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  • Kyle Meador avatar

    Love Is The Way Series

    Contributed by Kyle Meador on Apr 23, 2001
    based on 126 ratings
     | 8,589 views

    Love is my highest calling and my holiest connection to God. Love is the most fundamental mark of the life of a believer.

    Love is the Way Now, this is probably going to surprise you, but everywhere you have been in the world… there have been other people, beside you. I know, I know, this sounds far fetched. But just follow me for a moment. When you began your courtship of your spouse, there was someone else involved ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Makes A Man A Dad

    Contributed by John Beehler on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 3,791 views

    We must show love to our children

    What Makes a Man a Dad Maybe you’ve heard the old story about fatherhood that says that when a child is 4 years old he says proudly, "My dad knows everything about everything." When he is 7 he says, "Dad knows almost everything about everything." When he is 12 he says, "Well, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Living On The Now Side

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on Dec 17, 2001
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,447 views

    This sermon deals with the difficulties of having to walk by faith.

    Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1 – 12 Title: “Living On The Now Side” Introduction: To understand the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians we need to know some things about the city of Corinth. Corinth was the most important city of all Greece in Paul’s day. Its wealth was fabulous. Men spent their days ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Fairy-Tale Wedding

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 108 ratings
     | 8,391 views

    Urges the couple to seek faithfulness and communication in their marriage. Appropriate for an Interfaith wedding.

    You all know the story about fairytale marriages. A beautiful princess goes into a forest and sees a frog. She kisses the frog. He turns into a prince. They get married, and live happily ever after. Or maybe you remember the prince who searches through every house in town and won’t give up until he ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    What's Love Got To Do With It?

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,627 views

    Discusses Paul’s use of love as the yardstick for Christian living, then turns to several congregational issues to ask what the loving response would be.

    Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany (Year C) 1 Corinthians 13, is a popular passage to use for wedding sermons, because of course the topic is love. Brides and grooms have often chosen this lesson because of the beautiful, poetic prose it contains. But Paul did not write this to the Corinthians so ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Neal Gray avatar

    Nearly Bankrupt Of Love

    Contributed by Neal Gray on Jan 14, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 3,235 views

    Love. A nice thought. But genuine love is not shown as much as we might like to think. Our love account is not as full as God would like. May He help us.

    "Nearly Bankrupt of Love" Author: Dr. Neal Gray Passage: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7, KJV Purpose: Love. A nice thought. But genuine love is not shown as much as we might like to think. Our love account is not as full as God would like. May He help us. INTRODUCTION Opening Why would I call this ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Chris Carroll avatar

    How's Your Love Life?

    Contributed by Chris Carroll on Apr 9, 2007
    based on 13 ratings
     | 24,953 views

    I. A Most Excellent Love Life Is The Best Thing In Life! II. A Most Excellent Love Life Will Perform Well III. A Most Excellent Love Life Will Be Positive:

    Well, this is the week for love. I never really have understood why we have to have a holiday that is designed to remind us to love each other. I have just assumed that everyday should be a day in which we love one another. But since 270 a.d. their has been a holiday known as Valentines day. A ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Altruistic Love

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 20, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 10,763 views

    Altruistic love can be identified by asking whether one agrees with statements that define altruism, such as, "I’d rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer," and "I’m willing to sacrifice my own wishes to let the one I love achieve his or hers.

    Disclaimer: Source material for this sermon has been gleaned from many different sources. I have attempted to acknowledge these sources whenever possible. Altruistic Love 1 Corinthians 13 Introduction: A man received the following letter: Dearest Jimmy, No words could ever express the great ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Affection Factor Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Apr 18, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,717 views

    Love is a prime ingredient in church growth

    SERIES: “THE GROWTH FACTORS” TEXT: VARIOUS TITLE: “THE AFFECTION FACTOR” INTRODUCTION: A. Love: as defined by kids 1. “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Hang Tough!

    Contributed by Ira Sandefer on Jul 22, 2004
    based on 28 ratings
     | 6,836 views

    How do you handle life when you are stressing out?’ I believe the best answer is to "hang tough".

    Hang Tough Context: I Cor 13: 1-13 Text: I Cor. 13:7 – “Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Introduction Have you every had one of “those” weeks? You know the times when every thing seems impossible? Or, maybe, you have faced hard times or ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Love Is: The Most Excellent Way

    Contributed by Joe Harding on Jul 22, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,613 views

    LOVE IS THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY TO LIVE AND REVEAL OUR GOD!

    LOVE IS: THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY I CORINTHIANS 13: 1-13 JULY 18, 2004 INTRODUCTION: The only thing most people do better than anyone else is read their own handwriting. John Adams. Edwin Bliss once said, "The pursuit of excellence is gratifying and healthy. The pursuit of perfection is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Truuke Ameigh avatar

    Love

    Contributed by Truuke Ameigh on Apr 30, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 6,128 views

    Love needs to be shared with your community.

    Love Give each child a penny. Have a basket filled with one penny for each member of the church and the Sunday school. Ask the children how they might spend a penny. (Bubble gum, Penny Candy). It doesn’t buy much does it? If you only think about yourself when you think of love, it is the same ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "The Most Excellent Way"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 1, 2003
    based on 60 ratings
     | 5,313 views

    Considering Paul’s description of love, and applying it to our lives.

    1 Corinthians 13:1-8 “The Most Excellent Way” By: Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA At a men’s retreat a truck driver told about the change Christ had made in his life, and he was asked to think of some specific way in which he was ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Jim Parisi avatar

    Lasting Love On Mother's Day

    Contributed by Jim Parisi on May 15, 2003
    based on 69 ratings
     | 20,880 views

    What greater Love between two Humans then the love between a mother and her child.

    Lasting Love on Mother’s Day HHM Jim Parisi May 11, 2003 A Mother’s Day Comment by Chuck Swindoll: I remember a Mother’s Day card I saw that was really cute. It was a great big card written in a little child’s printing—little first-grade printing. On the front was a little boy ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Steve Malone avatar

    Extreme Living In Your Home Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 11, 2005
    based on 33 ratings
     | 3,200 views

    What would it look like for you; to exceed the ordinary, the usual and the expected in your home? What would it look like for you to go to great lengths to make your home Extreme?

    Extreme Living In The Home Extreme Living – part 2 I want to start off our time together with 2 passages of Scripture… 36One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to come to his home for a meal, so Jesus accepted the invitation and sat down to eat. 37A certain immoral woman heard he was there and brought ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ