Glendon Thompson Sermons

A sermon from Luke 17:20–37 "Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, 'The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” Luke 17: 20-21    

Whatever the world has to offer does not compare to the risen Christ. The gospels do not conclude with the death of Christ, but with the resurrection of Christ, the living Lion of Judah. A sermon from John 20. 

Relationships on earth demand responsibility, but our relationship to God demands greater responsibility. As children of God we are required to please our heavenly Father.  A sermon from Romans 14:18.

This sermon deals with the subject of eternity and looks at the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.  A sermon from Luke 16:19–31.

"And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.' Amen."  A sermon from Matthew 28:18–20.

While some scoff at the concept of faith, most people demonstrate some form of faith in everyday life. While we make many daily decisions on faith, trusting that the desired outcome will occur, we are often reluctant to trust in God.  A sermon from Mark 1:14–15.

Many of our successes in life can be attributed to the help of others along the way. Where we have arrived, we hardly have done so on our own, but by the sacrifices of others. We are grateful to those parents, teachers, and benefactors, but we must be infinitely more grateful to the Lord Jesus Christ, who made a sacrifice that transcends all others.  A sermon from Hebrews 10:1–14.

The Odyssey is a tale of a journey of human conquest, persistence, and struggle against great obstacles. But the greatest story of a journey is Israel's 40 years wandering in the wilderness. It is a journey not in which one man or nation receives praise, but in which God is the hero, for it is God who sustains Israel for 40 years in the wilderness and brings them into the promised land.  A sermon...

Most of us have been conditioned to think in material terms. We believe in the tangible, things we can see and touch. And yet there is another dimension to life. An invisible dimension beyond human understanding, that is nevertheless as real as the material world in which we live.  "And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever...

Most of us will never have to lose our lives for our faith, but all of us are called upon to be faithful in our witness to Jesus Christ whatever the cost. It is this theme of faithfulness to Christ that drives the final chapter Paul's second epistle to Timothy.  "But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry." 2 Timothy 4:5 A sermon from...

Continuing with the theme of being clothed with Christ, we look at Galatians 4. The New Testament in its united witness teaches that Jesus is the pattern of life. If we wish to know how to live, the answer is found in Jesus Christ because he is the pattern of our lives.  A sermon from Galatians 4:4–20.

"But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor f...

There are a wide range of experts who give us advice on what to wear and what the latest fads are. Fashion comes and goes, but there is one fashion that remains the same: we are to clothe ourselves in the Lord Jesus Christ.  "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts." Romans 13:14

Jesus is a superior High Priest, because he serves in a superior place. He is seated at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens. Jesus carries out his ministry at the right hand of God, which is the true tabernacle. The tabernacle on earth, in which the Levitical priests served, was a shadow, or a type of the real tabernacle.  A sermon from Hebrews 8:6–12.    

“For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trampl...

Many of you probably received a number of invitations over the Christmas holidays. This sermon relates to the greatest invitation of all time: the invitation to intimacy with God. A sermon from Luke 14:12–24.

"I am going to Him whom my soul has loved, or rather to Him who has loved me with an everlasting love." These are the last words of John Owen, who died in August 1683. We often pay attention to people's last words as they are sometimes words of consequence.  In 1 Chronicles 29, David addressed the people concerning the preparations he made for the building of the temple that Solomon completed. Thi...

Regardless of where we stand in our commitment to Jesus, it is fair to say that of all the great men and women who have walked the earth, none has risen to the stature of Jesus Christ. The accomplishments of all the great people throughout history cannot be compared to that of our Lord Jesus Christ whose career lasted a mere three years. The offering of Christ is beyond comparison in human history...

This sermon deals with worship as it appears to us in the Book of Revelation. John wrote Revelation in response to a vision that he received on the Isle of Patmos. He wrote to the seven churches of Asia Minor, now Western Turkey, around AD 95.  The genre of the book is Apocolyptic. It means "revelation", or "disclosure", or "the unveiling of", and in this case is the Revelation of Jesus Christ. 

Although we change over time, Jesus never changes. He has an eternal, divine nature. He is and was and is to come. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." A sermon from Hebrews 13:8.

The writer of Hebrews tells us that Jesus is the superior high priest. "For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever." Hebrews 7:28 A sermon from Hebrews 7:20–28.

The vocabulary of sin has been gradually disappearing from conversation, so that the Biblical concept of sin has is almost unknown. But all human beings are guilty of sin. The prophet, Isaiah, deals with this matter of sin, and it is a central issue in Isaiah chapter 1.  "Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the Lo...

The writer of Hebrews tells his readers to remember the kind of Lord that they were thinking of abandoning. He is the Son of God, the Captain of our salvation, and our great high priest.  A sermon from Hebrews 7:11–19.

A sermon from Micah 3:1–12. It is clear from the Scriptures that we are to be concerned about this world because God is concerned about society as a whole. The prophet, Micah, shows us that God is engaged and concerned about justice.  “Hear now, O heads of Jacob, And you rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice? You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My pe...

A sermon from Hebrews 7:1–10.  "For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,” without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of...