Sermon Outline:
1. Have you ever asked yourself if this is all there is to the Christian walk?
2. Did you ever ask yourself "Okay, now I follow Christ, what do I do now?
3. Did you ever feel that spreading the gospel is just not your thing, because you don't have what it takes.
4. Do you ever wish you had what it takes to be a billboard for Christ where ever you go?
5. True or False: You have everything the original 12
Apostles had in order to do Kingdom work!
Sunday June 2nd, 2024
Sermon Title: "How Can We Be As Faithful As A
Centurion?" (Luke 7:1-10)
Sermon Outline:
1. How can we reconcile differences in the gospel's of Luke and John when they are talking about the story of the healing of the centurion's slave?
2. In Luke 7 we read about the centurion who has people speak on his behalf to ask Jesus to heal his slave. Why is it that Jesus doesn't even see the centurion, but says not even in Israel has He seen such faith?
3. How does this story of a slave who has an advocate to speak on his behalf relate to Pentecost?
4. What makes Luke's account being different than John's account of this story make it more believable?
5. So, who in your life do you need to advocate for? On who's behalf do you need to appeal to Jesus?
Sermon Outline:
1. Why do you think there was a delay of 10 days between Christ's ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit?
2. True or False: The Spirit that was lost by the First Adam has been regained by the Second Adam (Christ) and given to the church?
3. Why did the Apostles have to pray for the 10 days before the Holy Spirit would come?
4. Why does Satan fear unity in the body?
5. Scripture says " For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one accord." Why would God do this after dispersing them to all ends of the earth and speaking in many languages.
Sermon Outline:
1. True or False: Pentecost is the least celebrated of all the Christian holidays because the Holy Spirit is the least celebrated person of the Trinity?
2. Do you agree or disagree that without Pentecost, there wouldn't be any celebration for Christmas, Good Friday, or Easter?
3. Did Jesus actually say that until the Holy Spirit comes on you, you cannot be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth?
4. True or False: You and I who have repented of sin and put our trust in Jesus Christ alone for the salvation are promised God's Pentecostal power. And without it, you can do nothing!
Sunday May 12th, 2024 Happy Mother's Day!
Sermon Title: "Is It Better To Be Successful Or To Be
Saved: A Mother's Day Message"
(Matthew 20:20-21)
Sermon Outline:
1. How would you react if your mother went to your employer and asked for a promotion for you?
2. As a parent, would you prefer your child to be wildly successful, or reliably faithful?
3. Is it better to be rich or be saved?
4. Do you agree with the saying that "A mother's job is not to make happy children, but to build responsible and faithful adults"?
5. What is the single most important thing we, as parents, can do for our children?
Sunday May 5th, 2024
Sermon Title: "The Role Of The Holy Spirit" (Part 4)
(Ephesians 5:15-20)
Sermon Outline:
1. How do we understand what the Lord's will is for us?
2. Once we understand what the Lord's will is for us, how exactly are we to live in it?
3. True or False: There is a supernatural moving of the Spirit of God, providentially, in the life of the believer in the direction of that which God purposes - and sometimes we don't even know it until it's done?
4. What does walking in the Spirit mean? How does that look in my life on a daily basis?
5. The Holy Spirit stirs the heart as well as illuminates the mind. What does that feel like to you?
Sunday April 28th, 2024
Sermon Title: "The Role Of The Holy Spirit" (Part 3)
(1Cor 6:19)
Sermon Outline:
Why is it that we have so many worship songs about God, and about Jesus, but not about the Holy Spirit?
Why do we tend to be far more tolerant of misrepresentations of the ministry of the Holy Spirit then of God the Father or Jesus Christ?
Do you think it is possible to live the Christian life by just going to church and praying? What else is necessary?
Can a sinner feel conviction and repent of his sin on his own?
A true understanding of the work of the Spirit is critical, because false teachings of sanctification cannot restrain the flesh, they cannot lead away from sin, they cannot lead to spiritual growth and spiritual effectiveness, nor the glory of God. Do you believe this?
Sunday April 21st, 2024
Sermon Title: "The Role Of The Holy Spirit" (Part Two)
(2 Thessalonians 2:13))
Sermon Outline:
1. When Paul says, "Having begun in the Spirit, are you now... perfected by the flesh?", what is his concern?
2. Is regeneration something a sinner can work on himself?
3. Where does the Holy Spirits work in our lives begin?
4. True or False: Without the Holy Spirit you cannot have fellowship with God?
5. True or False: Everything that God has for those who are His children is unavailable in terms of understanding to the unregenerate. It's not available to them. You can't find it externally by scholastic effort. You can't find it internally by intuition?
Sunday April 14th, 2024
Sermon Title: "What Exactly Is The Ministry Of The Holy Spirit?" (Acts 1:8)
Sermon Outline:
1. True or False: The Holy Spirit is the driving force behind the Christian life?
2. If someone is saved, with the Spirit taking up residence in that believer's life, the power of God is therefore placed at the believer's disposal, why would anyone turn to human effort to achieve spiritual goals?
3. If a Christian life is not sustained by the Holy Spirit, we would drop right back into spiritual deadness. Do you agree with that?
4. True or False: Without the Holy Spirit we wouldn't be the new creation. Without the Holy Spirit we wouldn't be born again, we wouldn't be regenerated?
5. Why is the Holy Spirit the most misunderstood person of the Trinity?
Sunday April 7th, 2024
Sermon Title: "The Greatest Seminar Ever Given On The Kingdom Of Heaven" (Acts 1:1-11)
Sermon Outline:
1. What did Jesus tell His disciples immediately before His ascension into heaven?
2. Why did Jesus suggest the disciples do nothing until the Holy Spirit came upon them?
3. How could the disciples still expect the overthrow of the Roman authorities by Jesus up to His ascension into heaven?
4. What did Jesus do for 40 days between the resurrection and His ascension?
5. True or False: "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him go into heaven." These could be the greatest words of hope ever spoken.
Sunday March 31st, 2024
Sermon Title: "How Do I Get The Explosive Power Of The Resurrection in My Life?" (John 11:25-26)
Sermon Outline:
1. True or False: Jesus volunteered for the cross. He chose it. It was not forced on Him by any man.
2. What does Hebrews 12:2 mean when it says "For the joy that was set before Him (Jesus) endured the cross."
3. Paul and Silas have been shamed by being stripped, beaten with rods, and they are sitting in the deepest part of prison, feet in stocks, sleepless at midnight, and they start singing. Can you explain this?
4. Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on My account (and strip you, beat you with rods, and put you in stocks). Rejoice and be glad! How is this possible?
Sunday March 24th, 2024
Sermon Title: "I Don't Hear Any More Shouts"
(Luke 19:29-40)
Sermon Outline:
1. Is Jesus what you expected?
2. Is being a Christian easier or harder than you thought it would be?
3. The reason Jesus came into Jerusalem was for the sole purpose of going to Calvary. What is the sole purpose why He came into your life?
4. Did you shout Hallelujah when you started following Jesus? What are you shouting now?
5. Why is there so much anger today at the mere mention of Jesus' name?
Sunday March 17th, 2024
Sermon Title: "What Exactly Does God Expect From
Me?" (Psalm 8:3-4)
Sermon Outline:
1. Do you know the why behind your Christianity?
2. Did you ever ask yourself, or better yet, worry that God would ask too much of you?
3. Where do you get your direction from on how to live the Christian life ... man, God, the Bible, or other Christians?
4. Is it possible to have a toxic relationship with God?
5. True or False: There are times where you might find it difficult to stay loyal to Christ because friends, family, and strangers interject their own thoughts, opinions, and beliefs onto you?
Wednesday March 13th, 2024
Sermon Title: "Our Flesh Wants A Different Jesus"
(Matthew 4:1-11)
Sermon Outline:
Do we want a Jesus that can turn stones into bread?
Do we want a Jesus who would do something spectacular, to make it easier for all our friends, families, and colleagues to believe in Him?
Have you ever prayed, "Jesus, if you are the Son of God, straighten out this mess?"
Would it be better to have a Jesus who would just take charge, and sort out the gov't, bring peace to Ukraine, make Covid go away for good, overcome all injustice?
True or False: Jesus doesn't acquiesce to our desires, because He knows the greater truth that He is, to obey the one who sent Him?
Sunday March 3rd, 2024
Sermon Title: "We're Not Blind, But Has Our Sight Evolved?" (1 Peter 5:12-14)
Sermon Outline:
1. In the story of Jesus healing, the blind man, which is more important, the cause of the man's blindness, or the purpose?
2. Did you ever feel ... when I am good, things are good!
When I am bad, things are bad!
3. Have you experienced laws, traditions, or mandatory church rules that might be over and above God's desire to build a personal relationship with you? Have you ever been caught up in obedience to rules, instead of obedience to God's calling?
4. How many of you think it is hard to trust, wait, and watch when you are in it up to your elbows?
5. Why was it a good thing for the blind man to be kicked out of the temple after he was healed?
Sunday February 25th, 2024
Sermon Title: "There Is No Such Thing As A Casual
Christianity" (1 Peter 5:12-14)
Sermon Outline:
1. True or False: The visible church is a story where branches that were once healthy, which once bore glorious and abundant fruit, grew diseased and withered — branches that the Lord ultimately cut off in judgment, and cast aside to be burned?
2. Is casual Christianity responsible for this slow drift of individuals, families, communities, churches, and nations away from God?
3. In 1 Peter 5, our final instruction from Peter is to stand firm in the true grace of God to prevent drifting. What does that mean to you?
4. The grace that bought you, bought you. It doesn't lay claim to mere religious or spiritual you, but total you. Is there any part of you that was held back in that deal?
5. Do we sometimes try to atone and justify ourselves instead of resting in God's grace?
Sunday February 18th, 2024
Sermon Title: "You Will Need To Say "No" To Some Things To Say "Yes" To God"
(1 Peter 5:1-11)
Sermon Outline:
Lent is a time of going very deeply into ourselves — to find what it is, that stands between us and God. If you were to find it, how likely would you be to tear it out?
True or False: You will have to say NO to things in order to say YES to what God calls you to do?
Name 5 adjectives that you would hope people would use to describe you. Are you any of those things when you are under pressure, tension, stress, or fatigue?
Do you think the Bible gives us a congregational code by which all leaders and congregates need to align their actions?
Do you agree with the curious assumption that while leaders need special instruction for exercising their role, followers need no such instruction?
Sunday February 11th, 2024
Sermon Title: "5 Ways We Can Rejoice In Suffering"
(1 Peter 4:12-19)
Sermon Outline:
Have you ever asked yourself that if God loves us so much, why does he allow us to suffer?
Do you agree with the words of William Buckley where he said, "As an old man, looking back on one's life, it's one of the things that strikes you most forcibly - that the only thing that's taught one anything is suffering. Not success, not happiness, not anything like that. The only thing that really teaches one what life's about ... is suffering"?
True or False: Every trial, you face has to first pass by God, and has a divine purpose that is for your good?
Have you ever said to yourself "I am suffering right now. God could have stopped it, but chose not to. Therefore, God must be against me?"
True or False: All who share in Jesus suffering share in Jesus' glory?
Sunday February 4th, 2024
Sermon Title: "Living Like The End Is Near"
(1 Peter 4:7-11)
Sermon Outline:
1. What things would you need to do to get prepared if Jesus were coming back imminently?
2. It is said that "The first time Christ came to slay sin in men. The second time He will come to slay men in sin." Does that concern you?
3. Since most people in the world today seem to be busy pursuing a lifestyle with no regard to the fact that the end of all things could be near, where is preparation for the second coming of Christ on your priority list?
4. Would you call yourself a watchful and wise servant, who will be found faithfully doing their Master's will when He returns?
5. What one thing could you change today to be more prepared for Christ return?