Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors Series

Christmas Sermon Outlines for Today's Busy Pastor With the commercialization and secularization of Christmas growing year by year, the real reason for Christmas gets lost in the shuffle. The sermons in Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Christmas Sermons brings the focus back squarely on Jesus Christ. Inside, you'll find 21 sermon outlines, including a 3 sermon series and a unique Joseph monologue. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Christmas Sermons will help the busy pastor turn the church's eye back to Jesus this Christmas season. Sermon Titles and Scripture References: 1. Another Christmas Tree - Colossians 1:19-20 2. Christmas Gifts from God - Luke 2:8-14 3. The Greatest Christmas Present Ever - Romans 6:23 4. For This Reason - John 18:37 5. John the Baptist - Luke 1:57-80 6. Joseph - Matthew 1:18-25 7. Christ is Christmas - Luke 2:10-11 8. He Was Born to Be - 1 John 1:1-3 9. The Coming of the Word - John 1:1-18 10. The Incarnation: A Child is Born - Luke 2:1-14 11. Wise Men Still Seek Him - Matthew 2:1-12 12. This Baby’s Life - Isaiah 53:1-12 13. They Slept Through It - Micah 5:2 14. When Did Christmas Begin? - 1 Peter 1:18-21 15. Good News for All - Luke 2:1-20 16. Do You Have Room for Jesus? - Luke 2:1-7 17. The Fullness of Time - Galatians 4:4-5 18. Xmas: What's Missing in Your Christmas? - Amazement - Genesis 3:15 19. Xmas: What's Missing in Your Christmas? - The Supernatural - Matthew 1:18-25 20. Xmas: What's Missing in Your Christmas? - Reflection and Perspective - Luke 2:19 21. Joseph Monologue

Thanksgiving Sermons for Today's Busy Pastor Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season. Everyone will be caught up in the season, moving so fast they forget what the holidays are all about. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Thanksgiving Sermons gives you 8 sermon outlines for the season, sermons that will remind your people what Thanksgiving and the holiday season is all about: giving thanks. Turn your people's hearts back to Jesus this Thanksgiving.

Sermon Outlines for Today's Busy Pastor One of the biggest downfalls of today's church is the failure to make disciples. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Disciple contains 11 sermon outlines to teach discipleship to your church and lay the groundwork for disciple-making. If discipleship is a priority for you, this sermon series will help you begin true disciple-making in your church. Here are the sermon titles and Scripture references: 1. Disciple - What is a Christian? - Acts 11:19-26 2. Disciple - What is a Disciple? - Luke 9:23-24 3. Disciple - Become a Disciple - Matthew 4:18-22 4. Disciple - Abide - John 15:1-5 5. Disciple - The Practical Stuff - Luke 9:23 6. Disciple - The Word - John 8:31-32 7. Disciple - Prayer - John 15:7 8. Disciple - Fellowship - John 13:34-35 9. Disciple - Witness - John 15:8 10. Disciple - Service - John 15:13 11. Disciple - Making Disciples - Matthew 28:18-20

Sermon Outlines for Today's Busy Pastor Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 4 gives the busy pastor a head start on sermon preparation. With 52 complete sermon outlines, pastors can save hundreds of hours a year. Here's some advantages Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 4 provides: These are complete sermon outlines. Each sermon outline is much more than a basic three point outline, these outlines go much deeper, with each main point completely developed with sub-points and more. Each sermon outline is rooted in God's Word and expository with a wealth of detail, great for spurring your own thoughts. Every sermon outline is solidly based in the Bible and conservative theology. Sermon illustrations include enough detail to suggest your own personal or applicable illustrations. 4 complete sermon series, a well as 2 holiday mini-series, are included, saving many hours of advance planning and preparation.

Many in our churches know very little about the basic doctrines of the Christian faith. Teach your church the essential doctrines of the Christian faith using the 15 complete sermon outlines found in Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Rooted in the Faith. Preach on the importance of the Bible, the nature of God, the Trinity, Prayer, Angels, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare, Baptism and Communion, Sin, Jesus Christ, Resurrection and Ascension, Becoming a Christian, Sanctification, Perseverance, and Assurance, Death, the Return of Jesus, the Final Judgment, and Heaven. There are 15 sermon outlines, covering the basics of Christian theology. These sermon outlines are much more than simple, one line points, rather, they are complete sermon outlines with great detail, ready for you to preach this weekend. Here are the sermon titles and Scripture references: 1. Rooted - The Bible - 2 Timothy 3:16-17 2. Rooted - What is God Like? - Genesis 1:1 3. Rooted - The Trinity - Deuteronomy 4:35 4. Rooted - Prayer - Matthew 6:8 5. Rooted - Angels, Demons, Spiritual Warfare - 2 Kings 6:15-17 6. Rooted - Baptism and Communion - Acts 10:47-48 7. Rooted - Sin - Isaiah 59:1-8 8. Rooted - Jesus Christ - Matthew 1:18 9. Rooted - Resurrection and Ascension - 1 Corinthians 15:13-19 10. Rooted - Becoming a Christian - 2 Thessalonians 2:14 11. Rooted - Sanctification, Perseverance, Assurance - Romans 6:18 12. Rooted - Death - Romans 8:1 13. Rooted - When Jesus Returns - John 14:1-3 14. Rooted - The Final Judgement - Romans 2:5 15. Rooted - Heaven - John 14:1-3

Applying the Bible to Today's Church Through the Bible, God speaks directly to the church of the 21st century, and He speaks no louder than in 1 Corinthians. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Questions from Corinth is a 12 sermon series following the answers Paul has for the Corinthian church in 1 Corinthians. These answers address the many facets of modern church life. Sermon Titles and Scripture References: 1. Questions from Corinth – Reminders – 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 2. Questions from Corinth – What About Divisions in the Church? – 1 Corinthians 1:10-11 3. Questions from Corinth – Flee Immorality – 1 Corinthians 6:13-20 4. Questions from Corinth – What About the Lord's Supper? – 1 Corinthians 11:17-30 5. Questions from Corinth – Who's The Most Important? – 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 6. Questions from Corinth – What About Temptation? – 1 Corinthians 10:6-13 7. Questions from Corinth – What about Gray Areas? – 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 8. Questions from Corinth – Is Marriage Important? – 1 Corinthians 7:1-16 9. Questions from Corinth – The Do's and Don'ts of Love – 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 10. Questions from Corinth – What About the Cross? – 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 11. Questions from Corinth – What is the Gospel? – 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 12. Questions from Corinth – What About the Resurrection? – 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

Kick Off a New Season in Your Church! Sometimes our churches need a new beginning, a fresh start. That may come at the beginning of a new year, or it may be during a particularly dry time. The sermons series in Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Fresh is a great tool for bring renewal and awareness of God's plan and will for His church. There are 8 sermon outlines included, to help you and your people focus on spiritual renewal. (These outlines are from Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 3) Sermon Titles and Scripture References: 1. Fresh - Mark 1:16-20 2. Fresh - Worship - Isaiah 1:12-17 3. Fresh - The Word - Acts 18:9-10 4. Fresh - Courage - Joshua 1:1-9 5. Fresh - Mission - Matthew 28:19-20 6. Fresh - Perspective - 2 Kings 6:13-17 7. Fresh - Church - Matthew 16:18 8. Fresh - Gospel - 1 Corinthians 15:1-4

Bring passion back to your church! Bring excitement back into your church with this 7 part sermon series focused on bringing change and passion to your church. The church is the people, and if there's to be a change in our church there has to be a change in our people. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Church Revolution Series may be just the tool God uses to bring lasting and effective change to your church. This sermon series is formed around this statement: A Church Revolution is when the individuals who make up the church completely and fundamentally change themselves, their church, and their community by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This sermon series will provide you the groundwork for beginning a revolution at your church, a revolution for Jesus Christ. (Sermon Outlines taken from Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 3) Sermon Titles and Scripture References: 1. Church Revolution - Uprising or Revolution? - John 6:67-68 2. Church Revolution - Revolution Heart - Luke 10:25-37 3. Church Revolution - Don't Waste Your Life - Romans 6:13 4. Church Revolution - Called to Revolution - Genesis 12:1-4 5. Church Revolution - Revolution Boot Camp - Romans 12:2 6. Church Revolution - Take Up the Cross - Luke 9:21-26 7. Church Revolution - Finale - Luke 10:25-37

Sermon Outlines for Today's Busy Pastor Today, pastors are busier than ever, with more time spent in ministry activities and less time spent in sermon preparation. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 1 gives the busy pastor a head start on sermon preparation. With 52 complete sermon outlines, pastors can save hundreds of hours a year, with the base research and layout for a year's worth of sermons already in place. Here's some advantages Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 1 provides: * These are complete sermon outlines. Each sermon outline is much more than a basic three point outline requiring a lot of time and research to flesh out. These outlines go much deeper, with each main point completely developed with sub-points and more. * Each sermon outline has a wealth of detail, great for spurring your own thoughts and allowing you to take the sermon in another direction as you feel led. * Sermon illustrations include enough detail to suggest your own personal or applicable illustrations. * A complete sermon series is included, providing a map for the next several Sundays, saving many hours of advance planning and preparation. All sermons are based completely in Scripture. Here's a complete list of the sermons and the Scripture passages they are based upon: 1. You've Been Here Long Enough - Deut. 2:1-7 2. He is God - Mark 14:55-65 3. World History - Gen. 1:1 4. Meeting the Challenge - Rom. 10:13-17 5. The Way It Really Is - Isa. 6:1-9 6. Why? - John 9:1-5 7. Lessons from Ephesus - Eph. 1:1-3 8. Stairway to Heaven - Gen. 28:10-19 9. What is Your Definition of Success? - Luke 12:13-21 10. Real Faith - 1 Sam. 13:23-14:14 11. He's Still Jesus - Matt. 11:1-6 12. Jesus, Our Reconcilliation - Rom. 5:6-11 13. What If There Had Been No Resurrection? - 1 Cor. 15:1-20 14. The Lord's Supper - Luke 22:14-20 15. Commitment Requirements - Matt. 26:36-46 16. Law and Grace - John 8:2-12 17. Your Biography - James 4:14 18. Be Single-Minded - Matt. 6:19-24 19. Come Back to God - Hos. 11:1-11 20. The Influence of Mothers - 2 Tim 1:1-6 21. The Message of Jesus - Mark 1:14-15 22. The Rule of the Temporary and the Eternal - Phil. 4:4 23. Be Encouraged - Rom. 8:31-39 24. Skeletons in the Closet - Matt. 1:1-17 25. Men on Fire - Dan. 3:1-30 26. Judas - Luke 6:12-16 27. Forgiveness - Matthew 18:21-22 28. Repentance Toward Revival - 2 Sam. 11:1-5 29. Revival Conditions - 2 Chron. 7:13-15 30. A Revival for God's Army - 1 Sam 17:4-11 31. The Work Required - John 6:28-29 32. Five Steps to Spiritual Maturity - Heb. 5:11-6:3 33. A New Creation - 2 Cor. 5:16-17 34. Where Are You Going? - Gal. 1:13-17 35. Holy Ground - Ex. 3:1-6 36. What Will You Do with Jesus? - Matt. 27:11-22 37. Walk of Faith - John 4:46-54 38. Grace - 2 Sam. 9:1-13 39. Directions - 2 Kings 5:1-15 40. Community Callings - 1 Thes. 5:14 41. Tried and True Faith - 1 Pet. 1:6-7 42. What Are You Doing Here? - 1 Kings 19:1-16 43. Thanksgiving - Psalm 103:1-5 44. Reminders - 1 Cor. 1:1-9 45. Time to Rejoice - Phil. 4:4 46. A Church God Can Use - Col. 1:1-14 47. He Was Born to Be - 1 John 1:1-3 48. Turning the World Upside Down - Acts 17:1-6 49. Turning the World Upside Down, Question 1 - Acts 17:6 50. Turning the World Upside Down, Question 2 - Acts 17:6 51. Turning the World Upside Down, Question 3 - Acts 17:6 52. Turning the World Upside Down, Question 4 - Acts 17:6

Immerse Your Church in a Season of Prayer Throughout the Bible we see God working through periods of forty-forty days, forty years, etc. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: 40 Days of Prayer gives the pastor a 7 seek series, covering 40 days, to bring the church and himself into a concentrated 40 days of prayer. Sermon titles and Scripture references: 1. 40 Days of Prayer – Week 1 – Acts 1:1-13 2. 40 Days of Prayer – Week 2 – Exodus 34:1-9 3. 40 Days of Prayer – Week 3 – Acts 4:23-32 4. 40 Days of Prayer – Week 4 – Matthew 5:13-16 5. 40 Days of Prayer – Week 5 – Acts 18:1-11 6. 40 Days of Prayer – Week 6 – 2 Chronicles 7:14-15 7. 40 Days of Prayer – Week 7 – 2 Chronicles 7:1-10

Sermon Outlines for Today's Busy Pastor Today, pastors are busier than ever, with more time spent in ministry activities and less time spent in sermon preparation. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 3 gives the busy pastor a head start on sermon preparation. With 53 complete sermon outlines, pastors can save hundreds of hours a year, with the base research and layout for a year's worth of sermons already in place. Here's some advantages Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 3 provides: * These are complete sermon outlines. Each sermon outline is much more than a basic three point outline requiring a lot of time and research to flesh out. These outlines go much deeper, with each main point completely developed with sub-points and more. * Each sermon outline has a wealth of detail, great for spurring your own thoughts and allowing you to take the sermon in another direction as you feel led. * Sermon illustrations include enough detail to suggest your own personal or applicable illustrations. * There are 6 sermon series included, providing a map for future Sundays, saving many hours of advance planning and preparation. * There are also sermon outlines for a communion service and baby dedication, plus a full wedding ceremony and funeral message. * All sermons are based completely in Scripture.

Sermon Outlines for Today's Busy Pastor Today, pastors are busier than ever, with more time spent in ministry activities and less time spent in sermon preparation. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 2 gives the busy pastor a head start on sermon preparation. With 52 complete sermon outlines, pastors can save hundreds of hours a year, with the base research and layout for a year's worth of sermons already in place. Here's some advantages Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 2 provides: * These are complete sermon outlines. Each sermon outline is much more than a basic three point outline requiring a lot of time and research to flesh out. These outlines go much deeper, with each main point completely developed with sub-points and more. * Each sermon outline has a wealth of detail, great for spurring your own thoughts and allowing you to take the sermon in another direction as you feel led. * Sermon illustrations include enough detail to suggest your own personal or applicable illustrations. *Three sermon series are included, providing a map for the next several Sundays, saving many hours of advanced planning and preparation. * All sermons are based completely in Scripture.

Easter is the most important time of celebration in Christianity. Our churches welcome more people during the Easter season than at any other time of the year. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Easter Sermons helps you be better prepared for presenting the Good News of Jesus Christ and His resurrection during the Easter season. You'll find 20 Easter-related sermons, including a 5 week sermon series: The Road to the Hill. Prepare yourself for Easter with Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Easter Sermons. Sermon Outlines and Scripture References 1. Palm Sunday - Jesus is Not Always What We Want Him to Be - Mark 11:1-10 2. What About the Resurrection? - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 3. Hard to Believe - Luke 24:1-7 4. What Will You Do With Christ? - Matthew 27:11-22 5. What the Resurrection Means to You - Luke 24:1-12; 1 Peter 1:3-5 6. The Simplicity of Easter - Luke 24:1-8 7. It Is Finished - John 19:16-30 8. The Blessings of Easter - Mark 15:16 - 16:6 9. Out of the Blue - Matthew 27:15-26 10. Believing is Seeing - John 20:1-31 11. The Significance of Easter - Mark 16:1-6 12. Empty - Luke 24:1-9 13. The Message of Easter - Matthew 28:1-7 14. Do You Love Jesus? - John 21:15-22 15. Doubt Defeated - John 20:24-29 16. The Road to the Hill - Why Should Easter Matter to Me? - Genesis 3:1-7 17. The Road to the Hill - Three Along the Road - John 4:16-18 18. The Road to the Hill - Finished! - John 19:30 19. The Road to the Hill - Easter - Philippians 2:6-11 20. The Road to the Hill - What's Jesus Doing Now? - Acts 1:6-12

Church attendance increases at each holiday. Pastors have huge opportunities to preach God's Word to those who might not always attend. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Holiday Box Set contains every outline found in four other Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors books: Easter Sermons, Mothers & Fathers Day Sermons, Thanksgiving Sermons, and Christmas Sermons. That's 60 complete sermon outlines to help you prepare for the holidays! Get a head start on the busy holiday seasons with Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Holiday Box Set.

Selected Sermon Outlines from the Series: Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors For today's busy pastor, who often has more to do than time to do it, this book is for you. There's 10 complete sermon outlines (see titles and scripture references below) with detailed exposition and depth. These sermon outlines are taken from the Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors series, volumes one and two. All outlines are taken directly from the author's notes used in the pulpit each week. Take and use them as they are, or allow them to spur your thoughts in other directions. All outlines have been studied over, prayed over, and preached in the local church. There's no filler material here. Take these outlines and use them, to make the most of your time, and to make much of Jesus. Sermon Titles and Scripture References 1. World History - Genesis 1:1 2. The Most Important Exam - 2 Corinthians 13:5 3. Jesus - Our Reconciliation - Romans 5:6-11 4. What Is A Christian? - Acts 11:19-26 5. Five Steps to Spiritual Maturity - Hebrews 5:11-6:3 6. The Sacrifice of Atonement - Romans 3:21-26 7. Be Encouraged - Romans 8:31-39 8. Crime and Punishment - Levitcus 24:10-16 9. The Message of Jesus - Mark 1:14-15 10. A Matter of Faith - Hebrews 11:1-6

The world we live in today pulls at and attacks the very fabric of the family. Mothers and fathers are under constant pressure to be all that the world tells them they should be. In contrast, the Bible gives us pictures of true mothers and fathers, true men and women of God. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Mothers and Fathers Day Sermons gives the busy pastor 11 sermon outlines for those days when we celebrate our families and those God has set to lead our families: the mother and father. Prepare yourself for these important days in the life of your church. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Mothers and Fathers Day Sermons.