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  • The Rules Of A Pentcostal Church

    Contributed by Rick Macdonald on Aug 8, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 2,881 views

    As we look at spiritual gifts, we need to first look as love.

    Title: The Rules of a Pentecostal Church Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 Date: November 5, 1995 By: Pastor Rick MacDonald Introduction: Life is governed by rules. Without rules - absolutes - we become people who have no boundaries and therefore are controlled only by our urges. As a result we live ...read more

  • A Message To The Loveless Church Series

    Contributed by Tim Byrd on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 9,754 views

    Week 4 in a Wednesday evening study in Revelation

    Week 4 “A Message To The Loveless Church” Date: June 19, 2002 Place: Allendale Baptist Church Text: Revelation 2: 1-7 Introduction A boy came home from church one Sunday evening got ready for bed and said this prayer; “God we had a wonderful day in church today… wish you could have been ...read more

  • How To Come To Church

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jun 29, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 8,119 views

    Why to you come to church? What is your purpose for being in the service today? What attitudes are affecting the impact of today’s service in your life?

    HOW TO COME TO CHURCH? PSALM 96 Introduction: Why to you come to church? What is your purpose for being in the service today? What attitudes are affecting the impact of today’s service in your life? Some come to church to be entertained, others to fulfill basic social needs. Most come with an ...read more

  • The Church Needs Marthas

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Jul 17, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,399 views

    A sermon for the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, proper 11, series C.

    8th Sunday after Pentecost [Pr. 11] July 18, 2010 “Series C” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, in Jesus, your incarnate Son, you came among us and opened your door to us; help ...read more

  • Foundations For A Great Church

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 2, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,951 views

    There are four major foundations that need laid to build a great church: prayer, power, proclaimation and passion.

    Foundations to Build a Great Church Acts 4:31-35 August 29, 2010 Morning Message Introduction On December 2001, the “Leaning Tower of Pisa” was finally reopened to the public, after having been closed for almost a dozen years. During that time, engineers completed a 25 million dollar ...read more

  • Becoming A Community Church Series

    Contributed by Charles Mims on Jan 11, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,936 views

    Building a church community within our neighborhood

    Becoming a Community Church January 16, 2010 Romans 15:1-4 1Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves. 2Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. 3For even (D)Christ did not please Himself; but as it ...read more

  • Pergamum, The Compromising Church.

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Dec 2, 2020
     | 2,538 views

    The third of seven messages to the churches of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Pergamum was a city filled with shrines of many gods...

    Pergamum, The Compromising Church Revelation 2:12-17NKJV Upon studying this third church, the church of Pergamum, I told you that weekly I would read these scriptures. I believe that Revelation 1, is the foundation of the whole book. Revelation 1:1-3NKJV The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God ...read more

  • The Greatest Need Of The Church

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 20, 2009
    based on 26 ratings
     | 19,298 views

    The church’s greatest need is to have members who are Spirit-filled and therebye empowered to become world-changers.

    The Greatest Need of the Church II Corinthians 3:12-18 IF I WAS TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU THINK THE GREATEST NEED OF THE CHURCH IS, WHAT WOULD YOU ANSWER? Some church surveys have provided interesting answers, such as: - Better facilities - Friendlier people - Better preachers - Shorter ...read more

  • A Message To The Church In Pergamos Series

    Contributed by Larry Grant on Dec 4, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,482 views

    Jesus writes this letter to call the Christians at Pergamos back to the right path. Even today, there is the danger that the Church of Christ might hold the right doctrines, but still drift into compromise with the world around us.

    Revelation 2:12-17 A MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH IN PERGOMOS December 4, 2022 The city of Pergamos (also Pergamon or Pergamum) was the capital city of Asia Minor. It was renowned for its political power, its intellectual achievement and its pagan worship. Lady Sharon and I visited the ruins of ...read more

  • The Purpose Of The Church And Humanity PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 517 views

    As the church, our purpose is to grow to be like Jesus, embodying His love and teachings in our daily lives.

    Good morning, Church! We are going to dive into some powerful truth today from the book of Mark, specifically Mark 12:30-31. These passages say, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your ...read more

  • Marks Of A Healthy Church

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on May 20, 2024
     | 1,701 views

    Within the necessary unity of the church, there is also beneficial diversity. Such unified diversity seems like a paradox, but in reality, it is a thing of beauty. Healthy churches must strive to promote unity and diversity at the same time.

    Marks of a Healthy Church Ephesians 4: 11-16 In the preceding verses of chapter four, Paul has spoken about the unity that is necessary within the body of Christ in order for the church to be effective in daily life and service unto the Lord. Within this necessary unity, there is also beneficial ...read more

  • The Church That Was Built By Christ

    Contributed by Herman E. Wesley Iii on Sep 10, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,856 views

    It is indeed a fact that Christ built the church. That is undeniable in its biblical and spiritual premise. However, when considering this subject in a contemporary prism, I feel it necessary to make a comparison through an illustration of modern home

    EVANGELIST HERMAN E. WESLEY III The Church That Was Built By Christ Matthew 16:13-18; Psalm 127:1 PRELIMINARIES I think it necessary that when we come together for functions such as this that we spend time sharing lessons that will have a meaningful impact on our ministries and on our service. ...read more

  • The Scriptures In Today's Church Series

    Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Sep 8, 2015
     | 3,940 views

    Is the Bible still being laid as the foundation-word for the church, or is something else supplanting it? Individual messages addressing this critical question.

    1. Of Christian Foundations Has the foundation for the Christian faith been laid once for all, or do we look for new foundations to be poured in every generation? To ask such a thing is to answer it. The idea of digging up the old foundation of a building every forty years, so as to lay a new one ...read more

  • The Seven Churches: Thyatira PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 49 views

    Jesus sees and loves His church, calls us to repent from compromise, and urges us to hold fast to Him with hope and faithfulness.

    Friends, gather your hearts. The Lord of the church has written us a letter. Not a postcard from far away, but a message pressed with nail-scarred love, addressed to people He knows by name. He sees the late-night prayers and the early-morning faithfulness. He hears the sighs nobody else hears. And ...read more

  • The Church Takes A Stand

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 95 ratings
     | 11,646 views

    Introduction 1.

    Introduction 1. Today we consider at one of the most crucial decisions in the history of the church of Jesus Christ. Iit took place 1950 years ago - in the year 49AD. Today we are also facing what amounts to the same crucial decision. Within the RCA and within many denominations. As we consider ...read more