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  • Mark Beaird avatar

    Preaching Christ To An American Postmodern Society

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on Jan 31, 2001
    based on 104 ratings
     | 7,343 views

    The gospel of Christ remains powerful even in a postmodern society. (Three sermons)

    PROCLAIMING JESUS CHRIST TO AN AMERICAN POSTMODERN SOCIETY A three part sermon series based on the Mars Hill discourse Acts 17:16-33 Mark Beaird © 12-2000 by Mark Beaird PREACHING CHRIST TO A NEW WORLD © Mark Beaird Text: Acts 17:16-21 Are you familiar with the term Postmodernism? If ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Preaching Christ To A New World Series

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 73 ratings
     | 4,497 views

    Christ remains the answer throughout the ages. (1 of 3)

    PREACHING CHRIST TO A NEW WORLD © Mark Beaird Text: Acts 17:16-21 Are you familiar with the term Postmodernism? If you are not familiar with the term then you probably are not aware that the church world is being greatly affected by its impact. First of all, let me assure you that I have no ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Confronting The Spirit Of The Age Series

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 125 ratings
     | 7,869 views

    Confronting the religious mindset of Americans today. (2 of 3)

    CONFRONTING THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE © Mark Beaird Text: Acts 17:22-23 Whether one is watching Oprah or cable television where all sorts of people have access to the air waves to share their brand of spirituality one can easily see that many gods are embraced.  David Wells, in No Place ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    An Old Story For A New World Series

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 103 ratings
     | 6,318 views

    The message remains the same in spite of the changes in our society. (3 of 3)

    AN OLD STORY FOR A NEW WORLD © Mark Beaird Text: Acts 17:24-33  In the early days of the Tennessee Valley project a dilapidated homestead was going to be torn down. They were damming the river and the valley would be flooded out. A new split-level ranch was built for the Appalachian ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How To Present The Gospel To Materialists And Philosophers

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 12, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,660 views

    How to Present the Gospel to Materialists and Philosophers - Acts 17:16-34

    How to Present the Gospel to Materialists and Philosophers - Acts 17:16-34 Illustration:A recent survey of Discipleship Journal readers ranked areas of greatest spiritual challenge to them: 1. Materialism. 2. Pride. 3. Self-centeredness. 4. Laziness. 5. (Tie) Anger/Bitterness. 5. (Tie) Sexual ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Faces Of Opposition

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Dec 7, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,565 views

    We should not be surprised that the gospel is opposed. We’d like to think that everyone will just accept this wonderful news, but that is not the case. Let’s look at the faces of that opposition.

    Passage: Acts 17:1-33 Intro: One of the recurring themes of Acts is opposition. 1. mostly from the Jews, but others as well. 2. it was as well as recurring theme in the life of ministry of Christ. 3. we can draw this principle; that where the gospel goes, opposition will arise in one form or ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • David Smith avatar

    Jesus Is The Answer - No ... Not Always (A Sermon On Acts 17)

    Contributed by David Smith on Dec 21, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,285 views

    Father Dave’s sermon on Paul, the preacher of the Gospel of Jesus, communicating with a group of persons who have never heard of Jesus. How did he go about it? And what is wrong with the ’Jesus is the answer to all your problems’ approach?

    "Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols." (Acts 17:16) Ange and I have been to Athens, as I suspect many of you guys have also. We went for less pious reasons than St Paul. We went as the Australian contingent ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Repentance: The Forgotten Word In Posititve Preaching

    Contributed by Dr. Franklin Kirksey on Feb 5, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,097 views

    Repentance: The Forgotten Word in Positive Preaching by Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey encourages pastors to preach the whole counsel of God.

    <B>REPENTANCE: The Forgotten Word in Positive Preaching</B> Acts 17:30-31 By Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey INTRODUCTION “Repentance has been called the forgotten word in positive preaching. Dr. Don M. Boone, pastor of First Baptist Church, [Vancleave], Mississippi, has written a helpful book ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fads – A Chance For Evangelism Series

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Feb 23, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,941 views

    Fads today offer opportunitis for evangelism. Pul on Mars Hill pointed out a fad and turned it into a way to reach that Athenians.

    Fads – a chance for evangelism Last week James talked to us about worshiping when we really don’t feel like it. When things are bad and even scary that we need to find a way to worship. Paul and Silas are set free and after an apology, visit the new church members and go on their way. They go ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    -Ism's Series

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Mar 17, 2007
     | 4,315 views

    Ism’s - beliefs - talking to people that believ differently

    -ism’s As I thought about today’s lesson all kinds of words came to mind. ( intellectualism, activism, materialism, communism, feminism, hedonism, modernism, terrorism ) I was surprised to learn that there are 887 words that end with ISM in the english dictionary. Definitions of ism n. - A ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Bledar Valca avatar

    Answering The Most Important Questions Series

    Contributed by Bledar Valca on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,507 views

    Preaching the good news

    THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS Acts 17:24-31 Have you noted that among the first questions we ask when we meet someone is the question “What’s new?” In Acts 17 the apostle Paul came to Athens. He came to Areopagus, one of the “Seven Wonders of Ancient World.” The people in Athens did the same thing, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Religion Or Relationship

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,567 views

    This sermon explains that Christianity is all about a Relationahip with Jesus Christ, not a "Religion."

    Introduction: The Apostle Paul was in the city of Athens, Greece, waiting for his co-workers Timothy and Silas to join him there. While he waited I’m sure he must have spent some time walking the ancient streets of Athens. Perhaps he even toured The Parthenon, which was a temple built and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Does God's Patience Wane?"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 8, 2007
     | 2,867 views

    As the pages of God’s ’calendar’ turn, for each one there is day fixed for the end of patience and the beginning of eternity.

    “Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Mark Olson avatar

    Proclaiming The Unknown God Series

    Contributed by Mark Olson on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,146 views

    Just as Paul had to proclaim who the true God is, because the Athenians were ignorant of Him, so we too must proclaim who the true God is to our world and culture.

    Proclaiming the Unknown God Acts 17:16-34 Pastor Mark Olson The kind of God we worship, determines the kind of person we become - we become what we worship... Sad truth - great ignorance of the true, living God Athenians worshipped the “unknown god” because they did not want to leave any god out ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • David Smith avatar

    Jesus Is The Answer...not Always (Acts 17:22-31)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,357 views

    Sermons by Father Dave ...

    “Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.” (Acts 17:16) Ange and I have been to Athens, as I suspect many of you guys have also. We went for less pious reasons than St Paul. We went as the Australian contingent ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican