Sermons on Twenty-Four Elders:

Do You Qualify For Ministry?

Contributed by Cameron Conway on Nov 27, 2018

What are the qualifications in our day for pastors, deacons, elders and leaders in general and how do they compare to the qualifications set out in the New Testament?

For more information and other teachings, podcasts, videos, books and study guides visit https://conwaychristianresources.com What are the qualifications in our day for pastors, deacons, elders and leaders in general?</strong> Is it the ownership of several freshly pressed suits and ties? ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 2:7-8, Titus 3:2-7, 2 Timothy 2:20-26

Denomination: Foursquare

Cyrus The Great Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 7, 2022

Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great and called Cyrus the Elder by the Greeks, was the founder of the *Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire.

Cyrus the Great Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great and called Cyrus the Elder by the Greeks, was the founder of the *Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian empire. Born: *Anshan, Iran, 600 BC Died: December 4, 530 BC, (aged 70) the *Syr Darya Full name: Cyrus II of ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 4:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

God I Praise You Series

Contributed by Brian Chandler on Jul 21, 2011

The Lord's Prayer. Learned to praise God in prayer.

Get Connected: A Daily Pattern for Prayer Week 1 – “God I Praise You” Pastor Brian Chandler Matthew 6:9-13 NAS i.e. – Boy Who Didn’t Know What to Pray Maybe we feel that sometimes about prayer. We don’t know what we should pray for or how we should ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Prescription Of Thanksgiving!

Contributed by Thomas Fortini on Nov 30, 2020

At the core of every healthy, vibrant, overcoming, productive, victorious Christian is a heart of gratitude!

Intro: It’s the holiday season! And the bible tells us that… Ecclesiastes 3: 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. -NIV God has made us seasonal creatures, and as a result we annually celebrate and commemorate certain events and things. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-8

The Coming Deception And World Leader Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Mar 4, 2024

The current foreshadows of the antichrist system that can be seen today.

Dr. Bradford Reaves CrossWay Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org I have spent the majority of my adult life, more than 25 years, preaching the gospel. There's one thing I know for sure about the gospel: it promises God's love to those who will put their faith in Him. It ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:1-8, Daniel 7:7-8, Daniel 8:9-12, Daniel 7:23-25

Denomination: Brethren

Revelation's Eternal Sign Series

Contributed by Normand Cote on Aug 24, 2001

To show how God’s Sabbath day applied in the beginning of time to the end of time and how the Sabbath centers around creation & worship.

Revelation’s Eternal Sign In early 1991, the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite sent back information to Earth that caused a sensation in scientific circles. This satellite had been hurled into space to peer into the depths of the universe. But what it eventually produced was far more ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 20:8-10

Denomination: Adventist

The Greatest Sermon Of The Year

Contributed by Scott Cody on Aug 14, 2003

A collection of passages from the Bible that tell God’s great story in one brief sermon.

It’s a bit presumptuous for someone to claim to deliver the greatest sermon of the year, but I make no apologies for today’s lesson or it’s claim. That’s because God’s going to do the preaching today. Sometimes, preachers get in the way of God’s powerful message of hope. So let me quit sharing my ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"The Kind Of Church I Want To Be The Pastor Of"

Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Sep 16, 2003

It may have been the criticism of the elder brother that drove the prodigal son away from home, but it was the love of the Father who brought him back!

“The Kind of Church I want to be the Pastor of” Introduction: It seems the reason why the prodigal son left home might have been because of the attitude that his elder brother had towards him. What brought him home was the love of the Father. I do not want to frame my Church around the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

You Have A Place At God's Table

Contributed by Charles Degner on Aug 13, 2003

It was by grace that Moses and the elders of Israel could stand before God. In the same way, we have a place at God’s table - by his grace.

Text: Exodus 24: 3-11 Series: Pentecost 10 B Author: Rev. Charles F. Degner August 17, 2003 "When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, "Everything the LORD has said we will do." Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said. He ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 24:3-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Paul's Words To Every Church

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Mar 6, 2007

Paul ended his statement to the Ephesian elders with some intensely personal remarks. They are applicable to every church and every believer down through the centuries.

Passage: Acts 20:28-38 Intro: There are statements people make that are listened to very carefully. 1. some of the most powerful are departing statements. Il) “dying declaration” definition. 2. now Paul is not dying here, but he will never see these men again on earth. 3. and so he is “passing the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:28-38

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Son I Want To Be

Contributed by Ron Hicks on Oct 17, 2005

The prodigal son and his elder brother had a loving father who was someone’s son. He’s the one I want to be like.

THE SON I WANT TO BE Luke 15:11-32 11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13 And not many days after the younger son ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Be Reconciled To God

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 7, 2010

The father only seems like a chump, taking back the wastrel son. But I am not the elder son, I am the prodigal, needing forgiveness.

4th Sunday of Lent 2010 So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. If God had to join the rest of us in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Catholic

The Call For Church Discipline Series

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Aug 15, 2020

There is a hesitancy on the part of many church pastors and elders to hold their church members accountable for their actions. This neglect is hazardous. Church disciple is both biblical and necessary

The Call for Church Discipline 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 “... Allan Bloom argued in his 1987 best-seller, The Closing of the American Mind [Simon and Schuster], that tolerance, built on the assumption of moral relativism, not truth, has become the chief “virtue” in America. To judge any behavior or ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Heart Of The Father

Contributed by Louis J Locke on Aug 26, 2024

We can learn much from the parable of the ‘prodigal son.’ We learn from the ‘prodigal,’ the elder brother, and about the heart of Father God.

“The Heart of the Father” Luke 15:11-32 We can learn much from the parable of the ‘prodigal son.’ We learn from the ‘prodigal,’ the elder brother, and about the heart of Father God. 1. Things we know about the heart of Father God • "I will seek what ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Foursquare

Voices Of Hope Series

Contributed by Tim Diack on Dec 5, 2012

Despair looks within itself, and the heart withers. Hope looks outside oneself, and the heart rejoices. Hope sees a future where despair cannot see past the present circumstances. Join us as we look at our Biblical Hope on this first Sunday of Advent 2

Voices of Hope - Isaiah 64:1-9 – December 2, 2012 Several years ago a teacher assigned to visit children in a large city hospital received a routine call requesting that she visit a particular child. She took the boy's name and room number and was told by the teacher on the other end of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-9

Denomination: *other