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  • Mike Molenaar avatar

    No Easy Answers

    Contributed by Mike Molenaar on May 3, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 5,302 views

    A Mother’s Day Sermon on the realities of life.

    John 15:1-17 Today is Mother’s Day and some see this as just another way to market the US economy. Many children have bought cards and flowers to give to their mothers. Many will spend time on the phone talking to their mothers. Still others may take their mother out for dinner and give them a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Greg Nance avatar

    Abiding In Jesus Means: Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on May 5, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,656 views

    Jesus, the vine and the Father the vinedresser and the Holy Spirit the witness all work to help us bear fruit that will last

    John 15 Abiding in Jesus means: 1. Bearing fruit 2. Answered prayer 3. Obeying the commands 4. Facing opposition from the world 5. Holy Spirit witness In the Bible we see that stories have principles. The Jews called this the haggadah and the halakah. The haggadah is the story or narrative ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Edward Aponte avatar

    Christian Continuity

    Contributed by Edward Aponte on Apr 7, 2001
    based on 10 ratings
     | 7,121 views

    The most important mark of a disciple that Christ demanded from His followers was not consistency but continuty.

    Introduction: Believers have a lot in common with a beach ball. We can be colorful at sometimes, we can be sometimes hard to get a hold of. But the most significant thing we believers have in common with a beach ball is boyancy. The ability to rise up a continue on top. What are some of the ways ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Mark Witherden avatar

    You Don't Have To Be Something Special For God To Want You

    Contributed by Mark Witherden on Jun 20, 2003
    based on 123 ratings
     | 15,376 views

    You are special to God, and His desire for you is to bear fruit.

    You don’t have to be something special for God to want you. Hold up a smooth round stone and ask how did this stone become smooth? The story. This stone started its life on the top of a very high mountain where the wind rain and snow slowly moved it into the way of a stream. The melting snow and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David DeWitt avatar

    What A Friend

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Jul 11, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,275 views

    This was my message for our annual Friend Day about the friendship we can have with God through Christ.

    What A Friend John 15:9-17 May 18, 2003 Morning Service INTRODUCTION I. The Story of Rudy II. What is a friend? A. Definitions 1. Friendship definitions a.) One who multiplies joy and divides grief b.) One who understands our silence c.) A volume of sympathy bound in cloth d.) A watch that beats ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Bill Butsko avatar

    Routines - Customs - Practices

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 9, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,264 views

    This sermon illustrates some of the routines, customs, and practices of Jesus.

    Do you have a routine? What is your routine? Do you do the same things over and over the same way day after day? We are creatures of habit. If you were to take next week and record your actions and movements I believe you would find a repetitious pattern. We do many things out of habit. When ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • KL BURRUS avatar

    The Unmistakable Mandate

    Contributed by Kl Burrus on Oct 6, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 7,944 views

    Jesus makes it clear that being a Christian is more than speaking in pious language, it’s more than a feeling or an experience. It’s being his partner in making love tangible.

    St. John 15:9-17 – The Unmistakable Mandate 9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Moore avatar

    God The Gardener

    Contributed by Steve Moore on Oct 2, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 19,521 views

    This sermon looks at the relationship between Jesus, as the Vine, God as the gardener, us as the branches, and the fruit that the gardener desires to grow on the branches.

    Introduction This is one of The great passages of the gospels. It’s also one of the last teaching sessions that Jesus, Rabbi and Messiah gives to his disciples. As we look at the passage today, I’d like us to consider 4 points:- 1. Jesus, as the Vine; 2. God the Father, as the Gardener; ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • JOEL SANTOS avatar

    Go And Bear Fruit!

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Oct 13, 2004
    based on 69 ratings
     | 22,780 views

    At the time Jesus spoke it, He knew His time is running out, but He still had much that he wanted to share with His disciples before he leave.

    "I CHOSE YOU AND APPOINTED YOU SO THAT YOU WOULD GO AND BEAR FRUIT." At the time Jesus spoke it, He knew His time is running out, but He still had much that he wanted to share with His disciples before he leave. In this few hours of life He remains in this world, He taught every important thing ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Formed To Be Friends Of God - Purpose Driven Life Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 26, 2004
    based on 100 ratings
     | 14,239 views

    Jesus said that we’re His friends... but what do friends of God do???

    OPEN: Friendship is an elusive commodity. I have sought quotes and illustrations on this topic and found only a few observations I found to be enlightening… but the few that I did find were enlightening: One Native American Indian Tribe described a friend as: “someone who carries my sorrows on his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Wendell Blackburn avatar

    A Genuine Vine

    Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Feb 16, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,045 views

    Comparison of our Christian Life to the vine..

    A GENUINE VINE JOHN CHAP. 15 – 1-17 I’m gonna talk to you tonight about comparing our spiritual lives, to the Vine and its Branches As Jesus did in chapter 15 of the book of John… If you think about it, that’s what GOD does with our lives, IF we turn our lives over to him and Allow him ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dana Visneskie avatar

    Love Connection

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Feb 23, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,696 views

    Making our love real towards God and our families is what this message is about. I show 3 ways we can grow in our love towards God and each other, enjoy!

    Title: Love Connection Text: John 15:9-17; key verse is 13 Pray!!! Read Text!!! Introduction: - How many people remember seeing the show Love Connection? - A show where they would try to match either a male or female with 3 possible bachelors. - In hopes of making a love connection. - Well in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Bruce Howell avatar

    Jesus: A Friend Many Seek

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 54 ratings
     | 7,425 views

    Fanny Crosby captured the essence of this sermon when she wrote, "What A Friend We Have in Jesus."

    JESUS: A FRIEND MANY SEEK John 15:12-16 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Dixon Olu. David avatar

    The Godly Man

    Contributed by Dixon Olu. David on Apr 26, 2004
    based on 104 ratings
     | 16,781 views

    Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

    TOPIC: The Godly Man SPEAKER:Dixon Olu. David TEXT: Psalm 1 DATE: 18th April 2004 (First delivered 17th Nov. 1991) Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Dennis Lawrence avatar

    Blessing Of The Children

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on May 18, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,086 views

    In blessing of the children we, like Jesus, move toward the world He loves.

    Blessing of Children Cornwall/Montreal May 8, 2004 There is a very powerful message for us anytime we are involved in the blessing of a child, or the blessing of children. Let’s see, first of all, the context. Matt.19.13-15- children were brought, were sent away by the disciples, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational