Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Institutional Survival:

showing 2,416-2,430 of 27,428
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Taking Out The Trash PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 919 views

    There is a need for spiritual cleansing within the church, removing anything that doesn't honor God.

    Good morning, brothers and sisters. I'm sure we've all had those moments when the clutter around our house becomes too much and we're compelled to do a big clean-up. Well, our spiritual house, our church, sometimes needs a good cleaning too. Oswald Chambers, a respected Christian teacher and ...read more

  • The Governing Authorities

    Contributed by Shane Williams on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 51 ratings
     | 4,477 views

    How should we act toward those who rule over us?

    Over the past couple years, most of us have heard, read, and watched a lot about our president. There are many things we see going on in our executive branch that have never happened before. Whether it is lying, felonies, or adultery, there are a lot of things we disagree with that the ...read more

  • The Heart Of Giving

    Contributed by Roddy Chestnut on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,295 views

    Thesis: Appeals to the heart surpass appeals to the pocketbook.

    Thesis: Appeals to the heart surpass appeals to the pocketbook. Intro.: 1. Probably no two topics are as connected in the popular mind as churches and money. a. Illust. A Madison Ave. advertising firm surveyed non-churched people a few yrs. ago and asked them their impression of church. "The ...read more

  • Come To The Table Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Nov 18, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 6,781 views

    A study of the Lord’s Supper: 1. It’s Practice 2. It’s Purpose and 3. It’s Perpetuity.

    Come to the Table 1 Corinthians 11:17 – 34 INTRODUCTION Priscilla Larson, of Lexington, MA, tells of the time her brother in law (a preacher) had been away from home one afternoon donating his blood at the Red Cross. The preacher’s son was concerned when his father didn’t come home at his usual ...read more

  • Evidences Of Being Stirred By The Spirit

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 1, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,075 views

    Evidences of Being Stirred By The Spirit

    Evidences of Being Stirred By The Spirit I. The Spirit Stirs - Ez. 1 Cyrus the Great d. 529 B.C., king of Persia, founder of ACHAEMENID power and the Persian empire. He conquered MEDIA between 559 and 549 B.C., Lydia (see CROESUS) in 546, and BABYLONIA in 538. In EGYPT he laid the basis for ...read more

  • The Biblical Significance Of The Lord's Supper

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 14, 2003
    based on 158 ratings
     | 11,398 views

    A communion message.

    THE BIBLICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LORD’S SUPPER Matthew 26:26-30 INTRO: Before the Lord Jesus Christ left the earth, he established two ordinances for the local church. They are Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper. Neither ordinance has any saving power, but rather, baptism is an ordinance of ...read more

  • We Love Our Church!

    Contributed by Chris Anderson on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 4,808 views

    A message of encouragement to celebrate the local church and its blessing to our lives and others.

    WE LOVE OUR CHURCH Eph. 5:25; 1 Tim. 3:15 We live in a society that more and more minimizes the need and work of the local church. Some say that the church is no longer "relevant" but I believe that it is more relevant than any other institution or organization on the planet! The church is the ...read more

  • God-Fighter Or God-Obeyer?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 29, 2008
     | 3,048 views

    Though Israel disobeyed and broke the covenant with God, God did not give up, and formed a new people in a New Covenant that fulfilled the Old in the crucified Christ

    Monday of First Week in Advent 2008 Sacramentum Caritatis The words of Jesus today stand alongside those of Isaiah: two prophets saying the same thing. In these latter days, the true Israel of God is the people who understand how to obey the authoritative word. In Jesus’s case, it was a pagan ...read more

  • Sinlessness, Self-Deception

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 12, 2008
     | 2,961 views

    A message to remind the listener that sin is still a real problem in today’s world.

    SINLESSNESS, SELF-DECEPTION 1 John 1:8 INTRO: Sin is the transgression of the law. To constitute sin, there must be a law which we are acquainted with, and which we willfully violate. With sin, all men are chargeable. God has pronounced ...read more

  • You’ve Hid Your Hope Long Enough

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Nov 13, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,695 views

    There is a demonic influence in this region that is trying to kill the prolific (reproductive) elements that causes you to grow in number and in strength, because of this truth, there has been a decree issued to assassinate you.

    You’ve hid your hope long enough Exodus 2: 1-3 There is a demonic influence in this region that is trying to kill the prolific (reproductive) elements that causes you to grow in number and in strength, because of ...read more

  • The Atonement Denounced As "Too Individualistic"

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Apr 5, 2010
     | 1,764 views

    The Atonement Denounced As "Too Individualistic"

    In an interesting article posted a Christianity Today, Mark Dever examines growing opposition within the Evangelical community to the substitionary atonement, meaning the death of Christ upon the cross for the fulfillment of our sins. Thinking they know more than God now, a number of theologians ...read more

  • In Persona Christi Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 15, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,589 views

    The touch of God changes us, particularly those set aside for ministry.

    February 16, 2009 Sacramentum Caritatis There are two realities that flow directly from our understanding that there is a God and I’m not God. The first is that we owe God everything. The second is that we have to behave toward God and other human beings in the way He intends. The new atheist, ...read more

  • Our Collective Sin And The Infinite Mercy Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 23, 2012
     | 4,468 views

    We have brought the HHS mandate for sterilization, contraception and abortion drugs upon ourselves, but if we repent, God will be merciful and forgiving.

    Our story from the Book of Chronicles today focuses on a troubling period in the history of the southern kingdom of Judah. This was the kingdom of David, who, despite his sin, was faithful to the Lord, the true God. But of all the kings of Judah, maybe four and a half were any good. The people ...read more

  • Faith, Incarnation And Dominic Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 8, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,630 views

    As Dominic fought Catharism in the twelfth century, so we can witness to the Light of Faith in ours, to the Word made flesh.

    Feast of St. Dominic 2013 (II) The Church was in disarray. Clergy often led dissolute lives; many quietly took wives or mistresses and had children. Preaching was mediocre; Mass attendance was spotty and only rarely was there true beauty, especially in the music. Sound familiar? It happens ...read more

  • Apostasy & Apostate-Bishops In Churches

    Contributed by Aham Igbokwe on Jun 17, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,286 views

    Shouldn’t marriages that are contrary to sound biblical doctrines be rightly, albeit be legally, kept away from the church just as men wittingly keeps out of the ladies in public places and vice versa.

    Evil is not yet unmasked and fully revealed nevertheless it seems evil is being emboldened daily in the West and aimed to contain the church of Christ and to censor pure Biblical doctrines. Indeed, it is alas! These wanton affronts on the Church and on pure Biblical doctrines is akin to ...read more