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  • Tim Zingale avatar

    The Giving Tree

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Feb 19, 2002
    based on 130 ratings
     | 22,223 views

    A Sermon on the Second Sunday of Lent The Cross the Giving Tree

    Second Sunday in Lent John 3:1-17 Giving Tree   Grace and peace to you from our Lord and Saviour Jesus, the Christ. This morning I would like to look at just 3 verses in our gospel lesson. I would like to reread them: 14* And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • John Williams III avatar

    Have You Got Jesus?

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 21, 2002
    based on 110 ratings
     | 9,209 views

    This sermon explores the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus.

    HAVE YOU GOT JESUS? Text: John 3:1-17 I remember that as a youth our United Methodist Youth Fellowship group once had something like a talent show. We put on something of a skit. The skit went like this. There was a man who was sitting on a park bench. His friend comes to the park and ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Mike DuBose avatar

    Changing Light Bulbs

    Contributed by Mike Dubose on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 711 ratings
     | 39,079 views

    How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? Jesus tries to explain this to Nicodemus and he couldn’t understand it? Do you?

    Changing Light Bulbs John 3: 1-17 February 24, 2002 Several weeks ago there was an email going around entitled “How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb,” I thought about that this week as I was preparing the message… You may have read the email or heard about ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Jesus And The Seeker"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 28, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 6,811 views

    Nicodemus sought out Jesus, and found new birth.

    John 1:1-8 “Jesus and the Seeker” By: Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Back in 1976, Jimmy Carter was running against President Gerald Ford. And you might recall that Jimmy Carter caused a bit of a sensation. Because during his campaign, Jimmy ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Carla Powell avatar

    Justice From Within

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Mar 2, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,287 views

    Overview of Nicodemus’ role in the gospel of John, particularly John 3:1-17 and John 7:51. Encourages hearers to get involved on behalf of God’s justice - even if they are the sole voice speaking out.

    February 24, 2002 - Second Sunday in Lent (A) "Justice from Within" - John 3:1-17 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. In our gospel lesson, Nicodemus, a leader of the Pharisees, comes to Jesus at night. He has some questions for Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    What It Means To Be Born Again

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 9, 2002
    based on 277 ratings
     | 22,791 views

    What is the new birth?

    What Does It Mean To Be Born Again? John 3:1-16 I. Born Again Defined. A. The strong assertion, “Except a man be born again.” The word “again” (anoôthen PWS: 80) has three different meanings in Greek. It means... 1. From the first: from the beginning or completely and fully 2. Again: a second ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Keith Manry avatar

    Operation Immortality: Mission Impossible?

    Contributed by Keith Manry on Mar 21, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 4,481 views

    What is the one thing that you’re scared of? If you’re like so many other people you’re answer is death. Death. No one wants to face it. No one wants to think about it. For years even the medical community has been uncertain of how to deal with death. Hum

    Operation Immortality: Mission Impossible? Easter Sunday: April 15th, 2001 What is the one thing that you’re scared of? Think about that for a moment…I mean what is it that really frightens you? Perhaps it’s something you think of regularly or maybe it’s something you’d rather avoid. A week ago ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dr. Kenneth Rhodes, Jr avatar

    Who Can Go To Heaven

    Contributed by Dr. Kenneth Rhodes, Jr on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 8,040 views

    You must be born again

    Who can go the Heaven? John 3:3-5 (NASB95) 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb ...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
     | 13,293 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

  • Jerry Falwell avatar

    Five Things I Know About The Fundamentals Of Christianity

    Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Jan 11, 2002
    based on 77 ratings
     | 11,053 views

    Five things you must do to be right with God.

    FIVE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIANITY By Jerry Falwell I. FIVE THINGS YOU MUST DO TO BE RIGHT WITH GOD For the past two years I have been reading the standards of SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) and the academic people have been talking to me about “must” ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Petticrew avatar

    He Calls For New Birth Series

    Contributed by James Petticrew on Jan 11, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 7,291 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

  • Chris Talton avatar

    Man Born Twice!

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 19, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 6,901 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

  • Dr. Stafford Miller avatar

    We Are Now Christ's Ambassadors Series

    Contributed by Dr. Stafford Miller on Mar 31, 2001
    based on 50 ratings
     | 9,702 views

    We are NOW Christ’s ambassadors, and God is using us to speak to OTHERS. We urge THEM, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, "Be reconciled to God!

    THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN THE SEASON OF LENT, THE MESSAGE FOR SUNDAY THE 25th OF MARCH, 2001 THE TEXT ARE: The LESSON:.....2 CORINTHIAN 5: 16-21 PRAYER...MAY THE WORDS OF GOD AND HIS MESSAGE SPOKEN THIS HOUR BE BOTH A WORD OF COMFORT AND CHALLENGE WE PRAY THAT IT WILL CHALLENGE THOSE WHO ARE ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Linda Hewett avatar

    Born Again - You Can Wipe The Slate Clean!

    Contributed by Linda Hewett on Apr 18, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 11,121 views

    This sermon is on being "born again" and starting your life over.

    Born Again - YOU CAN WIPE THE SLATE CLEAN As the prisoner is led to a solitary cell and the iron door is slammed shut, she thinks "This is it -- and she sinks down on the dirty, hard little cot and leans her head into her hands and weeps. She thinks about what got her here and wishes she could ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Steve Hanchett avatar

    Turning A Religion Into A Relationship Series

    Contributed by Steve Hanchett on Apr 23, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 8,345 views

    Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus. Sincere seekers need to be born again.

    “When a Religion Becomes a Relationship” John 3:1-15 Steve Hanchett, pastor Berry Road Baptist Church April 22, 2001 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. The man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist