Sermons on Honor Your Father:

Building Well - Cladding - Establishing Your Christian Identity Series

Contributed by John Gullick on Jul 27, 2015

A sermon that suggests thay when we let Christ bu8ld our identity then we are seen to be wrapped in Christ.

Galatians 1:11-24 New International Version (NIV) Paul Called by God 11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. 13 For you have ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 1:11-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Example Of The Father

Contributed by Steve Yarber on Jun 14, 2002

Fathers are crucial in family life. They set the standard and provide the role model for their daughters, by how they treat their wives. They provide the role model for their sons in how they work and manage the family.

Fathers are crucial in family life. They set the standard and provide the role model for their daughters, by how they treat their wives. They provide the role model for their sons in how they work and manage the family. If the father is godly, the family will tend to be godly. If the father ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32, Exodus 20:12

Denomination: Baptist

Finding Your Way Back Home...again

Contributed by Richard Laraviere on Aug 9, 2008

Finding our way back to relationship with our heavenly father not so much when we have sinned as just wandered away

Finding Your Way Back Home…. AGAIN Opening: 1. I was taking time to read again the Word last evening and the freshness of the word just washed over me and then I realized it had been awhile since I had actually held the word in my hands and was reading. I needed to again come back to center ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-34

Denomination: Mennonite

Our Father

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Aug 6, 2010

The bible reveals God as our Father and tells of His desire that we be His children. He has given us the choice to believe in His Son and become His children.

Our Father 06/21/09 AM Text: Psalm 89:26 Introduction Today is Father’s day so first let me say Happy Father’s Day to all the dads here this morning. Although it seems that we’ve always been celebrating Dad’s day it is a still a bit of a new comer as an observed ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 89:26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our Father Series

Contributed by Ed Gratton on Aug 12, 2018

Second in a series on the Lord's Prayer

1 Our Father Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:1-4 Martin Luther is credited with saying, “Just as the business of the tailor is making clothes and the business of the cobbler is making shoes, so the business of the Christian is praying.” If that’s true, I have a question for us this morning: How’s ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:2-4

Denomination: Christian Church

The First Father Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 7, 2021

It is true that we must trace the fall of man to Adam, and there is no way to minimize the harm he brought to the human race by his sin. But the fact remains that somebody has to have been an example of righteousness in that beginning generation, and the evidence points to Adam.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan had something in common in their childhood, and that was that they both had fallen fathers. When Ron came home one day as an 11 year old boy he found his father flat on his back on the front porch, and there was no one there to help. He said, "He was drunk, dead to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-8

Call No Man Father! Series

Contributed by David Smith on Jun 19, 2009

You must not be called ’Teacher,’ because you are all equal and have only one Teacher. And you must not call anyone here on earth ’Father,’ because you have only the one Father in heaven. Nor should you be called ’Leader,’ because your one and only leader

“Call no man ‘Father’” says Jesus. That’s part of our reading today from Matthew 23. Jesus says, “call no man ‘Father’”. What’s that doing here? And I don’t just mean what’s it doing here as this week’s reading. I mean, what’s it doing in the Bible? Since the (not so recent) publication of “The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:8-11

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

A Father's Gift

Contributed by Kris Roberts on Jun 18, 2004

A Father’s Day Message

“A Father’s Gift” (A Father’s Day Message) 1. Introduction Today is a special day, a day we pay tribute to our father’s. This is a special day for me, for one, I have a great father that has joined us this morning. Secondly, I am a father-to-be a second time. This day is a reflection for us all. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:18, John 3:16-17

Denomination: United Methodist

The Prodigal Father

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jun 19, 2012

Let's look at the heart of a father. Fathers are a gift from the heavenly Father. Here is a well known story Jesus told about a special father - special because Jesus was using Him to describe what the heavenly Father is really like.

THE PRODIGAL FATHER Luke 15:11-24 11 Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them. 13 Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Wash Away Your Sins

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Apr 13, 2005

A sermon on forgiveness, that only can come by the blood of Jesus Christ.

(1) The Headlines on Jan 26th out of Jacksonville, FL read: "JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) -- When five dozen roses didn’t work, an estranged husband took out a full-page newspaper ad to ask his wife for forgiveness. "Please believe the words in my letter, they are true and from my heart," read the ad ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:11-22

Denomination: United Methodist

How Big Is Your God?

Contributed by Greg Carr on Mar 3, 2011

Have you ever tried to figure out how big God is? This sermon answers that question.

Pray Father, Open my eyes so I can see Your truth. Open my ears so I can hear Your voice. Open my mind so I can understand Your Word. And open my heart so I may receive all that You want me to receive. AMEN Have you ever tried to figure out how big God is? Country singer Ray Price wrote a song ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Father To Pharaoh

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 16, 2009

There is pain in family relationships. Jacob’s emptiness created Benjamin, the zero. Judah repeats parental manipulation. But Joseph shows that God’s grace can turn family pain into accomplishment.

The emotional scene we are about to confront comes out of a long history of deals and double deals. When this man stands before his brothers and weeps, his tears flow out of a whole reservoir of pent-up feelings. When this man, this strong, savvy, sophisticated official, cries out in a pain so ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Supportive Father Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 7, 2021

Jesus received praise and approval from His Father in heaven. This is a gift you cannot buy. John Drescher, one of the greatest authors of the 20th century, says that if he could go back and raise his children over he would be more free to express words of praise and appreciation.

Tal Bonham writes about how one night he slipped a poster under the doors of each of his two teenage sons. The poster said- Attention teenagers! If you are tired of being hassled by Unreasonable parents, Now is the time for action! Leave home and pay your own way While you still know ...read more

Scripture: Judges 13:1-14

Father's Day

Contributed by Johnny Small on Jun 23, 2004

To be a great father, you first must be a great husband.

Today we are celebrating a day honoring our fathers. Being a father is a great responsibility. What we do as a father will impact generations to come. Our children learn by watching us and they will become the type of parents that we were. Children learn by example. Prov 22:6 6 Train a child in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-33

Denomination: Baptist

Is God Every Ones Father?

Contributed by William D. Brown on Aug 2, 2008

Do we belong to a universal brotherhood? Is God the Father of everyone? If God is not the Father of everyone, then who is your Father?

IS GOD EVERY ONES FATHER? To day we’re going to talk for a little while to do with the fact that God is not every ones Father. LUKE 11:1-4 1And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-4

Denomination: Baptist