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  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    No Room In Our Hearts

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Jan 17, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,181 views

    A Christmas Eve sermon

    Finally! Christmas Eve is finally here! I thought I would never make it! I actually thought that sometime during the past few days some desparate shopper would drive me off the road. I mean, people are driving like maniacs out there. Of course, it is not as if traffic is always good in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "A Small Town Man"

    Contributed by Greg Baskerville on Mar 24, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,653 views

    This is a funeral I delivered for the newspaper editor in our small community.

    2 Timothy 4:6-8 “For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, will award ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Jesus The Humble King

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jun 7, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 10,992 views

    A Palm Sunday Sermon

    Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-11 Philippians 2:5-11 "Jesus the Humble King"   The following is an adaptation from a sermon that was heard on Lutheran Vespers many years ago. "It was a day young Jacob would not soon forget. It was Passover week and Jewish people from all over the world were streaming ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Great Commitment

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 7, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,547 views

    A Great Commitment to the Great Commission and the Great Commandment will build a great church

    Sermon for 8/29/99 The Great Mount McKinely Introduction: A. Mount McKinley Recliner. Under the right armrest. Lift up the heavy pad and there it is, a sleek, black console equipped with telephone, answering maching, push-button controls for the recliner’s massaging vibrators and a place to plug ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • David Parks avatar

    Grandpa, Tell Me 'bout The Good Old Days

    Contributed by David Parks on Nov 1, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,597 views

    There were many things that were not good about the old days; racism, mothers and children lost at birth, poor medical care, two world wars. But, there was also much that made the old days good.

    Grandpa.. Tell Me ’Bout The Good Old Days Introduction 1. Last week while on vacation we went home to visit my parents. 2. My uncle Leonard had just been sent home from the hospital so we went down to see him. 3. As I stood up to leave I saw a picture that I had forgotten about many years ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Correcting And Forgiving

    Contributed by Claud Owens on Aug 5, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,194 views

    What to do when a brother or sister in the faith sins.

    CORRECTING AND FORGIVING SIN Scripture Reading: Psalm 103: 1 - 7 Gospel Reading: Matthew 18: 15 - 35 In today’s gospel reading Jesus addresses the question of what to do when you find a member of the congregation in sin. Our English translations of the bible have it, "When a brother sins ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    It's About Jesus

    Contributed by Simon Fullylove on Jul 3, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,495 views

    A look at the centrality of Jesus to everything and an encouragement to keep on discovering him.

    Introduction Do you ever ask yourself the question “what on earth am I doing?” Like the man who spent all his money on a sleek new Mercedes roadster and was out on the motorway for an evening cruise. The top was down, the breeze was blowing through his hair and he decided to open her up. As wnet ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Enduring The Race

    Contributed by Stephen Carroll on Feb 22, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,092 views

    The writer of the letter to the Hebrews compares our faith walk to a race that is to be run with perseverance. This not one of those races you may have run at an elementary school field day, You know the ones where everyone got a medal even if they ran th

    Enduring for the Gold Hebrews 12: 1-3 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    By This Will They Know You Are My Disciples Series

    Contributed by Mark Edwards on Mar 29, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 13,807 views

    by loving one another with authentic love, people will see we are following the teachings and example of Jesus

    We are continuing our journey towards Easter with our next statement that Jesus said that changed the world. Last week we heard how when Jesus said, come follow me, it started off a chain reaction which would eventually lead to their being 1 and a half billion followers of Jesus all around the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Are What You Eat

    Contributed by J. Curtis Goforth, O.s.l. on Aug 7, 2006
    based on 27 ratings
     | 7,625 views

    In a world of fad diets, cooking shows on tv, and gourmet grocery stores everywhere, Jesus reminds us not to work for the bread that perishes. We are reminded that Jesus is the bread eternal!

    "You Are What You Eat!" Sermon on John 6:24-35 Pentecost +9-B August 6, 2006 Rev. J. Curtis Goforth, O.S.L. “For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. They said to him, ‘Sir, give us this bread always.’ Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Wonder Bread

    Contributed by J. Curtis Goforth, O.s.l. on Aug 7, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,850 views

    A Sermon on the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000. The crowd failed to see the true miracle in the meal, and this sermon invites followers of Jesus to focus on the meaning behind the miracle.

    "Wonder Bread" Sermon on John 6:1-21 July 30, 2006 Pentecost +8-B Rev. J. Curtis Goforth, O.S.L. “Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks,he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted…When the people saw the sign that he had done, they ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Narnia: A Lion's Tale

    Contributed by Richard Vartenisian on Dec 2, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,313 views

    A sermon about Aslan from CS Lewis’ The Lion,The Witch and the Wardrobe

    A Lion’s Tale He was the most unlikely person to write a children’s novel. He was a 50 year old professor who had not married and had no children. He determined he would write a kind of fairy tale. Yet he had never even read a fairy tale until he was an adult. It was really unlikely he knew how ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Kenneth Trent avatar

    Jesus Will Meet You There

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Jun 28, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 9,883 views

    The promise that Jesus made to His disciples “and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” has brought peace and assurance to many a troubled heart.

    JESUS WILL MEET YOU THERE Then go quickly and tell His disciples: ’He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ Now I have told you." (Matthew 28:7) I regularly read “A Pastoral Letter” that I receive bi-monthly from Paul W. Powell of George W. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Roger Thomas avatar

    The Invitation

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Feb 17, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,987 views

    Some call this the greatest invitation ever made. Like every invitation is contains three parts: the invited, the inviter, and the invitation itself. Let’s break our text down and consider it from three directions.

    Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO The Invitation Mt 11:28-30 Introduction: Robert Kirkpatrick had some good news and some bad news. The good news: he had been extended a written invitation to a dinner with President Bush in Washington, DC. The invite ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Extreme Widows! Mark 12: 41-44

    Contributed by David Smith on Dec 14, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,947 views

    My focus here is on three widows - Ruth, her mother-in-law Naomi, and a nameless pensioner who puts all her livelihood into the offertory plate! As ever, the characters the Bible brings before us as heroes of the faith are persons whom the community at

    A priest by the name of Wes Seeliger was shopping for a motorcycle. The Harley-Davidson salesperson bragged ‘this machine will go from 0 to 150 in 20 seconds. It will hug the road at 150 km/h. It will outrun anything on wheels. What do you do for a living, sir.’ ‘I’m a priest’ Seeliger said. ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican