Sermons on Pouring Forth:

An Extraordinary Commission (Part 1)

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Apr 9, 2025

Does Jesus still call and empower believers to do bold and amazing things in His name, like healing the sick, raising the dead, and casting out demons? Does this passage only apply to the first apostles, or can it be applied to us?

I have entitled our sermon this morning, “An Extraordinary Commission,” and this is Part 1 of a two-part message. I want to begin by saying that I was raised in a small country church with a pastor who loved the Lord and His people, and proclaimed only the basics, like sin, repentance, salvation, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:1-4, Matthew 10:7-8

Denomination: Baptist

Great, Greater, Greatest (Pam Sunday 2025) Series

Contributed by James Jackson on Apr 14, 2025

Part 4 of "Greater Love"

[Grateful for Skip Heitzig at Calvary Church Albuquerque for this outline] Good morning church! Please open your Bibles to John 12 Today is Palm Sunday, the start of what Christians all over the world call Holy week. It’s amazing when you look at the gospels how much attention was given to this ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

A Little Donkey In All Of Us

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Sep 22, 2024

A powerful revelation of the little donkey in Jesus triumphant entry into Jerusalem.

Scripture Text: Mk 11:1-10 This is speaking of Jesus triumphant entry into Jerusalem.... This was the fulfillment of an amazing prophecy by the prophet Zechariah chapter 9, vs 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Interpretation Of Tongues Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Oct 5, 2024

This message explains the supernatural gift of the Holy Spirit, which is mentioned as "the interpretation of tongues" in 1 Corinthians 12:10. Attention is given to how this gift is to operate in the church.

I. KINDS OF TONGUES Last week, we talked a lot about the baptism in the Holy Spirit and the New Testament pattern of speaking in tongues. We learned: (1) The importance of the baptism in the Spirit to equip the believer for service. Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Acts 1:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21, Romans 12:6

Denomination: Charismatic

Whose Side Are You On?

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 5, 2024

Just like that camp, the world is filled with compromise and sin. God calls some to be the voice of separation and purification. Some of you may be called to be a Moses in your generation. His name means "drawn out" -- not just out of water, but out of the world!

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? Ex. 32:1-28 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Hearing What You Want to 1. A young man went up to an old man and said in his ear, “Hey, could you lend me $5.00?” 2. The old man said, “I’m deaf in that ear. Come around to the other one. Now what did you say?” 3. The young man ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 32:1-28

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Why Do We Have Communion?

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 6, 2024

It's a communion message addressing thew question, "Why DSo We Have Communion?"

Communion Sermon - Read 1 Corinthians 11:24-34 Why do we have communion and why do we have it so often? There is nothing in the Bible that tells us how often we are to serve communion, or the Lord’s Supper. Many believe that in the first century, they served the Lord’;s Supper every time they ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:24-34

Denomination: Baptist

Who Are You? Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on May 31, 2023

If you want to achieve true greatness, humble yourself and exalt the Savior.

During Sunday school, a pastor, who was teaching the adult class, selected a middle-aged couple to act out the burning bush scene from Exodus 3. He asked the husband to supply the voice for God and his wife to read Moses' lines. All went well until they got to verse 15. The wife, as Moses, ...read more

Scripture: John 1:19-34, Luke 7:28, Mark 10:43-45

Denomination: Evangelical Free

More Pentecost

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 12, 2023

Acts 3 & 4 tell the story of a healing miracle and the pushback against the gospel.

Title: “More Pentecost” Text: Acts 3-4 Subject: How does the Holy Spirit speak and act after the events of Pentecost? Complement: He keeps on filling his people for witness! Preaching idea: The Holy Spirit freshly fills God’s people to empower us for witness. Acts 3 One day Peter and John were ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18, Acts 13:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Did God Create The Heavens And Earth In One Day?

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jun 23, 2023

We live in a world that believes up is down, one + one = three, girls can be boys, and boys can be girls.

Science is defined as the field of observing the Universe comprised of energy, time, matter, and space and how each of these natural phenomena acts and reacts. Sadly, immutable science and biology have been replaced by ideologic social and psychological belief systems comprised of metaphysical ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5, Genesis 1:31, Isaiah 42:5, Isaiah 40:22, Hebrews 11:3, John 18:36, Ephesians 6:12-13, Colossians 1:16-17, John 1:1-5, Psalm 102:25-27, Genesis 1:26-27, Romans 1:20, Romans 8:9, Revelation 1:8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Joseph And The Throne Of Grace Series

Contributed by Perry Fowler on Jun 29, 2023

What's so amazing about grace?

About a year ago the world’s slowest police chase took place in Washington County Oregon. Jesse Shawin was wanted on three separate arrest warrants, one being grand theft auto and when Police located him they found him sitting in a construction excavator. As they arrived, they ordered him out ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Pleasing God Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 26, 2023

Our challenge is to be about reconciling people to God like Jesus and with this God is well pleased.

JUST JESUS: CHAPTER BY CHAPTER THRU LUKE PLEASING GOD LUKE 3:21-22 #JustJesus INTRODUCTION… What pleases me? (p) Because of one of the words in today’s passage in Luke 3, I was thinking about the things in life that “please” me. What are those things that give me satisfaction or a sense of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:21-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

John, The Love Gospel

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Aug 2, 2023

Amazing fact, the gospel of John is the only gospel that says God loves us. Today I want to give an overview of the gospels with special emphasis on the gospel of John, and show why it is rightly called the “Love gospel.”

Note: Further down in the message I have a chart on the use of the word love in the gospels, I cannot get it to format correctly on sermoncentral. If you want a Word doc contact me. Blessings! Maurice John, the Gospel of Love PPT 1 Series title Behold To behold means to give something our ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1, John 16:27, John 15:9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus' Seventh Sign Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 27, 2023

The seventh sign in John 11:1-57 teaches us that Jesus is the Son of God who rules over death and gives life to the spiritually dead.

Introduction The Apostle John wrote The Gospel According to John. Jesus had done thousands of miracles. John selected just seven of these miracles, which he called “signs,” to help his readers “believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing [they] may have life in his ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-57

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What The World Hates...

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Nov 12, 2023

How did we get to a point where there are those that sit in a church who don’t believe what is necessary to be saved, let alone what it is to be a true Christian? Well, this is a problem of leadership.

I always try to make the distinction between what the Bible calls a church, and what we think a church is…the Bible speaks of the church as the collected body of true believers in Christ Jesus, while we think the church is a building like this and all the people contained within it. This I say so ...read more

Scripture: John 15:18-25, 1 Corinthians 1:18, John 17:14, John 8:37-47

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Appointing Of Deacons

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Nov 13, 2023

When the volunteer workload is placed on just a handful of people, these individuals get burnt out; and since they can’t do everything, then a lot of needs go unmet. It is biblical to appoint deacons and train ministry volunteers to assist.

NOTE: This submission includes in this order: 1. Deacon Ordination Sermon, 2. Deacon Ordination Service, 3. Sermon Footnotes. DEACON ORDINATION SERMON: "The Appointing of Deacons" The term “ordain,” which is often used in Baptist and other Christian circles, never occurs in the New ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Baptist