Christmas Eve Luke 2:1-20 Why God thought of Christmas 1 ¶ In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This...
1st Sunday of Christmas Luke 2:41-52 Illustrations Bill Cosby once said, "Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come home." We spend...
1st Sunday of Christmas Luke 2:41-52 "Growing Up" 41 ¶ Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve...
Fourth Sunday in Advent Luke 1: 39-45 (46-55) "Singing for Joy" 39 ¶ In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, ...
Fourth Sunday Advent Luke 1: 39-45 (46-55) Illustrations A few weeks before Christmas several years ago, a local department store received a large shipment of...
3rd Sunday of Advent Luke 3:7-18 "The Signs of God in Our World" 7 He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of...
3rd Sunday of Advent Luke 3:7-18 Illustrations These illustrations are about repentance and loving one another. "There are a lot of coaches with good ball...
2nd Sunday in Advent Luke 3:1-6 Illustrations These illustrations will be about repentance Genuine repentance leads us to rejoicing. This was demonstrated...
2nd Sunday in Advent Luke 3:1-6 "Law, Grace" 3:1 ¶ In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod...
First Sunday in Advent Luke 21:25-36 Illustrations Do we really want God to come into our world this Advent? Are we not satisfied with our worldliness and...
1st Sunday in Advent Luke 21: 25-36 Sermon "Ready or Not -- Here I Come" Luke 21 25* “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth...
Christ the King Sunday Proper 29 John 18:33-37 Illustrations Do we open ourselves for the kingship of Jesus to make the kind of difference we would like it to...
Christ the King Sunday Proper 29 John 18:33-37 "The Real King?" 33 Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of...
24th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Lectionary 33 Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25 Illustrations All the illustrations fit the second lesson from Hebrews. ...
24th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Lectionary 33 Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25 "The High Priest" 11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering...
23rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 Lectionary 32 1Kings 17:8-16 Mark 12: 38-44 Illustrations Givers Receive I've been going to professional baseball games...
23rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 Lectionary 32 1Kings 17:8-16 Mark 12: 38-44 "Sacrificial Lifestyle" 8 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to him, 9 "Arise,...
All Saints Sunday Revelation 21:1-6a "Who is a saint" 21:1 ¶ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed...
All Saints Sunday Revelation 21:1-6a Illustrations Randy Frazee has written a book called "The Connecting Church." He has a son who was born without a left...
Reformation Sunday John 8:31-36 Romans 3:19-28 Illustrations Reformation grace is a free gift A man lay on the donor's cot in a Red Cross blood donation...
Reformation Sunday John 8:31-36 Romans 3:19-28 "Saved by Grace through faith" 19 ¶ Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the...
20th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 Lectionary 29 Mark 10:35-45 Illustrations In 1977 David Kuzminski was walking down a path in the Georgia woods when...
20th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 Lectionary 29 Mark 10:35-45 "Your Eyes, God's Eyes" 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and ...
19th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 Lectionary 28 Mark 10:17-31 Illustrations The illustrations deal with two topics I think that are important to this text,...
19th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 Lectionary 28 Mark 10:17-31 "Your Choice" 17 ¶ And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before...
18th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 Lectionary 27 Mark 10:2-16 Illustrations More and more people seem to forget Henry Ford's sage advice when asked on his...
18th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 Lectionary 27 Mark 10:2-16 "Marriage" 2 And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to...
17th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 Lectionary 26 Mark 9:38-50 Illustrations If Jesus came to your house If Jesus came to your house To spend some time with...
17th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 Lectionary 26 Mark 9:38-50 "Are you Salt?" 38 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name,...
16th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Lectionary 25 Mark 9:30-37 Illustrations Misunderstanding I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have...
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