Sermons on New Church:

Endless Possibilities, Grabbingthe New Year

Contributed by Steve Malone on Dec 28, 2017

A new years sermon about how if we G.R.A.B. (Go - Risk - Adapt - Believe) that the new year will have endless possibilities.

Endless Possibilities #GrabbingTheNewYear Video bumper (sermon spice, endless possibilities) QUESTION… • AS YOU – look back and reflect on the year 2013, what do you see? • WAS IT – a good year? • WAS IT – all you hope it would be, when the ball dropped 363 days ago, at midnight on January ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:14-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Power In Unity Series

Contributed by Larry Turner on Jul 4, 2014

Jesus prayed that his church would be as united as He and the Father were. This sermon looks at 6 features that the church must be united in.

Two men met on a plane and one man asked the other, "Are you a Christian?" "Yes I am." "Wonderful! Are you Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox?" "I’m a Protestant." "That’s great. So am I. Are you Calvinist or Armenian in your theology?" "I’m happy to say that I’m a ...read more

Scripture: John 17:21-22, Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Foursquare

Starting A Church Of Brotherly Love

Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 23, 2002

Exposition of the planting of the church at Philippi and truths valuable for our infant church.

Many of the churches we read of the Apostle Paul’s foundational work in the book of Acts. When we turn the pages of history and take glance at this church some 40 years later, the church has become complacent spiritually. Not so with the church at Philadelphia. This church is praised for their ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:9-33

Denomination: Church Of God

Why Church Membership Lesson 1 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 9, 2016

Does the Bible Want You to Join A Church?

A. Does The Bible Want You To Join A Church? 1. It teaches all believers were part of a fellowship that was called both an assembly and body. a. Organism: Every believer is part of the body of Christ because, (1) they were initially placed by the Spirit into the body, 1 Cor. 12:12, (2) they are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

Unity With Believers Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 5, 2009

We often hear talk of getting back to the New Testament church. The fact is we can’t. What we can do is learn to adapt the principles of the NT church that made it so effective.

3. The Book of Acts June 7th, 2009 Unity with Believers Have you ever been white water rafting? My youth group went one summer before a CIY conference. A group of us went to this extreme games camp where there was rock climbing, ropes courses, and of course white water rafting. The last day ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-49

Denomination: *other

There Is A Remedy For Witheredness

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Apr 11, 2022

Has the Pandemic caused something to wither in your kife, church or community? Your restoration begins right now. Will you be honest before God and hand over that withered area of your life? There is a remedy for witheredness.

SERMON: “There is a Remedy for Witheredness” LUKE 6:6-12 “On another Sabbath day, a man with a deformed right hand was in the synagogue while Jesus was teaching. 7 The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:6-12, Mark 3:5, Nehemiah 2:17

Denomination: Methodist

The World’s Two Greatest Events - New Year Sermon (Part 1 Of 2)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 3, 2024

I am excited about this New Year! Let me tell you why I am excited about this coming year. Why? This could be the year that the Lord Jesus will return to rapture His Church.

We all look forward to big events in our life. • Opening our first paycheck • Driving alone for the first time • Graduating from college • Birth of a child • Getting married • Enjoying a great meal • Going to see a football game. Life is filled with all kinds of events that we look forward ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 4:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Holy People Of God Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 27, 2012

The call to be the New Israel is a call to holiness and mission.

Monday of 30th Week in Course Lumen Gentium The Fathers of the Council looked at the Church from every direction, and gave us teaching on all the names of the Church. It seems to me that their favorite name for the Church is “People of God.” It, more than any other, shows the ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

God's Pattern For The Church Thessalonica

Contributed by David Parks on Jun 2, 2004

We look at our society and see great confusion about the nature of the church. Is it a worshiping society of people who come together once a week for cold formal pomp and circumstance. . . . Or, is it a place we come for a wild tumultuous emotional rele

God’s Pattern for the Local Church: Thessalonica TEXT: 1 Thessalonians 1:3-8 INTRODUCTION: 1. If you read the paper or watch Television you know that we live in a time of great moral, ethical, political and religious confusion. 2. For example, our nation is now struggling with the question of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:3-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Revelation Study Series 27 - God's Mysterious Plan Fulfilled (Chapter 21) Series

Contributed by Clayton Beck on Dec 23, 2024

Jesus came! He died! He resurrected! He is coming back!

Revelation 21:1-3 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 I heard a loud shout ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Am I Really In Church? Series

Contributed by Bruce Hadley on Aug 16, 2019

When people hear the word Church there mind immediately goes to a place, a structure a building or small community of people. Rarely is the true meaning of Church applied to us, by us, who believe in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

When people hear the word Church there mind immediately goes to a place, a structure a building or small community of people. Rarely is the true meaning of Church applied to us, by us, who believe in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Matthew 16:13-20 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20, Matthew 18:19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Acts: The First Thirty Years”..... Easter Monday - Creative Waiting Series

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on May 11, 2022

Did you ever wonder what the disciples were doing and thinking on Easter Monday? They thought Jesus was going to replace the Roman Empire with a new Empire for Israel.. They just didn't get it. It took 40 days of explanation and the Holy Spirit. .

In Jesus Holy Name May 15, 2022 Text: Acts 1:3 Redeemer Lutheran “Acts: The First Thirty Years” Easter Monday - Creative Waiting • Did you ever wonder what the disciples were doing and thinking on Easter Monday? • The book of Acts is a letter written by Luke to a friend named ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

What Question(S) Would You Ask Jesus?

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jan 20, 2014

A short all-age talk given at a baptism talk where about a third of the congregation were visitors to the church. Jesus already knows your questions and he has the answers; but what would you ask him?

A little boy in Primary school was given some homework – an essay for his teacher and the subject was birth. So he asked his Mum, “Mum. How was I born?” Now, Mum was a bit embarrassed and didn’t know what to say so she blurted out, “Well dear, when we decided we wanted ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-8

Denomination: Anglican

A Call To Build God's Temple: Prioritizing The Local Church

Contributed by Barnabas Park on Nov 21, 2025

Just as God commanded the Jews who returned from exile to “build a temple,” New Testament Christians are called to build the local church to which each belongs—a spiritual temple founded on Jesus Christ.

A Call to Build God's Temple: Prioritizing the Local Church (Haggai 1:1-11) 1 In the second year of Darius' reign, on the first day of the sixth month, the prophet Haggai delivered the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, son of Jehozadak, ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:1-11, 1 Corinthians 3:11-16, 1 Peter 2:4-5, Ephesians 2:20-22

Denomination: Baptist

5 Tips For Christian Living In The New Year

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jan 16, 2024

Pray, ask God for guidance, and then write a simple statement on a piece of paper as a guidepost for the coming year. Put it on your fridge, and let it be a reminder to you through the year.

As we head into a new year, I want to give you some tips for how to live your life in the coming year. As people we should always be growing, always learning more about God, and always attempting to see ourselves becoming more like Jesus. That takes intentional decisions, decisions to live a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:35

Denomination: Salvation Army