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  • Living Up To The Name Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 12, 2001
    based on 87 ratings
     | 8,459 views

    Believers were called Christians first at Antioch. What are the characteristics that made this church great.

    A Study of the Book of Acts Sermon # 22 “Living Up to the Name” Acts 11:19-30 “Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to ...read more

  • The Best Of The Best

    Contributed by Rob Ross on Mar 17, 2001
    based on 101 ratings
     | 7,034 views

    To help church members define four key reasons for Christian Education in the Church.

    Sermon Text: Acts 11:19-30 Topic: Christian Education Probing Question: Why should a church be educating people? Key Word: reasons Subject: reasons a church educates people Aim: To help church members define four key reasons for Christian Education. Sermon Title: The Best of the ...read more

  • Progressing Through The Storm

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 31 ratings
     | 4,752 views

    Whether we progress or not often depends on whether we more afraid of God or men. Peter knew that it was impossible to withstand the power of God without losing big time! Making progress despite difficult circumstances

    Progressing Through the Storm (Acts 11:10-26) Illustration:"THEY MAY TRIP SEVEN TIMES, BUT EACH TIME THEY WILL RISE AGAIN." (PROVERBS 24:16 NLT) GET UP, GET OVER IT, GET GOING Jonas Salk, who invented the vaccine that wiped out polio, conducted 200 experiments before he got ...read more

  • Is There Evidence?

    Contributed by Sonny Thomas, Sr. on Jun 24, 2001
    based on 135 ratings
     | 27,870 views

    If you claim the name of Christian, are there evidences in your life to support that claim?

    I. A Christian Shows Evidences of Believing - v. 21 "And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord." Many today claim the name of Christian or profess Christianity as the basis for their lives. However, a large portion of these same individuals do ...read more

  • When God Lends A Hand Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Aug 7, 2001
    based on 209 ratings
     | 17,595 views

    This is the first sermon in the series, "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".

    Notice Acts 11:21 from our scripture reading - "And THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS WITH THEM and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord." The church at Antioch was a CONTAGIOUS CONGREGATION. The fact that "a great number believed, and turned to the Lord", gets our attention. I want to ...read more

  • The Church God Favors Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Aug 9, 2001
    based on 99 ratings
     | 8,145 views

    This is the second sermon in the series "Becoming A Contagious Congregation, A Study of the Church at Antioch".

    There was something special about the church at Antioch. We’ve already seen (in the first sermon in this series) that God’s hand was on them because they were a praying, Spirit-filled congregation. Notice what Luke says about the way Barnabas perceived the church at Antioch. In Acts 11:23 it ...read more

  • Encouragement

    Contributed by Ken Gilmore on Jun 20, 2002
    based on 184 ratings
     | 23,004 views

    We need more encouragers in our churches. What are the characteristics of an encourager and a discourager. And some Bible examples of encouragers.

    ENCOURAGE Hebrews 10:19-25 What is encouragement? - The Greek word for "encourage" may be translated as comfort, console, inquire, beg, plead, counsel, urge, challenge. We see from this that encouragement has a two-fold emphasis: to comfort or reassure, to challenge or caution. - To encourage ...read more

  • The First Christians Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jun 28, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,479 views

    This sermon looks at three characteristics of the church in Antioch that teach us about church growth.

    The First Christians Acts 11:19-29 June 30, 2002 Intro: A. [illustration] John Bisagno former Pastor of Houston’s First Baptist Church tells the story of his coming there to candidate for the position of pastor many years ago. He said that as he entered the auditorium it was dimly lit, with ...read more

  • God's Church Is Called Christian

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on May 8, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,365 views

    EASTER 6(B) - May 5, 2002 - God’s church is called Christian because it is given good news for all and it is given a ministry for all.

    GOD’S CHURCH IS CALLED CHRISTIAN Acts 11:19-26 - May 6, 2002 19Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews. 20Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to ...read more

  • A Definition Christianity

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on Oct 16, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 2,716 views

    This is an attempt to clear up the blurred condition in the minds of people concerning the basics of Christianity.

    Scripture: Acts 11:26 Title: “A Definition of Christianity” Introduction: What a sweet, suggestive title “Christian.” They were called after the name of Christ because they had believed on Him, and turned to Him, and were now, with full purpose of heart, living for Him. Wouldn’t it be wonderful ...read more

  • Barnabas: "Son Of Encouragement"

    Contributed by Roddy Chestnut on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 494 ratings
     | 36,298 views

    Thesis: Barnabas models a life of encouragement for every Christian.

    Thesis: Barnabas models a life of encouragement for every Christian. Introduction: 1. During the course of history some great things have happened that might NOT have happened were it not for some unknown, obscure person: a. Illust. Colombus' discovery of America: In 1491 and early 1492 ...read more

  • I Am A C?

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Oct 29, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,633 views

    If being a Christian is about BEING CHANGED and BEARING CHALLENGES, how well do we line up?

    Acts 11:19-26; 1 Peter 4:12-16 – I Am a C? There were two evil brothers. They were rich and used their money to keep their ways from the public eye. They even attended the same church and looked to be perfect Christians. Then, their pastor retired and a new one was hired. Not only could he see ...read more

  • The Antioch Church Series

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 10,731 views

    Becoming a New Testament, missions minded church.

    The Antioch Church Acts 11:19-26 Purpose Statement: To renew our focus on becoming a New Testament missions minded church In many churches these days, the buzz word is “purpose statement”. Churches and church leaders are in many churches trying to put together a statement that reflects what ...read more

  • Depots Of Development Series

    Contributed by Rich Dunbar on Apr 19, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,103 views

    This sermon follows the progression of Acts 11:19-26 and identifies 10 things we should be aware of today. I used train illustrations with the 10 words.

    There are 10 stops along the tracks. (I used train related illustrations for each of these words) 1. Dispersion – v. 19a – Sometimes life takes us in many different directions just as it did in the early Church. 2. Exclusion – v. 19b – Often we like the early Church miss the point that the gospel ...read more

  • Meet Mister Encouragement

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Jan 27, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,544 views

    “When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged them that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.” Note two things in this verse that will help us understand why we need more people like Barnabas in the church to

    MEET MISTER ENCOURAGEMENT Acts 11:19-26 As I began focusing on what to preach on Baptist Men’s Day, the Holy Spirit led me to take a fresh look at one of my favorite Bible Characters. A man by the name of Barnabas. We first encounter Barnabas in Acts 4:36, “And Joses, who was also named ...read more