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  • Lynn Malone avatar

    The Light Of Hope Series

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Dec 5, 2018
     | 7,012 views

    Lights and Christmas go together like peas and carrots. This message series reflects on the four candles of the Advent wreath. We begin with the hope candle.

    All the Pretty Lights: The Light of Hope Luke 2: 1 – 5 You just can’t do Christmas without lights! They’re my favorite Christmas tradition. There’s much I find about Christmas challenging—not the holiday itself, but all the surrounding ado. I’d just as soon we skip most of the Christmas ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Salt And Light

    Contributed by Marc Bertrand on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,489 views

    A focus on salt as a distinctive flavour and a preserving agent as a metaphor for Christian distinctiveness in a pluralistic world.

    Intro: We are taught by Jesus in this passage that we are to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. But what do these words mean? It is important that we understand our purpose in this world and so we should endeavour to understand these metaphors that Jesus uses, that we might ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Light Of The World Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 6, 2012
     | 2,890 views

    As the Synod Fathers gather to begin the year of faith, we consider the role of the Church as she takes up the mission of Christ to bring together all the people of the world in praise and obedience.

    October 8, 2012 Monday of 27th Week in Course Vatican II As we begin the year of faith this week, I feel called to begin a new sermon series, setting for my theme the Holy Father’s admonition to return to the Documents of Vatican Council II. The Fathers of the Church were particularly ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Salt & Light

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 6, 2011
    based on 15 ratings
     | 13,612 views

    1. Jesus was telling us not to live for the kingdom of the world, but the Kingdom of God. 2. Jesus is saying that we play an important role in the life of the world as salt and light. 3. Jesus was talking about a new way of obedience.

    It is no accident that Jesus talked about us being salt and light immediately after he spoke the Beatitudes. It is in learning how to think as Jesus thought and live as he lived in submissions to God, that we become agents of healing and light in the world. It is when we live as people who do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Terry Blankenship avatar

    Lighting The World Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Feb 21, 2011
     | 3,731 views

    Believers bear the Light of the World...Jesus! It's done through Expectations, Revelation and Anticipation.

    Secondary Draft Also He said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Raulerson avatar

    To Reveal The Light Series

    Contributed by John Raulerson on Sep 29, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,472 views

    Jesus heals the blind man to teach the great need of healing spiritual blindness

    It Took a Miracle: TO REVEAL THE LIGHT 08/24/97a BBC John 9:1-41 Throughout his Gospel John used the symbolism of blindness to reveal man’s greatest need: Salavation. John used not only the contrasting symbols of Blindness and Sight to reveal man’s condition apart from Christ and united with ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Witness Of The Light.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 15, 2022
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     | 1,178 views

    The source of our light is found in Jesus Himself.

    THE WITNESS OF THE LIGHT. John 8:12-20. JOHN 8:12. “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” After the feast of Tabernacles, the four golden lamps which had illuminated Jerusalem ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "Find Out What Pleases The Lord"

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 25, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 18,586 views

    LENT 3 - Believers find out what pleases the Lord when they learn that this truth is not found in the darkness. What pleases the Lord means living in Light.

    “FIND OUT WHAT PLEASES THE LORD” (Outline) March 27, 2011 - Lent 3 - EPHESIANS 5:1-10 INTRO: To find out what pleases the Lord” is our loft goal this morning. All people know how to please themselves. For the most part people generally also know what is pleasing to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Love And Light Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 9, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,969 views

    If you want to be holy and whole, just like our Heavenly Father, then walk in love and walk in the light of Christ.

    Six-year-old little Jenny complained to her mother of a tummy ache. “That’s because your tummy is empty,” her mother replied. “You’d feel better if there were something in it.” That evening, their pastor stopped for a visit and later commented that his head had ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Salt And Light

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jul 21, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,570 views

    After Jesus shares the attributes that will bless us he tells his disciples that they are salt and light. How are we like salt and light?

    SALT AND LIGHT Matt. 5:13-16 Intro: Make connection between the beatitudes and us being salt and light. 1) We need to be salty (vs. 13). There was a time when salt was a much more precious commodity than it is today. “On October 2, 1864, one of the worst battles of the American Civil War ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Light Of The Gospel

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 23, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,754 views

    The message of the gospel defeats Satan. We don’t preach ‘your best life now.’ We preach Christ crucified – the only way to salvation. The Power of the gospel exposes, veils and reveals Christ crucified.

    Opening illustration: Some things just don’t seem to fit in our modern 21st century. A tribe of headhunters is one of them. Yet there is one such group of people whose story is worth telling. A tribe living high in the Philippine mountains, a 3-day’s walk from the nearest city, has ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Patrick O'Loughlin avatar

    The Light Of The World Series

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Dec 26, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,029 views

    This is a sermon for Christmas Eve describing the consequences of the coming of Christ

    TITLE: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD TEXT: John 3: 16-21 Introduction Tonight we are here to celebrate that Jesus is the light of the world. The scriptures declare in John 3:19 “This is the verdict: light has come into the world…” Tonight I want to share briefly 4 consequences that we all face because ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    Walking In The Light Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Mar 4, 2014
     | 5,851 views

    Truth matters. Truth in belief and truth in behaviour. It matters what we believe about Jesus. It matters how we live

    John is a passionate writer. Maybe he realises that he’s coming to the end of his life and he doesn’t have much time left to get his message across. Maybe he looks around at the church and realises that the inexorable drift from the gospel to religion is impacting on those he’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "Stepping In The Light" Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Apr 11, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,311 views

    To walk in fellowship with God, believers must walk in the light as he is in the light.

    In the book of 1 John, John explores two issues pertaining to our relationship with God. The first is the issue of SONSHIP. John shares several tests to help one determine if they have truly been born into the family of God. The second is the issue of FELLOWSHIP. All Christians have SONSHIP; ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Lowe avatar

    Salt And Light Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Jul 2, 2022
     | 3,432 views

    We are to act as a preservative, preventing the world from going bad. We should have a positive influence on those around us. Furthermore, that is most likely what Jesus had in mind here.

    Salt, Light, and Law in the Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:13-16, NIV 13 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. 14 "You are the light of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist