funeral For 97 Y/O Christian Lady

Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 13, 2020

A Christian lady who tried to live her life according to God's word.

2 Songs 1. Welcome – Romans 8:31-39 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be[i] against us? . . . 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written, ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Funeral - God's View Of Death

Contributed by Richard Stevens on Dec 10, 2024

Psalm 116:15, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."

Let me read: Psalm 116:15, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.” “Precious” that an unusual word to use at a funeral service. And in fact, I don’t think I EVER heard it used at a funeral service. Maybe in the hospital, over in the birthing unit, “precious” is a ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

He Died - He's Alive! Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 22, 2006

A funeral sermon of hope. Jesus died - BUT that’s not the end of the story.

He Died - He’s Alive! What can be said at a time like this? Today we are faced with a multitude of emotions. There is pain and what feels like a emptiness. Some of us are overwhelmed with emotions today: feelings of anger, guilt, disbelief, anxiety; feelings of pain and protest - it is hard to ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Eulogy Pauline Barnes

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Sep 25, 2011

This is a eulogy of A Christian who was a teacher for 41 years, married for 61 years, and was loved greatly by her family.

Eulogy Pauline Barnes 9/23/2011 2 Timothy 4:6-8 Eccl. 3:1-14 There are many verses in the bible, and when we come to the end of our lives, our obedience to some verses is more apparent than to others. It was a fall day on September 28, 1920 in which William and Georgia Counts witnessed ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

To See Thy Face

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 25, 2025

Creation will be restored; sin and death ended. God brings humanity home forever. We will see His face and live with Him.

(The Long Road Home) Home. It’s the one word that can make grown adults swallow hard and stare off into the distance like they just remembered something important. Ask people what they want most in life and beneath all the surface answers—success, health, stability, love—you usually find a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 3:24, Revelation 21:3-4, Revelation 22:1-5, 1 Corinthians 15:26  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist