Sermons on Wilderness Seasons:

Stuff Happens!

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jul 17, 2010

Lent is the season when we stir up the trash pile of life.

STUFF happens! Luke 13:1-5 We are starting the third week of the season of Lent. Lint is a season of life review where we ask the Spirit to lead us toward personal repentance for some of our choices, words and actions. It is a time when we examine the Good the Bad and the Ugly in our daily ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-5

Denomination: Congregational

Unto Us A Son Is Given

Contributed by Jimmy Dillon on Dec 19, 2007

The Christmas Season is about God giving us the greatest gift of all.

Unto Us A Son is Given Isa 9:6 Introduction Every year there is an increasing assault on the celebration of Christmas There is always a push by those who want to take Christ out of Christmas because they don’t want non-Christians to be offended I want you to know that without Christ, there is ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6

Denomination: Baptist

He's Alive!

Contributed by Paul Dietz on Mar 25, 2008

An Easter Season Sermon using the Hymn, "Were You There?" as a basis.

He’s Alive! (But Don’t Tell Anyone) Matthew 27 & 28: 1-10 Key Verses: Matthew 28: 6-7 Hymn Suggestions: “Were You There?,” Traditional Spiritual, Public Domain; “He Arose!,” Robert Lowry, Public Domain; “My Savior’s Love,” Charles Gabriel, Public Domain; “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us,” Stuart ...read more

Denomination: *other

Don't Reject The Gift

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008

Christmas message about not rejecting Christ this season. Mainly evangelistic in nature.

Don’t Reject the Gift Romans 5:15-17 December 23, 2007 Introduction Before we get started I wanted to give you the top five most overheard comments regarding bad Christmas gifts… 5. Hey, now there’s a gift. 4. If the dog buries this, I’ll be furious. 3. I love it – but I fear the jealousy it ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:15-17, Romans 5:5

Denomination: Wesleyan

Jesus Is Coming Soon

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 4, 2020

A reflection on how to be ready for Jesus to come as we prepare in the Advent Season.

12.9.20 Revelation 22:20 20 The one who testifies about these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! Jesus Is Coming Soon What will we give Him? Here’s a little fact you may not have known about our preschool teacher. She’s a twin. Not only that, but if I have ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:20

Denomination: Lutheran

Ready And Watching Series

Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Dec 20, 2016

Advent is a season of preparation. Be ready and watching for Christ’s coming.

In October 2003, a string of Southern California wildfires eventually claimed two-dozen lives. The flames moved at a speed faster than people could flee. Responding to complaints that some residents did not receive enough warning, Sgt. Conrad Grayson said, "We are begging people to leave, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:36-44

Denomination: Other

Thanksgiving Anyhow

Contributed by Jonathan Edwards Cagle on Nov 21, 2024

Soon we will be celebrating the holiday season. To begin we give thanks.

In just a few days we will be celebrating a day of the year that many look forward to or just plain dread. It’s a day for eating and sleeping but most especially it’s a day to give Thanks. It’s a time of family dinners, and retail shopping. It’s a time for sleeping or relaxing reading etc. ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-19

Denomination: Other

Fifth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A- Salt

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 28, 2022

Salt is not for itself; it is seasoning for food. In the same way the disciples are there not for themselves but for the earth

During the children’s service, the pastor was explaining that Christians are the “light, salt, and leaven” of the world. The children understood “light” and “salt,” but when the pastor asked them what “leaven” is, they were silent. Finally, young Michelle Williamson spoke up: “It’s what comes after ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:31, Matthew 5:13, Colossians 4:6, Ephesians 4:29, Luke 17:31, 2 Kings 2:21, Genesis 19:24  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Advent Invites Us To Journey Together Series

Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Nov 28, 2025

The Jubilee Year tradition adds another layer of meaning to this Advent season.

Title: Advent Invites Us to Journey Together Intro: The Jubilee Year tradition adds another layer of meaning to this Advent season. Scripture: Revelation 22:1-5 Reflection Dear Friends, There is something quietly revolutionary about waiting together. In a world that prizes individual ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:1-5

Denomination: Other

Embracing The Fasting Journey: A Lenten Challenge SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 10, 2023

A sermon to inspire believers to engage in a period of fasting during the Lenten Season.

The six weeks before Easter is called the "Lenten Season". It is a time to focus on the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus died for our sins, giving us life, and through His resurrection, we have the hope of eternal life in heaven. • Lent comes from the word "lengthen," ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:5-6

Topics: Christian Disciplines, Fasting, Lent

Feeding More Than 5,000

Contributed by William Mouser on Aug 1, 2005

This miracle shows Jesus to be the same God who fed his people in the wilderness, and foreshadows the blessings and productivity that flow from communion with Christ.

Feeding More than the 5,000 Ps. 78:1-7, 12-25, Neh. 9:16-20; Rom. 8:35-39, Matt. 14:13-21 The feeding of the 5,000 is the only miracle of Christ that appears in all four gospels. It gets its name from the fact that Jesus fed people and from the mention of the number 5,000. However, this is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:13-21

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Number Your Days

Contributed by Mike Parry on Feb 23, 2006

We can learn from the mistakes of the Children of Israel wandering in the wilderness. We can echo the Psalm of Moses to "Number Your Days."

“Number Your Days” FCC – February 19, 2006 Text: Numbers 10-14 Introduction: We are continuing our Old Testament Challenge. The last couple of weeks we have been in Exodus studying how God used Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt towards the Promised Land. They were no longer slaves but free. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Want To See God More Clearly? Open Your Ears!

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jul 27, 2014

God reveals himself to us through his Word so that we understand that a wilderness with God is better than a paradise without him.

I want to start this morning with an eye test. If you’re wearing glasses, take them off. Cover or close one eye and look at the eye chart (projected onto the wall). How far down the chart can you read? Now try your other eye. If you can make out the letters right above the red line at the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:12-23

Denomination: Lutheran

The Faith Of The People

Contributed by Don Baggett on Jun 29, 2010

Most of the time, the Hebrew people haven't demonstrated a lot of faith. In the wilderness, they were constantly murmuring, but in this text, God speaks of their faith.

“The Faith of the People” Hebrews 11:29-30 When you think about the Hebrew people that Moses led through the wilderness for 40 years, you don’t think of them as being “faith people.” And, they really weren’t. The Bible tells us that all those, who were over 20 ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:29-30

Denomination: Baptist

Led By The Spirit ... To Be Tempted?

Contributed by Michael Stark on Apr 22, 2017

Jesus was led into the wilderness to be tempted. The Word is precise in stating that He was led by the Spirit. Why does the Spirit of God lead anyone to be tempted?

“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.’ But he answered, ‘It is written, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist