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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 explains three different types of encounters with Christ
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF A THIRD KIND By: Pastor Ken Jarman OPEN DOOR OUTREACH MINISTRIES, NEW BERN, NC 28560 Sunday May 18, 2008 ACTS 9:1 –9 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest And asked letters from him to the synagogues of ...read more
Scripture: Acts 9:1-9
Denomination: Independent/Bible
The fifth of a series of six sermons from Jeremiah on sexual sin. This message focuses on God’s mercy for those suffering in the grip of sexual sin and how to gain it for yourself.
For free MP3 downloads of sermons by Alan Kraft, visit www.cccgreeley.org. For Alan’s blog, visit www.stoptryingharder.com A. If you have your Bible, please turn to Jeremiah 3. We are in the midst of a series of messages entitled Behind Closed Doors. In this series we are looking at the issue of ...read more
Scripture: Jeremiah 3:12-25
Denomination: Evangelical Free
This series urges believers to live a life of intimacy and relationship as God intended from the beginning.
Our key verse for this series is: - James 4:8, “Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you.” - God desires for us to be close to Him, to share intimacy with Him Last week we talked about intimacy. - Intimacy isn’t just about sex. - A close friendship has intimacy, belonging to someone ...read more
Scripture: James 4:8
Denomination: Pentecostal
A sermon challenging each member of the congregation to answer Jesus’ question... "But what about you? Who do you say I am?"
A Close Encounter of the Jesus Kind Matthew 16: 13-16 —William Willimon, “Who do you say that I am?” August 22, 1999, Duke Chapel Web Site, chapel.duke.edu. A student came to me and asked me to explain to her the difference between Christianity and Judaism. She is in love with a student who is ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 16:13-16
Denomination: Methodist
This sermon completes the series on 1 Corinthians. It addresses some issues of discipleship.
Introduction: A. If you were Paul, how would you close this letter you had written to the Corinthian church? 1. As we have seen, it was a troubled and struggling church. 2. There were doctrinal problems and glaring moral failures. 3. And even though it appears that this was Paul’s second attempt ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:1-24
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
God will get our attention and force us to make choices, despite our desire to avoid decisions or our wish to be secular. When the lightning strikes it may be painful but it will be about grace.
You can most certainly expect God to attract your attention. I cannot tell you exactly how He will do it, but I do know that He will do it. He will attract your attention. Many of us face a spiritual issue called inattention. Distraction. Inattention. We are not paying attention to what God is ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 18:20-39
Denomination: Baptist
IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, I PRAY FOR THE LORD TO OPEN UP THE DOORS .
WHERE IS THE RIGHT DOOR IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, I PRAY FOR THE LORD TO OPEN UP THE DOORS HE WOULD HAVE ME TO GO THROUGH AND CLOSE THE DOORS THAT WOULD NOT BE IN LINE WITH HIS WILL. YET WE ARE ALL GEARED TO ASKING FOR A CERTAIN DOOR TO OPEN AND NOT EVEN CONSIDER THE FACT, OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:9
Doors play a major role in our life each day.
Have you ever counted how many times you go through doors each day? If you add it up, it will amaze you how much they play a major role in our life - ESPECIALLY THE REFRIGERATOR DOOR! Illus: A woman goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doctor, you've got to do something about my husband -- ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:9, Exodus 12:1-13
In this message we look at the Lord's prayer which follows the request from the disciples for Jesus to teach them to pray. All of us should learn to pray like Jesus.
“Knocking on Heaven’s Door” Luke 11:1-13 When Jesus set out to call 12 men to follow him, He gathered them together and began mentoring them, discipling them so that they in turn would be able to continue the process. So when Jesus started teaching them, since this was the first ...read more
Scripture: Luke 11:1-13
Introduction If you had a chance to read the Pentecostal Evangel last week you read the powerful testimonies of multiple dozens of churches experiencing the fanning of revival's fire.
Introduction If you had a chance to read the Pentecostal Evangel last week you read the powerful testimonies of multiple dozens of churches experiencing the fanning of revival's fire. From Maryville, WA to Cedar Rapids, IA, from Pensacola, FL to Salt Lake City, UT, millions of souls have been ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 29:1-36
This Message Shows How Essential Praise Is In our Everyday Life Whether Afflicted Or Not.
Praise Opened The Door Acts 16: 25- 26 25) And at midnight Paul and Silas Prayed and Sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26) And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the prison were opened, and ...read more
Scripture: Acts 16:25-26
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Once the time was right for the flood, God gathered Noah and his family and all the animals into the ark and God shut the door to the ark.
I am going to begin a new series of messages today. I think from the picture you can figure out what the theme is going to be – doors. I began researching doors in the Bible and discovered the word door is used around 260 times. Many of those times it refers to an actual door or doorway, but in ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 7:16
To emphasize the importance of communal repentance and salvation and to encourage the church family to heed God's invitation to repentance, accept His promise of salvation, and understand His warning of judgment.
Good morning, Church family. Today, we're gonna journey through a powerful passage in Revelation 3:20, where our Lord extends a profound invitation to repentance. In this text, He promises salvation and issues a stern warning of judgment. It's a passage that beckons us to take a good, hard look at ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 3:20
Topics: Knock
Because of the Resurrection of Jesus we have an open tomb, open gospel, open witness, and open Heaven.
A few weeks ago I saw this cartoon in a Christian newspaper, and it jumped out at me that this would be my Easter sermon! I didn’t know how I would use it, but I knew the Spirit would give me a sermon to go with it. For our radio listeners who can’t see the cartoon on our multimedia screen: ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-7
Our text comes at the end of the letters to the seven churches in Revelation. It simply says that someone is standing at a door, knocking.
The King at Your Door (Rev. 3: 20-21) 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and uknock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 3:20-21
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