Sermons on Roots Of Disunity:

Rooted And Grounded In Love Ephesians 3:17-19 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jun 6, 2024

Ephesians 3:17-19 speaks to the very heart of our Christian faith: being rooted and grounded in the love of Christ.

Rooted and Grounded in Love Ephesians 3:17-19 Introduction: Today, we delve into a profound passage from Ephesians that speaks to the very heart of our Christian faith: being rooted and grounded in the love of Christ. Our key text will be Ephesians 3:17-19. As we explore this Scripture, we will ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:17-19, Colossians 1:27, Romans 8:38-39, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

Diferences Within Unity Series

Contributed by Tim White on Mar 9, 2015

The differences based upon the Spirit's gift to the Church should create greater unity, not disunity.

Unity and Differences Ephesians 4:7-16 Zero’s do make a difference. A quick postcard was sent out to church members of a church was considering a new pastor. A newsletter had gone out and no one had noticed the error. The postcard said, “Pastor Bill Murphy actually has the 100 percent ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-16

Denomination: Baptist

Made Alive With Christ

Contributed by Mark Roper on Feb 19, 2009

God invites all of his creation to live life to the fullest, to be in fellowship with Him, to be apart of Him, and to be made alive in him.

Made Alive with Christ In chapter 1 of Eph, Paul was emphasizing the wealth of spiritual blessings we have as because we are in Christ Now in chapter 2 emphasizes our position in Christ. Your position in Christ determines your spiritual possessions and authority. ILL: Regardless of where ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-6

Denomination: Church Of God

Gen. 3:1-11 Where Art Thou?

Contributed by William D. Brown on Feb 13, 2013

Today our thought is to do with "where are we" in our relationship with God. God, because He is God knew that our 1st parents would sin, and so He had already made a way that fallen man could be redeemed ever before there was man or sin.

Gen. 3:1-11 WHERE ART THOU? 2-16-13 Today our thought is to do with "where are we" in our relationship with God. In our text today we'll see that Satan used the serpent as his means and way to communicate with Eve. Adam and Eve were at the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Unforgiving Spirit

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Oct 21, 2013

To show what are the consequences of not forgiving someone.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you have an unforgiving spirit? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show what are the consequences of not forgiving someone. IV. TEXT: Mark 11:26 (Amplified Bible) 11:26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your failings and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:26

Denomination: Pentecostal

In Christ Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 29, 2013

as individuals and as a church, we must always be IN Christ

Last week we noted how effective the Missionaries Paul, Silas, and Timothy were to the Thessalonians. What can we note about this church in Thessalonica? Open your Bibles to the First Letter to the Thessalonians…. Look at Chapter 1 of 1 Thessalonians v7-8: Through the apostle Paul, God ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:14-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Hanukah

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 26, 2012

Hanukah speaks of persecution followed by the victory of righteousness over evil and the joy that follows.

Hanukah (Daniel 8:9-14, John 10:22) 1. Jewish humorists compare Christmas to Hanukah: Christmas is one day, same day every year. December 25. Jews love Dec. 25th. It's another paid day off work. We go to movies and out for Chinese food, and Israeli dancing. Chanukah is eight days. It starts the ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 8:9-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Abraham's Third Test: Bitterness Series

Contributed by Larry Turner on Jan 18, 2013

Lot is in a "lot" of trouble if Abram has any bitterness.

Show video “Rebuilding” My mom died last Sunday. I had promised her that I would perform her funeral. There were quite a few loved ones concerned that it would be too much for me to handle. But I experienced the Holy Spirit in a way as I never have before. The beginning of the year ...read more

Denomination: Foursquare

Peace Through Jesus Christ

Contributed by Charles Mallory on May 5, 2013

Perfect peace is found only in Jesus Christ by developing an intimate relationship with Him. Two ways to help with that is developing our prayer life and being obedient to Him.

Shalom! Peace! Jesus offers us the gift of his peace. Pope Benedict XVI, said of this, “Here, the traditional greeting with which people wish one another shalom, peace, becomes something new: it becomes the gift of the peace that Jesus alone can give because it is the fruit of his radical victory ...read more

Scripture: John 14:23-29

Denomination: Free Methodist

Complete In Christ - Our True Identity

Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 25, 2011

COMPLETE IN CHRIST. What does it mean to be ‘in Christ’? What is our true identity in Christ? What is it to be complete in HIM?

2011.10.09.OUR TRUE IDENTITY IN CHRIST William Akehurst HSWC Colossians 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: COMPLETE IN CHRIST. What does it mean to be ‘in Christ’? What is our true identity in Christ? What is it to be complete in ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Leave The Weed

Contributed by G W Bill Elliott Jr on Feb 8, 2020

"Weeding the garden" is something we believe is a good thing, but many times doing this can destroy the good roots around them. Jesus helps us grasp why working to remove the 'weeds' from your life is not necessarily His way of leading you.

Right… at first glance you may quickly think I am going to try convincing you how wrong it is to smoke marijuana… or to do drugs of any kind. No… this is not that kind of ‘weed removal’ encouragement… although… wait… OK… I’ll refrain! Rather, this is an admonition to be careful about being SO ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 20:7, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 5:45, Matthew 13:40-43

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Believers That Don't Get Blown Away Series

Contributed by James Jackson on Jul 6, 2019

Believers who are sitting with Christ, walking with the wise, and standing against sin will be planted firmly in Christ, rooted and established with him.

Believers that Won’t Be Blown Away (Psalm 1) Please turn in your Bibles to Psalm 1 as we begin a new sermon series. For the next eight weeks we are going to be in the book of Psalms. Some of you might already be checking out, or at least wondering, “what am I going to get out of this?” Because ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

"Where Do You Stand?”

Contributed by Sean Dees on May 3, 2021

Every day is a day full of choices.

Intro: Every day is a day full of choices. I. The hour of decision. 2Timothy 3:1 ¶ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:13-21

Why We Don't Observe Sabbath - Or Do We? - Genesis 2:1-3 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 23, 2021

On the seventh day God rested. So today we’re going to ask the question, what do we do with the Sabbath day?

If you’d open your Bibles with me to Genesis 2 today. We’re in Genesis 2. I entitled this series of messages that we’re working on “Understanding Your Roots.” It's this whole study in the book of Genesis. The reason I call it “Understanding Your Roots” is because if you understand the book of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:1-3

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Marriage Isn't Cure For Loneliness Genesis 2:4-20 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 23, 2021

We need to talk about this issue of loneliness.

Well today we’re going to talk about loneliness. The reason we’re going to talk about that is because we all experience the challenges of loneliness in our lives. We need to have a plan for dealing with that. So part of what that means is we need to know how to handle our own selves when it comes ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:4-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible