Sermons on Starting Fresh:

Starting A Biblical American Revolution

Contributed by Larry Wise on Mar 21, 2010

How we are supposed to handle authority

How To Start a Biblical American Revolution I Peter 2:13-17 There is a letter written anonymously to a man named Diognetus somewhere between A.D. 130 and 200. Diognetus ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:13-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Let's Get This Party Started"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 2, 2011

A sermon about reaching out to the world in the name of Christ.

Matthew 8:1-4 “Let’s Get This Party Started” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN eastridgeumc.org “Who’s in charge here?” The policeman suddenly appeared in the doorway, and everyone stood still. It had ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:1-4

Denomination: United Methodist

Getting Started, Part 1 Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 6, 2014

Open Doors Getting Started, part 1

Open Doors Getting Started, part 1 Col. 4:2-6 September 29, 2013 Take out a piece of paper and write down a couple of dates, the year in which you were born, then three dashes and then at the end of those dashes, write down 20_?_, which represents the date of your death and we don't know when ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Getting Started, Part 1 Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 6, 2014

Open Doors Getting Started, part 1

made alive. Open Doors Getting Started, part 1 Col. 4:2-6 September 29, 2013 Take out a piece of paper and write down a couple of dates, the year in which you were born, then three dashes and then at the end of those dashes, write down 20_?_, which represents the date of your death and we dont ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Getting Started, Part 2 Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 6, 2014

Open Doors Getting Started, part 2

Open Doors Getting Started, part 2 Col. 4:2-6 October 6, 2013 I started last week by asking you to write down a couple of dates, your date of birth and 20?, which represents the date you will die. Then in between those dates I asked you to write three dashes which represent your life. We have no ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Getting Started, Part 2 Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 13, 2014

Becoming a Person of Prayer Getting Started

Becoming a Person of Prayer Getting Started Matthew 6:9-15; Luke 11:1-4 November 14, 2010 I am spending several weeks on prayer because part of our vision is to train us to be followers of Christ. The quality of our devotional life to a great extent determines the quality of our spiritual ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Finish What You Started

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Oct 2, 2023

Haggai encourages the people to finish the work on the Temple

Haggai: The Best is Yet To Come Haggai: 1:1-15 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 10-01-2023 Finish What You Started Do you have trouble finishing things? Most of us do. In 2013, Jon Acuff, one of my favorite authors, published a book called, “Start: Punch Fear in the ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

"getting Started" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Feb 17, 2020

Leadership requires preparation. Nehemiah has stepped into this role of leadership and now it is time for him to get prepared.

BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP “Getting Started” Nehemiah 1:1-11 In 2016 we had one of the most interesting presidential elections we have had in decades. Perhaps ever. Of course the win went to Donald Trump, a man with zero background in politics but he hit on several things that really spoke to the ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

A Starting Place For Successful Ministry

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Sep 9, 2019

The Apostle Paul who had invested so much in the life of young Timothy, helps him prepare for a new beginning by offering him a starting place for success. I believe this is also a starting place for successful ministers as we prepare others to make it on their own.

Sermon: A Starting Place for Successful Ministry Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-6 1Ti 2:1 ¶ I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-6, 2 Chronicles 7:14

Denomination: Methodist

Start Big…finish Small Series

Contributed by John Bright on Apr 26, 2021

This is the third in a 7-part series on The Apostles Creed. I used this as a way to give folks in my new churches an understanding of my beliefs and our common ground as Believers.

Sermon Series “Belief and Faith Coming Together” Week Three – “Start Big…Finish Small” Pastor John Bright – delivered 7/28/19 John 1:14-18 “14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14-18, John 3:16, Luke 23:45-46

Denomination: Methodist

It All Starts With A Little Seed

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jun 14, 2018

It is the message and not the messanger.

It All Starts With a Tiny Seed Mark 4:26-34 When Jesus started to face opposition from grous like the Pharisees and Scribes, He started to address the crowds in parables. The purpose of the parable is twofold. On one hand, it is easy to understand the story as it comes from real life. Jesus used ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:26-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Revival Must Start At Home

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 8, 2019

We long for revival, but revival seems to be delayed. Contemporary Christians must "break up the fallow ground" if we will ever experience revival.

“From the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel; there they have continued. Shall not the war against the unjust overtake them in Gibeah? When I please, I will discipline them, and nations shall be gathered against them when they are bound up for their double iniquity. “Ephraim was a ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 10:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

Back Where We Started

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Dec 22, 2016

This is a sermon that remembers all the sermon series that we preached in the past year.

December 25th, 2016 Christmas Day Text: Ephesians 2:8-9 Subject: Year End Sermon Title: Back Where We Started Merry Christmas to everyone! What a blessing it is to be able to stand here with you and share my heart this morning! I want to begin with this – Some of you may have seen my ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Gospel: Start And Continue By Faith Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Nov 17, 2015

None of us ever became Christians through our human effort. God reached down. Salvation comes by faith in Christ. Believe in Jesus Christ, He died on the cross for you.

Dance with the one who brung ya. In a sense that was Paul’s message to the Galatians. You became a Christian by faith in Christ and experienced a new birth. In Galatians 3:1-5 Paul asks them why switch to human effort to live the Christian life? Faith in Christ brung ya to the dance why ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

It Starts With One: Acts 1 Series

Contributed by Michael Monica on Jul 6, 2017

The mission found in the Book of Acts

The Promise of the Holy Spirit 1In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3He presented himself alive to them after his ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational