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  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    People The Church Cannot Do Without

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Mar 2, 2011
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    Adapted from another pastor on SC, this message speaks to the need of the local church to have a special breed of people,

    People the Church Cannot Do Without Ephesians 5:1-17 / 1 Peter 2:9-10 * It was in the hill of Caesarea Philippi as recorded in the 16th chapter of Matthew where Jesus initially mentioned the church. In the everyday vernacular Jesus turned to Peter, who had just expressed a strong, supernatural ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kyle Sullivan avatar

    Beauty And The Beast Series

    Contributed by Kyle Sullivan on Jun 10, 2010
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    Are you living in the light or the darkness?

    Beauty is the Light and Darkness is the Beast! Question: How far can I go in darkness and still go to Heaven? Question: How close to God can I walk? What Paul is really talking about is the darkness of secret sins. Beauty= Light and Beast= Darkness 1. The Beast of darkness is living with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Dunn avatar

    Children Of The Light Series

    Contributed by James Dunn on Jun 26, 2007
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    This is message 10 of a 13 part series taken from the Book of Ephesians describing "The Power of a Blessed Life."

    Children of the Light Ephesians 5:1-21 I. We Must Keep Away from Darkness "…have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness…" A. Immorality B. Impurity C. Greediness E. Foolishness II. Then We Must Walk in the Light “Live as children of light…” A. Imitate God “Be imitators of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Rodgers avatar

    Our Imitation Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jun 28, 2007
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    The highest priority of the Christian is to become an imitator of Christ - a replica of our Lord. In Ephesians 5, Paul addresses how to be such an imitation.

    Live Out Loud – Our IMITATION Ephesians 5:1-21 Video: Scriptural Imitation – www.sermonspice.com Insert: Play a quick game of Simon-Sez – what are you doing? You have just imitated everything I modeled and asked you do. Trans: As we continue our study in Ephesians today we’re going ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steven Buhr avatar

    How Time Flies

    Contributed by Steven Buhr on Jan 25, 2008
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    Making the most of our time and the opportunities that God puts across our path in life.

    January 6th, 2008 – How Time Flies… Well, another year has gone. The year 2007 is now history. It seems such a short while ago we were yelling Happy New Year for 2007, planning the Launch Service for Westshore Community Church and having 85 people fill the church, getting news of Dan’s tumour, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sylvester Fergusson avatar

    War Not Peace

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 25, 2008
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    Christians are not at liberty to live at peace with the enemy. We are a people that are constantly at war. We have no orders to surrender

    WAR NOT PEACE! Scripture Reading: Eph. 5:1-11 INTRODUCTION Amidst all the prophesies that have been told regarding the end of the world. There is one prophesy which stands head and shoulders above all others. One prophecy, which pinpoints the end of the world with greater accuracy, than all ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • Joe Friend avatar

    Are You Different Now?

    Contributed by Joe Friend on Feb 6, 2008
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    In the church there are a lot of Rip Van Winkle Christians--who go to sleep not long after they made the decision to follow Christ.

    Ephesians 5:8-14 INTRODUCTION: How many have heard the statement, “They are as different as day and night.”? Paul is using this same kind of contrast between darkness and light when he is speaking of the old life without Christ as compared to the new life in Christ. In this scripture Paul is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Devine Impersonation Series

    Contributed by Robert Bravo on Aug 15, 2010
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    God calls as as his chidlren to lives a child of this. Paul gives us a brief discriptiion of what this looks like

    Living as children of Light: A Devine impersonation Ephesians 5:1-20 I. We are to be IMPERSONATORS OF GOD Ephesians 5:1 • This takes INTENTIONAL LIVING a. It doesn’t happen on its own b. We have to make choices each day to live right or not. c. Paul explains this is a way were we ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Jake Kircher avatar

    Hot Topic Night: Music

    Contributed by Jake Kircher on Feb 7, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,106 views

    Should having a relationship with God affect what we listen to and how we listen to music?

    ***Start off with movie clip*** Tonight, we are going to be spending some time talking about music, which is something that is a really big part of most of our lives. Over the last twenty-five years, music, which was already a main focus in culture, has become an even bigger factor in our every ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Make The Most Of Life Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 12, 2010
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    Christians will make the most of their lives on earth by imitating God and God has been sharing Jesus Christ to people ever since He created them.

    It’s 2010 and we all look forward to a prosperous new year. For Christians, we read in Ephesians 1:11-12, “In Christ we were chosen and predestined according to God who works out everything in order that we might be for the praise of His glory.” If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your only ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Warner Pidgeon avatar

    Living As Children Of Light Series

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 27, 2011
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    Using 2 video clips I begin by encouraging people to turn to Christ if they haven’t yet. Then I unpack this passage as to what it means to live as children of light, full of forgiveness, avoiding even a hint or a whiff of impurity.

    (Note to the reader: I began this talk by showing a video called Ribbons, available from PremierTV2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9K86vcHOLI. It shows how Jesus took upon himself the penalty for sin and all that binds us; see 1 Peter 2: 24-25.) ‘[Jesus the Messiah] himself bore our sins in ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Monty Newton avatar

    Streaming: Live- Presenters To End-Users Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Apr 3, 2011
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    Living in the light is to be visible evidence of God-like living.

    20110403 Web Site Title: Streaming: Live Presenters to End-Users Text: Ephesians 5:8-14 Thesis: Living in the light is to be visible evidence of God-like living. Lenten Series: Reflecting, Repenting and Returning to God The Lenten Season is a time for reflection, repenting of our sin and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Our Walk In This World

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Apr 4, 2011
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,076 views

    In our text, God gives us some principles of our walk in this world. 1- Imitate God 2- Stay clean

    INTRO.- Walk in the way of love, one version reads. What is your walk in this world? II Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?” Occasionally, we need to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Timm Meyer avatar

    "Find Out What Pleases The Lord"

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 25, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 18,520 views

    LENT 3 - Believers find out what pleases the Lord when they learn that this truth is not found in the darkness. What pleases the Lord means living in Light.

    “FIND OUT WHAT PLEASES THE LORD” (Outline) March 27, 2011 - Lent 3 - EPHESIANS 5:1-10 INTRO: To find out what pleases the Lord” is our loft goal this morning. All people know how to please themselves. For the most part people generally also know what is pleasing to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Shawn Rose avatar

    Walk In Love And Light Series

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,365 views

    If we want to be effective in winning the lost, we must be imitators of God. There are two ways to do this: walk in love and walk in light. (Part of a series)

    WALK IN LOVE AND LIGHT Text: Ephesians 5:1 – 16 Introduction: · “Followers” = imitators (v. 1) · If we want to be effective in winning the lost, we must be imitators of God · Two ways to do this: walk in love and walk in light Body: A. Walk in love 1. Meaning (v. 2) · Sacrificial ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist