Sermons on Parish: showing 421-435 of 1,343

Two Prejudices

Contributed by Ian Mcalister on Aug 31, 2010

People are Important to God

Two Prejudices – Luke 14.1-14 Prejudice of any kind is hard to deal with, let alone live with so, seen from that perspective, the story of the Great Banquet might prove something of a challenge for some. To be sure, there’s nothing in it to indicate racial prejudice but it’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14

Denomination: Anglican

Our Baptismal Mission: Goodness, Beauty, Truth

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 7, 2010

If we are to minister to a world in need, we must give it what Jesus gave: goodness, beauty and truth

The Baptism of the Lord January 10 2010 The first thing we should do today is correct a Hollywood-produced misconception about John’s baptism. Many of us grew up watching one or the other movie in which Jesus was baptized, or a large group of Protestant Christians were baptized in a river, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:7-11

Denomination: Catholic

"Let's Go Get'em"

Contributed by Bill Burress on Jan 12, 2011

Like the lost sheep we must be the shepherd and bring those who have fallen away back to Christ.

“Let’s Go Get’em” Joke: There was a life insurance salesman who claimed his company paid their claim so quickly that their office, which is on the tenth floor of a eighty story ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Join The Song Series

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Dec 25, 2007

Join the song of angels and shepherds, spreading the joy of the Saviour’s birth.

Christmas Eve Yr A, 24/12/2007 Lk 2:1-20 Rev. Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson, Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, & Chaplain of The Good Samaritan Society’s South Ridge Village, Medicine Hat, Alberta “Join the Song” One of the most interesting trademarks of the Gospel of Luke is the songs it ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Sweet Sound Of Amazing Grace

Contributed by Donna Muise on Feb 20, 2007

Hearing the sweet sound of Amazing grace leads to freedom to praise God abundantly.

THE SWEET SOUND OF AMAZING GRACE Ephesians 2:4-10 “For by grace you have been saved by faith...” Today is “Amazing Grace” Sunday, a Sunday when hundreds of churches all over our country have elected to highlight in worship what is probably the most-loved, best-known hymn in the English-speaking ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-10

Denomination: Congregational

Service To The Saints

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Aug 15, 2009

The call to serve includes the whole body of the church. We reach out across the world following the example of St. Paul to build and encourage the church and her saints.

Service to the Saints John 13:34 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. This Sunday will mark the close of our church for the summer season. While ...read more

Scripture: John 13:35

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Prophet Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 8, 2009

There are prophets in every age speaking for God. In our age Pope Benedict has called us to look at Charity in Truth, and consider our responsibilities to the world economically.

Fifteenth Sunday in Course The Prophet July 12, 2009 All over the temperate zone, fruit from the varieties of fig and sycamore are ripening now, and so the Church gives us a reading from the migrant worker, Amos, the reluctant prophet. I call him a migrant worker because he engaged in seasonal ...read more

Scripture: Amos 7:12-15

Denomination: Catholic

Children Of Promise Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 5, 2016

We must understand that in every age, whatever the climate, God has intervened to raise up His people.

Third Sunday of Lent 2016 Our extraordinary form of the Mass is truly extraordinary in the more popular sense on this fourth Sunday of Lent. The songs of the Church, both in words and chant, leap off the page with joy and exultation. The vocabulary is a Latin thesaurus of excitement: Laetare, ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-29

Denomination: Catholic

When God Moves Our Cheese

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 10, 2016

If we prayerfully look at our own lives, and especially at the times when somebody “moved our cheese” and inconvenienced ourselves, I think we can almost always see the finger of God at work amid the ruins of our plans.

“Der mentsh trakht un Got lakht.” The stark Yiddish proverb is true: man plans; God laughs. Now there’s many ways to interpret the saying. A politician might work for years on a piece of legislation that looked like the smartest thing for the greatest number of people, only to see it shot down in ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

What Is Your Role In Your Church

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 18, 2017

The Parable of the Talents is a reminder that God calls each one of us to ministry and you will have to give an account one day of what God has gifted you to do. The more you exercise your talents the greater your blessing will be.

Story: For our 10th wedding anniversary, Maddy and I went to Prince George in Britsih Columbia, Canada. We flew into Vancouver and our friends Pete and Nina came down by car and drove us up to Prince George It was a three day drive. The first night we stopped off in Surrey B.C and the next ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:15-30

Denomination: Anglican

The Crowd That Didn’t Follow Jesus

Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Nov 1, 2014

A perspective on Mark 5: 21-43. If we are serious about restoring our own life and the life of this congregation then we need to hear the reports about Jesus healing others.

Mark 5: 21-43 The Crowd That Didn’t Follow Jesus There are three miracles in today’s Gospel text. Can you name them? 1. The woman with the issue of blood healed. 2. Jairus’ daughter raised. 3. And perhaps, “The crowd that did not follow Jesus.” Can you imagine the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-43

Denomination: Lutheran

Romans 5

Contributed by Darrin Fish on Sep 2, 2015

We have been made right in God’s sight • Being made right means that at one point all of us were wrong • That we have gone from a place of Disobedience to Acceptance

Review last week John 3:16 Most Famous,Gospel in Nutshell, Believe or Parish Today we are looking at Romans 5 and Paul is talking about Justification • To be made right with God Read vs 1&2 1. We have been made right in God’s sight • Being made right means that at one point all ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-5

Denomination: Christian Church

Give Peace O Lord To Those Who Trust In Thee Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 19, 2015

The true path to peace lies through repentance and forgiveness of sins.

18th Sunday After Pentecost 2015 Extraordinary Form Saint Matthew would have had a vivid recollection of the stories of that day in Galilee, because just down the street at the tax office, Matthew the sinner, the tax collector, was sitting. And as Jesus passed by, Matthew heard the most important ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:1-8

Denomination: Catholic

It’s High Time!

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 6, 2015

It’s High Time!

Psalm 119:121-128. It’s High Time! 126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. Dr.Vance Havner says, “civilisation today reminds me of an ape with a blowtorch playing in a room full of dynamite. Charles Lindbergh - American Air Mail Pilot "I have seen ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:121-128

Denomination: Holiness

The Amazing Holy Spirit

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Jun 4, 2017

A sermon based on all three Year A lectionary pericopes for the Day of Pentecost: Numbers 11:24-30; Acts 2:1-21; John 7:37-39.

Day of Pentecost Yr A, 4/06/2017 Num 11:24-30; Acts 2:1-21; Jn 7:37-39 Rev. Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson “The amazing Holy Spirit” Today we celebrate the third major festival of the church year, the Day of Pentecost. Pentecost means fifty, and so it is an appropriate name, since Pentecost Sunday falls ...read more

Scripture: John 7:37-39, Numbers 11:24-30

Denomination: Lutheran