Sermons on City Gates And Meaning:

What Does It Mean To Pray?

Contributed by Stephen Schwartz on Dec 13, 2001

Can prayer move the hand of God?

What does it mean to Pray Intro Can we as individuals put God into action? Can we move the hand of God into Divine interaction? If so, How much faith does it take to move the hand of God? What is required from us to move the hand of God or to put God into action on our behalf? Have you ever ...read more

Scripture: John 14:13

Denomination: Methodist

The Kind Of Church God Is Looking For.

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 15, 2024

Sometime when talking with folks we hear them say “I’m looking for a good church for my family”.

However, many people today when they say they are looking for a church for their family they look for a church today the same way they are shopping for a new car. That is, they are looking for a church that has certain features. Such as a… (1) Beautiful building to worship in. If you find ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-19

Denomination: Baptist

We Must Capture Our Cities For Christ

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Jan 11, 2002

The greatest challenge facing America is the cities and the vast number who are lost and have never heard a biblical prsentation of the Gospel.

WE MUST CAPTURE OUR CITIES FOR CHRIST By Jerry Falwell The greatest challenge facing America is the cities, their masses, their crime, their homeless, their inequity, their politics, their corruption, their illegal aliens, their dwindling tax base, their crumbling streets, viaducts and sewer ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35

Denomination: Baptist

Fourth Of July 2020: How Stands The City?

Contributed by James Jackson on Jul 6, 2020

Thousands of years before any politician described America as a shining city on a hill, Jesus told his disciples that’s what they were supposed to be. So, how is that going for us?

Good morning! If you have your Bibles, please turn to Matthew chapter 5. You probably were expecting me to say turn to the book of Mark, and I get that. But we are going to take a one week break from the book of Mark to talk about who we are as Christian Americans. Not American Christians, but ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

We Must Capture Our Cities For Christ

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Sep 9, 2009

How to reach the inner cities for Christ amidst their crime, their homeless population, their politics, and their corruption.

WE MUST CAPTURE OUR CITIES FOR CHRIST By Jerry Falwell The greatest challenge facing America is the cities, their masses, their crime, their homeless, their inequity, their politics, their corruption, their illegal aliens, their dwindling tax base, their crumbling streets, viaducts and sewer ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Do We See What Jeremiah Saw? Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Dec 7, 2002

Second in series that helps us see the importance of the birth of Christ from God’s perspective through the major prophets of the Old Testament.

Jeremiah, like Isaiah in last week’s message, was a "seer"; a prophet who was enabled by God to see things others had not yet seen. Today’s Bible text records what he saw concerning the kingdom of Judah’s immediate and distant future. In the immediate future he saw that the king of Judah, his ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 23:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Part 2 - The Meaning Of Worship Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Feb 8, 2020

In order for us to worship, we must know what worship means. That helps us understand the why

We are coming into the heart of our worship series. This is crucial for us as a church to understand. It is my belief, that the American Church lost its identity, especially when it comes to issues of worship. We are in trouble theologically and spiritually when it comes to worship. So, I want to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 95:1-11, John 4:21-24

Denomination: Brethren

Boy's & Girl's Hell In The Hall Series

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Jul 8, 2013

Each of us have experience with bullying: either as the one wounded or the one doing the wounding.

Bullying: Far From Harmless March 3, 2013 Chester FBC, Chester, IL Dr. Mike Fogerson Introduction A Each of us have experience with bullying: either as the one wounded or the one doing the wounding. 1 Maybe you’re there right now! a Someone is stabbing you with words, kicking you ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:14

Denomination: Baptist

Healing For The Wounded; Forgiveness For The Those Who Wound Series

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Jul 8, 2013

An honest/mature Christian honestly evaluates him/herself & strives to do better. When we evaluate ourselves we tend to err in two directions: judge ourselves better than we are or worse than we are.

Bullying: Far From Harmless Healing for the Wounded; Forgiveness for the Those Who Wound 3/10/2013 Chester First Baptist Church, Chester, IL Dr. Mike Fogerson Introduction: 13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Baptist

Youth Series

Contributed by Paul Basehore on Aug 13, 2014

You are not the future of the church. You are the present! Don’t wait until you’re adults to make a difference for the Kingdom of God. Do it now!

Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 1 Timothy 4:12 Message Ecclesiastes is a fun book. Whenever I read it I can’t help but think of a little old man sitting in his rocking chair, lecturing his grandkids on the front porch of the rest home! Just listen to verse 2 -- “‘Meaningless! ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:9-10, 1 Timothy 4:12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Deeper Into Baptism

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 12, 2016

This message was preached after "Diving into Baptism" and takes a deeper look at what Baptism means.

Deeper into Baptism Last week we dove in to the discussion of baptism by looking at the Baptism of Jesus, and from that story we discovered that Jesus’ Baptism was Intentional, that it wasn’t without opposition, that it was a baptism of obedience, that it happened in the water and that ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:21-29

Denomination: Wesleyan

Communion

Contributed by Steve Pearman on May 15, 2017

Communion is something we do in church often; yet, in the routine, we can forget its roots.

COMMUNION 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 Intro We do this twice a month But we’ve not stopped to really reflect on what we are doing – what the bible says about communion Once after a church service a woman’s son had complained to her that the adults had all been given a snack, but none had been given to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-34

Running On Empty

Contributed by David Henderson on Mar 19, 2018

how to find God when life seems empty

FINDING GOD IN THE EMPTINESS OF LIFE “Running on Empty” Job 14:14 and John 11:25 We have spent nearly 3 months now on Wednesday evenings studying the book of Job. The story of Job is one of the best known in the entire Bible yet it is still one of the least understood. Most of us at one time or ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Down He Came From Up

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Dec 21, 2017

A homily for a community banquet at the Yonge Street Mission

Christmas Banquet Homily for Bridges - Down He Came From Up Down he came from up, and in from out, and here from there. A long leap, an incandescent fall from magnificent to naked, frail, small, through space, between stars, into our chill night air, shrunk, in infant grace, to our damp, ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sermon 5: Easter Questions Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 21, 2019

Mary Magdalene had to answer 3 questions on Easter morning, the same questions we all must ask.

Sermon 5: Easter Questions 82 Hours: Countdown to the Resurrection Chuck Sligh Preaching April 21, 2019 TEXT: John 20:1-18 – “The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2 Then she runneth, and ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-20

Denomination: Baptist