Rev. Nelson Richardson Mercer

A Life in the Ministry

Career Sermon Titles of Dr. Nelson Mercer

 1949

  Knox United, Brandon, Manitoba 
     

Jan. 9

  The Fortune of Misfortune - It is possable for our defeats to be turned to victories, out setbacks to gains?
     

Jan. 16

  Christ in Concrete
    The Great Adventure
     

Jan. 23

  Getting the Most our of Life
    Fellowship Hour
     

Jan. 30

  The importance of Forgiveness
    Can the Kingdom of God come without God? - Is religion necessary in building a better world order?
     

Feb. 6

  The Resistless Weapon
    Why is there Suffering? - Why should good people suffer in a world under the control of a loving Father?
     

Feb. 13

  The Secret Weapon
    The Case of Cardinal Mindszenty - what is the significance of the arrest of this prince of the Roman Catholic Church by Communists?
 

Feb. 20

  Entering the Kingdom
    The Captain of the Team
     

Feb. 27

  Come Unto Me
    The Meaning of Faith - When Christians speak of "having faith" what do we really mean?
     

March 6

  Passion or Compassion
   

March 13

  True and False Partiotism
  Are we godless People? - reflections on an article by Hugh MacLennan in a current issue of Macleans
     

March 20

  True or False Religion
    Towards a Vital Religion - Many complain that worship is boring. What is the problem and how may it be remidied for everyone?
 

March 27

  Friendship at the Cross
  God and the Average Man - some reflections on a article "God and the American People" in Ladies Home Journal
     

April 3

  The Cross and our Needs
    Treating a Quarrel - Few things spoil lifelike quarrelling. How may we live with others and yet be free from strife?
     

April 10

  The Cross and a Full Life
 

April 17

  Now is Christ Risen
 

May 24

  Fiction or Fact - Thomas and the Resurrection
    Hats or Halos
 

May 1

  Follow Thou Me
    The Golden Rule 
     

May 8

  A minister of the Kingdom
    Family Service
 

May 15

  Eagle's Wing
  Getting the Most out our Leisure
 

May 29

  God's Wrestling
    Christ's Miracles
 

June 5 

  Overcoming your Anxieties
     

June 12

  The Four Dimensions of Religion
   

 June 19

  The Wise and Stupid Maidens - implication of this parable in daily living
 
   

1949

  Southminster United Church, Lethbridge
 

Sept. 19

  Having the Mind of Christ 
 

Oct. 24

  Good News of God
    Has the Bible Anything to Say?
 

Oct. 31

  Sand into Pearls
    Thus Saith the Lord
 

Nov. 7

  Service of Remembrance
    Amos - Profhet of Social Justice
 

Nov. 21

  The Kingdom of God
    Hosea: Prophet of Mercy 
     

Nov. 28

  Importance of Forgiving
    Send me: Isaiah
     

Dec. 5

  Great Expectations
    God's Requirements: Micha
     

Dec. 12

  The Rock
    Letter to a Young Minister
     

Dec. 19

  The Christmas Light
     

 Dec. 26

  Good Tidings
    The Story of the Other Wise Man by Henry Van Dyke, by the minister


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(p) 22 March 2001