Sermons on Unto Us A Son Is Given:

The Prodigal Son Series

Contributed by Kevin Brady on Nov 25, 2021

A younger son tries to run away from the father. An elder son tries to replace the father. Neither succeeds because the love of the father ultimately breaks through and touches them both.

The Prodigal Son The younger brother threw down his hoe and stormed angrily across the field toward the farmhouse. His elder brother watched for a while, shook his head and returned to his weeding. For the two brothers, never happy with each other, this was the latest incident in the ongoing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Ian Lyall on Sep 13, 2007

From understanding gained from the Middle East, we see even more amazingly the measure and wonder of God’s grace

Dr Bailey lived and worked for more than two decades among isolated peasant communities in the Middle East. He stayed in villages which until 10 or 20 years ago had never seen a motor vehicle; where time and tradition have stood still for centuries, even millennia. As he learned of their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Son's Gift

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 7, 2017

Receive Christ’s gift of His Spirit, who delivers you, who dwells within, and who directs you to know God intimately.

Just a few days before Christmas one year, a postal worker at one of the main sorting offices found an unstamped, handwritten, messy envelope addressed to God. Curious, he opened it and discovered that it was from an elderly woman who was in great distress because all of her savings – $200 – had ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Norbert Garcia on Dec 15, 2000

Just what is the message behind the parable of the Prodigal Son?

The Prodigal Finally he was free. Free. Free of the endless chores. Free of getting up at the crack of dawn and working until long after the sun set. Free of milking the cows, tilling the fields, cleaning the stables, and all the other endless chores around the farm. Turning away from the farm, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:12-19

Denomination: Adventist

Son & Salvation Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 25, 2013

1) The Problem of unbelief (John 3:11-12) , provided the 2) Answer for unbelief (John 3:13–17), and warned of the 3) Results of unbelief (John 3:18-21).

It was dark and 15 degrees below zero — nearly twice that with the wind chill — when a 20-year-old woman who “wasn’t feeling well” stumbled the few blocks with her mother toward Humber River Regional Hospital’s Finch campus early last Sunday morning. Not quite ...read more

Scripture: John 3:11-21

Denomination: Other

Not The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Feb 28, 2021

In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the younger son squandered his inheritance. And yet, his father received him back. So, is what we do with our money not important?!’ The Parable of the Dishonest Manager is Jesus' answer.

"Not the prodigal son" Today we’re looking at what is often called the Parable of the Dishonest Manager, or the Parable of the Shrewd Manager, or similar. A rich man entrusts his manager with stewardship of his assets. The manager wastes his master’s wealth. The rich man demands an ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Lost Son Series

Contributed by Keith Andrews on Jul 12, 2006

The first in the Lost sermon series: The Lost Son

The Lost Son Introduction: Over the next several weeks, we are going to use the theme of ABC Television Show, Lost. Some of you have not seen it because you have been here for the last year. So I’ll quickly fill you in. Lost is about a group of people whose plane crashes on a deserted island. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Baptist

Honoring The Son Series

Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on Sep 12, 2009

Learning how to honor Jesus

Journeying With John (JWJ-21) Honoring the Son John 5:18-24 This morning I want to start off asking you a question - and that question is this: “How does one honor Jesus?” How would you answer that? I suspect I may not have taught you the correct answer to that question - but I have come to see ...read more

Scripture: John 5:18-24

Denomination: *other

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Germain Brown on Apr 9, 2001

Just come back to Him...

THE PRODIGAL SON This story is based on Luke 15:11 - 32. In a far away land, where no man had ever gone before, came Mr. Christopher Columbus and discovered it after the Indians did. Many, many years later, came to live a man named Mr. Sir, and started killing chickens, fried ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Other Son Series

Contributed by David Mcbeath on Dec 12, 2011

Continuation of the prodigal son and the firstborn's reaction to the father's celebration. The father is disrespected because the older son refuses to attend. The father goes out to find the lost son for the second time. Jesus is redefining who is lost in

Series: Lost Message: The Older Son Texts: Luke 15:11-24 Date: August 7 Pastor: Dave McBeath This morning we continue our LOST series as we look a third time at what is commonly known as the Parable of the Prodigal Son. Now it is strange we call this parable the Prodigal Son and focus on the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

This Is My Son

Contributed by Malcolm Chester on Jan 3, 2008

A sermon for a Covenant Servie based on the baptism of Jesus

The gospel reading for today is the baptism of Jesus. We are only given a brief account of what happened in the passage we heard from Matthew’s gospel so we have to try to imagine the scene. I doubt though if it even began to approach the woman in Liverpool who arrived on the doorstep of a vicar, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Denomination: Methodist

God The Son Series

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Jul 29, 2019

We may think we can make our own way to be good enough, but our only hope is in the redemption won by Jesus.

We are still at the beginning of working our way through one of the most amazing books of the Bible, Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. It presents the most beautiful picture of the church and the Christian life, a picture that really stretches your mind. The last two weeks we have been working ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Now Unto The King Eternal.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 9, 2022

This is particularly pertinent in my own country at this time, with the announcement of the end of our Queen’s 70 year reign: ‘The Queen is dead. Long live the King.’

DOXOLOGY. 1 Timothy 1:17. It is no wonder that Paul’s encouraging testimony (1 Timothy 1:12-17) ends with a word of doxology. 1. “Now unto the King eternal” (literally, “Now unto the King of the ages”) is addressed to the LORD God. Now, “the King eternal” is none other than the LORD God ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:17, 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Two Sons Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Sep 25, 2020

Jesus tells a very point parable to confront the religious elite with the truth that their religious activities were not taking place in the vineyard that was doing the will of the Father. The true vineyard is only where Jesus is the Vine.

Message Matthew 21:28-32 “The Two Sons” Our parable today is spoken in the last week before Jesus was put to death. Only days before He had ridden into Jerusalem on a colt – the crowds had enthusiastically welcomed and escorted Him into the city. Surely this was a fulfilment of the promises in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:28-32

Denomination: Baptist

The Son Of Man Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Dec 3, 2007

1 of 5 Christmas messages based on different prophesies of the OT. This message is based on Genesis 3:15

Ready or Not… Don’t you love it when toddlers play peek-a-boo" And it’s always fun to watch kids play "Hide and Seek." Well, now that we are grownups things really haven’t changed much. We still play games with God. Sometimes we try to hide from His righteous ways and chase after our own ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ