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  • Dr. Jerry Hulse avatar

    "the Benefits Of Abiding In Christ The Vine."

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Hulse on Jun 27, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,572 views

    Can you picture Jesus as He travels to the Mount of Olives passing through the vineyard to pray after his final supper with his disciples. Notice how He uses this opportunity to teach his disciples spiritual truths and benefits available when they submit their lives to Him.

    SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES (John 15:16) "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    Are You Wearing Your Best Clothes? Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Apr 27, 2001
    based on 108 ratings
     | 10,592 views

    This sermon explains why trying to live the Christian life is impossible for us--becasue only CHRIST can live it!

    Personal Questions… Are You Wearing Your Best Clothes? Isaiah 64:6 March 25, 2001 Intro: A. [Clothes Make a Church] A Methodist church tried to get a man to attend, but he never did. "Why don’t you come?" the minister asked, and the man finally admitted it was because he didn’t have proper ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joel Preston avatar

    Follow Me Series

    Contributed by Joel Preston on Jul 24, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,417 views

    Jesus had been teaching his disciples for about 2 years. He had been preparing his disciples for this private meeting at which he intended to reveal to them what would happen to him at Jerusalem. He had given hints along the way, but now he would explain

    The Gospel of Mark #21 – “Follow Me” Mark 8:27-38 Intro – 1. Have you ever been asked a tough question? I mean the type of question that has intense ramifications on your immediate future. The type of questions where you know the wrong answer could have severe ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Rick Crandall avatar

    Four Great Reasons To Follow Jesus Christ Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 7, 2019
     | 7,387 views

    1. We will have the light of life (vs. 12). 2. We will have the truth we can trust (vs. 13-18). 3. We will have a home in Heaven (vs. 14; 21-23). 4. We will have His Heavenly Father (vs. 15-20).

    Four Great Reasons to Follow Jesus Christ The Gospel of John John 8:12-23 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - December 28, 2016 (Revised September 7, 2019) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John 8:12. Here, the Feast of the Tabernacles had just ended. It was one of the three ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Kapteyn avatar

    A Call To Forgive

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,505 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. This season we are to present Christ to the world. To remind them that He came and to tell them why He came. Some of us are able to do this through the gift of singing. Christmas songs that bring us back to Bethlehem itself. Some of us, including our Sunday School ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Mike DuBose avatar

    From Worthy Sheep To Smelly Feet

    Contributed by Mike Dubose on Apr 29, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 5,206 views

    Jesus takes the role of a servant and commands us to do likewise. It’s more than just smelly feet!

    From Worthy Sheep to Smelly Feet John 13: 12-21 April 28, 2002 Last week we talked about worthy sheep – this week, we’re talking about smelly feet… Last week we talked about Jesus as the Good Shepherd – this week, we see Him as a humble servant, a foot washer… ILLUS: ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Samuel Stone avatar

    Sowing To The Spirit

    Contributed by Samuel Stone on Nov 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,952 views

    Paul warned people against the Judiaisers.

    Gal 6:7-16 7 Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. 8 If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. 9 So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Carl Willis avatar

    Feeling Worn Down?

    Contributed by Carl Willis on Mar 18, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,205 views

    We all carry baggage, but Jesus has offered to take that load off of your shoulders.

    (Message starts with church member carrying 5-6 heavy suitcases labeled: anger, failure, worry, doubt, guilt, etc...member tries to get seated with baggage. Q & A with Pastor about carrying baggage. Pastor takes baggage from membe and puts it around the cross). Like Sean many of you are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Robbie Parsons avatar

    Demands Of Discipleship

    Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Feb 17, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,454 views

    Are we just followers, or true disciples, of Jesus? There is a difference! If we are a true disciple, then we have rewards in heaven. If we are just followers, we may not. Let us learn about the demands of discipleship.

    It is possible to be a follower of Jesus without being a disciple; to be a camp follower without being a soldier of the king; to be a hanger-on in some great work without pulling one’s weight. Someone was talking to a great scholar about a younger man. He said, “So and so tells me that he was ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    No Place For A Pity Party

    Contributed by John Baggett on Nov 24, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 8,224 views

    Pity is natural but is for others not ourselves. Self Pity is dangerous. (1)Everyone is subject to self pity (2ADVERSITY IS NOT MEANT TO LEAD US TO SELF PITY BUT TO STRENGHTH IN CHRIST(3)Turning to God in our self pity is our hope for deliverance from it

    No Place for a Pity Party MT 16:21-24 If we think in terms of thankfulness we might say that there are many emotions that would compliment a heart that is filled with thanksgiving. For example love compliments thanksgiving, happiness compliments thanksgiving, joy and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Swensen avatar

    The Empty Cup

    Contributed by David Swensen on Jun 19, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 16,822 views

    There are no longer any standards. Anything goes; everything is acceptable. God, however, doesn’t see it that way and He certainly doesn’t take sin lightly and neither should we.

    INTRODUCTION “John Griffith tended to one of the huge railroad bridges that cross the mighty Mississippi. It was 1937 when this true story took place He brought his 8-year-old son, Greg, to work with him to see what Dad did all day.The little boy was wide-eyed with excitement when the huge ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    The Supremacy Of Christ Is Declared In The Gospel Message

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 30, 2001
    based on 97 ratings
     | 4,665 views

    This sermon demonstrates why the gospel message makes Christ supreme over every other religious leader.

    The Supremacy of Christ is Declared in The Gospel Message Colossians 1:1-14 September 2, 2001 Intro: A. [Nobel Nominee Says All Religions Are Equal, Citation: S.A. Mawhorr, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois) (1-5-00), p.1] At a January 4, 2000 interfaith dialogue in the Chicago suburbs, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    The Tree Of Goodness Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 12, 2006
    based on 65 ratings
     | 14,857 views

    The Bible tells us that we should strive for goodness in our lives... but Jesus said no one was good except God. How can we be asked to do something that only God can accomplish?

    Open with audience reciting the following verse: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control...” Galatians 5:22-23a OPEN: A preacher once spoke of the fact that some of the people in his congregation had gotten in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • T.J. Conwell avatar

    Romans, Part 20 Series

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Feb 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,801 views

    Romans 7 gives us a unique insight into human beings. Using very simple terms such as marriage, Paul addresses the fact that our loyalty must be to Christ, for nothing else lasts forever.

    Romans, Part 20 Romans 7:1-6 Introduction - Romans 6:23 recap … - The pleasure and profit of sin do not deserve to be called fruit - Sinners are ones who continuously repeat the same negative actions. - Shame came into the world with sin, and is still the certain effect of it linger on - ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jerry DePoy avatar

    The Man Who Lost Everything By Doing Nothing"

    Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Mar 20, 2006
    based on 47 ratings
     | 17,426 views

    The third servant simply buried the talent and did nothing. This unprofitable servant lost everything by doing nothing! It is to this third man that I am directing this message. His thinking needed to be changed. He was wrong about seven things:

    Note to SermonCentral readers: Please read the message on this text by Brian Bill. It helped to inspire this message. Thanks Bill! Text: Matthew 25: 14-30 Title: “The Man who lost Everything by doing Nothing” Introduction: Most of you are familiar with the story of the master who went on a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist