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  • Tony Klinedinst avatar

    Really, I Know What I'm Doing . . .oops! Sorry! Series

    Contributed by Tony Klinedinst on Aug 14, 2002
    based on 75 ratings
     | 7,395 views

    A sermon on learning from our mistakes using Cain’s "mistake" with his sacrifice as a bad example.

    “Really, I know what I am doing . . . Oops, Sorry!” Growing through our Mistakes. Introduction: Learning from our mistakes: 1. Coors put its slogan, "Turn it loose," into Spanish, where it was read as "Suffer from diarrhea". 2. Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron, into German ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Karl Eckhoff avatar

    A Tale Of Two Offerings

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Sep 12, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 4,635 views

    Cain’s offering and Abel’s offering look similar on the surface but are distinguished from one another on the basis of the faith in their hearts. The great question this story asks is where our offerings fall, closer to Cain’s or closer to Abel’s?

    Pentecost 17 A Genesis 4:1-16 A Tale of Two Offerings 09/15/02 The powerful, faith assuring epistle of Romans which we have been reading this past summer and from which our epistle is taken today, draws near to its close with the following words of chapter 15. “everything that is written in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • John Kapteyn avatar

    Are You A Cain?

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,551 views

    Today we consider what led to Cain's act of murder. In that we see the cause, the consequences and the cure of sin. And we have to ask ourselves "Am I A Cain?"

    Introductory Considerations 1. Are you a Cain? 2. I would think and hope that everyone here would quickly be able to answer "of course not", for as we just read, Cain was a murder - in fact the first murderer of all time. 2. How could I even think to ask this question? How could I ever think ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • John Kapteyn avatar

    Freed From Anger

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 105 ratings
     | 4,181 views

    Introductory Comments 1.

    Introductory Comments 1. Did you do homework assignment this week? Last week I asked you to prepare for today’s message. Are you prepared? I asked that you think of the name or names of the people that you are angry with. For some of you that may have been very easy, for others somewhat more ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Eddie Snipes avatar

    Why Cain's Sacrifice Is Rejected Series

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 15,005 views

    Why was Cain’s offering rejected? We reproduce Cain’s sin when we allow sin to control us and try to produce our own righteousness.

    Genesis 4 - The Sin of Cain Genesis 4:1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, "I have acquired a man from the LORD." 2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in the process of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    God Of Justice Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 27, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,783 views

    During a time of community pain, we need to know that God is a God of Justice.

    God Stories The God of Justice May 18, 2003 Holly – our desire for justice in this crime This past week we have had a terrible crime committed in our city – I know that you have all heard how little Holly Jones went missing on Monday and how they found her body on Tuesday and began the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    The First Child's Sin

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 164 ratings
     | 6,541 views

    How Cain committed the first sin of a child - envy

    The First Child’s Sin – Genesis 4:1-26 Illustration:Dwight L. Moody once told the fable of an eagle who was envious of another that could fly better than he could. One day the bird saw a sportsman with a bow and arrow and said to him, "I wish you would bring down that eagle up there." The man said ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Evils Of Envy

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,887 views

    Evils of Envy

    Unit 3 Lesson 6 – The First Child’s Sin – Genesis 4:1-26 For The Teacher’s Preparation 1. Aim: To lead the people to know the difference between hypocritical and acceptable gifts to God so they can give with a wholesome attitude. 2. Explanation of the Aim: One’s motives are very important when ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Envy Is Evil

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,490 views

    The evils of envy that lead to self-destructive habits

    Unit 3 Lesson 6 – The First Child’s Sin – Genesis 4:1-26 For The Teacher’s Preparation 1. Aim: To lead the people to know the difference between hypocritical and acceptable gifts to God so they can give with a wholesome attitude. 2. Explanation of the Aim: One’s motives are very important when ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dan Erickson avatar

    A Tale Of Two Brothers

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 271 ratings
     | 27,364 views

    How we relate to God affects how we relate to others: Because Cain didn't have a right relationship with God, his relationship with his brother Abel was not right either.

    For a number of years, one of my favorite TV shows was "Murder, She Wrote" with Angela Lansbury. Now, I could never figure out how so many murders could happen in that little New England village of Cabot Cove, but there was something captivating about trying to figure out "who done it" before the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul George avatar

    Where Is Your Brother

    Contributed by Paul George on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,298 views

    What happens when passions are not kept under control

    Where is your Brother Genesis 4:1-16 The questions that Adam and Eve probably asked when they looked back to where they were and where they are now was probably where do we go from here and what will happen next. When Adam and Eve were driven from the Garden of Eden, God didn’t abandon them. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Mark Beaird avatar

    Sin Is Waiting

    Contributed by Mark Beaird on May 6, 2003
    based on 84 ratings
     | 12,940 views

    In our text, sin is likened to, or compared to an enemy that is lying in wait ready to attack us. The implication is that if we are to escape the attack we must be on guard and always alert. The truth is that sin and enemy Satan are always there ready t

    SIN IS WAITING © Copyright 1-99 by Mark Beaird Text: Genesis 4:7 (NIV) If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.  Scores of people lost their lives. The world’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Thomas Monroe avatar

    Abel Vs Unable Series

    Contributed by Thomas Monroe on Sep 20, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,543 views

    What qualifications would Abel have for being included in the Hall of Faith (Hebrews 11)

    Able vs. Unable (Genesis 4:1-8) Abel was a shepherd. Cain was a farmer. Cain would end up making Abel the first person martyred for the truth. What led to this extreme act of violence? I. The Offering A. Two different offerings 1. Abel offered fat portions from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jim Kane avatar

    Keeping Our Brothers

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Oct 3, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 3,425 views

    Our attitudes and our actions can alienate us from God and from one another.

    I begin this morning with a very deep and profound question, "What kind of animal are you?" Now, don’t get defensive, okay? If you were to describe yourself as an animal, what animal would that be? Let me narrow the field to four options, courtesy Dr John Trent, a Christian author and ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Jeremy Lile avatar

    Rotten Tomatoes & Sour Lemons

    Contributed by Jeremy Lile on Jul 6, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,645 views

    Giving the best we got to God

    Text: Genesis 4:3-5 (NIV) 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord.4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering1 he did not look ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God