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  • Discipleship - The Cost Of Following Jesus

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 23, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,135 views

    Discipleship - The Cost of Following Jesus. (Powerpoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Decision (verse 57-58): (2). Delay (verses 59-61) (3). Determination (verse 61-62) SERMON BODY: Ill: • On a wall near the main entrance to the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, • Is a portrait with the following inscription: • "James Butler Bonham--no ...read more

  • Are You Willing To Pay The Cost? Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jun 27, 2006
    based on 45 ratings
     | 11,835 views

    If we want to be Christ’s disciple, we must be willing to count the cost.

    Are You Willing to Pay the Cost? Text: Lk. 9:57-62 Introduction 1. Read Lk. 9:57-62 2. Illustration: In his book "The Cost of Discipleship," Dietrich Bonehoffer wrote "When Christ calls a man he bids him come and die." Bonehoffer was a Christian leader and pastor in Nazi Germany during WWII. He ...read more

  • Counting The Cost (Part 1)

    Contributed by David Derry on Jan 20, 2003
    based on 278 ratings
     | 23,738 views

    Have we really counted the cost of following Christ? He requires us to surrender everything to be His follower.

    Counting the Cost – Part 1 January 12, 2003 Today we will be talking about being a disciple or follower of Christ. Do we fully understand what that means? The following are actual responses from comment cards given to staff members of a wilderness recreation area… 1. trails need to be ...read more

  • The Great Omission

    Contributed by Rich Dunbar on Apr 29, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 2,617 views

    This is a sermons that sets out a three fold purpose for the church.

    This is the purpose of the Church summed up in a few brief verses. Let’s take a look at what is taking place in this passage. First we see that the eleven disciples did what Jesus had said by going to where He had told them. Then when they encountered Him there they worshipped Him. But some ...read more

  • The High Cost Of Low Living Series

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 9, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,961 views

    The godly line of Seth is now intermingling with the ungodly line of Cain.

    Intro: 1. Tozer, "The rise of a new religious spirit in recent years is marked by disturbing similarities to that earlier "revival" under Constantine. Now as then a quasi-Christianity is achieving acceptance by compromise. It is dickering with the unregenerate world for acceptance and, as ...read more

  • "The Cost Of Following Jesus" Series

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Feb 16, 2005
    based on 142 ratings
     | 26,905 views

    How do we determine the cost of following Jesus? What does it take to follow Him wholeheartedly.

    Iliff and Saltillo UM church Second Sunday of Lent February 20, 2005 “The Cost of Following Jesus” Mark 8:31-38 INTRODUCTION: At the beginning of this chapter we see 4000 people fed with 7 loaves of bread and a few fish. Jesus told his disciples to feed the people and when they said, “yes, ...read more

  • Count The Cost - Move Forward

    Contributed by Imelda Mesa on Dec 30, 2018
     | 6,299 views

    Jesus requires total commitment and singularity of focus from his followers.

    Good morning everyone. Welcome to Church. I trust that you had a wonderful Christmas celebration with your families, friends, and loved ones. I also hope that you took that time to have a meaningful conversation with them about the essence of Jesus’ birth, his peace, his joy, his love, his ...read more

  • "The High Cost Of Discipleship"

    Contributed by David Henderson on Jul 22, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,493 views

    In this message we look at the real cost of discipleship. We have watered it down for today's culture. Jesus never did that.

    “The High Cost of Discipleship” Luke 14:25-35 Last week we left the disciples standing on the shore. They had just brought in such a large catch of fish that the nets were nearly breaking and when they placed all the fish in the boats they began to sink. Jesus said to them, come and ...read more

  • Exhibit The Qualities Of Discipleship Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Oct 20, 2016
     | 6,054 views

    Cost discipleship is always accompanied with great privileges and blessings

    Mathew 5:1-17 Jesus was a greatest teacher of all times. Jesus never quoted anyone except the father in his teachings. But all others in the world quoted one or the other in their lives, teachings. Sermon on the mount is always fresh, energetic, new way of living on the earth. These three chapters ...read more

  • A Great Commitment

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 7, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,771 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

  • The Great Commission

    Contributed by Jody Smith on Oct 28, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,113 views

    Why do we get so caught up in the business of the church? Why are we not more involved in carrying out the church’s business?

    Title: The Great Commission Every year within the United Methodist Church, we find ourselves comsummed by the local charge conference. We have our meetings, our disagreements, our nominations, our elections, our budgets and our paperwork. For nearly two solid months, we become consumed with ...read more

  • Worship That Costs You Everything Series

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 8,416 views

    Have you realized that the Christian life is about surrender and not conformity? Many who come to Jesus think that the first thing they need to do is conform to the status quo of the group - dress like others, talk like the others, make sure their prayers

    1Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 2Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” 3Early the next ...read more

  • Great Change

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 6,389 views

    Through a series of testimonies, show the power of God to dramatically transform lives. Interwoven into the sermon outline, are the testimonies of members of the congregation and their testimonies

    GREAT CHANGE You are on the brink of a transformation that will cause you to do what you could not do, to be what you could not be, to see what you could not see, to hear what you cannot hear. This altar is going to do for you, what a phone booth did for Clark Kent. John Calvin said the Rebirth: ...read more

  • The High Cost Of Friendship With The World Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 18, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 19,296 views

    Friendship with the world is enmity with God. Can any Christian truly afford the price demanded so that we can be friends with the world?

    JAMES 4:4 THE HIGH COST OF FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” Ouch! James is not nice! He calls fellow Christians harsh names ...read more

  • The Great Priorities

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on May 11, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,674 views

    A message focusing in on the need of prayer and ministry of the Word.

    THE GREAT PRIORITIES TEXT: Acts 6:1-4 Acts 6:1-4 (KJV) And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. [2] Then the twelve called the multitude of the ...read more