Sermon and Worship Resources

Showing 1 to 25 of 31 results

Romans 16:1-27

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... support to carry on their business or ministry (cf. Acts 18:27; 2 Cor. 3:1; 4:2; 5:12; 10:12; 12:11; 3 John 9–10; 1 Macc. 12:43; 2 Macc. 9:25).2 From the Greco-Roman literature, Robert Jewett supplies the following example: So-and-so, ... Text History is his story. Church History: Because of his desire to see the Bible translated into the language of his people, John Wycliffe is generally considered the first great English Reformer. This, and his denunciation of the Catholic Church of his day, led to his ...

2. We Have All Become Nicodemus

Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

Ronald Love

John Wycliffe is best known to us as a Bible translator. He is remembered as a historical figure for translating the Vulgate, the Bible written in Latin that only the priests could read, into English, a Bible which the common man could read for himself. We also recognize him from the organization that was established in his name, the Wycliffe Bible Translators. It is the mission of this organization to translate the Bible into the common vernacular of every country that presently does not have a Bible that ...

3. No Longer Orphans

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... about to return to begin His reign upon the earth. So the bishop led all of his people out into the desert to await Christ's return. They would have perished except that the authorities went out and got them and forced them to return. John Wycliffe, the great Bible translator of the fourteenth century, had a group of peasants following him who believed so strongly that Christ's return was imminent and that they would soon possess all things in common that they began to steal produce from neighboring farms ...

4. A New Kingdom Coming

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... visions for the better future into which God would lead us? After all, for centuries Christianity has not only stimulated the imagination -- it has followed its vision to the pain of death. John Wycliffe had a vision of a Bible in the common English tongue. But dogmatists anchored to the past killed him for it. John Huss dreamed a dream of a responsible Christian life guided by the scriptures. Traditionalists burned him at the stake. Martin Luther was awakened to a new reality of God's grace -- an awakening ...

5. A New Kingdom Coming

Illustration

Maurice A. Fetty

John Wycliffe had a vision of a Bible in the common English tongue, but dogmatists anchored to the past killed him for it. John Huss dreamed a dream of a responsible Christian life guided by the scriptures. Traditionalists burned him at the stake. Martin Luther was awakened to a new reality of God's grace -- an awakening not shared by contemporaries profiting from the status quo. Consequently, he was hunted for years for revealing ...

6. Only the Abba Knows

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Christ was about to come to begin His reign. So the bishop led all his people out into the desert to meet Christ at His return. They would have died there if the authorities had not gone out and forced them to return. The Bible translator John Wycliffe in the 14th century had a group of peasants following him who believed so strongly that Christ’s return was imminent, they began to steal produce from neighboring farms. They thought they were going to get away with it because Christ would return before the ...

7. A New Kingdom Coming

Illustration

Maurice A. Fetty

John Wycliffe had a vision of a Bible in the common English tongue. But dogmatists anchored to the past killed him for it. John Huss dreamed a dream of a responsible Christian life guided by the scriptures. Traditionalists burned him at the stake. Martin Luther was awakened to a new reality of God's grace an awakening not shared by contemporaries profiting from the status quo. Consequently, he was hunted for years for revealing ...

8. The Heartbeat of a Christian

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... that He loves us? By giving His Son to die on the cross and rise again to save us from the penalty of sin and death. John, the disciple of Jesus who wrote these verses, knew that if he didn’t make it perfectly clear what Christian love looks like, we would try ... is our primary witness to the world of our faith in Christ. Many years ago, Pastor W.A. Criswell told of visiting a Wycliffe missionary camp in a remote district in Peru. He watched a small amphibious plane come out of the Peruvian jungle and land ...

9. The Sin and Doom of Godless Men

Jude 1:1-16

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... (Mark 6:3); (3) one of the Twelve (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13), and also known as Thaddaeus (compare Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18; John 14:22); (4) a Christian prophet, one of the leading men appointed by the Jerusalem church, Judas Barsabbas (Acts 15:22); (5) a freedom fighter, Judas the ... ēn; the Greek word archē means beginning, and then sovereignty, rule): “Their original dignity and high position.” Wycliffe translates as “princehood.” Archē is used in 1 Enoch 12:4 of the Watchers (angels) who “abandoned ...

10. The Question that Will Change Your Life

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The people were wrong in what they were saying about him, but it is evident that Jesus had captured their attention John the Baptist, they said, Elijah, Jeremiah or one of the prophets. Then Jesus zeroed in on the heart of his question. He ... is the surest way to find peace in your life. Jamie Buckingham, in one of his books tells about a pilot in Ecuador with the Wycliffe Bible Translators who was in a plane crash. It was a crash that could have been avoided. This pilot was flying a Cessna 206. The ...

11. John 10:11-18

John 10:11-18

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... as the "good shepherd" as described in this week's gospel text was among the most problematic and polemical for first-century believers. John's gospel is sometimes known as the "I Am" gospel for a reason (for the "I am" [ego eimi] statements see 6:35, ... writers, who depended on the Vulgate, continued to express both these references with the same word ovile, "fold." Augustine, Wycliffe, Erasmus and eventually the King James Version of 1611 all continued to carry forward this mistranslation. The difference ...

12. Where Have All the Heroes Gone?

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... look up to and try to emulate. They are people who passionately believe in something and are even willing to die for it. Wycliffe, a very successful translating agency throughout the world, did an advertisement several years ago. It depicted a strong, athletic-looking man wading ... lives. We can be heroes to those who follow behind us. A friend told me about John Brooks, a small church pastor he knew. He was a man acquainted with disappointments in his life. He struggled to make it through school. He ...

13. Belonging to Christ's Flock

John 10:22-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... need to know and do as members of Christ’s flock? Let’s look at that for just a few moments. Our lesson from John’s Gospel is set during the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. The Festival of Dedication is what we know nowadays as Hanukkah or the ... picture of our relationship with God, each of us is known by God. There is an amazing story that comes from the Wycliffe Bible Translators. This story concerns a tribal people in Cameroon called the Hdi. [Nowhere could I find the proper pronunciation of this ...

14. He's Not Dead Anymore

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... grace. Even though the other disciples had abandoned him, Jesus still called them brothers and assured the women there was no reason to fear. As John 3:17 tells us, “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be ... 2012. 3. “How Easter is Celebrated in Countries Around the World” by Jennifer Stasak February 25, 2022. https://www.wycliffe.org/blog/featured/how-easter-is-celebrated-in-countries-around-the-world. 4. “Love motivates us more” by ...

15. Death Of A Dream - Birth Of A Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... more and you are dead. No wonder the psalmist declares, "Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord (Psalm 150:6)." On his death bed, John Wesley's last words were, "I'll praise ... I'll praise ..." He was struggling to say the words of the great hymn of Isaac ... who are present -languages used, ultimately, for conversion to Christ. Again, such a difference between Babel and Pentecost! A Wycliffe missionary translator said that there are 6,000 languages in the world today, but that 3,500 languages yet ...

16. The Interview

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... . The first harvest-laborers to sign on are recorded for us in the opening lines of Matthew’s tenth chapter: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew himself, James bar Alphaeus, Thaddeus, Simon a patriot from Canaan, and Judas who eventually left. The list of others is long and impressive: Augustine, Benedict, Francis, Wycliffe, Luther, Calvin, Wesley and Asbury. Countless Sunday school teachers, pastors, leaders and servers have added their names to the list. And an imaginary ...

17. History: His Story

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... we treat them shamefully and send them away empty-handed. Isaiah was sawn in two. Jeremiah was stoned. Amos was murdered with a club. John the Baptizer was beheaded. And the Son sent from God? He was Jesus, and him we impaled upon a cross outside the city near ... . Stephen was stoned to death. History goes on down through the twenty centuries of Christendom. Huss was burned at the stake. Wycliff was exiled. Luther was thrown out of the church. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot. In our churches it still happens ...

18. Eye Opening Faith

John 9:1-41

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

Years ago, I remember hearing a speaker or reading an article about the Wycliff Bible translators in Africa. They always used the local people to help them translate the Scripture. In one ... containing the full story is long, verses 1-49. I want to focus on just the first portion, verse 1-11, but I encourage you to read the entire passage in context. John 9:1-11 (NRSV) [1] As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. [2] His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was ...

19. The King on a Donkey

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... give Him. That’s the reason Jerry and I are totally committed to the “Because We Care” program of our church. You heard John announce those goals earlier $3 million, $4 million, $6 million sequential goals. You’ve caught the heartbeat of what this is all about ... taken on as an extra step of faith is the support of a young couple, the Alvin Hoovers, who are training to be Wycliffe Bible translators. I baptized Alvin when he was a baby in a congregation I organized when I was a student at Candler School ...

20. Who Is This Jesus?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” You remember - we’ve just read it in our scripture. “Some say that you are John the Baptist, others say that you are Elijah, and others, one of the prophets.” But Jesus pressed the question, “Who do you say ... bottom, the ad closes with these very gripping words, “If you’re interested in Jim’s kind of success, contact the Wycliffe Bible Translators!” (Norman Neaves, “Good News is Bad News is Good News”). That young man was not only seeking to ...

21. The Fred Factor

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... artist. I need to express myself." Some live and breathe and work for the applause, but not Fred. Nor was ego the motivation for John the Baptist. He could easily have stolen center stage. He had the crowds, he had the attention, and he baptized Jesus. Yet he kept ... 't about him. It's not about me. I heard a great story about an older man who worked for the Wycliffe Bible Translators. He was in maintenance and spent the day repairing motors, fixing leaking sinks, cleaning floors — whatever odd job needed ...

22. On God's Side Or In God's Way?

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us [on the Day of Pentecost]. Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’” So, Simon Peter says with finality, “if God gave them the same gift ... or a nation that chooses to ignore the oncoming locomotive of God’s Kingdom. 1. Warren Wiersbe, The Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching (Moody Press, 1984), p. 185. 2. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010). 3. http://www.christ‑ ...

23. A Dirt Story

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... farmer in those days planting seed. He wouldn’t have had sophisticated technology like some farmers have today. Did you know that John Deere now offers an air-conditioned tractor equipped with a GPS guidance system? Boy, wouldn’t farmers in days gone by want to ... a year later when he gave his testimony, his entire family came to Christ. His sister eventually became a Wycliffe missionary and translated Scripture for a group in Africa. His parents turned their publishing interests to Christian books and ...

24. null

Illustration

Warren Wiersbe

So popular and effective was Campbell Morgan's ministry that he was given all kinds of offers from many different places and people. John Wannamaker, the great merchant of Philadelphia, offered to build Morgan a million dollar church if he would become its pastor. Morgan turned him down, something the wealthy Wanamaker was not accustomed to in his dealings with people. "I am God's man," said Morgan. "If I did that I would become John Wanamaker's man."

25. Plucked From the Fire

Zechariah 3:2; Amos 4:11

Illustration

Warren W. Wiersbe

John Wesley's father, Samuel, was a dedicated pastor, but there were those in his parish who did not like him. On February 9, 1709, a fire broke out in the rectory at Epworth, possibly set by one of the rector's enemies. Young John, not yet six years old, was stranded on an upper floor of the building. Two neighbors rescued the lad just seconds before the roof crashed in. One neighbor stood on the other's shoulders and pulled young John through the window. Samuel Wesley said, "Come, neighbors, let us kneel ...

Showing results