Sermons on The Believer:

What We Believe...about God

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Dec 31, 2002

God is eternal, God is creator, God is holy, God is one

December 29, 2003 Title: What We Believe...About God Text: Genesis 1:1 Introduction 1. Here at the beginning of a new year...I thought it would be helpful to us to A. review our doctrine... B. talk about what we believe... i. What we believe about God... ii. What we believe about ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1

Denomination: Nazarene

What We Believe....about Jesus

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jan 8, 2003

A doctrinal sermon about what we believe about Jesus (from the Nazarene perspective)

January 5, 2003 Title: What We Believe....about Jesus Text: John 1:1-18; 1 John 1:1-3 Introduction 1. This morning we kicked off our new vision for 2003... A. Christ 1st! B. We want to put Jesus Christ 1st in our lives... C. in our church... D. in our families... E. in every area of our ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18, 1 John 1:1-3

Denomination: Nazarene

I Believe I Can Fly

Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 15, 2003

A look at Jeremiah’s calling and the correlation to the christian’s mission.

I Believe I Can Fly 3-3-2001 (Lay Speaking School Session #3) A bird is sitting on the edge of a tree branch and his mother comes right up behind him. Now the normal response for a human mother would be to bring him back to the safety of the nest near the center of the tree. The mother bird ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-19

Denomination: Mennonite

What We Believe...about Sin

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jan 26, 2003

Focuses more on the sin of failing to respond to the Holy Spirit.

Larry C. Brincefield larkayb@earthlink.net Title: What We Believe...About Sin Text: Proverbs 29:1 Introduction President Calvin Coolidge was returning home from going to church. He was asked what the preacher had preached about. His one word reply, "Sin". The questioner wasn’t ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 29:1

Denomination: Nazarene

What We Believe...about Atonement

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Feb 2, 2003

This sermon is about what we (Church of the Nazarene) believe about the doctrine of Atonement.

Larry C. Brincefield larkayb@earthlink.net Sunday Evening, February 2, 2003 Title: What We Believe....About Atonement Text: Titus 2:11-14 Introduction I read about a small boy who was always late coming home from school. His parents warned him one day that he must be home on time that ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-14

Denomination: Nazarene

Why I Believe Jesus Is Lord Series

Contributed by John Walls on Sep 30, 2001

The Lordship of Christ

WHY I BELIEVE IN THE SON OF GOD 1 Timothy 3:15b-16 Introduction: It is believed that the original Christian confession consisted of three words: "Jesus Christ--Lord." So must our pure confession be! He is either LORD of all or not Lord at all. His person, claims and work are central to Biblical ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:15-16

Denomination: Baptist

Trinity - What The Early Church Believed Series

Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Oct 2, 2001

This study looks at the writings of the church prior to the first church council. Beginning at the apostles and those they discipled, we can see what the church believed from the beginning.

What the early church believed In Part 1 we set the stage for the council. We looked at the fact that these men were Christians who suffered for their faith. Just 14 years earlier, they came out of the last great Roman persecution. They resisted against the attacks from outside the church at the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19, Matthew 24:23-25

Denomination: Baptist

Can You Believe What They Did? Series

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Apr 30, 2005

When we judge others we reveal a lot about our relationships with Christ and our heart in general.

Can You Believe What They Did? – Judging Matthew 7:1-6 This week I was reading an article about a meeting that occurred during a seminar among some leading professors at some of our leading universities. During an open forum one professor reported that at his school the most damaging charge one ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What We Believe About Baptism Series

Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 21, 2004

Baptism is the symbol for our initiation into the Christian faith and church life.

Romans 6:3-6 (NRSV) SLIDE 1 (3) Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? (4) Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:3-6

Denomination: Methodist

The Resurrection: Unbelieving Explanations & Believing Expositions

Contributed by Gregg Strawbridge on Apr 12, 2003

An exposition of the Resurrection based on 1 Cor. 15 with a view toward seeing how Paul defends the Resurrection.

INTRODUCTION Unbelieving Explanations (skeptical theories of the resurrection) Believing Expositions (the Pauline apologetic for the resurrection) Evangelically Defended (15:1-2), Scripturally Defended (15:3-4), Evidentially Defended (15:5-7), Experientially Defended (15:9-11), Logically ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Believers Join Together To Praise God Series

Contributed by Timm Meyer on May 6, 2003

EASTER 3(C) - Believers gather to praise God: Praise God for the Lamb of God and Praise God for the saved of God.

BELIEVERS JOIN TOGETHER TO PRAISE GOD! REVELATION 5:11—14 MAY 4, 2003 REVELATION 5:11-14 11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:11-14

Denomination: Lutheran

Elijah's Cloak Gives Believers Hope

Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 21, 2004

Elijah’s ascension, Christ’s ascension, and our hope revolve around the promises of our ascended leaders and the cloaks they give us to have and use.

May 23, 2004 2 Kings 2:7-14 Fifty men of the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan. 8 Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:7-14

Denomination: Lutheran

A Compassionate God Equals A Compassionate Believer

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jun 7, 2005

A sermon for the 4th Sunday after pentecost Proper 6 The compassion of Jesus

4th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 6 Matthew 9:36 Matthew 10:1-8 A compassionate God equals A compassionate Believer   ""When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd." Matthew 9:36, RSV. "And he called to him his ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

This We Believe: "The Forgiveness Of Sins" Series

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 13, 2005

Forgiveness is a central tenent of the Christian faith.

This We Believe—“…in the forgiveness of sins,” John 8:1-11 Forgiveness. Forgiveness is one of the central virtues of the Christian faith. We proclaim, every time we recite the Apostle’s Creed that we believe in the forgiveness of sins. The statement, “I believe in the forgiveness of sins” ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

The Believer's Three-Fold Judgment - Judgement

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 15, 2005

1. Past Judgment as a Sinner. 2. Present Judgment as a Son. 3. Future Judgment as a Servant. LINK INCLUDED to Formatted Text Version, Handout, and Powerpoint Template, as well as messages on The Great White Throne and The Judgment Seat of Christ.

The Believer’s Three-Fold Judgment [Hundreds of free sermons and Powerpoints at website...link at bottom!] FIVE BIBLE JUDGMENTS 1. JUDGMENT OF SIN. (CALVARY) 2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him {to be} sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27

Denomination: Baptist