Sermons on Dickens: showing 46-60 of 461

What Time Is It?

Contributed by Rex Williams on Apr 5, 2002

To motivate people toward action now; to create a sense of urgency in bringing people closer to Jesus.

What time is it? Useful for a Sunday near time changes. PURPOSE: to motivate people toward action now; to create a sense of urgency in bringing people closer to Jesus. Object lesson/children’s sermon idea: Mount or display clocks showing different time zones. Talk about the time zones and ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 2 Peter 3:3-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Epaphroditus: Faithful Minister Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 27, 2020

This message provides insight on the current crisis in America, then expounds Philippians 2:25-30. Paul's commendation of Epaphroditus supplies criteria for discerning godly New Testament leadership.

During the last few weeks our pattern has been to first address current events; then proceed with our study in Philippians. I will continue with that this morning. I. We are living in monumental times. It is a new season with new challenges and new opportunities. Charles Dicken’s line in A Tale ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-20, John 13:1-17, Matthew 20:26-28, 1 Timothy 5:17-18, 1 Corinthians 12:11, 2 Timothy 4:20, Colossians 2:16, 1 Peter 4:17, Ephesians 6:12, Philippians 2:1-30, 2 Chronicles 7:13-14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

"Eenie, Meanie, Miny, Mo"

Contributed by Bishop William Bryant Wilmore, Jr. on Jun 26, 2007

Don’t make a willy nilly choice to serve God, but be resolute about it.

The points and some of the text for this sermon are borrowed from one I ran across on another sermon service. Text: Joshua 24:15 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:13-15

Denomination: Baptist

Chains He Shall Break!

Contributed by David Anderson on May 5, 2001

Christ came to break the chains of sin and death!

Sermon: "Chains Shall He Break" D Anderson Is. 9:2-7; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 + + + The Lord Jesus once proclaimed of Himself, "If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed." Titus picks up on this when He speaks of Christ’s journey to the Cradle, ...read more

Scripture: John 8:36, Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Commitments For A New Year

Contributed by Martin Wiles on May 9, 2002

A New Year gives us the opportunity to make new starts in our commitment to God.

INTRODUCTION A. George C. Scott in A Christmas Carol 1. Based on Charles Dicken’s work. 2. Story of Ebenezer Scrooge, despicable old man with no joy. 3. Disturbed by the joy and waste he sees at the Christmas season. 4. Hounded by singing carolers and harassed by those wanting a generous donation ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

"Tale Of Two Selves"

Contributed by J. Douglas Duty Jr. on Sep 22, 2001

#6 in a series through James. James 4:1-10

“The Tale of Two Selves…” James 4:1-10 There is a Charles Dickens book called "A Tale of Two Cities", it is a classic story of the French Revolution. It concerned a family caught up in those turbulent days, as it affected them in their lives, in both London and Paris. It’s the tragic story ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-10, James 4:10

Denomination: Baptist

Courage: Faith In Action

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 1, 2005

A Simple Outline on steps to Courage

Courage: Faith In Action Josh, 2 1. How would you define courage? The ability to stand up to an enemy? The ability to do something you are afraid to do? What David displayed when he fought Goliath? Taking action on what you believe? 2. Illustrating Courage David, a 2-year old with leukemia, ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

Adore-Ation Series

Contributed by Paul Newell on Dec 14, 2006

In part three of Discover the REAL Christmas we discover ADORE-ation. Christmas is about our worship and adoration of Jesus Christ. It took on different forms for each of the characters of Christmas.

Song: We wish you a Merry Christmas... This week I started the third of four Christmas books that I will be reading this year. None of them are of any consequence, just fun little books to fill in the gaps between the study books I’m reading and other stuff that I’m doing. My favorite so far is ...read more

Scripture: John 4:24

Denomination: Baptist

Adam – A Pattern Of The One To Come

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 25, 2018

Adam – A Pattern of the One to Come – Romans chapter 5 verse 14 – Sermon by Gordon Curley PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

SERMON OUTLINE: Truth #1: Sin and its origin. Truth #2: Sin and its effects. Truth #3: Sin and the Law. Truth #4: Sin and the Two Adams. SERMON BODY Ill: • Not far from where we live is the birthplace of Charles Dickens. • He was an English writer, • Who created some of the world's best-known ...read more

Denomination: Brethren

The Unrighteous Steward

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 1, 2004

A message on our stewardship responsibilities for the things of God (Not necessarily a tithing sermon).

THE UNRIGHTEOUS STEWARD Luke 16:1-13 INTRO: Charles Dickens wrote about a man who was very selfish. Ebenezer Scrooge. We use this term to describe someone who is a tightwad. Perhaps it could describe the unrighteous steward Jesus tells about in Luke’s Gospel. Let’s see three things about this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Beauty And Poverty? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 26, 2022

This place of danger was called “the eye of the needle.”

Homily for Monday in 8th week Sir 17:20-24; Mk 10:17-27 In the ancient world, a world without weapons of mass destruction, the safest place to be when the Egyptians or Assyrians were roaming the Levant with their scythed chariots was a walled city. But every city has to have gates, so the gate ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-27, 1 Peter 1:3-9, Psalm 111:1-10

Denomination: Catholic

The Scrooges Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 3, 2012

Not every Scrooge at Christmas is a classic Ebeneezer type Scrooge, this message looks at the different Scrooges who try to ruin Christmas

The Scrooges of Christmas Bah, Humbug, Scrooge is like Bond, everyone has a favorite. For some there is no Scrooge like Alistair Sim, he was the actor who portrayed Scrooge in the clip we just saw. He also reprised the role in an Oscar winning short film in 1970. Maybe it is Albert Finney in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-8

Denomination: Wesleyan

Sovereign And Shepherd

Contributed by Peter Scott on Jan 2, 2014

To a people then who appear to be staring into the abyss of defeat and exile, Isaiah comes with words to comfort - to tell them that God has not abandoned them.

Isaiah 40.1-11 Sovereign and Shepherd If you know Charles Dickens novel Little Dorritt you will remember that the story revolves around the experience of Amy Dorritt and her father who is living in Marshallsea prison. Like many people in Victorian England, Little Dorritt’s father had been ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11

Denomination: Anglican

Some Ask, "Why Does God Allow Evil And Suffering In The World?"

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 28, 2002

God is so great that nothing happens without His permission, and in that permission His ultimate plan unfolds. In His plan He is able to use for good what man intends for evil. God is in control

Illustration:As C.S. Lewis wrote, "The greatest evil is not done in those sordid ’dens of crime’ that Dickens loved to paint...it is conceived and...moved, seconded, carried, and minuted...in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christmas Is For Sinners

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 14, 2009

A textual sermon on 1 Timothy 1:15 (Idea came from Boyce Mouton)

Christmas is for Sinners 1 Timothy 1:15 Introduction: From Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol we read about Ebenezer Scrooge. “Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!” ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:13-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ