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

Sermons on Past Present:

showing 706-720 of 112,226
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 John Singarayar SVD avatar

    The Presentation Of The Lord And The Consecrated Day: Timeless Insights Into The Universal Human Quest For Meaning And Significance

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Feb 1, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,275 views

    The Presentation of the Lord and the Consecrated Day: Timeless insights into the universal human quest for meaning and significance

    The Presentation of the Lord and the Consecrated Day: Timeless insights into the universal human quest for meaning and significance Scripture: Luke 2:22-40 Reflection In Christian tradition, Candlemas, also known as the Presentation of the Lord, is extremely important. This feast honors the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Other

  • Dr John Singarayar SVD avatar

    La Presentación Del Señor Y El Día Consagrado: Perspectivas Eternas Sobre La Búsqueda Humana Universal De Significado Y Significado

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Feb 2, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,862 views

    La Presentación del Señor y el Día Consagrado: Perspectivas eternas sobre la búsqueda humana universal de significado y significado

    La Presentación del Señor y el Día Consagrado: Perspectivas eternas sobre la búsqueda humana universal de significado y significado Escritura: Lucas 2:22-40 Reflexión En la tradición cristiana, la Candelaria, también conocida como la Presentación del ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Other

  • Dr John Singarayar SVD avatar

    Ang Pagtatanghal Ng Panginoon At Ang Konsagradong Araw: Walang Hanggang Mga Pananaw Sa Unibersal Na Paghahanap Ng Tao Para Sa Kahulugan At Kahalagahan

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Feb 2, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,110 views

    Ang Pagtatanghal ng Panginoon at ang Konsagradong Araw: Walang hanggang mga pananaw sa unibersal na paghahanap ng tao para sa kahulugan at kahalagahan

    Ang Pagtatanghal ng Panginoon at ang Konsagradong Araw: Walang hanggang mga pananaw sa unibersal na paghahanap ng tao para sa kahulugan at kahalagahan Banal na Kasulatan: Lucas 2:22-40 Pagninilay Sa tradisyong Kristiyano, ang mga Candlemas, na kilala rin bilang Pagtatanghal ng Panginoon, ay ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Other

  • Shine Thomas avatar

    The Christmas Promise Series

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Nov 30, 2023
     | 2,080 views

    Yes, we have seen difficulties, we have gone through tough times, and sometimes we felt it was all over, but God has enabled us to overcome every setback because of his son Jesus Christ.

    INTRODUCTION Christmas is a poof that God is in charge of things. No matter how difficult the situation, God’s promised son was conceived and delivered on time. There was no delay. Whatever God started he completed; what God promised he fulfilled. That means every time we celebrate Christmas it is ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rev. Matthew Parker avatar

    Jesus Christ: The Alpha & Omega - The Same Yesterday, Today & Forever

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Nov 18, 2024
     | 755 views

    Jesus The Christ is the ground of our being, our hope, our Anchor.

    It’s been over 12 years now since Barbara and I travelled to the UK in August of 2012 for our 25th anniversary. We did something that I will never do again: we decided to travel to 10 different cities in Ireland, Scotland, England and finally Wales, in 21 days. I still can’t quite believe we did ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Gordon McCulloch avatar

    Candlemas, The Story Of Simeon, How Can We Prepare For Death?

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Mar 12, 2025
     | 338 views

    Candlemas helps us prepare for death, but it also helps us in life, especially when things go wrong, in fact it can be quite restorative, and even satisfying if we see the hidden gems within.

    This sermon was delivered to Holy Trinity Church in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 2nd February 2025 (a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). “Please join me in my prayer.” Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of our hearts, be acceptable in your sight, O ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Episcopal

  • Michael Trigg avatar

    The Past Is Nailed To Calvary. The Future Is Tied To The Risen Christ.

    Contributed by Michael Trigg on Nov 28, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,937 views

    Our hope in the future lies in the greatest advocate in eternity who will not only speak for us but will also claim us as His own

    The past is nailed to Calvary. The future is tied to the risen Christ. Isaiah 2:3 “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD.” Introduction Last time, we visited Isaiah’s first recorded vision, when he uttered God’s condemnation of a rebellious nation. A people who had rejected their ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Izak Shipman avatar

    Don't Let The Past Determine Your Future

    Contributed by Izak Shipman on Oct 5, 2002
    based on 164 ratings
     | 22,581 views

    A sermon about the mess of failure, or a life and how God can create something out of nothing. For people who want to start over again.

    Gen 1:26-28. Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27. So God created man in His own ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Getting Past Defeats: My Soul Looks Back Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,145 views

    Montgomery Hills Baptist Church: To live large means dealing with the pain inflicted on us. Some of it comes from our arrogance, some from scapegoating. But God is able to work through that pain toward the accomplishment of His purposes.

    There is at my house a photograph I treasure. In that picture I am about three years old, and my father is holding me in his arms. My father is wearing the cap of a Shell Oil service station attendant. Nothing especially remarkable about that, except for what I hear in my memory whenever I see ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Frederick Meekins avatar

    Historian Distorts Past In Pursuit Of Anti-Christian Animus

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Oct 19, 2010
     | 2,382 views

    Historian Distorts Past In Pursuit Of Anti-Christian Animus

    In the 4/19/10 edition of USA Today, religious antiquarian Phillip Jenkins, by comparing extremist Islam with assorted atrocities committed in the name of Christianity over the centuries, details from an historical perspective how any religion can be co-opted in the name of violence. Though his ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Chris Swanson avatar

    What Is The Significance In Remembering Past Triumphs Over Enemies?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 14, 2022
     | 970 views

    Through Esther and Mordecai, God had delivered His people once again.

    The Feast of Purim: After the incident with Haman, Mordecai, and Esther, the Jews are delivered, and they triumph over their enemies. In verses 5-16: Haman had announced that on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, anybody could kill the Jews and take their property. Mordecai's ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Ewen Huffman avatar

    I Am The Bread Of Life Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Mar 5, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 9,409 views

    A sermon for a communion service about seeking God’s bread in the present, not the past and feeding on Him through bread and wine.

    “I am the bread of life” Jn 6:25 (6:25-40, 53-59) WBC 7/3/4pm “I AM” As we’re in a series on Jesus’ words- we need to be reminded that His use of ‘I am’ speaks volumes This is the first of 7 ‘I am expressions’ in Jn - 7 is significant in itself - But his use of ‘I am’ is as well. Here and ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    Are You Still Being Saved Today?

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jan 19, 2009
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,054 views

    A message of how our salvation is not something relegated to the past; something that happened to us "once", but is actively being worked on in the present.

    We Christians talk a lot about our being saved, don’t we? But have you ever noticed that it always seems to be in the past tense? ‘Have you been saved?’ ‘When were you saved?’ I think the more appropriate, and perhaps the most accurate way of asking about one’s salvation would be, ‘Are you ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: *other

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Lessons From Failure Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 21, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,487 views

    If we're going to rebound from failure, we must appreciate the past, be faithful in the present, and trust God for the future.

    Several years ago, Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Bob Patterson described one of his pitches, which the Cincinnati Reds' Barry Larkin hit for a game-winning home run: “It was a cross between a screwball and a change-up. It was a screw-up.” (Wall Street Journal, 7/9/96; Leadership, Vol. ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Anniversary thumbnail

    Anniversary PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 15, 2023
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,845 views

    Encourages Christians to embrace their past, live in the present, and strive for their future, guided by God's Word and His promised heavenly reward.

    Good morning, beloved family of God. I am thrilled to be standing before you today. We gather here, not as strangers, but as a family united by our faith. We are here to share in the love of our Heavenly Father and to seek His wisdom. Our Scripture passage today comes from the book of Philippians, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Topics: