Sermon and Worship Resources

Synonyms: Levi, disciple, evangelist, tax collector, the 12, the twelve, apostle, sermon on the mount, jewish audience, beatitudes, lord's prayer, great commission, parables, olivet discourse, mount of olives, olivet, synoptic

Showing 151 to 175 of 1232 results

151. The Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

John A. Terry

... peace after our nation's Civil War. Being the bringer and maker of peace marked Jesus from the very beginning. At his birth the angels said, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward all." Instructions about peace are woven through this Sermon on the Mount: "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you" (Matthew 5:44). Peace was the bequest of Jesus in his last days. "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you" (John 14:27). It is declared in the great music of the church ...

152. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... did not "work" in his life. Instead, it contributed to his Crucifixion, the death penalty for an insurrectionist. What then is Matthew saying to us? The Sermon on the Mount, we now believe, was written by Matthew to give to new converts - people who had just been baptized. When people had been baptized and received into the church, the Sermon on the Mount was the document that Matthew helped put together to give to these new believers. Matthew was saying that a certain kind of love makes the church ...

153. The Ear, the Tongue, and the Temper: A Lesson in Spiritual Anatomy

James 1:17-27

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... justification that works. He insists that righteousness involves performance, not merely perception of truth. Piety that is devotional but does not have practical application in life is counterfeit. In fact, the entire book of James is a practical application of the principles of the Sermon on the Mount. "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and after looking ...

154. Epiphany 4

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Micah 6:1-8, Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... . These blessed ones are those who are in tune with their own weakness and realize that they have nothing to boast of and so they place their trust in God. The Beatitudes, a part of a larger collection of our Lord's teachings called the Sermon On The Mount (Matthew 5-7), are not laws of God or a prescription for righteousness, they are a portrait of God's saints. The gospel lesson fulfills the theme of humility and lowliness found in the first two lessons. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Old Testament: Micah 6:1-8 ...

155. Epiphany 4

Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 1:1-6

Sermon Aid

... once every week. She was "mother" to many, comforter to the bereaved, counselor to countless children, and willing worker whenever anything had to be done in her neighborhood, her church, or her town. She was the sort of person about whom Jesus was talking in the Sermon on the Mount, a true believer and genuine disciple of the Lord. 4. Listen to, and live by, the Word of the Lord, as he first taught it on a mountain. A Sermon on the First Lesson, Micah 6:1-8 - "Priorities for Godly Living." Verse 8 of this ...

156. Romans 12:9-21

Romans 12:9-21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... presence of evil in this world outside the church. Throughout these verses the apostle calls for an attitude of non-retaliation among Christians, whatever the world may throw their way. Again this sounds like Paul offering his own take on Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount” (Matthew 5:38-42). The only “action” Paul recommends echoes that of Proverbs 3:4: to act honorably with an eye towards “the sight of all.” Christian non-retaliation, the repudiation of the “lex talionis” is based not only on ...

157. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20 - 6:10 · Joel 2:1-2, 12-19 · Ps 51 · Ps 103

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... ). The way to accomplish this goal is to accept the grace of God. The situation is serious and the time to act is now (6:2). Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 These sayings from Jesus, contained in the body of his teachings called the Sermon On The Mount, reflect the tension between the Lord and the Pharisees. That same situation was reflected in the church of Matthew's day. While the First Lesson calls the people to assemble for public devotion and prayer, the Gospel Lesson warns of the dangers of public piety ...

158. Jesus, Where Are You?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... needs. Each of the four Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John - presents a distinct portrait of Jesus. Matthew's Jesus is portrayed as the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy. He is the Messiah, the long-awaited Savior. In Matthew Jesus is the teacher par excellence. The Sermon on the Mount and his discussion at the end of the ages. He is the miracle worker which underscores his divine authority. In Matthew Jesus has a royal lineage. He is the Son of David and King of the Jews. Mark's portrait is of a powerful ...

159. Getting It Together

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . 1. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary (New York: Dover Publications, 1993), p. 53. Slightly altered, so that men and women can be included in the definition. 2. John R. W. Stott, Christian Counter-Culture: The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1978), p. 178. 3. Charles M. Schulz, And the Beagles and the Bunnies Shall Lie Down Together: The Theology in Peanuts (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984). 4. Thomas G. Long, Matthew (Louisville: Westminster ...

160. Building Your Home on the Rock

Matthew 7:24-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... on their foundation. It is one thing to build a good-looking house, it's another thing to build a long-lasting home. The key to building a home that will last forever is to build that home on the rock. Jesus closed out the greatest sermon ever preached, the Sermon on the Mount, by telling a story of two men who each built a home. One home lasted through a storm, one home didn't. He gives us three reasons why every dad and mom had better make sure that their home is built on "The Rock" if they want that home ...

161. The Good Life

Luke 6:17-26

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... blessings and demands of discipleship, which continues to the end of the chapter. The parameters are thus established for the role that the disciples will play in the developing story. Outline/Structure Luke 6:20–49 is a much shorter “equivalent” to the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5–7. Both sermons begin with beatitudes and end with the parable of the two houses. Most of what Luke includes in between is paralleled in Matthew’s longer discourse (though not always in the same order, and often in ...

162. Hard Words to Hear at Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... whose souls were dragging the ground. Isaiah's words offered forgiveness and encouragement to those who thought God had turned the divine back on them. Jesus' earthly ministry was closer to Isaiah's original intent than to what John had in mind. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus offers blessings to those who are downtrodden and at the end of their spiritual ropes. Matthew records John's words, even if they did not quite fit with what the first coming of the Messiah meant for the world. The church assigned ...

163. Why Join the Church?

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... far beyond that now, we don't need exorcisms now. We need only teaching. Our problems are not caused by evil forces outside of us, our problems are caused by ignorance. So if we could only teach everybody the moral truths, such as the Sermon on the Mount, the Golden Rule, then all these problems will disappear, and the Kingdom would come. So in the 20th century the established church by and large lost its identity, and became like any other good institution. The Church was to be supported in exchange for ...

164. Humility You Can Be Proud Of

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?" We would be in trouble if we put this verse up for a vote today. Who wants to walk humbly? Or take this verse from the Sermon on the Mount: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." If you try being meek in today's world, you will pay a price. Or how about this passage from I Corinthians? ". . . but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has ...

165. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... to be "nothing" in the eyes of the present age, if done in faithful service to God's will, is "everything"—because of God's righteousness. Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 - "The Nature of True Piety" Setting. We encounter another portion of the Sermon on the Mount. Following the Beatitudes, Matthew collects a series of Jesus' teachings on a range of topics. We examined the sections on "salt and light," the Law, anger, and piety and human relations during the weeks between the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord ...

166. The Lonesome George Church

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... took after calling his portable community to him. In Matthew’s gospel Jesus’ early successes at teaching, preaching, and healing attracted “great crowds.” These crowds become the congregation for the first “sermons” Matthew records, the Sermon on the Mount (5:1ff). While v.23 suggests a wide-ranging mission “throughout Galilee,” Jesus’ first efforts were extended to the more traditional Jewish communities in the region. Matthew describes Jesus as teaching in “their synagogues” and ...

167. Tear Down This Wall!

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... my hometown, my Catholic church. They looked just like me. They worshiped the same way we worshiped. Nobody told me.” You don’t deal with such memories easily. Many of our veterans still carry many hurts. War is hell. That is why in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God . . .” (Mt. 5:9) Christ came to bring peace. Christ came to reconcile us to one another. And he came to reconcile us to God. Writer Frederick Buechner was driving in ...

168. Honk If Something Falls Off

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it” (Rom 7:18-20). Paul is tortured by his inability to be perfect, and yet here is Christ, Paul’s Master, in the Sermon on the Mount saying without any qualification, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” How can this be? We need to see that Jesus is speaking about a very special kind of perfection being perfect in love. The verse being perfect as God is perfect, causes people a lot ...

169. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Rom 3:19-28 · Jer 31:31-34

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the translation and distribution of the Bible that the common people might know the truth of God. Today's lack of biblical knowledge is alarming. A poll reveals that youth know the composers of a popular song but only one-third associated Jesus with the Sermon on the Mount. 3. Grace is Sufficient. Need: Grace is sufficient for more than physical or mental needs, for more than strength to bear a thorn in the flesh. Grace can be seen in today's three Lessons. Grace is sufficient to bring God and man together ...

170. Make It Right!

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... year when we are called to actually examine how we behave. We look into a spiritual mirror. If everything is fine, wonderful. But if everything is not fine (and it never is), we have work to do. The mirror we use today is the Sermon on the Mount, this incredibly detailed set of instructions concerning our relationships with God and with one another. The brief passage we read a moment ago deals with those times when good relationships go bad. Jesus starts off with one of the problems that all relationships ...

171. Life’s Take-Home Final

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... .” But while Jesus gave his church a mission statement, Jesus had his own mission statement. It was not John 3:16. It was from the prophet Isaiah, and Jesus made his mission statement the subject of his first sermon. Jesus’ first sermon was not the Sermon on the Mount, but the Sermon in the Home-Town, when he went to the Nazareth synagogue on the Sabbath, and opened up the scroll of the prophet Isaiah, chapter 61, and read these words (Luke 4:16-21): “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he ...

172. Why Christianity?

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... , Easter, Halloween, or Thanksgiving. Each one of those holidays is based on or tied to Christianity. But that is just on the surface. Reflecting on this question, Greg Asimakoupoulos writes: If Jesus had never been born, we would not have the sermon on the mount… Can you imagine a world without Handel’s Messiah?... Can you imagine a world without the Hallelujah Chorus?... Can you imagine a world without Bonhoeffer and those who stood against Hitler?... Can you imagine a world without Billy Graham’s ...

173. I Thought You'd Never Ask

John 1:35-46

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... you looking for?" Those are the first words that Jesus speaks in the Gospel of John. In the other three gospels what could be called his first words in this literary sense are also important. They're all different. In Matthew, Jesus' first words are in the Sermon on the Mount, because in Matthew, Jesus is the new Moses who brings the new Law. As Moses went up the mountain to receive the Law, the Ten Commandments, so Jesus goes to a mountain to preach the new Law, the new way of living in this world. In the ...

174. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Jer 31:31-34 · Rom 3:19-28

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the translation and distribution of the Bible that the common people might know the truth of God. Today's lack of biblical knowledge is alarming. A poll reveals that youth know the composers of a popular song but only one-third associated Jesus with the Sermon on the Mount. 3. Grace is sufficient. Need: Grace is sufficient for more than physical or mental needs, for more than strength to bear a thorn in the flesh. Grace can be seen in today's three Lessons. Grace is sufficient to bring God and man together ...

175. What Price Must We Pay?

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

Today's Gospel Lesson mirrors the Sermon on the Mount that is found in Matthew 5-7. The sermon is directed at the disciples. It explores some of the things that will be expected of the twelve in the days and years ahead. It delineates the kind of outlook they should have as well as the kind of life Jesus ...

Showing results

Showing 151 to 175 of 1232 results

151. The Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

John A. Terry

152. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Joe Pennel

153. The Ear, the Tongue, and the Temper: A Lesson in Spiritual Anatomy

James 1:17-27

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

154. Epiphany 4

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Micah 6:1-8, Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

155. Epiphany 4

Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 1:1-6

Sermon Aid

156. Romans 12:9-21

Romans 12:9-21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

157. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20 - 6:10 · Joel 2:1-2, 12-19 · Ps 51 · Ps 103

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

158. Jesus, Where Are You?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

159. Getting It Together

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

William G. Carter

160. Building Your Home on the Rock

Matthew 7:24-27

Sermon

James Merritt

161. The Good Life

Luke 6:17-26

Teach the Text

R.T. France

162. Hard Words to Hear at Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

163. Why Join the Church?

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Mark Trotter

164. Humility You Can Be Proud Of

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

165. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

166. The Lonesome George Church

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

167. Tear Down This Wall!

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

168. Honk If Something Falls Off

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

King Duncan

169. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Rom 3:19-28 · Jer 31:31-34

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

170. Make It Right!

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

171. Life’s Take-Home Final

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

172. Why Christianity?

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

Charley Reeb

173. I Thought You'd Never Ask

John 1:35-46

Sermon

Mark Trotter

174. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Jer 31:31-34 · Rom 3:19-28

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the translation and distribution of the Bible that the common people might know the truth of God. Today's lack of biblical knowledge is alarming. A poll reveals that youth know the composers of a popular song but only one-third associated Jesus with the Sermon on the Mount. 3. Grace is sufficient. Need: Grace is sufficient for more than physical or mental needs, for more than strength to bear a thorn in the flesh. Grace can be seen in today's three Lessons. Grace is sufficient to bring God and man together ...

175. What Price Must We Pay?

Luke 6:20-31

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

Showing results