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  • Simon Rundell avatar

    Washed Clean

    Contributed by Simon Rundell on Jul 11, 2001
    based on 424 ratings
     | 10,585 views

    Children’s Assemby / Sermon using a really clever piece of magic/basic science to illustrate the dirtiness of sin and the washing clean of Christ

    Washed Clean based on an idea by Daniel Henderson Tools: 2 Clear Glass Bowls 1 small bottle of Iodine 1 bottle of Film Fixer 1 Purificator or Handkerchief Preparation: Fill the two bowls with approximately 1 litre of water, in one bowl have approximately 150-200mls of fixer in the bottom [adding ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    To Much Luggage

    Contributed by Joshua Bowers on Jul 11, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 2,744 views

    What do we do, what do we have that keeps distance between us and God

    What do we do that keeps us from getting as close to God as could be. I. God wants us to be close to Him 1. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not parish, but have eternal life.” 2. As He did with many characters in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Nicodemus

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 15, 2001
    based on 30 ratings
     | 17,349 views

    A right standing with God does not come through 1. correct beliefs, or 2. correct moral conduct, but 3. through an ongoing relationship with God.

    A national magazine recently ran a contest to see who could come up with the best real-life quotes resembling the cartoon “Dilbert.” If you are not familiar with Dilbert, he is a character caught in a bizarre office situation where bureaucracy rules and common sense is uncommon — a workplace not ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Questions In The Night Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 20, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 3,814 views

    We find a man who comes to Jesus at night to wrestle with a great question of life

    INTRODUCTION  Today we continue on our journey with Jesus. Last week we spent time with Jesus as he opened His public ministry with a miracle at a wedding in Cana of Galilee.  After the wedding, Jesus along with His mother, brothers and disciples (John 2:12) traveled down to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    What If At Christmas Time

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 26, 2001
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,066 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
     | 4,990 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

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    Walking With Others Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 105 ratings
     | 16,855 views

    Three ways our relationships with other Christians demonstrates our faith in Jesus

    When I was in high school my friends always told me that I was born twenty years too late. You see, in high school I idealized the countercultural movement of the 1960s, when the youth culture was demonstrating against everything from the Viet Nam War to Civil Rights. But I was in high school in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Put John 3:16 Into Practice Series

    Contributed by Ricky Burke on Feb 18, 2001
    based on 134 ratings
     | 7,881 views

    This is the first sermon in a series called "The Seven Steps to Spiritual Health and Fitness."

    Series: Seven Steps to Spiritual Fitness. Sermon #1 "How to Put John 3:16 into Practice." A few years ago the Surgeon General released a report on the Physical Fitness and Health of Americans. He said that most Americans are overweight and out of shape. And he stressed that the key to good ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Handle With Care

    Contributed by Lindeal Greer on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 6,745 views

    When we are born we are given a spirit or soul and it is in our hands until it is returned to God.

    Handle with Care On many packages, we have the words “Handle with Care” This is to tell people that what is inside is of value and can be broken. These words should be upon everyone’s soul. “The spirit returns to God who gave it.” When Rachel died it says, “as her soul was departing…” When we ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    The Absurdity Of It All

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 26, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,380 views

    Why Christ came me seem absurd, but it is because God loves us.

    First Baptist Church December 24, 2001 Christmas Eve When one of his speaking engagements ended, Landon Saunders would always take questions from the audience. On one night a young man began a dialogue with him that was spellbinding the audience. It was obvious this man was not being cynical, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Four Things That God Does Not Know

    Contributed by David Stulley on Dec 29, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 4,848 views

    Four things that God does not know

    1. God doesn’t know a sin that He doesn’t hate. God hates all sin.Sin is what seperates us from Him. People today feel as though the gospel is for all the "bad people" and not for them. God is not like our fourth grade teacher He doesn’t grade on the curve.My sin can’t be measured by what you’ve ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    When God Was At His Best

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 31, 2001
    based on 31 ratings
     | 10,471 views

    God was at His best when he forgave a sinner on Nov. 7, 1978 in a church in Mpls. Mn.. To me that was the day God was at His best! The premise is God is at His best when he saves souls.

    When God was at His best? (Sermon idea and title is from E.V. Hill’s message called “God at His Best” spoken at the Evangelism Summit at Willow Creek Community Church in Oct. of 1998). Thesis: God was at His best when he forgave a sinner on Nov. 7, 1978 in a church in Mpls. Mn.. To me that was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Nicodemus Question

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 12,965 views

    What does it mean to be born again? How can we be saved?

    Second Sunday In Lent (Year A) Many people attend sporting events carrying signs labelled JOHN 3:16, the promise that God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. I heard of a sporting event recently, where the announcers began to snicker and gawk at a sign one of the spectators held that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    He Calls For New Birth Series

    Contributed by James Petticrew on Jan 11, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 7,060 views

    A sermon on the neccessity and nature of being born again

    HE CALLS FOR A NEW BIRTH JOHN 3:1-18 Introduction In Greenock the town where I come from in Scotland there is really only one big employer and that is the computer company IBM. IBM pay the best wages and give the best conditions to their workers so people are desperate to work for them. One the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Man Born Twice!

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 6,652 views

    Through the teaching to Nicodemus, we discover that Jesus can meet all of our needs, and provide us with new and wonderful life.

    February 6, 2000 John 3:1- 21 “Man born twice!!” INTRODUCTION How many of you have ever looked at your own children or someone else’s and said these words: “Oh, if only I could be a young again and have half the energy that these kids do.”? This past Wed. night, I heard someone make a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist