Sermons on Spiritual Growth And Insight:

The Value Of The Cross

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

the value of the cross

Intro: there seems to be a cry going up across this land for equality. That everyone get a fair shake, that everyone gets the same deal or privileges as someone else. For most of us realist, we know that in this world, there are no places where there is level ground. Many times it is who you know, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:26

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Moving Into The Glory

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

going after God’s glory

Intro: one of the dangers of reading the Bible is we can have ears and not really hear. Mark 15:38—where the veil of the temple is rent in twain, do we realize the full impact of what Christ accomplished on the cross. There is now no more separation between man and God. Today, I would like to visit ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:38

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Walking In The Supernatural

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

the power of God in us

Intro: a man bought a very expensive Porsche that was known to go 200 miles and hour or better. A man on a moped pulled up next to him and said, mind if I take a look inside. The man said sure. To show off a little when the light went green he pushed on the gas and his Porsche in no time was going ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-36

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Faith That Moves God

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

Faith is a key

Intro: would it shock you if I said, God is limited, His Word is limited, Jesus is limited, and the Holy Spirit is limited. Would it shock you more if I told you it wasn’t the devil, it wasn’t atheists and it wasn’t false religion that was holding the blessings of God off the people of God. But it ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God Is Able

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

the ability of God

Intro: years ago when I went to my first pastorate, most of my sermons were topical. I would go to strong’s concordance, find a word, look up all the times it was used in the bible, and preach on that topic. Most of the time I now like to preach textual sermons, taking entire portions of scripture ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 6:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Abominations

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

things God hates

Intro: growing up there were three things that I didn’t like to eat. One was mustard, now I can tolerate it, the next was ham, I am sure there are some pigs happy about that, and the last is lemon pie. Over the years we learn each others likes and dislikes. So Lauri doesn’t fix me ham or lemon ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 7:25-26

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Authenticy Of Christianity

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

Christianity is the real thing

Intro: in the midst of great personal tragedies and conflict, it is recorded that John the Baptist had a faith lapse. He asks, are you he, or should we look for another? After ministering to the multitudes and declaring Jesus to be the Christ, he wondered if he had really found the answer. I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Beautiful Words

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

great bible words

Tonight- I would like to look at 4 of the most beautiful words in the Bible and they all are found in the communion service. Ephesians 2:8-9—by grace are ye saved Grace—getting what you don’t deserve—grace is God bestowing on us something we should not have received, salvation. We didn’t do ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

C.e.o. Of The Top Floor

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005

God’s Sovernity

Intro: If I went to Trump towers and at the door, the doorman told me, I am the man in charge of this operation, even though he has a nice suit on, a name tag, and looks important, he isn’t in charge. Neither are the people working the front desk, or the cooks, or the bell hops or the people ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:8-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Principals For Change

Contributed by Joe Adaline on Sep 28, 2005

The church of Jesus Christ is supposed to be an organism, growing and growing. Often it is just a church, an institution, resisting change.

We have a library at the church here. Virginia and I are going through the books to recommend to the church which ones we will dispose of, giving them to a proper charity, library, seminary or cemetary. The library represents something that is old, dated and needs to be updated with current books ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-26

Denomination: Baptist

Cheer Up

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005

the happy Christian

Intro: when someone you love seems a little down or blue, you sometimes will do something to try to cheer them up—Everyone gets down from time to time, so here are a few verses that basically say: Cheer Up! Matthew 9:2—cheer up, your sins are forgiven The message of this week is cheer up, you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Christians Should Know

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005

basic doctrines

Intro: in the book of 1 John the word know is used 30 times. 7 times John prefaces this word with the word we—so the term we know is used 7 times. Looking at these 7 usages of this phrase, John points out that every Christian should know these things I. We know that Christians Live Right---2:29 ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Doctrines Of Christ

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005

Who Jesus Really Is

Intro: we find the writer of Hebrews giving encouragement to move into the deeper things of Christ. He states that he will give if God permits him to discuss deeper theology. But in this chapter he goes over many basics of Christianity that are essentials to living by faith. In the next few weeks ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:1-19

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Examples

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005

Biblical examples

Intro: math-example problems, give you a good idea of the real problems on a test. The Bible does the exact same thing; all the stories in the Bible are examples for every believer. Today, we will look at four bible characters to see what examples they set for us Examples I Corinthians ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Flesh Verses Spirit

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005

the battle within

Intro: a subject that is often over-looked or passed by is the flesh verses the spirit teachings in the Word of God. They are found throughout the New Testament, but are never heard in our society. Why? Because teaching on overcoming the flesh is not popular, and in a sensual, carnal, worldly ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:16-24

Denomination: Assembly Of God