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Who Is This King Of Glory?

Contributed by Rich O' Toole on Sep 4, 2024

The promise of the King of Glory arriving

Who is this King of Glory? Psalm 24 Good morning. In Medieval times, a King had total dominion, and giving an order to kill a subject was completely at a king’s discretion. Paying homage to a king involves a subject, publicly declaring their total allegiance to a monarch, and the king had the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 24:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In Search Of The Cross

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Sep 16, 2024

A sermon for the season following Pentecost, Year B, lectionary 24

September 15, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Mark 8:27-38 In Search of the Cross Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Yesterday, September 14, is recognized as Holy Cross Day. The festival commemorates when St. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Lutheran

The Last In Line

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 24, 2024

A sermon about seeking to imitate the humility of Christ.

The Last in Line Mark 9:30-37 Ever play “King of the Mountain” when you were a little kid? It doesn’t take any equipment. All you need is a pile of dirt or maybe a mound of snow. Then, several children run up the mound and try to push the others off on their way to the top. Whoever is ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:30-37

Denomination: United Methodist

Do We Have A Case Of Spiritual Blindness?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 5, 2023

Spiritual eyesight is needed in our walk with the Lord. We should learn to see the spiritual dangers that are around us.

2 Kings 8-23 tells the story of how Elisha captures an army. But what we will focus on today are verses fifteen - seventeen. Spiritual eyesight is needed in our walk with the Lord. We should learn to see the spiritual dangers that are around us. Elisha’s servant had woken up early and saw the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:8-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Have We Been Chosen For A Specific Purpose?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 27, 2023

You may never know when you will be picked, or chosen, to do or be in a position of prominence. The outcome of that said choosing will depend upon the state of your heart.

In this chapter, the king chooses a new queen. In Chapter 1, King Ahasuerus, had a party to show off his queen, Vashti. She refused so the king banished her and stripped her royalty. After banishing Vashti, the king sent officers out to gather fair young women of all the lands to choose a new ...read more

Scripture: Esther 2:1-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Are We Truly In The Hands Of God?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 9, 2023

What are our hands good for doing?

What are our hands good for doing? They can make things. They can comfort and they can chastise. They write words. Hands can make signals and signs. Hands can be on the offense and hands can be on the defense. Without hands we could not eat, unless we put our face down on to a plate of food but ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:73

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Am I Using Faulty Tools?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 30, 2023

The simple things or actions during our Christian walk of faith are just as important as with the things that seem major.

2 Kings 6:1-7 Elisha has now succeeded Elijah as a prophet to the Northern Kingdom (2 Kings 2:1-18). He has by now already prophesied and God has performed a few miracles through him. But now we will see something peculiar, he makes an axe head float. This situation shows how God cares for His ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Does It Mean To Be Commissioned?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Feb 6, 2023

Isaiah’s perspective on God in the initial four verses gives us a feeling of God’s significance, power, and mystery. Isaiah's case of perceiving his sin before God urges us to admit our own wrongdoings.

Isaiah 6:1-13 The image of absolution that Isaiah gives advises us that we are pardoned as well. At the point when we perceive how incredible God is, how guilty we are, and the degree of His absolution, we get the strength to accomplish His work. How does our idea of the significance of God match ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Roll Up Your Sleeves Kind Of Love.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Feb 12, 2023

According to therapist, Dan Wile, “Marriage takes sacrifice, hard, work, and the ability to put up with disappointments and cope with frustration.”

A Roll Up Your Sleeves Kind Of Love. 1 Corinthians 13:1-8aNLT A recent e-mail asked readers to reflect on the following questions: Name the five wealthiest people in the world. Name the last five Heinemann trophy winners. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest. Name ten ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, 1 Corinthians 15:58

Denomination: Pentecostal

Doing Your Duty

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 4, 2019

Serving God is not over until they are shoveling dirt on your face.

Doing Your Duty Luke 17: 5 - 10 Intro: During a tornado a mother was crying for help. It seems that her son was taken up into the tornado and blown away. The mother turned to heaven and shouted a prayer: “Please, Lord, bring back my son! He’s all I have. I’ll do anything to get him back.”--- ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:5-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What Can I Do For You Today?

Contributed by J Bernard Taylor on Mar 7, 2022

An article I read some time ago suggested that every morning we ask someone,"What can I do for you today?"

An article I read sometime ago talked about service. It suggested that every morning we should ask someone, “What can I do for you today?” I call that a service mentality. At 98 years old, I am mostly shut-in, and there are not too many things I can do. At this stage of life, I am always thinking ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:23-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"a New Life In Christ!"

Contributed by Grady H Moore on Mar 10, 2022

Many call it a new birth! It's actually a new life, a transformation brought about by the Spirit of God.

Notice 3 things in this passage of scripture. First... I. We see our life BEFORE we accepted Christ. -We were spiritually dead, but were made alive in Christ. v1 -We see our former sinful lifestyle. v2-3 II. We see our life CHANGED when we trusted Christ. -Notice God's mercy and love. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

You Give Them Something To Eat

Contributed by Perry Hancock on Mar 10, 2022

All who are believers and followers of Jesus Christ have been called to have compassion and to serve people in need.

MARK 6:30-37 30 Then the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught. 31 And He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat. 32 ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:30-37

Denomination: Baptist

Loving Jesus First

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Mar 10, 2022

Martha was working in the kitchen to earn Jesus’ approval, while Mary was sitting in the living room listening to Him teach. But Jesus had no problem with Mary. Why? Because our love of Him must come before our service.

The living room intimacy Mary enjoyed with Jesus will never come out of the busyness of Martha’s kitchen. Busyness . . . breeds distraction. - Joanna Weaver(1) One time a counterfeit bill made it into circulation and no one knew it was fake for quite some time. It was spent hundreds of times on ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Baptist

Is The Lord Really King Of Your Life?

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 15, 2022

A young boy faithfully attended Sunday school. He had been taught by the same teacher for a number of years.

She had a way of telling stories, and she would always routinely end her stories by saying, "And the moral of the story is…" Every Sunday she would tell a Bible story and say, “And the moral of the story is…” As the young boy began to grow older, he was promoted to another class. He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:4-5

Denomination: Baptist