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  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    The Most Important Virtue - Love

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 14, 2001
    based on 157 ratings
     | 17,645 views

    The Bible has a lot to say about love. But so does the world. The problem is that the world doesn’t say the same thing the Bible says, & we tend to get the two mixed up.

    MELVIN NEWLAND,MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX ILL. I like the story about a rather legalistic Seminary student who wanted to have a scriptural basis for everything he did. He felt he was on solid ground if he could quote Bible book, chapter & verse to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Living On The Now Side

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on Dec 17, 2001
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,390 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

  • Carla Powell avatar

    A Fairy-Tale Wedding

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 108 ratings
     | 8,319 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

  • Carla Powell avatar

    What's Love Got To Do With It?

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,538 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

  • Fred Elliott avatar

    The Most Important Of Human Qualities # 1 Series

    Contributed by Fred Elliott on Jan 3, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,315 views

    Love --- The Only Quality That Will Last

    THE MOST IMPORTANT OF HUMAN QUALITIES # 1 1 Corinthians 13 Intro:A. The word used in this passage is charity 1. However the original Greek word used here is "agape" 2. That is not to say that the scripture has been misinterpreted (a) In that day the word charity and the word love were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Fred Elliott avatar

    The Most Important Of Human Qualities # 2 Series

    Contributed by Fred Elliott on Jan 3, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,211 views

    Love --- The Only Quality That Will Last

    THE MOST IMPORTANT OF HUMAN QUALITIES # 2 1 Corinthians 13 Intro:A. This morning we began a message about the need for Agape love in the church and in Christian lives 1. We pointed out that we are to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul & strength 2. We also pointed out ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pastor Dempsey Daniels avatar

    Without Love We Are Nothing

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Jan 5, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 11,883 views

    Without Love WE ARE NOTHING

    WITHOUT LOVE I’M NOTHING 1CORIN.13 INTRODUCTION: With out love we are nothing. without love a home, a community, a church, and a country is really nothing. we must remember when we call ourselves christians that christianity is the religion of love. If a home or church seeks recgonition and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Folks avatar

    Marriage Seperation Divorce

    Contributed by Jerry Folks on Feb 1, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,997 views

    The breakdown of the Christian marriage

    Our country is suffering a spiritual breakdown. Our enemy is not one from without but within. We have an internal spiritual erosion that the world is beginning to see. There is a breakdown of our morals, and the very fiber of the Christian faith that has made our nation so great An ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mike Turner avatar

    I'm Doing The Right Things, So Why Do I Feel Empty ?

    Contributed by Mike Turner on Feb 2, 2004
    based on 86 ratings
     | 14,222 views

    A message that deals with the emptiness which is experienced when we are trying to do what is right !

    I’m Doing The Right Things, So Why Do I Feel Empty ? 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 ILL. Have you heard the story about the actor who was playing the part of Christ in the Passion Play in the Ozarks? As he carried the cross up the hill a tourist began heckling, making fun of him, & shouting ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Darrell Stetler II avatar

    The Foundation: Real Love Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Feb 8, 2004
    based on 94 ratings
     | 5,205 views

    Compares real love with "Britney-love" (the 55-hour-marriage in Las Vegas" kind of love) to discover the differences. What does the Bible say is the foundation of built-to-last relationships? *HANDOUT*

    1Co 13:1 ¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Darrell Stetler II avatar

    How True Love Does (And Doesn't) Act - Part I Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Feb 8, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
     | 4,874 views

    It’s one thing to TALK about "real, built-to-last love". . . it’s one thing to say, "We’ve got that "no-matter-what" love. But what does REAL love look like in practical, everyday life? I Cor. 13:4 tells us. . . *HANDOUT INCLUDED*

    Last week, we discussed the foundation of great, built-to-last relationships. It’s unselfish, unconditional love. But it’s one thing to talk about this love – but what does it look like in real life? How does this REAL love ACT? Well, we’re going to look at several ways it acts and DOESN’T ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    This Is Love

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 9, 2004
    based on 210 ratings
     | 15,539 views

    Paul gives us the meaning of true love in I Corinthians 13.

    INTRO.- ILL.- Here are some children’s ideas about love. - Glenn, age 7 - If falling love is anything like learning how to spell, I don’t want to do it. It takes too long. - Tom, age 5 - Once I’m in kindergarten, I’m going to find me a wife. - Kenny, age 7 - It gives me a headache to think ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dennis Jones avatar

    The Greater Gift

    Contributed by Dennis Jones on Feb 12, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,446 views

    In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians Paul he is continuing a thought from the previous chapter in reference to the people of Corinth and their beliefs about spiritual gifts. It seems they had become obsessed with them. Let’s share together what God’

    THE GREATER GIFT 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-13 In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians Paul he is continuing a thought from the previous chapter in reference to the people of Corinth and their beliefs about spiritual gifts. It seems they had become obsessed with them. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Darrell Stetler II avatar

    How True Love Acts - Part Ii Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Feb 17, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,508 views

    We continue looking at how this agape, "built to last" love acts in everyday life from I Corinthians 13. *HANDOUT INCLUDED*

    How Love Does (and Doesn’t) Act - Part II Here’s a question for you: What do men and women really want from their relationships? <FEEDBACK> Here’s what DAVE BARRY - Well-known newspaper humor columnist said: - from his book, “The Complete Guide to Guys”: WHAT WOMEN WANT: To be loved, to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Jeff Bullock avatar

    The Untapped Destiny

    Contributed by Jeff Bullock on Feb 19, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,552 views

    A message about the need for Christians to grow up in Christ and not remain spiritual infants.

    Title: The Untapped Destiny Key Thought: Children grow up, and so should CHRISTIANS. 1 Corinthians 13:11 When we were children, we thought and reasoned as children do. But when we grew up, we quit our childish ways. Number 1: Everyone has been a CHILD “When we were children,” A. Children ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal