Sermons on Holy People Raised:

Simon: Bargainer Extrordinaire Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 23, 2001

A sermon adapted from an IVP Bible study by C. Nystrom

SIMON: BARGAINER EXTRORDANAIRE ACTS 8:9-25 OPENING ILLUSTRATION…Dale Crowell’s bargainer attitude I cannot help, tonight, to think of one of my supervisors I had during college. I worked at the Groundskeeping shop to help pay my way through school. The second supervisor I had was quite a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:9-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Philip The Evangelist Series

Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Feb 28, 2005

Witnessing in the power of the Spirit

PHILIP THE EVANGELIST Acts 8:1-25 Intro.: What is evangelism? What is an evangelist? (Wait for answers) Jesus said in His final words, “Go, be my witnesses here and everywhere,” “Go and make disciples of all nations.” To evangelize is to tell the good news of Jesus. “Gospel” = “evangel” = ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:1-40

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Whatever You Ask Of Me, I Shall Give You, Even Half My Kingdom!

Contributed by Simon Rundell on Jul 7, 2001

Rash promises compared with the promise of Christ

Address for Evensong & Benediction, 8th July 2001 Given at Holy Spirit, Southsea, Diocese of Portsmouth Text: Mark 6:7-29 In the name of God, the +Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Of course I love you. The Cheque’s in the Post. This won’t hurt a bit. It wasn’t my fault; and now: "Whatever ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:14-29

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Encouraging The Church To Encourage

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 23, 2006

Some lessons from the early Church. In particular, encouraging the local church to be imitators of Barnabas the encourager, since he himself was Christ-like

The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord (John 20:20)! On that Sunday evening, just two days after they had seen Jesus crucified dead and buried, Jesus appeared to his closest friends. Two days after the worst day they had ever experienced, his friends saw him alive and they were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37

Denomination: Anglican

How Important Is A Reputation Series

Contributed by Brian Winslade on Jul 22, 2001

Barnabas’ reputation was so significant they gave him a positive nick-name

How Important is a Reputation Unedited transcript of sermon delivered at Windsor Park Baptist Church 550 East Coast Rd, Mairangi Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, E-mail: bnw@wpbc.org.nz Sunday 8/4/2001,  Brian Winslade, All rights reserved A group of frogs were travelling through the woods ...read more

Scripture: Acts 11:24

Denomination: Baptist

The Role Of The Holy Spirit In Evangelism And Discipleship

Contributed by Tesh Njokanma on Apr 28, 2021

The Holy Spirit in us empowers us to communicate a wonderful message of God’s love through our words and through our lives which draw people to God

Introduction In Matthew 28:19-20, when Jesus was about to ascend to heaven, He gave a twofold task to the disciples and by extension, the church today. The task of evangelism and discipleship. In this world, we have two main categories of people. Believers in Christ Jesus. These are people who ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-40

Denomination: Pentecostal

Two Kinds Of People In The World Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jun 10, 2013

How does God see people?

What can we say about the God of the Bible?? Now, in relation to these descriptions, how do we as human beings compare to this God of the Bible?? Bigger than the Universe Almighty in power Beauty Love Perfection And so, how should God see tiny, imperfect, and sinful people?? In our passage ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"The Resurrection And The Life"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 30, 2017

Jesus wants to be in relationship with us.

“The Resurrection and The Life” John 11:1-45 People need friends. We are social beings. It’s an innate trait, undeniable and inescapable. We crave human companionship. As much as our inner cowboy might like the idea of riding off alone into the sunset, real people cannot ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45

Denomination: United Methodist

Simon The Sorceror: Bargaining With God Series

Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002

Part 6 of 6 of the series, Who’s That? Stories of little known people of the Bible. We skip ahead in time for this message into the period of the New Testament. And here in the book of Acts we discover a man who doesn’t like losing control...  

SIMON THE SORCEROR: BARGAINING WITH GOD Acts 8:4-25 Read at beginning of service: Acts 17:22-28 (NIV) 22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: "Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:4-25, Acts 17:22-28

Denomination: Pentecostal

Come Forth

Contributed by Dave Clark on Apr 7, 2014

A call to come out of the ways of death into the ways of life.

Come Forth John 11:1-45 April 6, 2014 Rev. David J. Clark The story begins with a request for Jesus to hurry to the aid of his deathly-ill friend, Lazarus. But Jesus delays. He sent messengers back to Lazarus’ home, saying “the sickness is not unto death.” Jesus made a ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45

Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

Even Now

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2000

Examines the faith of Martha after the death of Lazarus

Where is he? Where? Where is he? How many times had she asked that question over the past four days. Her only brother had come down with some mysterious virus and nobody could do anything for him. Well nobody except for their friend Jesus. How many times had he reached out his hand and the ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-23, John 11:17-25

Denomination: Wesleyan

When A Day Goes From Bad To Worse Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Sep 5, 2001

A study of one 24 hour period in the life of Moses how things go from bad to worse.

A Study of the Life of Moses Sermon # 6 “When A Bad Day Only Gets Worse” Exodus 5 - 6 Have you ever had a truly bad day? Have you ever had a day that went from bad to worse? I want to read you a children’s story entitled ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Feed My Sheep

Contributed by Rich Hadley on Jun 27, 2002

It’s time to come down from the stands –stop being His fan and become His friend.

FEED MY SHEEP Key Verse: JOHN 21:15-17 15. When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs." 16. Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-17

Denomination: Holiness

"Balthazar Of Bhagdad: A Magi's Story"

Contributed by William Groover on Dec 11, 2001

Dramatic monologue on one of the Magi

TEXT: Matt. 2:1-12 TOPIC: "Balthazar of Baghdad" AUTHOR: Dr. Bill Groover, East Hill Baptist Church, Tallahassee, Fl. bill@easthill.net Copyright 2000. NOTE: Very little is known about the Magi. The things I have written come from ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Christmas Is All About Hope Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 22, 2015

This message was used for our Blue Christmas, Silent Night Service.

What Christmas is all About Silent Night. Start with clip from opening of A Charlie Brown Christmas Contrary to what Linus thought, Charlie Brown was in good company, there are all kinds of folks who feel the same way about Christmas. They are confused because they don’t feel jolly, they ...read more

Scripture: John 11:31-35

Denomination: Wesleyan