Sermons for Disasters
& Troubled Times
Click the Links below to see homiletical responses to these situations:
- Situation 1. Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters
- Hurricanes
- Nehemiah 2:18 After the Storm, Hurricane Sandy (Bergland)
- Matthew 6:25-33 Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Other Such Things (McLarty)
- Matthew 20:1-16 Response to Hurricane Ike (Malveaux)
- Matthew 21:23-32 Hurricane Ike (Bedingfield)
- Matthew 20:20-28 Just Keep Swimming-Hurricane Katrina (Hazelrig)
- Luke 4:14-21 Riveting Words-Hurricane Katrina (Lostetter)
- Luke 21:25-33 Katrina Victims Memorial Service (Wigmore)
- John 6:1-13 Jesus Feeds the Thousands-Hurricane Katrina (Hazelrig)
- Romans 12.9-21 Katrina Sermon (Guernsey)
- Other Disasters
- Situation 2. Shootings and Other Violent Acts
- 9/11
- School shootings
- Matthew 6:13, Thoughts on Littleton (Donovan)
- John 10:22-30 Response to Virginia Tech Shootings (Guernsey)
- Matthew 2:13-18 What Are You Afraid Of, Herod? (Hoffacker)
- Romans 8:31-39 This Is Not Camelot-Newton school shooting (Burr)
- Various texts A Voice for the Gloom-Newton school shooting (Griffen)
- Luke 3:7-18 What Should We Do?-Newton school shooting (Stephens)
- John 1:1-18 When God's Heart Breaks-Newton school shooting (Miller)
- Matthew 2:16-23 Hope Amid Heartbreak-Newton shooting (Dr. Michael Brown)
- Shootings and other violent acts
- Situation 3. Troubled Times & PersonalCrises
- Troubled times
- Psalm 23 Storm Children (London)
- Job 1:1; 2:1-10 When Bad Things Happen to Good People (Stevenson)
- Psalm 37 Trusting God in Troubled Times (Smith)
- Lamentations 3:23-33 The Faithfulness of God (McLarty)
- Habakkuk 1.1-4, 13 Unanswered Prayer (Anders)
- Luke 13:1-5 When Bad Things Happen to Good People (McLarty)
- Luke 21:25-36 Purple Rain, Purple Reign (London)
- Philippians 3-4 Rejoicing in the Midst of Tough Times (Cooper)
- Grief
- Sadness, depression, anxiety, fear
- Situation 4. Financial Issues & Tough Times