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  • David Cambridge avatar

    Why Isn't Everyone A Christian?

    Contributed by David Cambridge on Jul 26, 2002
    based on 80 ratings
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    When you consider what Jesus offers, it’s a wonder that people arn’t queing up to obey the gospel isn’t it? But, sadly, so many wont come to Jesus. Why not? This lesson offers several reasons.

    Why Isn’t Everyone A Christian? Reasons People Won’t Obey The Gospel Introduction “’Gold! Gold! I’ve struck gold! I’m going to be rich…rich I tell you!’ goes up the cry from an excited prospector. We must forgive his excitement, after all, he’s been digging in those hills for weeks and found ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeffery Richards avatar

    Accepting God

    Contributed by Jeffery Richards on Aug 8, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
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    This is the most important decision available to man. Everyone that hears the truth must make a decision of what to do with it.

    Accepting God! John 3:10-22 The Rev. Billy Graham tells of a time early in his career when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy had told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, “If you’ll come to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Brotherly Love Ii

    Contributed by Stephen Fournier on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,093 views

    TITUS 1:4 / 1 JOHN 3:16-24

    BROTHERLY LOVE II TITUS 1:4 / 1 JOHN 3:16-24 I want to begin this morning’s message by telling you about some of my relatives. There was my uncle Charlie, my mom’s brother. Uncle Charlie passed away quite a few years ago, but as a kid we saw my uncle Charley just about every Sunday. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Steve Malone avatar

    Look To Jesus

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 22, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
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    In our text today we will see that the specific experience of Israel in the WAY OF THE RED SEA is also much like our journey to the heavenly promise land.

    "LOOK TO JESUS" TEXT: NUMBERS 21:4-9 INTRODUCTION [Numbers 21:4-9] PRAYER The greatest event in the life of God’s people in the Old Testament was their deliverance from slavery in Egypt. Time and time again this historic event is mentioned throughout the pages of the Old Testament. And the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I Believe In The Judgment Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 27, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 7,627 views

    1. The judgment means that justice will be done. 2. The judgment means that all sentences will be final 3. We can face the judgment with confidence.

    Why doesn’t God do something about the evil in the world?” How many times have you heard that question asked? But when you respond to that question by saying, “God will do something about the evil in the world; there will be a judgment when God will reward righteousness and punish evil,” people ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dan Steadman avatar

    The 3 R's Of The Church

    Contributed by Dan Steadman on Feb 14, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
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    This sermon outlines the three primary functions of the Church:Reconciliation, Rejoicing, and Reproduction.

    Jn 3:16-21, Acts 2:41-47 THE THREE R’S OF THE CHURCH Why does the church exist? You may have many answers to that question, but what does God think? Let’s look at His answer. It can easily be summed up in one word: RELATIONSHIP. Relationships are definitely number ONE with God. To make it ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson avatar

    4th Sunday In Lent, Year B

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Mar 23, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
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    One of the most siginificant paradoxes of our faith is that we’re saved by God’s grace alone; yet God created us for good works.

    Sermon for 4 Lent Yr B, 30/03/2003 Based on Eph 2:10; Jn 3:21 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson Now a certain man died and arrived at the pearly gates. St. Peter said: "You need one thousand points to get in. How many do you have?" "I don’t know," said ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    Look God Loves You

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 244 ratings
     | 18,674 views

    A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Lent

    4th Sunday in Lent John 3 :14-21 "Look, God loves you" 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Gift

    Contributed by John Nadasi on Mar 27, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,291 views

    Nicodemus made the message of grace so complicated he couldn’t understand it. We sometimes do the same thing. Yet, the message is as simple now as it has ever been. Christ is received by grace through faith.

    John 3:14-21 Paonia United Methodist Church March 30, 2003 As we continue into our Lenten season, I am called to remind you of what Lent is about. Lent is the time, when we as a church Are reminded of own sinful nature and humanity. It is a time when we remember that we will Return to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Al Lowe avatar

    Jesus - Eternal Life Lifted Up

    Contributed by Al Lowe on Mar 28, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 6,500 views

    Lenten message identifying Jesus as the source of Eternal Life.

    John 3:14-21 PROPOSITION: Jesus is the source of eternal life. OBJECTIVE: To realize the Source during lent. This is now the fourth Sunday during Lent. On April 13, we will experience the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem to begin his week of passion. This tradition call is Palm Sunday. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "The Ultimate Love"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 28, 2003
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,039 views

    Because of God’s love believers can experience power over sin, peace, and genuine love.

    “The Ultimate Love” John 3:14-21 By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA This question was posed to a group of four-to-eight-year-olds: “What does love mean?” The answers were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined… “During my ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    What If At Christmas Time

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 26, 2001
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,089 views

    Sermon Deals With A Number Of What If The God Of Scripture Was Like Santa Claus.

    What If Psalm 14:1-7 John 3:16-21 What if there was only one God at Christmas instead of two, would it change the way that we view Christmas. Would it change the way ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    But What's The Reason For Christmas

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 26, 2001
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,008 views

    This message goes into the real meaning behind Christmas, the problem of sin.

    But What’s The Reason? Isaiah 53:1-6 Luke 1:26-38 Text John 3:16 Journey with me for a moment to the land of Karonia. Things were not going to well in the land because many people were dying of a crippling sickness of which there seemed to be no cure. Finally word came to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    A Lesson On God's Love Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Aug 15, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 11,512 views

    This is a look at God’s love

    INTRODUCTION  An overzealous preacher felt it was his calling to aggressively "make" people become Christians as they would ride on the city bus system. One day a drunk stumbled onto the bus that the preacher was on. He sprang into and shook his family Bible in the face of the inebriated ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jimmy Davis avatar

    The Religious Sinner, Nicodemus Series

    Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Sep 19, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 9,766 views

    Picture # 3 in the series: The 14 Candid Snapshots of the Maturing Christian as found in the Gospel of John. Nicodemus, a picture of the religious sinner who sits in the pew week after week but is not saved. John 3:16, preached to a religious sinner.

    Picture # 3: The Religious Sinner, Nicodemus John 3:1-21 The Surgeon General teaches us that the key to good health and physical fitness is plenty of exercise, a balanced nutritional diet, and the proper amount of rest. The Surgeon General doesn’t mention that we have a body and a soul. It’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist