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A sermon for The Baptism of Our Lord, Year B
January 7, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:4-11 The Grounding of Our Identity Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Who are you? How do you understand yourself to be? In some ways, our identity ...read more
Scripture: Mark 1:4-11, Genesis 1:1-5
Denomination: Lutheran
The BIG question! Who Am I? (Want to thank Dan Raymond for his notes on this subject)
INTRODUCTION • What is one of the most critical questions in life? • WHO AM I? • How would you answer the question, Who am I? • Where would you start? • Name, occupation? • How much of your answer is about you as an individual, and how much is about the relationships you form? • How you answer the ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
This sermon encourages embracing life's struggles as opportunities for God to shape us into the people He calls us to be, through faith and trust in Him.
Welcome, beloved friends and family in Christ, to another blessed gathering where we come together, not as strangers or mere acquaintances, but as a community bound by the love and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We gather here, not in our own strength or wisdom, but in humble recognition of our ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 17:1-3
Topics: Aligning Perspective, God's View
This sermon encourages confronting life's crises with faith in Christ, claiming our identity in Him, and finding courage amidst struggles through His strength and wisdom.
Welcome, dear family in Christ. Gather around, as we gather our hearts and minds to engage with the divine wisdom of the Scriptures, the timeless truths of God's Word. Today, we turn our attention to an extraordinary passage from the Old Testament, a passage that speaks with a resonance that echoes ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-4
Topics: Identity
Isaiah gives us a glimpse of the forces behind gambling and why it becomes so addictive and destructive.
Intro: ***A preacher saw a man who looked homeless sitting on a park bench and seemed to be in deep distress so he passed by him, handed him a $20 bill and whispered to him, “Never Despair”. The next day the preacher saw the man coming toward him hurriedly and gave him $60. The preacher asked ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 65:11-12
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
There are two sides of the Easter story. The side of darkness and death and the side of resurrection and life.
THE WRONG SIDE OF EASTER Mark 16:10 INTRO. Here are the followers of Jesus "weeping and mourning" but just fifty days later they would be in great joy, singing psalms and telling of their great experiences with Christ. The difference is as dramatic as the reason. That is, in our text, the ...read more
Scripture: Mark 16:10
Denomination: Baptist
The story of King Saul...wrong choices lead to a horrible statement "I have played the fool." Great challenge to men, especially at Fathers day
In our scripture reading today we find perhaps one of the saddest accounts recorded in the bible of a father who went wrong, of a dad who made the wrong choices! behold, I have played the fool, This is the confession of King Saul. No doubt in this particular setting Saul was referring to his ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 26:21
Denomination: Holiness
I have often been asked by christians "why if the Bible doesn’t mention smoking, how can it be wrong" I believe this message answers those questions.
What’s Wrong With A Christian Who Smokes? Text (1Cor. 3:16-17) (A) Would Jesus Smoke? Honestly can you imagine Jesus inhaling a cigarette? Can you picture the Lord blowing smoke in your face? NO! Jesus is our example of what a Christian should be. (ILL) My great-grandmother used to say, "If God ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:16-17
Denomination: Assembly Of God
This message challenges the people of God to be willing to endure the same criticism our Lord endured from those who are modern day Pharisees - "He eats with sinners". We are challenged to touch the live of those in the "wrong crowd" with the message of
(Elab = Elaborate point) (Trans = Transition) Luke 15:1-7 15:1 Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them." 3 So He spoke this parable to them, saying: 4 "What man of ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, Luke 15:1-7
How should a Christian respond to the gambling craze of our day? The Scripture provides insight into how we should stand.
Definition of Gambling: Desiring the possession of another (the prize) the gambler creates a risk (losing his own) in an attempt, through, chance, to gain the other person’s possession with nothing to give in exchange. To justify gambling, many people say things like “Life is a gamble… A farmer ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:9-11
Halloween is a Satanic Holiday!
’WHAT IS WRONG WITH HALLOWEEN?" Thesis: Halloween is a Satanic Holiday! Material and information taken from the book “Halloween and Satanism” by Phil Phillips and Joan Hake Robie. TEXT: II Cor. 6:15-17 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial ? What does a believer have in common with ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:15-17
IN THIS MESSAGE WE SEE THREE THINGS ABOUT ADAM AND EVE: I-THEIR CONDITION BEFORE THEIR SIN, II-THEIR CONSEQUENCES AFTER THEIR SIN,AND III-THEIR COVERING FOR THEIR SIN.
WEARING THE WRONG CLOTHES GENESIS 2:15-17,25-3:6-10,21 There was a little cartoon of a couple leaving church one Sunday. They had made their way around the preacher. But in this particular church, the preacher was out in the front and the couple was going around him. The man’s wife was about a ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 3:7
God will give us a second chance but we may always be identified with the sin we commit by running the wrong way from God’s will.
RUNNING THE WRONG WAY by Pastor Jim May If you are a sports fan may remember the story of how, on New Year’s Day in 1929, Georgia Tech played the University of California in the annual Rose Bowl football game. In that game a man named Roy Riegels, the center of the California football team, ...read more
Denomination: Independent/Bible
We have all sinned. We’re all displeased by sin, and that disease is fatal. Perhaps these are some of the same things that drove this young ruler in the Bible to seek advice and counsel from Jesus Christ.
What are people looking for? The same as young man in the Bible. There is a restless among people, especially among youth today; there’s a feeling of emptiness and dependency, a sense of guilt. There’s a strong desire for an ideology that will give meaning to our existence. We have all sinned. ...read more
Scripture: Luke 18:18-24
also included: the Lottery, Raffles, and gambling with our lives/families! Powerpoint at website under "When the Chips Are Down"
WHAT IS WRONG WITH GAMBLING? “Questions People Ask” Acts 19:21-29 Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website at bottom. ------------------------- We need to know what we believe, and why we believe it. What if someone came to you and said, “what’s wrong with going to the ...read more
Scripture: Acts 19:21-29
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