Category Archives: Sermon Outlines

JEREMIAH’S COMPLAINTS INTRODUCTION A. Man has a tendency to be given to complaint 1. Even some of God’s greatest prophets complained at times 2. Complaints, though, usually come as a result of a lack of understanding B. Jeremiah 20:14-18 C. … Continue reading →

PRIORITIES – PUTTING FIRST THINGS FIRST INTRODUCTION A. There are priorities that must be set in the affairs of life. 1. Earning a living takes precedence over recreation. 2. Schoolwork takes precedence over sports. 3. In dispensing medical treatment in … Continue reading →

DO WE HAVE BIBLICAL AUTHORITY TO DEFEND OURSELVES? INTRODUCTION A. Our topic for today is a very hot and controversial issue 1. Can a Christian be a policeman … serve in the military? 2. Do we have biblical authority to … Continue reading →

THE NEED FOR INVOLVEMENT INTRODUCTION A. Isaiah 57:1 1. Isaiah is writing to God’s people during a time of gross idolatry and rebellion 2. Righteous martyrs were being killed without just cause 3. An invasion from the north was forthcoming … Continue reading →

THE PROBLEM OF EVIL INTRODUCTION A. How do we deal with the horrible atrocities that occurred in Newtown Connecticut? 1. Why did God allow such to occur 2. Why is there so much evil in the world? B. Judges 6:1-6 … Continue reading →

LIVING OUR EPITAPH INTRODUCTION A. Hebrews 9:27 1. David said, “…there is but a step between me and death” (1 Sam. 20:3). 2. Job 30:23 B. Have you ever spent time in a cemetery, reading the inscriptions on the stones? … Continue reading →

THE BOUNDARIES OF FELLOWSHIP I. Introduction A. Fellowship when understood in its true biblical sense is a word filled with beauty and glory 1. Fellowship is a word that is replete with the ideas of work, love, association and salvation. … Continue reading →

THE CHANGE MOVEMENT Lifting Up Hands/Hand Clapping INTRODUCTION A. One of the latest fads making the rounds in some churches of Christ is the practice of holding up one’s arms and swaying in worship assembly B. This practice is surely … Continue reading →

THE NAILS OF THE CROSS INTRODUCTION A. John 20:24-29 B. While nails are mentioned at least nine times in the Bible, John 20:25 is the only reference to them in the life of Christ 1. Growing up around a carpenter’s shop, … Continue reading →

CRUCIFYING THE FLESH (Galatians 5:23-26) INTRODUCTION A. Galatians 5:19-23   1. Concerning the “works of the flesh” Paul: a. Said they were “manifest,” i.e. they are very apparent, clear, well-known, clearly perceived to be works of a fleshly nature. b. Provides … Continue reading →