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  • Emil Boniog avatar

    Ordination Sermon

    Contributed by Emil Boniog on Jan 12, 2004
    based on 96 ratings
     | 34,750 views

    A charge to the candidate based on Acts 13:1-4 outlining the following requirements for ordination: COMMUNION, CONSECRATION, & COMMISSION; and a charge to the congregation based on 1 Timothy 5:17-19 outlining their threefold ministry to their pastor, name

    ORDINATION SERMON Acts 13:1-4 & 1 Timothy 5:17-19 A WORD FOR THE PASTOR INTRODUCTION This morning, I want to share some thoughts from the Word of God. I have chosen two passages for our meditation. The first is Acts 13:1-4. · “1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Trouble In The King's Household Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 3, 2004
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,959 views

    As great a king as David was, he was still a human king with all the flaws of any human being. It would take the coming of Jesus before we had a king who truly reflected God’s heart in all he did; whose leadership would fully reflect God’s character.

    What we’re looking at today is not pretty. Incest, rape, murder, political intrigue leading to a coup d’état, David running for his life. And again we wonder what to make of it all. Why is it in here? Well, there are a couple of reasons it’s in here. One is to show how quickly God’s judgement on ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Scattered Abroad

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Mar 8, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,457 views

    IN THIS SERMON CONCERNNG BEING SCATTERED ABORAD, WE SEE,THE PERSUCTION OF THE BELIEVERS.THE PARTING OF THE BELIEVERS, AND THE PREACHING OF THE BELIEVERS.

    SCATTERED ABROAD Acts 8:1-4 Several years ago Billy Graham preached in the first London Crusade. The response was so great that all of England was affected in someway. The common man who had almost forgotten the church flocked to hear Billy preach about JESUS. Many ministers were saved while ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Building On The Rock

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 13, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,216 views

    Jesus spoke about building our homes on rock but what about our churches?

    Two men, the number is both important and irrelevant. It is important because there had to be two, one would not have been enough. It’s irrelevant because those two men represent every human being who has ever lived. Two men, the number is both important and irrelevant. The story is a familiar ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Dui: Dying Under The Influence [alcohol / Social Drinking / Wine] Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 3, 2005
    based on 94 ratings
     | 10,065 views

    America’s #1 Drug & #1 Killer. A Biblical look at God’s mind on alcohol, inc. Heb./Greek study. You can vote against the sermon, but you can’t argue with God! DESCRIPTION of Alcohol, DESTRUCTION, DECEPTION...and DELIVERANCE! PowerPoint at website.

    DUI: Dying Under the Influence Prov. 23:29-35 We have a drug problem in the U.S. We could talk about: cocaine, marijuana, meth, or heroine. America’s #1 problem drug is not any of these illegal substances, But a legal drug called ALCOHOL. [In the Bible: "Alcohol" represents all of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Are You Clinging To?

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on Aug 23, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 5,881 views

    A sermon that talks about our Sincere Love for God, and hating what is evil and clinging to what is good.

    What are you Clinging Too? Pastor Glenn Newton Aug. 17, 2003 RO 12:9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Cheerful Givers

    Contributed by Fred Mueller on Oct 25, 2001
    based on 55 ratings
     | 7,216 views

    A sermon preparing the congregation to pledge, emphasizing the need of the giver to give, not the need of the church to "get."

    The Reformed Church of Locust Valley Pentecost XX October 21, 2001 Mt. 5:13-16, II Cor. 9:6-15 “Cheerful Givers” “Giving isn’t about the receiver or the gift but the giver. It’s for the giver.” That’s the theme of our annual stewardship program called ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Is The Grace Of God? Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jun 19, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,204 views

    It is GRACE that seperates Christianity from the rest of the world’s religions!

    Sermon Brief Date Written: April 12, 2007 Date Preached: April 15, 2007 Where Preached: OZHBC (AM) Sermon Details: Sermon Series: The Doctrines of the Faith Sermon Title: What is the Grace of God? Sermon Text: Eph 2:8-10 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Lost Tomb Of Jesus???

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Mar 6, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,534 views

    This is a apologetic response to the March 4, 2007 Discovery Channel documentary on "The Lost Tomb of Jesus."

    THE LOST TOMB of JESUS??? Acts 1:1-4 1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he showed himself to these ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Law & Order

    Contributed by Keith Manry on Mar 29, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,160 views

    This is part III in the series 24. It is a first person narrative taken from the perspective of Caiaphas. The preaching idea: you can’t be your own high priest!

    Have you ever wished you could communicate with a loved one who has already passed on? Have you ever thought that perhaps that loved one wishes he or she could communicate with you as well? In 1999 a film was released that allowed us to imagine that communication across the great chasm that ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Accept One Another

    Contributed by Charles Scott on Jan 19, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,629 views

    Accepting others made in God’s image and redeemed by Christ’s death is an essential consequence of our being accepted by Christ.

    Accept One Another Romans 15__4-13 Advent2 Sun, Dec 9, 2007 Second Sunday in Advent(A) : Isaiah 11:1-10, Rom 15:4-13, Matt 3:1-12, Psalm 72:1-7 Invocation: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. In verse Romans 15, verse 7 St. Paul wrote: "Accept one ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • William Nieporte avatar

    Do You Enjoy God

    Contributed by William Nieporte on Nov 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,819 views

    This was preached two Sundays after my resignation, dealing with the approaching time of transition that the church (and pastor) will be experiencing.

    Introduction: Hold items dug up in the process of moving. Use them as references to all of the change that we have experienced individually and as a church. File – containing clergy records Church – nearly 75% of you were not actively involved when I arrived New article – 911 and all that has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Worldviews

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 20, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,243 views

    A look at the religious groups of Jesus day and how they were affected by their culture (as might be): 1. Zealots 2.Phariasees 3. Saduccees 4. Scribes 5. Herodians 6. Essenes

    How would you like it if someone spit on you? In our cultural setting it would be a sign of disrespect, an attempt to shame and humiliate a person. But for some cultures, it has an entirely different meaning. I am reading a wonderful book entitled Christianity Rediscovered. It is written by a ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    They Had Hung Out With Jesus Series

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jun 24, 2006
     | 3,505 views

    Hanging out with Jesus is the wat people can see Jesus on you. Peter and Johe let the HS lead them in word and deed.

    They had “hung out” with Jesus Acts 4 1-31 Last week we heard the first half of the story. We heard about a crippled man that had sat near the gate called Beautiful for close to 40 years. Peter and John are going up to the Temple and stop and heal this life long beggar. He goes with them into ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Good News For The Poor

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on May 14, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,457 views

    Here is a goal that everyone of us is called to work towards as a part of Christ’s body here on earth: to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, and to proclaim th

    I wonder how many people were here when we first sat down to work on a Parish Plan. I don’t think there were many of you around back then, though most were when we reviewed that plan a few years ago. But for those who weren’t it was one of the first things we did after I started here. But then that ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican