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  • Fred Sigle avatar

    Loving As Christ Loved

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Apr 2, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,951 views

    Throughout the gospels there is no record of Jesus ever directly telling any of his chosen disciples that he personally loved them. Yet, there was no question about His love for them, for He demonstrated it time and again. Now He asks the disciples to l

    LOVING AS CHRIST LOVED A. What are you willing to do for someone you love? ILLUSTRATION: Some of my fondest memories as a kid was playing with my brothers and friends at an old abandoned TWO-STORY HOUSE located about a quarter of a mile in a PASTURE across from where we lived in Oklahoma. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Loving As Jesus Loved

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 19, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 26,404 views

    "People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care!"

    Loving as Jesus Loved (I Cor. 13:7-8) Illustration: One evening while appearing on CNN’s Larry King Live, Jack Kemp, the honorable congressman from New York, made an insightful comment about the reactionary religious right when he said, "People don’t care how much you know until they know how ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Maintaining God’s Intent For Marriage(& Singleness)-9

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Nov 10, 2020
     | 1,623 views

    9 of ?. Paul answered the inquiries & clarified the concerns of the Corinthian Christians regarding marriage. How are Christians to maintain God’s intent for marriage? Maintaining God’s intent for marriage(& singleness) demands a concentration upon...

    MAINTAINING GOD’s INTENT For MARRIAGE(& Singleness)-?IX—1Corinthians 7:10-17(7:1-17) (Making Marriage(& singleness) Worthy of its Creator) Attention: My wife & I are ‘empty-nesters.’ Our children are all grown & out of the house(small but respectful ‘hallelujah’ with fingers ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian La Croix avatar

    Be Intentional #10-Sharing The Good News Of Jesus (Pt. 2) Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,794 views

    Second message on witnessing - this one focusing on some practical helps.

    Be Intentional #10 – Sharing the Good News (Part 2) 1 Peter 3:15-16 March 30, 2003 Introduction Two weeks ago we looked at the issue of sharing the good news, and we talked about 4 things we need to do on a foundational basis to be effective in telling others about Jesus. The first was that we ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Maintaining God’s Intent For Marriage(& Singleness)-7

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Oct 22, 2019
     | 1,936 views

    7 of ?. Paul answered the inquiries & clarified the concerns of the Corinthian Christians regarding marriage. How are Christians to maintain God’s intent for marriage? Maintaining God’s intent for marriage(& singleness) demands a concentration upon...

    MAINTAINING GOD’s INTENT For MARRIAGE(& Singleness)-VII— 1Corinthians 7:1-9 (Making Marriage(& singleness) Worthy of its Creator) Attention: For the first time, I saw a glimpse of just how Pharisaical I had been as a husband. I had not washed my bride with the water of God’s word. Rather, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Maintaining God’s Intent For Marriage(& Singleness)-8

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Feb 11, 2020
     | 1,908 views

    8 of ?. Paul answered the inquiries & clarified the concerns of the Corinthian Christians regarding marriage. How are Christians to maintain God’s intent for marriage? Maintaining God’s intent for marriage(& singleness) demands a concentration upon...

    MAINTAINING GOD’s INTENT For MARRIAGE(& Singleness)-VIII— 1Corinthians 7:1-9 (Making Marriage(& singleness) Worthy of its Creator) If we are careful to nurture God’s Intent in our marriages, then they will NOT end up ‘on the skids’ as do worldly marriages! Paul answered the inquiries ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Maintaining God’s Intent For Marriage(& Singleness)-5

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Mar 12, 2019
     | 1,698 views

    5 of ?. Paul answered the inquiries & clarified the concerns of the Corinthian Christians regarding marriage. How are Christians to maintain God’s intent for marriage? Maintaining God’s intent for marriage(& singleness) demands a concentration upon...

    MAINTAINING GOD’s INTENT For MARRIAGE(& Singleness)-V—1Corinthians 7:1-9 (Making Marriage(& Singleness) Worthy of its Creator) Attention: Excuse Me Driver: A guy in a taxi wanted to speak to the driver so he leans forward & taps the plexiglass separator. The driver screamed, jumped up ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Maintaining God’s Intent For Marriage(& Singleness)-6

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jun 26, 2019
     | 1,802 views

    6 of ?. Paul answered the inquiries & clarified the concerns of the Corinthian Christians regarding marriage. How are Christians to maintain God’s intent for marriage? Maintaining God’s intent for marriage(& singleness) demands a concentration upon...

    MAINTAINING GOD’s INTENT For MARRIAGE(& Singleness)-VI—1Corinthians 7:1-9 (Making Marriage(& singleness) Worthy of its Creator) You will notice that I have added a qualification to the focus of marriage to include singleness. That is because the apostle Pauls’ discussion includes the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brady Boyd avatar

    The Gift Of Prophecy Series

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Nov 13, 2024
     | 451 views

    The people we love and trust the most are the ones we listen to most intently.

    Church in the City – 1 Corinthians 14 The Gift of Prophecy November 17, 2024 Acts 2:16-18 NIV “No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 "'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeff Taylor avatar

    The Marriage Covenant

    Contributed by Jeff Taylor on Jun 20, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 416 views

    In this message, I will show you through Scripture what God's true intentions are for the most sacred of all covenants, "The Marriage Covenant".

    What is God's true purpose for marriage? What is the marriage covenant? Do I have a marriage covenant with my spouse and God? These are the questions that are in desperate need of answers! And not just any answers. These are questions that only the Bible can answer. These are questions we ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Chris Santasiere avatar

    Love Series

    Contributed by Chris Santasiere on Jun 5, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 14,562 views

    First sermon in a series looking at the "Fruit of the Spirit" from Galatians 5:22-23.

    “The Fruit of the Spirit” LOVE June 1, 2002 Introduction Show video clip of “Mr. Holland’s Opus”. The video clip we just showed was from the movie, “Mr. Holland’s Opus”. The plot of the movie is essentially about “bearing fruit”. Mr. Holland has been teaching music for years feeling as ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Richard White avatar

    Love Is

    Contributed by Richard White on Jul 9, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 14,690 views

    Love is the greatest of all gifts and it is the one that will never cease.

    Love is (1 Cor. 13) Illustration: (Dressing with old clothes on the inside, but nice clothes on the outside.) There was once a church that was having a guest speaker. This speaker was well known throughout the Christian community, yet was virtually unknown to this particular congregation, except ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Truuke Ameigh avatar

    Love

    Contributed by Truuke Ameigh on Apr 30, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,993 views

    Love needs to be shared with your community.

    Love Give each child a penny. Have a basket filled with one penny for each member of the church and the Sunday school. Ask the children how they might spend a penny. (Bubble gum, Penny Candy). It doesn’t buy much does it? If you only think about yourself when you think of love, it is the same ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    This Is Love

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 9, 2001
    based on 179 ratings
     | 23,438 views

    The apostle Paul describes the "most excellent way" of love.

    THIS IS LOVE I Corinthians 13:1-13 INTRO.- ILL.- Here are some children’s ideas about love. - Glenn, age 7 - If falling love is anything like learning how to spell, I don’t want to do it. It takes too long. (loving people takes a long time. It should take a lifetime. We should love people ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Scott Weber avatar

    Be Loving Series

    Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 14,168 views

    The fourth in a series on Matthew 24 & 25, this message focuses on being loving, since Jesus is coming back and we don’t know when.

    Because Jesus Is Returning . . . "Be Loving - Matthew 25:31-46; Luke 10:25-37" We have been studying through Matthew 24,25 - with this overall theme . . . Because Jesus is returning and we don’t know when, how should we be living? A soldier was finally returning from the Vietnam war. He called ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ