Sermons on second sunday in lent:

Sermon For The Beginning Of Lent

Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Aug 25, 2005

A sermon for the beginning of Lent, written for a small congregation in an English country chapel

The shortest sermon ever recorded, which you won’t be getting this morning, consisted of the preacher going into the pulpit and quoting Romans 6:23, “The wages of sin is death”, and adding “there has been no change in the rate of pay. Amen”. It’s not very fashionable these days to talk about sin ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Lent - A Season Of Fasting

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Mar 7, 2019

What the season of Lent is all about

Weekend Message/Devotion March 10, 2019 Isaiah 58 LENT – A Season of Fasting Can you find anything in the Holy Scriptures that refer to LENT as a prescribed order of holy days or platform for observance? I find the word “lent” seven times in the bible (Exodus 12:38, Deuteronomy 23:19, 1 ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Heart Attack Lent Series

Contributed by Jay Winters on Oct 16, 2006

Viewing the Holiness of God caused Isaiah to exclaim the heart-attack language of "Woe is me!" and does the same to us, the season of Lent is a time in the Christian year to examine ourselves and have a heart attack experience as well.

Goal: That we might be so stricken to the heart that we are shocked into realizing our place before a Holy God. Malady: We’re building up with complacency. Means: Christ came to us, became heartache for us, and In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit – the HOLY Three ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

A Second Touch

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Apr 27, 2010

In our text this morning we find some help for those who have lost their focus. Can’t seem to feel God or see God in our spirit realm. We can get to the point in our spiritual walk where we begin to lose focus

Dr. Wayne A. Lawson Preached at Antioch Institutional Baptist Church Oklahoma City, OK Sunday, April 25, 2010 RevWLawson@aol.com (I make no claim for the originality of this message. I first preached it about 22 years ago and could not locate the references. It was revised for this particular ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:22-26

Denomination: Baptist

Calling In The Wilderness

Contributed by Michael Hopkins on Feb 17, 2013

A sermon for the first Sunday of Lent

Luke 4:1-13 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Romans 10:9-13 I’m told that it’s impossible to be hungry in the desert because of the sand which is everywhere. Today our readings take us into the desert, or the wilderness if you prefer (the words are the same in the Greek and Hebrew). Why is this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Second Chances

Contributed by Christopher Duncan on Oct 30, 2006

The God who gives the second, third, fourth, chance

Good morning friends! What a great privilege it is to be here with you this morning. For those of you who don’t know me….I am the Pastor of the Edelstein Congregational Church. My name is Chris Duncan….and I’m not right! I was thinking this past week….well….it was obvious early in my life that ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Second Coming Series

Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014

The second coming of Christ is the great expectation of the church. We Christians are meant to live expectantly as we prepare for the Second Coming of Christ

The Second Coming Revelation 21:1-5 Do you remember the days when you were young and spoke before you thought it through? I was in my fourth year of ministry and my first Sunday in a new church. I walked into the Fellowship Hall where one of the Sunday School classes met. I greeted the Sunday ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

The Second Coming

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 2, 2017

Our Advent Gospel today reminds us that i) one day Jesus will return in glory and that we are living in the ADVENT of that time 2. that Jesus wants us to go on living as if he was coming tomorrow - to be on RED ALERT. 3. Jesus wants us to be on our guard

TSJ/TSL 03-12 -17 Mark 13:24-37 Lew Slade records the scene in his sermon entitled : The Second Coming "It is just before midnight on October 22 1844. Come with me to a hillside just outside New York. It’s a balmy evening and we are standing in an enormous crowd numbering upwards of 100 000 ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:24-37

Denomination: Anglican

Unbind Him And Let Him Go (Fifth Sunday Of Lent 2017).

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 14, 2020

Through the lens of the miracle of Lazarus being raised from the dead, we can see how death can change our circumstances. Not only does death change our circumstances, but it challenges us in our faith.

UNBIND HIM AND LET HIM GO Text: John 11:17 - 45 “A letter came from Health and Human Services to a resident of Greenville County, South Carolina: “Your food stamps will be stopped, effective March 1992, because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may ...read more

Scripture: John 11:17-45

Denomination: United Methodist

A Second Chance Series

Contributed by Sheldon Boyd on Nov 30, 2004

This fourth sermon in this series is about how God choses to use us inspite of our failures.

MOSES: FROM DOUBT TO DELIVERANCE A SECOND CHANCE Sunday October 6, 2002 Scripture Reference: Exodus 3:1-10 Intro. A. God Prefers Failures. 1. Did you know that? That God prefers failures? I know that it sounds strange and it goes against everything our society teaches us but it is true ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-10

Denomination: Holiness

The Second Fall

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Aug 30, 2006

Humanities second devastating fall came at the tower of Babel with the loss of clear communication. Pride absolutely cripples us as communicators.

Dakota Community Church July 2, 2006 The Second Fall Introduction: We just came back from a great men’s retreat weekend where one of the themes turned out to be the power of unity and God’s desire for us all to be one even though that idea kind of goes against our natural inclination as men. We ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9

Denomination: Mennonite

Second Chances Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 19, 2024

If you’re hooked by sin and want to be free, remember who God is, recommit your life to Him, and remain in His presence.

Pastor John Ortberg writes about the time he and his wife went fly-fishing for the first time: He says: “Our guides told us that ‘to catch a fish you have to think like a fish.’ They said that to a fish life is about the maximum gratification of appetite at the minimum expenditure of energy. To a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:1-35, Jeremiah 31:35-37, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Second Chances

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 30, 2007

A look at different people in the Bible got a second chance because of Jesus’ resurrection, and also how Jesus’ resurrection gives us a second chance.

Introduction 1. (object lesson: Play a carnival type game where you get 2-3 chances to throw balls through a hula hoop.) 2. It’s nice to get more than one chance at things... Some things, you don’t get another chance... I love the NCAA Basketball Tournament... This year was especially ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-17

Denomination: Nazarene

Second Chance Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 24, 2003

3rd of 6 In John 4, we meet a woman at Samaria. She is doing a chore she’s probably done every day of her life—gathering water from the local well. But on this day her life is transformed because she encounters Jesus. It all starts with an invitation fro

Free Ice Water The depression took the fun out of 1932. It was no time to go into business. But Ted and Dorothy Husted bought the little drug store in their town. The little village of Wall, South Dakota was barely surviving. Grasshoppers had eaten all the crops in the region. It was a dust bowl ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Second Chance

Contributed by Robbie Shivar on Jun 4, 2004

Because of the resurrection: 1. A second chance is possible. 2. A second chance is freeing. 3. A second chance is empowering.

A second chance Mark 16: 7 But go, tell His disciples¡Xand Peter¡Xthat He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.¡¨ Because of the resurrection: 1. A second chance is possible. 2. A second chance is freeing. 3. A second chance is empowering. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:7

Denomination: Baptist