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  • Hans Krause avatar

    Getting Your Feet Clean And Your Hands Dirty

    Contributed by Hans Krause on Oct 14, 2018
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,831 views

    Jesus washed his disciples' feet. What did he really want to teach his disciples about service and humility?

    [Sermon preached on 14 October 2018, Apostles' Sunday / 3rd year, ELCF Lectionary] Last Tuesday, our Bible study group went through the three readings for today. We soon found that they have at least two things in common. For one thing, they have all been taken out of context. As you may have ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Unfaithful Yet Loved - (Lesson From Hosea And Gomer)

    Contributed by Don Aldrich Tamayo on Jan 31, 2025
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    This is the story of Hosea and Gomer, a picture of God’s incredible love for His people, and ultimately, His love for you and me. Hosea was a prophet of God, a man called to proclaim the truth. But God didn’t just want him to preach—He wanted him to live out his message.

    Expository Sermon: Hosea and Gomer – Unfaithful Yet Loved Title: " Unfaithful Yet Loved" Text: Hosea 3:1 – “The Lord said to me, ‘Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Of Campaigns And Callings

    Contributed by Jonathan Twitchell on Oct 26, 2006
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     | 2,645 views

    Twenty-first political campaigns in the United States seem to be a far cry from the intentions of the founding fathers of our country. And yet, the aspirations for titles and positions go back in history. Every organization with people seems to have a pol

    It’s that time of year again… the air is cool and crisp, the days are getting shorter, the leaves are beginning to fall, and the television is full of pithy little advertising spots exhorting why I should choose one candidate over another. I think I’ve figured out how to identify a negative ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Blessing Of Trouble

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 14, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,084 views

    We try to avoid the very things God wants to use to mould us into the glorious creatures He intends us to be.

    “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing” It is noteworthy that the man who, by the time of this writing ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Finding Joy: Easter, 2003

    Contributed by Rick Duncan on Apr 28, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 5,431 views

    Do you ever feel like this? Emptiness? Exhaustion? Feeling trapped? We’ll meet two people in the Bible who felt this way. But because they met the Risen Jesus, they found joy. And you can, too!

    (I used several ideas from Rick Warren’s Easter messages over the last few years for this message. Thanks, Rick! 1980 people attended our services and 63 people prayed to recieve Christ at CVCC this Easter!) * * * I’ve lived in NE Ohio 17 years and I’ve personally talked to hundreds of people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    3 Pentecost A

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 56 ratings
     | 4,122 views

    Jesus wanted mercy not sacrifice. He calls us, as he called Matthew to bring mercy into the world in which we live.

    3 Pentecost A Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 9 June 2002 Rev. Roger Haugen Oh, the life of a Pharisee! They worked so hard to get it right with God, and seemed to get it all wrong. They had rules and regulations. They knew when to come to the temple, how to behave there. They knew how everyone else was ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Discovery...spiritual Warfare Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Jan 12, 2016
     | 4,562 views

    Discovering is finding something new, finding something you did not know, and discovery is desiring what God wants to give you.

    Discovery…Spiritual Warfare Selected Scriptures Introduction- This mourning we will begin a series I am calling Discovery. I pray that it will be a time that we discover things about God and about ourselves. Discovery can be things we did not know Things that we were seeking and ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    A Nation's True Happiness

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jul 2, 2013
     | 5,673 views

    The psalmist encouraged his readers toward a focused attention upon the inherent happiness found in their having been chosen of God. Without seeking God, any nation experiences distance & dissidence. When is national happiness experienced?

    IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, & to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate & ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Nebuchadnezzar’s Experience Teaches About Pride

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Dec 8, 2013
     | 8,472 views

    Instead of praying, "Lord keep me humble," we'll really want to pray, "Lord make me humble."

    (sermon theme from Mike Turner) Boanthropy. Do you know what that is? It’s a psychological disorder where a person believes that he is an animal. Could this be what causes our children to eat the way they do at the dinner table? No. Boanthropy is a bit more involved than that. If your ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Stepping Into A New Season

    Contributed by Rainer Reddy on Sep 4, 2015
     | 33,246 views

    As the seasons change in the natural, so to does it in the spiritual. God wants to take us into a new, better, more abundant season.

    It’s a new season Text: Ecclesiastes 3: 1 – 8 “There’s a season for everything and a time for every matter under the heavens: a time for giving birth and a time for dying, a time for planting and a time for uprooting what was planted, a time for killing and a time for ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Life Is God's Choice

    Contributed by Gary Holt on Jan 18, 2020
     | 3,348 views

    I used this sermon for the Sanctity of Human life Sunday. I wanted to be clear, loving and to challenge the Church to serve Jesus.

    “Life is God’s choice” Jeremiah 1:4-5 This is a Delicate topic: - My intention is to be both truthful and loving - But also I don’t plan to tip toe around the subject. - I hope you will pray for me during this message People ought to know: ? Mothers shouldn’t kill their children. ? Fathers ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Saints With Broken Haloes

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 3,175 views

    All Christians are ’saints’ but with broken haloes; God wants to restore and shine through us - see the story of Winchester Cathedral window.

    CALLED TO BE SAINTS Many years ago the bishops in England thought that there were so many good people to remember, that one day should be set apart commemorate all who had lived Godly lives, and so November 1st was designated as "All Saints Day". When St Paul wrote his letter to the Christians ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "The Jesus Family Tomb"? Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 10, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,124 views

    The Discovery Channel recently aired a documentary titled, "The Jesus Family Tomb," in which they assert that a tomb was found containing the bones of Jesus and other family members. This sermon examines what really happened on that first Sunday.

    Scripture Last month the Discovery Channel aired a television documentary titled, “The Jesus Family Tomb.” HarperSanFrancisco released a book by the same title at the same time. The documentary (and book) claims that a tomb discovered in Jerusalem in 1980 contains the family burial plot of Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Really Live! Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 27, 2016
     | 7,220 views

    Do you want real joy in the face of any adversity? Then pursue the advancement of the Gospel and the exaltation of Christ above anything else.

    Maria Brunner's husband was unemployed, so she supported their three young children by cleaning other people's houses. However, even without a job, her husband managed to run up quite a number of unpaid parking tickets. The bill totaled nearly $5,000. Mr. Brunner kept the tickets a secret from his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    The Key To Exercising Biblical Authority Series

    Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Oct 16, 2011
     | 7,135 views

    God wants each of us to exercise biblical authority; but before we can exercise authority we must be UNDER authority.

    THE KEY TO EXERCISING BIBLICAL AUTHORITY 1 Peter 2:11-25 INTRODUCTION: Submit. It is a word that is distained by so many people. No one wants to submit to anybody. Many people treat submission much like the little boy who was told repeatedly by his mother to sit down on the seat in church. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal