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Contributed by Philip Makari on Oct 19, 2002

There is more to the transfiguration of Jesus than the actual event.

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS is another of those major events in the Bible that speak directly to us of his divine nature and point us strongly to the truth that he was indeed God’s unique and personal revelation of himself. Transfiguration Sunday therefore, is an important day on the Church ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:29-35, Luke 9:28-36

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Jesus Kept The Law For Us!

Contributed by Chad Wright on Apr 15, 2002

This sermon focuses on Jesus’ fasting and temptation in the wilderness.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, "I’m starving!" Have you ever said that phrase or heard someone else say it? Most of the time, the person who says it is far from malnutrition! The human desire to eat, hunger, can at times be very strange and cause people to act very strangely. You’ve all heard ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Jesus Cleanses Your Temple

Contributed by Samuel Stone on Nov 15, 2007

Jesus cleanses the temple.

(Mt 21.12—17; Mk 11.15—19; Lk 19.45—48) 13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:12-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"are We Listening?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 21, 2022

A Transfiguration Sunday Sermon on listening to Jesus.

“Are We Listening?” Luke 9:28-36 “Are you listening?” a mother asks her child. She knows the child’s hearing is fine, but the kid is playing on their phone or watching t-v and she wonders if the sounds she made were absorbed and attended to by him or her. So, she says, “Timmy, were you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:28-36

Denomination: United Methodist

Feed The Hungry

Contributed by Craig Condon on Aug 6, 2015

We must address the needs of those at our doorstep and in our local community, but we can’t be nearsighted. We can’t ignore the desperate needs of the poor worldwide.

“For I was hungry and you fed me…” In 2000 it was estimated that 925 million people worldwide suffered from hunger, which was caused in part by a spike in global food prices…and you only have to go to Superstore or Sobeys to see how high food prices are these days! Hunger ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Anglican

It's All So Simple Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 19, 2009

To the issue of why bad things happen to good people, Eliphaz’s answer is spiritually lazy and assumes that we can earn God’s favor. Job’s response is to have faith in a God who will ultimately accept responsibility for sin.

You and I are about to enter the realm of mystery together. I know of nothing which challenges the mind and the imagination quite so much as the mystery of human suffering. Why men and women should have to suffer physically or emotionally – that has never been answered completely. In recent weeks ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Mentiras Creíbles: Lo Que Importa Es Lo Que Se Ve Series

Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on Apr 5, 2007

Lo que importa es lo que Dios ve

Mentiras Creíbles: “Lo que importa es lo que se ve” - 18/03/07 2 Corintios 4:16-18 Intro. Mentiras creíbles…”lo que importa es lo que se ve”… ¿La puedes identificar en tu vida y en la de los demás? ¿Has visto fotografías tuyas de hace algunos lustros o décadas y piensas ¿Cómo es que me atreví a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Triumphal Entry Series

Contributed by Jeremy James on Nov 21, 2004

Jesus made two triumphal entries, one in a manger, one on a donkey.

This week starts the season of Lent. During this season we begin to prepare ourselves for the Passion Week, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Through Lent I will be giving a series on the Passion Week. Each week we will look at another aspect of that glorious and painful week. Triumphal ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

Why Did Jesus Have To Die?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 28, 2009

Jesus died to fulfill the covenant God made with Abraham.

2nd Sunday of Lent 2009 What Hath God Wrought? Let’s get the question the disciples asked out of the way first: what does rising from the dead mean? It means you first have to be dead. But why, we might ask, did Jesus, pure and sinless and powerful, have to die? Some Protestant divines have ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:2-10

Denomination: Catholic

Happy Holy Week Series

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 15, 2017

a overview of the days in Holy Week

HAPPY HOLY WEEK This past weekend was beautiful — sunny (finally!), with bright flowers starting to pop out everywhere and little birds singing. Winter seems to have finally left, at least for a little while (I hear we are going to get more snow on Tuesday!). A friend of mine, said to me, “You ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11, John 12:1-14, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:29-44, Isaiah 54:7, 1 Corinthians 11:23-25, Matthew 28:1-20, Mark 16:1-7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Episcopal

Suffering And Glory - The Song Of The Servant

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Mar 12, 2023

This message, the first of 2, looks at Isaiah's prophesy of the Suffering Servant

Messianic Prophecy - “Suffering & Glory” Lent is a sober season in the Christian calendar. It’s a time of reflection and consideration. So a sober question during this season of Lent. Do you ever feel you're just scraping by in this life? I don’t just mean financially, although that ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 52:13-15, Isaiah 53:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Cemetary Road

Contributed by David Roth on May 2, 2020

Lent 5 (A) The Christ of the resurrection of the Last Day is one and the same Christ who is on the road of life with us now. He will not only bring us out of the grave then, He is on the road to the cemetery with us today, as we face the challenges, the losses, and yes, even the deaths, of today.

J. J. May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. (Ps. 19:14.) “The Cemetery Road” Today we read of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Lazarus was the brother of Mary and Martha, the two sisters of ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45

Denomination: Lutheran

The Garden

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 28, 2014

Man in the image of God, man in the Garden.

THE GARDEN. Genesis 2:4-25. In Genesis 1 we saw Creation from the cosmological viewpoint of God. The expression “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth” in Genesis 2:4 links the seeming remoteness of God in the earlier account with the intimacy of the Garden, viewing Creation ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:4-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Confess And Believe

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 21, 2013

Made righteous through the righteousness of Jesus, which we receive by faith in Him. Whoever believes in Jesus shall not be ashamed. Whoever calls upon His name will be saved. Sincere faith leads to public confession of Christ.

CONFESS AND BELIEVE. Romans 10:9. According to a Roman historian, the Emperor Claudius ordered all the Jews to leave Rome after public disorders caused by the preaching of the claims of Jesus Christ in the synagogues. This fact is echoed in the Scriptures, where we find the Jewish Christian ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Ministry Of Reconciliation

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 28, 2013

The need for reconciliation arises because of our estrangement from God on account of our sin. The mediator of reconciliation is God. The cost of reconciliation is the death of Christ. The result of reconciliation is a new relationship with God.

THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. 2 Corinthians 5:16-21. This passage directly confronts us with the subject of reconciliation. It requires spiritual thinking: no longer regarding people from a worldly point of view - “according to the flesh” - and certainly not regarding Christ from a worldly ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational