Sermons on St Therese Of Lisieux:

The Lordship Of Christ In Every Century Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 26, 2017

“the absence of the Holy Spirit in the Church creates all the divisions.”

Thursday of the 21st Week in Course 2017 Paul’s first letter to the church in Thessalonika is likely the earliest letter we have from him. He and his band of missionaries are on his second missionary journey, one that took him to western Anatolia and Greece. The church in Thessalonika was his ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:7-13

Denomination: Catholic

Build On Rock, Not Sand Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 2, 2017

" pray for our young religious and seminarians, for all of us will be judged on the basis of where we build–on the firm rock of obedience to God, or on shifting sand."

Thursday of the First Week in Lent Reformation & Revolution It is the happy decision of the Church that brings us so much of the prophet Isaiah as we celebrate the time of expectation, the time of Advent. Isaiah was a prophet of hope in a time of social and religious and political upheaval. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-27

Denomination: Catholic

10 Things We Need To Follow In 2018

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Dec 28, 2017

improve our love and relations with others.

10 things we need to follow in 2018 1. Less of myself more of others. 1st Peter 4: 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1st John 3: 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

10 Things We Need To Follow In 2018

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Dec 31, 2017

Things we may need to change this year.

10 things we need to follow in 2018 1. Less of myself more of others. 1st Peter 4: 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1st John 3: 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Believe In The Son And Walk The Talk Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 13, 2013

The answer to the new atheism is the old faith, belief in Christ and reception of his forgiveness and grace.

Monday of Third Week in Easter 2013 Gaudium et Spes It’s been a while, but some years ago I used to hear Christians using the phrase “walk the talk.” That means that what you profess with your lips you have to live with your whole person. Today we are given the first ...read more

Scripture: John 6:22-29

Denomination: Catholic

Start A New Year With The Lord

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Dec 28, 2013

NEW YEARS RESULATION

START A NEW YEAR WITH THE LORD NEW YEARS RESULATION (1) Attend Church more. Matthew 7: 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Two Kinds Of Saints We Must Pray For In Our Day Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 12, 2019

Love and fear are the two driving forces in human nature, so we need two kinds of saints today.

Tuesday of 28th Week in Course 2019 St. Theresa of Jesus (of Avila) There are two forces that drive the human being. On the one hand, love responds to the eternal creative and embracing Trinity, who loved us into existence and longs to divinize us. Fear, on the other hand, responds to the evil and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:16-25, Luke 11:37-41

Denomination: Catholic

The Struggle With Satan Lent Sunday 1 Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 23, 2023

Was the Lord bragging about how He defeated the old Worm, man’s adversary, Satan? No.

First Sunday of Lent 2023 How did St. Matthew come by the story he shared in today’s Gospel? It was easy to understand the first line, what happened when Jesus, who was fresh from His baptism by John, where the Holy Spirit came upon Him in form of a dove, went into the wilderness of Judea. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Catholic

Treating The "unpresentable" With Special Care

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 23, 2025

Losing that witness leaves a community injured, even emotionally and socially bankrupt.

Third Sunday in Course 2025 Hundreds, perhaps thousands of people come into our lives over the seventy or eighty years of an average American lifetime. If we look at St. Paul’s words written almost two thousand years ago, describing an early Christian assembly, we can see images of people we have ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:2-10, Psalm 19:8-14, 1 Corinthians 12:12-30, Luke 1:1-4, Luke 4:14-21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

The Need For A Vision

Contributed by Greg Cooper on Dec 30, 2001

MOVING BEYOND THE CORPORATE VISION AND GETTING MY OWN PERSONAL VISION FOR THE KINGDOM.

Title: The Need For A Vision Text: Proverbs 29:18 Intro: It is important that each of us have a vision for what God wants us to do. The church should have a corporate vision true, but each of us must see ourselves as individuals with personal visions that come together make up a greater ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 29:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Church In Exile, And Our Response

Contributed by Matthew Oliver on Jan 7, 2002

In many ways the Christian church is a church in exile as many of our traditional power bases have been lost. We are not to focus on things of man, but things of God, in prayer and faith. Perseverance in prayer is the key.

A Church in Exile, and our Response. Sermon for Proper 29, Year C 21 October 2001 St John the Evangelist, Cold Lake Jeremiah 31:27-34 Psalm 119:94-104 2 Tim 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 One of the joys of being a Lay Reader is the privilege of preaching God’s word before His people. The other part ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8, Jeremiah 31:27-34

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

A Good Man Lost, A Bad Man Saved

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 1, 2005

You can be a good person and still die lost and go to hell. You can be a bad person and die saved and go to heaven.

LUKE 18:9-14 “A GOOD MAN LOST – A BAD MAN SAVED” A) When Jesus preached and taught among men on earth, He found that there were some men which trusted in themselves that they were righteous! * It was to them that He spoke this parable ... And if He preached in America today, He would need ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Baptist

But What If?

Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Jan 7, 2005

What if Jesus is really risen?

BUT WHAT IF??? 1 1st CORINTHIANS 15:1-19 Tonight I have one question about Life, Death and Eternity!! IS JESUS REALLY RISEN?? John 2:18 says: What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?? John 2:19 Jesus said: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Paradox Of Christ

Contributed by Paul Cull on Oct 9, 2006

Jesus is both superior to the angels and lower than the angels - a contradiction or a paradox?

Hebrews 1:1 – 2:12 The Paradox of Christ Introduction In many pubs, politics and religion are banned subjects for conversation. Probably with good cause, because these are subjects that people take very seriously. However, if by chance you should stray from the rule, you will often hear a ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Purpose Of The Church- Discipleship Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 25, 2003

The church is not to stop once we get a person in the door and on the church roll. Our work just begins at that point

INTRODUCTION • Talk about the goal of a baseball team. Get people across home plate. Don’t push the details of the analogy. • Does a team cheer and quit when it gets a person to 1st base or 3rd base? They will cheer because they expect to bring that person around the bases to score. • At the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ