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The Church That Jesus Built

Contributed by William Mccaffery on Oct 15, 2004

based on 14 ratings

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The New Testament clearly demonstrates that there is one and only one Church that was founded by the Lord Jesus Christ.

I want to talk to you tonight about the Church. However, before I get into that, I want to share a little bit about where I come from. I was born and raised in the United Methodist Church. I’ve spent some time kneeling with Baptists. I’ve played guitar with the Pentecostals. I’ve preached in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Mother's Love

Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 12, 2006

based on 4 ratings

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This message illustrates the characteristics of a mother.

Scripture Reading: I John 4:7-21 Message: “Mother’s Love” Text: “God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him” (I John 4:16). Introduction: We were all created by God and brought into this world through one called “Mother”. Each one of us has an earthly mother and an ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21

Denomination: Christian Church

A Father's Love

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jun 17, 2006

based on 1 rating

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This message illustrates three positive attributes of a father as noted in the Parable of the Prodigal Son.

Scripture Reading: Luke 15:11-32 Message: “A Father’s Love” Text: “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him” (Luke 15:20). Introduction: What is Father’s Day? In 1909, Mrs. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Christian Church

He Descended Into Hell Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 12, 2004

based on 31 ratings

| 8,099 views

Did Christ in fact descend into hell? This sermon examines the origin of the phrase "he descended into hell" in the Apostles’ Creed, possible biblical support for the phrase, and the biblical opposition to the descent of Christ into hell.

Introduction As we continue our series in The Apostles’ Creed I would like to examine today what it means when we say that “he descended into hell.” Please listen as I recite the Apostles’ Creed: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Finding Out Who Really Cares

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 31, 2003

based on 45 ratings

| 4,402 views

Who really cares about you? Not those who, like Herod, are so scared they will do anything to save themselves. Rather those like the wise men, who give gifts for the future, or like Joseph, who make sacrifices for your protection. For Epiphany.

Some people have friends. Some people have enemies. Some people have acquaintances. But everybody has somebody you do business with. The people you do business with -- usually, that’s not an intimate relationship. It’s a distant relationship, limited just to transactions. Everybody deals with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

Asking The Tough Questions

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Aug 5, 2003

based on 48 ratings

| 9,476 views

A message inviting people to go ahead and be honest in their questions to God.

Asking the Tough Questions Psalm 13 August 3, 2003 Introduction I’m going to go out on a limb this morning and assume that all of us have had questions for God that we have been afraid to really ask God. We’re afraid that if we really voice our questions and even complaints, God will strike us ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 13:1-6, Romans 8:26-28

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Tale Of Seven Churches: Pergamum Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 5, 2003

based on 38 ratings

| 8,896 views

This is the third in an eight part series on the seven churches of the Revelation

It was the third of seven. The city of Pergamum, or Pergamos as it is called by some translations (It’s the same name simply the masculine and feminine forms) didn’t have the beauty of Smyrna nor the commerce of Ephesus however it was still a great city in it’s own right, a city of culture and ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:12-17

Denomination: Wesleyan

Dare To Believe Again Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Mar 12, 2003

based on 71 ratings

| 7,956 views

Mary Magdalene’s grief turns to joy when she meets the resurrected Jesus. Jesus calls our name into our grief as well.

Dare to Believe Again – “Up From The Grave: Lent Series” John 20:10-18 March 8/9, 2003 Intro: All of us have had “decisive moments” in our lives – moments which change the direction of our life in a decisive way. They are moments etched in our memories, ones we’ll never forget. Some are ...read more

Scripture: John 20:10-18

Denomination: Baptist

Reactions Speak Louder Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Mar 24, 2003

based on 46 ratings

| 3,819 views

This is installment 8 in a series on I Corinthians 13, and deals with the fact that love "is not easily provoked."

“Reactions Speak Louder” I Corinthians 13:5 February 9, 2003 Love of Another Kind – I Corinthians 13 Donny Osmond’s back, the man who’s been a teenager for 35 years, and now he’s hosting a throwback show; it’s now just called “Pyramid”, but for years we knew it as the “$20,000 Pyramid”. If you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:5

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Whatever You Sow, You Reap Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Mar 5, 2004

based on 20 ratings

| 5,958 views

Moses, Pt. 8 of 15

REAP WHAT YOU SOW (EXODUS 32) In August 1989, a legal case in Los Angeles opened up a can of worms and had a rippling effect on the rest of the country and the rest of the world. Two young adult brothers - the Menendez brothers - from a wealthy family in Beverly Hills shot their parents in ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 32:1-35

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Experiencing The Word Of God Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 2, 2003

based on 54 ratings

| 12,047 views

1. Being a student of the Word takes effort. 2. Being a student of the Word turns effort into joy. 3. Being a student of the Word turns the written Word into the Living Word.

Ravi Zacharias, a Christian intellectual who travels around the world lecturing in secular settings on spiritual themes, tells of an experience he had in Columbus, Ohio. He writes, “A few weeks ago, I did a lectureship at Ohio State University. As I was being driven to the lecture, we passed the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:9-16

Denomination: Methodist

Proverbial Wisdom

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 15, 2004

based on 78 ratings

| 5,791 views

Proverbial wisdom. 1- words 2- guidance

INTRO.- More quips and quotes. - Almost everything comes to him who waits, including gray hair, false teeth, and a potbelly. - Everything wears out sooner than it used to, including your nerves. - The house in which a man is the boss is probably still under construction. - A hospital should have a ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 10:19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Trouble With Religion

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 31, 2001

based on 48 ratings

| 5,513 views

Religion gets people in a lot of trouble but it is the Spirit of Christ, we need in our lives, and living out faith is having Him, not just religion, directing us.

The Trouble with Religion John 3:1-15 By Andrew Chan, Senior Pastor, PBC, Vancouver, BC One criminal broke into the basement of a bank through a street-level window. In the process, however, he suffered from several lacerations. After he realized that he could neither get the money nor climb back ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-15

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Honoring Fathers

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jun 17, 2001

based on 62 ratings

| 12,415 views

We honor fathers best by recognizing the critically important work God has given them.

Father’s Day is a strange holiday. Like Mother’s Day, it’s a civil holiday, established by a Resolution of Congress and by an annual Presidential Proclamation. It was first recognized by Calvin Coolidge in 1924, and this year the President once again named June 15th as Father’s Day. So, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:4

Denomination: Baptist

The Freedom Of Forgiveness

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Jul 2, 2001

based on 44 ratings

| 6,100 views

This is the third in a series of three sermons dealing with the issue of Church Discipline, restoration, and the freedom we have through forgiveness in the process.

The Loving Act of Church Discipline, Part 3: The Freedom of Forgiveness I was talking with a friend of mine recently who was telling me of just an incredible run of adversity that he had been going through. He and his wife were arguing about a new house and not talking. He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35

Denomination: Baptist

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