14th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18 Mark 7:24-37 "Friends, the Deaf Man & Jesus" 24 ¶ And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon....
14th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18 Mark 7:24-37 Illustrations Isaiah 35:4-7a "Be strong fear not!...He will come and save you" A conversation developed...
15th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 Mark 8:27-38 "Faith and Works" 27 ¶ And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on...
15th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 Mark 8:27-38 Illustrations The author, Madeleine L'Engle wrote some interesting lines that I feel address setting aside...
16th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Mark 9:30-37 "The High Price of Godly Living" 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not...
16th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 20 Mark 9:30-37 Illustrations Misunderstanding I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a lot...
17th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 Mark 9:38-50 "Are you Salt?" 38 John said to him, "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade...
17th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 21 Mark 9:38-50 Illustrations If Jesus came to your house If Jesus came to your house To spend some time with you, If He...
18th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 Mark 10:2-16 "Marriage" 2 And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his...
18th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 22 Mark 10:2-16 Illustrations More and more people seem to forget Henry Ford's sage advice when asked on his 50th wedding...
19th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 Mark 10:17-31 "Your Choice" 17 ¶ And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked...
19th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 Mark 10:17-31 Illustrations Commitment is a relationship with Christ that enables you in the midst of life's greatest...
20th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 Mark 10:35-45 Illustrations In 1977 David Kuzminski was walking down a path in the Georgia woods when looking ahead he...
20th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 Mark 10:35-45 "Your Eyes, God's Eyes" 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him,...
Reformation Sunday John 8:31- 36 "Freedom" 31 ¶ Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, ...
Reformation Sunday John 8:31- 36 Illustrations Martin Luther prayed on the night preceding his appearance before the Diet of Worms: "Do Thou, my God, stand by...
All Saints Sunday John 11:32-44 Revelation 21: 1-6 "Past, Present, Future" 21:1* ¶ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first...
All Saints Sunday Revelation 21: 1-6 John 11:32-44 Illustrations Randy Frazee has written a book called "The Connecting Church." He has a son who was born...
23rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 1Kings 17:8-16 Mark 12: 38-44 "Sacrificial Lifestyle" 8 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to him, 9 "Arise, go to...
23rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 1Kings 17:8-16 Mark 12: 38-44 Illustrations Givers Receive I've been going to professional baseball games and trying to...
24th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25 Mark 13:1-8 "The High Priest" 11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering...
24th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25 Mark 13:1-8 Illustrations All the illustrations fit the second lesson from Hebrews. ...
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...
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...
First Sunday in Advent Luke 1:22-36 Illustrations Hope In a "Peanuts" cartoon Lucy announces, "Boy, do I feel crabby I " Linus tries to help her feel better,...
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...
3rd Sunday of Advent Luke 3:7-18 Illustrations "A lady, during one of the coldest spells of the winter' noticed an eleven year old boy standing barefoot over a...
3rd Sunday in Advent Luke 3:7-18 "Signs of Love in Our World" Zephaniah 3: 14 Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your...
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