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  • Anthony Delaney avatar

    Serve The Purpose Of God In Your Generation!

    Contributed by Anthony Delaney on May 5, 2001
    based on 70 ratings
     | 18,992 views

    Encourages the church to put God’s purpose at the forefront of it’s decision making. UK statistics on church attendance included.

    David Served the Purpose of God in his generation (text) Acts 13: Paul the apostle has sailed into a place called Antioch in Pisidia. He’s preaching to those in the synagogue at Antioch. As part of a visiting group of Jews, the local synagogue give him half a chance and he’s away! Telling people ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Standard Operating Procedure Series

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Oct 27, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,377 views

    The pattern of Paul is established on the First Journey. It involves steps that allow the Spirit to work.

    SOP - Christian Patterns Barnabas, Paul and John Mark leave the Island of Crete which was the first part of the missionary journey commissioned by the Holy Spirit. We don’t hear much about things happening on the island although it was at one time home to Barnabas. They sail from the opposite end ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    The Perils Of Misusing Privilege

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 12, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,104 views

    Some of the dangers and difficulties of misuing the privileges we are given

    The Perils of Misusing Privilege (Acts 13:16-41) Illustration:Two shopkeepers were bitter rivals. Their stores were directly across the street from each other, and they would spend each day keeping track of each other’s business. If one got a customer, he would smile in triumph at his rival. One ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dr. Jerry Morrissey avatar

    Continuity Between The Life Of Jesus And The Lives Of His Disciples Confor

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Jun 18, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 4,584 views

    Year C. The Nativity of St. John The Baptist June 24th, 2001 Acts13: 22-26 Title : “Continuity between the life of Jesus and the lives of his disciples conforms to the pattern of the life of Christ like a mirror and an echo.”

    Year C. The Nativity of St. John The Baptist June 24th, 2001 Acts13: 22-26 Title : “Continuity between the life of Jesus and the lives of his disciples conforms to the pattern of the life of Christ like a mirror and an echo.” This is an excerpt from Paul’s sermon, spanning 13: 16-41, his ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Mark Haines avatar

    Don't Leave Home Without Him

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 4,199 views

    A deductive message using biblical exposition calling God’s people in my care to seek and then to follow the Spirit’s guidance.

    Intro:  McDonald’s commercial – “Can you tell me hoe to get to…?” And they end up eating Big Mac’s together.  Blackaby’s farmer story – verbal directions vs. a passenger/guide  Moses Cartoon (www.reverendfun.com – 10-1999)  ACTS 13 [1] In the church at Antioch ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    The First Missionary Journey (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 12, 2002
    based on 125 ratings
     | 28,158 views

    This sermon encourages people to find and fulfill God’s call on our lives.

    The First Missionary Journey (Part 1) Acts 13:1-52 July 14, 2002 Intro: A. [illustration; source: Today In The Word, August, 1989, p. 33.] The following ad once appeared in a London newspaper: "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Matthias Korsinek avatar

    Serve Gods Purpose In Your Own Generation Series

    Contributed by Matthias Korsinek on Aug 18, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
     | 9,333 views

    The need for an Attitude of Visionary Faith in order to take hold of Gods inheritance

    To serve Gods Purpose in your own Generation “For when David had served God`s purpose in his own Generation, he fell asleep … Acts 13:36 There are only 3 kind of people in the World: 1. Those, who do not know, what is happening in the World 2.Those, who know, what is happening in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    The Prayer Of Antioch

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 90 ratings
     | 21,327 views

    The prayer of Antioch got God’s attention in a big way, but we’re not told what they prayed. What can this unique prayer teach us?

    OPEN: A 5-yr-old said grace at family dinner one night. "Dear God, thank you for these pancakes." When he finished his prayer, his parents looked curiously at him and asked him why he thanked God for pancakes when they were having chicken. He smiled and said, "I thought I’d see if He was ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Men Learning To Love

    Contributed by Jeffrey Kellum on May 5, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,686 views

    Men learning to love

    Topical Sermon: Men Learning to Love INTRODUCTION: Acts 13 and 14 tell the story of Paul and Barnabas’ first missionary journey. They return to Antioch from their relief mission to Jerusalem to spend a considerable time with the Antioch Church in preaching and teaching the Gospel of Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Solutions For Jealous Tendencies

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 19, 2003
    based on 58 ratings
     | 8,173 views

    Jealousy creates destructive behavior. The best people of the day were swept up in a wave of jealous retribution. "But the Jews aroused the devout of the city and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district."

    The Roots Of Jealousy (Acts 13:42-52) Illustration:JEALOUSY It is the eyes of other people that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture. Benjamin Franklin. There is a fable of an eagle which could out fly another, and the other didn’t like ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brian La Croix avatar

    Answering Our Culture #10: Just Do It, Already! Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 26, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 4,703 views

    Last in this apologetics series, this one focusing on reasons to become a Christian.

    Answering Our Culture #10 – Just Do It, Already! Various Scriptures October 13, 2002 Introduction This is our last message in our series on The Top 10 Reasons to NOT be a Christian. We’ve looked at a bunch of different reasons people give for not becoming a Christians. Today I want to give you ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Robert Halsey avatar

    What Would You Like On Your Tombstone

    Contributed by Robert Halsey on Feb 9, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 15,051 views

    A look at one of the most beautiful epitaph ever written.

    Illustration: Popular television commercial for frozen pizza asks the question: “What do you want on your tombstone?” One day God will call each of us to give an account for our life. And more than likely when you are gone, your family and friends will do their best to provide the kind of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tom Anglin avatar

    The Antioch Concept

    Contributed by Tom Anglin on Feb 21, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,333 views

    A challenge to the Church, to take up where the church at Antioch left off, the task: the unfinished business of taking the Gospel to the ends of the Earth!

    Percentage of new church members who have come from another church: 80 -- Pentecostal Evangel, 3/210/92. "To Verify," Leadership. The church is the only cooperative society in the world that exists for the benefit of its nonmembers. -- William Temple, Leadership, Vol. 5, no. 4. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Lynn Floyd avatar

    Being An On Mission Church

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Jun 28, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,382 views

    In this message I talk about what it takes to be an On Mission church. This was preached after we returned from our first ever church wide mission trip.

    Becoming An “On Mission” People NOTE: This message was given the weekend after our church went on our first ever church-wide mission trip to Pidras Negras, Coahilla, Mexico. We talk a lot about ministry here at NCC. The Bible tells us that every believer is gifted in some area or areas to serve ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Paul Views Of Persecution And Power Encounters

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 25, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,507 views

    Paul Views of Persecution and Power Encounters

    Paul Views of Persecution and Power Encounters Paul, as many Christian leaders in Africa, have not been strangers to persecution, misunderstandings, and imprisonment for the sake of the truth. Part of the promise of living Godly in Christ Jesus involves abuse. Just as Paul suffered persecution so ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational