John 1:1-18 Children’s Sermon Object Lesson on Adoption into God’s Family Main Objective: One of the beautiful truths of Christ is how He allows us to be part of God’s family. We are adopted as children of the most holy Heavenly king, which is reason to rejoice and be glad! Reg...
Nothing summarized it more than the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). Particularly in the current context of violence and counter-violence, hate, domination, terrorism, and counter-terrorism, it has become imperative for the church on God’s mission to return to the ethics taught in the ...
Even though you can usually find – if you are willing to try – at least one good point in a really bad sermon, that can be a trial. So… SHARE THE GOOD STUFF which you were fortunate enough to receive! Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. I hear that it...
1. Wesley introduces the context of Mark 9: 38-39. 2. What is the relevance of this passage, “Seeing no man now ‘casts out devils”? 3. This sermon will show “first, in what sense men may, and do now, ‘cast out devils’; secondly, what we may understand by, ‘He followeth...
December 29, 2024SermonAlliance,Broadway,Christ,church,faith,God,grow,growing,Hannah,Jesus,Jesus Christ,John Partridge,Methodist,new year,Ohio,Samuel How Are You Growing? December 29, 2024* By Pastor John Partridge 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26Luke 2:41-52 Colossians 3:12-17, ...
Sermon for February 7, 2016, United Church of Christ in Simi Valley, CA: When Groucho Marx was invited to join the Friars Club in Hollywood, he wrote to them, “ I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER.” I would say something similar: “...
There is a sermon i heard on Proverbs 26:11 Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats his folly. This is that type of person, the ones who keep hurting you over and over, People who have been in a toxic relationship or an abusive relationship kinda know what am ...
Despina closes her sermon with repeated cadences and a flashy high note, giving her as big and emphatic an ending for her aria as if she were a noble heroine (as she thinks herself to be). Then something very odd happens: the orchestra starts to reprise some of her music, but plays ...
The Kingdom was Jesus’ central focus. His Sermon on the Mount supplies his core agenda for how his followers will think and act in a new kingdom culture (Matt. 5-7). How to seek and work within the Kingdom of Heaven serves as the master thought of most of Christ’s parables. Acro...
DeYoung writes, “Is this the story celebrated and sermonized in open and affirming churches?” DeYoung calls for a Biblical story centered on the cross and he doubts that this story is being preached in a traditional sense. “What if we flesh out the story and include the hard bits ...