SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Of Cloth And Cleric:

showing 571-585 of 41,659
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

Faithful to the Finish

Peter's final call to a young and growing church

Grace and Glory

A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter

Entrusted

Gifts, risk, and the return of the King

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Do We Really Worship?

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 2, 2001
    based on 53 ratings
     | 8,525 views

    An exhortation to worship in truth.

    Do We Really Worship? Acts 17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    A Cookout For A Dropout

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Apr 27, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 12,363 views

    A sermon for the 3rd Sunday after Easter

    3 Sun Easter. John. 21:1-19 " A Cookout for a Dropout"   A shrewd worldly agnostic and a Christian clergyman, dressed in modest clerical suit, sat at the same table in the Pullman dining car. They were waiting for the first course at the dinner, a delicious Hudson River shad. Eying his companion ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    Preparing The Way For The Messiah Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 29, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,478 views

    We need to make sure that our hearts are ready for Jesus coming.

    Preparing the Way For The Messiah Text: Matt. 3:1-12 Introduction 1. Illustration: Gene Getz once said of God’s plan for Joseph that: At age thirty, Joseph could never have handled this world-class task without an intensive and experience oriented course in management. It began in Potiphar’s ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Methodist

  • Colin Thornby avatar

    Avoiding The Distortions

    Contributed by Colin Thornby on Nov 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,297 views

    Just like the Sadducees, we can selectively read scripture and so make false and disastrous assumptions about Christ and his call (Luke 20:27-40)

    One of the curious things about religious people is that they can develop very fixed ideas about what is right and what is wrong. Sometimes these are bolstered by appeals to their religious texts, sometimes it is based on experience, or a sort of philosophical position. Jesus interaction with the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: *other

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    When Tolerance Is Silly Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 2, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,506 views

    Some people are weak in sense, period. Others are strong in some areas, but weak in the spiritual realm because, down deep, they really don’t believe things like doctrine matter. Paul attempts to shake-up both types of people who are inappropriately tole

    When Tolerance Is Silly 2 Corinthians 11:1-4, 19-20 1. Does it really matter what you believe? 2. From UPI: CAIRO, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A conservative cleric in the constituent assembly drafting the new Egyptian constitution has argued the country should allow girls to marry at 14. Yassir Barhami, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    A Tale Of Two Men Called Peter

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 21, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,520 views

    How did Peter go from Fearful to Fearless

    Have you ever found it hard to share your faith? On Tuesday evening (17th April 2018), coming back from Hamburg I was on the Stansted to Cambridge train. I struck up a conversation with a couple of young people by asking them if they knew where the plugs were on the train for charging up my ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Anglican

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Forgive, "or Else" Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 23, 2019
     | 3,705 views

    The culture itches to persecute the Catholic Church, and a small number of renegade priests and bishops who abused their authority have provided the excuse.

    Tuesday of the Third Week in Lent 2019 It’s often been said by commentators that the “ten thousand talents” that the Gospel servant owed his master was a sum greater than the gross national product of Palestine in New Testament times. Jesus is clearly exaggerating for effect here, something that ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time C- Greed

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 28, 2022
     | 1,895 views

    We are the people living in stone houses. And Jesus is challenging us with this teaching.

    Some Blog writers collect lists of humorous First World Problems, like Losing the TV Remote, Being Hungry But Not For Any Of The Food In Your Fridge, your walk-in closet is not big enough. Our Gospel today mentions two people who suffered from “First World Problems.” 1). “Teacher, tell my ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    A Cookout Brings Faith

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Apr 23, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,807 views

    A sermon for the 3rd Sunday after Eater Jesus appears to the disciples on the shore

    3rd Sunday after Easter John 21:1-19 " A Cookout Brings Faith"   "After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    How Christ Grows His Church Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 18, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,007 views

    Ephesians 4:7-14 shows us how Christ grows his church.

    Scripture We are currently in a series of sermons in Ephesians 4:1-16 that I am calling, “Unity in the Body of Christ.” In this section of Scripture, the Apostle Paul has been teaching the church to maintain unity, to use their spiritual gifts, and to grow in spiritual maturity. In other words, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jeff Davenport avatar

    When It Comes To My Church Series

    Contributed by Jeff Davenport on Oct 3, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,516 views

    Every believer longs to have a great church experience, here are some ways to accomplish that!

    It’s Not About Me… When It Comes To: CHURCH Hebrews 10:24 - 35 Video Clip: “Me Church” (KJV) 24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Newton avatar

    "She Lay At His Feet”

    Contributed by John Newton on Jun 13, 2025
     | 333 views

    What did it mean for Ruth to place herself at Boaz’s feet? What does it mean for us today?

    When you think of a romance story what comes to your mind? For the more literary types among us it might be Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet or Charlotte Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. For others of us perhaps it could be something more like one of the many dozens of novels of Danielle Steele. Or if you ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Episcopal

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    Year C, Proper 3. Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 24, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 278 views

    Not used this year.

    Isaiah 55:10-13, Psalm 92:1-4, Psalm 92:12-15, 1 Corinthians 15:51-58, Luke 6:39-49. A). THE WORD GOES FORTH. Isaiah 55:10-13. Isaiah 55:10-11 is about God’s words not returning to Him void. At first, we might imagine that God is talking about the weather, with all this talk of rain and snow. ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    The Book Of Lamentations – Part 35 – False Priests And Prophets In Judgment And We Have Them Today Also - Chapter 4:14-16 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 15, 2025
     | 153 views

    The priests and false prophets of Judah are suffering their ruin. It is a serious matter to depart from the bible’s teachings. Here we delve into false teachers today and the damage they do to the witness of the gospel. This includes the word of faith movement,

    THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS – PART 35 – FALSE PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDGMENT AND WE HAVE THEM TODAY ALSO - CHAPTER 4:14-16 Last time we began with Jeremiah’s observations of the conditions that evoked such distress from him in all the previous verses. He dealt also with the wickedness in the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joel Vicente avatar

    288 - Word Of Victory

    Contributed by Joel Vicente on May 27, 2004
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,459 views

    "It is finished" is equivalent to "paid in full". What was the bill? What was the price? What was paid in full?

    Illustrate Humor: Goodbye, mother! -- Walking through a supermarket, a young man noticed an old lady following him around. He ignored her for a while, but when he got to the checkout line, she got in front of him. "Pardon me," she said. "I’m sorry if I’ve been staring, but you look just like me son ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist