Sermon Topic: Shepherd

Shepherding the Flock of God

Date: September 11th, 1960  |  Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-4  |  Topics: Character, Courage, Death, Pastor, Shepherd

The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.


The Shepherd Heart

Date: December 29th, 1963  |  Scripture: Acts 20:28  |  Topics: Ambition, Feed, Flock, Maranatha, Ministry, Redemption, Shepherd, Truett, care

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.


My Life and My Church

Date: March 7th, 1965  |  Scripture: Acts 20:28  |  Topics: Judgment, Ordinances, Secular, Shepherd, Stewardship, Worldliness

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.


My Life and My Church

Date: March 7th, 1965  |  Scripture: Acts 20:28  |  Topics: Church, Judgment, Ordinances, Saints, Secular, Shepherd, Stewardship, Worldliness

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.


My Life and My Church

Date: August 6th, 1967  |  Scripture: Acts 20:28  |  Topics: Church, Congregation, Family, Fellowship, Identification, Ordinances, Possessions, Private, Secularism, Shepherd, Social order, Values, Worth

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.


Lest We Forget

Date: August 6th, 1967  |  Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:24  |  Topics: Church, Congregation, Family, Fellowship, Identification, Ordinances, Possessions, Private, Secularism, Shepherd, Social order, Values, Worth

And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.


The Good Shepherd

Date: October 15th, 1967  |  Scripture: John 10:1-10  |  Topics: Door, False Prophets, Secularism, Sheep, Shepherd, Work

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee fContinue Reading


When We All Get to Heaven

Date: October 29th, 1967  |  Scripture: John 10:16  |  Topics: Eternal Life, Eternity, Fellowship, Heaven, Shepherd

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.


The Shepherd’s Heart

Date: June 16th, 1968  |  Scripture: Luke 15:3-7  |  Topics: Evangelism, Lost, Salvation, Shepherd, Witnessing

And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinContinue Reading


The Orders of Christian Ministry

Date: November 24th, 1968  |  Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:8-13  |  Topics: Bishop, Church Government, Deacon, Elder, Pastor, Shepherd, overseer

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchaseContinue Reading