Sermons on Church Will Be Removed:

To The Church That Was Broke And Blessed Series

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Oct 16, 2006

It’s eternally more important for Christians to have treasures in heaven than in their hometown.

If Jesus Passed a Note in Church, What Would it Say? Series (part 2 of 7) (Series of sermon content original to W. Herschel Ford) To the Church That Was Broke and Blessed Rev. 2:8-11 Oct. 15, 2006 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: A There ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

A Passion For God And The Church

Contributed by Jack Smithwick on Dec 6, 2011

This sermon demonstrates the value of study and training to be effective in church ministry

A Passion For God 2 Tim 2:15 There was a man who lived in the Los Angelus area. He was out of work at the moment and he often sit outside watching jets and other airplanes land at the Los Angelus airport. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:15

Denomination: Nazarene

Revelation - A Letter To The Churches

Contributed by Michael Grant on Sep 3, 2016

Expounding on the first few chapters of Revelation & looking for modern applications.

REVELATION – a letter to the churches Of all the books of the bible none is more misunderstood and more avoided than the book of Revelation.  Some will say the book of Revelation is so filled with mystery & symbolism how can we know what to take literally and what to view as symbolic?  What ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Seven Churches - Ephesus Series

Contributed by Steven Devroy on Mar 1, 2024

Church in Ephesus

We are excited to be here as we are starting a new sermon series this morning. During, this series we will be looking at the seven churches found in the book of Revelations. These churches had several things in common, in particular they were all living in a pagan world and they were all under ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Hanukkah: A Blessing To The Church

Contributed by Dr. John D. Wentworth on Jan 10, 2025

"Hanukkah reminds the Church that God’s light shines brightest in the darkest times, calling us to rededicate our lives as temples of His Spirit and to reflect the hope, faith, and victory we have in Christ, the true Light of the World."

Title: Hanukkah: A Blessing to the Church Text: John 10:22-30 “At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in ...read more

Scripture: John 10:22-30

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Why The Church Is Important Series

Contributed by Michael Demastus on Oct 22, 2001

Deals with the first chapter of 1 Timothy.

The Message of the Pastoral Epistles: #2 – Why the church is important. 1 Timothy 1 Introduction: *Truth without love is dogmatism. Love without truth is sentimentality. Speaking the truth in love is Christianity. *As we dive into this series, this first chapter is short…only 20 verses long. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:1-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Underpinnings Of The Church Of God

Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Jun 3, 2002

What is it that makes for a strong Christian Community? Moses identifies three underpins of the Church -- The Family Incubator, The Word of God and the assurance of God’s gracious love.

Pentecost 2 A Deuteronomy 11:18-21; 26-28 Underpinnings for the Church of God 06/02/02 I would guess that’s not a word that you use in your everyday vocabulary. More customary is the use of other words with similar meaning; words like “foundation” or “groundwork” or “building blocks.” Any of ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:18-28

Denomination: Lutheran

Church Without Faith Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 12, 2010

Something is missing from the church today, and people are starting to notice. Too often the church fails to offer what it advertises: life.

2. (Preview to a Vision week 2) January 17, 2010 A Church without Faith is Dead There was a 4 year old boy named Billy who had a pet cat. One day while Billy was at school his cat was run over by a car and died. Trying to protect her son from seeing his beloved kitty dead on the road his mother ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1-6

Denomination: *other

Separation Of Church & State

Contributed by Michael Grant on Sep 3, 2016

The foundations of America and how we are to view our role in society.

Separation of church and state     Matthew  22: 15-21   One nation under God in the Pledge of Allegiance.  A Ten Commandments monument in a local courthouse.  A Manger Scene on the town common.  In God we trust on our currency.   What do you think of when you hear those things?  For millions of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:15-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Unity & Diversity In The Church Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Dec 15, 2016

The body of Christ is being built up until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.

We come today to the core issue of the letter: If we're to fulfil our destiny as a church, if we're to demonstrate the manifold wisdom of God then we must be united in heart and mind. Here in ch 4, Paul begins to outline how being the new people of God is to be worked out in the down-to-earth, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

Denomination: Anglican

Why Have Church? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 1, 2020

Why do we do church? What is our goal and how do we accomplish that goal?

A man once told about his school’s Spring Break Trip to Italy. When they visited Rome they entered St. Peter's Basilica, the 2nd largest church in world. The tour guide explained, "This church is so large no man on earth could hit a baseball from one end to the other. Not Lou Gehrig. Not ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:38-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Philadelphia: The Enduring Church Series

Contributed by Fred Sigle on Jan 12, 2023

The apostle John is asked by the resurrected and victorious Christ to write to the seven churches of Asia, a message that, although directed to specific churches, applies to the church universal.

A. Revelation 3:7 (READ) 1. Does a church have to be LARGE in number in order to EFFECTIVELY serve Christ? a. Ask the church of Sardis that we studied last week. COMMENT: From all indication of their REPUTATION, they were a LARGE, ACTIVE church, but they weren’t making an impact on ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Church Jesus Built... Series

Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Apr 18, 2005

The Church Jesus Built... I. It has significant stones II. It has regal priests

Easter 5 I Peter 2:4-10 How long does it take to build a church from scratch? I guess that depends on what our definition of the word “church” is. Maybe you’ve never really thought about it, but we use the word “church” in a lot of different ways. “Church” can be a verb, something we do. For ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10

Denomination: Lutheran

A Spirit-Filled Church Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Nov 23, 2007

I preach expository messages, and this is the ninth in my series on the Book of Acts.

Acts 4:23-37 6.24.07 When we left Peter and John last week, they had just emerged from a face-to-face showdown with the religious authorities, having spent a night in prison and, upon their release, having been threatened never again to speak in the name of Jesus. But in an ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-27

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Weeds In Church Buildings Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 22, 2011

God asks patience and faithfulness of his people while he works his cosmic plan to a perfect conclusion.

Read Matthew 13.24-30. Pray. Introduction They are likely the two worst spy cases in US history. Beginning in April of 1985 and continuing until his arrest in February of 1994, Aldrich Ames sold intelligence secrets to the Soviets (and then the Russians) for $4.6 million. Early on, the CIA ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed