Sermons on Luke 10:25-42:

Being Mindful Of The One Thing

Contributed by Monty Newton on Jul 22, 2013

Being mindfully present in the moment helps us discern the one thing worty being concerned about.

Life is filled with distractions (from within and without…) Title: Being Mindful of the One Thing Text: Luke 10:38-42 (Reference the context: In 10:25-20 Jesus shared the Great Commandment to love God and neighbor; in 10:30-37 Jesus taught on what it means to love one’s neighbor; and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You A Mary Or A Martha? Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Jul 23, 2013

This sermon looks at how we can become distracted from seeking Jesus.

Are You A Mary or A Martha? 38 Now as they were traveling along, He (Jesus) entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. 40 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Good Samaritan Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Jul 20, 2012

Today we’re going to see what kind of person Jesus sees as a superhero, and it certainly isn’t what most of the world would expect.

The Avengers is the top grossing movie of the summer, and Batman and Spiderman are always incredibly popular, though engineering students at a University in England determined that even if Batman could fly, due to the size of his cape he would crash and probably be killed or severely injured when ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

The Good Samaritan

Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Mar 27, 2015

A simple sermon meant to challenge believers

There are four ages of man: 1) when you believe in Santa Claus, 2) when you don’t believe in Santa Claus, 3) when you are Santa Claus, and then 4) when you look like Santa Claus. Ho, ho, ho! The good Samaritan Luke 10:25-37 A man died and went to Heaven. Peter asked him, “Why should ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Baptist

Just One Thing

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Oct 2, 2014

Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is? [holds up 1 finger] This. Mitch: Your finger? Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don't mean squat. Mitch: But, what is the "one thing?" Curly: That's what You need to find out. Updated July 2025.

There are only a few people ... that are proficient ....in doing more than one thing ... at a time. And it is a proven fact ... that women ... are far better at multi-tasking...... then those ....in that other group. (Pause) In fact, ... most people ....... never become proficient ... in more ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:20, John 9:25, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Mark 10:21-22, Philippians 3:4-14, Luke 9:62, Hebrews 12:2, Luke 10:38-42, Acts 4:12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

Loving Your Neighbor As Yourself

Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Oct 3, 2014

LOVING ONE ANOTHER

“Loving Your Neighbor as Yourself” Luke 10:25-37 “25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Good Samaritan Revealed

Contributed by Michael Fredette on Nov 3, 2014

This sermon interprets and explains the parable of the Good Samaritan in a very revealing way .

Greetings: Have you ever been traveling along in your car, just driving, thinking and daydreaming , then you woke up and didn’t even remember the trip. That you were so captivated and involved in your thoughts that all of a sudden you arrive at your destination , and instead of 20, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:30-35

Denomination: Baptist

Helping Hands Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Nov 5, 2014

Let’s look a little deeper at our parable today and Jesus’ message about what it means to love our neighbors! Let’s look at the characters in this short story - giant idea parable and learn something about doing the right thing even if it costs you something in return

Opening Video Illustration: What if? (3 min) Theme: Time Management “God created me—and you—to live with a single, all-embracing, all-transforming passion—namely, a passion to glorify God by enjoying and displaying his supreme excellence in all the spheres of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Differences Between Mary And Martha

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Nov 21, 2014

To show that we need to be busy with the LORD and not for the LORD. To show different standard of living or lifestyles of faith, we pattern our lifestyle of living according to Mary.

I. EXORDIUM: Who are you like? Martha or Mary? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we need to be busy with the LORD and not for the LORD. To show different standard of living or lifestyles of faith, we pattern our lifestyle of living according to Mary. IV. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Pentecostal

Compassionate Giving

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Nov 23, 2014

This message explains the necessity of giving to a compassionate ministry so others might be helped. The parable of the Good Samaritan in LUKE 10 is used as the example.

Open your bibles to the book of LUKE, chapter 10. Let us read verses 30-37. One day, as Jesus was teaching, a religious leader stood and, wanting to test Jesus, asked him, “Teacher, what should I do if I want to inherit eternal life?” Jesus responded by asking the religious leader ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:30-37

Denomination: *other

Over Committed! Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 19, 2015

Are you too busy? What does God tell us about over commitment in Christian service?

Last week we began a series of lessons on commitment, with the question: Where is your commitment? We ended that lesson looking at some of Jesus’s words from the sermon on the mount where Jesus tells us what to commit to and what not to commit to, what not to worry about and what to seek ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do You Know Your Neighbor?

Contributed by Larry Turner on Jan 23, 2015

In the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus tells about the inter-action of six characters to a wounded man. This sermon briefly analyzes each character.

Let’s begin today with a fun little quiz. I am going to name some neighbors from TV shows and you try to identify which show it was from. Some of these shows are really old so, unless you are my age, you may not know them. But all these shows are being shown in reruns. So let’s get ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Foursquare

Do What Your Told Series

Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Feb 8, 2015

How we have been Commanded to love God as well as our neighbor and how we can only perfect this love through Jesus Christ within us

Last week we started a series called “How to improve your Love life” our scripture was 1st Corinthians 13 and we talked about what love isn’t and what love is. So why do we need to improve our love life? I believe the way we love goes hand in hand with our salvation. Lets look ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do Not Let Your Heart Be Troubled

Contributed by Tesh Njokanma on Feb 9, 2015

Worry is dangerous. Worry can weaken your spirit, soul and body. John 10:10 tells us that the devil is out to destroy; this is his mission in life. Worry is a perfect tool for him to carry out this mission.

Text: Luke 10:38-41 It is natural or part of human nature to be concerned about unpleasant situations in our lives, family, church and nation. For example, in 1 Samuel 10:2, the Bible tells us that when the donkeys of Kish the father of Saul, were missing and he sent Saul to go and look for them, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-48, John 11:17-45

Denomination: Pentecostal

Who Is My Neighbor?

Contributed by Keith Haney on Feb 22, 2015

In Luke 10 Jesus redefines for us who are our neighbors.

25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" 27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:24-37

Denomination: Lutheran