Sermons on Small Group:

Many Follow, But Not Many Followers

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Jul 17, 2022

There was two groups of people. 1-His disciples 2-The crowd, or multitude.

.Mark 3:7-But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea 8-and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how many things He was doing, came to Him. There was two ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:7-12

Denomination: Baptist

Relevant Environments Series

Contributed by Brian Moon on Jan 9, 2003

Part 2 of this series that is looking into why people can’t help but say, "I Love this Place." This message looks into our strategy.

“I Love this Place” part 2 (Relevant Environments) Brian A. Moon The other day I was driving around and I noticed something very interesting. Located just a few hundred feet from each other were two competing coffee shops. One of the shops had advertising all over the place. Out in the road, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 12:32

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Holy Spirit Guided Evangelism Series

Contributed by Timothy Grayless on Feb 15, 2003

Last in a series on Holy Spirit assisted Evangelism.

Holy Spirit Guided Evangelism Part 5 Remember when I started this series, when I ask you to pray for God to reveal to you two people in your sphere of influence who needed to hear the good news of the gospel? Your prayer - part two: Between now and the end of the year, pray for God to present you ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7, Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Methodist

Here Comes Trouble Again! # 3

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 6, 2022

I am not one who keeps up with the various rock group singers. In fact, I do not believe I could name one rock group that exists today.

What is interesting about these rock groups is how they decide who is going to be the lead singer. Illus: Someone suggested they did it this way. Someone starts off as a guitar player but he can not play. The group then gives him some sticks, puts him in the back, and calls him a drummer. When ...read more

Scripture: Job 2:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

People, Like Pennies

Contributed by Timothy Darling on Feb 2, 2007

Wealth in our lives is measured in many ways. Pennies are a small measure of money, but Benjamin Franklin would have told you that a penny saved is a penny earned. Friends in our lives are another kind of wealth that we may not value highly enough. Wherev

People, like pennies Luke 5:27-32 I watched a hidden camera show some time back. The director had taken two rolls of pennies and dropped them randomly but obviously along a half a city block. Then he filmed people’s reactions. People noticed, but they did not stoop to pick up the pennies. Some ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32

Denomination: Mennonite

Building A Bridge Of Community Series

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Feb 5, 2002

To effectively live the Christian life, it needs to be done in community.

Building a bridge to tomorrow means laying down the planks of community today. Almost every person alive has a desire for community. They even know how they want that community to be shaped…listen to this… (play theme from Cheers) Many of you could sing the theme, and most of you ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42, Hebrews 10:25

Denomination: Pentecostal

Living Trust

Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 9, 2006

Trust is key to living our lives in the power of Christ

Living Trust Matthew 17:14-20 One of the issues that we deal with on a daily basis is trust. Whether we admit it or not, we place our trust in a variety of things each day without thinking about it. We trust that the lights will come on when we flip a switch. We trust that the car will start when ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:14-20

Denomination: Church Of God

Is There A Lost Art In The Church And Family?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 13, 2009

You talk endangered species, the art of listening is in great danger. Let us look at listening/ear in the Bible. Wow! what a lesson!

IS THERE A LOST ART IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE HOME? Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com There is a country music song: THE GREATEST MAN I NEVER KNEW: MY DAD? Introduction: PRECONCEIVED OPINIONS CAN HINDER WHAT WE HEAR? Years ago I ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 29:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Saints In Wrong Places

Contributed by John Hickman on Sep 1, 2013

Like the biblical saints, Noah, Abram, Jonah, David and Peter, who wound up in the wrong places and sinned, we also wind up in the wrong places and we look to Elijah for the answer.

Back in the 80's when the movie Urban Cowboy was released, even the most urban city folk traded in their baseball caps for Stetsons, listened to country music and learned how to line dance. One of the hit songs then was Waylon Jennings “Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places.” ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-9

Denomination: Charismatic

Revivals Of A Meal, A Commander And A Lost Axe Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 31, 2021

Is God concerned with even reviving physical things in our lives?

Is God concerned with even reviving physical things in our lives? 1) Revival of a Bad Meal Does God care enough that His faithful servants eat well, to revive an unacceptable meal? A convention of the prophets met with Elisha. Stew was requested for their meal. Was it wise to collect unknown ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Transformation

Contributed by Mark Engler on Jan 5, 2015

All Christians are in the process of transforming into the image of Christ. Where are you at in that process? No matter where you are it is important to continue in the process.

Transformation 2 Cor. 3:12-18 Read Text: Where are you at in your transformation? The transformation of people comes at various stages in their life. Some transformations are for the good, some are for the bad. I and probably all of you wish all transformations were for the good, however bad ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Carry, Or Be Carried? (Isaiah 46:1-13) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Jul 26, 2024

God has always, and will always carry you. The alternatives-- idols-- can't carry you; they will bleed you financially, and weigh you down, and you'll carry them. God encourages his people to be smart, and choose Him.

By the time they've reached high school, every straight A student knows that there's one type of assignment, above all others, that's difficult and annoying: the group project. When you get put in a group of three or four students, inevitably, one of two things happens. You either ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 46:1-13, Matthew 11:28-30, Deuteronomy 4:4, 2 Corinthians 13:14

Deep Community

Contributed by Jim Belcher on Oct 1, 2009

How do you achieve deep community and fellowship within a group of believers?

What took a small, scared group of believers and filled them with so much confidence that they eventually became the dominant religion in the Roman empire? We are looking at the aftermath of Peter’s sermon. On that day 3,000 believed. The church went from 120 to 3120. A few days latter another ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God's Order & Assignment For Pastors (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Eric Hanson on Jul 20, 2012

This is a careful, radically Biblical assessment of God's written will for the Equipping Gift of Pastor, as mentioned in Ephesians 4, and commented on in other places in the New Testament.

God’s Order and Assignment for Pastors Eric J. Hanson July 8, 2012 Pastor Dallas recently shared a message on the five giftings mentioned in Ephesians 4:11. These are gifts from God in the form of men and women whom God has raised up, for the purpose of equipping His people to minister the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:10-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Light Has Come

Contributed by Norm Beckett on Dec 27, 2002

A small baby, the bearer of light, brings joy, deliverance and victory

THE LIGHT HAS COME “For those who lived in a land of deep shadows – light! Sunbursts of light!” (Isaiah 9: 2 – THE MESSAGE). “They lived in a land of shadows but now light is shining on them” (GOOD NEWS BIBLE). “The Light has come” declared the prophet Isaiah and that is what we celebrate every ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:2

Denomination: Holiness