Sermons on Proper 23 Year B:

"what Is Christmas Really All About?"

Contributed by David Henderson on Dec 11, 2023

In this 2023 series we are looking at the true meaning of Christmas. Today/s message is titled Wishing ands Hoping. The NT gives us a great word: HOPE. We have the blessed Hope: His name is Jesus.

“Wishing and Hoping” Isaiah 9:6-7a Several years ago, I wrote and published my first book. The entire process took about two and a half years. The Bible was written over a period of 1500 years. And rather than one author, there were approximately 40. With very different backgrounds; sheep ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6-7, John 14:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

What Are The Odds?

Contributed by Perry Greene on Dec 13, 2023

God went against the odds to save us.

What Are the Odds? Christmas is behind us, and the New Year is rapidly approaching. This is a good time for some personal reflection. January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. Julius Caesar changed the Roman calendar, and January 1, 45 AD, became the year’s beginning in the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:27-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Better: A Call To Goals & Growth

Contributed by Harold Eggar on Jan 3, 2025

All Scripture is taken from the ESV unless otherwise noted. I do not spend much time correcting spelling and grammar in my notes as I deliver these sermons orally. I apologize if that makes this sermon more difficult to follow on paper.

Preached 1/5/25 I do want to say Happy New Year to all of you welcome to 2025, and as a church, we are so glad that you are here with us kicking off this new year being a part of God's family here in Riverton. You know personally I think I've always kind of been a little confused about ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:17-18, 1 Timothy 4:14-15, Luke 2:52, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 1 Corinthians 12:29-31, Philippians 3:13-15, Philippians 3:12, Philippians 3:7-8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Being Holy: Connected Series

Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Jan 16, 2025

If we want to live holy, it must also come through connection with God. This involves upping the game on our Bible study and prayer.

In order for a person to be holy, he or she must be connected to the Source of holiness—God Himself. Such a relationship begins at the moment of salvation. When a sinner repents of his sins, and places his faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ as the lamb of God which takes away the sin of the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-16

Denomination: United Methodist

To Be Missional Is To Be On Mission By ‘bearing One's Cross'

Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009

Third and final sermon in the second part of an initial 2009 series, ‘2 Things 2 B in 09’

Language is an interesting thing. It changes with new words added each year to our lexicon and old ones falling out of favor. It also means that the meanings of words change and some are used as either as a verb or a noun. (Slide 1) For example, we when say ‘ADdress’ we mean a specific location ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34-37

Denomination: Church Of God

Prologue Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Aug 16, 2024

Before getting to the story proper there is a Prologue – Creation. God breathed creative power. He said it and it happened – “In the Beginning.”

August 17, 2024 The Bible. Scripture. The Word of God. 66 books written by more than 40 authors, over a span of approximately 1500 years, on 3 continents (Asia, Europe and Africa) and in 3 different languages (Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek). And yet, despite all those variables, the Bible is ...read more

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

A Word To The Wise

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 7, 2015

The wisdom of the wise versus the foolishness of preaching.

A WORD TO THE WISE. 1 Corinthians 1:18-25. The common consensus in the world of Paul’s day was that God exists. The Jews knew the identity of the true and living God from their past encounters with Him; but the Greeks were floundering about in the dark, seeking ways of access to God through the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Voice.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 28, 2013

John the Baptist provides a prime example of a preacher's humility: pointing away from himself to Jesus: not seeking to add followers to His own fold, but to Christ, the Son of God.

THE VOICE. John 1:19-28. The prologue to John’s Gospel gives an account of how Eternity broke into time (John 1:1; John 1:14): yet Time encroaches on the very timelessness of the account in the person of “a man sent from God, whose name was John” (John 1:6). This John is not to be confused with ...read more

Scripture: John 1:19-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Is On Whose Side?

Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 4, 2015

A proper understanding of God's character and His grace toward His own people will help preserve us from presumptuous sin.

“Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? Who has measured the Spirit of the LORD, or what man shows him his counsel? Whom ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Musings Of A Seed Picker 1 Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Oct 15, 2008

Exposition of Acts 17:16-23 regarding the setting and methodology and introduction of Paul’s speech at Mars Hill

Text: Acts 17:16-23, Title: Musings of a Seed-Picker 1, Date/Place: NRBC, 10/19/08, AM A. Opening illustration: talk about my visit to Cairo, Egypt, the “city of 1000 mosques” B. Background to passage: Missionary journey #2. Spitefully treated in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea, however planting ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-23

Denomination: Baptist

It's Easy To Follow Our Leader

Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 24, 2001

How Jesus shows proper leadership and made it easy to follow him right up to his ascension and beyond.

May 27, 2001 Luke 24:44-53 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46 He told them, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:44-53

Denomination: Lutheran

"Reach Out Your Hand To Another"

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jul 2, 2007

A sermon 6th Sunday after Pentecost July 8th Proper 9 C Lectionary 14

6th Sunday after Pentecost July 8th Proper 9 C Lectionary 14 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 "Reach out your hand to another" "After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to come. And he said to them, "The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Out Of The Depths

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jun 25, 2018

The proper fear of the LORD is based upon acknowledging God's right to judge as well as His willingness to show mercy.

Out of the Depths (De Profundis) Psalm 130 Psalm 130 has a long liturgical history, first in Israel and then in the church where it is has been put to many musical texts. It is known as “De Profundis” which is part of the Latin text of the first verse. We get the word “profound” from this word, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 130:1-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A-- 15th Sunday, Year A --The Sower

Contributed by Paul Andrew on May 17, 2020

It is the intuitive mind alone that can penetrate the essence and heart of a parable. Then it becomes a living reality, thoroughly relevant to one’s own life.

“To throw alongside” a story with cryptic meaning is called a parable in Greek. In Zen Buddhism, a parable is like a “koan,” which is a spiritual inquiry using perplexing language intended to rouse a student’s innate wisdom-mind to apply it to their own life. As Rabbi Ibn Ezra said of parables, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-9, Isaiah 55:10-11

Denomination: Catholic

Look - The Chariots And Horsemen Of Israel

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Feb 12, 2008

Transfiguration (B) - Look, the chariots and horsemen of Israel. Believers live with confidence. Believers are taken into glory.

LOOK THE CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN OF ISRAEL (Outline) February 3, 2008 - TRANSFIGURATION - 2 Kings 2:1-12a INTRO: At transfiguration we travel with Jesus to the mount of glory. Then we study Jesus’ suffering during Lent. On Easter Sunday you and I share in the joy of the resurrection of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-12

Denomination: Lutheran