21st Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 Sermon 21st Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 Matthew 22: 1-14 "The Invited" 1* ¶ And again Jesus spoke to them in...
21st Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 Illustrations 21st Sunday after Pentecost Proper 23 Matthew 22: 1-14 Illustrations There is an Arabian fable which tells...
22nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 Sermon 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 24 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 "Faith and Hope" "Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the...
23rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 Illustrations 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 Matthew 22:34-46 Illustrations How is "worship" defined? The very...
23rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 Sermon 23rd Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 Matthew 22:34-46 'How Simple Can It Be?" 34 ¶ But when the Pharisees heard...
Reformation Sunday John 8:31-36 Romans 3:19-28 'Smile" 19 ¶ Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every...
Reformation Sunday John 8:31-36 Romans 3:19-28 Illustrations GRACE God's mercy ... goes before the unwilling to make him willing; it follows the willing to...
All Saints Sunday Sermon Matthew 5:1-12 "Saints I Have Known" 1 ¶ Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down his disciples came to...
All Saints Sunday Matthew 5:1-12 Illustrations Quote This is the making of a true Christian: a firm resolve in heart and soul to follow God's will what ever...
26th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Matthew 25:14-30 "Risk???" 14 ¶ "For it will be as when a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to...
26th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 28 Matthew 25:14-30 Illustrations A sermon opener: We use numbers all the time without knowing their significance or their...
Christ the King Sunday Psalm 95: 1-7 Matthew 25:31-46 Sermon The King of Kings Psalm 95 95:1 ¶ O come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to ...
Christ the King Sunday Psalm 95: 1-7 Matthew 25:31-46 Illustrations Faith is a living, unshakeable confidence in God's grace; it is so certain, that someone...
First Sunday Advent Mark 13:24-37 "Jesus is coming, When?" 1 Corinthians 1 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I give...
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...
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...
Second Sunday in Advent Mark 1:1-8 'Turning Around" 1:1 ¶ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the...
Third Sunday in Advent John 1:6-8,19-28 Illustrations A pastor once had the following dream: The auto magical elevator stops with a jolt. The doors slide open,...
Third Sunday in Advent John 1:6-8,19-28 "The Man Who Witnessed" 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came for testimony, to bear witness...
4th Sunday in Advent Luke 1:26-38 "The Faithful Hand Maiden?" 26 ¶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,...
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 Service Luke 2:1-14 Illustrations DAVEY AND THE FIRST CHRISTMAS by Beth Vardon Let's pretend there was a boy, and Davey was his name, Whose...
Christmas Eve Service Luke 2:1-14 "Joseph" Sermon 2:1 ¶ In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was...
First Sunday after Christmas Luke 2:22-40 "A Big Breath" 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to...
1st 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 called...
First Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Jesus Mark 1:4-11 Illustrations Empathy "Mary was a little girl who was asked to run an errand for he mother ...
First Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Jesus Mark 1:4-11 "The Cast of Characters" 4 John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism ...
2 Sunday after the Ephipany I Samuel 3:1-10, John 1:43-51 Illustrations I love the story of the sophisticated Englishman who visited Brazil and approached a...
2 Sunday after the Ephipany I Samuel 3:1-10, John 1:43-51 "Pass it On" 43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. And he found Philip and said to him,...
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