Sermons on Sunday:

The Palms Of Hope

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 20, 2005

This is an original story sermon, inspired by the "news from Lake Wobegon", with some serious reflection about what Palm Sunday meant for Jesus and for us.

The Palms of Hope…Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Michael Harris was the long-time pastor of Hope Community Church, a modest congregation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in the small town of Paradise. It hadn’t looked much like Paradise for a very ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-16

Denomination: Congregational

Fading Glory

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 20, 2005

If your are going to withstand the pressure to conform to the world it is necessary to understand: 1. Who you are 2. Life 3. What is important

In 1964, Gene Smith published his book entitled When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson. It is the story of President Wilson and the events which led up to and followed WWI. Wilson was an international hero at the end of the war, and both in the United States and abroad there ...read more

Scripture: John 12:9-16

Denomination: Methodist

Save Now

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Mar 21, 2005

People today still do not fully understand who Jesus is.

Save Now Matt 21.9-10 March 20, 2005 (Palm Sunday) Chester, Illinois FBC Chester Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: A TRUE OR FALSE? Palm Sunday celebrates the day Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Test your knowledge of that day’s events, recorded in all four Gospels, with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

Dry Bones And Singing Stones

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Mar 21, 2005

The truth of the day is that Ezekiel’s bones will live and the rocks will sing because there is nothing at all anyone can do to prevent the Word of God from being spoken.

Dry Bones and Singing Stones Ezekiel 37:1-14 Luke 19:29-40 Palm Sunday March 20, 2005 Jeb was one of the leading citizens of Ottumwa, Iowa. He was the kind of guy that you could count on, no matter what. He was a deacon in his church. Every time the doors were open, he was there. He had served ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:29-40

Denomination: Methodist

Preparing For Easter

Contributed by Matthew Cook on Mar 21, 2005

How can we truly prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Christ?

Preparing for Easter March 20, 2005 Center Point Baptist Church Deacon reads Psalm 96:7-13. Introduction What does it take to really praise and worship? Have you heard about the little boy who attended church for the first time and was asked how it went? He replied, “The music was nice but the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:29-41

Denomination: Baptist

Rejoice, Your King Comes To You!

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Mar 21, 2005

PALM SUNDAY(B) - Rejoice, your King comes to you with humility as a righteous King and with salvation as a powerful King.

REJOICE, YOUR KING COMES TO YOU! (Outline) ZECHARIAH 9:9-10 - March 20, 2005 - PALM SUNDAY INTRO: There is a certain degree of excitement as one prepares for guests. Depending on the impor-tance or number of expected guests the preparations can consume much energy and time. When that guest ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 9:9-10

Denomination: Lutheran

Prayer For All? Series

Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Mar 21, 2005

A Palm Sunday sermon. This story about Peter and Cornelius has a couple of major parallels with Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, especially the call for us to be a house of prayer for all nations.

Prayer for All? – Acts 10:1-23 Palm Sunday, 2005 This story about Peter has a couple of major parallels with Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. I want to highlight those and then make some application for us today. 1. Healings and Miracles Both Peter and Jesus had just had some ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Preparing The Way

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Mar 23, 2005

It is in the Triumphal entry we see our preparation to move from sinner to saint, from overcome by sin to overcommer of sin, from beaten to blessed!!!! We can proclaim today these things because our redeemer prepared the way, and because he finalized the

All history (His Story of saving us from our sin) will hinge on the cross. In His triumphal entry (scholars have called it a-triumphal) we see the foreshadowing of His purchasing our pardon from sin and preparing for us the way called straight. His plan was prepared before the foundations of the ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-31

Denomination: Baptist

The Arrival Of The King Series

Contributed by Keith Crouch on Mar 23, 2005

This is the first in a series of four messages leading up to the resurrection.

The Arrival of the King Matthew 21:1-17 I. His Arrival Was Marked With Humility (v. 1-7) A. In Humility He Demonstrated His Unity With the Father 1. Unified in purpose 2. Unified in love B. In Humility He fulfilled Prophecy (v. 4-5; Zechariah 9:9) 1. In doing this He demonstrated His Person 2. In ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Applaud Or Plod?

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 26, 2005

A sermon for Palm Sunday based on Matthew’s account. (Adapted from an outline by Ross Fransico and John Scotford)

Sermon for 3/20/2005 Palm Sunday Applaud or Plod? Introduction: Some years ago a book was written by a noted American historian entitled “When the Cheering Stopped.” It was the story of President Woodrow Wilson and the events leading up to and following WW1. When that war was over Wilson was an ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Arrival Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Apr 22, 2005

Why is the number 173,880 important? It involves Jesus coming to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, fulfilling a prophecy given hundreds of years before. Was He really the Messiah? Find out!

For more Bible studies, visit: www.CalvaryChapelNewberg.org. Jesus does three things in this chapter - He arrives to take His kingdom - showing the true character of the Creator - humble, coming in peace. But at the same time He blasts the two basic components of the existing religious scene - ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-33

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Who Is He?

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 26, 2005

Palm Sunday When Jesus entered Jerusalem, He created a commotion among the crowd so some asked, “Who is that?” Today Jesus is not entering a city to be hailed as King; instead Jesus comes to the hearts door of individuals to bring salvation. When Jesus

WHO IS HE? Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-11 • Matthew 21:1-11 (NIV) [1] As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, [2] saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Seamos Humildes

Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Mar 12, 2001

San Pablo nos anima a ser humildes basando nuestra humildad en la humildad y gloria de nuestro Señor Jesucristo.

GOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!! Pues, al meter un gol o al clavar una canasta o al marcar un touchdown, ¿qué hacen los atletas hoy en día? Corren por la cancha gritando, muestran el número de su camiseta, bailan, brincan, lo que sea. Pues, con sus acciones realmente están diciendo, "Miren al gran yo. Yo ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Three Parades

Contributed by Mark Winter on Mar 14, 2001

The parade that wound into Jerusalem on that long ago Sunday was exciting -- but it can’t hold a candle to the parade that took place on Friday.

The parade route begins near the twin towns of Bethpage and Bethany, less than two miles from Jerusalem and winds into the Holy City. The Grand Marshal is an unlikely hero – a rustic from a blue-collar town up north, the son of a woodworker. In keeping with his “common man” image, he decides to ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:13-15, Mark 11:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

The Ecstasy And The Agony

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 30, 2001

The "ecstasy" surrounding the Triumphal Entry and the "agony" of Christ¡¦s realization that the masses rejected Him as their King.

The Ecstasy and the Agony Luke 19:37-44 37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 38 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:37-44

Denomination: Wesleyan