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  • Dan Erickson avatar

    Before You Eat

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Jan 28, 2001
    based on 554 ratings
     | 20,082 views

    I got concerned that every time I took communion, I might be risking my life. What would happen if I ate the bread or drank the cup in an "unworthy manner"?

    Teddy Roosevelt, the man who would become the 26th President of the United States, was afraid to go to church when he was a child because of a creature he called "The Zeal." His mother eventually realized the reason for Teddy’s fear was a Scripture verse he had heard the pastor read, John 2:17, "It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    The Examination

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 7, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 9,615 views

    This sermon deals with the reality that our lives are a type of examination before God in which we should strive to be passing tests along the way.

    The Examination Proverbs 16:1-11 2 Corinthians 13:5-14 Text 1 Corinthians 11:1-27 Each year around this time, Christian parents can begin to rejoice that their children are now going to be more involved in prayer than they were the previous couple of months. Heaven is full of prayers, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Joe Harding avatar

    In Remembrance Of Me

    Contributed by Joe Harding on May 27, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,755 views

    Forgetting what lies behind cripples us from attaining what lies ahead.

    I CORINTHIANS 11: 17-33 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MAY 26, 2002 INTRODUCTION: MEMORIAL DAY AND SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 U.S. holiday. Originally held in commemoration of soldiers killed in the Amer. Civil War (1868), its observance later extended to all U.S. war dead. Most states conform to the federal ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Trampling On Grace

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
     | 6,305 views

    The most worshipful act a corporate body of believers accomplishes can be a source of shame or grace -- the Lord’s Supper -- don’t trample on the grace.

    March 10, 2002 23For this is what the Lord himself said, and I pass it on to you just as I received it. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took a loaf of bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Eating At His Table

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 22, 2002
    based on 100 ratings
     | 24,529 views

    The Church at Corinth had a problem with communion. What was their problem and what can it tell us about our worship today?

    OPEN: Author Max Lucado tells of an episode from his youth. He was part of a group of young people from his church who, as a service ministry, took the Lord’s Supper to homebound or hospitalized members of the church. He and his friends visited one elderly gentleman in particular who was in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • David Fox avatar

    Looks Of The Lord's Supper

    Contributed by David Fox on Nov 12, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 6,269 views

    What is communion really about?

    5 Looks of The Lord’s Supper I Cor. 11:17-34 Explanation: This Morning we will be partaking The Lord’s Supper. Often we may receive the bread and the juice without really understanding what this act of obedience is all about. Let’s take a look at this passage of scripture to see what it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Bob AuBuchon avatar

    A Time To Remember

    Contributed by Bob Aubuchon on Jun 27, 2001
    based on 213 ratings
     | 14,088 views

    At the Lord’s table it is a time to remember.

    In the movie, "Remember the Titans" football coach Herman Boone takes his team for a early morning run into the darkness. Through the darkness they run as well as through woods and creeks until they end up at the grave yard and battle field of Gettysburg. There he calls upon the boys who are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rick MacDonald avatar

    A Look At The Lord's Table

    Contributed by Rick Macdonald on Aug 8, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 5,014 views

    The Lord’s Table is a powerful occasion for faith’s confession. In partaking we not only confess before heaven that we believe, but also that we have not forgotten.

    Title: A Look at the Lord’s Table Text: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 By: Pastor Rick MacDonald Date: February 4, 1996 1. Conduct: {17} Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse. {18} For first of all, when you come together as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    There Must Be Factions?

    Contributed by Chris Thron on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,677 views

    Many doctrinal disputes within the Body of Christ are simply due to different uses of words.

    For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and I partly believe it. For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you. (1 Cor. 11:18-19, ASV) Controversies over Bible interpretation often cause ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Discerning The Body

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,840 views

    We are warned not to partake of the Lord's Supper in an unworthy manner - that is unless we discern or recognize His body . What does this mean?

    1. Special occasions often celebrated by a special meal. The host spends much time preparing for the meal. The Lord’s Supper is a special meal in which not the host but the guests are to prepare themselves. 2. Have you prepared yourself for this meal? Did you listen to the call for ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Dan Erickson avatar

    Before You Eat

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000
    based on 117 ratings
     | 5,963 views

    The Lord's Supper: the wonderful privilege we as Christians have in coming to the Lord's Table together

    Teddy Roosevelt, the man who would become the 26th President of the United States, was afraid to go to church when he was a child because of a creature he called "The Zeal." His mother eventually realized the reason for Teddy's fear was a Scripture verse he had heard the pastor read, John 2:17, "It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Communion Judgment Or Health

    Contributed by Alex Galsim on Oct 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,852 views

    The importance and great blessing from communion can bring strength, healing and life. If we discern the Lord’s body we will have strength, good health and long lives

    COMMUNION JUDGMENT OR HEALTH I COR. 11:20-34 INTRODUCTION: A. DIVINE HEALTH – GREATEST BLESSING NEXT TO ETERNAL LIFE. What would a man on his deathbed ask for? Not wealth, not leisure, not fame But that his health may return to him. B. GOD NATURE IS TO HEAL Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    We're All In This Together

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Oct 31, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,019 views

    Communion involves communication with God and with each other.

    November 2, 2008 Morning Worship Text: 1 Corinthians 10:1-4; 14-17 Subject: Communion Title: We’re In This Together What a joy it is to see God bringing new people into the church and then for those people to take a step of faith and say I’m going to commit myself to this church and to what God ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Seated At Christ's Table Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Nov 30, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,783 views

    This message deals with the thought that Communio is all about God and not about us. Additionally, the Corinthians church was acting in such a way that communion was divisive and thus did more harm than good for the local church.

    SEATED AT CHRIST’S TABLE 1 CORINTHIANS 11:17-34 INTRODUCTION: Last week we looked at the beginning of this chapter as an introduction to this section of 1 Corinthians, from chapter 11 through chapter 14. The major thought is that of public worship, and our propriety or activity in that worship. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Don Jaques avatar

    The Lord's Supper: What You Should Know Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Aug 1, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,850 views

    Every disciple should come to the Lord’s Supper with thanksgiving for the New Covenant and repentance from all sin.

    Imagine if you would it’s thanksgiving dinner. You and your loved ones are sitting down to eat. The turkey is delicious – so is the mashed potatoes and the gravy and everything else. In the middle of the meal, your host stands up with a loaf of French bread and begins breaking off pieces, saying ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational