Sermons on Practical Tips For Pilgrims:

Who We Are In Jesus Christ

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Feb 19, 2013

1. We are selected people (vs. 2a) 2. We are sanctified people (vs. 2b) 3. We are sprinkled people (vs. 2c) 4. Sometimes we are suffering people (vs. 6-7) 5. We are saved people (vs. 3-5 & 8-9)

Who We Are in Jesus Christ 1 Peter 1:1-9 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - October 21, 2012 *Most of us are old enough to remember famous actor, Kirk Douglas. He is Michael Douglas’ father. And in his day, Kirk was perhaps more famous than Michael. Kirk Douglas starred in many ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

The End Is In Drawing Near 1 Peter 4:7-11 Series

Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Apr 24, 2015

Believers have been waiting for the return of Christ and that time is drawing near when God will send the Son to bring His children home. That return will not only Glorify God but it will reestablish God's dominion over all the earth.

Title: "The End is In Drawing Near" Big Idea: Peter is bring to a close God's message to the pilgrims and therefore we are to be mindful of that the end is near. The End of all things, The End of sorrow and even more important The End of Waiting. Believers have been waiting for the return of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Denomination: Baptist

Stones And The Stone Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Aug 3, 2012

What it means to be building stones of the house of God.

The moment of truth arrived one day in the life of Jesus and his disciples. They had been with one another for a couple of years or more, had seen his miracles and heard his teaching. So, one day he asked them: When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Release Of The Spirit--A Communion Message

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on May 11, 2019

This message deals with the necessity of suffering in the life of those who will be fully used in the Kingdom of God.

THE RELEASE OF THE SPIRIT—A COMMUNION MESSAGE TEXT: John 12:23-27 John 12:23-27 KJV And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. [24] Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it ...read more

Scripture: John 12:23-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

'where Does Your Help Come From?'

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Aug 8, 2021

'Where Does Your Help Come From?' - Psalm 121 - sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: (1). The God of creation is BEFORE me (vs 1-2). (2). The eyes of God of are UPON me (vs 3-4). (4). The care of God is AROUND me (vs 5-6) (3). The presence of God is BESIDE me (vs 7-8) SERMON BODY: Ill: • What do these objects have in common? • (I will be amazed if you can guess ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-8

Denomination: Brethren

A Celebration Of God's Love Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on May 27, 2021

The 278 words of Psalm 107 give of four different spectacular cases. At the heart of the Psalm are these four scenes. These four accounts of human experience deal with the realities of life in all of its fullness.

The Psalms were sung on board of the ship when the Pilgrims set sail in the Mayflower. The Bay Psalm Book was the third book printed in America. Until the end of the eighteenth century the Psalms were exclusively sung in churches. It was Psalm 127 that Benjamin Franklin quoted in 1787 as he moved ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Devotion To The Lord Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 29, 2021

Paul is saying it is not wrong for any Christian to get married, but there are circumstances that make it better if they are not married.

Few groups of people in history have fought a more bitter battle than the Pilgrims who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower. So many of them died from sickness, that at one point only four of the original couples still had each other. Edward Winslow and Susanna White had each lost their mates. They ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:32-40

Do Not Lose Heart

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Nov 20, 2021

The following sermon is going to explain how the secret to not only contentment, but happiness is to live with eternity in one’s eyes and heart!

Do Not Lose Heart 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Online Sermon: https://www.mckeesfamily.com/sermons/ “We may well say that no affliction weighs more than a gnat resting upon an elephant when the Lord’s upholding grace is sweetly manifested to our soul in times of perplexity, anxiety, and pain.” ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Kingdom Of God: The First Priority

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jun 9, 2024

This Sunday in our Kingdom of God series we’ll be looking at what Jesus said about how God’s Kingdom should not only be our priority, but how nothing should come before it, hence, it should be our first priority.

The Kingdom of God “The First Priority” Matthew 6:33 Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGRLTR-i0d8 We are continuing in our series on the Kingdom of God this morning in the message entitled, The First Priority.” The reason for this series is that we have all these ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33, Matthew 6:19-33

Denomination: Foursquare

Ambassadors For Christ

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Oct 29, 2024

This message views the biblical image of "ambassador for Christ" in the context of the Roman world. While sojourning on earth, we must represent our real homeland, the kingdom of heaven.

“George Shultz, when Secretary of State during the Reagan administration, kept a large globe in his office. When newly appointed ambassadors had an interview with him . . . Shultz would test them. He would say, ‘You have to go over the globe and prove to me that you can identify your country.’ ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:18-21

Denomination: Baptist

The World Watches Us Series

Contributed by John Bright on Feb 13, 2025

Working through 1 Peter using consecutive expository preaching. Teaching sheet included at end of text.

Series: 1 Peter Sermon: “The World Watches Us” 1 Peter 2:9-12 Pastor John Bright 1 Peter 3 “9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-12, Exodus 19:5-6, Isaiah 43:21, Romans 11:16-21

Denomination: Methodist

Gleaning Forgotten Truths From The New Age Series

Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Oct 25, 2002

A summary of 10 things Christians can learn from New Agers

2. Last week we began looking at what we have come to know for the last 20 or 30 years as the ‘New Age’. In some ways its not very new any more but it certainly is very pervasive in western society. We are loosely based in Acts 17 over these three weeks and as I re-read that passage again this ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

That Terrible Promise

Contributed by Ron Hicks on Oct 11, 2005

There are some promises that you won’t find in those wonderful promise boxes, and this is one of them.

THAT TERRIBLE PROMISE Neh 1:5 5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: Num 23:19-20 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Achievement And Power Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jan 24, 2003

Explores what the Bible teaches about ambition.

An excellent illustration of the pitfalls of ambition comes from Shakespeare’s classic work Macbeth. Macbeth probably expected to have ambition delivered in a quite different way then it was. He found the answers to his quest from three witches whose prophesy foretold who the next king of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:38-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Would You Give Up Your Salvation

Contributed by William Nieporte on Sep 6, 2005

Very short sermon about the sacrifices needed for church growth and personal evangelism

Would You Give Up Your Salvation Romans 9:1-5 Introduction: This is a brief sermon that begins as a verbal exchange/dialouge between preacher and parish. Engage in a dialogue about the blessings and benefits of being a Christian! Discussion starters: “What are some of the most important ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:1-5

Denomination: Baptist