Sermons on Council Of Nicea:

Connected: Looking For Common Ground Series

Contributed by Travis Jarrett on Nov 12, 2008

Part 1 of 4 - Teaching series on Small Groups at NewSong

“Connected” Part 1 – Looking for Common Ground NewSong Church – 09/14/08 To watch/listen to this message online go to www.newsongs.org or contact info@newsongs.org. **NOTE: THIS IS A CONCEPT OUTLINE FOR THIS MESSAGE. GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THIS SERIES. The Need to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-19

Denomination: *other

Making A Steadfast Commitment

Contributed by Monte Brown on Nov 17, 2009

We must make a steadfast commitment to God that we will communicate to him in prayer on regular basics. There are pitfalls when trying to make a commitment to God.

Introduction We must make a steadfast commitment to God that we will communicate to him in prayer on regular basics. There are pitfalls when trying to make a commitment to God. PITFALLS 1) Seeking the flesh 2) Seeking wrong council 3) Impatience 4) Doubt 5) Pressures a) ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-8

Denomination: Baptist

Advent: Repentance And Preparation

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Dec 5, 2009

John the baptiser called for believers to repent. This sermon asks what we need to repent of, reminds us we need to turn back to God, and calls for preparation for what God has for us this next year.

If you were going to describe the time 20 years ago in 1989 when the Churches of the town worked together to plan and produce Festival 89 I wonder what you would say. More specifically, if you were going to date the time and the place and the event without naming the date I wonder what you would ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-6

Denomination: Anglican

Special Miracles!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 3, 2010

In this sermon outline we highlight three statements that I empathize in my teaching and preaching on evangelism. The first is, ‘ The supreme task of the Church is the evangelization of the World’. The second is that we have the ability because ‘ The Chu

Special Miracles! In this sermon outline we highlight three statements that I empathize in my teaching and preaching on evangelism. The first is, ‘ The supreme task of the Church is the evangelization of the World’. The second is that we have the ability because ‘ The Church is the most ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:11-12

Christian Character Counts In Citizenship. Series

Contributed by Victor Ramlall on Jan 25, 2013

As citizens of the Kingdom of God our Christlike character is vital as a witness to his grace for His glory.

Titus 3:1-11 KJV Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

[change] 1937, A Sermon For The Elderly Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 6, 2012

Adapted from [Change} Smelly Socks the Sermon, this is a sermon for use in rest homes. Again it touchs on teh point that Christchurch our city having been hit by a series of earthquakes is by and large being demolished and rebuilt. Alot for the elderly to

Rest Home service sermon. If you were born on 1937 and I guess that some of you may have been. There was a fair number of interesting things that happened in that year, my own parents were born, if you were born prior to 1937 you will probably remember this stuff. Disney released “Snow White and ...read more

Scripture: James 1:16-17

Denomination: Salvation Army

Fire On The Earth

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 17, 2013

We should understand that the fire Jesus wanted on the earth both purifies and activates Christians for mission.

Twentieth Sunday in Course 2013 Fire on the Earth Fire on the earth, a baptism with which to be baptized, a shameful cross to be endured–those were the destinies that drove Jesus on as He fulfilled the Father’s will. Moreover, in our own ways those are the destinies that beckon us to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:49-53

Denomination: Catholic

Human Family, Divine Family Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 21, 2013

History teaches us that God's loving kindness comes from His essence--His Trinitarian family--and to that we must attract the whole human family.

Trinity Sunday 2013 Just one week ago, our Archbishop Gustavo announced plans for our Catholic community here in South Texas. It is fitting that on this Trinity Sunday, when we celebrate the core mystery of our religion, we contemplate the third core value, “unity.” The text reads: ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:4-9

Denomination: Catholic

Happy Passover!

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 16, 2011

Let's celebrate the Resurrection correctly!

Monday officially starts the Passover, but seeing this is Sunday and I need to blog now and then I thought I would get an early start. ;-) Christians should really celebrate the Lord’s resurrection on Passover, not Easter. After all, it was the Passover meal He was eating that we call the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:7

Denomination: Baptist

Things Which Cannot Be Shaken

Contributed by Clarence Clough on Sep 16, 2013

Examine things which have been shaken; things recently shaken; things which will be shaken; and things which cannot be shaken.

THINGS WHICH CANNOT BE SHAKEN Text: Hebrews 12:22-29 (KJV), "But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:22-29

Denomination: Church Of God

Appointed To Serve

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Sep 20, 2013

God calls each of us to serve in some capacity no matter our past. God opens doors for a new life will we enter?

We are Appointed to Serve 1 Timothy 1:12-17 1. God appoints unlikely People to serve A. John Newton appeared to be a life who was unlikely to be a servant of Christ In a small cemetery of a parish churchyard in Olney, England, stands a granite tombstone w/ this inscription: “John ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17

Denomination: Methodist

Intentional Faith Development Series

Contributed by Roy Probus on Jul 5, 2012

Faith Development is more than just a phrase used in churches, it should be the heartbeat of bringing believers closer to God.

I. Hoyt Family - http://www.teamhoyt.com/ "Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts who together compete just about continuously in marathon races. And if they’re not in a marathon they are in a triathlon — that daunting, almost superhuman, combination of 26.2 ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: United Methodist

Separating Company Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 2, 2011

Sometimes opinions divide us so strongly that we have no choice but to separate company.

Separating Company (Acts 15:36-40) 1. Sometimes you hear people marveling, "Why do churches nowadays have so many conflicts?" 2. Ecclesiastes 7:10 tells us, "Do not say, 'Why is it that the former days were better than these?' For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this." 3. Church ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:36-40

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Plot To Kill Lazarus Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jan 31, 2018

The chief priests decided to kill Jesus and Lazarus, who had become important evidence of Jesus’ miracles. One would think that he had committed high treason! It was nothing over which he had control, and yet they considered him worthy of death.

Bethany Plot to Kill Lazarus John 12:9-11 9 Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. 10 But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also, 11 because on account ...read more

Scripture: John 12:9-11

Denomination: Baptist

Transfiguration--“God From God, Light From Light.”

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 6, 2017

At Mass, we pray that God will “bring us into the light of Your face.”

Transfiguration Jesus was transfigured; his physical appearance changed such that his face shone like the sun. “God from God, light from light.” In the book of Exodus, Moses’s “face shone because he had been talking with God” (Exodus 34:29). So we too can be filled with the presence of God, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:1-9

Denomination: Catholic