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  • Communicating Christ Effectively

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 4, 2002
    based on 417 ratings
     | 18,639 views

    Paul had four qualities that enabled him to effectively communicate Christ which we also need.

    COMMUNICATING CHRIST EFFECTIVELY Acts 17:16-34 INTRO.- ILL.- A stranger entered the church in the middle of the sermon and seated himself in the back pew. After a while he began to fidget. Leaning over to a white-haired man at his side, evidently an old member of the congregation, he whispered: ...read more

  • God's Magnetic Community Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 8, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,982 views

    One of a series on Building Community

    God’s Magnetic Community There are three ways that everyday ordinary folk like you and I can come to know of and experience God. We experience God in His Creation. Go into Creation, pay attention and it reads like a huge billboard pointing to the creative genius of Almighty God. Veggies ...read more

  • The Holy Spirit's Community Series

    Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Apr 12, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,699 views

    In leading to this first community produced by Jesus through the Spirit, we have seen that Pentecost is likened to the Shekinah glory: As the glory of the Holy Spirit filled the earthly tabernacle, and then the Jerusalem temple, the church born at Penteco

    INTRODUCTION The great church historian, Phillp Schaff, whose library is here in Lancaster said: "As to the numerical strength of Christianity at the close of the first century, we have no information whatever. Statistical reports were unknown in those days. The estimate of half a million among ...read more

  • The Church As A Praising Community Series

    Contributed by Galen Hackman on May 10, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,921 views

    4th in a series of 5 sermons on the Core Characteristics of the Church. This sermon explores the church as a praising community.

    The Church as a Praising Community Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 111 Acts 2:47 tells us that the early church was praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Praising is a core characteristic of the church; an essential element in its DNA. Wherever the church exists, there will be praise. What ...read more

  • The Church As A Growing Community Series

    Contributed by Galen Hackman on May 10, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,054 views

    5th and last in a series on the Core Characteristics of the Church. This sermon looks at the church as a growing community.

    The Church as a Growing Community Acts 2:42-47 (vs. 47) Do you remember those little choruses we learned at Vacation Bible School? There were several little ditties that were brought out only at VBS time. One came to my mind as I was preparing this sermon: Deep and wide; Deep and wide, There’s a ...read more

  • The Church As A Filled Community Series

    Contributed by Galen Hackman on Mar 1, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 4,366 views

    Second in a series of 5 sermons on the Core Characteristics of the Church. Acts 2:42-47 describes the nature of the Early Church and in this sermon we see how God filled their daily lives and how he desires to fill ours.

    The Church as a Filled Community (Second in the series: The Core Characteristics of the Church) Acts 2:43 John 14:15-21 For our Lenten emphasis this year we are embarking on a journey that takes us inside the early community of believers, asking the question, “What made these people able to ...read more

  • The Church As A Devoted Community Series

    Contributed by Galen Hackman on Mar 1, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,044 views

    First in a series of 5 sermons on the Core Characteristics of the Church basoed on Acts 2:42-47. In this sermon we explore what it means to be a devoted community.

    The Church as a Devoted Community (Second in the series: The Core Characteristics of the Church) Acts 2:36-47 In Matthew 13 Jesus tells a series of stories (actually, parables) about the nature of the kingdom of heaven. One of them is called the Parable of the Mustard Seed and it goes like ...read more

  • The Church As A Caring Community Series

    Contributed by Galen Hackman on Mar 7, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 11,464 views

    This is the 3rd in a series based on Acts 2:42-47 looking at the core characteristics of the church. This sermone deals with community.

    The Church as a Caring Community Acts 2:45-46 Acts 4:32 – 5:11 (Third in the series “The Core Characteristics of the Church) I have just read the most riveting story in the Book of Acts. The traumatic and sudden death of Ananias and Sapphira has caused both the casual reader of the Bible and the ...read more

  • A Broken And Restored Community

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Mar 8, 2003
    based on 65 ratings
     | 5,305 views

    Allowing our Church to become a true spiritual community rather than just another dusty, antiquated, ecclesiastical organization.

    BROKENNESS IS REALIZATION THAT LIFE IS TOO MUCH FOR US, NOT JUST BECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH PAIN BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE’RE TOO SELFISH! BROKENNESS IS REALIZING ALMIGHTY GOD IS ALL WE HAVE! HOPE IS REALIZING GOD IS ALL WE NEED! JOY IS REALIZING GOD IS ALL WE WANT. IMAGINE IF WE WOULD ALL TAKE THIS TO ...read more

  • Building On A Community Of Care Series

    Contributed by Steve Lawson on Jan 5, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,883 views

    As a church, we are called to care for each other.

    Building on a Community of Care 2 Corinthians 1:3, 4 I am now working toward the day when communities of God’s people, ordinary Christians whose lives regularly intersect, will accomplish most of the good that we now depend on mental health professionals to provide. And they will do it by ...read more

  • Building A Community Of Unity Series

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Nov 19, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 6,826 views

    This is a message encouraging believers to follow the wisdom found in the following: In essential things, unity. In non-essential things, liberty. In all things, charity.

    Remember Pat Tillman? He’s the football player who turned down a three-year, $3.6 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the Army in May 2002 in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy. Tillman was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan. Sports pages all across America told his heroic story. ...read more

  • The Brick Method (Communication)

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jun 2, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,409 views

    Every day we ought to be growing more like Christ. And when we look at the life of Christ we see that He always spoke the plain truth, He always loved people. If we are to be about the business of building up the Church then we must be about the busines

    “The Brick Method” Proverbs 18:21 Introduction When I was a young Marine Sergeant, stationed in Yuma Arizona, I worked for a Warrant Officer named, Chris Cox. Now, Warrant officer Cox stood about 6ft 4 inches and weighed just shy of three hundred pounds of solid muscle. At the time I had just ...read more

  • A Master Planned Community

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,108 views

    the Master plan--mission, method, mentality and message for reaching souls

    Intro: today I would like to give some shocking news, Chicago is bigger than Wetumpka. But don’t feel bad, it is bigger than any place else in the United States, with the exception of New York City and Los Angeles. A thought came to me as we were riding through downtown Chicago, this place started ...read more

  • Community- Coming Together

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jun 17, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,504 views

    study on the early church as a basis for how the church can operate in the blessings of God

    Intro: I looked up the definition of community and here are the two parts. Com-with, unity-togetherness With Togetherness–if you read Acts 2:42-47–our main text for our series on community, you will find they prayed together, they gave together, they stayed together and they praised together. This ...read more

  • Community Starts With Compassion

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Jun 21, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,937 views

    the secret to building a great community is to built on compassion for a lost and hurting world

    Intro: with so much material out there giving the methods to build a great church, you would think there would be great churches on every corner. But with all the greatest programs and church growth material, it still all boils down to compassion for the lost and hurting. Today, community starts ...read more