26th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 Lectionary 32 Matthew 25:1-13 Illustrations There is a story about a tourist who was traveling along the shores of Lake...
26th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27 Lectionary 32 Matthew 25:1-13 "I can sleep when the wind blows." 1 ¶ "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to...
27th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Lectionary 33 Matthew 25:14-30 Illustrations A sermon opener: We use numbers all the time without knowing their...
27th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Lectionary 33 Matthew 25:14-30 "Hope, Risk" 14 ¶ "For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants...
Christ the King Sunday Matthew 25:31-46 Illustrations Faith is a living, unshakeable confidence in God's grace; it is so certain, that someone would die a...
Christ the King Sunday Matthew 25:31-46 "Are you a Sheep or a Goat?" Today is Christ the King Sunday. It is the last Sunday of the church year. It is the...
1st Sunday in Advent Mark 13:24-37 Sermon "Between two Comings !!" 24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will...
First Sunday Advent Mark 13:24-37 Illustrations Advent Poem by Martin Buber "Every person born into this world represents something new, something that never...
2nd Sunday in Advent Mark 1:1-8 U-Turn 1 ¶ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I...
Second Sunday in Advent Mark 1:1-8 Illustrations A legend tells of the heavenly Father telling a man, if he would bring up to the gate of heaven the most...
3rd Sunday in Advent Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 John 1:6-8, 19-28 "Who Is Coming?" Isaiah 61: 1 ¶ The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has...
3rd Sunday in Advent Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 John 1:6-8, 19-28 Illustrations Despair: A pastor once had the following dream: The auto magical elevator stops with a...
4th Sunday in Advent Luke 1:26-38 "Who's Baby Is This?" 26 ¶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to...
4th Sunday in Advent Luke 1:26-38 Illustrations From a sermon by Martin Luther: "If I had only been there! How quick I would hove been to help the baby! I...
Christmas Eve Luke 2:1-20 “Christmas Colors” A window opened in the yellow straw, as a black nose, two pinkish ears and a gray paw poked out to see the...
First Sunday after Christmas Luke 2:22-40 "Left - Overs" 22* And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up...
First Sunday after Christmas Luke 2:22-40 Illustrations "An Indian chief was disturbed about how lazy his braves had been during the hunting season, so he...
First Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Jesus Mark 1:4-11 Illustrations One author says this about baptism, "Whether an infant or adult, the person...
First Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Jesus Mark 1:4-11 Superman 4 John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for...
2 Sunday after the Ephipany I Samuel 3:1-10, John 1:43-51 Illustrations A girl returning home from Sunday School expressed disappointment with the classes...
2 Sunday after the Epiphany I Samuel 3:1-10, John 1:43-51 "Tire-Kickers" Grace and peace to you from our Lord and saviour< Jesus who is the Christ. Amn In her...
3rd Sunday after Epiphany Mark 1:14-20 Illustrations FOLLOWING JESUS TO JAIL submitted Owen Bourgaize Hitler imprisoned a German pastor, Martin Niemoeller, for...
3rd Sunday after Epiphany Sermon Mark 1:14-20 An Encounter with Jesus 14* Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, ...
4th Sunday after the Epiphany Mark 1:21-28 Illustrations A flamboyant tuxedoed "evangelist" was engaged to lead a series of revival services Each night, as he...
4th Sunday after the Epiphany Mark 1:21-28 "'The World of Words" 21 And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and...
5th Sunday after Epiphany Mark 1:29-39 Illustrations They knew that no matter how much difficulty we are in, Jesus can handle it in His own way as illustrated...
5th Sunday after Epiphany Mark 1:29-39 "God's Kingdom in Jesus' Hand" 29* And immediately he left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew,...
6th Sunday after Epiphany Mark 1:40-45 Illustrations I think illustrations on faith, healing, caring for others are appropriate for the gospel lesson. Faith ...
6th Sunday after Epiphany Mark 1:40-45 "Jesus Acted" 40* And a leper came to him beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me...
Transfiguration Sunday Mark 9:2-9 Illustrations The Rev. Bob Stump tells about camping with his family: "One of our favorite parts of camping is sitting by the...
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