SUBJECT: Growth
TITLE: GROWING AND ABOUNDING SPIRITUALLY
PROPOSITION: To set forth the aspect of the Christian life which God describes as growing and abounding.
OBJECTIVE:That we grow and abound in spiritual matters.
INTRODUCTION:
1. Read: 2 Peter 1:8-9; 3:18.
Listen Date written: 7/15/06 Scripture ref: Matthew 5:43-48 SUBJECT: Love TITLE: Loving Our Enemies PROPOSITION: In this lesson we’ll consider what it means to love our enemies by answering several questions: 1) Who are our enemies? 2) Why should we love our enemies? 3) What is loving our enemies? 4) How do we love our […]
TITLE: The Two Covenants SUBJECT: The Bible PROPOSITION: In this lesson, we will look at the two covenants in the Bible, their 1) Contents, 2) Purpose, and 3) Application. OBJECTIVE: Each person will have a better understanding of the two covenants. INTRODUCTION: 1. Read: Galatians 4:23-26 2. About the Text: 1) Paul talks about “the […]
To set forth three prerequisites that all Christians should understand before beginning to evangelize namely we must 1) Recognize that there are souls that are lost, 2) Be willing to make a lasting commitment and 3) Truly believe that the gospel is the “good news.”
Sermon Outline by Tom Moore on growing old as a Christian; a process of responsibility and usefulness and not of degeneration and despair.
SUBJECT: Worship
TITLE: Music in the Church — Why It Must Be Vocal
PROPOSITION: In this lesson, we will look at the arguments for the exclusive use of a cappella singing within the worship of the church.
INTRODUCTION
A. Can you imagine what it would be like to live in a society where citizens could flaunt the rules and absolutely no consequences would follow/no fines, no imprisonment, etc.?
1. Can you conceive of a home environment where children are allowed to do whatever they please with utterly no discipline imposed?
Introduction: 1. Isaiah 2:1-4. A very striking picture of the church, from 700 BC. 2. Old Testament prophecies tell us much, later to be seen in fulfillment in the New Testament.
SUBJECT: Worship
TITLE: Singing to God
PROPOSITION: To talk about the need to sing, the nature of New Testament singing, and to impart some helpful notations concerning singing to God.
OBJECTIVE: To teach the scriptural way to sing and to enhance our song service.
INTRODUCTION:
1. Read: Psalm 100
2. About the Text:
1) We sing to praise God.
2) God is worthy of our praise.
The Holy Spirit 1) Has Divine Attributes 2) Has a Divine Relationship, 3) is Worshipped.
Each listener should be able to describe the Holy Spirit by the scriptures to educate each listener on what the Bible teaches regarding the Holy Spirit.
Sermon on God’s Promises Date written: September 23rd, 2007 Scripture ref: Genesis 18:1-15 SUBJECT: Faith, God’s Promises TITLE: Studies in Genesis – God Promises a Son PROPOSITION: In this lesson we will study God’s promise of a son to Abraham. OBJECTIVE: To understand that God keeps His promises, but in his own way and time. […]
INTRODUCTION:
A. Psychologists tell us that we are born with two fears, the fear of falling and the fear of noise; but we soon develop many more.
1. It would be interesting to know how many different “phobias” are mentioned in the dictionary.
a. Indeed, our dictionaries betray us.
b. Our age is frantic with fear.
2. Members of a psychology class asked 500 people, “What are you afraid of?”
a. Those 500 people listed 7,000 fears!
b. But it need not be that way, for Christ came to deliver us from our fears.
INTRODUCTION: A. It was a great day when Dr. Salk discovered his polio-preventing vaccine, resulting in the near complete annihilation of that dreaded disease. B. But, what is even greater than this is to discover and apply the preventatives to sinning C. This lesson presupposes: 1. The recognition that we are sinners (Rom. 3:23) 2. […]
“Never Man Spake Like This Man” – Sermon Introduction: 1. John 7:32 — jewish leaders send officers to arrest the Lord. 2. Verse 33. He pointed to a time when he would no longer be with them, and those seeking could not find him (v. 34). This disturbed them.
SUBJECT: Salvation
PROPOSITION: In this lesson we will study what it means to be born again. To be born again means 1) To be born of water, 2) To be born of Spirit, and 3) To enter the kingdom of God.
OBJECTIVES: Each hearer should be able to understand and tell others what it means to be born again.
AIM: To refute the denominational doctrine that the new birth does not include baptism and to teach the truth regarding what it meant to Jesus, John, and Nicodemus.
INTRODUCTION:
1. Read: John 3:1-7 “There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus…
INTRODUCTION:
A. The first mention of burial in the Bible is in Genesis 15:15 where it seems to have already been an established custom – God promised Abram he would be buried at a good old age.
B. Throughout history, respect for the deceased has included the proper disposal of the body.
C. Burial might seem to be […]
Date written: October 28th, 2006 Scripture ref: Matthew 25:19-30 SUBJECT: Christian Duty, Christian Living TITLE: Can He Depend on You? PROPOSITION: Can Jesus depend upon us as his servants? Can he depend upon us to 1) Help the needy? 2) Live for Him? 3) Teach the Gospel? Objectives: Each should know their responsibilities as Christians […]
Scripture ref: 1 Corinthians 2:10-13
SUBJECT: Morality
TITLE: Christ and Him Crucified, Part 2–The Spirit of God or the spirit of the world?
PROPOSITION: We must reject the spirit of the world and accept the Spirit of God in regard to 1) Our Speech, 2) Sexuality, 3) Modesty, and 4) Gambling.
OBJECTIVES: The hearer should be able to describe the spirit of the world in regard to these things and explain why these things are not from the Spirit of God.
AIM:To develop in each person’s life an appreciation for the distinction between the spirit of the world and the spirit of God.
INTRODUCTION:
A. A person may be faithful church-goer and live a morally good life, and yet harbor enough “envy” in his heart to damn his soul
1. “Envy” is a common sin, with almost every person having some problem with this green-eyed monster at some time or another.
2. Yet, it is a seldom confessed sin!
B. “Envy” has been pictured as a devilish thing with wide ears for catching slander, with a tongue that is a serpent, and with feet standing in fire as a symbol of the wretchedness that always dogs its steps.
C. Socrates said, “Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the begetter of secret sedition, the perpetual tormenter of virtue. Envy is the filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, a quicksilver, which consumeth the flesh and drieth up the bones.”
SUBJECT: Apostasy, Biography
TITLE: Lessons from the Life of Judas
PROPOSITION: To look at the life of Judas as we know it. He was 1) An apostle. 2) A betrayer. 3) Regretful.
Objectives: That each would be familiar with the life of Judas and the mistakes he made.
Aim: That we understand what the Bible says about Judas.