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How To Be The People God Wants Us To Be Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jul 17, 2019

God wants us to: 1. Take care of our time (vs. 22-24). 2. Put away our pettiness (vs. 25-26). 3. Humble our hearts before Him (vs. 27-28; 30). 4. Have the full joy of knowing Jesus Christ (vs. 28-29). 5. Trust in the truth about Jesus (vs. 30-36).

How to Be the People God Wants Us to Be The Gospel of John John 3:22-36 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - July 7, 2016 (Revised July 17, 2019) BACKGROUND: *Tonight in the last section of John Chapter 3, God's Word puts the spotlight back on John the Baptist. In these verses, ...read more

Scripture: John 3:22-36

Denomination: Baptist

How To Be The Witnesses God Wants Us To Be Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Aug 2, 2019

How to be the witnesses God wants us to be: 1. Trust in the strength of our Savior (vs. 30). 2. Tell God's Truth (vs. 32-34). 3. Live as light (vs. 35).

How to Be the Witnesses God Wants Us to Be The Gospel of John John 5:30-35 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - September 14, 2016 (Revised August 2, 2019) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John 5. Before we read our Scripture, remember that that this chapter begins with one of ...read more

Scripture: John 5:30-35

Denomination: Baptist

Easter Impact

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 20, 2018

Mary Magdalene has the biggest “narrative impact” on Easter morningI: “I have seen the Lord." Which speaks of her life-transforming experience.

John, called the Beloved Disciple, is clearly the hero of Easter morning! He is spiritually superior with love and understanding; runs fastest. Between John, Peter, and Mary Magdalene— all of whom were at the empty tomb on that first Easter morning— only John had faith in the Physical ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:34-43, John 20:1-9

Denomination: Catholic

He Asked For Alms And He Got Legs!

Contributed by Alan Hamilton-Messer on Mar 13, 2014

Mission. God wants us to reach out to ALL people. Even the ones we think are not good enough for church. Who are not intelligent enough. Smell badly. Don't dress well. Drink too much alcohol or take too many drugs.

He asked for alms and was given legs! Acts 3:1-10 Over the next few months we will hopefully have some mission events taking place in the church. So this morning I thought I would speak about mission. All around us are many people who are hurting for one reason or another.And God has given us the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Recognizing The Master Series

Contributed by Tim White on Mar 19, 2014

How can you recognize if you are following the master?

• If you watch KRBC News in the evening, you will see the lady anchor is Megan Dobbs. • Megan was a in Jr. High, she was in the youth group where Laura and I were youth counselors and sponsors. We went to First Baptist Church of Forney. • We took her and a big group of youth to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:27-33

Denomination: Baptist

James Put To Death Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Apr 15, 2017

If the apostles remained largely untouched by the persecution that followed Stephen’s death, the situation radically changed when Herod Agrippa assumed rule over Judea. The apostles then became the specific targets of the king’s efforts to suppress the...

June 5, 2014 By: Tom Lowe Lesson: III.F.1: James Put to Death. (12:1, 2) Scripture (Acts 12:1, 2; KJV) 1 About ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Christmas Eve Sermon: "Am I 'strong In Spirit'?"

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 5, 2017

A look at Luke 1:80 where it says that John the Baptist "become strong in spirit." This is the verse before the famous Christmas story (Luke 2:1-7). The sermon encourages people to "train themselves in godliness" and become more like Christ.

- Story from Preaching Today of the person pointlessly trying to visit every Starbucks in America. - “Accomplishing” something that really doesn’t amount to much. - What we accomplish with our lives is what v. 80 got me to thinking about. - This verse comes just before that famous Christmas ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

How We Can Defeat The Darkness Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Dec 22, 2017

How can we defeat the darkness? 1. Put a priority on prayer (vs. 1-5). 2. Rely on our Redeemer (vs. 6-16). 3. Strive to stick together (vs. 12-16). 4. Live in loyalty to the Lord (vs. 17).

How We Can Defeat the Darkness Acts 12:1-17 (Reading vs. 1-5) Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church April 6, 2014 (Revised Sept. 18, 2016) *Anybody paying any attention at all knows we are living in a time of growing darkness. A five-minute glance at the headlines is enough to prove that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

God Changes The Ordinary Into Extraordinary Series

Contributed by Gordon Weatherby on Jul 13, 2014

The Account in Acts 3 and 4 deals with just a regular day, but God turned it for many people into an extraordinary day. There was a healing, preaching, two men arrested, and a major church growth, because of the working of God.

God Changes The Ordinary Into Extraordinary Acts 3:1-4:22 Audio Link to hear this sermon: http://chirb.it/6xyE3J INTRODUCTION: 1.) Have you ever got out of bed thinking this is going to be an ordinary run of the mill day, but by the end of the day, you found it was anything but? 2.) That is ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Wonderful Works Of Our Lord Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Nov 12, 2019

1. His works are good (vs. 27-33). 2. His works are great (vs. 34-37). 3. His works are a guarantee (vs. 37-38). 4. His works are gracious (vs. 38-42).

The Wonderful Works of Our Lord The Gospel of John John 10:27-42 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - March 29, 2017 (Revised November 12, 2019) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John 10, as we think about the wonderful works of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. *Verses 22-24 ...read more

Scripture: John 10:27-42

Denomination: Baptist

Go And Tell!

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Dec 1, 2019

The following sermon is going to look at Zechariah’s song in hope that it will challenge us to share the best gift ever given to humanity with the world!

Go and Tell! Luke 1:67-80 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 It is hard to believe that Christmas is almost here! Just the thought of getting hugs from loved ones, giving gifts and breaking one’s diet to eat mountains of food makes me quiver with excitement. As grand ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:67-80, Matthew 28:19-20, 1 Peter 3:15

Denomination: Baptist

Preparing For Christ

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Dec 1, 2019

A commercialized, materialistic Christmas often leaves out the greatest Christmas gift of all. How did John the Baptist prepare for our Savior? Let’s look at John’s preparation for Jesus in Matthew 3:1-12.

A commercialized, materialistic Christmas often leaves out the greatest Christmas gift of all. How did John the Baptist prepare for our Savior? Let’s look at John’s preparation for Jesus in Matthew 3:1-12. Preaching Matthew 3:1 “In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Preparing Ourselves For The "way Of The Lord"

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Dec 2, 2019

on the second Sunday of Advent we have John the Baptizer proclaim the coming of the Lord

Matthew 3:1-12 Today we begin the second week of Advent – a time of preparation as we celebrate the birth of Jesus and anticipation of His Second Coming. The message of John the Baptizer, who prepared Judea for the first coming of Jesus, tells us how to prepare for the coming of Jesus in this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Episcopal

Are You The One?

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Dec 4, 2019

when John the Baptist hears of Jesus' ministry, he begins to doubt that he is the 'real' Messiah

Matthew 11:2-11 Today we enter the third week of Advent – with it the anticipation of the Birth of Christ. In just a little over one week we will be sitting in this sanctuary celebrating Jesus’ birth. . . the Advent of the Messiah. But today’s scripture is not foretelling the birth of Christ. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-11

Denomination: Episcopal

Jesus Comes To Jordan To Be Baptized

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Dec 31, 2019

Why is baptism so important? And what is meant by Jesus, the sinless One submitting to baptism?

Jesus Comes to be Baptized by John Matthew 3:13-17 The baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist is mentioned in all four gospels. Even though it is not explicitly stated in the Gospel of John, it is strongly implied. What was the relation of John the Baptist to Jesus? All of the gospels deal with this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible