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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    I-Surrender Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 4, 2009
    based on 65 ratings
     | 23,523 views

    How do you know if you’ve humbled yourself to God... or if you are still dominated by pride and selfishness. Who is big "I" and who is the little "i" in your relationship with God?

    One day a woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking frantically with what looked like a wire running from his waist to the electric coffeepot he had in his hand. It seemed that he was being electrocuted. So - intending to jolt him away from the deadly current - she whacked him ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    War And Peace Series

    Contributed by Michael Karpf on Jan 24, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,866 views

    Worldliness is seen in interpersonal conflicts and the only cure for worldliness is submission to God.

    WAR AND PEACE James 4:1-10 Have any of you read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy? It’s a novel with over 1200 pages about Russian life under Napoleon. I’ve never read it but it is a good title for today’s message. Because we are going to see that the wars and conflicts going on within us are seen in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Jim Kane avatar

    Needing A Good Excusing...for What?

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 6, 2009
     | 2,452 views

    Third sermon of initial 2009 series: ‘2 Things 2 B in 09’

    (Slide 1) This is the time of year when we attempt to fulfill our New Year’s excuses… oops, I mean resolutions. And speaking of resolutions, oops, I mean excuses, I found several good ones this week as I prepared for this morning. I make no excuse for any of them. This is one from a man pulled ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Source Of All Wars Series

    Contributed by James May on Nov 28, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,848 views

    #14 in the series deals with the sin nature in man that is the cause of all conflicts among people, both in the church and in the world.

    The Source of All Wars #14 in the Book of James Series By Pastor Jim May World War II had ended. On September 2, 1945 General Douglas MacArthur spoke to a waiting world from the Battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay, “Today the guns are silent...the skies no longer rain death...the seas bear ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jon MacKinney avatar

    Why Do We Fight, And What Can We Do About It?

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Nov 29, 2007
     | 1,905 views

    Fights are unfortuantely common, even in the church. Is there something we can do about them?

    Passage: James 4:1-12 Intro: Find a story about a good church fight 1) we like to think the church is beyond this type of behavior, but it is, after all, full of people. 2) and where there are at least 2 people, there is going to be trouble. Il) seminary student went out to candidate, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Jim Drake avatar

    Test 6: Pride Test, Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 30, 2007
    based on 64 ratings
     | 36,136 views

    James asks his readers where their continual desire to fight amongst themselves comes from. And his answer is surprising. Rather than point his finger at an outward cause of their strife, he tells them it is because of each of their individual selfishne

    1. What are the Prevailing Symptoms of selfish pride (4:2-5) 2. What is the Primary Source of selfish pride (4:6) 3. What are some Practical Solutions for selfish pride (4:7-12) JAMES 4:1 Two old friends were sitting on the front porch one Sunday afternoon when one of them began to confess to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Catherine Davis avatar

    Keeping Up With The Jones'

    Contributed by Catherine Davis on Feb 7, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,865 views

    We want what we do not have because we think that we deserve it. Grace does not jive with what some teach today - Prosperity Theology.

    BP18KeepingUpJames4 Sermon: “Keeping Up With the Jones’” Scripture: James 4: 1-8a Theme: We want and do not have because we think we deserve it. Grace doesn’t jive with Prosperity theology! On any given day you turn on the television and watch one preacher tell you that if you love God, you ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Joseph Rodgers avatar

    Conflicting Faith Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Feb 8, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,251 views

    A sermon from James dealing with the lost people people in the church who are continually creating conflict.

    Foolproof – A Study of James February 4, 2007 CONFLICTING Faith – James 4:1-10 Recap: We’re in a study in James about having a foolproof faith so we won’t be fooled into embracing anything not of God if we’re saved, and so we won’t continue to fool ourselves into thinking we’re saved when ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Josh Reich avatar

    Too Christian, Too Pagan Series

    Contributed by Josh Reich on May 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,921 views

    Most Christians want to take Jesus into their world, but feel inadequate to do so. Instead, we build walls to keep the world out, which isn’t the answer either. This sermon helps give steps to help people show Jesus in their world without selling out.

    Good morning everyone. My name is Josh, and I am one of the leaders here at Beginnings. We are really glad you decided to hang out with us this morning. Let’s pray as we move on this morning. Maybe you are able to relate to that clip. Many of us want to make a difference in our world. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Conflict Management

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jul 3, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,912 views

    Major companies spend thousands of dollars a year for an outside source to come in and deal with conflict and envy within the company. Envy will destroy good employees and make them bad.

    Conflict Management Text: James 4:1-10 1 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Disoder In The Church Series

    Contributed by Jeremias Fababier on Sep 1, 2008
     | 3,213 views

    How we should handle disorder in the church.

    TOPIC: DISORDER IN THE CHURCH Text: James 4:1-10 Introduction: (ILL. Wrong Attitude – Many of us Christians are like the little girl who started fighting with a friend. Her mother who heard about the quarrel talked with her little girl about it trying to show her she was wrong and her need of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bill Sullivan avatar

    Me, Myself And I

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Sep 6, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,825 views

    Often unable to distinguish between our wants and our needs, our selfishness rules the day and leads to conflicts and quarrels.

    Me, Myself and I TCF Sermon July 20, 2008 Think for a moment about some of those things that really annoy you. You’re in a line of cars where the road narrows down to a lane. You’ve been inching forward, but there are others, perhaps several others, who zip by you in the outside lane and move ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Michael Stark avatar

    We Believe Better Than We Behave Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,989 views

    Confronting the normal tendency to promote our own interests,even while surrendering to the reign of God’s Spirit, goes a long way toward promoting unity within the congregation.

    JAMES 4:1–3 WE BELIEVE BETTER THAN WE BEHAVE “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Your Internal Conflict Just Spilled Over Into The Church Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 27, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,725 views

    The disastrous reign of our own desires threatens the health of Christ’s people. James confronts us with the need to address this dreadful malady that contaminates the work of God.

    JAMES 4:1-3 YOUR INTERNAL CONFLICT JUST SPILLED OVER INTO THE CHURCH “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Avoiding Arguments Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 17, 2008
    based on 31 ratings
     | 12,974 views

    This sermon looks at three desires that cause arguments and four steps to help resolve arguments. I. Give in to God II. Resist the Devil III. Draw closer to God IV. Seek forgiveness

    Avoiding Arguments We are going to look today at how to avoid arguments. Remember I have said that James is a very practical book – perhaps the most practical book in the Bible. As we get to chapter four James talks about how we are to avoid arguments. He doesn’t beat around the bush when he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational