Sermons on Active Membership:

Go! And Never Forget The Life-Giving Word - Psalm 119:93 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jul 29, 2025

Psalm 119:93 invites us to reflect on the life-giving power of God's Word. It calls us to go — and never forget the commandments of the Lord because they bring life, hope, and strength in every season.

Go! And Never Forget the Life-Giving Word - Psalm 119:93 (NLT) Introduction: It’s always a joy and privilege to open God’s Word together. Today, we continue our “Go! And…” series, looking at the divine call to action in the lives of God’s people. Our focus today is just one verse — a small verse, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:93, Psalm 119:50, Psalm 119:105, Romans 10:17, John 1:1, Hebrews 4:12, Joshua 1:8, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, James 1:22  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Preach The Word Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Feb 27, 2011

To qualify as worship, our corporate religious activities must include sound preaching. To fail to include this vital aspect of worship is to condemn our congregations to an insipid presence in the midst of a hostile world.

“I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Down To Earth Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 4, 2003

Spiritual laziness comes from poor theology and from creating the illusion of activity, leading to burnout. The grace of Christ takes us beyond such posing.

My topic today is spiritual laziness. Spiritual laziness. Now we are all familiar with physical laziness. Physical laziness is like spring fever, when the warmth of the air and the sound of the birds is far more attractive than the piles of paper on your desk or the lectures in your classroom. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15

Denomination: Baptist

Call To A Collapsing Country

Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 25, 2002

This message deals with the futility of religious activity apart from obedience to God, and the similarities between the conditions of Israel during the days of Jeremiah and the churches of today.

Call To A Collapsing Country Text: Jer.8: 1-12 Intro: The nation of Israel had enjoyed God’s blessings in an unprecedented way. God had personally chosen them to be His people from among all the peoples of the earth. According to the Scriptures, this was not due to any special attractiveness ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 8:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

The Psalmist's Picture Of God

Contributed by Rule Digal on Nov 28, 2005

Life is not always wonderful; but we have the greatest reason to rejoice: our God is the powerful God of history, the Personal and Active God, and the God of Creation.

Theme: The Psalmist’s Picture of God Text: Psalm 146:1-10 Intro. A. I’d like to thank God for His sufficient grace that sustained us amidst the increasing political and economic crisis that we are experiencing in our country(Philippines). I know we all feel these pressing circumstances. But thank ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 146:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Gift Of Tongues Series

Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Jul 20, 2004

This is a Scriptural examination of the gift of tongues. The Word of God defines the gift as well as describes its purpose, proper usage and active duration within the Church.

Of all the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit, none has provoked more interest and fascination than that of the gift of tongues. This is not only true of the last one hundred years, with the advent of Pentecostalism and the Charismatic Movement, but even in the 1st Century as is evidenced by the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spur One Another On

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 5, 2005

We need the church community, and the church needs us. Therefore we need to meet regularly for fellowship, and participate actively in encouraging one another.

This passage tells us 2 things: (1) we need the church; (2) the church needs us to play our part. You cannot live a good Christian life all by yourself. We need to be part of a community called the church. This is even more so, the Bible says, as "we see the Day approaching." We are drawing ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-25

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Fishers Of Men, Not Aquarium Keepers

Contributed by Mark Adams on Aug 16, 2006

This sermon examines symptoms of "The church that forgot its mission" in Revelation 3. Then Luke 5 is explored as how to remain an active and thriving church.

This morning, I want to talk to you about a church that closed its doors. -Where there had been a living, active family of God, now there’s nothing. -It’s not only the church that has disappeared, but now the entire city lies in ruins. -We understand full well that as Christians, we have God’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Deal With Acceptance And Rejection Series

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 1, 2006

Sharing the Gospel can be so very intimidating. For many, it is an activity that is approached with fear and trembling, or not approached at all. Why is that, do you think?

Sharing the Gospel can be so very intimidating. For many, it is an activity that is approached with fear and trembling, or not approached at all. Why is that, do you think? For some, they don’t believe it really is their “job” to lead people to the Lord – it’s the preacher’s job or the evangelist’s ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:11-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Lord Takes Us To Obedience School Series

Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 20, 2003

There are different ways to "encourage" obedience. As we study Christ’s Active and Passive Obedience, God teaches us obedience to the Law through the Gospel.

The Second Sunday of Easter I John 5:6a The philosophy for dog obedience training has changed quite a bit in the last few decades. It used to be that many dog obedience schools operated by teaching the dog, “you better obey me, because I’m your master. And if you don’t obey me, bad things will ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:6

Denomination: Lutheran

Keeping Your Kids Out Of Concrete

Contributed by Todd Leupold on May 22, 2007

There is NO more important task in the life of the believing parent than to provide the abundant life through active, unceasing training in following Christ and His Word.

“Keeping Our Kids Out of The Concrete” Introduction: What is happening in our nation today? What is happening to our children and young people? Why are so many compromising, struggling, drowning and even dying? Why does it seem that each of the last few generations is taking longer and longer ...read more

Scripture: Judges 2:8-15

Denomination: Baptist

Laziness

Contributed by Milo Velebir on Jul 26, 2007

Laziness is a rebellion and wickedness and it brings destruction of the temple/body od Christ. As living stones we are called to live, be active in the building and not sit in the wall.

Laziness Do you like to be called lazy? Of course not. Who would? But would you believe that the Holy word of God calls somebody lazy? Well, it does. So let’s start with pointing our fingers to someone who was described in the Bible as lazy - this is the safe start. Titus 1,12-13 : "Cretans are ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:12-13, Titus 1:12

Denomination: Lutheran

Pray Great Prayers Series

Contributed by David Whitten on Aug 3, 2011

Prayer is an activity that most Christians struggle with. Our challenge is to pray great prayers but admittedly most would be challenged to simply pray period.

dsw@gbcc07-17-2011 Pray Great Prayers Matthew 6:9-13 Prayer is an activity that most Christians struggle with. Our challenge is to pray great prayers but admittedly most would be challenged to simply pray period. Thankfully There's an app for that! (show "Thy Phone" video from bluefish.tv) But ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Don’t Believe It! (Hix)

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Jan 18, 2015

They believe in God alright, but they don’t really believe God takes a active part in their life, that He’s not really concerned about their needs!

2 Timothy 3:5-Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (KJV) 5-having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! (NKJV) 5-They will act as if they are religious, but they will ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Putting Off Negatives And Putting On Positives

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 14, 2009

Paul taught us the importance of actively putting off what is deleterious and putting on what is enriching. Here is list of fifty essential juxtaposed points.

Putting Off Negatives and Putting on Positives (Eph. 4:22-32) "Strip yourselves of your former nature (put off and discard your old unrenewed self) which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusions. And be constantly ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:22-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational