Spiritual Gifts: The Gift of Evangelism
Outline The office The responsibility Introduction John Harper was born in Scotland in 1872. He was converted at 14 and from an early age began to tell others about Jesus. He ended up planting a...
Spiritual Gifts: The Gift of Healing
Outline Modern views Biblical practice Introduction The pastor walked to the front of the stage while the band was softly playing and said, ‘The Spirit has told me that an anointing for healing is here...
Spiritual Gifts: The Gift of Hospitality
Outline Hospitality in the bible Hospitality today Introduction What do you think was one of the most effective tools for the spread of the gospel in the first century? They did not have the internet...
Romans 12:8: The Gift of Mercy
Outline Mercy defined Mercy exampled Introduction Plato once said, ‘How can a man be happy when he has to serve someone?’ This question highlights the tension between joy and commanded service, duty and desire. Yet...
Romans 12:8: The Gift of Leadership
Outline Convictional leadership Sacrificial leadership Introduction Leadership in the world today is in crisis. In the Western world where we have cut ourselves loose from the Biblical worldview and opted for a post-modern moral relativism,...
Romans 12:8: The Gift of Giving: Part Two
Outline Tithing Giving Introduction There are those who have the gift to give, but all Christians have the responsibility to give and be faithful with their finances. Your salary is not your hard earned cash...
Romans 12:8: The Gift of Giving: Part One
Outline Giving with simplicity Giving with generosity Introduction The next spiritual gift that Paul mentions for us is the gift of giving, Rom. 12:8, ‘the one who contributes; in generosity.’ We are all called to...
Romans 12:8: The Gift of Exhortation
Outline Models of encouragement Words of encouragement Introduction Today we are going to be looking at one of the more underappreciated gifts, the gift of encouragement/exhortation. Romans 12:8 reads, ‘the one who exhorts, in his...
Romans 12:7: The Gift of Teaching
Outline The office of teacher The responsibility of teaching Introduction Today whenever there is a contest between truth and action, or truth and emotion, it is always truth that suffers. For this reason we have...
Romans 12:7: The Gift of Serving: Part Two
Outline The importance of the word The importance of administration The importance of the needy The importance of character Introduction When I said last week that we were going to do a whole sermon looking...
Romans 12:7: The Gift of Serving: Part One
OUTLINE: The paradigm of servanthood The responsibility of servanthood Introduction We are all servants. This is an insulting statement to our generation that treasures freedom and self-definition above all other things. But this statement is...
Romans 12:6-8: The gift of Tongues: Part Three
Outline Were tongues understood? Were tongues a sign?
Romans 12:6-8: The Gift of Tongues: Part Two
Outline Were tongues languages? Were tongues mysteries in the Spirit? Introduction As we continue with our look at tongues let me begin with a statement. The modern day phenomenon of tongues that is found in...
Romans 12:6-8: The Gift of Tongues: Part One
Outline The historical roots of modern day tongues The theological justification for modern day tongues The differing nature of modern day tongues Introduction We come now to the gift of tongues. This is not featured...
Romans 12:6: The Gift of Prophecy
Outline What prophecy is What prophecy isn’t Introduction The Charismatic church tells us that the gift of prophecy is an ongoing gift and function in the church today. They tell us that prophecy continues, but...
Romans 12:6-8: The Gift of Apostle
Outline The office of apostle The significance of apostles Introduction There are many groups that believe that the office and gift of apostle continues today. The Roman Catholic Church believes that an unbroken line of...