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  • Dr. Jerry Hulse avatar

    Hidden Treasure & The Pearl Of Great Price

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Hulse on May 13, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,910 views

    How do you view situations, and misgivings & how do you view salvation? This message prompts us to look beyond the dullness that others see as junk which could become someone else's treasure. May we realize that hidden treasure must be sought after to discover its wealth and potential.

    SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES (Matthew 13:44) (44) "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Warren Lamb avatar

    The Hidden Treasure, The Precious Pearl, The Dragnet And The Householder Series

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 8, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,303 views

    How do I really feel about the Gospel of Jesus Christ? What is it worth to me? Do I really care about it all that much? Important questions, all.

    The Smith House in Dahlonega, Georgia, has been sitting on a gold mine for more than a century. During renovation of the landmark hotel back in February of 2006, workers discovered the entrance to a four-foot wide hole under the concrete floor in the main dining room. The hole goes straight down ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Matthew 7:6 – Pigslop Or Pearls? Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 21, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,247 views

    Pigs will eat just about anything and a lot of it, so pretending to feed wild pigs is stupid. It gets them annoyed and they are liable to get vicious. A pig doesn’t want pearls. It wants slop not Salvation, grain not Grace, corn not Christ, muck-raking no

    Matthew 7:6 – PIGSLOP OR PEARLS? Atheist Richard Dawkins was in Australia recently for the GLOBAL ATHEIST CONVENTION which started in Melbourne on Good Friday. Dawkins is well known for encouraging his fellow atheists to ridicule those who claim to be Christians. "Mock them, ridicule them ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chris Swanson avatar

    What Is The Significance Of The Fortune In The Field And The Goodly Pearl?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Apr 6, 2024
     | 483 views

    Have we counted the cost of servanthood? What are we willing to give for the fortune that God has provided for us?

    Jesus oftentimes instructed by using parables or illustrations. Stories, even short ones like these, are a strong method for conveying a major thought or to answer an unavoidable issue. Language or specialized terms probably will not let a thought hit home for a great many people. Associating the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Daniel Habben avatar

    The Gospel Is Our Greatest Possession

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jul 17, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,165 views

    The Gospel Is Our Greatest Possession 1) Recognize its value 2) Treasure its worth

    Who likes treasure hunts? What do you say we have one right now! I have a cooler here in which I’ve hidden a treasure. Can one of you children come up and find it? (Child looks for treasure.) You found it! What is it? Hold it up so everyone can see. It’s a gold nugget – a Hershey’s Gold Nugget that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Mark Opperman avatar

    The Dog-Life Is Gone! Series

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Nov 9, 2015
     | 5,992 views

    God’s kingdom will come, but it can only be received by willing hearts. Let’s look at some thoughts about how we can make God’s kingdom more accessible to those around us.

    The Dog-Life is Gone! Matthew 7:6-12 Intro: In the Peanuts comic strip, we find Snoopy thinking to himself: "Yesterday I was a dog. Today I’m a dog. Tomorrow I’ll probably still be a dog. Ohh…there’s so little hope for advancement." Well, there is hope for those who have ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time: Buried Treasure And Pearls

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 28, 2023
     | 1,183 views

    The main character spends the rest of the movie frantically trying to figure out what Curly meant. What IS that “just one thing?

    In 1905, the world’s largest diamond, a 3,106-Carat Diamond called the Cullinan diamond, weighing over a pound and worth $2 Billion dollars, was found at the Thomas Cullinan Premier Diamond Mining Company in South Africa. Diamonds are forever, but, if you don’t own one, don’t feel bad; consider ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Hidden Treasures (Mother) People

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 8, 2020
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,916 views

    We are blessed if we discuss the treasure hidden in our families and in people. Mothers must learn the value of investing in the children. Invest in people.

    HIDDEN TREASURES… (People) By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Text: Matthew 13:45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. The question is not how ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dennis Selfridge avatar

    At The Church Was Like When The Church Was Like When It Was Like It Was Sup

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 21, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,247 views

    What the Church should be like today

    THE POEM I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to hurry and get to work. For bills would soon be due. So I knelt and said a hurried prayer, And jumped up off my knees. My Christian duty was now done My soul could rest at ease. All day long I had no time To spread a word ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Reuben Bredenhof avatar

    What Is The Kingdom Like?

    Contributed by Reuben Bredenhof on Feb 2, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,704 views

    Beyond the self-denial of following Christ, beyond the daily discipline, beyond the cross to be carried, lies the most precious thing, a thing of supreme and unsurpassed beauty: life in the Kingdom, under God and for God and with God!

    When you open the gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark and Luke, it seems that more often that not, Jesus is speaking in some parable. With colourful language, Jesus places things “side by side,” comparing and contrasting, and drawing out from the picture he paints some truth or teaching. Sometimes the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Darren Ethier avatar

    Field Of Dreams Series

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 21, 2002
    based on 78 ratings
     | 13,870 views

    Part 3 of 4 of the series, Secrets of the Kingdom of God, Revealed! From the parable of the field and the parable of the pearl we learn that the kingdom of God is valuable and costly. But the question is, "What makes the kingdom so attractive and desirab

    FIELD OF DREAMS Matthew 13:44-46 Read at beginning of service: Matthew 19:16-26 (NIV) 16 Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?" 17 "Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Christopher Arch avatar

    Parables Of The Kingdom Part Iv - The Hidden Treasure And Pearl

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Feb 17, 2024
     | 870 views

    This is the fourth of a series on Christ's parables on the KOH in Matthew 13

    Title: “Parables of the Kingdom” Part IV Script: Mt. 13:44-46 Type: Expository Series Where: GNBC 2-17-24 Intro: Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram was a watershed moment for Big Tech. It demonstrated just how much wealth and power the industry holds — and how it could be wielded. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Mark Eberly avatar

    The Value Of The Kingdom Series

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 8, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,289 views

    We examine the two paralell parables of the treasure in the field and the pearl of great price. These are two parables that Jesus uses to describe what God’s kingdom is like.

    The Parables of Jesus The Value of the Kingdom Matthew 13:44-46 June 7, 2009 Here in a brief three verses Jesus gives us two parables. Although they are not identical both teach us about God’s kingdom in similar fashion. They are intended to teach us the value of God’s kingdom. These parables ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Living Like Christ Or Like Scrooge?

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 26, 2024
     | 452 views

    Like last Sunday, today’s pericope looks at statements made by Jesus not long before His arrest and passion, as Christ focuses our attention on the “last days.”

    First Sunday of Advent 2024 One of the most obvious signs that our Western culture was at a crisis point, and sliding or crashing in the wrong direction happened about forty years ago when the Advent season, which begins this Sunday, was turned into a pre-Christmas season. As time passed, it ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Rev. Matthew Parker avatar

    Dare To Be A Disciple!

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on May 18, 2014
     | 5,494 views

    The call to discipleship demands everything of us and gives us all of God in return.

    Dare to Be a Disciple – Luke 141:26-33 In 3 Sundays, on June 8, we will be having a baptism service. I wanted to talk about what that means, so that if any of you are interested in being baptized, you might have a clear idea of what it’s all about. Let me ask...who is baptism for? ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational