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  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Tithing Your Time

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 5, 2012
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     | 6,173 views

    What we do with our time is God's business. How can we honor God with what we do?

    Tithing Your Time August 19, 2012 Matthew 9:35-38 Words can carry a great deal of power. They carry us to various destinations. Sometimes we're transported to places we like and other times, places we loathe. Words can be powerful reminders of people and things . . . painful and joyful. One ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sheep And Goats

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 5, 2012
     | 10,448 views

    How can we help those around us? Do we see those who are hurting around us, or do we walk around them?

    Are you a Sheep or Goat? Matthew 25:31-46 August 26, 2012 I remember when I was in seminary I would have some classes in which the professor would tell us we would have a “take home final.” Whenever I heard those words I was filled with great joy. But there were students who were not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Rediscovering The Prophetic - Martin Luther King Jr

    Contributed by Joseph Neil Adams on May 20, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 21,574 views

    A call to be prophets to our generation in the way God worked through Amos & MLK jr - to rediscover God’s absolute priorities for our Churches

    Rediscovering the prophetic - MLK Amos 5:1-24 I watched a BBC programme about Martin Luther King Junior (MLK) a couple of months ago now presented by Oona King a past Labour MP in London (before she lost her Bethnal Green & Bow seat to the controversial George Galloway). She seemed to want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Are You Prepared To Own A Famous Faith?

    Contributed by Doug Koehler on May 24, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,133 views

    Sometimes it is easy to get caught up in following one program after another for the purpose of becoming confident towards proclaiming one’s faith. In truth, God has already given us all that we need to go out there right now and talk about Jesus. Paul’s

    Hi, thank you for looking at this sermon. I hope it helps. I appreciate your opinion. However I do ask that you not provide a negative just because the sermon did meet your particular need or because you did not like the style. Please only hit that ’negative’ button if you think God’s people would ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    You Have To Give Up Everything Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Apr 30, 2012
     | 5,966 views

    Sacrifice, surrender, Lordship

    THE TOUGH SAYINGS OF JESUS "YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING" Mark 10: 20-26 July 11, 2010 INTRODUCTION: Leo Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied with his lot. He wanted more of everything. One day he received a fantastic offer. For ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Mothers Day: Serve With Verve!

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on May 4, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 13,230 views

    Service what is that about? I can be great and serve no one or nothing but my own desires, not in God’s kingdom.

    Mattthew 20:20-27: Serve with verve! Well here we go its Mother’s day, it’s a certainty that we all have a mother, some of us get on well, others not well at all, some Mums are now in heaven and some mums are starting on the journey of motherhood. There are those who are Dads who are ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Michael Luke avatar

    The Motivation Factor Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on May 5, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 10,462 views

    The first factor in church health is motivation - why we do what we do,

    SERIES: HEALTHY CHURCH! “THE MOTIVATION FACTOR” MATTHEW 22:36-40 OPEN In this new year of 2011, I’ve decided to make some changes in my life. One of the changes I’m going to make is to get healthy – physically healthy. I’m overweight, have Type-2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. To ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Revelation 8: What Is Hot,, Wet, Bright, And Dark?

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 7, 2011
    based on 15 ratings
     | 7,771 views

    A contemporary study of the book of Revelation 8

    We all like riddles, don’t we? Here are a couple of riddles for you; can you solve them? “I have no eyes and I have no legs, but I move the earth. Who am I? I am an earthworm.” Here is another. “I can run, but cannot walk. I have a mouth, bu cannot talk. I have a bed, but I never sleep. ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Power Hungry

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 6, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,619 views

    The power of God to live as Jesus’ followers is a blank check for good in a chaotic and dangerous world.

    Bad things happen. Bad things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people. Bad things happen. Sometimes the cause is obvious: greed and hatred, poverty and ignorance, all cause suffering in greater or lesser degrees, and we can point to sin as the reason. But sometimes the deaths ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "Don't Just Send Them To Burger King"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 6, 2011
    based on 11 ratings
     | 7,568 views

    A sermon about being the hands and feet of Jesus in a needy world.

    Matthew 14:13-21 “Don’t Just Send Them to Burger King” by: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN eastridgeumc.org Think back to a time when you were really, really sad. For some of us this will not be a difficult exercise. Perhaps we are ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    One For All Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,223 views

    The only walls appropriate for the household of God are load-bearing walls, to strengthen us for the work of the church.

    Almost everywhere I looked while preparing this sermon I found a reference to Robert Frost’s wonderful poem, “Mending Wall.” He begins it with the famous line, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.” The poem then goes on to tell of two neighbors who meet at the wall between their two ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Knowin' Where You Are Goin'

    Contributed by Jay Mccluskey on May 2, 2012
    based on 14 ratings
     | 12,155 views

    This sermon begins with an affirmation of absolute truth then focuses on three absolute promises Jesus shared in in John 14

    KNOWNIN’ WHERE YOU ARE GOIN’ (I began this sermon by flipping a coin several times asking folks to guess if the result would be heads or tails. After several tosses, only a few people had been right ever time.) There is much in this world that is uncertain and unpredictable. Will ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • K. Edward Skidmore avatar

    Who Is My Neighbor? Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on May 5, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 25,081 views

    Sermon #5 in a 13 sermon series on the Preaching of Jesus. This one from Luke 10:25-37 focuses on the Good Samaritan asking the question, "To whom are you a neighbor?"

    Who is my Neighbor? (The Good Samaritan) Luke 10:25-37 CHCC: February 5, 2012 Video – Mr. Roger’s neighborhood song through the years (Youtube video) link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vV_we0kSls INTRODUCTION: Did you ever wonder why that song was popular for so many years? ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Cost Of Discipleship Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on May 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,759 views

    Sermon #8 in a 13 sermon series on the Preaching of Jesus. Luke 14:25-35 dealing with Jesus' teaching on what it means to be a disciple.

    The Cost of Discipleship Luke 14:25-35 CHCC: February26, 2012 INTRODUCTION: It’s said that Abraham Lincoln regularly attended services at a Presbyterian Church in Washington DC. One Sunday, while the Civil War was raging, an aide asked the President what he thought of the sermon. Lincoln ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Are You In The Right Fight?

    Contributed by Michael Walther on May 18, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,119 views

    Jesus helps us face all the challenges to our faith.

    A Challenge for All True Christians Matthew 10.32-33 Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 10.32-33 All of us are familiar with ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran