Sermons on Life And Death:

No Middle Way

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 2, 2019

The choice is eternal life or eternal death, there is no middle way: that is the testimony of the martyrs.

Thursday after Ash Wednesday 2019 Ss. Felicity and Perpetua Today, in the glow of our Ash Wednesday devotion, we are presented with the awesome song known as Psalm Number 1: Happy is the human who takes his delight in God’s law, who shuns even the company of the wicked and the cynic. Such a person ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6, Luke 9:22-25, Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Denomination: Catholic

No Middle Way

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 2, 2019

The choice is eternal life or eternal death, there is no middle way: that is the testimony of the martyrs.

Thursday after Ash Wednesday 2019 Ss. Felicity and Perpetua Today, in the glow of our Ash Wednesday devotion, we are presented with the awesome song known as Psalm Number 1: Happy is the human who takes his delight in God’s law, who shuns even the company of the wicked and the cynic. Such a person ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6, Luke 9:22-25, Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Denomination: Catholic

No Middle Way

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 2, 2019

The choice is eternal life or eternal death, there is no middle way: that is the testimony of the martyrs.

Thursday after Ash Wednesday 2019 Ss. Felicity and Perpetua Today, in the glow of our Ash Wednesday devotion, we are presented with the awesome song known as Psalm Number 1: Happy is the human who takes his delight in God’s law, who shuns even the company of the wicked and the cynic. Such a person ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6, Luke 9:22-25, Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Denomination: Catholic

Life Without God

Contributed by Paul Robinson on Mar 22, 2023

While the people of the world live without God every day, what would it be like for a Christian to live without God? Solomon gives us the answer from the book of Ecclesiastes.

I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home. I can’t imagine what life would be like without God. But there was a man in history who chose to live his life without God. He was the wisest man who ever lived, yet he did the most foolish thing in the world. Solomon. What would life be like without ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Achilles Heel Syndrome

Contributed by Johnny Carver on Jun 27, 2008

A sermon using the story of the ungurarded areas in a person’s walk with the Lord that can cause defeat or death spiritually.

Scripture: Ephesians 6:11 – 20 Title: “The Achilles Heel Syndrome” Introduction: There’s a mythological legend of a warrior named Achilles whose mother dipped him into the river Styx in order to make him invulnerable. The ONLY part of his body that didn’t receive the mysterious protection was ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:11-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

This Year Thou Shalt Die.

Contributed by David Goering on Aug 13, 2018

Physical life is a gift and death is by God's appointed time, and if we are cut off in our iniquity there is no remedy, we will be eternally lost.

INTRODUCTION: Read Jeremiah chapter 28 which explains Hananiah as a rebellious false prophet. SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 28:15-17 "Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. Therefore thus saith ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 28:15-17

Prepared - Funeral Sermon

Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 12, 2022

Ed was 96 years old when he passed. He spent most of his life as a faithful Christian preparing for eternity.

John 13:33-36 33 Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you. 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

His Resurrection: A Call To Walk In Newness Of Life

Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Apr 6, 2017

When we were saved, we became spiritually identified with Christ in His death, His burial and His resurrection. It was then that we died to our old life of sin, and we were spiritually resurrected to the new life we now have in Christ.

HIS RESURRECTION: A CALL TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE Study Text: Ephesians 4:17-24, 2 Corinthians 5: 17 Introduction: - When we were saved, we became spiritually identified with Christ in His death, His burial and His resurrection. It was then that we died to our old life of sin, and we were ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-24

Denomination: Pentecostal

Choosing Life For Others

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 29, 2017

Faced with the desirability of reaching our destination in Christ, are we willing to tarry a while to help others along the way?

CHOOSING LIFE FOR OTHERS. Philippians 1:21-26. The Apostle Paul had just referred to his ‘earnest expectation and hope’ that Christ should now be ‘magnified’ in Paul’s body ‘whether by life or by death’ (Philippians 1:20). Suddenly, it seems, Paul found himself in a state of perplexity. “For to ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:21-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Courage To Sacrifice Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Oct 18, 2023

A 5 week series about sacrifice, using Philippians as a guide.

Courage to Sacrifice Philippians 1:18-30 October 22, 2023 I’m starting a new series today . . . . and I’m excited about it. It’s only 4 weeks long, which will lead us through Thanksgiving and then advent comes. It’s crazy that we’re talking about Christmas fast approaching. I’m going to be ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:18-30

Denomination: Baptist

Awake O Sword!

Contributed by Doug Vance on Sep 1, 2017

A sermon declaring why the Father raised the sword of justice and brought it down on His Son. ZECHARIAH 13:7

ZECHARIAH-JUDAH IS ONLY A REMNANT…JERUSALEM LIES IN RUINS. ZECHARIAH WAS A YOUNG PROPHET WHO STOOD ALONGSIDE THE AGED PROPHET HAGGAI TO ENCOURAGE ISRAEL TO BUILD THE TEMPLE… ZECHARIAH FORETELLS THE SAVIOR MORE THAN ANY OTHER PROPHET EXCEPT ISAIAH. CHRIST’S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM ON DONKEY. THE GOOD ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Eternal City: A Real Place? What Will It Be Like?

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 23, 2021

Is there really life after death? Or is this life all there is? It's a question that we ignore, we toss aside, and eventually ponder. It's a question that draws out fear and emotional outrage. It's a question that affects how we live and what we live for.

Is there really life after death? Or is this life all there is? It's a question that we ignore, we toss aside, and eventually ponder. It's a question that draws out fear and emotional outrage. It's a question that affects how we live and what we live for. Could there really be an ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:12-17, Revelation 22:10-11, Revelation 20:1-6

Denomination: Salvation Army

Funeral For Christian Woman Who Died In Her Early Seventies

Contributed by Richard Tow on Jan 21, 2021

This funeral was for Christian lady who served in the church but had serious healthy problems in latter years of her life.

Opening and eulogies by family members prior to this message. MESSAGE: I had the privilege of pastoring Katie and her family for fourteen years between 1991 and 2005. When I came to _________ Church, Katie was there waiting for me, and when I left she was still here supporting the work of the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Hebrews 9:27

Denomination: Charismatic

How To Participate In The Resurrection Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 1, 2013

The witness of the apostles to the Resurrection challenges us to face the mystery of our own existence and life, and adopt a way of life that would inspire others at our own funerals.

Monday of Easter Week Gaudium et Spes Fifty-one days. What a difference fifty-one days can make, if Jesus Christ and the Spirit of Jesus Christ permeates those days. Look at the followers of Jesus in the wake of His arrest, torture and execution. They were cowering in a little upper room in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:8-15

Denomination: Catholic

From The Book “the Master's Indwelling” By Andrew Murray Series

Contributed by David Leach on Jan 13, 2014

From the book “The Master's Indwelling” By Andrew Murray Chapter 2 – THE SELF LIFE (words in italics added)

From the book “The Master's Indwelling” By Andrew Murray Chapter 2 – THE SELF LIFE (words in italics added) Matt. 16: 24. (Jesus) If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. In the 13th verse we read that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational