Sermons on Lent:

How God Turns Our Offering Into A Supernatural Blessing- Part 3 Series

Contributed by Kiruba Stephen on Mar 28, 2022

How God turns our offering into a supernatural blessing

Welcome to Part 3 of the message entitled 'How God turns our offering into a supernatural blessing.' God can very well take anything He wants anytime. Isn’t that true? But, He comes to us as either directly, explicitly as He did with Abraham, or through the Holy Spirit working ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20, 1 Samuel 1:27-28

The Hope That Transforms

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Dec 8, 2023

The reality is advent is only distantly related to Christmas. It was celebrated long before Christmas in the church.

TITLE: THE HOPE THAT TRANSFORMS SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 8:24-25 All eyes in Christendom have turned upon celebrating Christmas. In fact, this is what many Christians make of Advent, if they have even heard of it or think of it at all. The reality is advent is only distantly related to Christmas. It was ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:24-25

Denomination: Baptist

The End Does Not Justify The Means

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 12, 2005

Family Sermon: What can we learn from Jesus’ temptations

NR 13-02-05 Family Service Talk on The Temptations of Jesus Lent is a period of 40 days from Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday when we remember Jesus’ temptations in the wilderness It was a time of quiet, fasting and prayer, in preparation for the beginning of his ministry in Galilee and beyond. It ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Anglican

Naming The Baby

Contributed by Howard Mcglamery on Dec 9, 2002

A sermon on the names of Jesus taken from Isaiah 9:6

NAMING THE BABY Isaiah 9:6 Introduction The naming of a baby is a very, very happy time. It can also be a very meaningful time. In the Bible, names were given and the names had significance. They had meaning. What’s in a name? When Jesus was born there was a name given to Him. "Jesus" ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

When Did We See You Hungry? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 12, 2011

Our good works for our brothers and sisters are icons of Christ in our culture.

Monday of First Week in Lent 14 March 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy At various times in the history of the Church, Judaizing elements in and outside the Church have risen up and waved the second half of the first commandment at the Church, and accused us of worshiping images and idols. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Catholic

Images Of Christ Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 19, 2011

In the icon of the crucifixion we find the same spiritual orientations we discovered in the eastward direction of our prayer.

Monday of 2nd Week in Lent 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy Over and over again the OT repeats the theme: God is merciful; His people are faithless. Original sin has not corrupted our natures entirely, but it has weakened them so that we find it an uphill climb to do good and avoid evil. Without the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:36-38

Denomination: Catholic

God Watch

Contributed by O. K. Neal on Feb 11, 2010

Message about Transfiguration Sunday

02-22-09 God Watch Mark 9:1-12 Man climbs to top of a mountain Is God really up here? “God, what should I do with my life?” “Feed the hungry, strive for justice, work for peace.” “Oh, I was just testing to see if you are real.” “So was I.” Have you had mountain top experiences? I ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Re-Creating The Effective Pastoral Minister Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 6, 2015

It is important that those involved in pastoral ministry be focused on their goal, not on their comfort.

Thursday of the third Week in Lent Joy of the Gospel Jesus shares with us today an unforgettable phrase: “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.” The image this summons up is of a shepherd and His flock. Jesus came to gather together the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:14-23

Denomination: Catholic

Stewards Of Children And Creation Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 16, 2016

The Church cannot be expected to change position on the evil of murder.

Thursday of Second Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel The readings today remind me of the cynical epigram: No good deed goes unpunished. David was the champion of Israel, defeating the Philistines time after time. Still, king Saul, who was probably suffering from a long-lasting clinical ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

The Path Of Dialogue Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 27, 2016

To evangelize society, we must encourage leaders to promote the common good.

Thursday of Third Week in Lent 2016 Joy of the Gospel We weak humans need continual reminders that things are not all rosy, that we are living in the midst of a struggle against the forces of evil. Yes, Christ has triumphed in the universal, but He still battles for individual souls with the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:14-23

Denomination: Catholic

Truckloads Of Mercy And Forgiveness Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 27, 2021

Our forgiveness invites God and other people to forgive us.

Monday of the 2nd Week in Lent 2021 The prophet Daniel was exiled to Babylon with many leading Israelites by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar. At the time of this writing the Persians, who had conquered Babylon, are led by King Darius. Daniel has just realized that the time of Israel’s exile ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:36-38, Deuteronomy 11:26-32, Daniel 9:4-10

Denomination: Catholic

Only A Wimpy Philosopher--Come On, Man! Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 6, 2021

That would, of course, be a lot like having a beautiful vehicle with no engine and, therefore, no value. Jesus as a kind of philosophizing wimp, so to speak.

Monday of the 3rd Week in Lent 2021 One of the great heresies of Christendom that comes back again and again says that Jesus Christ was a great moral philosopher in the line of the Buddha, Confucius, and Marcus Aurelius. Perhaps the most notorious of the authors holding this position was the U.S. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:24-30

Denomination: Catholic

You Still Don't Get It

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 28, 2020

Do we listen to the voice of God in our hearts telling us what we must do in order to free up His grace?

Tuesday of the 5th Week of Lent 2020 You Still Don’t Get It When I was growing up and first encountering the Bible stories, the years after the departure from Egypt were characterized as “forty years they wandered in the desert.” So I pictured the Hebrew people churning around the Sinai peninsula ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 102:1-20, John 8:21-30, Numbers 21:4-9

Denomination: Catholic

Our Calling To Make Holy Families Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 6, 2019

Our task in our families is to become saints ourselves and to nurture our loved ones to sainthood.

Tuesday of 5th Week in Lent 2019 St. Waltrude A number of years ago I was privileged to teach a speech course to some deacons in training, and I asked them to speak for a few minutes on their thoughts on the realization that they were mortal–that the life they now lead would end. I think I said ...read more

Scripture: John 8:21-30, Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-15

Denomination: Catholic

The Way Out Of The Hole We're In Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 29, 2020

Here we are healed of sin, nourished with the Eucharist, anointed for service and mission, and ultimately commended into the hands of the Father when we finish our earthly journey.

Tuesday of the First Week in Lent 2020 The Way Out of the Hole We’re In As we continue in this first week our Lenten journey, our informal pre-Easter retreat, it’s good to consider just where we are, or would be, without Jesus Christ and His Church. We start out our life in a kind of hole, or ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:4-19, Isaiah 55:10-11, Matthew 6:7-15

Denomination: Catholic