Sermons on Paul And Ephesus:

Stay On Board

Contributed by Lymano Wishart on Mar 11, 2014

An encouragement to stay maintain your relationship with God despite the inevitable struggles (storms) that come your way. Your only guarantee or safe arrival is to abide in the ship knowing that God is faithful to keep His promises.

Stay on Board Acts 27 True Story: In the early 1990s in the community of Britonville, St. Ann a truck was transporting some persons along a main road and was now heading up a hill. The truck developed some problems and couldn’t make the climb. It got more complicated and, as it was told, the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:1-44

Denomination: Church Of God

The Time At Hand

Contributed by Jack Woodard on Jun 5, 2015

As the Apostle Paul wrote his last letter before going Home to Glory, he summed up his autobiography in the three short clauses found in verse 8. They tell us of the 3 Times that were at hand in Paul's life. The same is true for each of us.

TITLE: THE TIME…AT HAND TEXT: 2 Timothy 4:6-8 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-8

Denomination: Baptist

Cultural Diversity And The Spread Of The Gospel Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 6, 2015

The Holy Spirit drives us to bring all cultures into an appreciation and acceptance of the faith.

Thursday of 10th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel Just imagine if from your earliest days you were called by the name “son/daughter of encouragement”? Wouldn’t you just naturally become a very positive person? That was the destiny of our apostle, today. Bar-Nabas, which ...read more

Scripture: Acts 11:21-26

Denomination: Catholic

To The Unkown God

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Jun 29, 2015

From Acts 17, how we witness to our culture. Who God is.

Title: The Unknown God Becomes Known Theme: Text: Acts 17:17 - 31 Introduction It has been an historical two weeks. A little over a week ago the church gathered together to show its support for Emmanuel AME church and its 9 victims. Then this week we hear the ruling of the Supreme Courts on ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-30

Denomination: Church Of God

Spirit-Filled Evangelizers Are Evangelizers Who Pray And Work. Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 27, 2017

All that we do must culminate in the proclamation of the Gospel of Christ.

Thursday of 7th Week of Easter 2017 Joy of the Gospel The Gospel passage we just proclaimed is one of those moments we are tempted to take comfort in and not think about. It seems all warm and fuzzy and a little like a group hug: “You in me and I in you and everybody else in us all sweet and ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

Arested By Love

Contributed by Rev. Timothy Porter on Aug 22, 2014

How God is willing to go for the lost souls

Arrested by Love Acts 9:1-9:19 Introduction: Explain or describe being arrested (how you are taken into custody or apprehended) Ask the question has any one here ever been arrested ?? -The apostle Paul refers to his first encounter with Jesus as an arrest, or as being apprehended by ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Could Paul Be The ‘world’s Biggest Sinner’ When He Was So Religious? Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 29, 2014

A look at how the greatest evil is often wears religious clothes and how we can avoid having that happen in our lives.

A QUESTION: How could Paul be the “world’s biggest sinner” when he was so religious? - 1 Timothy 1:15. - This passage is interesting and sets up an obvious question: if Paul was so religious and so focused on pleasing God, how could he have been the world’s biggest sinner? ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:15

Denomination: Baptist

Competing According To The Rules Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 24, 2015

Divine rewards demand that we conduct our lives according to God's rules provided in His Word.

I consider the initial verses of this chapter to be among the most significant verses of the book. They are, as well, perhaps the most neglected verses of the missive which Paul wrote. I confess that I am ploughing quite a narrow furrow in these expositions. Note that the Apostle appeals to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:5

Denomination: Baptist

God Of 2nd Chances

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Sep 29, 2015

Our sins can never be greater than the grace of God. Our failure can never be greater than the love of God. Our failure in the past does not determine what we will become in the future.

God of 2nd Chances Intro: A little boy went out to the ball field by himself, wearing his baseball cap and carrying a bat and ball. In his eye was the look of steely determination. He was so full of confidence that he put his bat on his shoulder, tossed the ball into the air, and said, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God’s Righteousness Is Better Than We Could Ever Dream.

Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Apr 5, 2017

Paul desperately wanted to know God’s righteousness working throughout his life. He wanted to grow day by day. We see what the Holy Spirit gave Paul to write about not just knowing about God’s righteousness, but living and experiencing it as well.

The Problem of Sin is worse than we thought, but God’s righteousness is better than we could ever dream. Do you ever dream about what your life would look like if you had God’s righteousness flowing in every part of who you are? (What is Righteousness? Doing right things, for the right reasons, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-14

Grace, Mercy And Peace

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 8, 2013

To enumerate our Heavenly currencies: grace, mercy and peace.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you have grace, mercy and peace? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To enumerate our Heavenly currencies: grace, mercy and peace. IV. TEXT: 1 Timothy 1:2 (Amplified Bible) To Timothy, my true son in the faith: Grace (spiritual blessing and favor), mercy, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Safe Zone Or Faith Zone?

Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 12, 2015

We have the tendency to avoid trouble and difficulty. We want to play it safe. If we would move into the realm of the supernatural, we must defeat our desire to stay in the Safe Zone and move into the Faith Zone.

SAFE ZONE OR FAITH ZONE? Acts 9:10-19 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Wife:" There's trouble with the car. I think it has water in the carburetor." 2. Husband: "Water in a carburetor? That's ridiculous." 3. Wife: "I tell you the car has water in the carburetor." 4. Husband: "Honey, You don't even ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:10-19

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Acts 28 (Nasb)

Contributed by Steven W. Satterfield on Dec 31, 2020

The last chapter of Acts

Safe at Malta (v. 1-10) Saved from a snakebite A healing service in Publius’s house 8 And it happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed afflicted with a recurring fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after he prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him. 9 After ...read more

Denomination: Vineyard

Saul's Conversion Experience Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Jan 24, 2021

The Church had murderous threats from Saul. Then how Saul became a great missionary in the early church has been unfolded in this chapter as the conversion experience of Saul. Read further to the development.

Acts 9:1-31 Saul’s Conversion Experience 9:01-02 Saul threats the Church 9:03-09 Saul repents through Vision 9:10-19 Ananias Misunderstanding and understandings on Saul 9:20-31 Barnabas Disciples Saul Acts 9:1-2 Saul threatens the Church. After narrating the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:1-31

Denomination: Methodist

Go Thy Way: He Waited For A Convenient Season Series

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Mar 31, 2020

In this last message for this "Go thy way" series, Felix a Roman governor, talked with Paul about the Christian faith several times. He listened but told Paul "go thy way and I'll talk to you about this when I have the time". Sadly, he never found the time.

Background: Paul has been arrested in Jerusalem, then taken to the Roman barracks (castle, KJV: Acts 21:34, 37, e.g.). Later Paul was sent to the seat of Roman government in Caesarea. He had been tried and accused of charges, serious at the time, but was declared neither guilty nor innocent. Paul ...read more

Scripture: Acts 24:22-27

Denomination: Baptist