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1 Thessalonians
Barrett Case • Rich Hill Christian Church • Sermon • • 38 views • 37:40
“Congregational Responsibilities” sounds like a very formal topic. I don’t know what else to entitle this sermon exactly, but I don’t want us to think this is boring, business-meeting type stuff. This isn’t Robert’s Rules of Order. I have all the respect in the world for Henry Robert, a military officer…
Worship
AMANUEL BEKELE • Remnants VA • Sermon • • 33 views • 1:08:22
we are more concerned to implement the principles of Scripture in our specific culture (and even to emulate the best of the Bible-inspired cultures of Scripture), than we are to invest effort in reclaiming current cultural forms for Christian use. pop-contemporary forms or the distinctive ethnic forms…
What is the church?
Jonathan Anderson • Faith Baptist Church • Sermon • • 533 views • 35:46
I have heard this said of the local church, “A church is one bad pastor away from crumbling into liberalism.” In other words, if I the pastor were to die tomorrow, and you all were left with the decision to call a new pastor, if you make the wrong choice the consequences could be devastating for the…
Vital Congregations
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 72 views • 59:12
Such Great Love One of the dangers for any preacher is that when we preach we are limited by time and space, and are not able to share all that we might want to impart to our hearers. When we preach from Scripture we are preaching from God’s Word and yet all of God’s Word has a context. The same is true…
Letters To Leaders
Jon Gruss • Allegan Bible Church • Sermon • • 7 views • 35:28
Congregational Involvment
Vital Congregations
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 54 views • 1:05:38
Our Scripture this morning comes from Mark 4 . Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching…
Chad Hesler • Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church • Sermon • • 20 views • 54:27
2 Corinthians 2:12-3:18 12 Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me, 13 I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and set out for Macedonia. 14 But thanks be…
Vital Congregations
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 125 views • 24:28
As I begin, it is fitting that I say this week has been less than inspiring. I, like many of you, find myself tired, irritated, angry and afraid. I’m tired of the Monday morning quarterbacking going on about how leaders should have addressed a pandemic that early estimates said could have killed as many…
Vital Congregations
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 70 views • 19:08
Our Scripture passage today comes to us from the Gospel of Mk 4:3-9 and 13-20. “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up,…
Vital Congregations
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 109 views • 29:01
Greetings once again, as I sit behind my computer and recording this message. Truly this is not church as any of us would have imagined it 2 months ago, and yet, here we are. You’re there, perhaps you’re alone or you may be with loved ones - either way the Scriptures assure us that, “where two or three…
Vital Congregations
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 160 views • 29:12
One of the best opening sentences to any book I’ve ever read comes from M. Scott Peck’s book, The Road Less Traveled. It begins with this line. Life is difficult. There is a truth that we can all agree on. Life is hard. Life IS hard. Family, friends, co-workers, relationships get strained, feelings get…
Principles of Congregational Worship
Thomas Overmiller • Brookdale Baptist • Sermon • • 255 views • 1:08:36
1 Tim 2:8-14 No Girls Allowed! I’d like to answer the simple question, “What can women do in a worship service?” On one hand, this question sounds awkward or unusual because God created men and women as co-equal persons. Both genders equally express God’s image and both share equally important roles…
Principles of Congregational Singing
Thomas Overmiller • Brookdale Baptist • Sermon • • 32 views • 57:55
Ephesians 5:18-19 Envision a group of people who gather once a week or more and come from all walks of life. White collar/blue collar, men/women, wealthy/working class/lower class, all kinds of cultures, it makes no difference. They drop their façade and talk to each other, welcoming each other with…
Vital Congregations: Ecclesial Health
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 54 views • 1:08:19
I can’t begin this morning’s sermon without that traditional greeting again, “HE is risen!” “He is Risen Indeed!” There’s a great story about a pastor sharing a children’s sermon and asking a small band of young children what Easter meant. One child eagerly piped up! That’s When Jesus came out of the…
Titus
Sierra Vista Baptist Church • Sierra Vista Baptist Church • Sermon • • 97 views • 39:13
Verbs of a Healthy Congregation Introduction: Turn in your Bibles to Titus 3 . We have had the joy of covering this letter of Titus for the last 4 Sundays. After today we only have one more Sunday in this book. To recap we have seen several elements of a healthy church. From leadership in Chap 1 to members…
Principles of Congregational Worship
Thomas Overmiller • Brookdale Baptist • Sermon • • 47 views • 53:58
Ephesians 5:21 For the past few weeks, we’ve been learning how to worship God together as a church. When we gather together for worship, we should submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit – who is God and who is not only among us but within us. In this way, the Holy Spirit “fills” us when we gather together,…
Principles of Congregational Music
Thomas Overmiller • Brookdale Baptist • Sermon • • 53 views • 55:58
Ephesians 5:19 As human beings, we have been created in the image and likeness of God, which means that God made us to reflect his greatness and goodness through our attitudes, words, and behavior. One special way that we do this is through the ability God has given us to be creative and communicate…
Keith Larson • Greene Valley Presbyterian Church • Sermon • • 187 views • 15:06
Our Scripture lesson this evening is Psalm 40:9-10 : I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord . I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed…
Vital Congregations: Spirit Inspired Worship
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 26 views • 1:07:11
Worship’s “W’s” It was a month ago now, just a few days after we had celebrated communion that I received these pictures from my friend Ethan Leavitt of the church he had served in Ukraine worshipping and celebrating communion in their sanctuary. A sanctuary, not only set aside for worship, but a sanctuary…
Vital Congregations - Seven Marks
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 64 views • 17:43
Let’s Pray: Almighty God, we pray for your blessing on the church in every place. In your Church may the faithful find salvation, and the careless be awakened. May the doubting find faith, and the anxious be encouraged. May the tempted find help, and the sorrowful comfort. May the weary find rest, and…
Vital Congregations: Check Your Vitals
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 28 views • 1:08:01
Let’s listen to our Scripture for this morning: Hebrews 4:9-16 . I’d like to invite Drew up to read for us: So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so…
Vital Congregations - Servant Leadership
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 99 views • 22:25
As I begin this morning, I want to start with prayer, please join me. Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy…
Vital Congregations: Outward Incarnational Focus
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 22 views • 58:09
An Unlikely Missionary We are in the season we know as Lent, a 40 day journey to Easter where we will celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. And as I shared with you last week, you can’t get to the resurrection without first going to the cross. It was on the cross, in the midst of His crucifixion, Jesus…
Vital Congregations: Check Your Vitals
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 22 views • 1:08:33
We have so much to celebrate here at Mission Woods, and for the past couple of weeks we’ve been looking at the results of our survey and our call as a church. The church in itself has always been an interesting organization in that its primary call is to those that are not members. One could contend…
Vital Congregations - Show Your Marks
John A. Murphy, Jr. • MISSION WOODS CHURCH • Sermon • • 26 views • 1:04:15
Last week we began reflecting on our vitals that are a part of our marks as a congregation in our Vital Congregations initiative. Today we’re going to look at specific marks and see what our survey results were, and recognize how God is calling us. The two marks we’ll be looking at today are: Lifelong…