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  • Tim Smith avatar

    Death And Life? Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 12, 2014
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    Death, it’s not something we think about very often but it’s something that we spend the majority of our lives trying to deny and to postpone. But the reality is it’s always looming over us.

    Death and Life? Luke 9:51-52 What would you do if you only had one month to live? Would any of your priorities change? These are the questions that pastor Kerry and Chris Shook ask in their book, One Month to Live: 30 Days to a No-Regrets Life. The catalyst for the book was encountering people who ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Broken But Recyclable

    Contributed by Les Buttolph on Aug 24, 2022
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    Lent is a time we confess we are broken. But Jesus can take what's broken and recycle us to have meaning and purpose for His kingdom

    Lent officially began with the observation of Ash Wednesday, a day for Christians to confess their sins and receive ashes on their foreheads in the shape of a cross. Ashes were a reminder of death, so when people were in mourning or received tragic news, they would put ashes over themselves. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A Journey Of Repentance Part 2 – Surrender Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 11, 2007
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     | 5,789 views

    Repentance is about surrender, about admitting our helplessness and turning to God for His Spirit to change us, and then cooperating with God in His work. Repentance is about death to sin, about death to self, about making a choice to turn away from sin

    A Journey of Repentance Part 2 – Surrender Romans 6:2-14 February 13, 2005 Intro: Last Sunday I invited you to join me on a journey of repentance. Today, aside from being the day before Valentine’s day, is more importantly the first Sunday in the season of Lent, the period of time we set apart ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Blinded By Pride Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 20, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,810 views

    Pride keeps us from recognizing our weaknesses, confessing our need and receiving God's blessing.

    20110320 Web Site Title: Blinded by Pride Text: Psalm 32 and James 1:2-4 Thesis: Pride keeps us from recognizing our weaknesses, confessing our need and receiving God’s blessing. Lenten Series: Reflecting, Repenting and Returning to God The Lenten Season is a time for reflection, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    From His Hands And Feet Series

    Contributed by John Bright on Mar 4, 2025
     | 477 views

    This is a sermon series for the six Sundays of Lent. I am using a wooden "Tau" cross on the platform and some examples of the instruments of torture the Romans used - large spike, scourge/cat of 9 tails, spear, and crown of thorns. There is a teaching sheet below the sermon.

    Series: Jesus’ Blood for Me “From His Hands and Feet” Exodus 12:21-28 Pastor John Bright Exodus 12 “21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 And you shall take a bunch of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Who Is This Man Jesus – Questions Series

    Contributed by Floyd Johnson on May 4, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
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    The last in a series looking at the life of Christ. This sermon looks at four questions that define Holy Week.

    Matthew 21:10-11 Matthew 26:22-25, 33 Matthew 27:45 Mark 6:3 Intro.: Who are you? 1. I am told that men and women anser this question in significantly different ways. 2. Women speak in terms of their relationships, their likes, and their dislikes. 3. Men speak in terms of their jobs 4. Questions ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    A Changed Perspective

    Contributed by John Vella on Feb 5, 2007
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    Life’s troubles have always been part of humanity and always will be. Believing in God doesn’t take away any of those problems nor does it make the emotional and physical pain disappear. But believing in God does make a significant difference in the bigge

    Seeds for Sowing, Vol. IV - Issue 3, No. 17 Second Sunday of Lent (Year B) March 19, 2000 Readings: * Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 * Romans 8:31-35, 37 * Mark 9:2-10 A Changed Perspective The Difficulties of Living Life is difficult. Not many people would deny that statement. It’s not easy to ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Catch 22

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Feb 8, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,973 views

    The story of the woman caught in adultery and the Gospel of Grace

    The woman taken in adultery Scholars from both the evangelical and the liberal camps seem to be agreed that the story of the woman caught in adultery is more than likely not original to the Gospel of John. As the NIV tells us “The earliest and most reliable manuscripts and other ancient ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    This Fast That I Choose

    Contributed by Donna Muise on Apr 18, 2007
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     | 4,449 views

    The walk of faith is not for the faint of heart, but walk it we must if we desire to find the Lord’s favor.

    THIS FAST THAT I CHOOSE Isaiah 58:1-12 “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry….” The walk of faith is not for the faint of heart, ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Search Me Series

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 26, 2004
    based on 70 ratings
     | 12,870 views

    This sermon gives people a time for them to allow God to search their heart.

    The Lenten Season is one of preparation and self-examination. We have looked at “Facing Temptation,” “Where’s Your Citizenship?” “My Way or God’s Way,” and “Choose Your Side.” This psalm (139) is a deep, introspective work. If we take it seriously, it could change your life. If this is truly ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    We Killed Him

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 9, 2015
     | 2,620 views

    Jesus went willingly to His death for our sakes, to fulfill the covenant obligation God freely took on with Abraham.

    We killed Him. O, I know the Roman procurator read the sentence, and Roman soldiers beat Jesus and crowned Him with thorns and hammered in the nails. They were what philosophers would call the “efficient cause” of Christ’s death. But Adam and Eve and David and Caligula and ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Ash Wednesday

    Contributed by Ian Bullock on Feb 16, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,739 views

    What does the journey of Lent mean to us, and why is Ash Wednesday such an important beginning point for us as Christians.

    In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Remember thou art dust and to dust thou shalt return, turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ. Words which we recognise to be as central today to our worship, as our act of communion. They signal the beginning of the Holy season of Lent ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Pride And Prejudice

    Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Oct 6, 2019
     | 3,665 views

    Two Things that Constrain Our Joy

    Legend holds that in 1884 a young man died, and after the funeral his grieving parents decided to establish a memorial to him. With that in mind they met with Charles Eliot, president of Harvard University. Eliot received the unpretentious couple into his office and asked what he could do. After ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Willow T Series

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 29, 2024
     | 1,123 views

    The third sermon in the series focuses on Lament.

    February 28, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Psalm 137:1-6 The Willow Tree Good evening, friendly humans. It’s a privilege to be with you here this evening. I thank you for the honor to be a part of your Lenten worship series. For those of you who don’t know me, I am Willow ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Mar 15, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,154 views

    We have as much of the Spirit of God within us as we clear out room of ourselves.

    Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit Lent #1, March 13, 2011 Matt. 5:3 Intro: Welcome to the first Sunday in Lent, the season of preparation for Easter. While many of us like the idea of spontaneity, with its surprise and playfulness, we also recognize that the things in life that really are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist