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  • Rick Crandall avatar

    Great Expectations For God's Church

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jun 22, 2007
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    Let’s look at the early church to find some great expectations for our church.

    Great Expectations for God’s Church Acts 15:32-41 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - June 20, 2007 “Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God.” You’ve probably heard that quote before. It’s one of my favorites. Mary cross-stitched it for me years ago, and it’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Happens In Biblical Community? Series

    Contributed by Roger Haber on Oct 24, 2006
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    Discover the elements of community practiced in the early church and challenge the people to experience this in small groups.

    Building Authentic Biblical Community: Community: What Happens in an Authentic Biblical Community Acts 2:42-47 5 October 2003 SUBJECT: What Happens in an Authentic Biblical Community RESPONSE: Discover the elements of community practiced in the early church and challenge the people to experience ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Caring For The Community Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Oct 31, 2006
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    Seventh in a series on the early church. This message focuses on how believers are to care for the needs of others.

    Let’s see how well we can remember our theme for this series of messages. Since this is now week number seven, we ought to all have it down pretty well by now: “It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be great.” As we’ve gone on this journey from good to great, we’ve learned that if we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Safest Place On Earth Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007
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    bearing one another’s burdens... the early church was united, generous, and powerful witnesses

    The Safest Place On Earth Experiencing Biblical Community: Acts 4:23-35 Intro: For the last several weeks I’ve been talking about our need for community – for a place to love as Jesus loved, and to be loved for who we are. I’ve shared that I’ve been feeling lonely, like there is no one outside ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Heaven On Earth Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 16, 2011
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    The early converts created a community of faith that reflected what they believed was life in the kingdom of God.

    Acts 2:42-47 “Heaven on Earth” INTRODUCTION Psalm 23 is the most well known and one of the most comforting Psalms. Countless people have found comfort, strength and hope in its verses. During times of grief and struggle individuals imagine the Lord making them rest in green ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Experiencing The Joy And Power Of The Christian Life

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jan 15, 2012
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    How can we experience the joy and power of the Christian life like the early disciples?

    Experiencing the Joy & Power of the Christian Life Acts 2:41-47 Slide Intro - Vacation Well, it is good to be back. My family and I had a great time on vacation to start the New Year off and it was a refreshing and relaxing time for us all. I am so glad, too, that you were also able to have a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Fire Of God

    Contributed by Jon Lipka on Apr 22, 2012
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    If the fire of judgment is early kindled in us, we, as Christ, die to sin but live to God.

    Fire is full of symbolic meaning in Scripture. Fire is used as a sign of God’s presence and as a sign of judgment, both of acceptance and rejection. Fire is a sign of theophany, which is just a fancy way of saying a revelation of God, God’s presence. When God made His covenant with ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    The Gift Of Faith And Evangelism

    Contributed by John D Jones on Aug 31, 2011
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    The effectiveness of the early church was not because of profound individuals, but ordinary people utilizing their gifts for ministry.

    The Gift of Faith and Evangelism Acts 5:12-20 Introduction: As your read through the Bible, you will find just a few occasions in which God employed signs and wonders. These were used as an attention getter. They were tools by which God would signify to humanity that He was working in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stuck In A Place Called Troas

    Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Mar 4, 2020
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    At Troas something remarkable happened to Apostle Paul that will change the course of the early church history.

    STUCK IN A PLACE CALLED TROAS "6 Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. 7 After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them. 8 So passing by Mysia, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Education And Service Promote Growth In Faith Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 12, 2015
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    Our catechesis must constantly reinforce the truths accepted in the early proclamation of the Gospel of Christ.

    Thursday of 24th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel Today the Franciscans celebrate the feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis. The few saints who have legitimately borne the marks of Christ’s passion live out in a physical and spiritual way the long hours of Christ’s passion and ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Living In Harmony

    Contributed by Jody Vansickle on Apr 12, 2015
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    The early church lived in harmony with one another ~ how can we accomplish this today?

    LIVING IN HARMONY: Acts 4:32a “The whole group of believers lived in harmony.” (God’s Word) Have you ever thought about this verse? It doesn’t matter which translation you read it out of, it always says the same thing: • KJV, “And the multitude of them that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Don't Fall Away

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Apr 15, 2023
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    It's too easy to fall away, learn from the early church.

    Don’t Fall Away! Be devoted! Acts 2:42-46 April 16, 2023 Have you ever fallen away from something? Maybe it was that diet . . . you started and never finished. Maybe it was a workout regimen that sounded really good, but didn’t last. Or you hoped to read the Bible more or pray more and with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Could The Resurrected Life Look Like?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 26, 2023
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    A glimpse at the early church gives us visions of what the church could be and should be.

    4.30.23 Acts 2:42–47 (EHV) 42 They continued to hold firmly to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of the bread, and to the prayers. 43 Awe came over every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    They Devoted Themselves

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 23, 2021
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    Like the early church, we need to be devoted to the three pillars of the Word, fellowship and prayer.

    They Devoted Themselves Text: Acts 2:42 Introduction 1. Illustration: Recently Tina and I traveled to Ohio for my brother-in-law’s funeral. He was a lifelong farmer who fought cancer courageously for over 12 years. At his funeral, two of my nieces got up and talked about their Dad. They said that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Repair The Temple Of God: It's Time To Be Set Apart As Holy

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 27, 2021
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    Since the early beginnings of the church, in the book of Acts, the apostles had to deal with false teachers.

    Since the early beginnings of the church, in the book of Acts, the apostles had to deal with false teachers. They had to deal with persecution. They had to deal with Gnosticism and the gnostic gospel forgeries. They had to deal with the bishops of Rome and later the corruption of the papacy. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army