Sermons on Community Support:

The Purpose Of It All Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 6, 2004

The purpose of the church is to become: 1. A Faith-centered community. 2. A God-centered community 3. A World-centered community.

As I read Erwin McManus’ book on the church entitled An Unstoppable Force, I have to say I was hit hard by a statement near the beginning, where he said: “The indictment that we must receive is that the Christian faith as we express it is no longer seen as a viable spiritual option. Masses gave ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:44-48

Denomination: Methodist

Jesus, The Good Shepherd Series

Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Apr 15, 2009

Jesus is confronting the Pharisees while telling His followers who He is.

Jesus, the good shepherd John 10: 22-42 A woman brought her pet duck named Cuddles to the veterinarian. Apparently the duck had been languishing around the house for a few days and she thought there might be something wrong with it. She had him in a basket and when ...read more

Scripture: John 10:22-42

Denomination: Baptist

Speaking With Tongues 1 Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Sep 1, 2010

Life or death, the Kingdom or the world, what comes out of your mouth? If you speak it out you will eat its fruit. Some thoughts on God's design for us to communicate effectively because; good communication is essential to good living!

Speaking with tongues! Proverbs 18:21 Lofty’s lovely voice (You tube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qYVid7BAz8 Poor old Lofty, how many of us have finished being part of a conversation walking away, feeling less than when we entered into it? (Show of hands) This is a very common ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:21

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Paschal Mystery And Our True Ends Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 28, 2024

Raised with Christ means being moved into a new level of existence, an existence that is best studied in the Book of Revelations, the Apocalypse.

Easter Sunday 2024 (The Paschal Mystery) God is entirely transcendent. God is so different from us that there is no way we can comprehend Him, that is, get our arms around Him. We are a combination spiritual and material beings, body and soul. God, Who is Most Real, is also Immense. We understand ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4, John 20:1-9, Revelation 21:1-8, Acts 10:34-43

Denomination: Catholic

To Gether We Can

Contributed by Rajendra Kadia on Oct 16, 2015

Ordination Anniversary Sermon on the unity in the Body of Christ

Together We Can 1. Reflections of past year: I praise the Lord for a year of His faithfulness, anointing and blessings of serving Him and His people as we remember the day you ordained me as your servant a year ago. I am blessed while serving the master and His people and it is a delight to see ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Unity With Believers Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 5, 2009

We often hear talk of getting back to the New Testament church. The fact is we can’t. What we can do is learn to adapt the principles of the NT church that made it so effective.

3. The Book of Acts June 7th, 2009 Unity with Believers Have you ever been white water rafting? My youth group went one summer before a CIY conference. A group of us went to this extreme games camp where there was rock climbing, ropes courses, and of course white water rafting. The last day ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-49

Denomination: *other

Living By Faith Series

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Oct 25, 2020

Everyone lives by a measure of faith; it is a fact of life. We trust in things and people to live from day to day. We trust in chairs to support us, cars, elevators, telephones for communication, the red light is going to stop the traffic from coming the opposite direction, and so on.

“Faith During Uncertain Times” “Living by Faith” Part 3 Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. Over the past couple of weeks, I have been talking about Faith During Uncertain Times. I started by talking about Tested Faith and how when it seems as though our prayers are not being answered that how that is ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 2:4

Denomination: Apostolic

Silence And Solitude

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on May 7, 2013

A sermon intended to Biblically support and encourage the much neglected discipline of Silence and Solitude.

Sermon Date 11-11-2012 Silence & Solitude (Chuck Gohn) Good morning. Did everybody have a good week? Did anybody have a bad week? Be honest. Frankly, I didn’t have the best week. I really had kind of a lousy week. By the time I got to Thursday when I start working on my sermon, I ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:35

Denomination: Christian Church

Super Bowl Church Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jul 28, 2014

The first church in Acts was a champion church. This sermon examines the characteristics of the New Testament church that if adopted would turn any church into a winning church.

Super Bowl Church Chuck Sligh July 27, 2014 The opening illustrations come from Mike Gilbert’s sermon found on SermonCentral.com titled Reading the Map / Visualizing the Goal. [There is a PowerPoint presentation available for this sermon which is available by emailing me at ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:41-47

Denomination: Baptist

Breaking Bread And Building Bonds Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007

The Holy Spirit comes in community, and creates community. This message leads into communion.

Breaking Bread and Building Bonds: Experiencing Biblical Community Acts 2:1-4, 42-47 September 14, 2003 Intro: We want to spend a little more time around the communion table this morning than normal, partly because it feels like the right thing to do early in the fall as the rhythm of our lives ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-47

Denomination: Baptist

Truth Or Bare: Does God Care What I Wear?

Contributed by Travis Johnson on Feb 15, 2005

The clothes you wear communicate a message. What message are you communicating?

TRUTH OR BARE: DOES GOD CARE WHAT I WEAR? 1 Tim. 2:9-10, And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes. For women who claim to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:9-10

Denomination: Holiness

Transforming Witness

Contributed by Charles Mims on Oct 7, 2012

Evangelism is communication. Communication is something we do every day. We communicate to our children that it is time to get out of bed, we communicate with our wife or our husband, we communicate with our co-workers and supervisors. We use communicatio

Transforming Witness October 7, 2012 Acts 4:23-36 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Prayer for Boldness 23 After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard this, they ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-26

Denomination: Baptist

Hold Your Pastor’s Hands Up

Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on Aug 24, 2006

This sermon emphasizes the need to support your leader in their time of adversity.

In the heat of battles, our souls will often become faint. Bouts of depression will come to most of us. The strong are not always vigorous. The wise are not alway ready. The brave are not always courageous. The joyous are not always happy. Great travail is created for all men. It is clear that the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-12

Denomination: Baptist

Evolution - Truth Or Con?

Contributed by Ray Geide on Apr 9, 2012

Is evolution a fact supported by science or is it a con popularized by atheistic scientists?

A popular biologist, Ernst Mayr, wrote, "No educated person any longer questions the validity of evolution, which we now know to be a simple fact." (Scientific American, July 2000). It is an interesting statement which mainstream society accepts, but is it true? The first part of ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Reality Of The Resurrection Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Apr 27, 2015

Here is evidence to support the reality of the resurrection and the importance to our lives.

The Reality of the Resurrection The Resurrection is Evidenced by Facts The Empty Tomb The Tomb was Secured The Disciples were Scared The Effects on the Lives of the Disciples The Resurrection is Essential to Living Life Eternal The Resurrection is Essential to Living Life Now Slide How are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational