Sermons about Church Divisions

Let The Church Be The Church Part I

Contributed by Joe Harding on Apr 29, 2003

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The Church of Jesus Christ is a Church focused on the wisdom of the Cross.

LET THE CHURCH BE THE CHURCH PART I: SPIRITUAL WISDOM I CORINTHIANS 2: 6 -- 3: 3 SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER: APRIL 27, 2003 INTRODUCTION: “My Town” as sung by Montgomery Gentry. There’s a for sale sign on a big ole rusty tractor, You can’t miss it, it’s the first thing that you see, Just up the road ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:6, 1 Corinthians 3:3

Denomination: Baptist

Peace & Fire

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Aug 15, 2010

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In Luke 12 Jesus asks His disciples if they think He came to bring peace on earth and then - without giving them a chance to respond - He makes; what to me seems like a shocking statement, “No, I tell you, but division.”

Dakota Community Church Revised Common Lectionary August 15, 2010 Peace & Fire Quick background notes: A.) This month’s book of the month is “Why Johnny Can’t Preach” by T. David Gordon Excerpt: “I’ve really desired something fairly simple for my family: to be able to talk intelligently about ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:49-56

Denomination: Mennonite

Milk Or Meat Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 4, 2014

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1) The Cause (1 Corinthians 3:1–3a), 2) The Symptoms (1 Corinthians 3:3b–4), and 3) The Cure (1 Corinthians 3:5-9) for division.

When Companies struggle with human or mechanical processes, they hire experts which come into and identify faulty processes. Often those who engage in a task every day, become blind to the problems. They often fail to see the pitfalls before them. The Corinthian believers had an especially hard ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Denomination: Other

The Church And The World

Contributed by Zivanai Dimasi on Apr 12, 2002

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The church and the world are distinctly separate institutions with aims, tastes and attachments essentially different.

It is my pleasure to stand before you sharing the word of God. It is a living word, a word, which gives life, a word that gives understanding, a word which knowledge, a word which gives anything good, which you can think of. "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Order In The Church

Contributed by Ed Wood on May 29, 2002

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Church problems are like physical problems: if left unsolved, they grow and become worse, and they infect more people. The local church is a body; and what germs are to the physical body, sin is to the spiritual body.

ORDER IN THE CHURCH 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18 INTRO: When problems are not solved, they grow and become worse. A sliver left in the finger can become infected and cause a toxic condition so serious that surgery may become necessary. If you tell your doctor that you stepped on a rusty nail, he ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18

Denomination: Baptist

Purpose Of The Church

Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 28, 2002

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Exhortation to church on our purpose on a membership Sunday.

We will be a church deeply in love with God. We will fervently worship God with our whole heart, soul, mind, strength, time, and finances. We will avoid the complacency of lukewarm, status-quo religion. We will pursue a deeper relationship with God through committed prayer, fasting, studying ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:14-16

Denomination: Church Of God

#holyones Series

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 16, 2014

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Jude speaks about the coming Judgment and how it's only by God's mercy that we are considered saints, or holy ones.

“Oh, when the saints go marching in Oh, when the saints go marching in Lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in.” Do you know what that song is about? Here’s a clue: it wasn’t originally a pep song for sports teams called the “Saints.” ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:14-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Reckoning With Racial Division Part 2 - Healing The Wounds Of Our Heritage Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 9, 2004

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Pursuing the priority of racial reconciliation and unity

We are continuing in our series this morning entitled HOLDING OUT HOPE IN A WOUNDED WORLD. A series allowing us to face the critical social issues in our common lives and to discover how the Spirit of God is imparting to us a great opportunity; an opportunity to rise above the temptations of either ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:21-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Likes To Cross The Lines Series

Contributed by Chris Heimsoth on Aug 1, 2011

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8th Sermon in our Action in Acts series, we look at how God pushes us out of our natural divisions and understandings, and when we are willing to follow him there, he can do huge things through us.

Action – God crossing the line (Show a coloring page) Who recognizes this? It’s a coloring page, which most of us can remember from when we were children or from when we had children... And for most of our lives, we have learned that this is what we are to do with it (show a well ...read more

Scripture: Acts 11:1-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Radical Forgiveness: The Parable Of The Unforgiving Servant Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Aug 28, 2024

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Radical Forgiveness: The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant

Radical Forgiveness: The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org Matthew 18:21-35 A little girl’s Prayer: A little girl was eating alone in the corner of the dining room as part of her punishment. The family paid no ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Brethren

(Unity In The Church )

Contributed by Derrick White Sr on May 30, 2022

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THE 133 # OF PSALMS IS A SHORT BEAUTIFUL GEM WITHIN TREASURY OF GOD`S ETERNAL WORD

VERY BRIEFLY IN THE WORDS OF THE LATE REVEREND DR LEROY BULLOCK ON MY WAY TO MY SEAT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOUR ATTENTION THE 5TH DIVISION OF PSALMS THE 133 # FOR YOUR READING I WILL LIFT UP VERSES 1-3 Psalm 133:1-3 (KJV) 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 133:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Give Me Some Space

Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Aug 27, 2011

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As the power of God draws the heaven and the earth farther and farther apart, our main focus will be the love of Jesus to keep us closer together.

Read Luke 13:1-5 Because of his love, the love of Jesus; he will forgive us of anything, for the reason that love is just what God says it is. God is Love. And we should focus only on his love, since this reveals who God is. He will forgive us of anything, but speaking a word against the spirit of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Phonies In The Church

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 17, 2001

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How to deal with false prophets.

Phonies In The Church People get too excited about nut cases, which claim to be prophets of God and various other lads/lassies that get into all sorts of scams and jams. Many people lose faith because their hero or favorite alma mater takes a nosedive. First, none of us are exempt from ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Reckoning With Racial Division Part 1 - Healing The Wounds Of Our Heritage Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 9, 2004

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A look at being ministers of reconciliation with God’s help.

In an interview, Billy Graham was asked to pinpoint the world’s greatest social problem. Drawing from his 40-year experience of ministering in more than 100 countries around the world, Dr. Graham replied that the greatest social problem without question, is racism…. the unhealed wounds of racial ...read more

Scripture: John 17:11-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When Dry Bones Can Live Again

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 1, 2021

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Symbolically, this vision is about the resurrection of Israel as a nation. The dry and disconnected bones represent how God’s people had been defeated, divided and scattered in exile. Only God can reconnect their bones, unite them and bring them back together as a country!

WHEN DRY BONES CAN LIVE AGAIN Text: Ezekiel 37:1 - 14 Ezekiel 37:1-14 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones. (2) And he led me around among them, and behold, there were ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14

Denomination: United Methodist

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