Great Sermons

Jesus of Nazareth preached the greatest sermon ever told, the Sermon on the Mount. His life-changing words instruct how to live in this world as one of His followers. His message pierces the heart with the precision of a surgeon and reveals our need for a Savior. By studying this sermon, you will learn how to live as a citizen of the Kingdom of God. In these pages, discover Jesus’ timeless truth for living with joy, integrity, and unshakable faith. Whether you are new, a seasoned believer, or leading a study group, this book will help you understand and apply Jesus' words to your life. In...

In the person of Jesus Christ, we observe many excellent qualities coming together. Many of his qualities seem to be very different from one another, such as power and humility, or sovereignty over all things and submission to the Father. This diversity leads to two very different scriptural designations for him: Lion and Lamb. In The Excellency of Christ, Jonathan Edwards makes the point that these diverse qualities should move people to admire the Lord Jesus Christ on a high level. Edwards maintains that especially at the cross, we see Christ exhibiting both his powerful lion-like might ...

Essential listening for understanding the development of religious thought in America...or for just hearing a rousing good sermon! Dynamic performances bring these classic pieces of Americana to life!

St. Philaret of Moscow is the Russian Chrysostom. His mouth overflowed from a heart enlarged and illumined by the Holy Spirit, and his teaching has been a fountain of life to the Christian generations that have succeeded the great bishop. Here, for the first time in an Engish-language translation, we have a thematic collection of his sermons dedicated to the Great Feasts of the Lord.

Serving as the “catalyst” of the Pentecostal movement in the twentieth century, William J. Seymour turned a tiny former horse stable in Los Angeles into an international center of revival. Baptism of the Holy Spirit, with the evidence of speaking in tongues, was a major part of the meetings held there, and Seymour led the first organized movement that promoted this experience. At Azusa, blacks, whites, Hispanics, and Europeans all met and worshiped together, crossing formerly impossible cultural lines.

As the tight-knit Trinity Grace Church mourns the loss of their beloved pastor, his chosen successor, Alexis, bears the weight of a hidden truth: Pastor Will took his own life. In the stormy weeks that follow, Alexis is tasked with nothing short of restoring her congregation’s faith—even as her own is secretly crumbling.

The Great Sermon Handicap begins with an innocent enough idea and quickly drifts into that uniquely Wodehousian territory where friendly competition becomes absurdly serious. Bertie Wooster soon discovers that even the calm rituals of village life can inspire rivalry, speculation, and chaos on a near-professional scale. Elegant, mischievous, and beautifully timed, this story showcases Wodehouse at his most playful — transforming ordinary social rituals into a masterpiece of comic escalation, where every polite conversation hides the possibility of complete catastrophe.

The Changed Life was originally intended to be given as a spoken address by the renowned 19-century Scottish evangelist Henry Drummond.

Please note: before reading further, this is not a book devoted strictly to romantic quotations... The perfect gift for someone who needs a little more love in their life. Whether its a spouse, a lover, a preacher or a friend, you'll find some amazing words of wisdom on love and more! Check out some of the Great Quotes below: “Forgiveness does not mean condoning or agreeing with a horrendous act. It is a decision to no longer attack one’s self. Forgiveness is, quite simply, the decision not to suffer. To forgive is to make the decision to be happy, to let go of judgments, to stop ...

Ten sermons from the Book of Jonah by Charles Spurgeon, along with his running commentary of all four chapters. Updated to modern English for today’s reader by Roger McReynolds.

Alone and brain-addled, the Rev. Ezra Pounders walks along a country road in the dead of night. He's wearing dark clothing, but he's confident the Lord will protect him. Two seconds later, a fast-moving pickup truck tops the hill and knocks him ten feet into the air. On his death bed, Preacher Pounders wrestles with one gnawing regret. He never preached one last sermon. The one he really wanted to preach - but the one that would have cost his job. The one that would shake religion's foundation to its core - but the one the world deserves to hear. Now his all-important message may die with ...

At a time when the institution of marriage is failing in our culture, Christians are making a renewed commitment to discover the richness of biblical marriages as the foundation of society. In this collection of wedding sermons, Peter Leithart illuminates the subject from many perspectives, forming a loose, down-to-earth "systematic theology of marriage" that connects marriage with the doctrines of creation, salvation, sacraments, church, eschatology, and more.

Bloomsbury presents With God You Are Never Alone by Pope Benedict XVI, read by Jeremy Clyde. For the first time, the 10 great speeches of Benedict XVI's pontificate are collected. From the first homily delivered as soon as he became pope to the last public hearing, these speeches reveal the...

Nothing lifts our spirits and brings us peace, as does hearing the good news of great joy, which is for all people—and that is the miraculous birth of our Savior. In recent years, you have noticed a shocking failure on the part of pastors to bring forth this good news. The Incarnation. Angelic visitations. Kings and wise men seeking and worshipping the newborn Babe. God wrapped in human flesh! Everyone involved rejoicing exceedingly at the hearing of it! Of a truth, it is one of three Great Events of history. Yet today the church avoids it. Avoids celebrating and sharing His triumphant ...

Homily Fifty-Four "That After the Lord's Coming the Upright Have a Greater Reward and the Disobedient Worse Condemnation and About Various Passions and Virtues". Delivered on the Tenth Sunday of Luke, the One Before the Sunday of the Forefathers.

What makes a person great? In this series, Skip Heitzig takes a look at some of the most influential men in the Bible, noting both their failures and their faith.

As an English-speaking denomination, Baptists originated within 17th-century Puritanism as an offshoot of Congregationalism. English Baptists migrated to the American colonies during the 17th century. During the 18th century, the Great Awakening resulted in the expansion of the denomination, and the conversion of many slaves to Baptist churches. Baptist congregations formed their first national organization the Triennial Convention in the early 1800.

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 177 Jacob of Serugh (451–521) is one of the great poets of the early Syriac tradition. His meditations focus us on the centrality of divine love as he understood it in the context of scripture. These reflections on the mysteries of salvation were prefaces to his homilies; as Sebastian Brock remarks in his Foreword, they ‘are beautiful little gems in their own right.’ In this book, Mary Hansbury presents a selection of the richest and most theologically profound of Jacob’s prayers. They introduce us to his warm pastoral concern for the spiritual and theological...

A phenomenal selection of outstanding sermon stories! In Jeremiah God says, “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and wonderful things you do not know.” Pastors have shared great and wonderful things for generations. Hooks to engage listeners and pull them into sermons, these thrilling accounts often contain wisdom, humor, and spiritual truth. This 30-day devotional offers an excellent collection of documented sermon stories with corresponding Bible verses. From the modern to the Middle Ages, many of these lively anecdotes have made their way into sermons both old and ...

The Waste of Sin: The Stirring Message of the Prodigal Son By W.W. Melton Rediscover history’s greatest story of rebellion, ruin, and redemption in this profound, heart-stirring study of the Prodigal Son. We all know the story: a rebellious young man demands his inheritance, leaves home for a distant land, squanders everything on reckless living, and returns broken-hearted to a forgiving father. But beneath the familiar surface of this beloved parable lies a sobering, urgent reality that hits uncomfortably close to home. In The Waste of Sin, renowned pastor and theologian Dr. W.W. Melton ...