Sermons

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The Church and Politics: Mixing Religion and Politics

William H. Willimon

The Church and Politics: Mixing Religion and Politics

Elijah: Handling Depression (Text: 1 Kings 18-19)

Paul W. Powell

Looking through the Bible at the great saints -- people we laud as heroes -- we find that they also had times of despair.

Advent: The Manger Child and the God of the Dung Hill

Steven Burt

"The manger child and the God of the dung hill" feels repulsive to us because we are used to thinking about nice clean mangers with delicate porcelain figures that we neatly wrap in tissue and put away each year. But the more I experience the presence of this God in my life and ministry...

Decorating the Tree (An object lesson using Christmas tree decorations)

This children's sermon uses Christmas ornaments to remind kids that it's not just the tree that needs decorating. As we celebrate the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ and God's love for us, we ought to be decorating our lives with things that reflect God's love to others.

Thankfulness: In Everything?

Gary D. Stratman

The most important attitude that we will ever nurture, according to this Thanksgiving sermon, is the attitude of thanksgiving. If we are able by the grace of God to cultivate an attitude of thanksgiving in what we do, say, and are about, we will know a life that is at once more challenging and more fulfilling.

Spirituals: Songs in the Night

James Earl Massey

Spirituals: Songs in the Night

Salvation: If You’re Up a Tree (Text: Luke 19:1-10)

Harold J. Hoekstra

If you're up a tree people may not notice you.

Labor Day and Love (for the Sunday before Labor Day)

Labor Day is a special day for saying thanks to those who work hard to provide for us. This childrens' sermon points kids to the way our Heavenly Father provides everything we need -a world in which to live, air to breathe, food to eat - and encourages them to say THANKS!

In ____ We Trust (Text: Luke 9:57-62)

Bruce Hedman

Into whose hands do we commit our needs? Where do we lay to rest our worries?

Self-examination: Preaching to Oneself (Text: Matthew 26:21-22)

John Bishop

The real saints of God, the true Christians in every age, while they have been great as preachers to others have been greater as preachers to themselves.