20 Trending Palm Sunday Sermon Ideas (2024)

Palm Sunday

by Kenneth C. Kroohs

Our next section actually relates to prayer although the authors did not make the obvious connection. I love the definition of a sacrament: ''The outward and visible signs of inward and spiritual grace, given by Christ as sure and certain means by which we receive grace.'' Great definition! The baptismal water is not magic; it is an outward and visible sign, something we can see so that we understand what has happened spiritually. I also like the ''sure and certain'' part. We are saying that as human beings we cannot be absolutely sure that there are no other ways to enter in a right relationship with God. We just know that these...

Jesus and Palm Sunday (10 of 13)

by Donald Cantrell

This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points. The coronation of Queen Victoria took place on 28 June 1838, just over a year after she succeeded to the throne at the age of 18. The procession to and from the ceremony at Westminster Abbey was witnessed by unprecedentedly huge crowds, as the new railways made it easier for an estimated 400,000 to come to London from the rest of the country. The ceremony cost 6.41 million as of 2015, which exceeded the 2.46 million as of 2015 spent on that of her predecessor William IV in 1831 but was far less than the18.5 million as of 2015 for the grandiose...

Palm Sunday: Tragedy Or Triumph?

by Nelson Price

The sun was rising rapidly. It was beginning to shoot its golden arrows across the horizon to gild the sky and curtain off the dawn that would bring a new day to the history-filled city of Jerusalem. This is the festive season of Passover. The old city was filled with pilgrims, visitors, and travelers who had come from many countries to share in the feast. Secular census records indicate there were at least 2,500,000 people in Jerusalem for the event. An exciting rumor spread through the city: ''Jesus Christ is coming!'' Behind Him were His sermons; ahead, His suffering. Behind Him were His parables; ahead, His passion. Behind Him were...

Palm Sunday

by Scott Maze

Easter is coming and that means more people in our buildings. Make yourself uncomfortable and guests more comfortable by sitting closer to the front and parking farther away - so visitors can have the preferred places. I'm challenging everyone to move up one row closer to the front. Leave our best parking places for our guests. You are some of the best people I know - let's come together by serving our guests on this special Sunday. In your hands is an 8-day devotional study entitled Holy Week. It's designed to deepen your walk with Christ and to better grasp the events in the last week of Jesus' earthly life. Holy week...

Palm Sunday - the Place, the People and the Purpose

by Daniel Rodgers

Today we celebrate Palm Sunday-the Sunday before Easter. Christians around the world recognize Palm Sunday as the day Jesus made His triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem. On this day prophecy was fulfilled, for the prophet Zechariah had recorded this event some 400 years earlier. In Zech 9:9, we read, ''Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King…

Palm Sunday-The Triumphal Entry and Exit

by John Barnett

The arrival of Jesus on the 10th of Nissan in AD30 was one of the greatest moments in all of history. Jesus hit Jerusalem with pin point accuracy. Jesus came on the very day and hour God had appointed for His presentation to the Nation and the World as God's Passover Lamb. Did you know there are 250 different events during Christ’s earthly life, recorded in the New Testament? Did you know that out of all those scenes we have read, loved and thought about so much, only four events find their way into all four Gospels? The "Big Seven" events of the Cross are in all four: those "Big Seven" are the betrayal–denial–trial, the...

The Message of the Colt - A Palm Sunday Sermon

by George H. Morrison

In the calendar of the Western Church today is the Sunday which is known as Palm Sunday. It is the Sunday preceding Easter Day which commemorates the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Churches are decorated with palms today in remembrance of the waving of the palm branches. There are processions in Roman Catholic countries. And all this in memorial of that hour when our Savior took to Himself His royal state, and rode amid acclamations to His capital. Now in our Presbyterian Scotland we lay little stress upon these feasts and festivals. Even Christmas, the kindliest of them all, has only a partial...

Look Who's Coming to Town (Palm Sunday)

by Mike Stone

Luke 19 speaks of a day we call ''Palm Sunday'' and an event we call ''The Triumphal Entry.'' It's the Sunday before Passover, most likely in the Spring of 29. The Lord Jesus enters Jerusalem amidst waving palm branches and shouts of ''Hosanna.'' But within days the desire for a coronation will be changed into the demand for a crucifixion. I want you to sit on the side of that Jerusalem street with me. Look past the palm branches and the lifted arms.

The Last Week: (Palm) Sunday (1 of 8)

by Joe Alain

[Inspiration and ideas found in the sermon introduction, as well as other sections of the sermon comes from John Dominic Crossan's vivid descriptions in his work, The Last Week] Two processions entered Jerusalem on a spring day in the year A.D. 30. It was the beginning of the week of Passover, the most sacred week of the Jewish year. In the centuries since, Christians have celebrated this day as Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week. With its climax of Good Friday and Easter, it is the most sacred week of the Christian year. One was a procession of ordinary people, peasants, working class, the other an...

Why the Cross of Christ Is Glorious: A Palm Sunday Sermon

by Stan Coffey

When the World Trade Center collapsed following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, workers excavating the site found a cross-shaped beam, that standing upright amid the ruin and debris, became a make-shift center of worship. The picture of that cross was published around the world and served as a center of hope for many that lost their loved ones on that beautiful fall day of 2001. It reminds us of the story of Dr. John Bowring who heard the story of the destruction of a magnificent cathedral on the Island of Macao in the region of Hong Kong. Only the front wall of the Cathedral remained and atop it was great metal cross...

Hung on a Cross: A Palm Sunday Sermon

by Fenton Moorhead

If God and Jesus are hard for you and faith does not make sense, please allow me to make a suggestion. Faith in God cannot be adequately explained by human reason. As humans we are finite and limited in knowledge and understanding. Scripture says that as humans we are like a flower that blooms, then quickly fades and withers, and is soon no more. When we talk about the things of God it takes faith that appreciates what cannot be exhaustively explained and is beyond being reduced to human reason. The extent of my ability to think and understand eternity on my own is like dust on a scale, imperceptible. If we are...

Palm Sunday: The Campaign Trail

by Ron Clarkson

Welcome: We want to extend a special invitation to you to join us this Friday night for a special, reflective evening as we focus on the suffering that Jesus experienced. Then on Sunday, please be our guests for one of the Easter services as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This morning we are going to take a look at palm Sunday, at the campaign trail, so to speak, the events that led up to this glorious day where thousands of people were ecstatic about Jesus coming into their town. Let's ask God to teach. PRAYER: Father, we think about Palm Sunday, the memories we have from the past, of the excitement and...

Palm Sunday: Tragedy Or Triumph?

by Nelson Price

Palm Sunday - The Sovereignty of God

by Tim Melton

At times in scripture we see that God instructed his prophets to speak his instructions to God's people. At other times God instructed His prophet to present to His people an object lesson or living example of the idea that God was trying to communicate. We find an example of this in Luke 19:28-40. At the time of this story Jesus had been ministering to the people for almost three years. The time of His death was drawing near and most of the Jews were still choosing not to believe that He was the promised Messiah. It was the time of year to celebrate the Jewish Passover and thousands upon thousands of...

The Message of the Colt - A Palm Sunday Sermon

by George H. Morrison

Palm Branches to Olive Branches (1 of 5)

by Larry Wynn

Forts my friend and I would build. We would fight off the enemy. The enemy was his older brother and his friend. Trees where I would carve my girl- friend's initials. The tree in my grandfather's yard where I would play while my parents and other family members sat on the porch and discussed life's issues. (The place where I would terrorize the frog who lived in the root system.) Later in life as teen I would lie under the trees and dream of my future. TREES PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SCRIPTURE. MANY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TOOK PLACE UNDER TREES. Gen. 18. God told Abraham he would be...

Expecting God (1)

by Jeff Strite

In our text this morning, we read about Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The crowds excitedly line the streets of the city because their long-expected Messiah/King had come and they were electrified. Now, I did some background study on this issue. I wanted to know WHY the Jews would have expected a Messiah King who give them safety and security - and I found that God's prophets kept beating on that topic like a drumbeat.- Jeremiah 23:5-7 (for example) wrote: "Behold, the days are coming,

Palm Sunday: Why the Gospel Inspires (1 of 2)

by Steve Jones

Introduction: On March 10th, 2011, the Lakers played the Heat in Miami and lost, 94 - 88. Two and a half hours later, as the clock lurched toward midnight, and as the clean-up crew stuffed popcorn boxes and wrappers into trash bags, Kobe Bryant was still on the Heat's gym floor, launching hundreds of jumpers at the basket. He had returned to the Heat's almost empty arena to go back to work. When asked about his motivation, Bryant responded with the words of Achilles: ''I want what all men want. I just want it more.'' What's YOUR motivation? In your work, family, school, and life - what is your motivation? QUOTE: From ''The...

A Life of Truth (1 of 5)

by Joey Rodgers

For those of you who may not be aware, today is the most sacred day of the year in professional golf - Sunday at the Masters. Yes, at the end of Magnolia Dr. sits a course that meanders thru the tall Georgia pines, past flowering azaleas/dogwoods, and around Amen Corner that presents its eventual champion w/ the most coveted prize in all of golf - the green jacket. So you can be certain I'll be at home today glued to a TV in anticipation of who will win the coveted Green Jacket. My love for golf began when I was 8 yrs old. I grew up going to the Atlanta Country Club to watch the PGA Tour when they came...

The Tragic Side of a Triumphant Event (1 of 4)

by Palitha Jayasooriya

I read a story about a plainly dressed man who went into a church in the Netherlands one Sunday and took a seat near the pulpit. Soon a woman came along and curtly told the man that he was seated in 'her seat'. She then asked him to leave the seat. The man apologized and apparently moved away to a pew reserved for...