Sermons on Luke 15:4-8:

Lost Sheep And Lost Coin

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 21, 2021

This parable is special, because it tells us a great deal about God the Father’s great love for mankind.

Now we mortals love certain people, but if there are things in their life that we do not like, we generally brush them aside. We all can be thankful indeed that God the Father loves everyone, He even loves the most ungodly sinner on the face of the earth. He does not love their evil deeds, but He ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

No Man Careth…

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 3, 2022

One thing that make many of our lives miserable at time is the LACK OF COMPASSION of those that surround our lives.

• Many children have no compassion for their parents ? Employer have no compassion for their employees. ? Neighbors have no compassion for their neighbor. The parable of THE LOST SHEEP reveals the COMPASSION OF CHRIST more than any other of Jesus’ parables. It is comforting to know that our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Children Away From The Father's House

Contributed by Dr. Jerry Hulse on Sep 19, 2023

This message is about discovering something or someone who is lost and how the joy that floods a soul-winner's heart cannot be described in words but can only be felt in a heart that has already experienced the grace of God.

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES (Luke 15:3-6 ) (3) "And he spake this parable unto them, saying," (4) "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:3-6, Luke 15:7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:17-19, Luke 15:11-16, Luke 15:20-22, Luke 15:23-24, Luke 15:25-28, Luke 15:29-32  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Giving Hope To The Addicted In Christ Series

Contributed by William Baeta on Sep 22, 2023

ke “And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him”, (Luke 15:20)

Introduction: Today is Blue Cross Sunday and the theme for the sermon is ‘Giving hope to the addicted in Christ’. The Blue Cross is a Christian organization whose major activity is the fight against alcohol and substance abuse. Alcohol and drug abuse has been a major problem throughout the ages ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Beyond The Numbers: Understanding God's Economy

Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Oct 17, 2023

Jesus’s parables and Old Testament stories reveal astonishing truths. They show that God’s economy isn’t about math, but the true expression of value.

Beyond the Numbers: Understanding God's Economy Introduction: - We live in a world that is obsessed with numbers. We measure everything by numbers: our income, our expenses, our achievements, our popularity, our success, and our happiness. We think that more is better, and that bigger is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:3-7, Matthew 20:1-16, Mark 12:41-44, 1 Kings 17:8-16, 2 Kings 4:1-7, Isaiah 55:8-9, Colossians 1:19-20  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Parables Of Lostness Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Oct 17, 2023

Jesus is the answer to all our lostness no matter what kind we may find ourselves in.

JUST JESUS: CHAPTER BY CHAPTER THRU LUKE Parables of Lostness LUKE 15:1-32 #justJesus INTRODUCTION NARRATIVE 1: “Taken” In 2008, an action movie came out that spurred 2 more movies after it and all because of one speech. 7 sentences is the crux of one movie and allowed them to make two more after ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sermon $ 42 - God Of Restoration Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Nov 1, 2023

God specializes in restoring those who are lost and gone away from Him. Everyone needs to be in the place God has assigned for us, for only there are we assured of God’s protection, privilege and we will also find our true worth.

We read in Luke 15:20, “And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.” (Darby) We meditated a little on this passage in the last sermon, considering ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:20, Luke 15:1-2, Luke 15:3, Psalm 139:4, Luke 15:4-5, Psalm 91:1, Luke 15:8-9, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Acts 13:22, Luke 15:28-30, Psalm 34:1  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Was Jesus Glad For The Cross?

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on May 27, 2022

Jesus voluntarily went to the Cross and endured its pain and shame with joyful gladness because He wanted to spend eternity with you!!

"...looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." (Hebrews 12:2 ESV) "We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2, Acts 2:25-28, Hebrews 1:9, Zephaniah 3:17, Luke 15:7, Jude 1:24, Psalm 32:2, Hebrews 10:12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Prodigal Son ? Series

Contributed by Donald Pinkleton on Jun 12, 2022

Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day! I was a child of the ‘50’s – it was the golden age of television. And it was television that taught us what fatherhood was all about. Of course, there was the flagship show “Father Knows Best.” But there were many others that taught us about the ideal father figure. There was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32, Luke 15:7

Leap Of Faith

Contributed by Troy Borst on Jun 15, 2022

The point is the shepherd. The point is the shepherd who risks and seeks and perseveres and celebrates.

LEAP OF FAITH LUKE 15:1-7 #FATHERSDAY2022 INTRODUCTION https://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/despicable-me/leap-of-faith (1:51) This scene is from Despicable Me (2010, Universal Pictures). The animated movie is about Felonious Gru, a super-villain who adopts three girls, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Portrait Of A Godly Father

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jun 18, 2022

When we consider Jesus’ audience, there is a much deeper truth. Jesus shows the sinners, publicans, scribes and the pharisees what God is really like and he paints a picture of a Godly Father.

Sermon: The Portrait of a Godly Father Text: Luke 15: 1-24 1 Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. 2 This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them! 3 So Jesus told them ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-24

Denomination: Methodist

"getting Too Friendly With Sinners"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 31, 2022

Jesus' two parables in Luke 15:1-10 are about the character of God.

“Getting too Friendly with Sinners” Luke 15:1-10 Imagine living in Jesus’ world and imagine being labeled a “sinner” in that world. Now, I think we stumble over that term in this context because according to Christian doctrine we are all sinners, right? But this wasn’t necessarily the way ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10

Denomination: United Methodist

14th Sunday After Pentecost. September 14th, 2025. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 5, 2022

Year C, Proper 19.

Jeremiah 4:11-12, Jeremiah 4:22-28, Psalm 14, Exodus 32:7-14, Psalm 51:1-10, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-10 A). “YET I WILL NOT MAKE A FULL END.” Jeremiah 4:11-12; Jeremiah 4:22-28. Many of our readings in Jeremiah seem to, like Lamentations, open out on to a vista of total devastation and ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 4:11-12, Jeremiah 4:22-28, Exodus 32:7-14, Psalm 51:1-10, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, Luke 15:1-10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Lost Matter

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Sep 9, 2022

In the heavenly realm all people matter.

The Lost Matter Luke 15:1-10 1. Jesus tells us in today’s reading about lost sheep and lost coin and a sinner • The brief parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin both illustrate Jesus’ mission to the lost. • Luke 19:10“… for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

You Are Of Great Value

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Sep 9, 2022

Using the parables of the lost sheep and lost coin, we can understand the great value God has placed upon our lives and how passionately He works to save us from sin.

THERE HAS BEEN ONE PARTICULAR STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND MY MINISTRY, IT WOULD BE THIS, WICH SAYS: “JUST THINK, YOU’RE NOT HERE BY CHANCE, BUT BY GOD’S CHOOSING. HIS HAND FORMED YOU AND MADE YOU THE PERSON YOU ARE. HE COMPARES YOU TO NO ONE ELSE; YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND. YOU ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-10, 2 Peter 3:9, Luke 19:10

Denomination: Free Methodist