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  • The First Missionary Journey (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 12, 2002
    based on 125 ratings
     | 24,750 views

    This sermon encourages people to find and fulfill God’s call on our lives.

    The First Missionary Journey (Part 1) Acts 13:1-52 July 14, 2002 Intro: A. [illustration; source: Today In The Word, August, 1989, p. 33.] The following ad once appeared in a London newspaper: "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant ...read more

  • Characteristics Of A Successful Church

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 177 ratings
     | 16,218 views

    The church of Antioch characterized a successful church because of its quality leaders. You can determine the quality of most organizations by the character of their leadership. The Antioch church proved to be the most influential and illustrious of all t

    1. The church of Antioch characterized a successful church because of its quality leaders. You can determine the quality of most organizations by the character of their leadership. The Antioch church proved to be the most influential and illustrious of all the first century churches because of ...read more

  • The Benefits Of Intimate Communications 

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 69 ratings
     | 4,802 views

    Why do you suppose that some people are able to maintain intimate communications with God when others cannot? In this passage we are given some insights into how the apostles experienced benefits from their pure spiritual communications.

    Why do you suppose that some people are able to maintain intimate communications with God when others cannot? In this passage we are given some insights into how the apostles experienced benefits from their pure spiritual communications. 1. Dr. Luke writes, "While they were ministering to the ...read more

  • Why Does Belief Sometimes Come The Hard Way?

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,301 views

    Why do some people only trust God when they experience terrible hardships? In this passage we are given insights into how a governor of Cyprus was brought to Christ the hard way. His path to faith is symbolic of so many people who seem to prefer to learn

    1. Why do some people only trust God when they experience terrible hardships? In this passage we are given insights into how a governor of Cyprus was brought to Christ the hard way. His path to faith is symbolic of so many people who seem to prefer to learn the most important lessons in life, ...read more

  • The Problems Created By Desertion

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,543 views

    We live in an age when it is common for Fathers to desert their wives or children because they get tired of marriage. Some desert their callings because of the sufferings involved seem tougher than they originally conceived.

    Illustration:During WWII six Navy pilots left their aircraft carrier on a mission. After searching the seas for enemy submarines, they tried to return to their ship shortly after dark. But the captain had ordered a blackout of all lights on the ship. Over and over the frantic pilots radioed, asking ...read more

  • God-Connecting Prayer Series

    Contributed by Michael Stover on Oct 20, 2000
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,055 views

    For a church to be effective, there must be God-connecting prayer.

    God-Connecting Prayer Selected Scriptures I. Priority of Prayer A. John 15:7, “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you” B. James 4:2b, “You do not have because you do not ask” C. Phil. ...read more

  • God-Sized Vision Series

    Contributed by Michael Stover on Oct 20, 2000
    based on 57 ratings
     | 4,428 views

    For a church to be effective, there must be a God-sized vision.

    God-Sized Vision Selected Scriptures I. A Vision Defined A. Proverbs 29:18 (NIV), “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint;” 1. Revelation – “Word from God” 2. The nation or church that ignores ...read more

  • Encourager Or Discourager

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 31, 2000
    based on 109 ratings
     | 7,251 views

    How do we encourage brothers and sisters in Christ

    The two men stood on the wharf, looking across the shimmering water, seeing their final destination only in their hearts. They were about to begin a journey that would not only change them, but would change the world. One was known throughout the church, the other, some people knew his name. He ...read more

  • The Antioch Concept

    Contributed by Tom Anglin on Feb 21, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,874 views

    A challenge to the Church, to take up where the church at Antioch left off, the task: the unfinished business of taking the Gospel to the ends of the Earth!

    Percentage of new church members who have come from another church: 80 -- Pentecostal Evangel, 3/210/92. "To Verify," Leadership. The church is the only cooperative society in the world that exists for the benefit of its nonmembers. -- William Temple, Leadership, Vol. 5, no. 4. The ...read more

  • The Prayer Of Antioch

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 26, 2002
    based on 90 ratings
     | 19,122 views

    The prayer of Antioch got God’s attention in a big way, but we’re not told what they prayed. What can this unique prayer teach us?

    OPEN: A 5-yr-old said grace at family dinner one night. "Dear God, thank you for these pancakes." When he finished his prayer, his parents looked curiously at him and asked him why he thanked God for pancakes when they were having chicken. He smiled and said, "I thought I’d see if He was ...read more

  • Paul Views Of Persecution And Power Encounters

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 25, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,214 views

    Paul Views of Persecution and Power Encounters

    Paul Views of Persecution and Power Encounters Paul, as many Christian leaders in Africa, have not been strangers to persecution, misunderstandings, and imprisonment for the sake of the truth. Part of the promise of living Godly in Christ Jesus involves abuse. Just as Paul suffered persecution so ...read more

  • Don't Leave Home Without Him

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 3,307 views

    A deductive message using biblical exposition calling God’s people in my care to seek and then to follow the Spirit’s guidance.

    Intro:  McDonald’s commercial – “Can you tell me hoe to get to…?” And they end up eating Big Mac’s together.  Blackaby’s farmer story – verbal directions vs. a passenger/guide  Moses Cartoon (www.reverendfun.com – 10-1999)  ACTS 13 [1] In the church at Antioch ...read more

  • Sending Forth Missionaries

    Contributed by Robert Travis on Nov 25, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,240 views

    I believe in supporting missions.

    SENDING FORTH MISSIONARIES Acts 13:1-5 1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.2 As they ministered to the Lord, and ...read more

  • Standard Operating Procedure Series

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Oct 27, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,822 views

    The pattern of Paul is established on the First Journey. It involves steps that allow the Spirit to work.

    SOP - Christian Patterns Barnabas, Paul and John Mark leave the Island of Crete which was the first part of the missionary journey commissioned by the Holy Spirit. We don’t hear much about things happening on the island although it was at one time home to Barnabas. They sail from the opposite end ...read more

  • Inertia

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Aug 23, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,799 views

    The church is eager to get comfortable, and God is just as eager to stir us up to good deeds. Here in Antioch, this difference of opinion comes to a head.

    Passage: Acts 13:1-3 Intro: Here is a definition of inertia “An object in motion will remain in motion, and an object at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.” 1. we all know examples of inertia Il) a teenager asleep. A man watching football while the house burns down 2. ...read more