Sermons on Old Gate:

Tenth Street And Fourth Avenue East

Contributed by Monty Newton on Jul 29, 2013

Decisions we make at the crossroads determine our path for life.

Title: Tenth Street and Fourth Avenue East Text: Matthew 7:13-14 Thesis: Decisions at the cross-roads determine the path for life. Introduction: Owen Sound is an historic Canadian port city on Lake Huron that offers tourists a variety of activities. In fact, if I were to pick a Canadian summer ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sing Unto The Lord A New Song

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Dec 25, 2020

Can we sing the old, old story with a new heart?

Sing unto the LORD a New Song Psalm 98:1 As I am sitting here on Christmas Day, I am snowed in by a rare snowfall. With that, and all the isolation that this Coronavirus requires, I have had time to reflect which in prior years I had been too busy with Christmas activities. I have listened to the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 98:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

3:16 Acts Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jul 3, 2016

This message looks at the reality of the man healed at the Gate Called Beautiful and is a part of our 3:16 series.

Acts 3:16 It was a day, just a day like any other day. His brothers had gotten him out of bed and gotten him dressed. And on their way to work they carried him to his usual spot at the temple gate. It was just a day, the sky wasn't any bluer, the birds didn't sing any louder, the sun didn't ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:16

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Fellowship Of The Ring Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 15, 2003

Why did Jesus create the church? What is our main objective? Playing off the popular "Lord of the Rings" series, this sermon tells us one of the most powerful goals of the church.

OPEN: On a spring break trip to Italy, a tour group was standing just inside St. Peter’s Basilica, the 2nd largest church building in the world. The tour guide was trying to explain the enormity of the building and part of his presentation went like this: “This church is so large no man on earth ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Lord, Lift Us Up!

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Aug 20, 2003

As they enter the Temple through the gate known as “Beautiful”, Peter and John see something that is not very beautiful.

LORD – LIFT US UP Text: Acts 3:1 thru 8 We were told in Acts 2:43 that many signs and wonders were done by the apostles. Many of which were not written in the Bible. Some of those “signs and wonders” involved Peter and John. Here, we have record of one of them. Peter and John’s ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-2, Acts 3:1-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Spiritual Hunger

Contributed by Craig Condon on Feb 5, 2015

We must ask ourselves, “What are my hungers? Where have I gone to satisfy them and where have those choices led me? " Thank goodness Jesus provides an alternative that is healthy for us both physically and spiritually.

A burglar was arrested and appeared before a judge. The judge found him guilty and before he sentenced the burglar, the judge asked him if he had anything to say in his defense. The burglar said, “Well, Your Honour, you know how it is. The more a man has, the more he wants”. The judge ...read more

Scripture: John 6:41-51

Denomination: Anglican

When Your'e Famous Enough For Fools To Want Your Old Socks

Contributed by Gerald Du Preez on Jun 5, 2002

People strive to find meaning in "things", feeling their current existence is insignificant. They forget that God is the God of the insignificant!

"When you’re famous enough for fools to want your old socks" (Or "The God of the insignificant") Job 8:7 "Though your beginning was insignificant, yet your end will increase greatly." (NAS) Browsing through the business section of the Sunday Times of 12/12/99, I came across an article that ...read more

Scripture: Job 8:7

Denomination: Apostolic

Never Too Old Or Intelligent To Learn: 9 Principals From The Holy Spirit Series

Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Jun 20, 2008

The Holy Spirit reminds, teaches, speaks, reveals, instructs, exposes, convicts, rebukes, corrects, and works to help us grow in more wisdom and live pleasing to God.

Introduction: Have you ever received a gift that you wanted for a long that had great sentimental value to it? What did you do with this gift once you had it? You probably utilized it for whatever uses it was for, until it was unusable of course. God gives every believer the gift of the Holy Spirit ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:20-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Bible, Our Foundation, 4.new Testament Writers Confirm Old Testament Series

Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Apr 21, 2015

Here are several New Testament texts that prove the Inspiration of the Old Testament texts. The first Christians truly had a trustworthy Bible!

3. Testimony to Old Testament Inspiration God equated with His Word. Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." See with what holy reverence the apostle ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Our Jubilee Has Come. The Jubilee Assured The People Of Old That God Cares.

Contributed by Rev Dr Opuni-Frimpong Kwabena on Jan 31, 2014

There is hope for the hopeless

OUR JUBILEE HAS COME (A Sermon delivered by Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, General Secretary of Christian Council of Ghana on Sunday January 26, 2014 during the Launching of the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Ghana Police Church, Accra). Key Bible Passages: Ps 48:14 & Matt 4: ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 48:13-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Even To Your Old Age & Gray Hairs: I Am He

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 2, 2021

God made all of us. He is the architect of life. He has set us forth in this world. And at the end of our days, God comes to reclaim us. Many of us here could ask the question, “What is there left to do? Who are we to turn to in our loneliness?”

Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. –Isaiah 46:4 God made all of us. He is the architect of life. He has set us forth in this world. And at the end of our days, God comes to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 90:10, Matthew 11:29, Isaiah 46:4

Denomination: Salvation Army

You're Not Too Old To Serve (Joshua 14:6-13) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Jan 20, 2022

If you act with courage, perhaps God will fight with you, and for you.

We've reached the point, in the book of Joshua, where it's mostly focused on the allocation of the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. It's important. It needs to be here. You should read it once, at least, if for no other reason than to keep seeing little notes about how Israel ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 14:6-13, 1 Timothy 5:9

Jesus Eats With Sinners And Tax Collectors: The Parable Of The New Wine Into Old Wineskins Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Sep 12, 2022

The last few weeks we were in the vineyard, working the fields, sweating, watering vines, pruning vines, getting sweaty, talking servanthood, talking pride vs. humility, talking about the kingdom of God pattern in regard to gifts received, timing, all of it.

The last few weeks we were in the vineyard, working the fields, sweating, watering vines, pruning vines, getting sweaty, talking servanthood, talking pride vs. humility, talking about the kingdom of God pattern in regard to gifts received, timing, all of it. Now we’re coming in from the vineyard ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32, Luke 5:33-39

Denomination: Salvation Army

Them Bones, Them Bones, Them Old Bones And What They Mean To Us. Series

Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Feb 14, 2025

They had received their inheritance in the Promised Land, our eternal inheritance are we ready for it?

Them bones, them bones, them old bones and what they mean to us. Joshua 24:28-33. Last week I addressed promises that God had made to the people of Israel when they entered the promised land a land that they had been given some 400 years earlier in a covenant that God had made with Abram, who ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:52, 2 Corinthians 5:1, John 3:16, John 11:25-26, John 14:1-4, Romans 6:23, Genesis 3:17-19, Romans 14:8, John 10:30, Acts 4:12, Romans 10:9-10, Joshua 24:28-33  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Salvation Army

Put Off The Old, Put On The New: Tips For Christian Living In Ephesians 4 Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jan 27, 2024

I want to live a true, real Christian life. I hope you do too. So we’re going to search out in the scriptures some of the most practical teachings we can find. We’re going to look at the dos and the don'ts and hopefully we’ll find a better understanding of what faith looks like.

What does it mean to be worldly? “The Bible defines worldliness by centering morality where we intuitively know it should be. Worldliness is the lust of the flesh (a passion for sensual satisfaction), the lust of the eyes (an inordinate desire for the finer things of life), and the pride of life ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-19

Denomination: Salvation Army