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What Do You Have That You Did Not Receive? Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Dec 23, 2012

We are far more prone to think too highly of ourselves than to think too poorly of ourselves. Such thinking tends to divide the people of God.

“What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?” [1] Our contemporaries, and likely we ourselves, esteem the rugged individual. We imagine that we are distinct from everyone else. We are taught in elementary school that there ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:7

Denomination: Baptist

The State Of Our Church

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 31, 2015

Our annual End of the Fiscal Year necessitates assessing where our church is and what we should be focusing on in the next year. Your congregation should hear something like this from you, too.

I truly thank God for His allowing me to pastor a congregation like you. It is my distinct pleasure to serve you as you serve the Lord. We are in a small “bedroom” community that serves the two larger cities. A bedroom community is one where people choose to live even though they ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:16-17

Denomination: *other

Telephone To Glory

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 18, 2006

Calling on the Lord. He is better than 911 in time of need. No long distance with the Lord, all calls are local. No toll cost. He paid it all.

TELEPHONE TO GLORY! 6/3/06 Would it be nice to be able to use your phone and call heaven any time you needed? Here are some handy reference numbers for those emergency phone numbers to Glory! These numbers can be dialed direct. No party lines, you do not have to go through an operator (minister, ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

What Makes A Good Church Member?

Contributed by Oris Hubbard on Feb 23, 2013

This sermon was used on a Membership Sunday.

What Makes a Good Church Member? Acts 2:46,47 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:46-47

Denomination: Pentecostal

Divine Work Of The Ministry

Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Sep 25, 2015

To establish that all gifts given to the church are given to achieve unity in accomplishing the “divine work of the ministry.” This lesson deals with the importance of the work of Christ in evangelism and edification.

INTRODUCTION Outline. 1. Divine Officers 2. Divine Operations 3. Divine Objectives Remarks. 1. The time of this letter was written sometime around 60-64 A.D. This letter was one of Paul’s imprisonment epistles (Philippians, Colossians and Philemon) to the church at Ephesus and distributed ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

All In! Series

Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 9, 2014

Third in the "You Should Be Committed" Series

This is the third message in our series, "You Should Be Committed". The first message dealt with the issue of excuses (not reasons) that those profess Christ give in being out of fellowship in the local church. These reasons ranged anywhere from the ludicrous (I had to mow my lawn, I had to ...read more

Denomination: Bible Church

Guideline #6: Maintain A Spirit Of Harmony Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Nov 3, 2003

Discord will destroy a church. Harmony will make it effective in being the Body of Christ.

SERIES: “GOD-GIVEN GUIDELINES FOR GRWOING A GREAT CHURHC” TEXT: EPHESIANS 4:1-6 TITLE: Guideline #6: “MAINTAIN A SPIRIT OF HARMONY” (Sermon based on material from Bob Russel’s When God Builds A Church) INTRODUCTION: A. A preacher went to his high school reunion. One of his friends asked, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Faith That Gives

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Jan 19, 2003

God desires that we express our faith to Him in many ways, one of which is through faithful giving to His local church.

Genesis 14:17-24 A Faith That Gives Introduction I’m going to be speaking about giving today, and I want you to stay tuned in because during the invitation, if you’ll stick with me I’m going to make you a deal you can’t turn down. I want to be completely up front with you about some things and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 14:17-24

Denomination: Baptist

Encouraging The Church To Encourage

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 23, 2006

Some lessons from the early Church. In particular, encouraging the local church to be imitators of Barnabas the encourager, since he himself was Christ-like

The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord (John 20:20)! On that Sunday evening, just two days after they had seen Jesus crucified dead and buried, Jesus appeared to his closest friends. Two days after the worst day they had ever experienced, his friends saw him alive and they were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37

Denomination: Anglican

The Vision Is Jesus

Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 18, 2013

A message focusing on the Vision of growing the local church, moving on from the past and embracing the vision of obeying Christ and investing in his leadership for the future.

Sermon Lanier Christian Church June 26, 2011 David Simpson The Vision is Jesus Hebrews 12:2 Ten years ago our water fountain (in the church hallway) sprung a leak and flooded the building, I came in to find my old office area covered with an inch of ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2

Denomination: Christian Church

How Large Is Your Family?

Contributed by James Hickman on Feb 6, 2016

A message on Christian unity based on shared commitment to Biblical faith. Suitable for joint meetings of local churches from various evangelical denominations.

How Large is Your Family? Text: Luke 9:49-50 Text Introduction: Some of the incidents in the ministry of Jesus are well-known. Others are mentioned briefly and then the story moves on. The incident in my text is one of those. We shouldn’t miss its implications. ************* Imagine ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:49-50

Denomination: Baptist

Unity & Humility Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 4, 2021

Can the division and boasting in Corinth be a lesson for our local church? What about Paul would make us want to study this letter?

Can the division and boasting in Corinth be a lesson for our local church? What about Paul would make us want to study this letter? 1 Cor 1:1-9 To Saints 1 Corinthians 1:1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Paul’s calling was as any ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Gideon And His God Were Soon Forgotten By An Ungrateful Israel [judges 8.33-8.35] Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Oct 18, 2019

It seems that as soon as Gideon was dead that they put off the worship of Jehovah God and turned to worship foreign gods; particularly, the local Baal gods.

Chapter 36 Gideon and his God Were Soon Forgotten By an Ungrateful Israel [Judges 8.33-8.35] Scripture 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. 34 And the children of Israel ...read more

Scripture: Judges 8:33-35

Denomination: Baptist

"Keep The Unity Of The Spirit” Part 2 Series

Contributed by George Yates on Sep 26, 2006

Unity with diversity of gifts, talents, experiences. Purpose of diversity and unity is for the body to do works of service and the building up the body to become the fullness Christ intended.

EPHESIANS 4:1-16 September 17, 2006 New Covenant EPC “KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT” Part 2 Body Life - The Book of Ephesians I. Last week we began this passage “Keep the Unity of the Spirit” A. (vs 1-3) Live up to your calling - humble, gentle, bearing with one another, keep unity of spirit bond ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Talk To The Hand

Contributed by Nathan Hall on Jul 13, 2002

I think that it’s very interesting that Paul makes a striking comparison between the human body and the body of Christ. Let’s take a look.

How many of us here this morning have ever heard the old song that says, “the hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone; the thigh bone’s connected to the leg bone,” or however it goes? It talks about the human body. I can remember when I was a nursing student before I went to Bible college I had to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27

Denomination: Pentecostal