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  • "Christ Speaks To His Churchs--Ephesus" Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 6, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 4,991 views

    Introduction to the series, then Ephesus--in spite of their orthodoxy, the spiritual vitality of the church at Ephesus was gone.

    Christ Speaks to His Churchs--Ephesus Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts We all dread performance appraisals; they can often make or break a career. In the Book of Revelation we read our Lord’s spiritual evaluation report to His churches. While specific ...read more

  • Every Church/Ministry Needs An Epaphras

    Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Mar 13, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,988 views

    Epaphras is mentioned three times in the Bible. Yet his life of service is what every minister of God should emulate.

    “12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13 For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.” ...read more

  • The Call For Social Justice - The Role Of The Church

    Contributed by Ivy Drafor-Amenyah on Aug 8, 2024
     | 1,328 views

    The church has a role in preparing men and women, as well as children to speak against social injustice and increase our witness

    Advocacy is at the core of the implementation of the Accra Confession which calls upon Reformed Christians around the world to engage injustices in the world as an integral part of their churches' witness and mission. Everyone has a voice but some voices are stronger and can support weaker ...read more

  • Why Is It So Important For Christians To Meet Together?

    Contributed by David Leach on Jan 25, 2014
     | 11,617 views

    Why do we need meetings anyway when we could just sit at home and read our Bibles?

    Why is so important for Christians to meet together? What’s our real purpose for coming to this meeting of Christians – which is the Church? Honestly, why am I at this particular meeting of the Church? Habit, duty, to please someone else, to gain favor with God or do I have a really ...read more

  • What Draws Humans To Christ And His Church?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 25, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,059 views

    Christians the world over will reimagine a world that is based on the teachings of Christ and the Church.

    Tuesday of the third week of Easter 2020 Whenever authorities take exception to a popular movement, and try to stamp it out, if the movement is actually doing good they end up squishing it out all over the place. A few days ago our reading from the Acts of the Apostles featured the warning of Reb ...read more

  • The Shepherd's Folly: When Leaders Cease To Seek

    Contributed by Paul Dayao on Sep 5, 2025
     | 141 views

    This sermon reveals how leaders at every level—in the pulpit, in the home, or of their own soul—become spiritually "brutish" and destined for failure the moment they stop seeking the Lord.

    Introduction: The Weight of Leadership Good morning, brothers and sisters. In the Scriptures, God often uses the simple, earthy image of a shepherd and his sheep to describe the relationship between a leader and their people. A shepherd's task is one of immense responsibility. He must have the ...read more

  • Where Do You Go To Church? Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Mar 12, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,756 views

    Central to worship is the “us” and “Him,” not the place and means.

    Scripture Introduction God is seeking worshippers in spirit and truth. That does not mean that God seeks to make worshippers, as if there were people not worshipping whom he hopes to change. The issue is not whether we will worship, but whom and how. John Calvin (a pastor in the 1600s) ...read more

  • God Wants Our Church To Grow! Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jun 24, 2017
     | 9,922 views

    God wants our church to grow! 1. So He stresses that no one is saved without Jesus (vs. 1-2). 2. He seeks to save the lost (vs. 3-8). 3. He stretches us to reach new people (vs. 9-16). 4. He sets-up divine appointments for us (vs. 17-23).

    God Wants Our Church to Grow! Acts 10:1-23 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 16, 2014 *Does God want our church to grow? There is no doubt about it. The Scripture makes this truth clear in many places. For example, 1 Timothy 2:3-4 says that: "God our Savior" desires all men to ...read more

  • Gospel Without Charge

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 15, 2020
     | 2,935 views

    If you could not be paid to preach would you pay to preach?

    1Co 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. From ...read more

  • Why Should I Bother Joining A Church?

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 10, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,300 views

    The message explores biblical reasons for open union with a local congregation.

    “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. “For though absent in body, I am ...read more

  • A Real Bad Word In The Church Today? Series

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 28, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,823 views

    There is a real unpopular word in the church today, it is patience and wait. God’s children must learn to wait with zeal!

    A REAL BAD WORD IN THE CHURCH TODAY? YOU NEED WHAT? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com This is a two part series. I. LET US DEFINE A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE GET STARTED: The only people I know with a lot of patience are doctors! A. PATIENCE: THE CAPACITY, HABIT, OR FACT OF BEING ...read more

  • "What's The Big Deal About Church?” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jun 16, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,711 views

    Paul explains how the church is a really "big deal" in the plan of God and how it should, therefore be a "big deal" to us.

    A word that Paul uses in our passage for today is one that he also uses elsewhere in this book. That word is “mystery. The word “mystery,” is used by Paul in verses 3, 4, 6, & 9. What is Paul referring to when he uses this word? The word, “mystery” might make us think of Agatha Christie, Sherlock ...read more

  • "It's All About Me" Church Series

    Contributed by Kerry Nichols on Feb 6, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,867 views

    The Church that that was neither cold or hot just lukewarm. Jesus does not want his church to be lukewarm either be Cold or Hot. Get off the bench get into the game serve Christ to your fullest.

    “IT’S ALL ABOUT ME” CHURCH In review from the past weeks we see the criticism from Jesus to the Seven Church. The first church at Ephesus had Left Their First Love they like all the ...read more

  • Healthy Church (Growing Together In Christ)

    Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on May 15, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,120 views

    A healthy church functions like a well-orchestrated body—each member contributing uniquely, speaking truth in love, and allowing God's Word to transform our community from within.

    Healthy Church Growing Together in Christ Introduction A healthy church isn't merely a gathering of individuals under one roof but a living organism where every member functions in harmony toward a divine purpose. In Ephesians 4:15-16, Paul uses the metaphor of a body to describe the church, ...read more

  • Keep The Pot Small Series

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Oct 27, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,253 views

    Using "The Bonsai Theory of Church Growth" this series shows how growing a church is the oposite of growing a Bonsai tree.

    On Not Becoming a Bonsai Church Keep the Pot Small Some of you are familiar with the name, Kenneth Hemphill. He was the pastor of First Baptist Church of Norfolk, Va. Ken- I’ll use his name as if I know him personally- has an unusual hobby--- he collects and grows Bonsai trees. Bonsai trees are ...read more