Sermons on The Lust Of The Eyes:

Simeon's Eyes And Mary's Heart

Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on Dec 23, 2002

The blessings of Simeon by the Spirit and the love of Mary.

I am not a traditionalist in some things as you can probably imagine. The traditional way to write a sermon is to find your biblical text, write the sermon and then pick the title. I work a bit backwards; I come up with the title, find the text and then write the sermon. Sometimes that gets me ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 12:2-6, Luke 2:21-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christmas Through The Eyes Of Others

Contributed by Douglas Bryan on Jan 7, 2003

This sermon takes a look at Christmas through the eyes of others such as missionaries, law enforcement, and the incarcerated. It reminds us that the message of Christmas rings clear and true in spite of whatever circumstances we may face.

THROUGH THE EYES... John 1:1-4 INTRODUCTION: A. There was nothing more exciting than Christmas when I was a kid 1. After searching the Sears and JCPenneys Christmas catalogs I had put in my order of things I wanted, but it was always a surprise as to what we would actually find under the ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Open Eyes And Believing Hearts" Series

Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Apr 14, 2003

What starts the process of seeing eyes and believing hearts?

Easter Sunday Iliff and Saltillo United Methodist Churches April 23, 2000 “Open Eyes and Believing Hearts” John 20:1-18 INTRODUCTION: ILLUSTRATION: If you were asked to describe this Easter without using any words--just using only punctuation marks, what punctuation mark would you choose? ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

If Your Eye Offends Thee

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Mar 10, 2004

Discussion on the protection of the Body of Christ and the church.Commandments of Jesus Christ, The Head of all things concerning the Church.

If Your Eye Offend Thee. Matthew 6:29-30 , Mark 9:47 In todays world, we are compassed with many different doctrine and religions. Religions that turn the truth into a lie. Jesus told us about these things, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:29-30

Denomination: Pentecostal

Living With My Eyes Open

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Mar 16, 2004

A message about allowing God to reveal His plan, His dream for your life to you... don’t ever give up on what God created you for....

Living With My Eyes Open (Vision) March 14, 2004 Pastor Glenn Newton In the mid-twentieth century, in Bangkok, Thailand, the government wanted to build a large highway through a village. Yet in the path of the planned road was a Buddhist monastery with a little chapel, so they had to relocate ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11

Denomination: Nazarene

God's Eye For The Queer Guy Series

Contributed by Gary Cox on Apr 20, 2004

What is our response as God’s people to homosexuality

WE begin a new series today titled “culture in crisis”. I think it was Merle Haggard who had a song in the 80’s describing America that said “Were rolling down hill like a snowball headed for hell”. That is a pretty good description. Amazingly we live in a world where What was once bad is now ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Travel With One Eye On The Ditch Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Feb 2, 2003

Sermon 5 of 10 on Jesus Stories. The main points were taken from a sermon titled "Getting our Hands Dirty" by John Stensrud. An attorney asked a question of Jesus. People were always asking him questions because he gave them answers that were clear and

1/26/2003 – Traveling with One Eye on the Ditch An attorney asked a question of Jesus. People were always asking him questions because he gave them answers that were clear and crisp. You couldn’t miss the point of the message. In response to the man’s question Jesus told a story we call “The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

That Your Eyes May Be Enlightened

Contributed by Dan Cale on Aug 10, 2004

This is the second in a letter study of Ephesians. This sermon looks at what happens when our eyes are enlightened to the things of God.

That Your Eyes May Be Enlightened Eph 1:15-23 All the world is looking for enlightenment. The Buddhists and Hindu’s meditate seeking to find in themselves the enlightenment that will bring them to salvation. The new age gurus chant and meditate and seek to find enlightenment in the same eastern ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: *other

Fix Our Eyes On Jesus

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Sep 9, 2003

PENTECOST 13(C) - Fix our eyes on Jesus because Jesus is the Author of our faith and Jesus is the Perfecter of our faith.

FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS Hebrews 12:1-13 - Sept. 7, 2003 HEBREWS 12:1-13 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Christmas Through The Eyes Of The World

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 14, 2003

How the world sees Christmas is far from what God was actually doing.

Christmas through the Eyes of the World John 1:1-14 A friend of ours who is a young pastor’s wife and has three children. They went to the Christmas parade and as the floats went by her daughter kept hollering to the people in the parade, “Happy Halloween!” Another young mom wrote on ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14, John 1:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

Christmas Through The Eyes Of God

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 21, 2003

What did God have in mind by giving us the first Christmas?

A couple of years ago on America’s Funniest Home Videos, a young boy was shown on Christmas morning. He came down to see a large present beside the tree and ran over to tear it open to see what was inside. The paper went flying and suddenly he broke into a dance and jumped around the room ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Denomination: Methodist

The Eyes Opened To The Law Of God

Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on May 28, 2003

The term ‘law’ is used in various senses in the Bible. Sometimes it means that which was written on the two tables of stone; sometimes the ceremonial law given to Israel by God through Moses; sometimes the five books of Moses in distinction from the books

THE EYES OPENED TO THE LAW OF GOD “Open Thou mine eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law.” Psalm 119:18. In this discourse I shall show — I. IN WHAT SENSE THE TERM LAW IS USED IN THE TEXT. II. THE MEANING OF THE REQUEST — “OPEN THOU MINE EYES.” III. WHAT IS IMPLIED IN MAKING THE ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus Opens The Eyes Of The Blind

Contributed by Eric Vertein on Mar 4, 2005

By the healing of a man born blind, Jesus shows that he is the Son of God. That opens our eyes! But for some it just leads to further blindness.

John 9:1-7,13-17,34-39 3rd Sunday in Lent – A February 27, 2005 #091 John 9:1-7,13-17,34-39 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-39

Denomination: Lutheran

Changed Before Our Eyes Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Jun 29, 2006

Understanding the glory of God

Sermon – Glory – Changed before our eyes! 1. Introduction (joke, etc about being changed) a. Joke: i. Hospital waiting room. One rather self-important individual was getting impatient. Unwilling to wait any longer, he barged in and demanded to be seen by the doctor. "Don’t you know who I am?" ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:28-36

Denomination: Baptist

Easter Through The Disciples Eyes Series

Contributed by Jon Miller on Jul 28, 2006

This is part one of a five week sermon series leading up to Easter

The Next 5 weeks we are going to be looking at the Easter story in the Bible As we do we are going to focus on different people who were involved in the actual events that took place 2000 years ago. It was a very busy last week in Jesus’ life, so there is no way that we can look at this last week ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:1-2