Sermon Central
-
Greatness - Just Live It
Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 1, 2024 (message contributor)
-
1. Resting For Greatness
Contributed on Nov 1, 2024
The Sabbath was on Saturday, and yet we worship on Sunday. Why do we do that, and what lessons from the Jewish Sabbath can we learn as Christians?
Before we get into the heart of the sermon I want to address idea of the Sabbath. The Sabbath was the 7th day of the week and that’s SATURDAY. On the Sabbath, Jews would worship God, spend time with their families. And… essentially, they did little else. The Sabbath was a DAY OF REST. In fact, ...read more
-
2. Greatness Through Servanthood
Contributed on Nov 8, 2024
The Bible talks less about what makes a great leader than it does about what makes a great servant. What is it about God's leaders that requires them to be servants of others?
Today we are putting a man's name into consideration as a future Elder. I hadn't actually planned a sermon on Eldership (the sermon series I'm preaching through is something I'm working with other preachers on) but the text seemed to be a good groundwork for understanding what ...read more
-
3. Be Great By Faith
Contributed on Nov 15, 2024
John says we've been given the right to become Children of God. How do we receive that right, and what can it mean to us?
A preacher was on a radio program where the interviewer was an atheist. The atheist demanded that the preacher NOT quote any scripture during the interview. “I don’t want to hear any Bible on my airways. You got that? No Bible on my airwaves.” So, then the interviewer started the program by ...read more
-
4. Getting Great Through God’s Great Love
Contributed on Nov 22, 2024
Why is John 3:16 such a powerful verse in Scripture - and what it say about who we are and what God thinks about us?
I once read that the printing press was one of the greatest inventions ever. Up until that time, all books were painstakingly printed by hand - which made books very rare and very hard to find. But the Printing press changed all of that. Information was suddenly made available to 1000s of people. ...read more
-
5. Greatness Through Worship
Contributed on Nov 30, 2024
Worship should be done in "Spirit and in Truth"... but what does that mean? How will I know when I've worshipped that way? And what difference would it make if didn't worship that way?
OPEN: A few years ago, Scott (our Family Minister) and I heard that a church building over by High School was for sale and Scott thought it would be a great place for a youth outreach program (Scott’s a genius at lining up grants for things like that). Obviously, we didn’t purchase it … but we did ...read more
-
6. Taste Of Greatness
Contributed on Dec 6, 2024
What did Jesus mean by saying we should eat His flesh and drink His blood?
An 11-year-old girl named Abby went to the refrigerator and grabbed a grape flavored juice box. She shoved the straw into the box, and took a sip. And then she paused for a minute. She took the juice box to her sister, and said, "Here, taste this, and tell me if it tastes like ...read more