Best Sermon Poems

A preacher commanded the Lord
To end all religious discord
The Devil got hot
And said, "You get squat!
It takes fire to temper a sword!"...

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Doom and gloom sure aren't my middle names
More like upbeat and happy for which I'm famed

There ain't no damn future in promoting ill will
Each morning the sun still peeks over the hill

There's enough negativity in the world to go round
Let's not encourage this scourge with...

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In the crepuscular soothing sunset, bells tolled urging
The aimless audience to attend the sermon of the new pastor.
Despite their cynical sentiments, they dared not absent themselves.
The look of habitual satisfaction on the pastor’s face 
was unmistakable.  Outside light became penumbra,
Still, men and women trudged...

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He spoke of the poor in spirit standing there on the mountain side
Over 15,000 people would hear it this very simple spiritual guide
About all those who mourn and the comfort that they shall find
As the eight Beatitudes were born as Jesus so beautifully defined

Jesus would...

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He knew the time was nearing
When he would have to depart
So he preached his last sermon
In open space, atop an Olive Mount 
He fed those present one simple meal 
Made sure that they had had enough
Softly, blew the wind through the silence
Then his voice echoed...

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everyday I see people dwelling in the dark dungeons of life
and despite them trying to do the right thing they're struck with trouble and strife
felled by illness, unemployment, homelessness and all manners of despair
but I've never seen anyone who would not then kneel down in...

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Poetry is my voice 
and your being 
is my everyday inspiration. 

In you, I felt 
the Unseen.

Nothing, not even 
my awards,
can match the great happiness 
you brought into my life.

You’ll always be in my heart.


--

A tribute to poet Ernilando Tugaff...

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A Georgia country preacher stayed up to prepare for his sermon all night.
He put the outline on a notecard to eliminate any oversight.
It was going to be a doozy, and he couldn’t wait to preach that morning.
He was on fire for God, his pure heart...

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Pastor sermonized,
one fine Sunday years ago
about gossiping.
No one ever forgot it.
“Gossip hurts. Shut your big mouths!” 


for John Freeman's "Sayings of Wisdom" Contest.
     Pure, simplistic and easy to understand. : ) 8/4/11...

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The Sermon

You must be mistaken has it slipped your mind
Allow me to explain it to you one more time
I’ll never leave God…again I say never
Even though your temptation is relentless and clever
Your invites will cease if you only listen
There is no pact between demons and...

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Lovely, lurid red 
Jacob is struggling 
Is this really happening?
I feel lost, between worlds
A white habit to my left
Hands clasped together 
Heaven or Hell? 
The ground is red as blood...

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Hear the sermon,
not the sermonizer,
he is a medium,
and not an end,
his words have beauty,
and purity,
that you are bound to gain,
that may not remove,
but dull most of your stains....

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As golden rays preached,
Startled mist tripped over rocks:
Cedars bowed in praise....

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It don't do much good lookin' back 
But maybe if we could
We'd find another way to take
That'd be for a greater good

Maybe it's worth a look
The preacher he thought we should

Nineteen seventy-nine it was 
And times was pretty rough
Merle egged the truckers on 
And they...

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Wandering dreamer,
saintly sinner,
intoxicating lover.
Take me the shore
push me beneath the waves,
baptize me
resurrect me
with sadistic pleasure.

Bring me closer 
with your left hand
While I beg you to,
bless me the right.
But that hand;
remains forever still.

Blasphemous pastor,
drunken teacher,
righteous thief,
nephilim wordsmith.
weight me to the earth 
with your dark gospel,
singing your...

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