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Eulogy

Joe Barone

Psalm 22:1-11Philippians 2:5-8Luke 8:49-56 and Luke 6:17-23 A Scriptural SermonOn The Death Of A Child Of all the funeral sermons I've ever preached, I guess this is the hardest. You may wonder why I picked the story of the raising of Jairus' daughter for a time like this. I picked it because, as I read it, I feel angry. If Jesus could do that for Jairus' daughter, why not for *? For anyone who ha...

2. A Message At Christmas

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Deuteronomy 6:20-25Ephesians 2 and Matthew 1:18—2:15 A Scriptural Sermon For A Christian Adult In The Christmas Season How do you start a funeral sermon in the Christmas season? Funerals at this time of year are harder, and sometimes, I find myself thinking of those whom I’ve been called to bury in this season when the angels sing. We’ve made Christmas into such a time of song and joy that it’s ea...

3. A Real Test Of Faith

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Job 19:23-27, Isaiah 53:2-6Romans 3:21-26 and Romans 5:1-11 A Scriptural SermonFor A Christian Suicide This task is literally a real test of faith. In some ways, there's nothing harder than to come to a place like this to say goodbye to someone who's taken his own life. I've read a lot of funeral sermons meant for circumstances such as this, and most of them don't work. It's as I said before, this...

4. An Overwhelming Promise

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Isaiah 55:6-13, Jeremiah 31:31-33 Hebrews 9:24-28 and Romans 8:1-4 Sometimes the sweep and power of God’s promises in the Bible almost overwhelm me. Just stop and think about some of them. First there’s the rainbow. “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth,” God tells Noah in Genesis 9:17. When we look at the rainbow, we are to know...

5. As We Take Our Rest

Matthew 26:17-30

Drama

Joe Barone

[Note: This week we walk with Jesus to the Garden of Gethsemane, and as we do, we look through the point of view of James, one of the sons of Zebedee.] Dramatic Monologue: James I don't suppose you can ever understand what it is that really touches me when I think about the Garden of Gethsemane. When you think about it, you might think I would feel a sense of my own sinfulness. That's what so m...

6. Channels Of God's Love

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Psalm 23, Psalm 27:1-6Luke 5:12-26 and Romans 8:31-39 A Scriptural Sermon For The Funeral Of OneWho Openly Acknowledged Suffering From AIDS People who attend funerals in situations such as this often have a lot of unasked questions. We all know * openly acknowledged he was suffering from AIDS, and, as I see it, we should do the same. But where do we go from there? "How will the preacher deal with ...

7. Coming on the Clouds of Glory

Matthew 26:47-56

Drama

Joe Barone

"Then the high priest tore his robes, and said, 'He has uttered blasphemy. Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy.' " That's what the scripture says. Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to be the high priest Caiaphas, the one to whom Jesus was brought from the Garden of Gethsemane? Here's one way he might have seen these events. Dramatic Monologue: The Hi...

8. Compelled to Carry

Matthew 27:11-26

Drama

Joe Barone

The scripture moves us forward. We may not want it, but we have moved from the feeling of impending death to death itself. It's easy, in the abstract, to say Jesus died for us, but devastating in the concrete. Today as we walk with him to the cross and stand and watch him as he dies, we do so from the point of view of Simon of Cyrene. Dramatic Monologue: Simon Of Cyrene I've heard it said that w...

9. God Can Change The Past

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Psalm 22:1-8, 14-31, Isaiah 42:1-4Luke 24:1-9 and Revelation 7:13-17 It always amazes me to think that God can change the past. I know, of course, God can change the future, but the past? “My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?” the psalmist shouts, the very words Jesus cries from the cross in the gospel according to Mark. And in crying them, Jesus changes forever, and in fact adds to, our unde...

10. God The Creator

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Genesis 1:1-5. Isaiah 43:1-3aColossians 1:5-20 and John 1:1-5 God does not cause suffering and death. Sometimes it seems that way. Sometimes we say things such as, “God took him or her,” or “To everything there is a season ...,” a quotation from the Scripture which we can all too quickly misinterpret. But God does not cause suffering and death. Nor does God let them happen. We say that, too, don’t...

11. God Turns Even Grief And Death Around

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Genesis 18:9-15Romans 8:31-39 and Luke 1:46-55 Whenever I come to bury someone who’s lived in deep pain or great poverty, I’m almost overwhelmed. I told a minister one time, “Sometimes I wonder why people have to die the way they have to die,” and he looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, “Sometimes I wonder why they have to live the way they have to live.” I have a friend who is a Christia...

12. "How Great Thou Art"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Isaiah 40:21-31Romans 5:6-11 and Matthew 24:36-44 A Scriptural MeditationOn An Often-used Funeral Hymn The depth and power of some of the great Christian hymns amazes me. I must have heard Stuart Hine's translation of Carl Boberg's "How Great Thou Art" sung at least 500 times, but still it moves me. It's not just that "How Great Thou Art" acknowledges the power of God. It does even more. It contai...

13. In A Newly Hewn Tomb

Matthew 27:1-10

Drama

Joe Barone

We've come full cycle now. We started with a young woman who poured $10,000 worth of oil on the Master's head, and now we come to Joseph. A faithful Jew from Arimathea, probably a man who had made his fortune in Jerusalem, Joseph was a member of the Sanhedrin and one who had some feeling for the Savior. What better person from whose view to see the resurrection? Dramatic Monologue: Joseph Of Arim...

14. In The Valley

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Psalm 23, Psalm 94John 14:1-3 and Revelation 7:13-17 A Scriptural Sermon ForOne Who Died Through Violence Sometimes we need the refuge of familiar Scripture. There's nothing more obscene than the wanton taking of a human life, and so, in the face of that obscenity, we look to Scripture. I'm not here to defend God or to address the question, "Why do such things happen?" They happen because of human...

15. Innocent of the Blood of Jesus

Matthew 27:1-10

Drama

Joe Barone

As we continue our walk with Jesus to the cross, it might be well to consider where we've been. It all started when Mary anointed Jesus with an expensive flask of oil. From there Jesus went to the last supper where he acknowledged that Judas would betray him. We were at Gethsemane with the apostle James, and we watched Jesus stand before the Sanhedrin through the eyes of the high priest Caiaphas...

16. "On A Hill Far Away"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Deuteronomy 26:5-11Psalm 78:12-16Hebrews 9:24-28 A Scriptural MeditationOn An Often-used Funeral Hymn Our faith is a paradoxical thing, isn't it? In Jesus, God turns our world upside down. That's one thought I always have when I hear the words to George Bennard's beautiful old song, "On a Hill Far Away." In that song, Bennard talks about clinging to the very things from which we shy away. He talks...

17. Our Dwelling Place In All Generations

Psalm 90:1-17

Eulogy

Joe Barone

A Scriptural Sermon For A Person With Little Discernible Religious Belief One thing I always try to do is make my funeral sermon fit the person whom I’ve come to bury. I’ve had people say to me, “I want you to do my funeral, but I’m not a religious person. I don’t want you to put me in heaven or make me into some kind of saint.” I think that’s the way * would feel today. To me, it’s a comfort to s...

18. Our Dwelling Place In All Generations

Eulogy

Joe Barone

A Scriptural Sermon For A Non-Christian Or A Non-Religious Person The Bible is so realistic. It contains words and actions which express the whole range of human emotions. And in some ways, the book of Psalms is a composite of the Bible. Psalm 150 is a closing song of praise. After 149 songs that tell of human pain and joy, as well as God’s comfort, the psalmists close with a simple song of praise...

19. Praise God!

Eulogy

Joe Barone

A Scriptural Sermon For ANon-Christian Or A Non-Religious Person The Bible is so realistic. It contains words and actions which express the whole range of human emotions. And in some ways, the book of Psalms is a composite of the Bible. Psalm 150 is a closing song of praise. After 149 songs that tell of human pain and joy, as well as God's comfort, the psalmists close with a simple song of praise....

20. "Rock Of Ages, Cleft For Me"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 21Colossians 1:11-20 A Scriptural MeditationOn An Often-used Funeral Hymn A lot of times I don't really listen to the songs we sing in worship. That may be a terrible thing to say, but it's true. Sometimes when the regular worship's over, if you were to ask me what the songs were, or what they said, I'd be hard-pressed to tell you. But that's my loss. Listen to August M. Topla...

21. Signs Of Glory

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Exodus 4:13-14John 6:22-40 and John 11:20-27 Sometimes it seems that even Jesus is not enough. I know that’s a startling statement, but it’s a way of stating just how terrible death is. In Mark’s gospel even Jesus cries, “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?” And it’s okay if we sometimes have to cry those same words, too. But Jesus is enough. That’s the message that I have to bring today. J...

22. The Bread Of Life

Psalm 121:1-8

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Psalm 121, Exodus 16:2-41 Corinthians 11:23-26 and John 6:25-35 There are certain people in every church who have a special love for the Lord's supper. I knew a man once who served as an elder in an open church. He and others came to the table and with their prayers asked God's blessing on the communion service and the congregation. "It's the most awesome thing I've ever done," he told me. "I neve...

23. The Comfort Of The Scripture

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Psalm 771 Corinthians 15:20-22Luke 24:13-27 Some deaths are joyous. It’s not that death itself is joyous. Instead, it’s that the person who’s dying is so at peace that he or she brings peace to those around. Dying people always have a lot to face, a lot with which to struggle, but some face it better than others. Some face it with more hope and courage. How do they do that? Some people look to the...

24. The God Of The Past, The Present, And The Future

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Psalm 23, Genesis 15:12-15John 14:1-3 and Revelation 22:1-5 I had an old friend once who told me, "When I go to a funeral I go to hear about a loving God." And then she added, "When it comes time to preach my funeral, don't talk about me. Just preach my funeral, don't talk about me. Just preach the Scripture and the comfort that it brings."What comfort does the Scripture have to bring us here toda...

25. The Good Fight

Eulogy

Joe Barone

Psalm 25:1-7, Deuteronomy 6:4-9 2 Timothy 4:6-8 and John 7:14-17 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith ...” I’ve heard those words from Second Timothy read at a lot of funerals, but there’s one thing that’s not often said about them. They’re more a credit to God than they are to Paul. I’ve said it in funeral sermons again and again, but I need to repeat it....

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1. A Compassionate Friend

Eulogy

Joe Barone

2. A Message At Christmas

Eulogy

Joe Barone

3. A Real Test Of Faith

Eulogy

Joe Barone

4. An Overwhelming Promise

Eulogy

Joe Barone

5. As We Take Our Rest

Matthew 26:17-30

Drama

Joe Barone

6. Channels Of God's Love

Eulogy

Joe Barone

7. Coming on the Clouds of Glory

Matthew 26:47-56

Drama

Joe Barone

8. Compelled to Carry

Matthew 27:11-26

Drama

Joe Barone

9. God Can Change The Past

Eulogy

Joe Barone

10. God The Creator

Eulogy

Joe Barone

11. God Turns Even Grief And Death Around

Eulogy

Joe Barone

12. "How Great Thou Art"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

13. In A Newly Hewn Tomb

Matthew 27:1-10

Drama

Joe Barone

14. In The Valley

Eulogy

Joe Barone

15. Innocent of the Blood of Jesus

Matthew 27:1-10

Drama

Joe Barone

16. "On A Hill Far Away"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

17. Our Dwelling Place In All Generations

Psalm 90:1-17

Eulogy

Joe Barone

18. Our Dwelling Place In All Generations

Eulogy

Joe Barone

19. Praise God!

Eulogy

Joe Barone

A Scriptural Sermon For ANon-Christian Or A Non-Religious Person The Bible is so realistic. It contains words and actions which express the whole range of human emotions. And in some ways, the book of Psalms is a composite of the Bible. Psalm 150 is a closing song of praise. After 149 songs that tell of human pain and joy, as well as God's comfort, the psalmists close with a simple song of praise....

20. "Rock Of Ages, Cleft For Me"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

21. Signs Of Glory

Eulogy

Joe Barone

22. The Bread Of Life

Psalm 121:1-8

Eulogy

Joe Barone

23. The Comfort Of The Scripture

Eulogy