Sermons on Acts 16:18-35:

Earthquakes Examined Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 20, 2021

The first thing I learned about earthquakes in the New Testament is that they can be completely positive with no harmful effects. Our text is a case in point. Paul and Silas are delivered from prison by the violent earthquake that opened all the doors.

It was in Santa Clara, California, in the summer of 1988 that Lavonne and I experienced our one and only earthquake. We were in a motel and the bed began to vibrate like it does when you put a quarter in the machine at the side of the bed. It only lasted a few seconds, but even that made ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:22-34

How To Tell Them About Jesus

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Apr 19, 2020

The following sermon is going to review how Paul and Silas were able to effectively evangelise to the hostile people of their time in hope that we might learn and apply their proven techniques to evangelising the unsaved of our generation.

How to Tell them About Jesus Matthew 28:19, Acts 16:16-40 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 I was watching the news this morning and in bold, highlighted colors the worldwide meter of COVID-19 cases has now hit over 2.1 million with about 150 thousand deaths! The ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-40, Matthew 28:19

Denomination: Baptist

Do You Really Think This Covid Catastrophe Is The Worst? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 16, 2020

Listen to the Spirit saying in our hearts, “you think this is hard to bear? You have not yet begun to feel the effects of sin in your world.”

Tuesday of the 6th Week of Easter 2020 Most of the time we go about our lives without anything big troubling them. In fact, most days we could, if we wished, live our lives as if nothing will ever trouble them. The lack of huge events from outside our own will as we go from day to day means that ...read more

Scripture: John 16:5-11, Acts 16:22-34

Denomination: Catholic

The Lock Down That Became A Breakthrough Series

Contributed by Bishop William Bryant Wilmore, Jr. on Jun 3, 2020

A Bible classic.

Text: Acts 16:25-26 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:25-26

Denomination: Baptist

The Wonders Of Praise

Contributed by Nkwor Sunday Sunny Azuka Onyekachukwu on Jul 19, 2020

The easiest and shortest way to get to the heart of God and get victory over situations and circumstances no matter how big, is through acceptable praise. It is a guarantee for Victory and a mighty tool in the hand of every believer

Text: Psalms  34:1 – I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. When it comes to God, praise have been a known offering that moves God to act in a supernatural way to change situations and circumstances for good For this reason, the Psalmist said ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:1, Acts 16:25, Joshua 6:1-6, Psalm 16:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, 2 Chronicles 20:20-24  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sacrifice Of Praise

Contributed by Anitha Jabastion on Jun 19, 2021

The terms praise and sacrifice seem to be opposites of one another. Praise generally bubbles from a happy and a grateful heart. Sacrifice, on the other hand, costs us something. What then does it mean to offer – sacrifice of praise?

Hebrews 13:15 - Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. Psalm 49:14 - Offer to God the sacrifice of praise Praise generally bubbles from a happy and a grateful heart. Sacrifice, on the other hand, costs ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:15, Psalm 49:14, 1 Chronicles 21:24, Psalm 34:1, Acts 16:23-25, Isaiah 61:3, 2 Chronicles 20:22, Psalm 103:2-4  (view more)  (view less)

The Art Of Reframing—worship.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Sep 15, 2021

The art of reframing, lets you see God’s view on any given particular subject and situation. John Milton once said—the mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a heaven out of hell, a hell of heaven.

The Art Of Reframing—Worship. Acts 16:25TPT The art of reframing, lets you see God’s view on any given particular subject and situation. John Milton once said—the mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a heaven out of hell, a hell of heaven. In Acts 16, Paul and Silas are in stocks in a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:25, Hebrews 13:15

Denomination: Pentecostal

One Message, Three Methods Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 5, 2021

God uses many methods to get His message out

I recently put a post on the Edgewood Facebook page: “Knowing that it is God who draws you to Himself in salvation, could you share what method or means God used to bring you to faith in Christ?” Here are some of the responses… • A beautiful Christian mother! • When our second child was born ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:11-40

Denomination: Baptist

Salvation

Contributed by Michael Lashaway on Oct 17, 2021

Salvation is a Work of God. Salvation involves Knowledge of the Truth.Salvation involves Action.

Salvation Acts 16:25-34 The Doctrine of Salvation I Salvation is a Work of God. 1Tim 2:3-6 “…God our Savior, 4 who desires all men be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator …the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all...” • God’s ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:25-34

Denomination: Baptist

Baptism 2017

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jun 15, 2017

All Christian churches baptize believers and sometimes it is taken for granted. But, is there a Biblical warrant for believer baptism? Is there a Biblical warrant for infant baptism?

Please open your Bibles to Acts 8:26-40 which we will read in a few minutes. On June 25 we will be holding a baptism service at Chip and Chris Sprague’s pond at 4:00 PM. We will have directions for you in next week’s bulletin or we can meet here and caravan together. There are many accounts of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:26-40, Acts 2:38, Acts 16:30-33, John 3:18, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10, Matthew 25:31-46, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Revelation 20:11-15, Galatians 2:20  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Nazarene

"Bearing Testimony In Troubled Times"

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jul 3, 2017

God wants to use our tests to provide a testimony.

It seems like everywhere you look today, there is someone who is predicting that troubled times are ahead. I've heard several who have claimed that our nation today is more divided than it has been since the days before the civil war. I'm not completely persuaded about that, but I do think our ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:20-34

Denomination: Baptist

Escaping Your Alcatraz

Contributed by David Edward Ray on Nov 26, 2016

Escaping your Alcatraz is a message of hope for those that are caught in their own prison of addiction, depression or anything that has us bound. All of our efforts cannot set us free. The Spirit of the Lord can.

On June 11, 1962, Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris tucked papier-Mache heads resembling their own likenesses into their beds, broke out of the main prison building via an unused utility corridor and departed Alcatraz Island aboard an improvised inflatable raft to an uncertain fate, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-40, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, James 1:2-4, Revelation 12:11, Psalm 142:7, John 8:36, Zechariah 4:6  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Shakes When We Pray

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Jan 11, 2017

Prayer still shakes up our lives when we receive God’s power.

Title: Prayer: What Shakes When We Pray? Place: BLCC Date: 1/15/22 Text: Acts 16.16-33 [Screen 1] FAS: Television interviewer and journalist Larry King describes three farmers who gather daily in a field during a horrible drought. The men are down on their knees, looking upward, and praying the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-33

Denomination: Christian Church

El Hombre En El Reino De Dios Series

Contributed by Felipe Villegas on Jan 18, 2017

La importancia del hombre en el reino de Dios, en la familia, en la iglesia, en la comunidad.

Capacitación de Lideres 2017 Pastor: Felipe J Villegas “Capacitación de Lideres” Comprometidos con la iglesia local El Hombre en el Reino de Dios Rol vs Propósito Hechos 16:30-34 “y sacándolos, les dijo: Señores, ¿qué debo hacer para ser salvo? 31 Ellos dijeron: Cree en el Señor ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:30-34

Denomination: Church Of God

Are You Saved?

Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Mar 3, 2017

Have you ever been asked if you are saved? A Roman jailer asked “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30)

Everyone knows this is an important question-- How to be saved is the most important quest of any human life. This quest begins when a man or woman first realizes their true state before a holy God. The Apostle Paul and Silas had been carrying the Gospel to Europe. In Macedonia they went to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational