Sermons- Trinity Bible Fellowship Davenport

The servant does the job he’s been given, that’s all.    In the Church, it is God who gets the glory.

Jesus commanded us to go and make disciples.  How do we do that?

For some reason, many Christians seem to prefer not to grow up.  That is foolish, lazy, and unnatural.  We need to move beyond petty things and on to maturity.

God reveals to us what we could never figure out for ourselves.    And what He reveals is truly wonderful.

It is tempting, when a listener is not satisfied with the Bible, to want to add to it.  It is important to recognize that God has spoken, and His power is in His words..

Some of us really are wiser than others; some have made fewer or smaller mistakes.  Some have committed more offensive sins.  It makes no difference.  The ground is level at the foot of the cross, and we all are saved on the same basis, and there is no place for pride.

Men flatter themselves by means of their intelligence and reason; but that is a mistake.    The power to save us is revealed not by reason, but by the God who saves us.

As mentioned last Sunday, Corinth was a messed up church.  But it was still the Church.  Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that we are works in progress.

One of the rules of preaching is ‘You have to go through Corinth to get to (fill in the blank).  The blank is where you live.  The rule means we first have to understand what the message meant to its first audience before we can understand what it means to us.  The thing is, as we look at Corinth, we may find we are already there.

We will celebrate God’s love, as shown by His gift to us.

We all know what Christmas is, and we all know why we celebrate it.  But what does that have to do with the way we celebrate Christmas, and why do we do the things we do?

Baptism has somehow become a controversial thing within Christianity, and has been loaded with a lot of baggage.  Originally, it was an initiation rite.  Some tie it to salvation.  What we read in Matthew 28 links it more to discipleship than salvation.  This message will consider these things, looking at what baptism is, how it should be done, and why we do it.

This will be preaching to the choir, as I speak to people at church about going to church.  But this will consider the questions, what is the Church?  What is the difference between Church and church?  Why do we do church the way we do?   How do we keep our heart in church?  Maybe more; there is a lot to what we do in church, for church, and as a church.  This me...

November 3 is the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church.  We will consider this passage, watch a video about the persecuted Church, and spend some time in prayer.

What is ‘Communion?’  Why do we do it the way we do?   Why do we do it at all?  These are the questions we look at this week.

By guest speaker, Randy Anderson

‘Daily Devotions’ is one of those phrases Christians sometimes throw around.  We’re seldom actually told what they are or what they should look like.  They’re just some mysterious thing we’re supposed to ‘do.’  Today’s message will define and describe devotions, and talk about how and when and why to do them.  Hopefully, this will be a blessing.

Chosen People Ministries speaker Olivier Melnick will be our speaker for this insightful topic.  What are the Feasts of Israel, why were they instituted, and what significance do they have for us today?

The very first person we ever see quoting God’s word is Eve, and she got it wrong.  To God’s word that they should not eat of the tree, she added, “Nor touch it.”  There seems to be a constant temptation to change God’s Word; either to make it more forceful, or easier to accept.  In Revelation 22, at the very end of the Book, God says, “This is My word.  Don’t add to it, don’t...

In this passage, Jesus tells us twice He is coming soon, and we are told twice to keep the words of the prophecy of this book.    He is not telling us to know them, but to do them.    The question is, how do we ‘do’ the message of Revelation?

The River of Life, the Tree of Life, and the Living God.  It will be heaven.

The dimensions of the New Jerusalem are those of a cube: “ Its length and width and height are equal ” (Rev 21:16).  What is that length and width and height?  12,000 stadia – almost 1400 miles.  This city is impossible!  But then we remember this city was introduced as the bride (v.9).  God is talking about much more than a physical city.

Pastor John Doyle teaches on the greatest commandments.

This is the first of five statements in the last two chapters of Revelation about those who will not enter heaven.  I think this is a warning to many who think that is their destination, but are only fooling themselves.

Like a loving parent, God wipes the tears away from our eyes.  It is a picture of compassion, but also is a promise that tears will not return.