Sermons on Laodicean Church:

The Apostolic Church Series

Contributed by Apostle Dr. Ruben L. Broadnax Jr. on Oct 24, 2024

The Apostolic Church" focuses on being a church grounded in Jesus, Spirit-led, and mission-driven. This sermon calls believers to embrace their identity as a sent people, united in truth, and empowered to impact the world.

The church is not a building; it’s a living, breathing community of believers united under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Throughout history, the term “apostolic” has often been linked to authority, leadership, or church structure. Yet, in its purest form, the term points back to the mission, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22

Denomination: Other

Being The Church

Contributed by Delray Lentz on Aug 13, 2024

Importance, purpose and structure of the Church

Title of today’s message: Being the church Today’s message is centered around the key passage found in Matthew 16:13-18. You may want to turn there, as we’ll get there in a minute or so. We are going to consider three amazing facts today: Importance, purpose, and structure of the church and the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-18, Ephesians 4:16

A Church On Fire

Contributed by Jon Daniels on Aug 26, 2024

Based on Acts 2 - Challenges hearers to consider the 4 components of a church on fire for the Lord (adapted from Adrian Rogers' sermon - "The Ingredients of a Church Aflame")

“A CHURCH ON FIRE” Acts 2 FBCF – 8/25/24 Jon Daniels INTRO – Monticello Methodist Church fire – Jan 11, 1980 This was a literal church on fire. FBCF was already a church on fire before this week’s revival w/ Dr. Don Wilton. But after what we experienced this week, the Holy Spirit poured MUCH ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Sin In The Church Series

Contributed by Brady Boyd on Sep 11, 2024

Did your life change when you decided to follow Jesus?

Church in the City – Chapter 5 Sin in the Church September 15, 2024 Did your life change when you decided to follow Jesus? Should believers inside the church live different lives than those outside the church? Remember, in Corinth, there were very few sexual boundaries. This sexual freedom was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-2, 1 Corinthians 5:6-7, Luke 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 5:9-13, Ephesians 2:4-8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Communication Of The Church Series

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Oct 30, 2025

The Communication of the Church

Acts 13:14-39 The Communication of the Church I. The Preparation of the Gospel (14-16) Paul’s arrival in Antioch. A. The Synagogue - 14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. - those hungry for truth ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:14-39

Denomination: Holiness

The Constraint Of The Church Series

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Oct 30, 2025

The Constraint of the Church

Acts 15:1-12 The Constraint of the Church I. The Dispute for the Apostles 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up... A. The Origin of the Dispute - 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:1-12

Denomination: Holiness

The Church In Ephesus

Contributed by Delray Lentz on Oct 13, 2025

Last week, I gave a quick recap of 2024 @ CPC. By quick recap I, mean of the 525,600 minutes that occured last year, I covered it in about 6 minutes! Very un-preacherlike, if I do say so myself.

I intentionally saved the best for this week! We had 4 baptisms last year, church. We give God all the glory for that! We’ll talk about that a little more, in a bit. I’d like to take us back to January of 2023. We had our Kingdom Builders Vision Party- raise your hand if you attended that. We ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:19-20

The Church On The Move

Contributed by Rich O' Toole on Oct 15, 2025

A great persecution arose against the church

The Church on the Move Acts 8:1-17 There is a Yiddish proverb loosely based on Psalm 2 and James 4 that says, "We make plans and God laughs." This illustrates the truth of how we make our plans; however, unexpected events and things from the LORD alter those plans. Before going back to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christ And The Church

Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Jun 11, 2023

Have you ever seen a couple and said, “I wonder what he sees in her” or, “I don't understand what she sees in him”? So we can also ask, what does Jesus see in the church? He loves the church and gave Himself for her.

Alba 6-11-2023 CHRIST AND THE CHURCH Ephesians 5:22-33 A 97-pound Labrador retriever named Marley is said to have been the world’s worst dog. His story is told in a book for children, "Marley: A Dog Like No Other", by John Grogan. It was also made into a movie called “Marley and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33, Hebrews 10:24-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Is The Church?

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 16, 2023

A town gathering and a few word pictures help us understand what is meant by the word church.

What is the church? A Gathering The early church borrowed a Greek term, ?????s?a (ekklésia), meaning a gathering of citizens. Thus we call the study of the church ecclesiology. Can it describe a local church? To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:2

Denomination: Baptist

The Foundation Of The Church

Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on May 29, 2025

This sermon looks at the establishment of the church and looks at what a firm foundation should look like. It should make you think "Am I doing my part"

Introduction Today, we’re going to look at a passage of Scripture that reveals the foundation of the church and the assurance we have in Jesus’ promise. Let’s open our Bibles to Matthew 16:18. In this verse, Jesus makes a declaration: "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11, Matthew 16:15-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Awakening Church

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 5, 2025

The Church must wake up from spiritual slumber and return to her apostolic foundations of prayer, power, purity, and proclamation.

THE AWAKENING CHURCH By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Acts 4:31-33 Supporting Texts: Romans 13:11, Ephesians 5:14, Isaiah 52:1-2, Joel 2:28, Revelation 3:1-3 INTRODUCTION: The early Church in the book of Acts was a spiritually alert, power-driven and unified body of believers. They were not a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:31-33

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Birth Of The Church

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jun 9, 2025

Pentecost, as it is called in the Greek language for the Jewish Feast of Weeks, as celebrated 50 days after the resurrection gave birth to the church.

When you stop to think about it…what brought us here today. Now I don’t mean by plane, train, or automobile, but what things in our lives caused us to be gathered today, and each Sunday before and after today? We gather here not by chance, but by divine appointment. We are not here merely to fill a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-4, Leviticus 23:15-17, Luke 24:44, 1 Corinthians 15:20-22, Luke 24:46-49  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Rapture Of The Church

Contributed by Jedidiah Jedidiah on Jul 9, 2025

The Rapture verse or the real verse that teaches the truth about the Rapture is found in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

The Rapture of the Church Before we discuss the concept of the Rapture, it is imperative to dive deeply and examine different facts about the Rapture. We need to research the issue that surrounds the Rapture, for the word “Rapture” is indeed not found in the Bible, just as the word “Trinity” is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Comfort For The Church

Contributed by Larry Grant on Jun 29, 2024

Paul discusses the Rapture of the Church of Jesus Christ. Paul lets them know that the coming of Jesus is not an event that should bring fear to the hearts of believers, but an event that should comfort them.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18(NKJV) COMFORT FOR THE CHURCH June 29, 2024 In this letter, Paul confronts the doubts of the young Thessalonian congregation; challenges them to a closer and cleaner walk with the Lord and He answers the questions they have about several areas of the faith. Among the topics ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Baptist