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  • God's Ministry Gifts To The Church Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 19, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,763 views

    The five fold ministry gifts are gifted to the church and do not equate to maturity. We need to fully understand that when anybody who has been called to be an apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor or teacher, declares a "revelation truth", it is simply th

    Opening illustration: There once was a carpenter who visited one of two brothers who had recently grown embittered with each other over a misunderstanding over the farm they had managed together for the past 40 years. The carpenter was in need of work; or so he said, and he asked the one brother if ...read more

  • On Your Mark, Get Set, Grow

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 28, 2009
     | 8,729 views

    Growth can come by pruning, cultivating, or simply letting it happen. God wants the church to grow, and all these methods are used.

    Growth takes place in one of three ways. Things grow because one of three things happens. First, some things grow just because it is in the very nature of those things to grow. You don’t have to do anything, you don’t have to feed them or nourish them or encourage them. Some things just grow. ...read more

  • Identity: Live Like You Mean It Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Mar 8, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,534 views

    After having learned who we are in christ in the first three chapters now we know right belief. Paul begins the last three chapters of Ephesians with right behavior. It begins with unity and leads to maturity.

    Intro: Bruce Howell tells of “I Can’t Change Jesus” Bill Irwin, a man who is blind, has a talking computer he uses to study the Bible. He’s had a few chuckles over some of the pronunciations. "For a long time," Bill says, "the computer pronounced Holy Bible as ’holly bibble’ until I figured out ...read more

  • Let's Grow Up!

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jul 30, 2009
    based on 17 ratings
     | 6,596 views

    The marks of a mature Christian

    We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit ...read more

  • Oh, Grow Up!

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Aug 1, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,492 views

    This message focuses on Paul’s statement that we are to "no longer be children" and what that implies for the believer.

    I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid; there’s a million toys at Toys R Us that I can play with! From bikes to trains to video games it’s the biggest toy store there is! I don’t wanna grow up, ‘cause baby if I did, I wouldn’t be a Toys R Us kid. I’m not exactly sure how I still ...read more

  • Why God Gives Us Gifts?

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Aug 2, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,903 views

    This sermon explores why God gives us gifts and how we should perceive them in our lives

    As a child I loved Christmas and I loved birthdays, and not just my own birthday because there were plenty of gifts around. Gifts are an important part of life. Birthdays and Christmas were times of us ripping off the paper to discover the gifts we had been given. Then we’d play with them, use ...read more

  • Body Language Series

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,897 views

    The Bible speaks of the church as the Body of Christ for a reason, but most believers fail to celebrate their unique place in the body.

    The ancient Romans had an aphorism that went “Mens sana in corpore sanos.” It means, “A healthy mind in a healthy body.” The ancients were quite correct that the two go together. The mind directs the body. It may do it on a subconscious or even unconscious level, but without signals from the brain, ...read more

  • "Growing The Church” - Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Aug 19, 2009
     | 7,120 views

    If a church is to grow, it must have gifted leadership and a committed membership.

    It has been said that the same law which God has instituted in nature which declares that healthy living things will grow naturally, applies to the growth of the local church. Since the church is an organism, rather than an organization, if it can maintain its spiritual health and vitality, it will ...read more

  • The Year 1517

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 20, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,074 views

    A sermon on Ephesians 4:7-10. (Material adapted from Precious Gifts from the King by Marc Bertrand on Sermon Central)

    Sermon for 8/16/2009 Ephesians 4:7-10 Introduction: On the 31st of October, in the year 1517, a young monk, strode to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, in the German state of Saxony. With his hammer he nailed to that door a series of propositions, items for debate. Spiritual ...read more

  • Moving Out In Unity Series

    Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Apr 7, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,367 views

    The final part in a 5 part series on giving God room to work.

    WHEN WE MOVE OUT, GOD MOVES IN PART 5 Moving Out in Unity ( All my sermons use illustrations from sermoncentral.com and all scripture is NIV unless otherwise noted) As we wrap up this series of sermons, please turn with me to Ephesians 4 and we will be looking at many scriptures from this ...read more

  • "Growing The Church” - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Aug 26, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,811 views

    What are the biblical characteristics of a growing church?

    Last time, as we focused on verses 11 and 12, we made note of the two essentials of church growth - gifted leadership (v. 11) and committed membership (v. 12). A church will never rise higher than the skills of the leadership and will go no farther than the commitment of the membership. Gifted ...read more

  • "Growing The Church” - Part 3 Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Sep 2, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,001 views

    Are are the Biblical evidences that a church is growing as it should?

    In this passage, Paul speaks about growing the church. We have looked to verses 11 and 12, where he tells us the essentials of church growth - gifted leadership (v. 11) and committed membership (v. 12). Then in verse 13, we noted the essence of church growth - unity. Specifically, a growing ...read more

  • Church; Grow Up! Series

    Contributed by Neil Olcott on Sep 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,296 views

    Today’s Scripture is God’s Word to churches to be focused on building up the church to be mature and healthy! The Scriptures are directly telling us to focus on ourselves. Give attention to the church body and do what is necessary to make it healthier.

    Date: July 12th, 2009 Bible Text: Ephesians 4:7-16 Subject: Complement: Main Idea: Intro: Imagine for a moment going to the doctor and after a battery of tests she comes out and tells you, “Look, you need to stop doing all the things you’re doing!” Your volunteer work in the community, your ...read more

  • Unity: You Do, I Do Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Apr 15, 2013
     | 5,399 views

    Part 3 of 3 series about Unity in the church. From Ephesians 4.

    UNITY: You Do, I Do Ephesians 4:7-16 February 17, 2013 I would like to tell you a short story. I didn’t write it. I heard it a long time ago, and found it on the Internet. There were 4 people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be accomplished ...read more

  • Live In Unity Series

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Aug 22, 2012
     | 6,002 views

    The Church is one body. Unity is worth the effort.

    Introduction “An architectural magazine is responsible for the statement that the members of a Presbyterian church in Waterloo, Iowa, have constructed a new church building out of a single large rock. Stone was scarce, and while looking about for a possible quarry their attention was called ...read more