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  • Chip Monck avatar

    Resuscitating Your Faith Series

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Jun 7, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,947 views

    This is the sixth in a series walking through the book of James, and exploring ways to make our faith practical in daily life. This week explores true faith combining knowledge and emotions with action.

    (This message was introduced with a clip from the movie "Signs", featuring Mel Gibson. During the movie, there is an evening conversation between the character played by Gibson and his brother. It takes place on a coach, with the children sleeping beside them, and is a powerful reflection on ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Grow Up Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jun 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,896 views

    Once the foundation of our faith is laid, then what?

    His name was Mickey Cohen. And he was a crook. And not just a little crook either, Mickey Cohen was the top man in the Los Angeles underworld during the forties and fifties. He had his finger into everything: gambling, extortion and prostitution. At his word heads were cracked, bones were ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Lee Henry avatar

    Abraham, Friend Of God

    Contributed by Lee Henry on Jul 14, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,769 views

    In Three major religions, Abraham is called the "Friend of God." This sermon explores the character and attributes of Abraham that cause him to be held in such high esteem by God.

    ABRAHAM: FRIEND OF GOD James 2:23; II Chron. 20:7; Isa. 41:8 Intro: In three different passages in the Bible, Abraham is referred to as “the friend of God.” He is the father of the faithful. He is a central figure in three world religions: Moslem, Judaism, and Christianity. What was it about ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Brad Froese avatar

    The Quest For Righteousness

    Contributed by Brad Froese on Jul 18, 2006
    based on 26 ratings
     | 7,030 views

    People often misperceive righteousness as goodness or perfection. This sermon encourages righteousness as faith & actions combined... (Book of James.)

    When we read about righteous men and women of the Bible, such as King David, Father Abraham, even Rahab (a former prostitute!), we tend to forget their shortcomings and trick ourselves into believing that goodness and perfection determine how close we are to God! Illustrate the story of Moses at ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    "Faith And Works"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Oct 19, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,605 views

    It’s not ’faith versus works’, it’s faith and works’

    14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    Beyond Easy Believism! Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Oct 19, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,009 views

    In James 2:14-26 we find two great truths about genuine saving faith that are meant to give you a solid foundation upon which to build your life and ministry.

    Scripture A Chicago-based newspaper, StreetWise, is sold by homeless people, who collect a portion of the proceeds. One day as Dr. Joseph Stowell, then serving as President of the Moody Bible Institute, walked to work, he passed a StreetWise vendor. It was a bitterly cold January morning, and he ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    Living Out Your Faith Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Jan 30, 2006
    based on 26 ratings
     | 27,488 views

    A challenge not to just talk about faith, but to live it out.

    This morning I am beginning a new sermon series called 40 Days of Faith. For the next forty days (or six weeks), I will be sharing six messages that I hope will strengthen your faith and mine. 1. Living Out Your Faith 2. Deepening Your Faith (Prayer) 3. Deepening Your Faith (Bible Study) 4. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    Three Questions About Faith Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 17, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,855 views

    Don’t tell me about your faith; show it to me.

    THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT FAITH Text: James 2:14-26 Introduction 1. Read James 2:14-26 2. Faith and works should travel side by side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again -- until they can scarcely distinguish ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Eddie Snipes avatar

    Biblical Faith (Part 2)

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Mar 29, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,390 views

    This two-part sermon examines faith as it is taught in the scriptures. Faith fundamental to the Christian life and without faith, it is impossible to please God; therefore, understanding faith is a foundational issue. Faith enables us to obey, overcome an

    Living Faith vs. Dead Faith Look at James 2:20 - 26 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Owens avatar

    Faith That Saves Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Jun 6, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,796 views

    Saving faith is more than something you say, feel, or think, it is something you do.

    Introduction: A. How many of you have heard of the great tightrope walker named Blondin? 1. For many years I’ve used his story to illustrate saving faith. 2. His story really captivates my mind and challenges my heart. 3. Blondin’s real name was Jean Francois Gravelet. He lived from ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Fabulous Faith Or False Faith.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Feb 14, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,234 views

    We are told in Hebrews 11: 6, “without faith it is impossible to please God.” It is not according to your fortune, your fame, and friends, but according to your faith in pleasing God. Jesus put a premium on faith.

    Fabulous faith or false faith. James 2: 14 -- 26. 02/13/05 We have been talking about facing life with faith now for several Sundays. Faith is the key to pleasing God. We are told in Hebrews 11: 6, “without faith it is impossible to please God.” It is not according to your fortune, your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    Faith

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Sep 9, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,581 views

    James features on works showing our faith NOT works driving our faith

    James 2:1-17 Story: One man I admire greatly is Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941). Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest, who was put in a Nazi concentration camp for his faith. On May 28, 1941, he was transferred to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. During his time there, he would share his ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Steve Akins avatar

    Real Faith That Really Works Series

    Contributed by Steve Akins on Oct 5, 2006
     | 4,187 views

    Reality Shows don’t show much reality

    Reality Shows don’t show much reality. 1. REALITY FAITH GOES BEYOND WHAT YOU SAY v. 14 Real faith is not just something you say, something you talk about. "Can that faith save him? Can such faith save him?" It doesn’t say he actually has faith, he just claims to have it. He talks about it. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brett Adams avatar

    Faith That Works Series

    Contributed by Brett Adams on Oct 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,885 views

    Sorting through the idea of faith versus works

    WWJBD Part 2 – “Faith That Works” James 2:14-26 I could tell you countless stories of growing up with 2 brothers. But the one that sticks out in my mind as most traumatic was the time we were living in a small rental house while my dad was building the house they live in now. I had just gotten ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Charles Degner avatar

    Are You Justified By Faith, Or By Works?

    Contributed by Charles Degner on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,011 views

    This difficult chapter of the Bible is not hard to understand if you ask a simple question. James says we are justified by our works, not just by faith. But justified BEFORE WHOM?

    James 2:1-5, 8-10, 14-26 Pentecost 17B Rev. Charles F. Degner 1My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism. 2Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. 3If you show ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran