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  • Daniel Habben avatar

    Don’t Be A Moron (Like Me) And Miss The Banquet!

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 14, 2011
     | 4,124 views

    A first-person narrative on the Parable of the Ten Virgins.

    Your pastor thought of giving me a name like Marsha or Morgan but it’s better that you just remember me as “moron” for that is what Jesus called me and that is what I am. Because of my short-sightedness and sloppy preparation I wound up missing a scrumptious wedding banquet. You ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Hung By The Tongue

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 27, 2015
     | 8,613 views

    An entertaining sermon based on a great clip from a classic Christmas movie. It is about the tongue getting us in trouble.

    Hung by the Tongue James 3:1-12 Start with video clip from “A Christmas Story” There is no doubt that our tongue can get us in trouble. Maybe not stuck to a flagpole... but our words have often gotten us into jams we could not get out of...RIGHT???? That is what James had in mind ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Was Sitting In The Barbers...

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jan 31, 2015
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     | 4,858 views

    Lessons from a little boy in Sunday School, the great theologian Thomas Aquinas, the first disciples Andrew and Phillip, and of course members of our own church .. but what about?

    I was sitting in the barbers - you know the one? Just down at Old Field circus. I think it was the second time I had been to that barbers since I moved in, but the first time that particular girl had cut my hair. And we get chatting about the music they are playing in that salon (I think it was ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    The Cost Of Discipleship Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on May 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,567 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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    Jewish Festivals - A Shadow Of Christ Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Oct 8, 2012
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     | 7,767 views

    In this season of Jewish festivals (Sept 18th-October 7th 2012), when the Jews the World over would have celebrated three of their important festivals-Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkoth- to glean lessons from them, which are significant to Christians

    JEWISH FESTIVALS-A SHADOW OF CHRIST-PART 2 Before coming to the second group of Jewish festivals signifying those events in Christian history, which are yet to occur it is pertinent to ponder…if paramount events in Christian history, such as crucifixion of Christ, pouring ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Russ Adams avatar

    Land Of The Free Series

    Contributed by Russ Adams on Jul 8, 2015
     | 6,689 views

    In America we have freedom of choice, speech and religion

    July 5, 2015 Independence Day 2015 Land of the Free Galatians 5:1-6 Opening words: This is the history of Independence Day. In June of 1776, a Virginian by the name of Richard Henry Lee proposed an American independence from England. The idea kept gaining support until the Second Continental ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Laying It Down

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Apr 27, 2015
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     | 6,614 views

    Jesus' sheep know their Shepherd's voice, and they are safe.

    WHEN I WAS A KID, I loved to go to my grandmother’s house. One of the things I remember about that house was a picture on the wall over the bed where I slept. It was a picture of Jesus. There’s a good chance you’ve seen it, or one like it. It shows the full stature of our Lord. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    A Gracious Master / The Meaning Behind The Parable Of The Unjust Manager

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Sep 22, 2013
    based on 53 ratings
     | 36,729 views

    This parable is deeply embedded in Middle Eastern tradition and culture, and it is to that culture that interpreters should turn.

    By the fourth century the parable of the unjust manager ..... which we read today ...... and the parable of the prodigal son were separated by ..... a chapter division. If the monks who established those divisions ...... had kept the two parables in the same chapter, ....... The entire history of ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Peter’s Hypocrisy Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on May 17, 2018
     | 8,131 views

    When Paul visited Jerusalem, Peter (and others) gave him the “right hand of fellowship”; but when Peter visited Antioch, Paul “opposed him to his face.” Peter’s conduct in Antioch produced a tense face-to-face confrontation between two Christian leaders.

    September 21, 2013 The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians Tom Lowe Chapter II.B.4.a: Peter’s Hypocrisy (2.11-13) Galatians 2.11-13 (KJV) 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For before that certain came from James, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Move It And Keep On Going

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jan 26, 2021
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     | 14,283 views

    Martin Luther King said, “If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” The important thing that we must understand is that we keep moving.

    Move it & Keep on Going. By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING”- The first rule of physics states a body in motion. Martin Luther King said, “If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Mary Magdalene Series

    Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Jun 1, 2021
     | 4,535 views

    Pure Love

    October 17, 2020 In the first 2 sermons of this series, we compared Nicodemus with the Woman at the Well. Today we are going to compare Peter with Mary Magdalene. As we noted last week, Peter is mentioned, by name, more than 150 times in the New Testament. He had many spectacularly great ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    How To Study The Bible Like A Pro - Class #8a - Methods Of Bible Study Series

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Sep 13, 2022
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,512 views

    A Class on the basic Template to Use for Bible Study (5 Parts)

    VIII. METHODS OF BIBLE STUDY There are many Bible Study methods. However, there seems to be a basic template or pattern that all of them use to one degree or another. This pattern is also good because it leads us, step by step, to the important goal of Application! A. Every Passage of Scripture ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Five Ways To Keep Mom From Running Away

    Contributed by John Gaston on May 12, 2023
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     | 2,203 views

    We should be a blessing to our Mothers by loving them unconditionally, verbalizing our love, giving them gifts, giving them the day off, and praying for them. This message contains many humorous anecdotes.

    FIVE WAYS TO KEEP MOM FROM RUNNING AWAY 2 Tim. 1:5 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: “$150 a Week to Talk about Mom” 1. Three Moms were bragging about their grown sons. The first one told of the extravagant birthday parties her son threw for her. “Why he even hired a band for my last birthday.” 2. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Chronos: James #6 Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Feb 28, 2022
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     | 1,611 views

    Being a Christ follower requires having control of body, mind and spirit as we encounter the world as witnesses and co labors in bringing a little heaven to earth.

    A few weeks ago, we started a year-long journey chronological study of the New Testament today. Hence the reason we are calling this message series Chronos. It's a word that means “time.” We will be journeying through time back to the start of the early church. We will be doing this by walking ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Washing Feet And A Kingdom Of Power Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jun 22, 2021
     | 2,863 views

    This passage gives us the dynamic example of Jesus washing feet. How can Jesus lay aside the traditional power structures to be able to live like that? The answer is in this passage.

    PETER'S EMPHATIC "NO": Peter was deeply offended by Christ’s offer because he was still thinking of a traditional power structure. - John 13:6-10a. - The disciples were still expecting the inaugural of a traditional kingdom. - Rome was going to be overthrown, the Jewish nation was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist