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  • Tim Huie avatar

    The Sermon On The Mouth Series

    Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
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    James talks about the many reasons we should control our speech.

    MANAGING YOUR MOUTH! James 3:1-12 1. Illus. of Mom and cell phone • On way to Gatlinburg decided to make a call to her new daughter-in-law. • Got the answering machine, so she left a short message. • After she hung up the cell phone, she started giving daughter-in-law “down the country” to my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Speak Sweeter Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Apr 12, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,569 views

    Words are powerful!

    DVD Mini-Movie: The Power of Words (worshiphousemedia.com) Title: Speak Sweeter Text: James 3:1-12 Thesis: Words are powerful… Series Introduction: Tim McGraw’s hit song Live Like You Were Dying, is the springboard for the current series of messages. The song is the story of a man who learned ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Taming The Tongue Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 9, 2009
    based on 34 ratings
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    The Bible makes the control & proper use of the tongue a matter of great importance. The tongue is far too prone to excess, perversion & pollution. But the Christian who gains control over the tongue can control his life as well.

    JAMES 3:1-6 TAMING THE TONGUE [Matthew 12:37, Proverbs 13:3] The children in a prominent family decided to create for their father’s birthday a book of the family’s history. They commissioned a professional biographer to do the work, carefully warning him of the family’s "black sheep" problem: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Aarssen avatar

    Buttons And Zippers

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Dec 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,645 views

    Sometimes people seem to know your sensitivity to a topic or issue and can and will take advantage of it in order to get you to pop your button. Do you know anyone like this? Maybe you are good at getting someone else to pop their buttons.

    Buttons and Zippers James Chapter 3 James 1:26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. In the title of the sermon you will notice two words that are not found in the bible. I checked 14 different ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Scott Kircher avatar

    Extreme Makeover - Pierced Tongues Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jun 16, 2008
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,348 views

    Controlling our tongues

    Pierced Tongue What kinds of words are careless and dishonor the Lord? Words that are Gossip Words that are Unwholesome Words that are Lies What kinds of words are thoughtful and glorify the Lord? Words that Forgive Words that Encourage Words that are True and Loving Slide 1 Gossip Four ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Stark avatar

    The Devil Goes To Church Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jul 12, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,788 views

    Uncontrolled speech may reveal a devilish heart that has never been regenerated. James challenges us to review our heart by examining our speech to determined our relationship to the Master.

    JAMES 3:5b, 6 THE DEVIL GOES TO CHURCH “How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.” At 9:00 p.m., ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charles Wilkerson avatar

    Taming A Wild Tongue Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Aug 10, 2009
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    The first section of chapter 3 dealing with our speech but in the context of "active" Christian living for others not a totally separate secton

    Speech is the most creative and most destructive force in all of creation. Two little words, "God said" repeated 13 times in Genesis 1-3 and we have our current situation. Our paradise created with us in mind has been stripped away because of our sin and we bear the punishment for it. It is our ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Christopher Nerreau avatar

    Taming The Tongue - The Rudders Of Our Lives

    Contributed by Christopher Nerreau on Aug 29, 2009
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    James considers the tongue significant because: 1. OUR TONGUES CAN DIRECT OUR LIVES (vs. 2-4) 2. OUR TONGUES CAN DESTROY OUR LIVES (vs.6) 3. OUR TONGUES CAN DISPLAY OUR LIVES (vs. 9-12)

    “TAMING THE TONGUE” “the rudder of our lives” James 3:2-12 Fr. Christopher M. Nerreau Illustration: Recently I made a trip to Wal-Mart, after having finished shopping and as I was walking to my car in a large parking lot I heard something that inspired this sermon. In the few moments it took me ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Carl Allen avatar

    Are You Burning Or Building The Kingdom Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Sep 9, 2009
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     | 6,110 views

    James in chapter 3, makes the point that the tongue is a great destroyer in the church, if not controlled. And at the same time can be a great builder as well, if used with Godly wisdom.

    Are You Burning or Building the Kingdom? James 3:1-12 Intro One of the greatest things about our society is that we are a people that like to build, especially here in America. If someone builds a bigger building than we do, we simply build one bigger. You only have to look into the “Geniuses ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tongue Full Of Poison Series

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 10, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,298 views

    Oh that we would learn to tame the tongue!

    “Tongue Full of Poison” James 3:1-12 Introduction At a national spelling contest in Washington an incident occurred that made me feel good—and made me wonder. In the fourth round of the contest, Rosalie Elliot, then an eleven-year-old from South Carolina, was asked to spell avowal. In her soft ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Eloy Gonzalez avatar

    Tongue Taming Challenges

    Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Sep 12, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,709 views

    Ordinary Proper 19: We face an uphill battle as we consider the challenge of getting our tongue - our speech - under control. But that is precisely what St. James exhorts us to do!

    Words matter - they matter a lot. In order to uncover the processes that destroy unions, marital researchers studied couples over the course of years, and even decades, and retraced the star-crossed steps of those who had split up back to their wedding day. What they discovered is unsettling. None ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ken Harris avatar

    "Weapon Of Mass Destruction (Wmd)"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Sep 13, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
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    The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that mature Christians can be idenified by their speech.

    13 September 2009 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris 504th Compound’s Multi-Purpose Facility C.O. B. Adder Tallill, Iraq BIG IDEA: There is a direct correlation between spiritual maturity and a disciplined tongue; and spiritual immaturity and an undisciplined tongue (or a Christian who talks ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Richard Schwedes avatar

    Using Your Tongue For Good

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Sep 13, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
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    God has given us a wonderful gift of a tongue. Unfortunately without God’s influence it is used for evil...this sermon explores how God influences our tongue to be used for good.

    Many years ago in a Scottish village a man shared stories that he had heard about another man. He didn’t care to check that what passed his lips were true. When the story got around the village, it utterly destroyed the other man. His family, his job and his integrity were all devastated by the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Otis McMillan avatar

    Speak With Care Series

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Mar 18, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,660 views

    The sermon deals with what a Christian says. A Christian must speak with care because they understand the power of the tongue.

    Subject: What a Christian Says - Speaking With Care Text: James 3: 1-12* Introduction: As we continue our study in the book of James, our attention is called to what a Christian says. Chapter 1 deals with what a Christian has and is seen in a faith that can stand under pressure. Chapter 2 deals ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Steven Buhr avatar

    Taming The Tongue, Can It Be Done? Series

    Contributed by Steven Buhr on Mar 27, 2008
    based on 19 ratings
     | 10,601 views

    Words are one thing that, once you let them go, you can never get back

    James 3:1-12 – Taming the Tongue, can it be done? Let’s talk about the tongue. I thought about bring out a real tongue for us all to see and feel, but then I thought again. Actually, we can do a little show and tell…turn to the person closest to you and show them your tongue, then take a look at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist