Sermons on Least Of These:

Prayer - For Those Of Us Who Struggle

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jul 26, 2025

A talk on prayer preached at St Christophers Hanwell 28 July 2025, at a Cafe Communion service - where people sit around tables and the sermon is inevitably quite interactive.

INTRO “one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples” [Luke 11:1] Martin Luther, the 16th Century reformer, was once asked much time he spent in prayer. “An hour a day” he said. “But what about if you are really busy?” “If I am really busy I have to spend ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13, Mark 1:35, Luke 6:12-13, Luke 5:15-16, Luke 22:39-44, Matthew 4:1-11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

Faith Of A Child

Contributed by Victor Yap on Sep 28, 2024

Elisha

FAITH OF A CHILD (2 KINGS 5:1-27) A pastor and a lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from Los Angeles to New York. The lawyer asks if the pastor would like to play a fun game. The pastor, tired, just wants to take a nap, politely declines, and rolls over to the window to catch a few ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Living On Purpose

Contributed by David Derry on Dec 3, 2002

How to know your purpose in life and live it out.

Living on Purpose December 1, 2002 Today’s sermon is entitled “living on purpose” Do you know what your purpose is? Do you know what drives you? As you think about that question, you may be picturing a certain aspect of your life. For example: · Home life · Spiritual life · Work ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-14

Denomination: Baptist

Advent Iv, Year B

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Dec 11, 2002

God’s ways are not our ways. God has plans for our lives that surprise us all.

Sermon for Advent 4, Yr B 22/12/2002 Based on Lk 1:26-38 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson One grim winter day in 1754, Horace Walpole was reading a Persian fairy tale called “The Three Princes of Serendip.” The story touched him, and writing to his friend ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Lutheran

Profitiing From Trails Series

Contributed by Tim Byrd on Sep 12, 2002

Part 1 of the study on the book of James

A Life of Works Produced by Faith Part 1 “Profiting From Trails” Date: September 8, 2002 A.M Service Place: Allendale Baptist Church Text: James 1: 1-4 Introduction This morning I will begin a series of messages on the epistle or book of James. I will do this series a little different then some ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Prophecy The Coming Of The Lord, Can These Dead Bones Live Again ? Series

Contributed by Jim Parisi on Oct 13, 2002

Southern California has become a dead dry graveyard, a valley of dead dry bones. A place where once the spirit of God was so mightily present it was likened to a blazing forest fire out of control. This area which once housed the greatest revival of the

Prophecy the coming of the Lord, Can these dead bones live again? HHM Oct 13, 2002 Southern California has become a dead dry graveyard, a valley of dead dry bones, A place where once the spirit of god was so mightily present it was likened to a blazing forest fire out of control … This ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

No Cheap Grace

Contributed by Marianne Unger on Jun 22, 2003

A look at the Wisdom of Solomon literature and a tie into Revelation with a promise that Christ has conquered death and payed the price for our sin.

Wisdom of Solomon 1:12-15 and 2:23-24 I have to admit that the wisdom books are some of my favorite literature. I don’t know if our members have ever been introduced to the apocryphal/deuterocanoninical books, but if you’ve grown up in the Roman Catholic tradition, they are included in the Bibles ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:8, Revelation 20:11-12

Denomination: *other

The Great Commission

Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Sep 24, 2003

It’s about time, "Go Ye.."

June 29, 2003 HOLY SPIRIT BLESS US Matthew 28: 18-20 (The Great Commission) And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Methodist

Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Contributed by J. Yeargin on May 29, 2003

Sometimes we can become so foolish that God (with His mercy and Grace) will have to send in our enemy to set us straight and keep us out of trouble.

BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE In 1 Samuel 29, David manages to get himself into a real jam. After being delivered from the hand of Saul on numerous occasions, David becomes weary of living like a fugitive. In a moment of despair, he reasons that his only hope is to flee from Saul into the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:6-8, 1 Samuel 29:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

How To Treat Your Mother

Contributed by Brian Atwood on May 8, 2001

Biblical guidelines on how to treat mothers - biological and spiritual.

A woman I never met is greatly responsible for my coming to know Christ. I plan on meeting her and thanking her when I get to heaven. She worked with my mother and invited her to a church service where my mother heard the gospel and accepted Christ as her personal Savior. It was a small ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Indescribable

Contributed by Joel W. Lohr on Mar 2, 2002

Trying to re-capture the wonder of our first love of Christ and to understand his indescribable love for us.

Have you ever been speechless? Have you ever been so overcome with emotion that words failed you? I can think of times in my life when I have been hard pressed to put words to my emotions and those times are more than memorable. Sometimes those moments that defy description are moments of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-7

Denomination: Baptist

Blocking The Door To Heaven

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 10, 2002

In religious leaders’ refusal to accept God’s way not only did they not go through the door but also blocked the door to heaven for others.

In Matthew 23:13 Christ pronounced judgment upon the scribes and Pharisees when He said, "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in." Christ condemned ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

How Does The Holy Spirit Give Us Greater Discernment

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

How Does the Spirit Guide Us With His Discernment

How Does the Spirit Guide Us With His Discernment (Acts 2:5-13) Illustration: Where Am I Going? It’s comforting to hear that even Albert Einstein had a brain cramp now and then. One time, for instance, he was taking a train to an out of town engagement. The conductor stopped by to punch his ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:5-13, Acts 2:5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Is The Bread Of Life Series

Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Sep 19, 2001

Picture # 7 in series: The 14 Candid Snapshots of the Maturing Christian as found in the Gospel of John. The Feeding of the 5,000 is the picture of Jesus as the Bread of Life, and how the maturing Christian feeds on the Bread of Life.

Picture # 7: Jesus is the Bread of Life John 6:1-15. See Matthew 14:13-21 See Mark 6:30-44 See Luke 9:10-17 Up to 26 million people in the United States, and over 800 million people in developing and underdeveloped countries go without adequate food on a regular basis. Every single minute, at ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-15, Matthew 14:13-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Bottom Line

Contributed by John Beehler on Sep 24, 2001

We are stewards of God’s property and, as stewards, will be held accountable for our managing of what has been entrusted to us.

The Bottom Line For obvious reasons, this is Jesus’ most difficult parable. How could Jesus use such an obviously dishonest man as an example for His disciples? I think God uses evil things ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed