Sermons on Prediction Of His Death:

In Need Of A Redeemer Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014

This sermon is about Ruth and Naomi's wilderness experience through death and loss

In Need of a Redeemer Ruth 4:13-15 When you hear the word wilderness, some of your may think about the barren landscape of the desert, others the swamp or the jungle far removed from any human being. For the Israelites, they thought of the Judean wilderness, a barren place of very little water or ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 4:13-15

Denomination: Methodist

Jesus Would Have A Perfect Trust

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 27, 2003

how Jesus trusted God through birth and death

March 26, 2003 Psalm 22:9-11, 19-21 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you even at my mother’s breast. 10 From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. 11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help. 19 But you, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:9-11, Psalm 22:19-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Power Of The Holy Spirit Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jan 29, 2022

This message looks at how the Holy Spirit gives us the power to live well and to die well.

Power of the Holy Spirit A few years ago, we had just arrived back in Port Canaveral from our February cruise and had taken the shuttle to the Alamo car rental lot. We did all the things we needed to rent our car. We showed them our licenses and declined seven upgrades, three insurance offers ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Wesleyan

Every Day We Pray Toward The Time Of Our Own Ascension Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 28, 2025

We pray with Mary as the disciples did in the upper room, and do so with souls quieted from everyday concerns, as we await Christ’s summons.

Solemnity of the Ascension 2025 Today we are gifted by God with readings centering on promises and partings. We affirm it every weekend: “He ascended into heaven” and ”sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty.” The Gospels are not entirely clear, but the tradition of the Church for two ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 47:2-3, Psalm 47:6-9, Ephesians 1:17-23, Luke 24:46-53  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

A Place Prepared For You

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on May 9, 2023

A funeral message from John 14 written for a believer

Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org There is not much about Sharon that I can share today that you probably already don’t know. To me she was a wonderful mother-in-law. I was especially blessed to marry into a loving family with two wonderful ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

Denomination: Brethren

Dying Is Better Than Living Series

Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Sep 12, 2011

A sermon on Paul's great statement; To live is Christ and to die is gain." We look at what we gain by dying and how it should affect how we live.

Title: Dying is better than living Text: Philippians 1:21-23 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:21-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Reigns In Our Lives? Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jul 19, 2010

Every person has been stained with Adam’s sin and death, but every person has been given the gift of Jesus Christ who brings forgiveness and eternal life.

What did the first man Adam bring to us?? Through Adam we have life on earth! But did God create Adam just for a life on earth? God created Adam to be an eternal being! Through Adam we have eternal life to face as well. And yes, because of his sin against God, Adam brought death to life on earth ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Living Life Beyond The Now Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 5, 2012

Paul wrote so much to remind and encourage about what it meant to live beyond this life and how we should celebrate that truth that the world cannot understand.

One thing you notice when you study what Paul wrote is that he wrote some much about what we talk so little about. It may be because the people he wrote to faced death on a daily basis. War, persecution, disease and lack of medical advances made death a constant reality. Paul wrote so much to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-9

Did Satan Tell The Truth?

Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 29, 2025

Satan’s lie promised life without God, but Jesus entered death, destroyed the Uncreation, and gives resurrection life only to those who trust Him.

One Lie Began Uncreation — and Jesus Unraveled It If there is one moment in the entire story of humanity when everything changed—when the world bent, when the soul cracked, when the fabric of existence tore—it was the moment a serpent whispered five little words into human ears: “You will not ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:17, Romans 6:23, John 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:52, Revelation 20:14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

"Concerning Those Who Have Died"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 5, 2010

A sermon for All Saints Sunday.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “Concerning those who have Died” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, “Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: United Methodist

Out Of Court Settlement

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 7, 2018

Get your life right with Jesus before the Judgment.

Out of Court Settlement March 4, 2018 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Get your life right with Jesus before the Judgment. Focus Passage: Hebrews 9:27-28 Supplemental Passage: For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27-28

Denomination: Baptist

Counting The Blessing Of Hope

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Nov 29, 2025

This sermon is about the blessing of hope in times of trouble and despair on this side of grave and the hope that inspires us after death. What does Jeremiah 29:11 actually mean in its context.

Counting Every Blessing: The Blessing of Hope Jeremiah 29:1-13 and 1 Peter 1:3-5 We are in part 4 of the series Counting Every Blessing. I have been assigned the Blessing of hope. Hope is a very strange word in the English language because it has so many different levels of confidence ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:1-13, 1 Peter 1:1-5

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Coming Home To Jesus

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Jun 17, 2009

A funeral sermon I preached at my grandmother’s funeral on September 13th, 2003 at Prescott, Iowa.

Jill did a wonderful job and although she probably didn’t know it, her sharing her memories of Grandma actually was a perfect introduction for my message today and what I have on my mind. Memories seem to be the theme of the day for us. It’s served as a basic theme for me to work with ever since ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Lutheran

The Gardens Of Life

Contributed by Sean Smuts on Dec 8, 2010

A funeral sermon for an elderly woman in one of my congregations

The Gardens of Life Velda Wendel 3-12-05 Before Sermon – Play The Old Rugged Cross & In The Garden Friends and family of Velda Wendel, we are gathered together for a rather sad occasion. The loss of a loved one is never easy nor should we expect it to be. Today, I pray that you will be ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-99

Denomination: Mennonite

Eulogy Helen Bell

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Oct 5, 2010

This is a eulogy for my aunt who loved the Lord and was a true family person.

Eulogy Helen Bell 10/4/2010 John 14:1-6 2 Tim 4:6-10 Every now and then God’s blesses us with a person in our lives who touches us in such a way that we are never quite the same again. There is something about the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed