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  • Tim HBC avatar

    The First Murder Series

    Contributed by Tim Hbc on Oct 7, 2008
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    Are you a Cain or an Abel?! Signs of hope amidst the story of the progressive decline of the human race...

    Introduction We live in a time that some have called ‘the season of the knife’. Twenty seven London teenagers have been murdered this year so far. Many families all over this region today are heartbroken. To them the Cain and Abel story would be too hard to hear. They would perhaps be too sensitive ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What's Your Sacrifice Like?

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Oct 28, 2008
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    Why was Cain’s sacrifice unacceptable to God?

    GENESIS 4:1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.” 2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    By Faith Abel Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jul 11, 2008
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    Second in the Heroes of Faith series from Hebrews 11, this sermon is about Abel.

    Chapter 1 Abel It was by faith that Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. God said he was pleased with the gifts Abel offered and called Abel a good man because of his faith. Abel died, but through his faith he is still speaking. — Hebrews 11:4 NCV My dad used to have a poster on ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Personal Responsibility

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 12, 2008
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    A message based on Cain’s relationship with Abel.

    PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY Genesis 4:9-10 INTRO: Cain had. slain his brother in a fit of jealousy. God calls upon him to give an account of his brother. His denial of being his brother’s keeper did not release him of the responsibility. I. CAIN ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Only Mary Raised A Perfect Child

    Contributed by Jack Martin on May 12, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,310 views

    Often on Mothers Day we preach high lofty sermons that only serve to make the moms feel bad. This is intended to show the struggles and victories of Moms

    “Only Mary had a perfect child!” Today is mother’s day. Tendency is to hold up a high lofty view of motherhood that no one, other than Mary, could ever possibly live up to. a.And that not of herself, but only because Jesus was Gods Son. So instead of making you moms feel better, we often tend ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Repercussion Of Sin I Series

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Aug 19, 2009
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     | 3,783 views

    Shows the affect that the orgin of sin had on all men all starting in the beginning.

    Repercussion of Sin 1 Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the LORD’s help, I have produced a man!” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Worship Fully Series

    Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Nov 30, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,882 views

    This message is for the first week of Advent. Our church is doing the Advent Conspiracy and this week we look at Worshipping Fully.

    Have you ever given any thought to the story of Cain and Abel? Perhaps its the fact that today we were taking up a special offering - or maybe its because of our topic this morning, but I’ve had the story of Cain and Abel in my mind all week... This mornings topic is ‘Worship Fully’ - It’s the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Interpreting The Story Of Cain And Abel

    Contributed by Richard Down on Jan 2, 2011
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    The story of Cain and Abel's sacrifices is well known but often misinterpreted or misused to prove certain pet theories. This presentation considers how a proper understanding may be gained.

    The Sacrifices of Cain and Abel. Most Bible readers will be aware of the story of Cain and Abel, a story infamous as the first murder in the Biblical narrative. It’s a story that catches the imagination because just one generation after the first sin in the garden of Eden we already have ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Repercussion Of Sin Pt 2

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Sep 4, 2009
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     | 1,947 views

    Sin has repurcussion

    Repercussions of Sin II Sins of our parents can be very fatal. The sins of our first parents had fatal affects on the world Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain slew Abel, his own brother, his own mother’s son, whom he ought to have loved; his younger brother, whom he ought to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Repercussion Of Sin Pt 3 Series

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Sep 5, 2009
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    The Consequenses your sin can produce

    Repercussion of Sin III Cain cast off all fear of God, and attended no more on God’s ordinances. Hypocritical professors, who dissemble and trifle with God, are justly left to themselves to do something grossly scandalous. So they throw off that form of godliness to which they ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Doctrine Of The Lamb I: The Revelation Of The Lamb Series

    Contributed by Mark Jones on Aug 25, 2010
     | 4,258 views

    God’s power and desire to save is revealed in the sacrificial lamb, a picture of Jesus Christ

    The Doctrine of The Lamb Part I- The Revelation of The Lamb The Necessity of the Lamb: Adam, Abel EOLS: God’s power and desire to save is revealed in the sacrificial lamb, a picture of Jesus Christ It’s all about a lamb… Gen 3:21 (21) And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Blinking Light Series

    Contributed by Kyle Idleman on Sep 27, 2010
    based on 14 ratings
     | 15,639 views

    A sermon in a series about how God warns us when our sin is going to damage us, our lives, or our relationship with others.

    When I was an intern here in 1998, the automobile I drove was called a Plymouth Breeze. I’m not sure how that happened. Never planned on buying a Plymouth Breeze. I’m not sure anybody does. Nobody says, “I want to save up my money for a Plymouth Breeze,” but there are cars ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Faith Is The Victory Series

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Oct 18, 2010
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     | 5,579 views

    This is the 10th installment in our series on the Book of Genesis. In this sermon we contrast faithful Abel with unfaithful Cain

    Genesis (10)(Faith is the Victory) Text: Genesis 4:1-15 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) One day there were three Scotsmen sitting in a pub watching the news and they became concerned with the fact that Iran was, within a short period of time, going to be one of the nuclear powers of the world. So ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Two Part History Series

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Oct 18, 2010
     | 4,226 views

    This is the 11th sermon in a series on the Book of Genesis. In this sermon we discuss the division between the line of Cain and the line of Seth

    Genesis (11) (A Two Part History) Text: Genesis 4:16 – 26 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) Now if you remember last time, we talked about how most likely Eve thought that her first born son Cain was going to be the one through whom God would accomplish redemption. And we also saw how; if that ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Marked Men

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 22, 2009
     | 5,275 views

    Cain’s problem is ours: we are fearful and anxious if someone else seems to be getting ahead of us, and our anxiety is the root of our violence. But in God’s curse there is a mercy and a clue for brotherliness.

    For today’s message we are going back to the earliest moments in human history to look at one of the most basic issues in human life. We are looking at the way we feel about differences, and what we do about that feeling. The Book of Genesis, in its opening stories, teaches us about what it means ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist