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  • The Parable Of The Gracious And Merciful Gardener

    Contributed by Evelyn Weston on Mar 14, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 10,136 views

    Lent 3C: Looking past the Law and the barren fig tree, we find the Good News that Jesus let himself be cut down rather than let the fig tree (us) be cut down.

    With One Voice # 713 - Lord, Let My Heart Be Good Soil Let us pray: Lord, let our hearts be good soil. Plant the seed of your Word in our minds and hearts, and help it to bring forth fruit in our lives. Amen Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do bad things happen at all? Questions ...read more

  • Listening To The Woman At The Well

    Contributed by Evelyn Weston on Feb 25, 2005
    based on 30 ratings
     | 6,587 views

    Lent 3A: First person sermon. The Samaritan woman recounts her meeting with Jesus, and how sharing with others what God has done in your life can help your faith grow.

    Grace to you and peace, sisters and brothers, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus— who is * the Messiah. Amen I have a story to tell you today about something that happened when I was much younger, a few thousand years younger. It happened when I was living in the small town ...read more

  • What Makes You Think You Can Come Here?

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 17, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,203 views

    Lent, 1986, Communion: We should never be intimidated from the Lord's Table by ritual, shame, or weakness. It is hosted by one who offers us mercy and grace, paid for by His blood; so come boldly.

    In the South Africa of apartheid, I suppose, nearly anything is possible. And so I do not expect that this story, improbable as it sounds, is untrue. If anything, I expect it could be multiplied many, many times over. At any rate, the story is that one day an Afrikaner, one of the ruling class in ...read more

  • Hollow Religion Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 21, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,092 views

    Faith is more than going through the motions and appearing holy. True faith seeks God's will and faithfully obeys it.

    Isaiah 58:1-12 “Hollow Religion” INTRODUCTION One of the most difficult challenges in any relationship is keeping it fresh and growing. We are tempted to take our relationships for granted, to be distracted by other demands in our lives, and to ignore or neglect these precious ...read more

  • Seventy Days To Prepare For Easter

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 2, 2023
     | 1,359 views

    Salt of the earth. That means we help our world attain its end, its goal at the end of the world.

    Fifth Sunday in Course 2023 As a chemist, I find occasional use for those skills when reading the Sacred Scriptures. Today Jesus gives us a confusing chemical statement while He makes an important biblical statement. Neglect the chemistry for a moment. Everybody knows that sodium chloride is a ...read more

  • Farewell To The Flesh (Mardi Gras Carnival)

    Contributed by James May on Feb 15, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
     | 9,917 views

    This sermon deals with the evils of Mardi Gras and its effect upon the heart, mind and soul of men, especially Christians who take part in the revelry.

    FAREWELL TO THE FLESH Since we live in south Louisiana, I think it would be timely for this message concerning the Mardi Gras season. It’s that time again; the time for King Cakes, Purple and Gold decorations, costumes and decadence beyond description. This is the time when the true heart of ...read more

  • The Transfiguration: Seeing Jesus – And Our Discipleship – In A New Light

    Contributed by Michael B. Perrott on Feb 17, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 10,072 views

    The invitation to climb the mountain of Transfiguration is an invitation of Jesus’ to encounter God afresh, then to see ourselves, God’s purpose in our lives, and the world, in a different light.

    Mark 9:2-9 The Transfiguration: Seeing Jesus – and our discipleship – in a New Light Through our Gospel verses this morning we are invited to accompany Jesus and his chosen disciples as they climb a mountain, and there experience a wondrous moment – a turning-point in the lives of the special ...read more

  • What Are You Looking For? Peace? Series

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Dec 27, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,846 views

    A sermon for the first day of Advent, a church season that looks forward to the coming of Christ in Christmas and in the Resurrection. The next three Sundays are going to be following along the "what are you looking for?" theme and will all be taken from

    In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Three In One who gives us true peace. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, So…I guess there’s supposed to be a tree there (pointing to the place where it traditionally stands) pretty soon. Some of you were probably ...read more

  • Getting Ready For Holy Week Series

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 15, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,486 views

    how we can prepare ourselves for Holy Week

    GETTING READY FOR HOLY WEEK Next week we begin the observance of Holy Week, one of the most sacred times in the Christian faith. With the arrival of Palm Sunday, we finally end the season of Lent, a time of reflection and repentance readying us for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. ...read more

  • The Transfiguration

    Contributed by Fr. Damien Evangelista on Mar 31, 2020
     | 2,100 views

    The Cross and the Resurrection are inseperable

    The season of Lent stresses a SOMBER mood by having us focus more on fasting and penance. On the other hand, the Gospel tells us about Jesus' Transfiguration [T], where the Lord is seen in full splendor, which seems to be more appropriate for the Easter season. Having the story of the [T] ...read more

  • Greatness In God's Kingdom

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Jan 20, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,133 views

    What's God's definition of "great"?

    Matthew 20:26-28 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave-- 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Jesus’ Way to ...read more

  • Keeping The Sabbath Holy

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Jun 3, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,304 views

    A closer look at the observance of the Sabbath

    Weekend Message/Devotion June 3, 2018 Mark 2:23-3:6 Keeping the Sabbath Holy “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Exodus 20:8 This is a subject that always brings out responses from extreme legalism to extreme liberal interpretation. “And He said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for ...read more

  • Into Sacred Space With Jesus

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 14, 2009
     | 5,917 views

    Jesus is adamant that sacred space be preserved as sacred space... our lives are sacred space!

    Title: Into Sacred Space with Jesus Text: John 2:13-22 Thesis: Jesus is adamant that sacred space be preserved as sacred space. Introduction: The great temptation in working with this text is to cite Jesus as our example to act in righteous indignation against all that is offensive to us in our ...read more

  • A Peaceful Triumph

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 22, 2015
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,616 views

    Every step of the way replete with Messianic undertones, the King enters His capital with meekness and humility.

    A PEACEFUL TRIUMPH. Mark 11:1-11. Another group of pilgrims was arriving in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, and those already there were shouting the traditional welcome: “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” (Mark 11:9). The words are from Psalm 118:26 – a Psalm which is often ...read more

  • Anointing A Man After The Heart Of God

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 26, 2016
    based on 15 ratings
     | 14,321 views

    The Lord's criteria for service.

    ANOINTING A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART. 1 Samuel 15:34-35; 1 Samuel 16:1-13. Israel had demanded a king, just so that they could be like the other nations. Samuel had protested, but the LORD allowed it. After all, they were not rejecting Samuel: they were rejecting the LORD (1 Samuel 8:4-7). ...read more