Sermons on Preaching School:

What Church, Sunday School, And Vbs Is All About

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jul 12, 2003

The purpose of church, Sunday School, and VBS.

INTRO.- What is church, Sunday School and VBS all about? One thing for sure, it’s the place to learn about God and His Word. ILL.- A Sunday School teacher asked her students, “Do you believe that story about Lot’s wife looking back and turning into a pillar of salt?” One little boy said, “Sure I ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Forgotten Misions Fields

Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Jun 19, 2007

A sermon preached at a missions conference to remind people to also consider their neighbourhoods, workplace/schools and family as mission fields.

The Forgotten Mission Fields Ask people to boo the words ‘secular job’. This conference is all about missions. I am sure that over this weekend many of you will be inspired to see yourself as missionaries. I am sure that many of you will receive prophecies or dreams about what God is going to do ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 42:6-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Redeemed - Oh Yes! Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 1, 2009

Our text gives us the lowdown on what it means to be redeemed by God. 1- Redeemed with money - oh no! 2- Redeemed with blood - oh wow! 3- Redeemed from sin - oh wonderful!

INTRO.- Redeemed - Oh yes! Don’t you just love this title? ILL.- A little boy had made a little boat, all painted and fixed up beautifully. One day someone stole his boat, and he was distressed. In passing a pawnshop one day he saw his boat. Happily he ran in to the pawnbroker and said, "That ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:18-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Three Items For The Baptism Checklist Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 5, 2012

Your child is beginning a journey that will end in the arms of the Father: here's what you must do as mission controllers to help ensure a good ending.

Homily for Infant Baptism Today is a very special time in your families’ lives. Today is the day in which I, acting as a minister of Jesus Christ, and by the grace of the Holy Spirit, launch your child into a trajectory that, many years from now, should land him/her in the arms of the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:13-16

Denomination: Catholic

Do You Love Them Enough

Contributed by Luther Sexton on Mar 21, 2019

Someone has said, “Children workers are special. Children are special.”

DO YOU LOVE THEM ENOUGH? INTRODUCTION: Someone has said, “Children workers are special. Children are special.” Today, I am talking to a group of special people who have tremendous power in their hands. Do you remember the question that God asked Moses, “What is that in thine hands?” So ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16, Matthew 28:18-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

If The Inhabitants Of Hell Could Preach Tonight

Contributed by Ricky Taylor on Dec 13, 2014

What the souls in Hell would preach if they could stand behind a pulpit

IF THE INHABITANTS OF HELL COULD PREACH TONIGHT Luke 16:19 “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Messages Every Christians Should Preach

Contributed by Ramil Olalia on Oct 30, 2016

Somebody said, "The life of the preaching is the preacher's life." I believed that the greatest messages is not the messages written by ink but the messages we make through our life, especially our new life in Christ. People around you read your life!

THE MESSAGES EVERY CHRISTIANS SHOULD PREACH Scripture Text: Mark 7:31-37 Introduction: We may preach message after message but the greatest message that people read and study is our lives itself. The greatest messages that every Christians could preach to this dying world is the story of our life ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:31-37

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Taught Us How To Preach Series

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Nov 23, 2015

We have all experienced that it is much easier to talk about witnessing than to actually witness. Today we will discover that the instructions Jesus gave help to remove the pressure and guilt that Christians sometimes feel about witnessing.

Jesus told us to “be his witnesses.” We have all experienced that it is much easier to talk about witnessing than to actually witness. Today we are going to study the Commands of Christ that are related to our witness. We will discover that the instructions he gave really help to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lesson 46: Preach In Grand Style Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 3, 2018

How to preach a grand or majestic sermon

Lesson Goal In this lesson I hope to teach the grand style or majestic sermon. Lesson Intro The Romans considered rhetoric to exist on three levels. Low style rhetoric was didactic, teaching. Middle style rhetoric was pleasing, entertaining. But grand style rhetoric was stirring, rousing and ...read more

Scripture: John 17:14-18, Acts 8:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

The Reluctant Missionary: Jonah Preaches To Nineveh

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jan 16, 2021

God's will will be done whether we are willing or not.

The Reluctant Missionary: Jonah Preaches to Nineveh Jonah 3:1-10 The story of Jonah and the whale is a favorite story at Vacation Bible School. Children are drawn with the fascination of the idea of being swallowed alive. It also addresses the natural fear children have of the unknown. A story ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10, Jonah 3:1-5, Jonah 4:1-11, Jonah 2:1-10, Jonah 1:1-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

My Heart’s Desire And Prayer Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 24, 2014

Paul’s desire which should also be our desire. 1- He had the desire to see people saved 2- He had the desire to preach the gospel

INTRO.- My heart’s desire. What is your heart’s desire? I think every human person has desires in life, and often, intense desires. I’m not sure it’s knowledge or wisdom, however, like Solomon asked for in I Kings 3:7-14. There may be certain days when we want wisdom and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus Had Come To Heal And To Preach

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 10, 2003

Although Jesus had the power and the authority to heal people, the purpose of His ministry was not for healing only: "Let us got to the next towns, that I may preach also; for that is why I came out" (Mark 1:38 RSV).

JESUS HAD COME TO HEAL AND TO PREACH Mark 1:29-39 "When Cabesa DeVaca wrote about his trip from Texas to the Pacific during 1530 to 1536, he described how the Indians insisted that he and his companion cure their sick. The Indians believed them to be gods, so they had to try. "We had to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:29-39

Denomination: United Methodist

Lesson 25: Preach On A Hebrew Word Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 31, 2018

Expound a Hebrew word

Lesson Goal I hope to teach how to preach a sermon expounding a single Hebrew word. Lesson Intro The Hebrew Scriptures contain two great divisions, the law and the prophets (Matthew 22:40). Christianity was originally a Jewish religion. It only separated from its Hebrew roots when Christians and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Why Do We Do Vacation Bible School?

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 3, 2008

Evangelistic message to follow up our VBS from the previous week. We knew we would have some unchurched families, and we did!

Why Do We Have Vacation Bible School? 1 John 5:11-12 August 3, 2008 Introduction Part of my time growing up was spent in Pine Ridge, SD, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. And our church didn’t have Vacation Bible School, so we went to VBS at a little church just across the border in White ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:11-12

Denomination: Wesleyan

It's Just A Little Bit Like High School! Series

Contributed by Eric Bain on Feb 1, 2007

This message examines why we can trust Luke to tell us the story of Christ.

It’s Just a Little Like High School! Luke 1:1-4 © 2006 Eric Bain NOTE: This sermon is available in audio format @ www.sanctuary-church.com This morning, were beginning a brand new series… diving into the Gospel of Luke. But what is the Gospel of Luke??? Well, really, its the history that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational