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  • Chad Bolfa avatar

    How Do I Measure Up To God's Standard? Series

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 14,880 views

    Jesus will teach us tonight that as his disciples we still must follow the rules, so tonight we want to see how we measure up to God’s standards or rules.

    Introduction The biggest cop out for spiritual failure and the most common excuse for deliberate sinfulness are these words "I’m not under law but under grace!" and with those seven words we seek to absolve ourselves of any spiritual responsibility we might have for our behavior. And when we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Be Great In Jesus' Kingdom

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 28, 2009
     | 3,356 views

    Jesus lays out here that His Kingdom is not about lowering the standards, but about raising us up.

    HOW TO BE GREAT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: Practice and teach what Jesus commands. - Matthew 5:19. - At one level, this is very simple and straightforward. At another, it takes a lifetime to live out. DOESN’T GRACE LOWER THE STANDARD? Jesus’ Kingdom is not about lowering the standard down, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Do I Need My Old Testament? Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 8, 2009
     | 4,318 views

    Is there value in the Old Testament today?

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • If you have read your Old Testament, have you ever wondered how it fits in to our faith? Have you ever wondered why we do not observe the feasts and ceremonies that were celebrated in the Old Testament? • How does the Old Testament fit in for the Christian? Are we still ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    On The Sermon On The Mount

    Contributed by Augustine Of Hippo on Jun 1, 2011
     | 8,903 views

    A classic sermon by St. Augustine on the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5.

    Chapter 1 1. If any one will piously and soberly consider the sermon which our Lord Jesus Christ spoke on the mount, as we read it in the Gospel according to Matthew, I think that he will find in it, so far as regards the highest morals, a perfect standard of the Christian life: and this we do not ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Righteousness Plus

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 10, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,786 views

    Righteousness greater than that of the Pharisees isn't about behavior: it's about bone-deep transformation.

    We’ve been shocked and horrified once again this week at the shooting of children by children, from Santee CA to next door in Pennsylvania. And the commentators and pundits are asking once again what kinds of laws we should pass to keep this from happening. Most are honest enough to admit ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Lasting Impressions

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Jun 15, 2011
     | 8,704 views

    What lasting impression will we leave to other generations of Christinas that come after us?

    LASTING IMPRESSIONS Text : Matthew 5: 13 - 20 Someone (Bill Crowder) gives us a snapshot of history as he relates an impression that has lasted over 1,500 years. “Caerlon is a Welsh village with deep historical roots. It was one of the three sites in the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Understanding Law And Gospel Series

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Sep 20, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,159 views

    A look at how Jesus handles the Law.

    Dakota Community Church September 20, 2009 The Field & the Force 7B The Force at Rest – (Part 2) So far we have looked at: 1. When the Church is the field When the church is the field it is seen as the place people come to do the work of God. 2. When the Church is the (labor) force When the ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Andrew Moffatt avatar

    Tip The Pivot, Never Be The Same Again! Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 6, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,027 views

    Would you like life to be more than just a comic book existance? How about a full motion picture epic in 3D. You may be on the pivot point of a new thing! Jesus came to fulfill the law and the prophets! He reflects the nature of God as does the fulfilled

    This series of three sermons is called ‘The disappearing Earth and Two Camels, three challenges of Jesus’ for reasons that will I hope become obvious as I preach through the series. I can remember things in my life that struck me as if something had changed and would never be the same ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    Sermon On The Mount (1) Series

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 1, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,945 views

    Is the Church really salt and light in our society

    Mt 5:13-20 Salt and Light Story: In the 19th Century (before radar was invented) ships avoided each other by looking out for beacons or lights on other ships. And they communicated with each other by flashing messages to each other by light in a sort of morse code. One day a Royal Naval ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    "Tasting And Seeing The Goodness Of God"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 2, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,234 views

    A sermon about being salt and light in the world.

    Matthew 5:13-20 “Tasting and Seeing the Goodness of God” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN www.eastridgeumc.com When I was about Mary Ellen’s age, I happened along my dad, who was sitting in the kitchen, eating an apple. My curiosity ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Real Deal

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Feb 4, 2011
    based on 319 ratings
     | 86,771 views

    Far to many times I have heard someone share that they know someone who says they are a Christian, but their life is impure. It literally destroys the witness of Christ when believers do not live out their faith. So, are you the real deal? Updated February 2023.

    Dr. Evan Kane ... was the chief surgeon ... of Kane Summit Hospital ... in New York City. He had practiced his specialty ... for 37 years. Over the course of time, ... he came to question the wisdom of using general anesthesia ... for every surgery. He believed people would recover quicker ... ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    The Law And Our Worship Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 5, 2011
     | 3,896 views

    As C.S. Lewis said, while we are wondering where our feet go next, we are not dancing; thus we need rubrics and familiar prayers in our worship.

    Sixth Sunday in Course February 13, 2011 Spirit of the Liturgy Today we are challenged to consider the place of law in our lives. In the psalm we prayed for divine understanding, so that we may keep God’s law and observe it wholeheartedly. The Offertory verse pleads “Blessed are you, O Lord, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Jay Bunting avatar

    Are You Salty?

    Contributed by Jay Bunting on Feb 5, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,267 views

    This sermon looks at and compares how a Christians life should be like that of salt to others.

    5th Epiphany 2011 Matthew 5: 13-20 Are you salty? This week I heard someone ask this question about the church, it asked, “If your church was removed tomorrow from your neighborhood, from the community, would anybody notice?” I know YOU would notice, but what about the people in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Salt & Light

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 6, 2011
    based on 15 ratings
     | 13,905 views

    1. Jesus was telling us not to live for the kingdom of the world, but the Kingdom of God. 2. Jesus is saying that we play an important role in the life of the world as salt and light. 3. Jesus was talking about a new way of obedience.

    It is no accident that Jesus talked about us being salt and light immediately after he spoke the Beatitudes. It is in learning how to think as Jesus thought and live as he lived in submissions to God, that we become agents of healing and light in the world. It is when we live as people who do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Warner Pidgeon avatar

    Gritty Salt And Bright Lights In Your Community

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 9, 2011
     | 2,650 views

    A short talk encouraging believers to be conservers and preservers in our community, bright lights together, speaking, acting and serving, but never watering down the commands of Jesus.

    Salt: Imagine a world without electricity, without a fridge, without a freezer, and without the Iceland shop on our High Street. Imagine photographs or film of a ship at sea hauling in nets bulging with wriggling, writhing fish. Imagine the fish being packed for the journey back home, packed with ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican