Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Pagan Pratices:

showing 886-900 of 12,549
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • The History Of Daniel And His Three Companions

    Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jun 24, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,604 views

    Daniel’s Introduction to Babylon

    Chapter 1-The Message of Daniel I. God’s Working in International Affairs (v.1,2) A. Word of the Lord Prophesied (v.1) (Jeremiah 25:9,12) Babylon: Land of Shinar (Gen 10:8-10) Kingdom of Nimrod/Babel: Place of Mystery Religion Paganism/All False Religions/Mother of Harlots (Rev ...read more

  • Christmas Day: A Day To Celebrate Light, And Grace And Truth. Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 23, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,457 views

    In the Southern Hemisphere we celebrate Christmas over summer, but in the Northern Hemisphere things are different. Darkness and the chill of winter but into this season came the light of the world full of grace and truth.

    Christmas Day: a day to celebrate light, and grace and truth. What a great day of the year it is, gifts opened this morning, worship with the community here, I love the way the garden is looking, thanks to the Dalta (Deliberate acts of love to all) crew for that, I am really enjoying the ...read more

  • The Power Of The Word Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,699 views

    The story of Elisha and Naaman teaches us about the Word of Evangelization, the Word of direction, and the Word of testimony, all powerful in the saving of souls.

    Monday of the 3rd Week in Lent Verbum Domini At least as early as the time of St Gregory of Nyssa in the 4th century (On the Baptism of Christ), the Fathers of the Church were seeing this healing of Naaman the Syrian as a type of Baptism. The story is a compelling reminder of the impotence of ...read more

  • Kneeling As The Children Of The Father Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 25, 2011
     | 2,841 views

    Kneeling in worship of the God who abased Himself for our benefit is a physical way of signing our desire that our wills be in conformity with God's will.

    June 27, 2011 St. Cyril of Alexandria The Spirit of the Liturgy What do we owe to God? What gift should we give Him? Before considering that question, we should ask about God’s nature and actions. The Scriptures today tell us much about this God we worship. First, before injustice and ...read more

  • Bring Us Together By Thy Word Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 25, 2012
     | 3,091 views

    The existence of the Word of God makes it necessary to have a living and authoritative interpretator "of last resort," in the Church.

    Monday of 21st Week in Course St. Monica/St. Augustine Verbum Domini St. Monica could easily be called the patron saint of frustrated prayer. A Catholic herself, she found herself married to a pagan, with a son who, unbaptized as a child, turned into a kind of semi-pagan hellion during his youth. ...read more

  • What St Gregory Teaches Us About Evangelization Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 1, 2012
     | 3,088 views

    Prayer is pre-eminent; the Word must inform our music; evangelization must be done, especially with the help of women.

    September 3 2012 St. Gregory the Great Verbum Domini The Book of Genesis envisions the creation of the world as more of a birthing than a creatio ex nihilo. We know that God created everything, and created it from nothing. But when the author of Genesis began his narrative, he picks up at a ...read more

  • Getting Out Of The Storm Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,656 views

    The fifth message in a series of messages from Jonah.

    GETTING OUT OF THE STORM Jonah 1:15-17 * Throughout the course of my life I have been through several storms called hurricanes. Back when storms were rightly named female names, there was Betsy, Hilda, and Camille, just to name a few. More recently it was Georges and Katrina. In our area we are ...read more

  • The Eighth Day Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 4, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,701 views

    The Sunday celebration, that of the new Sabbath, is the eighth day described by the Fathers of the Church.

    Monday of 5th week in Course 7 February 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy The great myths of Mesopotamia were myths of creation. Gods battled and slew each other, and the cosmos was formed from the dead body of a god. And it was pretty rank and fetid. That’s the way pagans look at their world. ...read more

  • Always Evaluate Your Spirtual Growth Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 11, 2013
     | 4,333 views

    Until Jesus returns, the Christian must continue to grow in faith.

    We continue to learn from the First Letter to the Thessalonians; please open your Bibles there… What have we noted so far? In Chapter 1 we noted what the right motives are for the Christian life! In Chapter 2 we noted 2 things, how to effectively share the Gospel and the importance of being ...read more

  • Images Of Jesus And Mary Or Road-Kill? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 30, 2012
     | 3,431 views

    The Word of God calls us to practice justice and become images of God.

    Monday of 13th Week in Course Verbum Domini Psalm 50 has one of the most convicting lines in Scripture: Do you think that I am like you? Those are the words the psalmist puts into the mouth of God. They are the Word of the Lord just as surely as Amos’s prophecy against Israel, or ...read more

  • Not For Shameful Gain

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 17, 2018
     | 3,184 views

    There are all kinds of examples, great ones and poor ones, among the popes.

    Feast of the Chair of St. Peter 2018 Reformation/Revolution Today’s Catholic feast celebrates the “chair” or authority given by Christ to St. Peter and his successors, one that has its foundations in the Old Testament. We see St. Peter as the vicar, or maybe viceroy or even “chief of staff” of ...read more

  • A Participant Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Jul 31, 2019
     | 2,846 views

    The Lord's Supper reminds us that we participate with God through Jesus in our Christian walk but also with our fellow Christians.

    1. Justin Martyr (early 2C) recorded the actions of the early community of God when they came together: “On the day called “Sun Day” believers gathered in one place; writings of apostles or prophets are read; then when reader has ceased, the President instructs to imitation of these good things; he ...read more

  • Who Claims Our Devotion? Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 18, 2020
     | 1,763 views

    Our devotion is not to a book, not even to a church building, and not even to our fellow parishioners. We derive our identity as Catholics from our devotion to the lord of the Sabbath, the lord of our lives, Our Lord, Jesus the Christ.

    Feast of St. Agnes 2020 Tuesday of 2nd week in Course For generations after the Hebrews settled in the Holy Land, they acknowledged only God, the Lord, as their leader. But in the time of the prophet-priest Samuel, these tribes began to worry him about a king. The whole point of the covenant God ...read more

  • "fights" From Other Believers? Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Feb 17, 2020
     | 2,781 views

    We can expect "fights" from outside and within the church and we must know how to handle them.

    Please open your bibles to Judges 12…… Last week we learned about Jephthah who led Israel to victory over God’s enemies the Ammonites. Read along with me now Judges 12…… Let us summarize what happened… First of all, who is the Tribe of Ephraim?? Let us note…………… Ephraim is one ...read more

  • O Gladsome Light Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 13, 2019
     | 2,202 views

    The message of Christ is the only one that makes sense for the healing of our world in any age, but it’s not an easy one to hear and obey.

    Tuesday of the 15th Week in Course 2019 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and Saint Athenogenes Today is the Memorial of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, which commemorates the appearance of the Mother of Jesus to St. Simon Stock, an early Carmelite leader, and his reception of the Brown Scapular from her hands. So ...read more