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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
This sermon introduces the series and illustrates the faith that is necessary to build a prevailing church.
Ten Marks of a Prevailing Church Mark #1: Uncommon Faith Matthew 16:13-18 June 24, 2001 Intro: A. [What the Church Really Needs, Citation: Father John McKenzie. Leadership, Vol. 15, no. 2.] If the church were to lose its hierarchy, its clergy, its vast collection of buildings, its stores of ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 16:13-18
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
A sermon calling the church to focus on building God’s kingdom rather than focus on our comfort. This was given after a short message from a Gideon speaker.
Back in the first part of the last century, Cumberland College of Kentucky was playing football with a rival, and they were totally out of their league. They were losing miserably because the opposing team was bigger, stronger, and more intimidating than they were. One of their players fumbled ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20
Denomination: *other
Little lizards crawl around church building in Asia and no one seems to mind because everyone knows that they are harmless and they catch bugs that are harmful. Not a bad work ethic.
We are looking at the book of Proverbs. Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own. Remember last week we met two women who live in the pages of the book of Proverbs: Lady Wisdom and Madame Folly. The final question is: who are you going to ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 30:24-28
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Before a building project begins, there is always the process of clearing the landscape. You wouldn’t want to lay a foundation on land with debris, would you? In the process of building towards revival, what debris is on your landscape?
• Throwing things away is not my strong point. My wife and my mother can attest to this. I remember when I was a teenager Mom used to come in my room and ask, "Glenn, are you in there?" Of course she was being sarcastic (At least I think she was). • When we moved I decided I would throw away ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 23:1-21
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The Jews were concerned more about building their own houses rather than building God's house. Consequently, God gives this message to His prophet to rebuke His people. I would be delighted if you could rate this sermon and give brief feedback.
Introduction (Secure Attention): Have you ever thought along these lines, “I am going to serve the Lord after I grow old.” “I want to work for God but I’m too busy.” “I want to serve God but I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to do anything at all for the Lord.” If you had any thoughts like that, ...read more
Scripture: Haggai 1:1-15
Denomination: Assembly Of God
I wanted to speak to you today about "The Need for Walls" If you think about everywhere, you go whether it be home, work, church, to a store, or even the vehicle you came here in this morning they are all enclosed by some form of walls for shelter and protection.
In ancient times walls were built almost exclusively for defense. As in the case of the Great Wall of China. Which is known as one of the seven wonders of the world. The Great Wall was built over a period of 2,300 years! It is the longest man-made structure in the history of the world and has a ...read more
Scripture: Nehemiah 2:1-8
Denomination: Baptist
We have a lot of knowledge in the Christian church today. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough love.
"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne tells the story of a young man named Goodman Brown who meets up with the devil one night and takes a walk to a secret meeting only to find that every upstanding person in the community knows the devil by name. Even his saintly wife knows the devil ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Denomination: Lutheran
Pentectost 9(B) - Our gracious God grows his church. God tears down the wall of hostility. God then builds up with living materials.
OUR GRACIOUS GOD GROWS HIS CHURCH (Outline) July 13, 2008 -- PENTECOST 9 -- Ephesians 2:13-22 INTRO: There is a certain excitement in undertaking a project. It might be a building project or study project. In either case the project has a starting point, mid-point, and completion. At ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:13-22
The house that God is building is a house where His power and Son are preeminent; His presence is pursued; and His purposes is practiced.
A couple of weeks ago were read were seven men were chose to look after the Greek widows, Stephen was one of them. He was a man full of grace and power. He did great signs and wonders But opposition against him arose. Members of the Synagogue of Freeman began arguing with Stephen and his ...read more
Scripture: Acts 7:44-49
Denomination: United Methodist
Sermon encouraging this church family to give careful attention to the heart we project to non-believers
Showed video here - man on the street interviews about the world's impressions of Christians We’ll talk about that video in a little bit. For a few weeks now we’ve been talking about our vision as a church... Today, I get to wrap this up by talking about making CCC a place that ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 2:3-8
Paul guides us in working to build His church.
HIS WORKMANSHIP 1 Corinthians 3:5-17 INTRO: “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works...” (Ephesians 2:10). ILLUS: Three men were pouring concrete on a construction site. “What are you making?” a passerby asked. The first said, “I’m making $300 a week!” The second ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:5-17
As God’s Church we gather together to worship God as his people; to remember Jesus’ death on the cross on our behalf; to build one another up; to stir one another up to love and good works; and to encourage one another to persevere to the end.
What does it mean to be God’s Church? That is, God’s people, literally ’called out’ of the world. Why should we meet regularly with other believers in this place? What do we think we’re doing when we gather here Sunday after Sunday? Perhaps you’ve never really stopped to think about those sorts of ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 10:11-25
Denomination: Anglican
Cell Groups - What are they? Cells are seen to be the basic building blocks of a church, just as cells are the basic building blocks of life. They are 'small living things with an aim to grow and multiply!
Mayor Gerardo Balmori The Salvation Army Cell Groups - What are they? Cells are seen to be the basic building blocks of a church, just as cells are the basic building blocks of life. They are 'small living things with an aim to grow and multiply! Cells need to be big enough to function and small ...read more
Denomination: Salvation Army
This sermon compares the building of the city of Babel in Genesis 11 with the building of the Kingdom of God as described in Acts 1-2 to demonstrate the requirements of building God’s kingdom.
God Is Building God’s Kingdom Have you ever wanted to be part of a really unified community of people? Part of a community that planned and worked together to make something really significant? Part of a community that other people would look at and say, “Hey, I like what you’re doing – I want to ...read more
Denomination: Independent/Bible
God invites ordinary people to partner with Him, building lives of lasting significance through faithful service, rooted in Christ and empowered by His presence.
Some mornings I picture the Father handing us a hard hat and a pair of work gloves, smiling as if to say, “Come with Me. Let’s build something beautiful.” Can you see it? The sun coming up over a field that’s waiting for seed, a foundation ready for bricks, and God inviting ordinary people—people ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:9
Topics: God's Builders, Building
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