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  • Answering Life's Most Important Question Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Aug 8, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,151 views

    This sermon marks a critical point in the ministry of Jesus. It is time for Jesus' disciples to know that He is the Messiah and to know what kind of Messiah He will be. They are shocked to discover there is a cross in store for Jesus and for all of Jesus' followers.

    Introduction: A. One day, two men with the same qualifications interviewed for the same job and both did equally well in the interview. 1. The hiring manager decided to have them both take an exam with 10 questions to help him make a decision about who to hire. 2. As it turned out, both men only ...read more

  • Peace Be With You - When You Doubt Like Thomas!

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Apr 28, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,125 views

    Doubt is the number one barrier to peace

    Weekend Message/Devotion April 28, 2019 John 20:19-31 Peace Be with You Aaaah, the thought of PEACE! We so often hear that entreaty – “Lord, we pray today for World Peace” and feel that same sentiment. What a glorious day that would be – universal peace! So, what is the real barrier to world ...read more

  • A Pyrrhic Victory

    Contributed by Rich O' Toole on Apr 26, 2023
     | 1,776 views

    Peter rebukes Jesus

    A Pyrrhic Victory Mark 8:31-38 Have you ever heard the saying, “They won the battle, but they lost the war?” This is like a Pyrrhic (Pear rick) victory; which is a victory that ends up causing such a devastating toll on the victor, it ends up as a defeat, rather than a victory, due to its long ...read more

  • The Struggle Never Ends Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 16, 2019
     | 3,338 views

    We humans think that we can be happiest when there is no struggle, when we can just coast. . .But that is not the state of society when there are still many who have not accepted and begun to live the call of Christ.

    Thursday of the 6th Week in Course 2019 St. Peter Damian Life after original sin came into the human family is a continual struggle. The story of a great flood is found in more than one culture. Here in our first reading we see God establishing a covenant after the flood between Himself, Noah and ...read more

  • Simon Of Cyrene Helps Jesus Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 16, 2022
     | 1,912 views

    We don’t know if Simon complained all the way to Golgotha, or recognized Jesus and was glad he had helped, but his name--unlike most of those minor players in the Gospel drama-- has come to us.

    Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus (Those of us who have had the privilege and honor of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land always make Jerusalem part of the holy time. There, although the Jewish Temple has been replaced by a grand mosque, we can see the very places we read about in the New Testament, the ...read more

  • The Master's Guide To Your Best Self

    Contributed by Vic Folkert on Aug 31, 2021
     | 3,879 views

    A unique, positive slant Jesus' challenge to deny self and take up one's cross. Specific stories about what that really means.

    THE MASTER’S GUIDE TO YOUR BEST SELF—Mark 8:27-38 What is the one topic everybody in the world is interested in? It is not sports…not politics…not who will be the next Bachelor…not _____ (Pastor: Be creative and specific.) All you have to do to find out what people care most about is go on ...read more

  • 17th Sunday After Pentecost. September 15th, 2024. Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 5, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,109 views

    Year B, Proper 19

    Proverbs 1:20-33, Psalm 19, Isaiah 50:4-9, Psalm 116:1-9, James 3:1-12, Mark 8:27-38. A). THE ALLURE OF WISDOM. Proverbs 1:20-33. One day I was out shopping on one of the pedestrianised streets of Norwich, England, when a sudden commotion stopped me in my tracks. The City Crier’s vigorous ...read more

  • The Heartbreaking Messiah

    Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Sep 7, 2021
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    A sermon exploring heartbreak and suffering through peter and the disicples

    Mark 8:27-38 Have you ever heard the sound of a heart breaking? Do you remember what it sounds like? Maybe it was your child's heart breaking when they found that the job market had disappeared? Maybe it was your sister or brother's heart breaking when the test results were worse than ...read more

  • Who Is Jesus: A Question Everyone Must Answer

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Sep 7, 2021
     | 3,203 views

    "Who is Jesus" is one of the two most important questions.

    Who is Jesus? Mark 8:27-38 One of the two most important questions one can ask is: “Who is Jesus?” If you were to go around and ask people today, you would get many answers. Some would be like the answers the Pharisees and Sadducees gave: “He was a crackpot.” “He was a narrow-minded bigot, just ...read more

  • Are You Ready To Bear Your Cross

    Contributed by Ian Bullock on Sep 8, 2021
     | 3,507 views

    This sermon provokes us into thinking about how we bear our cross, and whether we live in the world or not of it, drawing on some of St Pauls teachings to the early churches

    In the name of the Father, son and Holy Spirit. Amen. There is a story told of a man who was struggling to carry his cross, he complained and moaned at anyone that he came in contact with. Eventually the Lord heard his complaints and paid him a visit. My son, I have heard your pain, and I want ...read more

  • "Want To Know Who Jesus Really Is? Follow Him”

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 8, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,027 views

    A sermon about what it really means that Jesus is the Messiah.

    “Want to Know Who Jesus Really Is? Follow Him” Mark 8:27-38 Jewish Rabbis are teachers and their students are called disciples or learners. They hang on the rabbi’s every word. They follow the rabbi around. They imitate the rabbi. They are trying to become like the rabbi. I heard of ...read more

  • Difficult Words

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Sep 10, 2021
     | 1,994 views

    The most difficult words that Jesus ever uttered are easy to understand but hard to do. Let’s see how they would solve some of humanity's biggest problems. Let’s examine the selfless life in Mark 8:27-38.

    Prelude The most difficult words that Jesus ever uttered are easy to understand but hard to do. Purpose: Let’s see how they would solve some of humanity's biggest problems. Plan: Let’s examine the selfless life in Mark 8:27-38. The Anointed One Mark 8:29-30 “He said to them, ‘But who do you ...read more

  • You’re Asking Too Much.

    Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 11, 2021
     | 2,055 views

    God expects us to take up our cross. What is that cross He is asking us to carry?

    Sermon Title: You’re asking too much. Scripture Text: Mark 8:27-38 ILLUSTRATION: Several years ago I read a story written by a preacher in the Philippine Islands. One day he was passing a large church on Good Friday when he spotted many selling incense, candles, veils and rosaries. He also ...read more

  • Follow The Leader

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Sep 13, 2021
     | 2,104 views

    A sermon for the Sundays following Pentecost, Year B, Lectionary 24

    September 12, 2021 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Isaiah 50:4-9a; Mark 8:27-38 Follow the Leader Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Vacations often involve long road trips. Those journeys can be filled with road games ...read more

  • Journey With Jesus

    Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Sep 24, 2021
     | 4,345 views

    Jesus explained his journey to the cross to suffer the punishment we deserved for disobeying God. Jesus then described the journey that we as his followers make throughout our lives.

    In what ancient city were the followers of Jesus first called Christians? Acts 11:26 tells us that the disciples were called Christians for the first time in the city of Antioch. Now let me ask you another question closely related to that one. What were the followers of Jesus called before they ...read more