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Life On The Edge Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 15, 2014

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Dare to live life on the edge and don't let anybody stop you. Don't let their jealousy, dictates or threats stop you from being all that Christ calls you to be.

Valerie Catura of Diamond Bar, California, was going over one of her memory verses before the lunch rush at the restaurant where she worked as a waitress. The verse was Galatians 2:20 – “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” Then her ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:12-42

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Deception And Death Of Annanias And Sapphira

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Oct 27, 2014

based on 6 ratings

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A sermon examining the tragic end of a deceptive couple.

THE DECEPTION AND DEATH OF ANNANIAS AND SAPPHIRA Acts 5:1-11 (Antioch Baptist Church: Wednesday, October 11th, 2025) “George MacDonald wrote, ‘Half of the misery in the world comes from trying to look instead of trying to be, what one is not.’ The name that Jesus gave to this practice is ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Persecution: The Opening Salvoes

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 25, 2013

based on 6 ratings

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Religious opposition to the Gospel!

PERSECUTION: THE OPENING SALVOES. Acts 4:1-31; Acts 5:12-42. Soon after the early success of Pentecost, the fledgling New Testament church found herself facing persecution. This is not surprising, and quite in keeping with the pattern of the earlier ministry of Jesus. For example, Herod the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-31, Acts 5:12-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Enemy Within The Gates

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 25, 2013

based on 5 ratings

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The need to continue to devote ourselves to prayerful preaching.

THE ENEMY WITHIN THE GATES! Acts 5:1-16; Acts 6:1-7. There was opposition to the gospel from the very beginning of the post-Pentecostal phase of the life of the church. After all, Jesus warned us that if there were those who hated Him, there would also be those who hate us, His followers (John ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-16, Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Honesty - Silence Is Not Always Golden

Contributed by Jeff Riedel on Jul 2, 2014

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Seeking God and having the ultimate relationship with Him requires complete honesty. Covering our faults and failures is no good to anyone. This message challenges the hearer to examine how honest he/she is with the Lord, himself and others.

SERMON: The next person, after hearing this message, who tells a lie, no matter how big or small.....will fall over immediately and die. Ok maybe not, but hey, It could happen you know. Wait, it did happen.... Wait....it does happen......Wait.....it happens all the time. More on that in a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-10, Psalm 15:1-2, Psalm 32:1-5, Proverbs 28:13, Genesis 3:13, 1 John 1:5-9 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Christian Church

Offering - What Offering?

Contributed by Aham Igbokwe on May 31, 2015

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Dynamics and Dimensions of Offering in New Testament context. For majority of Christians, the word 'offering' quickly invokes thoughts of money... but offering in true scriptural perspective is hardly ever about funds colection on a Sinday church service.

Majority of Christians have been wrongly churched to be just about as materialistic as the unbelievers however this sermon isn't about money but rather targeted at attacking money-centric error with the subject matter of 'offering' and to dismantle those, in Jesus’ name. To diismantle is to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Apostolic

The Family Of God #3: Praying For Miracles

Contributed by C Jordan on Jun 11, 2015

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Because our Heavenly Father is a supernatural, prayer-answering God, people who are a part of God’s family will pray for miracles.

THE FAMILY OF GOD #3: PRAYING FOR MIRACLES INTRO TO THE BOOK OF ACTS: “The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:12-16

Denomination: *other

Me And My Shadow

Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 3, 2014

based on 1 rating

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A sermon for Groundhog Day focused on our shadows (Outline and some material adapted from Sermon Central's Travis Moore at: http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/my-shadow-and-i-travis-moore-sermon-on-faith-30995.asp)

HoHum: Groundhog Day is a day celebrated on February 2 (today). According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, then spring will come early; if it is sunny, the groundhog will see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

From Harmony To Hypocrisy In The Church Pt. 2 Series

Contributed by James Lee on Dec 4, 2015

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I would like to thank Pastor Jerry Shirley for sharing this series on Acts. It has been a blessing as well as a great help. I have used these for our church, as I spend my days caring for my dying father.

From Harmony to Hypocrisy in the Church pt. 2 Acts 5:1-11 Last week we began looking at Acts chapter 5 and how the church, quickly, went from Harmony to Hypocrisy. We looked at #1. The problem in the church and discovered that if Satan cannot conquer the church, externally, he’ll try to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Go, Stand, And Speak, Pt. 1 Series

Contributed by James Lee on Dec 4, 2015

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I would like to thank Pastor Jerry Shirley for sharing this series on Acts. It has been a blessing as well as a great help. I have used these for our church, as I spend my days caring for my dying father.

Go, Stand, and Speak, pt. 1 Acts 5:12-20 The early church is having a huge impact on Jerusalem with thousands being saved and healed. Lives are being forever changed! The church is unified and God is being magnified. The gospel is spreading like wildfire, the church is ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:12-20

Denomination: Baptist

God In Three Persons Blessed Trinity

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on May 24, 2013

based on 56 ratings

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"God in three persons, .blessed Trinity,". The first Anglican Article of Religion states: "There is but one living and true God. There are three persons, of one substance, power and eternity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit." Updated June 2022

For Those not familiar with an Anglican Service there are four Scriptures b=read before the Message. This day they were Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5 and John 16:12-15. There is a story .... about a little girl in Sunday school .... who was drawing a picture ... using all of the ...read more

Scripture: John 15:26, Acts 5:3-4, Exodus 3:14, John 8:58, Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Corinthians 3:12, Romans 15:16, Galatians 3:13, Isaiah 44:24, John 14:26, John 16:12-15, John 6:38, Colossians 2:9, John 1:1, Exodus 20:3, John 3:16, Genesis 1:26-27, John 17:21-22 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

How Hardships Work For Good

Contributed by Greg Nance on May 25, 2013

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Acts 5 gives us two cases where the church faced hardship. One was internal and the other was external. Both were used by God for the good of the church. How can that happen for us today?

(Read Acts 5 with slides) What does it take to ruin a church? What does it take to stop God? Acts 5 gives us two stories about threats to the church, one from the inside and the other from the outside. First. The threat from the inside produced two deaths and great fear upon the whole ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The $10,000,000 Challenge Series

Contributed by Russ Adams on Jul 1, 2013

| 6,764 views

The faith calls us to be people of integrity

June 30, 2013 Church Planting The $10,000,000 Challenge Acts 5:1-10 Opening words: You know the story. I have told you several times. Jesus was executed on a Friday. Everyone thought it was over. However, everyone was wrong. It was just beginning. On Sunday morning a few women showed up at his ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

Who Is The Holy Spirit? Series

Contributed by Jason Smith on Sep 14, 2013

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There are many different views in the religious world about who/what the Holy Spirit is. Some believe the Holy Spirit is an impersonal force while others believe He is a personal being and God. What do the scriptures say?

These lessons on the Holy Spirit of God are meant to just “whet your appetite.” I am attempting to condense a good bit of what we see mentioned about the Holy Spirit into 4 lessons. This series could very easily be expanded into 15-20 lessons, if not more. I pray that these lessons will ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Many Miraculous Signs And Wonders

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Nov 9, 2015

based on 11 ratings

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The most overlooked social class by the church in America are people in the middle class and the people who are wealthy.

“Many Miraculous Signs and Wonders” "The apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.” Acts 5:12 Intro: “Two Blondes.” (pause) Two blondes were shopping at a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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