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  • Richard Schwedes avatar

    What Does It Mean To Follow Jesus?

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Dec 27, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 17,969 views

    This sermon looks at how following Jesus is a life long committment of listening to Jesus and reflecting HIS light.

    Imagine being like those fishermen. Sitting at work, in a place that is familiar to you a place you are comfortable with, even if things were occasionally a bit difficult, then all of a sudden some character comes up to you and says "Hey come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "Growth In Giving Means Personal Growth" Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jan 23, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,419 views

    As we learn to obey God’s call to support his work through our giving, the result will be personal growth.

    As Christians, we are called to grow in our faith. We are called to be disciples of Jesus Christ, which means that we are to grow through the practice of certain spiritual disciplines: Bible study, prayer, witnessing, forgiveness, and the discipline we will consider over the next few ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Discover What It Really Means To Be Saved

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 3, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,355 views

    Palm Sunday (B) - Discover what it really means to be saved. God is working in you so that believers may try to shine like lights.

    DISCOVER WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE SAVED (Outline) March 16, 2008 – PALM SUNDAY (Lent 6) - Philippians 2:12-18 INTRO: Different events in the life of Jesus command our attention. Even those outside of the church take note of different events in Jesus’ life. Jesus’ birth, Christmas, is ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Bruce Willis avatar

    What Does It Mean To Be "In Christ"?

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 21, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,930 views

    This sermon seeks to contrast the difference in the persons life who is "in Christ" as opposed to one who is "in Adam" from the perspective of The Exchanged Life.

    In those four verses what phrase is referred to three times? It’s the phrase “in Christ” or “in Him” meaning Christ. So my question and the subject of this sermon is: “What does it mean to be in Christ?” For a couple of weeks now, I’ve talked about what it means to be “in Adam.” In fact, 1 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    A New Year's Resolution That Means Something

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Dec 28, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,172 views

    We need to make a resolution to be more like the early Church.

    A New Year’s Resolution That Means Something Text: Acts 2:42-47 Introduction 1. Illustration: At the beginning of a new year, a high school principal decided to post his teachers’ new year’s resolutions on the bulletin board. As the teachers gathered around the bulletin board, a great ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    "When Giving Everything Means Nothing"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Feb 4, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,492 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to sincerely love one another from the heart.

    “When Giving Everything Means Nothing” 1 Corinthians 13:1-13(KJV) 1 John 3:18 (KJV) 28 January 2007 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Presidio of Monterey (ORD Military Chapel) Monterey California, 93940 BIG IDEA: On God’s Love Scale, if two Christians weigh-in and one has all of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Realities That Give Life Definition And Meaning

    Contributed by Cesar Delgado on Feb 6, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,837 views

    take a look of the realties that give life definition and meaning.

    REALITIES THAT GIVE LIFE DEFINITION AND MEANING ECCLESIASTES 9:1- 10 GOODNEWS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP BUCAS, Daraga Albay January 7, 2007 Introduction A. About the Disaster that hits Albay B. About the predictions in year 2007 by some Psychics Philosophies of life that wont’ work 1. Materialism ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Marilyn Murphree avatar

    What Being A Parent Sometimes Means

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Mar 21, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,947 views

    Mothers have to often make difficult decisions. With God’s help they can do it wisely.

    Mother’s Day Sermon “What Being a Parent Sometimes Means” Exodus 2:1-11 INTRODUCTION: “The Lord gives good many things twice over; but he don’t give ye a mother but once” says Tom in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Today is the day set aside each year to pay tribute to Mothers, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Bruce Rzengota avatar

    Charlie Brown: What Christmas Means Series

    Contributed by Bruce Rzengota on Mar 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 16,754 views

    What Christmas Means from Charlie Brown

    Charlie Brown-- What Christmas Means The first of nearly 50 Peanuts television movies, A Charlie Brown Christmas is the longest-running cartoon special in history, airing every year since its debut in 1965. Whimsical, melancholy, and ultimately full of wonder, it is a holiday favorite for ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Does Everlasting Really Mean Forever? Series

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 17, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,050 views

    To be assured of our salvation sets us free to serve the Lord free without the fear of Hell. Jesus made many wonderful promises to give the believer assurance so he could serve the Lord with gladness and freedom.

    Does Everlasting Really Mean Forever? Sermon 3 in the series, "Free Grace in Focus – A Biblical Answer to Lordship Salvation" Chuck Sligh August 29, 2010 Much of the main points in this sermon come from a booklet titled “You Can Be Eternally Sure.” The booklet has been lost and the author and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Does It Mean To Be Born Again? Series

    Contributed by Moy Hernandez on Oct 27, 2009
     | 5,259 views

    For some this decision eventually turned into a commitment for Christ, which meant that after accepting the redeeming power of Christ they moved on to working and being involved in the ministry in one way or another according to their God given calling, g

    What does it mean to be born again? The New Birth - John 3:1-9 Too often in our Christian walk we go about our business without truly understanding the commitment that we made on that faithful day, the moment, the place, the time when you accepted Christ as your personal Savior, and hopefully, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Sanctification Means Being Spiritually Minded

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jun 26, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,938 views

    Four steps to being spiritually minded

    SANCTIFICATION MEANS BEING SPIRITUALLY MINDED I agree with what Joyce Meyers wrote, “I am of the opinion that as long as we are cooperating with the Holy Spirit to the best of our ability and sincerely want to change (as we walk in the light and God points out something in our life that ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Sanctification Means Being Spiritually Minded

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jul 14, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,679 views

    Being Spirit minded keeps us commiting sin

    SANCTIFICATION MEANS BEING SPIRITUALLY MINDED I agree with what Joyce Meyers wrote, “I am of the opinion that as long as we are cooperating with the Holy Spirit to the best of our ability and sincerely want to change (as we walk in the light and God points out something in our life that ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Stewardship – What Is It – What Does It Mean

    Contributed by David Petrash on Aug 13, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,719 views

    Stewardship – What Is It – What Does It Mean

    Stewardship – What Is It – What Does It Mean: Good Morning – How is everyone today? I hope you had a wonderful week. It has been a very wonderful and eventful week for Grace Point. We welcomed a new Overseer into our Leadership and that is such a joy and a blessing – Peter is a wonderful man of ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

  • Daniel Habben avatar

    What Does It Mean To Be A Child Of God?

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 1, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 20,716 views

    What Does It Mean To Be A Child Of God? 1) Now: trouble 2) In eternity: glory

    Do you remember the television show “The Lives of the Rich and Famous”? On the program you may have seen a house like this one in New York. It’s supposedly the most expensive house in North America and has 29 bedrooms, 39 bathrooms, and is surrounded by 63 acres of manicured ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran