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February 2, 2025 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:21-30 Love: Our Beginning and End Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. We’ve heard today that remarkable passage from First Corinthians 13: ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Luke 4:21-30
Denomination: Lutheran
Funeral 89 Year Old Christian lady.
Song – How Great Thou Art – Family Enters John 14.1-6 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 34:6-8
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
A sermon from Song of Songs. From a series about the life of Solomon. An effort to make the book understandable and more useful for the average person.
Song of Solomon, esp. 2:16 Introduction: Normally, I’d like to start out with some humorous story or something, but I’ll just say this. I’m going to do something today I’ve never done in 26 years of preaching. I’m going to preach from the Song of Songs. ...read more
Scripture: Song of Songs 2:16, Song of Songs 2:11
Year C. twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 98, November 18, 2001 Title: “God is constantly delivering us from the various “imprisonments” of life.”
Year C. twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 98, November 18, 2001 Title: “God is constantly delivering us from the various “imprisonments” of life.” Psalm 98 “1 O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things. ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 98:1-9
In this conversation we talked about how because God is great and God is good that He is worthy of our love.
A God Worthy Of Your Love #GettingBetter The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. 4 Yet their voice ...read more
Scripture: Mark 12:28-31, Psalm 19:1-4, Psalm 145:1-7
When the Lord showed Himself to Moses on the mountain, He declared Himself to be a God of compassion and loving kindness–in Biblical language–forever.
Tuesday of the 16th Week in Course Recently I heard a homily that really pricked my ears, and almost prompted me to jump up in the pew and object. The preacher said something like “the God of the OT is not One that I worship,” because in the Scriptures we read some pretty nasty stuff. Psalm 137 is ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 34:6, Matthew 12:46-50, Psalm 85:2-8, Micah 7:14-20
Denomination: Catholic
Using a story in David's life found in 2 Samuel chapter we will look at some ways that we can unleash kindness in our lives.
Love Is Kind #LoveIs OKAY – let’s do this. Week three of our series, ‘Love Is’ NOW… IN WEEK ONE - we talked about ‘The Unrelenting Love Of God.’ LAST WEEK – we unpack the truth that love is patient and discussed some practical ways that we could develop our ‘Makrothymia.’ Makro – slow, Thymia – ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4, 2 Samuel 9:1-11
This is a homily based on Psalm 57:5,7-11
Homily for Funeral for Connie Hird (ne Stockdale) The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Ps 46 We’re gathered to remember and celebrate and mourn the loss of Connie, Constance, Mom, Grandma. This is a very difficult time, and so we are wise to call upon the God ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 57:5, Romans 8:38-39
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
2nd in a series on 1 Thessalonians, this message focuses on the people to whom Paul wrote this letter.
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 INTRODUCTION This morning we are going to return to the 1st Chapter of Thessalonians as we continue with our series A Sure Faith For Uncertain Times…As we noted last week, the people of Thessalonica to whom Paul originally wrote these words lived ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10
Too often Christains fall by the wayside by allowing sin to enter their lives.
INTRO. In our text, we find the deliverance of David from his enemies by God. But we see an amazing picture here of what happened in the battle. MORE DIED IN THE WOODS THAN FIGHTING IN THE BATTLE. Historians tell us that they were retreating, running from the battle. Churches are dying all ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 18:6-8
Denomination: Baptist
This sermon explores the transformative power of God's Word on our hearts and the importance of guarding our hearts from harmful influences.
Welcome! I am thrilled to stand before you today, not merely as a speaker, but as a fellow traveler on this road of faith, a co-sojourner in this pilgrimage we call life. Today, we gather around a topic so central, so critical to our faith walk that it could be likened to the beating heart within ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-27
Topics: Steadfast, Ways Of God
A song that a lot of churches used to sing a lot, was, “I shall not be moved.”
The chorus of that song goes like this, “I shall not be, I shall not be moved; I shall not be, I shall not be moved: just like a tree that’s planted by the waters, Lord, I shall not be moved.” But the problem with many of the saints of God singing that song is that they are not like a tree planted ...read more
Scripture: Acts 20:16-27
When we talk about Bible convictions, we are not talking about preferences.
Illus: David Gibbs, is a lawyer that has fought many battles in the court room on the difference between convictions and preferences. According to the US Supreme Court - • A preference is a very strong belief, held with great strength. A preference is a strong belief, but a belief that you will ...read more
Scripture: Daniel 3:1-23
Difficulties and bad times plague us all from time to time.
Doe Zantamata, a Canadian author, artist and photographer once remarked: “It is only in our darkest hours that we may discover the true strength of the brilliant light within ourselves that can never, ever, be dimmed.” Psalm 9:9-10 confirms: “The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 41:10, Philippians 4:6-7, Joshua 1:9
We need to guard our steadfastness in the Lord.
Every time I exercise, which is seven days a week now because of the condition of my heart, I reach a point in the exercise when I ask myself the question, “Why am I doing this; cannot I just stop?” In the Apostle Paul’s Christian journey, which Paul described as a race in 2 Timothy 4:7 when he ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:17-18
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