Sermons on Non Conformity:

The Storms Of Life

Contributed by Derek Melanson on Jan 3, 2006

This is a brief ten minute sermon preached at a funeral and it focuses on how Jesus is the One we need to focus on during the inevitable storms we face in life.

“The Storms of Life” Matthew 14: 22 – 33 The first thing I want to say is that storms are inevitable. As we consider what has been happening around our world over the last several months – with so many hurricanes causing so much devastation and damage – this seems more true than usual. And it is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Baptist

Funeral Sermon

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Dec 31, 2002

This is a sermon I preached for a funeral for someone I didn’t know. The funeral was during the Christmas season.

Funeral for Gertrude Kanan Introduction 2000 years ago, our world was a dark and gloomy place. It was dark politically, because the people were oppressed under the harsh Roman rule. It was dark spiritually, because it had been over 400 years without a prophet from God. When life seemed the most ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Nazarene

Funeral Sermon For Someone Who Committed Suicide

Contributed by Bill Burnett on Aug 9, 2005

This was a sermon for a man who killed himself a month after his wife committed suicide

A Funeral For John Doe Before I speak today – I would like to read some scriptures to us. (Psa 55:5 NKJV) "Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me." (Psa 143:4 NKJV) "Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is distressed." Psa ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-13

Denomination: Foursquare

More Than Can Be Measured By The Clock

Contributed by Simon Rundell on Oct 26, 2001

Funeral Service for a 4 year old child, who was buried in a Natural Burial Site, after a long battle with an agressive cancer.

When a child dies, we are inclined to say “What a pity he was taken before he was ripe and able to bear fruit”. We speak of promise rather than actual achievement. This would be quite unfair to XXXXXX. We don’t speak in the same way of a new blade of wheat: we appreciate it for what it is – a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

God Never Forgets

Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Sep 4, 2003

God Never Forgets

TO GOD BE THE GLORY GOD NEVER FORGET MATT. 10:42 INTRO: WHENEVER WE BECOME THE SOURCE OF BLESSING FOR OTHERS, WE ARE BLESSED: AND WHENEVER OTHER BELIEVERS BECOME A SOURCE OF BLESSING TO US THEY ARE BLESSED. IN GOD’S MAGNIFICIENT ECONOMY OF GRACE, THE LEAST CAN SHARE THE BLESSING OF THE ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:42

Denomination: Baptist

God Never Forget

Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Nov 10, 2003

GOD NEVER FORGET

GOD NEVER FORGET MATT. 10:42 INTRO: WHENEVER WE BECOME THE SOURCE OF BLESSING FOR OTHERS, WE ARE BLESSED: AND WHENEVER OTHER BELIEVERS BECOME A SOURCE OF BLESSING TO US THEY ARE BLESSED. IN GOD’S MAGNIFICIENT ECONOMY OF GRACE, THE LEAST CAN SHARE THE BLESSING OF THE GREATEST, AND NO ONE’S WORK ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:42

Denomination: Baptist

No Lo Pierdas Todo

Contributed by J. Martin on Jul 21, 2001

El primer sermon que Dios me dio para un funeral.

NO LO PIERDA TODO “Porque ¿qué aprovechará al hombre, si ganare todo el mundo, y perdiere su alma? ¿O qué recompensa dará el hombre por su alma?” (Mateo 16:26) La sociedad de hoy está envuelta en la adquisición de bienes materiales y otras posesiones. Mientras más uno pueda tener, es mejor. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:26

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Welcome

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 1, 2007

Memorial service message for James M. Wright, volunteer for a Florida Shriners Hospital. Focus on the welcoming of children meaning the welcoming of Jesus.

Images cross our television screens, and we turn away instinctively. Photos jump out at us from the newspaper, and we quickly turn the page. Brochures from charities arrive in our mail, and almost automatically we pitch them in the recycle bin. All because the media continue to show pictures of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Passing Through The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Dec 11, 2007

This is a funeral sermon from Psalm 23:4. We all must pass through this valley.

Passing Through The Valley Of The Shadow of Death “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Grace

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Dec 18, 2007

A funeral sermon for a 50 year old man who committed suicide. He was an active member of the congregation, and gave no signs or reason for taking his own life, leaving the family, congregation, and community in a state of shock.

(Read obituary from bulletin) Dear friends, members of Our Saviour’s, family members, and especially this day you, Holly, Kyle, Beth, Cara, and Loren, may God’s grace, mercy, and peace be with you from God, our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. The word of God that I will ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Mourning Life

Contributed by Samson Musyoki on Sep 24, 2007

WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE BEFORE THE TRAGEDY.

MOURNING LIFE 2 SAMUEL 12:19-20 David noticed that his servants were whispering among themselves and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked. “Yes” they replied “he is dead.” Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:19-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

Funeral--Memorial Homily For Betty L.

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jul 2, 2007

This was a funeral/memorial homily for a woman whose Christian commitment was somewhat doubtful but who at one time had professed faith. She was a person I had never met prior to her final days of illness. It encourages her family to trust Jesus for eter

Funeral/Memorial Homily for Betty L. --Proverbs 31:19-31 This evening we have gathered to remember our mother, grandmother, and friend Betty L. Betty was a woman of faith, although over the past several years she suffered much physical distress, pain, and ill health and was not able to actively ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 31:19-31

Denomination: Methodist

Eulogy--Rochelle Noel

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 20, 2007

This is a funeral for a woman who grew up in the church but has been away from it for about 25 years. She left 4 children behind.

Eulogy –Rochelle Noel by Rick Gillespie- Mobley In the year 1961, young people from across the country were beginning to do freedom rides in order to desegregate, the bus terminals throughout the south. Young people were being sent as gifts to make this country more of what it needed ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 90:12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Funeral Service Sermon For Bishop Mike Brandebura

Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 1, 2008

A sermon given at the funeral service for a minister, Bishop, husband, father and my friend. He want a message that would touch the unsaved hearts of family and friends and bring them to Jesus.

Funeral Service sermon for Bishop Mike Brandebura Listen to the Word of grace: Jesus said, I am the resurrection and I am life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, yet they shall live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 20:18

Prepare To Meet Your God

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 1, 2008

This sermon originally was prepared for a funeral homily for a person whose commitment to Jesus was uncertain, it could be used in any funeral setting or as a evangelistic message. It clearly outlines Go’s plan of salvation.

Prepare to Meet Your God, a Funeral Homily --Amos 4:12 In times such as these when we loose a loved one to death we are reminded of our own mortality. Hebrews 9:27 calls upon us to remember the certain fact “. . . it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment. . . .” My ...read more

Scripture: Amos 4:12

Denomination: Methodist