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  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Prepare The Way

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 2, 2001
    based on 37 ratings
     | 9,189 views

    This is a New Year’s Sermon and deals with preparing the way for the Lord to come into our lives. Preached by my wife and me together.

    PREPARE THE WAY 9:30 1/3/94 Text Luke 3:1-19 Isaiah 40:1-8 Matthew 3:1-12 .ls2 RICK Today is the first Sunday in which we get to prepare the way for God to do something new in our lives and in our church for 1993. What the New Year brings ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Wesley Bishop avatar

    Responsibility Series

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 15, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,412 views

    This is an Advent sermon.

    Intro: Who was responsible? Brian Wells 46 year-old pizza man. Robbed a bank in Erie, Pa on August 28. Who was responsible? He was. Forced into it, or duped. Read Luke 3:7-18. We are responsible for our own spiritual condition. Our parents’ or grandparents’ faith doesn’t help or hurt us. ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Rik Wadge avatar

    Andrew And Evangelism Series

    Contributed by Rik Wadge on Aug 19, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 14,260 views

    A look at Evangelism in the life of the Apostle Andrew.

    The 12 Apostles Week 1 – Andrew Dr. Rik B. Wadge, Ph.D. It’s around 26 or 27AD. Jesus is 30 years old. He’s just about to begin his public ministry. John’s been calling for repentance and then baptizing the people in the Jordan river in preparation for the coming of the Messiah. Jesus can now be ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Jeff Armbrester avatar

    Preparing The Way

    Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Dec 17, 2002
    based on 134 ratings
     | 24,061 views

    Just as we prepare for guests to come to our house, we must also prepare ourselves for Jesus to come.

    Preparing for guests to come: clean and straighten the house, cook food, prepare drinks, dress appropriately Jesus is coming soon. How are you preparing for his arrival? John the Baptizer was sent to prepare the people of Israel for the coming of the Messiah. He called people to repentance. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • John Gerald avatar

    Who Will Swing The Axe?

    Contributed by John Gerald on Sep 25, 2004
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,467 views

    This is John’s message of repentance

    Who Will Swing the Axe? Rev. John W. Gerald 9-26-04 I. The Time of John’s Ministry Luke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, ... 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Tilling Of The Heart Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jun 4, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,558 views

    How is the soil of your heart? Are you ready to receive what God has to say? Learn what true repentance means and doesn’t mean in the ministry of John the Baptist.

    Let me say first of all that I am not the gardener in our family - that’s my wife. I am the assistant gardener. But I have learned a thing or two over the years. One is that without adequate soil preparation your garden will not grow plants, it will simply grow seedlings that will be eaten by ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Hedging Our Spiritual Bets

    Contributed by William Mouser on Feb 28, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,792 views

    Focusing on John the Baptist’s preaching at the first advent, this sermon exhorts to preparation for the second advent.

    THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT Luke 3:1-17 “Hedging Our Spiritual Bets” In last Friday’s Wall Street Journal, there was a column by a fellow named Vincent Carrol. He is an editor for the Rocky Mountain News. Let me read you the first three paragraphs of his column. “On Christmas Eve, in line with my ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Elementary Fruits Of Repentence

    Contributed by William Mouser on Mar 2, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,610 views

    Focusing on the preaching of John the Baptist, this sermon notes what he lays out as elementary fruits of repentence.

    Fourth Sunday in Advent Luke 3:1-17 “Elementary Fruits of Repentance” By this time during Advent – barely a week away from Christmas, I think everyone will understand something about preparing for the holidays. I know that at our house, we have been getting ready for visitors for well over a ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Arulselvam Rayappan avatar

    Can't Ignore John The Baptist

    Contributed by Arulselvam Rayappan on Mar 3, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,437 views

    We need to be transformed by the man and message of John the Baptist before we celebrate Christmas

    Don’t ignore John the baptist We cannot reach the crib unless we pass through John the Baptist. Before we meet the charming infant smiling in the straw, we are confronted by the terrifying figure of John the Baptist. We can’t experience the Joy of Christmas unless we have the repentance preached ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    A Picture Of Repentance Series

    Contributed by Ron Murphy on Aug 21, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,595 views

    This is the 3rd in a series of the New Testament 3:16’s.

    Introduction I. John the Baptist brought a message of the need for repentance before God. II. Luke, quoting from Isaiah chapter 40, wrote that John was, A. “The voice of one crying in the wilderness; Prepare the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight. 5 Every valley will be filled, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    To Follow Or Not To Follow The Prophet Series

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 27, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,461 views

    Our need to follow the example of John the Baptist.

    Luke 3:1- 20 – To Follow or Not To Follow the prophet? Last Sunday night, we began to talk about John the Baptist’s message. We found out that people from all over the country were gathering to hear this guy. John had achieved a cult status and all sorts of people were coming out to hear him. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Gerald avatar

    Fruits Worthy Of Repentance

    Contributed by John Gerald on Jun 2, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,071 views

    The effects of True Repentance in a person’s life

    BRING FORTH FRUITS WORTHY of REPENTANCE Rev. John W. Gerald I. FLEE THE WRATH of GOD! Luke 3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. The world routinely reverts to the evil ways of man’s nature, and God sends a ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Kevin Higgins avatar

    He Came...preaching

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Feb 19, 2006
    based on 28 ratings
     | 6,770 views

    Four marks of biblical preaching

    Luke 3:7-20 He Came…Preaching Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church February 19, 2006 Introduction What is your definition of great preaching? From time to time I hear comments about sermons or preachers that cause me to make mental notes about what people consider to be great preaching. For some, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard Tow avatar

    Prepare The Way Of The Lord

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 9, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,287 views

    While examining the word that came to John "Prepare the way of the Lord" this sermon discusses the life-giving influence that occurs when God sends His word and discusses what it means to prepare the way of the Lord.

    Prepare the Way of the Lord Luke 3:1-18[1] 1-2-05 The action in our text this morning begins with a powerful Hebrew statement. Luke 3:2 “...the word of the Lord came to John...” When God wants to strike a holy match and set His people on fire, that is the match He uses—“the word of the Lord ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Real Repentance Is Fruitful

    Contributed by Robert Eggers on Dec 6, 2003
    based on 129 ratings
     | 11,859 views

    3 Advent C, John’s tough love awakes our need for fruitful living in repentance

    Luke 3:7-18 Real Repentance Needs Fruit "What should we do then?" the crowd asked. 11 John answered, "The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same." 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized. "Teacher," they asked, "what should we do?" ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran