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Cursing In The Church

Contributed by Jason Jones on Oct 24, 2011

Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12 regarding some foundational truths about spiritual gifts.

Text: 1 Cor 12:1-11, Title: Cursing in the Church, Date/Place: NRBC, 10.23.11, AM A. Opening illustration: B. Background to passage: Paul seems to calm down a bit after his passionate commands regarding the love among the family of God and the Lord’s Supper. And he goes back to answering ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Connected Church Series

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Oct 25, 2011

The Church is God's ordained way to keep people connected with God and each other.

The connected Church Matthew 16:13-16:20 Introduction- As we continue in the series “Connect to God and others”. You remember we opened this up with the 10 commandments. We realized the first 4 commandments are our relationship to God and the last six were relational to each other. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Denomination: Nazarene

An Obedient Church

Contributed by Roger Wilson on Oct 26, 2011

In a day and culture when even people in churches believe they get to "vote" on everything we must remember that we are subjects in a kingdom and our King expects obedience.

Act 1:1-5 (ESV) In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-5

The Church At Smyrna Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 31, 2011

A study of the letters to the 7 churches - #2 Smyrna

Revelation 2: 8 – 11 The Church At Smyrna 8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write, ‘These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life: 9 “I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:8-11

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Unity In The Church Series

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jun 8, 2011

The church is growing and God is adding people however to truly be effective we must have unity. Growth without unity is a disease that has infected the body. Cancer is a growth in the body, but it is against the body and not working in unity, we cannot

“Unity in the Church” By Pastor M.L. Maughmer, Jr. Ephesians 4:1-6 “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6

Denomination: Apostolic

Fire At The Church

Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Jun 12, 2011

The day of Pentecost signified the birth of the Church.

The Village atheist was not a bad man, he just didn’t believe. He was not interested in church…and there was only one in the village. It was cold and dead—a social club, with nothing really going on, no impact on the community at all. One day the church building caught on fire, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Church Discipline

Contributed by Jb Hall on Jun 29, 2011

This sermon explains the Biblical position and process of church discipline.

Church Discipline I Corinthians 5:6 – 8 By: Pastor J. B. Hall 1. I Corinthians 5:6 – 8 (Read) – Purging out the leaven, i.e. old lifestyle, malice, and wickedness, is essential for the spiritual health and testimony of a church. A. Leaven – def. 2. Any thing which makes ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:6-8

Denomination: Baptist

Church Maintenance Series

Contributed by Duane Smith on Jun 29, 2011

This message is designed to help us understand how God expects us to maintain relationships within the family of God.

CHURCH MAINTENANCE 1 Tim 5:1-21 INTRODUCTION: A. Maintenance can be a hard thing to do. 1. It is easier to buy something new, but eventually you have to do maintenance on it. 2. There are basically two types of maintenance: a. Preventive – this maintenance is do to preclude a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

Order In The Church! Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Oct 26, 2010

God so loves the church that he brings order from chaos.

Scripture Introduction Most of you have seen, either in a movie, or TV show, or maybe in person, a judge slam down his gavel and gruffly demand, “Order in the Court! Order in the Court!” Judges know that the success of the legal process depends, in part, on maintaining control in their ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:1-9, 2 Thessalonians 5:12, 1 Corinthians 3:1-4

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Obedient Church

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Oct 29, 2010

Tonight we will learn about being an Obedient church, and what an obedient church looks like, again it is my desire that compare our church to this biblical model and see how we measure up, and again the challenge will be, if there is any area where we do

The Obedient Church Pm September 20th 2009 Titus 1:5-16 Introduction Last week we began a six part series through the book of Titus, the title of this series is “Will the true church arise”. The purpose for this series is to compare our church to the biblical model for church and see ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:5-16

Denomination: Baptist

The Call Of The Church

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Oct 29, 2010

Tonight from the opening four verses of this book the Holy Spirit doesn’t waste any time in getting strait to the point, from the salutation, I want us to see and learn five calls of the church.

The Call of the Church Pm Service September 13th 2009 Titus 1:1-4 Introduction Tonight we will begin a six part series through the book of Titus entitled, “Will the true Church arise!” Titus is a power packed book, it is one the shortest letters the apostle Paul authored, but as ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

A Watchful Church

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Oct 29, 2010

Today from this passage as the Apostle Paul wraps up the book of Titus, he will close with some general rules to follow in the church, and to watchful of certain things, so that they don’t hurt the church, to tonight let’s learn what we as a church need t

A Watchful Church Pm October 18th 2009 Titus 3:9-15 Introduction As we began this series five Sunday nights ago, we set out to go through this book in order to find out what a true biblical church looks like, and at the very beginning we learned what five calls of the church are, then we learned ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

A Careful Church

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Oct 29, 2010

Tonight from this passage of scripture the apostle Paul reminds Titus that the Church of Jesus Christ needs to be careful, so tonight I want us to learn why and what we are to be careful of.

A Careful Church Pm October 11th 2009 Titus 3:1-8 Introduction We are continuing our series in the book of Titus, “will the true church arise”, tonight is part five, a Careful church. So far we learned five calls of the church, we learned that we are to be an obedient church, we ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Letters To The Churches

Contributed by Joshua Hetrick on Nov 20, 2010

Letters to the Churches

Letters to the Churches Revelation Two Introduction: 1. Letters to the Churches a. The Lord is making certain command on these first century churches. b. Christ is the head of these churches c. Each Church was to read what was said to the others 2. Spiritual threats to the Churches a. Paganism ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-29

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Church In Prayer

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010

The Church In Prayer. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Following Jesus requires action! We see that action in two ways: • The context is evangelism (sharing our faith with others); • Last week you probably noted that • Peter and John stood before the Sanhedrin (Jewish court); • Their crime verse 2 tells us was: ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-31

Denomination: Brethren