Sermon pages by passage and occasion
One page for each passage and occasion pastors preach most: what the text is doing, where a sermon on it can go, where it commonly slips, and five questions you can check against your recording afterwards.
Passages
- Genesis 1 Sermon: Order, Image, and a Seventh Day
Genesis 1:1-2:3
- Genesis 3 Sermon: When the Fall Is Preached as More Than a Warning
창세기 3:1-24
- Genesis 12 Sermon: The Call of Abram and a Blessing for All the Earth
Genesis 12:1-9
- Genesis 22 Sermon: The Test of the Promised Son
Genesis 22:1-19
- Genesis 28 Sermon: Jacob's Ladder and a Fugitive's First Faith
Genesis 28:10-22
- Genesis 32 Sermon: Jacob Wrestles at Peniel
창세기 32:22-32
- Genesis 50 Sermon: You Meant Evil, God Meant Good
Genesis 50:15-21
- Exodus 3 Sermon: The Bush That Would Not Burn Out
Exodus 3:1-15
- Exodus 14 Sermon: Standing Still, Then Moving Forward
Exodus 14:10-31
- Exodus 20 Sermon: What Freedom Looks Like With Limits
Exodus 20:1-17
- Deuteronomy 6 Sermon: Loving God Before You Teach It
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
- Deuteronomy 8 Sermon: When Fullness Forgets What Hunger Remembered
Deuteronomy 8:1-18
- Joshua 1 Sermon: Strong and Courageous After Moses
Joshua 1:1-9
- Joshua 24 Sermon: Choosing the Lord Without Skipping the Warning
Joshua 24:14-24
- Ruth 1 Sermon: Loyalty in the Middle of Loss
Ruth 1:1-22
- 1 Samuel 16 Sermon: The Lord Looks at the Heart
1 Samuel 16:1-13
- 1 Samuel 17 Sermon: The Battle Belongs to the Lord
1 Samuel 17:32-51
- 2 Samuel 7 Sermon: When David Wanted to Build, God Built Instead
2 Samuel 7:1-17
- 1 Kings 18 Sermon: Fire on Carmel and a Divided Heart
1 Kings 18:20-40
- 1 Kings 19 Sermon: After Carmel, the Voice in the Silence
1 Kings 19:1-18
- Nehemiah 1 Sermon: When Grief Becomes Prayer
Nehemiah 1:1-11
- Esther 4 Sermon: For Such a Time as This
Esther 4:1-17
- Job 42 Sermon: When the Answer Isn't an Answer
Job 42:1-17
- Psalm 1 Sermon: Two Ways, One Root
Psalm 1
- Psalm 23 Sermon: The Shepherd Who Walks the Valley With You
Psalm 23
- Psalm 51 Sermon: David's Confession and the Shape of Real Repentance
Psalm 51:1-19
- Psalm 73 Sermon: Until I Entered the Sanctuary
Psalm 73
- Psalm 90 Sermon: Numbering Our Days Before God
Psalm 90
- Psalm 121 Sermon: Where Does Your Help Actually Come From
Psalm 121
- Psalm 127 Sermon: Unless the Lord Builds the House
Psalm 127
- Psalm 139 Sermon: The God Who Searches and Knows
Psalm 139
- Proverbs 3 Sermon: Trusting God With All Your Heart
Proverbs 3:1-12
- Ecclesiastes 3 Sermon: A Time for Everything, Eternity in the Heart
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
- Isaiah 6 Sermon: Here I Am, Send Me
Isaiah 6:1-8
- Isaiah 40 Sermon: Comfort for the Weary Who Wait on the Lord
Isaiah 40:1-11, 27-31
- Isaiah 53 Sermon: The Servant Who Bore What Was Ours
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
- Isaiah 55 Sermon: Come, Everyone Who Thirsts
Isaiah 55:1-13
- Jeremiah 29 Sermon: The Welfare of Babylon, Not a Promise Card
Jeremiah 29:1-14
- Lamentations 3 Sermon: Hope Remembered in the Middle of Grief
Lamentations 3:19-33
- Daniel 3 Sermon: Faith That Does Not Depend on Rescue
Daniel 3:8-30
- Daniel 6 Sermon: An Ordinary Prayer Life Meets a Trap
Daniel 6:1-28
- Jonah 1 Sermon: The Prophet Who Ran From Mercy
Jonah 1:1-17
- Jonah 4 Sermon: The Prophet's Anger and God's Patience
Jonah 4:1-11
- Micah 6 Sermon: What the Lord Requires
Micah 6:6-8
- Habakkuk 3 Sermon: Joy That Does Not Wait for the Harvest
Habakkuk 3:16-19
- Malachi 3 Sermon: Testing God with the Whole Tithe
Malachi 3:6-12
- Matthew 4 Sermon: Three Temptations, One Answer from Scripture
Matthew 4:1-11
- Matthew 5 Sermon: The Beatitudes and the Shape of Blessing
Matthew 5:1-12
- Matthew 6 Sermon: Why Worry Fails and What to Seek First
Matthew 6:25-34
- Matthew 7 Sermon: The Builders Who Both Heard the Same Words
Matthew 7:24-29
- Matthew 13 Sermon: The Soils, Not Just the Seed
Matthew 13:1-23
- Matthew 14 Sermon: Peter Sinks, Jesus Reaches
Matthew 14:22-33
- Matthew 18 Sermon: The Debt You Can't Repay, Won't Forgive
Matthew 18:21-35
- Matthew 25 Sermon: What the Third Servant Got Wrong
Matthew 25:14-30
- Matthew 28 Sermon: Authority, Doubt, and the Command to Make Disciples
Matthew 28:16-20
- Mark 2 Sermon: The Faith That Broke Through the Roof
Mark 2:1-12
- Mark 4 Sermon: Who Is This, That Even the Wind Obeys?
Mark 4:35-41
- Mark 10 Sermon: The Son of Man Came to Serve, Not Be Served
Mark 10:35-45
- Luke 2 Sermon: The Sign in the Manger
Luke 2:1-20
- Luke 10 Sermon: Who Is My Neighbor
Luke 10:25-37
- Luke 15 Sermon: Two Lost Sons and a Running Father
Luke 15:11-32
- Luke 19 Sermon: When Jesus Invites Himself to Your House
Luke 19:1-10
- Luke 24 Sermon: Recognizing Jesus in the Breaking of Bread
Luke 24:13-35
- John 1 Sermon: When the Word Became Flesh
John 1:1-18
- John 3 Sermon: Being Born Again and the Love That Sends
John 3:1-21
- John 4 Sermon: Living Water and a Woman Jesus Would Not Ignore
John 4:1-42
- John 6 Sermon: The Bread That Does Not Run Out
John 6:25-40
- John 11 Sermon: When Jesus Delays, Weeps, and Calls the Dead
John 11:1-44
- John 13 Sermon: When the Master Kneels with a Towel
John 13:1-17
- John 14 Sermon: The Way, the Truth, and an Untroubled Heart
John 14:1-14
- John 15 Sermon: Abiding in the Vine, Bearing Fruit
John 15:1-17
- John 21 Sermon: Do You Love Me? Feed My Sheep
John 21:1-19
- Acts 1 Sermon: You Will Be My Witnesses
Acts 1:1-11
- Acts 2 Sermon: Wind, Fire, and a New Kind of Family
Acts 2:1-21, 37-47
- Acts 16 Sermon: Singing in Chains and the Jailer's Question
Acts 16:16-34
- Romans 5 Sermon: Peace with God and Hope That Does Not Disappoint
Romans 5:1-11
- Romans 8 Sermon: Groaning, Glory, and What Can't Separate Us
Romans 8:18-39
- Romans 12 Sermon: Living Sacrifice and the Shape of the Body
Romans 12:1-21
- 1 Corinthians 13 Sermon: Love Among a Quarreling Church
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
- 1 Corinthians 15 Sermon: What Hangs on an Empty Tomb
1 Corinthians 15:1-26, 50-58
- 2 Corinthians 4 Sermon: Treasure in Jars of Clay
2 Corinthians 4:7-18
- 2 Corinthians 12 Sermon: When God Leaves the Thorn In
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
- Galatians 5 Sermon: What the Fruit of the Spirit Actually Requires
Galatians 5:16-26
- Ephesians 2 Sermon: Dead in Sin, Made Alive by Grace
Ephesians 2:1-10
- Ephesians 4 Sermon: One Body, Maturing Together
Ephesians 4:1-16
- Ephesians 6 Sermon: Why Paul Ends with Armor, Not a Pep Talk
Ephesians 6:10-20
- Philippians 2 Sermon: The Mind of Christ in a Divided Church
Philippians 2:1-11
- Philippians 3 Sermon: Counting Everything Loss to Gain Christ
Philippians 3:7-14
- Philippians 4 Sermon: Rejoice, Anxiety, and Contentment
Philippians 4:4-13
- Colossians 3 Sermon: Put Off, Put On, Set Your Mind Above
Colossians 3:1-17
- 1 Thessalonians 5 Sermon: Rejoice Always, Pray Without Ceasing
1 Thessalonians 5:12-24
- 2 Timothy 4 Sermon: Preach the Word, Finish the Race
2 Timothy 4:1-8
- Hebrews 11 Sermon: Faith That Outlives the Promise
Hebrews 11:1-16
- Hebrews 12 Sermon: Running the Race, Bearing the Father's Discipline
Hebrews 12:1-13
- James 1 Sermon: Trials, Wisdom, and the Source of Temptation
James 1:2-18
- James 2 Sermon: A Faith That Shows Itself in Deeds
James 2:14-26
- 1 Peter 2 Sermon: Living Stones, a Chosen People
1 Peter 2:1-12
- 1 John 4 Sermon: When Love Becomes the Test
1 John 4:7-21
- Revelation 3 Sermon: Neither Cold Nor Hot in Laodicea
Revelation 3:14-22
- Revelation 21 Sermon: A New Heaven, a New Home
Revelation 21:1-7
Occasions
- New Year Sermon: New Mercies, Numbered Days
New Year Sunday · Isaiah 43:18-21 · Psalm 90 · Philippians 3:12-14 · Lamentations 3:22-23
- Lent Sermon: What the Forty Days Ask of the Fast
Lent — the forty days before Easter · Matthew 4:1-11 · Joel 2:12-13 · Psalm 51 · Isaiah 58
- Palm Sunday Sermon: The King Who Weeps and Rides On
Palm Sunday · Matthew 21:1-11 · Luke 19:28-44 · Zechariah 9:9 · Philippians 2:5-11
- Good Friday Sermon: Let the Cross Do Its Own Work
Good Friday · Isaiah 53 · Luke 23:26-49 · John 19:16-30 · Mark 15:33-39
- Easter Sermon: What the Empty Tomb Actually Claims
Easter / Resurrection Sunday · 1 Corinthians 15 · Luke 24:1-12 · John 20:1-18 · Mark 16:1-8
- Pentecost Sermon: When the Spirit Falls on the Church
Pentecost Sunday · Acts 2:1-21 · Joel 2:28-32 · John 14:15-27 · Ezekiel 37:1-14
- Mother's Day Sermon: Honoring Mothers Without Idealizing Them
Mother's Day · Proverbs 31:10-31 · 2 Timothy 1:5 · Exodus 2:1-10 · Isaiah 66:13
- Father's Day Sermon: A Father Who Does Not Provoke
Father's Day · Ephesians 6:4 · Luke 15:11-32 · Psalm 103:13 · Joshua 24:15
- Reformation Sunday Sermon: Faith Alone, Preached Without an Enemy
Reformation Sunday · Romans 1:16-17 · Ephesians 2:8-9 · Habakkuk 2:4 · Galatians 2:16
- Thanksgiving Sermon: The Nine Who Didn't Turn Back
Thanksgiving Sunday · Psalm 100 · Deuteronomy 8:7-18 · Luke 17:11-19 · 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
- Advent Sermon: Waiting on a Promise Already Kept
Advent · Isaiah 9:2-7 · Isaiah 40:1-11 · Luke 1:26-38 · Matthew 1:18-25
- Christmas Sermon: The Word Made Flesh, Not Just a Manger Scene
Christmas · Luke 2:1-20 · John 1:1-14 · Isaiah 9:6 · Matthew 2:1-12
- Communion Sermon: What the Table Asks You to Discern
Communion / the Lord's Supper · 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 · Luke 22:14-23 · John 6:53-58 · Exodus 12:1-14
- Baptism Sermon: Dying, Rising, and What the Water Means
Baptism service · Romans 6:1-11 · Matthew 28:18-20 · Acts 8:26-40 · Colossians 2:11-15
- Funeral Sermon: Grief, Hope, and What the Text Actually Promises
Funeral service · John 11:17-27 · Psalm 23 · John 14:1-6 · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
- Wedding Sermon: Building a Marriage the Text Actually Describes
Wedding ceremony · Genesis 2:18-25 · 1 Corinthians 13 · Ephesians 5:21-33 · Ecclesiastes 4:9-12