Sermons on Ordinariness:

An Ordinary Couple Series

Contributed by Carl Willis on Dec 4, 2006

Mary and Joseph, an ordinary couple who were chosen to be a part of a divine plan.

An Ordinary Couple Lessons of the Nativity – Part I Matthew 1:18 – 25 Matthew 1:18-25 Now this is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit. [19] Joseph, her fiancé, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ordinary People

Contributed by Paul Zwarich on May 28, 2008

God has chosen unlikely people to do impossible tasks and has called ordinary people to be his presence in the world.

Lectionary 11 Matthew 9:35 – 10:8 (9-23) A father, tired after Church one Sunday morning, pretended to be asleep in his chair in front of the T.V. as his kids tried their best to wake him from his Sunday nap to join them in the back yard. Finally, after several attempts to wake him his ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Ordinary Acts Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Sep 3, 2014

Ruth and Boaz are married. Ruth gives birth to Obed, who is the grandfather of David. Ordinary actions are used by God to accomplish God’s purpose.

Ruth 4:1-22 “Ordinary Actions” INTRODUCTION We are coming to the end of the story. We have walked with Naomi, Ruth and Boaz through normal family life, periods of grief, and times of poverty and struggling to survive. We have seen the loyalty of Ruth, the hopelessness of Naomi ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 4:1-22

Denomination: Lutheran

Extraordinary And Ordinary

Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 22, 2024

God will move Heaven and earth to reach you.

Extraordinary and Ordinary Luke 2:8-20 Rev. Brian Bill December 21-22, 2024 How many of you have read or seen the movie called, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever?” I listened to the audio book earlier this month and found myself laughing and crying. In this classic tale, the Herdman siblings, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Baptist

No Ordinary Worship PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 27, 2023

Explores the true essence of worship as a divine connection and spiritual communion with God.

Welcome, dear friends and family in Christ, to our sacred gathering today, a blessed opportunity to come together in unity and fellowship, bound by the love of our Lord. Our hearts are open, our spirits are eager, and our minds are ready to absorb the divine wisdom that awaits us in the holy ...read more

Scripture: John 4:22-24

Topics: Worship, Today

Not So Ordinary Time

Contributed by Jody Vansickle on Jun 18, 2025

This week we step into "Ordinary Time" in the Christian Calendar. But Gpd invites us to make "Ordinary Time; not so ordinary.

Galatians 3:23-29 (NLT) 23 Before the way of faith in Christ was available to us, we were placed under guard by the law. We were kept in protective custody, so to speak, until the way of faith was revealed. 24 Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29

Denomination: Methodist

Ordinary People Unleashed Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Nov 2, 2020

God unleashes the extraordinary through ordinary people.

An ordinary Sunday School teacher named Ed was concerned for a young man in his class named Dwight, so he shared Christ with him in the back room of a shoe store. Dwight got saved and eventually became a well-known evangelist. Years later, when preaching in the British Isles, Dwight told the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 11:19-30

Denomination: Baptist

The Ordinarythe Common.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Nov 28, 2022

Moses had a pretty, ordinary occupation, tending sheep. Most of us have ordinary lives. Can you imagine a more routine existence?

The Ordinary. Exodus 3:1-5NIV Moses had a pretty, ordinary occupation, tending sheep. Most of us have ordinary lives. Can you imagine a more routine existence? Moses must have felt like he had been put out to pasture. He once dreamed of delivering the people of Israel out of captivity. He had the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:2-4, Exodus 3:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Sin Of Being Ordinary

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jun 18, 2008

This sermon shows that we are not pleasing to God by being ordinary... He calls us to be EXTRAORDINARY!

The Sin of Being Ordinary Acts 16:23-31 Intro: Perhaps many of you have already rebelled against this title. You think, there is nothing wrong with being ordinary. In fact, it was Abraham Lincoln who said, "God must love the common people, he made so many of them." You may say that it is the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:23-31

Denomination: Baptist

A Song For Ordinary Days Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012

Life is not made up of special days. It may have some extraordinary days sprinkled throughout the year but life is filled with ordinary days. The problem is that we can begin to live for the special days when the real issue in life is staying faithful and

A Song for Ordinary Days Luke 1:39-56 As we approach Christmas, how many of you can remember the days of your childhood when you began looking forward to Christmas, weeks if not months ahead? You watched all the more intently the commercials on TV for the latest toys, put together your Christmas ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:39-56

Denomination: Methodist

So Familiar We Almost Miss It

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 6, 2001

People & places & things - all very common & ordinary. And yet, God is able to take the ordinary things of life & do wonderful things with them.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2015) TEXT: Luke 2:1-20 We begin our Christmas message this morning with Luke 2:6-20. "While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, & she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped Him in strips ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Freedom Of Forgiveness

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Apr 12, 2018

AS CHRISTIANS WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF THE EXTRAORDINARY. AS TUTU’S DAUGHTER SAID, “WE ALL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE EXTRAORDINARY.” OUR CHALLENGE TODAY IS TO BE EXTRAORDINARY FORGIVERS. PART OF A SERIES ON THE LORD'S PRAYER.

THE FREEDOM OF FORGIVENESS MATTHEW 6:12-15 A LETTER WAS WRITTEN FROM A LADY TO HER EX-BOYFRIEND EXPRESSING HER UNHAPPINESS SINCE SHE BROKE OFF THEIR ENGAGEMENT. IT READ: DEAREST JIMMY: NO WORDS COULD EVER EXPRESS THE GREAT UNHAPPINESS I’VE FELT SINCE BREAKING OUR ENGAGEMENT. PLEASE SAY YOU’LL ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:12-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Table Of The Lord

Contributed by Tesh Njokanma on Jan 11, 2018

A sermon that highlights the rich benefits of Holy Communion

Text: Psalm 23:5 “You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies.” David in Psalm 23 wrote about the Lord as our Shepherd. One of the roles of our Shepherd which Psalm 23 highlights is that our Shepherd prepares a table for us in the presence of our enemies. The first thing David ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

1. Simple Prayer And Prayer Of The Ordinary Series

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 4, 2020

I first put this Lenten address together in 2008, and when the Vicar's wife said she found it good and thought it should go on "Sermoncentral" - so who was I to disagree. I offer this series as a help and it is based on Richard Foster's excellent book Prayer

Introduction. This series on Prayer is based on Richard Foster’s BRILLIANT book simply called "Prayer". If you want to study Prayer seriously it is a book you must read. Story: This series of studies came out a time of retreat at Mariastein, near Basle in Switzerland in October last ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 11:1-15, Jeremiah 20:7-10, James 2:14-18

Denomination: Anglican

Who Should We Obey? Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 5, 2022

As followers of Jesus, we need to share the Gospel courageously and actively with everyone we meet.

WHO SHOULD WE OBEY? Text: Acts 4:13-22 Introduction 1. “Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) 2. The question I want us to ponder this morning is should we obey God or people? 3. According to Peter and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:13-22

Denomination: Methodist