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  • Curt Cizek avatar

    Knowledge Puffs Up But Love Builds Up

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,100 views

    We have a lot of knowledge in the Christian church today. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough love.

    "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne tells the story of a young man named Goodman Brown who meets up with the devil one night and takes a walk to a secret meeting only to find that every upstanding person in the community knows the devil by name. Even his saintly wife knows the devil ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • David Owens avatar

    Should Your Hang-Ups Limit My Freedom? Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Jun 24, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,622 views

    In 1 Corinthians 8, Paul teaches us how to keep from causing others to stumble by limiting the use of our freedoms and rights.

    Introduction: A. All my life I’ve been told how dangerous tripping is. 1. As a child my parents taught me to never trip my sisters and brothers. 2. It was certainly a lesson I had to be taught, because I had a fun-loving, devious side. 3. All organized sports have rules against tripping ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    "Be Responsible Not Irresponsible" 1 Cor Pt 8 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,469 views

    Paul warns the mature Christians in Corinth not to be irresponsible but responsible for the growth and spiritual well being of the babes in Christ.

    “Be responsible not irresponsible!” Have Dr. Joe share about his mission trip? Summarize last week’s message: Lessons on marriage and family – Paul tells the church to be responsible and do things God’s way! Today he tells them to be responsible also in their relationships with others in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Luke avatar

    About Life, Love, And Liberty Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Jan 24, 2006
    based on 29 ratings
     | 7,862 views

    Principles to guide us in decisions that have no specific biblical mandates

    SERIES: “OVERCOMING OBSTACLES THAT OBSTRUCT OBEDIENCE” TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1-13 TITLE: “ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, AND LIBERTY” INTRODUCTION: A. A very well-respected, Nobel prize-winning physicist was asked to travel the country and lecture on some ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Bolin avatar

    What About What The Bible Doesn't Say

    Contributed by Michael Bolin on Jun 7, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,153 views

    what we eat is irrelevant-- but how our actions affect others in the body is not irrelevant.

    In our scriptures this morning, Paul moves now to a heated Corinthian dispute over an issue of doctrine. Should Christians eat meat from animals that have been offered first to pagan deities, and can they take part in a dinner party the host dedicates to a god or goddess? Doesn’t it seem peculiar, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Christian Love

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,525 views

    A classic sermon by D. L. Moody on the importance, power, and indispensibility of Christian love.

    It speaks in Galatians about love, the fruit of the Spirit being love, joy, peace, gentleness, long suffering, meekness and temperance. The way this writer has put it -- and I think it is very beautiful -- is that joy is love exultant, peace is love in repose, and long suffering is love enduring. ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Building Brotherhood

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 7, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,739 views

    In a school, there are ways to build a brotherhood and ways to destroy it; Scripture leads the way.

    It was pretty early in the morning that September Tuesday. I was a brand-new principal; you all were about eight or nine years old, just about the age when long-term memories begin to stick in your head. I walked out into my assistant’s office; she was turning on the television to see what was ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Adriel Morgan avatar

    Let Your Conscience Be Your God

    Contributed by Adriel Morgan on Mar 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,230 views

    A look at conscience through the eyes of Paul in 1 Corinthians. Its not just an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other.

    There’s a song in the animated film Pinocchio that speaks a carefree life to our troubled hearts. When you get in trouble and you don’t know right from wrong. Give a little whistle! Give a little whistle! When you meet temptation and the urge is very strong. Give a little whistle! Give a little ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Raising The Mis-Steak

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Oct 14, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,529 views

    Good behavior is in one sense like good manners - we practice it because we love others in the same way that God loved us.

    SERMON NOTES: RAISING THE MIS-STEAK The fifty-cent word: aidiaphoria Why was meat controversial? 1. Knowledge P_uffs_____ up a. Good Manners as a weapon b. Pharisees & other Know-It-Alls 2. Love B_uilds____ up a. Love doesn’t enable sin, it defeats it b. If you love me, _you will keep my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Free Can We Be? Series

    Contributed by Don Jaques on May 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,025 views

    Christians are free to follow their conscience in ethical “gray matters” but must not offend a weaker Christian’s conscience.

    A Sunday school teacher asked her class, "What was Jesus’ mother’s name?" One child answered, "Mary." The teacher then asked, "Who knows what Jesus’ father’s name was?" A little kid said, "Verge." Confused, the teacher asked, "Where did you get that?" The kid said, "Well, you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    From Knowledge To Conviction:

    Contributed by John Harvey on Nov 17, 2004
    based on 33 ratings
     | 4,061 views

    Christians must grow in their faith. It is not enough to just know about being a Christian, we must put the knowledge into action

    “From Knowledge to Conviction: Growing Up Without Growing Stale” 11-21-04 Intro: Food that expires or goes bad Bread left out Juice or Milk that has spoiled Twinkies- do not have an endless shelf life- Go bad after 25 days The key to spiritual maturity is to grow up in Christ, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lou Nicholes avatar

    Stumbling Block

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Jan 25, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,692 views

    Paul answers one of the most controversial subjects that the Corinthians had asked in their letter. "Is it a sin for Christians to eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols?" The basic principle involved is, "What is the proper Christian attitude toward

    THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: Charles Spurgeon frequently visited Monaco which had been a gambling resort for years. Spurgeon, of course, was not a gambler, but he enjoyed visiting the grounds of the Casino of Monte Carlo and walking through its lavish gardens. Spurgeon thought the gardens were some ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    Liberty Or Legalism?

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jun 10, 2003
    based on 124 ratings
     | 11,319 views

    How free should you be as a Christian - especially when dealing with younger, less mature believers. Paul addresses a difficult subject as freedom and legalism are compared. The answers may surprise you.

    I love steak. I really do. Whenever we go out it’s what I feel like most of the time. For a time I became a little reluctant to eat my favorite meat after doing a series of stories as a reporter on ecoli. You remember that, don’t you? The little bacteria killed several people in Oregon and ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Value Judgments Or Judging With Value Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Sep 13, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,075 views

    Each judgment we make, though, says far more about us than it does about the issue under judgment. Paul brings this into clarity for the believer, as judgments were being made over the significance of eating meat that had been offered to idols. The resp

    VALUE JUDGMENTS OR JUDGING WITH VALUE 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 INTRODUCTION: The dictionary defines a value judgment as, ¡§an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed.¡¨ In reality, we all make judgments all the time. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tyler Edwards avatar

    Selfless Series

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 12, 2010
     | 8,331 views

    The church was designed to be an irresistible community. Yet people are not always drawn to it. How can we change that?

    3. An Irresistible Community: 1 Corinthians March 21, 2010 Selfless There was a mother with two young children. She wanted to raise her kids well by teaching them to serve and to help others so one night she called them both into the kitchen after diner. She said to them: I need one of you to ...read more

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    Denomination: *other