Sermons on Mass:

Root Issues

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 13, 2016

Don't nip it in the bud. Get down to the root!

The reason we are not seeing solutions to our national problems is we are only dealing with the symptoms not the root. The reason we see little or no fruit in our spiritual life is because dealing with the outer man instead of going to the root of the inner man. The reason we are not conquering ...read more

Scripture: Romans 11:16

Denomination: Baptist

Acquire The Vision Of Jesus

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 15, 2014

Nobody can be like Christ and attract others to the community of faith without being filled with His compassion.

Thursday of 6th Week in Course 2014 Lumen Fidei "Get behind me, you adversary! For you are not on the side of God, but of men." I suppose St. Peter, who was just plain Simon Peter at the time, was confused by what Jesus had just said to him. After all, he was supposed to be the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-33

Denomination: Catholic

Testifying Truth

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Apr 26, 2018

The Sanhedrin again seek to put Christ and Christianity on trial, even though Jesus has been crucified, dead and buried.

Mid-Week Message/Devotion April 25, 2018 Acts 4:5-12 We are reading through this account of Peter and the apostles being queried by yet another gathering of what amounts to a self-appointed council. Why do I say self-appointed? You see this council of Jewish priests – the Sanhedrin was ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:5-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The First Mega Church?

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Jul 21, 2018

Jesus and His disciples put their ministry ahead of themselves.

Weekend Message/Devotion July 21, 2018 Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 The First Mega Church? Let’s have a casual and then a little more in depth look at what this reading depicts. Jesus has gathered the apostles together for a rest and recreation retreat. They have just returned from their first ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Celebrating The Grandparents Of Jesus Christ

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 23, 2018

If Mary’s response to the angel was an enthusiastic “yes,” then we can look to her parents for their own constant response to God’s commands, their answer of “yes” to His will.

Thursday of the 16th Week in Course 2018 Ss Joachim and Anne, parents of Mary Today we commemorate two of the great persons of salvation history, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom tradition calls Joachim and Anne. Scripture implies that Mary had a family, and the Annunciation almost ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-35, Matthew 13:16-17

Denomination: Catholic

A Practical Guide On Evangelism

Contributed by Nnaemeka Durueke on Nov 17, 2016

A soul winner practices kingdom investment

BIBLE STUDY CLASS TOPIC-A PRACTICAL GUIDE ON SOUL WINNING TEXTS- MARK 16:15-16, 1 COR 1:17; 1 COR 9:16, 22, ROMANS 10:14-15 INTRODUCTION- We shall begin with a review of last week’s study on the things that we are to do to win souls to the Kingdom of God which is the major duty of the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:15-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Obey God Rather Than Man

Contributed by Craig Condon on Apr 2, 2016

We are latter day apostles. We get to follow the first apostles and speak the gospel to people who are gathered in places where anyone can come.

Have you ever noticed that people aren’t always receptive to the Good News of the Gospel? We’re living in a world where it is increasingly forbidden to share the Good News with a desire to win converts. The situation is getting to the point where the only place where the Gospel can be ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:27-32

Denomination: Anglican

Faith, The Lord's Prayer, And The Decalogue Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 3, 2014

Just as Jesus fulfilled the plan of God to restore communion between humans and God, so the Church continues that mission in the world today.

Thursday of 3rd Week of Easter 2014 Lumen Fidei “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, `And they shall all be taught by God.' Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to ...read more

Scripture: John 6:44-51

Denomination: Catholic

Torment From The Abyss Series

Contributed by Martin Holland on Dec 11, 2012

During the great tribulation period the bottomless pit will be opened and people will be tormented five months by the demons set free.

Torment from the Abyss Revelation 9:1-12 In chapter we saw the affects of the sounding of the first four trumpets. A third of everything concerning the mass of the earth and the solar system was affected. But yet in the last verse a warning is cried out by an angel concerning the last three ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 9:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Trinity Sunday And Father's Day

Contributed by Paul Andrew on May 25, 2019

On Trinity Sunday we consider the community style of God’s nature, as applied to Fathers.

Trinity Sunday and Father’s Day What is the ultimate structure of being? What can we hope for? Is there some ultimate shelter? These are existential, social, and above all, theological questions. On Trinity Sunday we consider the community style of God’s nature, as applied to Fathers. In the ...read more

Scripture: John 16:12-15

Denomination: Catholic

The High Calling Of God In Christ Jesus Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 25, 2016

There are two sides to the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I. THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. Philippians 3:14. When we are converted, we have a change of mind, a change of heart. Yet this is not only a once-for-all experience, but also an on-going process which will not be completed this side of eternity. We have been changed, we are being ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:14, Romans 8:28-39, Romans 10:8-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Transfiguration

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 24, 2017

Transfiguration of Jesus and us

Second Sunday of Lent Jesus' transfiguration and the believer's transformation Flannery O'Connor asks a probing question, "Have you ever looked inside yourself and seen what you are not?" What we are not, but should be, is the question. It’s the sometimes frustrating denying or neglecting who ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

God's Blessings

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Dec 11, 2019

The Psalmist shares the heart of God. It is a true reminder of what Christmas is all about.

Message/Devotion December 15, 2019 Psalm 146:5-10 God’s Blessings The reading Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God. 6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever. 7 He upholds ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 146:5-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Can Anyone Call Good Evil And Evil Good?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 20, 2022

Perhaps we can better understand how it might be that a Catholic politician would be so saturated with a dominant secular opinion, supported by millions of dollars of donations, that even the gravest anti-human evil could be good.

Thirty-First Sunday in Course 2022 Good morning, fellow sinners. If we forget that sobering fact, the Liturgy reminds us every time we come to Mass of our moral insufficiencies. And we get to say “through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault” and even strike our breasts every ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 145:1-2, Romans 3:23, 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2, Isaiah 5:20, Luke 19:1-10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Twenty-Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A.- Forgiveness In 621 Words

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 8, 2023

The New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati has “70 x 7” painted over the main doorway.

We hear in our Gospel, we have to forgive, “not seven times but seventy-seven times.” One guy responded, “Great, not only do I have to forgive my brother, now I have to do math.” Jesus adds: Forgive from your heart. Without forgiveness, the weight of the debt over time means the residual ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Catholic