2nd Sunday in Lent Mark 8:31-39 Illustrations The Sacrifice Flower My mother, who was a native American, taught me all kinds of wonderful ways to pray when I...
2nd Sunday in Lent Mark 8:31-39 The Less Traveled Road 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders...
Third Sunday in Lent I Corinthians 1:18-25 Illustrations When the Nazis invaded Denmark in the Second World War, notices quickly went up in Copenhagen,...
Third Sunday in Lent Sermon I Corinthians 1:18-25 "The Weakness of God??" 18* For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are...
4th Sunday in Lent John 3 :14-21 "Look, God loves you" 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, 15 that...
4th Sunday in Lent John 3 :14-21 Illustrations A serpent on a stake-not a very appealing sight. A friend of mine, who had visited a number of times in South...
5th Sunday in Lent John:12:20-33 Illustrations "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." The Greeks asked this of Philip who, in turn, told Andrew, and together they went...
5th Sunday in Lent John:12:20-33 "The Non-Exclusive Good" 20 ¶ Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to...
Palm Sunday Mark 11:1-11 Illustrations Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Christian theologian executed by the Nazi's because of his being a part of the German...
Palm Sunday Mark 11:1-11 "Excitement" 11:1 ¶ And when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his...
Maundy Thursday 1 Peter 1:18-20 "His Precious Blood" 18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable...
Maundy Thursday 1 Peter 1:18-20 "His Precious Blood" 18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers, not with perishable...
Easter Sunday Mark 16:1-8 Listen ! What do you Hear? 16:1 ¶ And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought...
Easter Mark 16:1-8 Illustrations The Conquering Christ They nailed Him to an ugly cross...That bleak and dreadful day; And thought forever from their...
2nd Sunday of Easter John 20:19-31 Illustrations Several years ago the steeple on our church was taken down to be rebuilt. The day after its removal one of the...
2nd Sunday of Easter John 20:19-31 "Does Easter make A Difference?" 19 ¶ On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the...
Third Sunday of Easter Luke 24: 36-49 Illustrations A young, ambitious pastor was called to serve in a certain church. He was warned by his predecessor that...
Third Sunday of Easter Luke 24: 36-49 "Are you ALIVE in CHRIST?" 36 ¶ As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them. 37 But they were startled and...
4th Sunday of Easter John 10:11-18 "What's Good About the Good Shepherd?" 11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He...
4th Sunday of Easter John 10:11-18 Illustrations A certain butcher had sold all his poultry except one hen. A woman then came in and asked for a hen. The...
5th Sunday after Easter John. 15:1-8 "Are YOU Attached??? 15:1 ¶ "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch of mine that bears no...
5th Sunday after Easter John. 15:1-8 Illustrations "A dusty traveler walked up the steps of a small, neatly kept farmhouse. "Hello, what do you want?" asked...
6th Sunday of Easter John 15: 9-17 Illustrations Love, Friendship, Accountability The question to ask at the end of life's race is not so much "What have I...
6th Sunday of Easter John 15: 9-17 "Friends" 9 ¶ As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will...
7th Sunday of Easter John 17: 6-19 "In between Time" 6 ¶ "I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world; thine they were, and...
7th Sunday of Easter John 17: 6-19 Illustrations Bob, a new convert to Jesus Christ, worked one summer as a bartender in New York City. He reports that he had...
Holy Trinity Sunday John 3:1-17 Illustrations Some travelers, journeying along the seashore, climbed to the summit of a tall cliff, and looking over the sea,...
Holy Trinity Sunday John 3:1-17 "The Wind" 3:1 ¶ Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night...
2nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6 Lectionary 11 Mark 4:26-34 Illustrations One summer, a drought threatened the crop in a small town. On a hot and dry...
2nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6 Lectionary 11 Mark 4:26-34 "The Kingdom of God.........." "or Umbrella Faith" 26* And he said, “The kingdom of God is as...
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