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  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Outreach Guidelines

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 19, 2003
    based on 71 ratings
     | 9,016 views

    A Summary of some of the fine outreach guidelines from Tom Clegg’s award winning book, Lost in America

    Suggestions From Tom Clegg’s Lost in America for Effective Church Outreach 1. Pray regularly in community and by name for lost or unchurched people you personally know. Prayer requires discipline but the body of Christ helps us pray with greater consistently. Solomon wrote, “Though one may be ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    I Know That I'm A Child Of God! Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on May 3, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 20,648 views

    This sermon talks about the lavish love that God has for His children!

    What Do You Know? I Know that I’m a Child of God! 1 John 3:1-10 May 6, 2001 Intro: A. [How God’s Children Change, Citation: Craig Barnes, author and pastor of National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.; from sermon "The Blessed Trinity" (5-30-99)] When I was a child, my minister father ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "We Know Love By This"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 9, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,903 views

    Jesus loves us so much, and that means that we ought to love others.

    1 John 3:16-24 “We Know Love By This” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Humankind has made so many attempts to define love. Volumes upon volumes of books have been written about it. Over the centuries romantic love has been the theme of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    We Are God's Children

    Contributed by Edward Frey on May 10, 2003
    based on 56 ratings
     | 8,182 views

    God has made us his own in Christ. The love of Jesus leads us to demonstrate this blessed truth in our lives.

    One of the strangest moments in life is the day that you are talking (discussing, correcting, teaching, arguing what ever you want to call it) to your own children and suddenly you hear your mother’s voice coming out of your mouth. Suddenly, you start saying things that you swore you would never ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Love One Another Series

    Contributed by Shawn Ragan on May 11, 2003
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,312 views

    This sermon is the second in a series about true Christian fellowship and community - this one focusing on the call to "love one another."

    Love One Another Series: One Another Meridian Church of God Seventh Day March 29, 2003 INTRODUCTION Good Morning Series Introduction We began a new series last week on “one anothering,” the different commands we have in our interaction with one another. The commands we have from our Lord in ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Forgiveness Matters Series

    Contributed by Robert Odle on May 13, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 7,084 views

    In our pursuit of godly character we must learn to forgive. We must also learn the biblical difference between frogiveness and reconciliation.

    Character Counts! Forgiveness Matters (1 John 3:16-18) Theme: God?s character requires Him to forgive. Those seeking godly character must learn to forgive. Purpose: What do I want to happen in the hearer when I preach this sermon? A. Increased insight. After I preach this sermon, the hearer ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Evidence Of True Love

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on May 14, 2003
    based on 59 ratings
     | 10,878 views

    Note the reasons that the love of God motivates our hearts to action.

    THE EVIDENCE OF LOVE © 2001 Mark Beaird Text: 1 John 3:16-18 What is your picture of someone who is truly poor? In Hollywood there is an exclusive school attended by children of movie stars, producers, and directors. Asked to write a composition on the subject of poverty, one little girl ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Questions About Love

    Contributed by Rodney Mason on Aug 6, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 4,449 views

    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
     | 7,820 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

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    Professing Or Possessing

    Contributed by James Groce on Aug 11, 2001
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,887 views

    When a child of God shouts praise, and he/she truly has a relationship with God, fear rocks the hearts of the spirits of hell.

    ------------------------------------- 1Joh 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Acts 19:11-20 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: So ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Expectations!

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Sep 7, 2001
    based on 135 ratings
     | 12,441 views

    The dreams, goals, and aspirations that God has for His children.

    Expectations! I John 3:1-3 1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Who's Your Daddy?

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,009 views

    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
     | 6,136 views

    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

  • Paul Apple avatar

    Our Lifestyle Reveals Our Family Identity

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,705 views

    All Men Will Live in One of Two Lifestyles a.

    All Men Will Live in One of Two Lifestyles a. A Lifestyle of Righteousness b. A Lifestyle of Lawlessness 2. Our Lifestyle Reveals the Source of our Spiritual Being a. The Source of the Devil b. The Source of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Love For The Brethren

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,169 views

    1. Love for the Brethren Proves Our Relationship With God (:14-15) a.

    1. Love for the Brethren Proves Our Relationship With God (:14-15) a. Loving Indicates Life (:14a) b. Hating Indicates Death (:14b-15) 2. Love for the Brethren Will Be Like Christ's Love for us (:16-18) a. Our Pattern in Loving -- Christ's love for us (:16) b. Our Obligation to Love -- Concrete ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible