Sermons on Heavenly Realm:

Prepare To Take Some Ground Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Aug 21, 2003

The Gospel of Christ will prepare and enable us to take spiritual ground and build healthier relationships.

Actively Prepare (Getting Ready to Take Some Ground) Ephesians 6:10-18 Introduction: This is week four in our series “Eight Essential Exercises for Building a Better Body.” We’ve seen our need to find our strength in the Lord. Without His strength, we can’t even complete the rest of the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Wesleyan

Thermometer Or Thermostat (Align Your Thoughts With Christ) Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Aug 21, 2003

In your relationships are you a conformer or a transformer, Align your thoughts with Christ and he’ll begin to align your relationships with His will!

Thermometer or Thermostat (Align Your Thoughts with Christ) Ephesians 6:10-18 Introduction: This is week six in our series “Eight Essential Exercises for Building a Better Body.” We’re continuing to explore the need to build healthy, God-honoring relationships because all of life is lived out ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Wesleyan

It's Good Lord, To Be Here

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jan 6, 2005

A sermon on what a privilege it is for us as Gentiles to be called Christians and included in God’s plan of salvation.

January 9, 2005 Ephesians 3:2-12 2 Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you, 3 that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly. 4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:2-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Believers Are Predestined To Praise God

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Jan 7, 2004

CHRISTMAS 2(A) - Believers are called to praise God by God’s choice and for God’s gifts.

BELIEVERS DECLARE GOD’S PRAISES Ephesians 1:3-6, 15-18 - January 4, 2004 EPHESIANS 1:3-6, 15-18 3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Blessed In Christ Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jul 10, 2014

Life is hard, even for Christians. In those difficult times we can sometimes forget the blessings we have in Christ. But when we start to see the bigger picture and understand how we are blessed in Christ, we can truly live in the joy of those blessings.

Ok, I want to start with a question. Do you know where you are? That is kind of a funny question, isn’t it? Because of course you know where you are. But the reality is, that sometimes, we may not fully understand where we are until we see the bigger picture of our location and the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Made Alive In Christ Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jul 10, 2014

Are you experiencing life as the Walking Dead or are you truly Alive in Christ?

Made Alive in Christ Ephesians 2:1-10 Intro Slide Have you heard the one about a plane that is about to crash? It has a pilot, a scientist, a pastor and a student, but there are only 3 parachutes. The pilot, knowing first that the plane is going to crash, takes a parachute reasoning, that it ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Is The Church Keeping You From God? Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 17, 2013

to help my audience to recognize the Church realistically, change what can be changed, and to accept it as a group that will also always have flaws

Early in the morning of Sunday, August 13, 1961, the East German government began to block off East Berlin and the GDR from West Berlin with barbed wire and antitank obstacles. Most Berliners were asleep while it was done. Streets were torn up, and barricades of paving stones were erected. Tanks ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Colossal Christ (In The Omni Sense)

Contributed by Monty Newton on Nov 26, 2013

When we make Christ the center of our world we discover the unfathomable largeness of God's power and passion for people.

Title: Colossal Christ Text: Colossians 1:15-20 Thesis: When we make Christ the center of our world we discover the unfathomable largeness of God’s power and passion for people! Preface Thoughts: I have chosen “colossal” as the word I will use to describe Jesus Christ today. ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Heaven As It Is Now Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 16, 2011

Heaven as it is now is not Heaven as it is yet going to be This is an instructional message regarding the developing nature of Heaven as it is right now

Ephesians 4:8-10; Hebrews 11:39-40 Intro: What would a series on Heaven be without a few “Gates of Heaven” stories? 3 men died – a doctor, a school teacher, and the head of a large HMO. Each was called forward. The Doctor first. “What did you do on earth?” I healed ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:8-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Rethinking Love

Contributed by Dave Workman on Apr 26, 2011

Jesus love is raging, it’s extravagant, it’s illogical, it’s over-the-top, it’s revolutionary, it pushes the boundaries of how we define love.

A while back there was a news story on the BBC about a teenage girl in England who had her boyfriend’s nickname tattooed in Chinese on her stomach, symbolic of her “undying love” for him. A tattoo on your stomach?—that’s got to hurt. A little later—and who would ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-35

Denomination: Vineyard

Saints And Sinners Series

Contributed by David Swinney on May 31, 2010

Sermon on the address to the saints at Ephesus, Ephesians 1: 1 - 2 and 2: 1 - 3

Sinners and Saints Ephesians 1: 1 – 3; 2: 1 – 3 A king sits on a throne thinking about all of his accomplishments—the foes he has slain, the armies he has conquered, the cities he has built, all the things that he has achieved in the course of his life. A prophet of God ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-2

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What's In A Name? (Part 1)

Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 28, 2011

This sermon is designed to provide a bit of sanity in the whirlwind of stupidity that surrounds the beasts and the number 666.

What’s in a Name? (Part 1) Revelation 13 Sermon Objective: This sermon is designed to provide a bit of sanity in the whirlwind of stupidity that surrounds the beasts and the number 666. Supporting Scripture: Ephesians 4:11; 2 Timothy 2:15; Rev. 21:1 Rev. 13:1And the dragon stood on the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 13:1-18

Denomination: Nazarene

The Privileges Of Being A Child Of God

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Sep 21, 2007

We need to act like we are children of the King

The privileges of being a child of God Written anonymously on the walls of a medieval castle were the following words: You call me Master and obey me not. You call me Light and See me not. You call me the Way and Walk me not. You call me Life and Desire me not. You call me Wise and Follow me not. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:3-15

Denomination: Wesleyan

Adopted Series

Contributed by Rob Jansons on Sep 14, 2010

Second sermon that focuses on God the Father choosing us to be his children. It uses biblical, not theological, language to teach about election.

This winter I want to dwell on the subject of salvation. Because the more we understand our salvation, the more we understand our identity as Christians, our mission as a church, and the more we appreciate and worship the God of our salvation. I’ve been gone a few weeks, so let me remind you ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Grace: It’s All God Series

Contributed by Rob Jansons on Sep 14, 2010

This is the summary sermon where I finally reveal that this series covers the same material that is often called the "5 Points of Calvinism." It emphasizes God's grace and that our faith response is us just showing up and accepting what Jesus has already

Today is the wrap up sermon of our winter sermon series. Sadly, though, it is still winter. We have been talking about salvation for five weeks. Today I want to review a bit and maybe tie some loose ends together. This concept is really important: that we understand our salvation so that we value ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed