Sermons on Indian Music:

Role De La Louange Dans Le Culte Series

Contributed by Patrick Berthalon on Sep 1, 2010

What is the role of Worship

LA PLACE DE LA LOUANGE DANS LE CULTE L'expression « louange et culte » est fréquemment employée par les chrétiens, mais ces deux mots sont rarement mentionnés ensemble dans la bible. Y a-t-il une distinction entre la louange et le culte ? Que signifie-t-elle pour Louer le seigneur ? Quelle place ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 150:6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Part 6 - Matthew 11:15-19 - Why Don’t You Dance To My Tune! Series

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 13, 2010

Why didn’t He intervene when I had that car accident, or when my friend died of cancer? How could He let something like that happen?" It’s kind of like this - "JESUS, I PLAYED MY OWN MUSIC. WHY DIDN’T YOU DANCE TO MY TUNE."

Part 6 - Matthew 11:15-19 - WHY DON’T YOU DANCE TO MY TUNE! Rome, who is only 1 year old, picked up a plastic spade and began playing it, pretending it was a guitar. It has the right shape. Anything can become a guitar in his hands. He has seen guitars at Church and as he danced he made sounds ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:15-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Speak To One Another In Song

Contributed by George Rennau on Aug 31, 2011

A pentecostal sermon discussing Spiritual Songs.

SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER IN SONG (This sermon was adapted from a sermon by David Dykes) Ephesians 5:18-21 (NKJV) 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18-21

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Bride's Love Song Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 16, 2011

As Mary poured costly nard over the feet of Jesus, so the Church sings its love song to the Bridegroom sacrificed for our sins.

Monday of Holy Week 18 April 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy Mary loved her brother, Lazarus. When he took ill, she and Martha immediately sent word to Jesus, trusting that He would come and cure Lazarus. She waited, and waited, and watched her brother get progressively worse. Worse yet, the rumor ...read more

Scripture: John 12:1-11

Denomination: Catholic

Prayer Series

Contributed by Paul Basehore on Mar 19, 2015

Praying continuously doesn't mean you're head is bowed and your eyes are closed 24x7. All it means is that you're constantly willing to listen to God's voice in your life!

Last week we started our new series on Spiritual Lifehacks. I gave an example of a physical lifehack showing how to make external phone speakers out of a toilet paper tube and two plastic cups. This week I want to share something a little different. How many of you like to listen to music when ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Letting Jesus Live Through Us Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 24, 2014

Jesus would love for us to be his servants, to do his will above our own, and to direct the steps of our lives. But we must allow him to do so by surrendering our lives to him.

Letting Jesus Live Through Us (Colossians 3:14-17) 1. It was a bad week for criminals, based on a couple of UPI stories: “A Texas fugitive who was wanted on bank fraud charges was captured in Denver after he plummeted 17 stories down a trash chute while trying to evade police.” 2. ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:15-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Spirit Is Alive Through Obedience Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 17, 2009

The Church’s song is two millennia old and is deserving of use and respect

May 18, 2009 Sacramentum Caritatis Acts 16: 11-21 and John 15: 21-27 When we listen to the Gospel of Luke and the Acts, and to the Gospel of John as well, we get the impression that the Holy Spirit was more active in the early Church than today. Paul was forbidden by the Spirit–probably warned by ...read more

Scripture: John 15:21-27

Denomination: Catholic

Singing And Contemplation Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 23, 2009

The point of art, and especially music, is to lead us beyond what we can apprehend at the material level, even to contemplative prayer.

May 25, 2009 Sacramentum Caritatis Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds; his name is the LORD, exult before him! 5 Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. The anointing of the Holy Spirit is the action of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:1-8

Denomination: Catholic

Principles For Public Worship

Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 6, 2009

An outline defining public worship from I Corinthians 14

Principles of Public Worship (I Corinthians 14) I. The Practice of Ministers/Worship Leaders Questioned (v.26) A. Everyone Attempting Their Own Way of Worship (v.26a) B. Edification Always One Goal of Worship (v.26b) II. The Principles of Ministering/Worship Leading Qualified ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:26-35

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Give Thanks Through Worship Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Sep 6, 2021

Music constituted another demanding part of the worship of the temple and evidently in the early Christians. So, the singing of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual songs play important roles in worship mentioned by Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians.

Theme: Give thanks thru worship Text: Ephesians 5:18-20 Greetings The Lord is good; his love endures forever. I greet you all in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Today, I would like to share with you the significance of giving thanks to God through worship. It is based on Ephesians ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18-20

Denomination: Methodist

Lent4b—rejoice Sunday

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 2, 2018

The theology of enjoyment in the Book of Ecclesiastes is repeated over and over: find enjoyment and satisfaction in your work.

It’s optional— when the Church’s sacred ministers wear “pink” on Laetare Sunday —the Fourth Sunday of Lent. The word is from the Latin word for the command “rejoice!” To illustrate this theme: A famous preacher was trying to teach his students to make their facial expressions harmonize with ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 137:1-6, Ephesians 2:4-10

Denomination: Catholic

Ceux Qui Ont Adoré Dans La Bible

Contributed by Créteur Fabien on Nov 24, 2003

On this earth the music is used as element drive to go until the sin... The music for God owes other very, carrying a message of life...

Introduction : Sur cette terre la musique sert d=élément entraînement pour aller jusqu=au péché... La musique pour Dieu doit tout autre, porteuse d=un message de vie... I Un solo dans le Palais : AMon coeur est affermi... parmi les nations.@ Psaumes 57/8-10. Cet homme se pousse  un moment ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 57:8-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Heaven On Earth Series

Contributed by Colin Mcgeer on May 5, 2023

Your Kingdom come; your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Heaven is my throne. earth is my footstool. God will be seen on earth through man. Earth one with heaven, where Jesus is Lord of all men.

Years ago, a friend of mine told us about the Sitar, a very popular Indian musical instrument. Although it can have up to 21 strings, the sitar player only plays one set of strings. The “playable” set has five to seven played strings. The other set contains about 13 to 15 sympathetic strings of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:10-13

Time And The Task

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Jan 1, 2005

A sermon for our covenant (rededication) service just after the Indian Ocean Tsunami of Boxing day 2004. Covers suffering, taking the gospel and commitment.

Time and the task. Sun 2nd Jan 2005 pm .WBC After the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26th Dec 2004 Luke 13:1-5 and Eph 3:1-21 FALL AND FRAILTY Like me, shocked and pained by images on screen? - but I want to say, this has strengthened to me why I am a Christian and not something else (more on point ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Free...free...free...

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Feb 13, 2014

Wrapping up a message on Matt 10:8, around the recent hot media topic...elevation of Indian born Sathya Nadella as CEO of Microsoft!!!

FREE…FREE…FREE… OK Hyderbadis’ (Yours truly included) have something to be proud about, for their “Son of the soil” namely Sathya Nadella was recently elevated to one of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:8

Denomination: *other