Sermons on Lenten:

Yield Not To Temptation

Contributed by Tom Tarpley on Mar 11, 2011

God gives us the power to resist temptation

Matthew 4:1-11 A mother walked into the kitchen one day and interrupted her 3 year old, who was on top of a chair eating cookies. When she asked what he was doing, the toddler explained: “Mom, I just climbed up here to smell them but my tooth got caught. When we give in to temptation we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: *other

Are You Codependant Or A Coworker?

Contributed by Paul Andreasen on Mar 4, 2020

A look at what it means to be a coworker with Christ.

2 CORINTHIANS 6:1-13 I would like to ask you a question as we begin today. Answer this question. Who are you? When you think about your life, identify the top five adjectives, which would describe who you are. I will give a moment to brainstorm. The title of this sermon is, “Are you a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13

Denomination: Anglican

The Two Most Important Issues Of The Christian Faith

Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 4, 2010

The two most important issues in the Christian faith is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ!

Introduction: The two greatest events in the history of human civilization is what happened on the Good Friday and Easter Sunday two thousand years ago. And the most important fact in the history of information is that Jesus Christ died and rose again from the dead! It has been said that to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

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

Measuring Greatness Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Feb 24, 2015

God's way of measuring greatness differs greatly from ours. God measures with love and service and not accumulation, accomplishment and attainment"

Matthew 18:1-9 “Measuring Greatness” INTRODUCTION For millennia the Season of Lent has been a time for Christians to reflect on their relationship with God and on Jesus’ call to discipleship, in anticipation of Easter. These forty days preceding Easter were first used as a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:1-9

Denomination: Lutheran

In The Spotlight Series

Contributed by Aneel Aranha on Feb 16, 2021

Many Christians across denominations start Lent today, practice the disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Jesus says do them outside the spotlight

Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Meditation On Cross

Contributed by Mahima Kumar on Jan 2, 2025

Meditation on the Cross Hebrew: 6.4-6; This is a hard verse in the Bible. Those who donot repent of their sins, those who do not desire repentance

Meditation on the Cross Hebrew : 6.4-6; This is a hard verse in the Bible. Those who donot repent of their sins, those who do not desire repentance, those who do not like to be reproved, those who would not listen to any of remonstrance and those who do not change their life in spite of ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:4-6, Isaiah 53:5-6

Validating Our Christian Identity

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 4, 2025

Lent is a time in which we engage our interior self with its brokenness, weakness and intentional wrongdoing. We are all sinners, but we are sinners endeavoring to become saints, by our faith and practice.

Friday after Ash Wednesday 2025 A priest of my acquaintance many years ago was in conversation with a Lutheran minister. He asked the minister if he believed that Martin Luther had made any big mistakes setting up a parallel Christian church. The minister candidly admitted that he thought Luther ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-9, Psalm 51:3-6, Matthew 9:14-15

Denomination: Catholic

Hosea--Is He A Loser And Chump? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 24, 2025

He fell in love with a woman who found herself lovers, lots of them. She was frequently unfaithful. Despite her infidelity, Hosea took her back time after time.

Friday of the Third Week in Lent 2025 The prophet Hosea, if he lived in our modern culture, would be called a total loser, an inveterate chump. He was prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel and ministered during the reign of King Jeroboam II in the middle of the eighth century before Our Lord. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34, Psalm 81:6-11, Psalm 81:14, Hosea 14:2-9

Denomination: Catholic

Complete But Maybe Not Flawless? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 14, 2024

Ordinarily we think of anything “perfect” as being totally flawless.

First Sunday of Lent 2024 When we begin a project, it’s always helpful, even critical, to look forward to the end, to the moment when the project is complete. In the Latin, the word we want is perfectus. Ordinarily we think of anything “perfect” as being totally flawless. That is a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 9:8-15, Psalm 25:4-9, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1:12-15

Denomination: Catholic

Return To The Jerusalem Temple Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 28, 2024

Jesus was found by His parents in His "Father's house" at age twelve. Twenty years later, why has He returned?

Third Sunday in Lent 2024 This week marks the middle-point of our Lenten pilgrimage! We have been with Jesus in the desert, as He was tempted, and we were with Him last week on the Mount of Transfiguration, as He prepared Himself and His most trusted disciples for the passion by having a Passover ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19:8-11, 1 Corinthians 1:22-25, John 2:13-25

Denomination: Catholic

Prayer--An Intimate Conversation Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 9, 2006

Prayer is a powerful spiritual discipline, which God uses to change us, and to enable us to experience the fulness of the abundant life.

Acts 2:42-47, Philippians 4:4-7, 1Thessalonians 5:16-17 “Prayer—An Intimate Conversation” INTRODUCTION Paul writes, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8). This is a critical verse in our understanding of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Lutheran

The Struggle With Satan Lent Sunday 1 Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 23, 2023

Was the Lord bragging about how He defeated the old Worm, man’s adversary, Satan? No.

First Sunday of Lent 2023 How did St. Matthew come by the story he shared in today’s Gospel? It was easy to understand the first line, what happened when Jesus, who was fresh from His baptism by John, where the Holy Spirit came upon Him in form of a dove, went into the wilderness of Judea. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Catholic

Christ And Controversy

Contributed by R. Joseph Owles on Mar 3, 2006

Jesus’ forgiveness and compassion creates controversy.

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: We cannot be in a right relationship with God if we are in a wrong relationship with others. Two weeks ago we encountered Paul’s challenge to “Be like Christ,” and we looked at Mark’s account of Jesus healing a leper for clues of how we could actually be like Christ. We ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:13-28

Denomination: Catholic

Knowing God - #6 - God Is Holy Series

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 5, 2001

Last in a series about attributes of God and how we can reflect them to others.

KNOWING GOD - #6 God is Holy 1 Peter 1:15-16 Introduction I like white shirts. I like them a lot. Part of the reason is that they go with everything. No matter what color of pants you are wearing, no matter what color tie, no matter what color shoes (I go for black most of the time), a white ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 57:15

Denomination: Wesleyan