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  • Michael McCartney avatar

    Love Vs Lust Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 16, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 37,746 views

    When you compare love verse lust you very quickly discover that one leads to happiness, blessings and fulfillment in life while the other leads to discontentment, guilt, curses and despair in life. Which will you choose?

    Sermon: “Love vs Lust” Series: 4 letter words+ Thesis: When you compare love verse lust you very quickly discover that one leads to happiness, blessings and fulfillment in life while the other leads to discontentment, guilt, curses and despair in life. Which will you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Love Myths #5 Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Feb 16, 2010
     | 3,340 views

    When love gets hard, love enough to fight for it, to spend yourself for it, and don't give up until death.

    Love Myths #5: How Then Should We Love? February 14, 2010 Intro: There are a lot of things on people’s minds this weekend, between Valentine’s day, a long weekend, the launch of the 2010 winter Olympics, and all the general stuff of life. So rather than fight those things, I want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hallmarks Of Love 2 Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Mar 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,506 views

    Exposition of 1 Cor 13:4b-5a regarding biblical love

    Text: 1 Corinthians 13:4b-5a, Title: The Hallmarks of Love 2, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/28/10, AM A. Opening illustration: Her fiancé was called into the army, so their wedding had to be postponed. At the Battle of the Wilderness he was severely wounded. His bride-to-be, not knowing of his condition, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hallmarks Of Love 1 Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Mar 1, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,460 views

    Exposition of 1 Cor 13:4 regarding biblical love

    Text: 1 Corinthians 13:4, Title: The Hallmarks of Love 1, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/21/10, AM A. Opening illustration: the lady who wanted to divorce her husband in the most painful way possible. The suggestion was to go and act like you love him for 2 months, and make him believe it, then drop the bomb ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hallmarks Of Love 3 Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Mar 8, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,053 views

    Exposition of 1 Cor 13:5-6 regarding the next three qualities of Christian love: not easily angered, not keeping records of wrongs, rejoices in truth, not in inquities

    Text: 1 Corinthians 13:5b-6, Title: The Hallmarks of Love 3, Date/Place: NRBC, 3/7/10, AM A. Opening illustration: A young man left his employer, a lumber merchant, and began business in opposition to him. For a while he prospered greatly and got many orders that would have gone to the firm he had ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Speaking The Language Of Love"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 19, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,453 views

    We can tell others that we love them--that God loves them until we are blue in the face, but they will not understand our speech until it is put into action…until it is tangible…until it awakens in them, an understanding, a craving for what they need most

    Acts 2:1-21 “Speaking the Language of Love” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN Recently, I read about an embarrassing incident that took place during Jimmy Carter’s presidency. President Carter made a state visit to Poland, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    The Nature Of God's Love Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on May 30, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,950 views

    In this message we look at the Premise and Promise of God's love.

    As we read through the book of Romans there seems to be some common themes that we see over and over again. The common topics are: The Law, Sin and Grace. And in case you are thinking those are probably common themes throughout the Bible, or the New Testament or even Paul’s letters, they ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Love, It's Not An Option

    Contributed by Steve Keeler on Jun 26, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,512 views

    Jesus want's up to be prepared vertically and horizontally, to live right with God and with man!

    Love, It's Not An Option! by Steve Keeler Scripture John 15:9-17 If you knew your death was coming soon what would you say to those you love? Jesus spoke to His followers not long before He was to be killed on the cross. This was His farewell speech to the disciples. John 15:9-17 "Just as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Product Of Real Love Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jun 28, 2010
    based on 24 ratings
     | 25,352 views

    The act of loving is what makes a person better than he is. Love enlarges the boarders of our heart, it deepens us & overflow from us. It is by loving that we come nearer to God & knit our soul to that of Jesus. To refuse to love is to contract inward

    [LIVING IN LOVE SERIES] 1 CORINTHIANS 13:6b-8a THE PRODUCT OF REAL LOVE Here we find Real Love’s Outcome. Love, says Browning, “is the energy of life.” The Bible says where God is, love is, for God is love. All of these 15 colors and hues of the spectrum of love we find in this passage are verbs ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Love That Lasts A Lifetime

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 8, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,223 views

    A wedding sermon on the permanency and power of love.

    A LOVE THAT LASTS A LIFE TIME 1 Corinthians 13 & Proverbs 30:18-19 Sermon Objective: A wedding sermon on the permanency and power of love. My, oh my! Rob and Anna, I have been looking forward to this day. I know you have too. I believe God has wonderful things in store for you as a couple ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Ryan Reed avatar

    Living A Legacy Of Love Series

    Contributed by Ryan Reed on Jul 8, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,418 views

    Understanding love is a choice, there are three aspects of Love we will examine this morning: Love is the FOUNDATION upon which we are to live, the COMMAND by which we are to live, and the EXAMPLE for how we are to live.

    Text: 1 Cor. 13; 1 John 4:8-21 Introduction: 1. For the past few weeks we have been looking at Living a Legacy. A Legacy is something you possess and pass on to someone else (typically, but not limited to, family). Generally what is transferred is of value to the recipient . So far we have seen ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Patrick Nix avatar

    Love: A Fruit Of The Spirit Series

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
     | 3,796 views

    The battle that every Christian fights is not won or lost by whether we get more of God (we’ve already got all He’s going to give: 100%), the real issue is whether or not God will get more of us!

    The Bible is clear: if you are Christian, then you have the Holy Spirit living inside of you… buried below layers of body and soul (Romans 8:9-11). He’ll always be there – never leaving or forsaking you (Hebrews 13:5). In fact, the Apostle Paul even sarcastically reminds a church that has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jofrey Bustamante avatar

    Twin Portraits Of Love

    Contributed by Jofrey Bustamante on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,061 views

    Love is a beautiful emotion but it is also a powerful devotion!

    Introduction: Dr. Albert Palmer was the minister of Central Union Church of Honolulu, Hawaii. While serving there he oversaw a massive building project for their church. Just before its completion, the architect asked Palmer to provide him with an inscription to be placed high in the chancel above ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chris Layton avatar

    If You Love Me...

    Contributed by Chris Layton on Jan 11, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 9,278 views

    For us to grow in our faith we must love Jesus more.

    If You Love Me… Text: John 14:15; 21:15–19 (NASB 1995) Scripture Reading: Introduction Think about someone you love deeply—a spouse, a child, a close friend. Now imagine you could change one thing in your life to grow even closer to them. What would it be? Maybe you’d spend more time together, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Out Love Series

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 15, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 12,952 views

    Christians should abound in Christ-like love and this love actually will work towards our sanctification. This is the 6th in our series on 1st Thessalonians

    Living out Love Text: 1st Thessalonians 3:11-13 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) Well we’ve gone over the background of this book, we’ve talked about how Paul, Silas and Timothy had been in Thessalonica around 49 AD, and how persecution arose and Paul had to make a hasty escape in the middle of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible