Sermons on Deacon Qualification:

Church Personnel Manual Part 2

Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 6, 2012

A talk on the way love should look and be displayed, and the way we see spirituality (part 2).

Text: 1 Cor 13:1-7, Title: Church Personnel Manual Part 2, Date/Place: 2/5/12 NRBC What Love Does (v. 4-7) He gives us fifteen verbs, not adjectives, which show the defining qualities of how love is practiced. These are not potentialities, nor is it a salad bar theology of choice, these ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Be Baptized Series

Contributed by Ryan Akers on May 27, 2008

The final message of our Spring Life Series deals with the importance of baptism in a believer’s life. We will look at the who, why, when, where and the how of baptism.

Spring Life 2008 Part 9- Be Baptized Pastor Ryan Akers *parts of this sermon where borrowed with permission from Pastor Joe Colaw of First Wesleyan Church in Bartlesville, OK. Matthew 3:1-17- Amazing transition in people’s lives, beginning of Christ ministry, proof of the trinity(3 distinct ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-17

Denomination: Wesleyan

Readiness For Pentecost

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Dec 15, 2008

Three things we can do to be ready for Pentecost

READINESS FOR PENTECOST ACTS 1:12-26 Three things we can do to be ready for Pentecost Vs. 12-14 First two were taking place as the disciples left the Mount of Olives and made their way to the Upper Room, a room above a street in Jerusalem that now had become very special to them because of the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:12-26

Abraham: When God Says Go Series

Contributed by Bryan Parris on May 26, 2007

From the "Heroes" Series: A message on faith and obedience based on the life of Abraham - Hebrews 11:8-10; Genesis 12:1-8

We learned last week from Hebrews 11:1 that "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Last Sunday we talked about how difficult a life of faith can be because we continually try to take back control of our life. When we talk about Faith…the question we are ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Birth Of A Mother

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on May 4, 2016

Something miraculous happens when a woman gives birth to her first child. For in a way there are really two births. The first is the birth of the child. The second is the birth of the mother. It is a miraculous gift of creation. (4 other illustrations)

A Mother's Poem: "Some may climb Mt Everest, ... in search of thrills galore, But I scale peaks that rival it, ... just past the laundry door: Slopes of socks and underwear, ... sheer cliffs of shirts and pants. Oh, yes, I live in mortal fear; ... of a laundry avalanche" We have come together ...read more

Scripture: John 19:25-26

Denomination: Anglican

Separated And Sent To Serve Series

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Aug 23, 2017

As Jesus sent the twelve out to serve, He paired them according to His divine will and sent them out as He desired. They enjoyed His power and guidance. We too can rest in His power and provision as we seek to serve Him.

Separated and Sent to Serve Mark 6: 7-13 Today we come to what must have been an exciting and yet anxious time in the life of the disciples. They have been walking with Jesus for some time now, watching and learning from Him. While they have experienced much in their time with the Lord, Jesus had ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:7-13

Denomination: Baptist

Lessons In Humility

Contributed by Ezekiel Ette on Nov 4, 2017

The exaggerated sense of self interferes with serving God and each other

Matt 23 : 1 – 12 There are many stories from someone named Aesop. No one knows if he/she actually lived but is said to have been a story teller who told stories and solved problems. The stories are still, to this day, used as lessons in morality. Some said that he/she was a slave who loved to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12

Denomination: United Methodist

Quiet Games - Pt. 1 - The Silent Treatment Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Sep 10, 2016

God seems to love the "Quiet Game" and seems to be the world's most skilled player. How can you hear Him when He seems to be so quiet?

Quiet Games Pt. 1 - The Silent Treatment I. Introduction It is a scam. A ploy. I am convinced it is nothing more than a well disguised trick to get a momentary respite and break from the barrage of sound that emanates from a classroom full of rowdy 2nd graders. I am talking about my least favorite ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Anointed For The Call Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jul 3, 2018

David was an unlikely person to be called to serve as a king. This message explores the nature of his calling and the nature of ours.

How could God use me? Why would God use me? Who am I that God would want to use me? Those are all questions each (or most) of us have wrestled with in our lives as disciples of Jesus Christ. Most of us, if we have a healthy humility factor, believe there is nothing special about us…that we have no ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Opie's Newspaper

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 7, 2014

A sermon on the tongue or the words that we use (Material adapted from Ben Patterson's book, He Has Made Me Glad, chapter 8 Words That Give Life; Opening illustration and title from Joey Fann's book, The Way Back to Mayberry, chapter 25)

HoHum: “Opie’s Newspaper” is an episode on the Andy Griffith Show. Opie’s friend, Howie, received a small printing press as a gift, and the boys decide to go into the newspaper business. They work hard and produce an initial issue of what they call the Mayberry Sun. The ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:29-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Flies Can't Sit On A Hot Stove

Contributed by Michael Calo on Nov 29, 2012

Learn all you can about our enemy - He does not have the authority - We do!

Flies Can’t Sit on a Hot Stove We are in a strange war, one which is invisible to the eye. It has rages continuously for over 6000 years, and is continually escalating. The battle continues, but the only proof of the battle rests in the results of the lives it has affected. The war is ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:4

Denomination: *other

Wonderful Counselor

Contributed by Dean Morgan on Oct 12, 2011

Pele - Too wonderful for words. The biblical meaning of this word means that Jesus is: • beyond anything we have ever seen, singularly unique • extraordinary, so vast that we can’t understand the full meaning • that Jesus would be beyond the bound

TEXT: Isaiah 9:6 Pele - Too wonderful for words. The biblical meaning of this word means that Jesus is: • beyond anything we have ever seen, singularly unique • extraordinary, so vast that we can’t understand the full meaning • that Jesus would be beyond the bounds of all ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

That Ye May Grow

Contributed by John D Jones on Jul 20, 2011

God has created life in such a way that all things living naturally grow and develop. From that moment of conception to the close of our earthly days, we grow. This is the pattern of life. We grow. This is true in our physical life and it ought to be equa

That Ye May Grow 1 Peter 1:22 - 2:3 God has created life in such a way that all things living naturally grow and develop. From that moment of conception to the close of our earthly days, we grow. This is the pattern of life. We grow. This is true in our physical life and it ought to be ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Job Versus Solomon

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Sep 15, 2012

To focus on the wisdom of Job, even while comparing it with that of King Solomon

JOB VERSUS SOLOMON The phrase “Patience of Job” is not so much inked as engraved not only in the chronicles of English literature but also in the minds of every Bible student. Whenever our mind zeroes in on this great hero of faith, it is his perseverance and ...read more

Scripture: Job 28:28

Denomination: *other

God's Order & Assignment For Pastors (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Eric Hanson on Jul 20, 2012

This is a careful, radically Biblical assessment of God's written will for the Equipping Gift of Pastor, as mentioned in Ephesians 4, and commented on in other places in the New Testament.

God’s Order and Assignment for Pastors Eric J. Hanson July 8, 2012 Pastor Dallas recently shared a message on the five giftings mentioned in Ephesians 4:11. These are gifts from God in the form of men and women whom God has raised up, for the purpose of equipping His people to minister the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:10-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational