Sermons about Melanesian Singing

Palm Sunday: I Don't Know What I'm Singing!

Contributed by Don Schultz on Apr 10, 2003

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Do you know what you are singing this day? Or are you like the crowds on Palm Sunday?

I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M SINGING! (Mark 11:1-10) Have you ever found yourself singing a song, but really, you had no idea what you were singing? I was a teacher at a high school for a year, and as I walked down the hallway one morning I could hear one of my students singing a song. It was a song I ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-10, Luke 19:28-40

Denomination: Lutheran

Don't Hang Up Your Harps & Don't Stop Singing

Contributed by Vincent Oliver on Feb 26, 2007

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Eulogy for Derro "Smitty" Smith, a faithful church organist. Sermon can be easily adapted to encourage continued Chritian service.

Psalm 137:1-6 “By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 137:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

How Can We Sing The Lord's Songs In A Foreign Land?

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 11, 2023

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Our life as followers of Christ serve as either a hymn of praise pointing to our Saviour, or it serves as mere background noise for the delight of a dying world.

“[By the waters of Babylon] our captors required of us songs, and our tormentors, mirth, saying, ‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion!’ “How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!” [1] “Our citizenship is in Heaven, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 137:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

Songs We Sing: "must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone" Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 5, 2025

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The song we will focus on is the worst hymn that has ever been produced (IN MY OPINION). Why is this hymn the worst? This hymn is the worst because it teaches incorrect theology about Jesus Christ.

SONGS WE SING: ‘MUST JESUS BEAR THE CROSS ALONE?’ 1 Peter 2:21-25, Matthew 16:24-25 #BadBadHymn SING ‘MUST JESUS BEAR THE CROSS ALONE’ INTRODUCTION This morning we are continuing a sermon series called: “The Songs We Sing.” Part of worshipping God is singing. It is not the only part, but is a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21-25, Matthew 16:24-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! Stanzas 3-4: Healing In His Wings Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 15, 2020

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Jesus was born to heal our spiritual ills, both delivering us from hell and transforming us into godly men and women. Let’s look at two “hows” that explain these blessings.

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! Part 2 Healing in His Wings (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing! stanzas 3-4) 1. One woman writes: Our fourth grader celebrated his birthday on crutches, so he couldn’t carry the cupcakes into school without help. I asked our sixth-grader, Noah, to help his brother carry ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:2, Mark 6:56, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 21:8, Ephesians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 15:45-49 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Psalmody

Contributed by Tony Grant on May 28, 2002

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God’s people sing psalms and hymns of praise.

Psalmody Ps. 145:1-11 05/05/02 by Tony Grant Some History of Psalmody Psalmody is the singing of the biblical psalms in the worship service. Hymnody is the singing of extrabiblical, poetic, and musical compositions in worship. The singing of the psalms is a three thousand-year-old tradition going ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 145:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Lose The Blues

Contributed by Shane Brooks on Jan 9, 2006

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For God’s sake, find a new song to sing.

1 John 1:1-4 I want to talk about Cheering UP Everything we do, We should do out of THANKSGIVING The church seems to have forgotten---- JESUS HAS PAID IT ALL You owe God nothing--- But you should give him everything—He paid it all Not only has Jesus, Paid your debt, set you free, Given You ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Long Psong Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jul 12, 2015

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The Psalmist sings a long song in praise of God's word.

Don McLean’s 1971 hit American Pie is a long song. It goes on for over 8 ½ minutes telling the story of “the day the music died.” Let’s call American Pie the longest song to become a hit and receive regular airplay on U. S. radio stations, because generally, we don’t ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:9-16

Denomination: Methodist

The Last Passover

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 9, 2020

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A planned betrayal. Institution of Communion. Singing Praise. On to Gethsemane.

THE LAST PASSOVER. Matthew 26:14-30. Even before the chief priests and the scribes had wrongly determined that the death of Jesus should not take place ‘during the feast’ (Matthew 26:5), Jesus had already predicted exactly when His death would take place (Matthew 26:2). They were wrong, He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:14-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Bend Gods Ear And Make Him Smile

Contributed by Coz Von on Apr 5, 2016

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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song - So, when you bend Gods ear what would you say?

Scripture reading He was a priest, she was barren and the angel said unto Zacharias, thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. Luke 1:13 The angel appeared to Mary, and promised her a child, 34 and said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:18, Psalm 37:11, John 3:16, John 3:16-17, John 1:1, Jeremiah 3:33, 2 Corinthians 29:11, James 4:8, Romans 13:10, Psalm 33:11 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

At Midnight

Contributed by Larry Grant on Jul 3, 2022

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Charles Spurgeon said, “Anyone can sing in the day. It is easy to sing when we can read the notes by daylight; but the skillful singer is he who can sing when there is not a ray of light to read by.... Songs in the night come only from God; they are not in the power of men.”

Acts 16:19-28 NKJV “At Midnight” July 3, 2022 Minister Smith taught me in Hour of Power one Thursday afternoon about a man named Horatio Spafford: In the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 he lost everything they owned and made plans, to move to Europe. Spafford booked his wife and four daughters ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:19-28

Denomination: Baptist

A Glorious Church

Contributed by Douglas Mcdaris on Oct 24, 2004

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A Glorious church is Spiritual, singing, shouting, submissive and a Scriptural church.

A Glorious Church Ephesians 5:18-27 1. A Spiritual Church. [v.18] · Sins Are Confessed. · Self is Crucified. · The Spirit Has Control. 2. A Singing Church. [v.19] · Sing Scriptural Songs. · Sing Spiritual Songs. · Sing Soul-Stirring Songs. 3. A Shouting Church. [v.20] · When Are We To ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18-27

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Worship? Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Apr 20, 2005

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What is worship? Is it more than singing, praising. Worship defined.

There is an old story about a man who dreamed that an angel escorted him to church one Sunday. There he saw the keyboard musician playing vigorously, the praise team singing, the musicians playing their instruments with gusto. But the man heard no sound. The congregation was singing, but the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:5

Denomination: Baptist

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Jan 16, 2016

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An order of service for Christmas Eve. Mostly scripture reading and singing.

Welcome – Invocation Tonight we come to light one candle. It is a candle to remind us that Jesus is our light. He is the King of kings and Lord of lords who has come to offer salvation to all of mankind. Jesus said, “I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the father ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Goes To Church, And It Is An Amazing Thing

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 31, 2020

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Jesus the Trailblazer and Author of our salvation enters the sanctuary and sings.

1.3.21 Hebrews 2:10-12 10 Certainly it was fitting for God (the one for whom and through whom everything exists), in leading many sons to glory, to bring the author of their salvation to his goal through sufferings. 11 For he who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have one ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:10-12

Denomination: Lutheran

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