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  • Mike Hays avatar

    Who's Your Daddy?

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 64 ratings
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    God has adopted us into His family. He is a Father who will never fail us.

    Who's Your Daddy? 1 John 3:4-10 The last rain soaked, numbed-out fan sloshed out of Max Yasgur's muddy pasture more than 30 years ago. That was the day the Woodstock Music and Art Festival came to a close. What was billed as "three days of peace and music" turned into something altogether ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Imitation Of Love

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 58 ratings
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    God has shown His love for us in His Son Jesus who has given His life so that we might know true love as well as salvation.

    The Imitation of Love 1 John 3:11-24 "Pray that my love will be without limits." --Saint Maximilian Kolbe in his last letter to his mother. Father Maximilian Kolbe was forty-five years old in the early autumn of 1939 when the Nazis invaded his homeland. He was a Polish monk who founded the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Can You Pass The Test?

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
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    What is true faith? There is so much misinformation being offered that we need to know the Truth and then He will set us free.

    Can You Pass The Test? 1 John 4:1-6 Reverend Bible was a fourth generation preacher. He was his father's son. He was a chip off the old block. While he was growing up he watched his father mount the pulpit week after week at First Church and offer his thoughts to the people. The son of a preacher ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Prerequisite Of Love

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 134 ratings
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    In our Scripture for today we can easily conclude that love is not an emotion as much as it is an emulation of the One who first loved us. Love is more than a longing -- it is an action.

    The Prerequisite Of Love 1 John 4:7-12 I first heard the report on the radio as I was driving to work this week - Jane Fonda had given her life to Christ. The woman who has recently gone through a divorce to Ted Turner, sold more exercise videos than Bill Gates has sold Windows, and who has been ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    God's Love And Ours Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 48 ratings
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    The wonderful thing about being made God’s children is that he gives us his Spirit to enable us to be like him, and that likeness is shown most clearly in our love for others. And so, as we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in u

    I always get edgy when I hear someone make a definitive statement about God. There are so many aspects to God that any single statement always feels a bit deficient. So, for example, when someone says God is all-powerful, I find myself waiting for them to add that he’s also all-knowing, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    To Love Or Not To Love?

    Contributed by Chris Thron on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 6 ratings
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    Are we ready to embrace ALL the consequences of God’s love being shed abroad into our hearts?

    Note: the following article (in its original form) provoked a discussion on another site entitled, "Walk Away from Fundamentalism" (http://www.aimoo.com/forum/postview.cfm?id=319472&CategoryID=22217&ThreadID=528621). Part of this discussion, and my replies, are included below, following the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Discipleship In Marriage

    Contributed by Mark Johnson on Jun 7, 2001
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    How our relationship with God can teach us about our marriage relationship

    Steven and Julianne, you know that you are disciples of or apprentices to Jesus, there is no distinction between the sacred and the secular. Every aspect of your lives comes under the influence of Jesus, and becomes part of your apprenticeship. This includes your marriage relationship. In 1 John ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    How Can You Know If It's Really God

    Contributed by Clint Shrum on Jan 3, 2007
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    Knowing the Spirit of God

    HOW CAN YOU KNOW IF IT’S REALLY GOD? I John 4:1 Certainly we know there are false prophets in this world. Some are doing it for power and some for financial gain. But I believe God is so prevalent that is we look closely we can determine whether or not It is really Him. WE CAN KNOW IT’S REALLY ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Some Things I Know

    Contributed by James Hayden on Jan 6, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,655 views

    In my Christian life there are some things I have come to know.

    Some Things I Know It’s hard to believe that another year has come and gone. It seems like just yesterday we were ringing in the year 2006, and now in a few hours the ball will drop and it will be 2007. You hear a lot of talk about what will the new year bring, what does the future hold? ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Danny Moss avatar

    "I Believe That Jesus Christ Is The Son Of God" Series

    Contributed by Danny Moss on Feb 18, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
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    This is the 2nd sermon in the series "I Believe." It deals with the doctrine of the diety of Jesus Christ.

    "I Believe That Jesus Christ Is The Son of God" Text: 1st John 4:14-15 "And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God." Introduction- ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Seven Things That God Does Not Know

    Contributed by Ronnie Thrower on Jul 24, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
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    Now before you Question what I am about to do, would you consider them first and I will show you without taking scripture out of context and see what the outcome is.

    Seven Things That God Does Not Know! Text: I John 3:20; Acts 15:18; John 21:15-17 Introduction: In these three passages we find that God knows all things. Would you agree with me this morning that God is omniscient? In other words let’s say that God is infinite in knowledge! Maybe we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Questions About Love

    Contributed by Rodney Mason on Aug 6, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
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    This sermon takes an investigative look at what true love is.

    Introduction: What’s love got to do with it? a question by Tina Turner. How deep is your Love? a query by the Keith Sweat. “How much do I love thee let me count the ways” words proclaimed by a famous poet on her feelings for her husband. It seems like everyone is talking about love, but we find ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Loving The Brethren Series

    Contributed by Rick Macdonald on Aug 8, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 7,585 views

    If it was required of us to draw a picture of love, before we could really identify love, I wonder what love would look like?

    Loving the Brethren February 6, 2000 INTRODUCTION: If it was required of us to draw a picture of love, before we could really identify love, I wonder what love would look like? Would we put a face on it and give it a personality; Or would we attempt to draw our perception of God, since “God is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Derry avatar

    Loving On Purpose

    Contributed by David Derry on Dec 23, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
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    God demonstrated His love for us on purpose. Can can we in turn love Him and others on purpose?

    Loving on Purpose December 22, 2002 As we continue our series of “living on purpose”, today’s topic is “loving on purpose”. We’ll be focusing on a verse that is well known to most of us. (John 3:16) 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Common Sense About Commonality

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,015 views

    Love for one another is a prerequisit for real fellowship with one another

    He was a denominational executive who found himself being accused of heresy simply because he’d participated in a prayer service with people who weren’t Christians. Another congregation flaunted a young man who was sleeping with his stepmother. Still another group saw those who lived lives against ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed