Sermons on Acts 4:29-32:

Looking For A Great Church

Contributed by Scott Bresee on Sep 16, 2003

A look at the Early Church in Acts as the pattern for what makes a truly "great" church today.

Looking For A Great Church Text: Acts 4:23-33 Today, many people are searching for a great church. A great Church in the minds of many means that it is a church that has many programs and ministries that cover all ages. A great church also means having an upbeat, updated music ministry with a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-33

Denomination: Pentecostal

Why On Earth Does The Church Exist ? Part 2 Series

Contributed by Mike Turner on Sep 21, 2003

This is the second message in a series of five seeking to answer the question....."Why On Earth Does The Church Exist ?"

Why On Earth Does The Church Exist ? Part 2 Acts 4:31-35 Last Sunday we began a five part message on Why Does The Church Exist ? The first word we used last week in a effort to answer our question was....”glorify”. The church exists to glorify God. This morning I want us to look at another ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:31-35

Denomination: Baptist

Living The Pentecostal Experience

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Oct 31, 2003

We Pentecostals have made a mistake in the past, looking for sensationalism in our church experience. The true Pentecostal experience is that, plus a whole lot more.

October 26, 2003 Morning Worship Text: Acts 4:23-31 Subject: The Pentecostal Experience Title: Living the Pentecostal Experience 103 years ago on New Years Day 1900, a group of Bible students led by Charles Parham assembled in a house in Topeka Kansas. They were seeking an “Apostolic” ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-31

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Virtuous Cycle Series

Contributed by Kevin Purcell on May 24, 2005

This sermon focuses on Acts 4 but covers chapters 2-4 as it shows how the Christian life goes in a cycle from Spiritual Fulfillment to Ministry to Opposition to Decision whether to quit or continue on back to Spiritual Fulfillment.

A Virtuous Cycle Acts 4:1-31 Introduction During Superbowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking like the bedraggled Hanks in the movie, the FedEx ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

Generosity & Holding Back Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Mar 14, 2004

These verses are an encouragement to see how a Church can behave together when its members are committed to one another as fellow members of the body of Christ and to be generous with our possessions. But they’re also a warning not to hold back what we’ve

We’ve seen a fascinating thing in Australian politics in the past few weeks. John Howard has gone from being the man of steel to being more like a quick change artist. Suddenly he’s on the back foot trying to maintain his popularity against the threat of Mark Latham. And what was the issue that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37, Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Anglican

Stewardship Part 2 The Church's Calling Series

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 15, 2004

This sermon is about proper stewardship of the church’s calling.

What is balance? Balance is a tricky thing. The last couple months I have watched Victoria learn the concept of balance when it comes to a bicycle. It was a tricky at first for her. She was constantly leaning to one side. One training wheel was well worn, and the other looked brand new. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47, Acts 4:32-37

Denomination: Wesleyan

Should The Church Pray?

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jul 27, 2005

When the early church prayed it involved 3 things I ASKING II ANSWERING III. ACTING

Sun. Jan. 29/95 Acts 4:22-33 Should The Church Pray? ********************** Obituary of Mrs. Prayer Meeting "Mrs. Prayer Meeting died recently at the First Neglected Church, on Worldly Ave. Born many years ago in the midst of great revivals, she was a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:22-33

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of God In Unity

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Aug 20, 2005

The sermon speaks of our calling to unity and the power of God that works through our unified spirits. We must be unified in Christ because anything else is a sin before God almighty!

Intro: As the Untied states of America we are united because of what we have in common. We all have the divine right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness. As Christians we are called to be united because of Whom we have in common, the Lord Jesus Christ. We will see in Acts Today an ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-37

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer Meeting Still Work"S

Contributed by Phil Dyar on Jul 27, 2004

GOING TO A PRAYER MEETING CAN BE A GREAT BENEFIT AND A GREAT BLESSING. PREACHED ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. (OUTLINE)

ACTS (4 31-35)KJV. (VERSE 31) AND WHEN THEY PRAYED ,THE PLACE WAS SHAKEN WHERE THEY WERE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER AND THEY ALL WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST,AND THEY SPAKE RHE WORD OF GOD WITH BOLDNESS. (VERSE 32) AND THE MULTIUDE OF THEM THAT BELIEVED WERE OF ONE HEART AND OF ONE SOUL NEITHER SAID ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:31-35

We're All In This Together

Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 9, 2003

how we need to pray for each other and work together under the grace of God as we preach the Gospel

May 11, 2003 Acts 4:23-33 On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord, you made the heaven and the earth and the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-33

Denomination: Lutheran

Miracles Often Do Come In Small Packages

Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on May 16, 2003

God’s miracles, God’s power, His awesome designs, His victorious works have often come in small, disregarded, overlooked packages. Don’t discount the miraculous things that God can do through me and you if only we were bold enough to ask, expectant enoug

Easter 4 B Miracles Often Do Come in Small Packages Acts 4:23-33 04/11/03 "Feddersen’s Fables" has the story of a rancher who rented a famous stallion, to sire a champion by one of his thoroughbred mares. The owner of the majestic beast delivered and unloaded the stallion directly into a corral, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-33

Denomination: Lutheran

Rocky Iv - The Comeback Kid Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 25, 2003

Acts 4 presents Peter as a confident, powerful preacher of Christ... but not two months earlier he had been a cowering coward. What made the difference?

OPEN: In the 70’s there was runaway hit movie starring Sylvester Stallone, entitled "Rocky." Many people, including myself were unaware that the movie was based on a real life boxer named Chuck Werner - otherwise known as the Bayonne Bleeder (because he bled so easily and freely throughout his ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Characteristics Of The Early Church

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jun 4, 2003

To look at characteristics of the early church in order to become more like them

Characteristics of the Early Church Acts 4:13,27-33 Purpose Statement: To call the church to renew it’s vision to be a New Testament Church Introduction Many of the characteristics of the church in America today were not seen in the days of the early church. We need to look back to see what ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:13-33

Denomination: Baptist

Barnabas

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 11, 2005

The need to encourage others

Intro: Picture yourself with me back in the early church. Jesus has died, risen, and ascended back into heaven. The apostles are in charge of the early church. These are the twelve who had been taught by Jesus. They do signs, wonders, and miracles. The church looks to them for leadership. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Does Jesus' Church Look Like? (Acts - Part 9) Series

Contributed by Jeff Christopherson on Jan 15, 2005

the counter-culture vision of Jesus’ church...

What does jesus’ church look like? Acts Series: “Completely Irreligious, Yet Radically Christian” Part 9 Pastor Jeff Christopherson March 9, 2003 Acts 4:32-35 A Snapshot of a Culture where God is Excluded: Self-centred “I look out for number one!” Exclusive “I look ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-35

Denomination: Baptist