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  • Bruce Howell avatar

    Love Story

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 354 ratings
     | 15,858 views

    A demonstration of divine and human love intermingling.

    Love Story Luke 7:36-50 I LIKE LOVE STORIES. I guess I’m just a hopeless romantic. In Luke, chapter 7, we find a love story of the highest sort. It is not a romance; it’s far above that. It’s the story of one woman’s devotion to her God. The scene is the courtyard of the house of Simon ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Love Of A Believer

    Contributed by Doug Gregory on May 11, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,751 views

    How is a believer supposed to love others?

    Let Christ Be Your Example Offer Yourselves Sacrificially Value Everyone Else More Than Yourself Embrace The Cross Read 1 Corinthians 13 Let Christ Be Your Example: Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Listening With Love

    Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Dec 22, 2019
     | 2,059 views

    Sermon for Advent 4, Year A. Sermon contrasts how Joseph could have treated Mary and how he actually acted toward her. Mary has a story (and thus Jesus) because Joseph listened with love and showed mercy.

    Preparing for 2020: Listening with Love I feel for Joseph. Not only because he’s often overlooked, but in some ways I understand what it’s like to be Joseph. In 1994 I found a new level of solidarity with Joseph. The children’s director concluded that the pastor’s grandson didn’t need a “speaking” ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Love In Bloom Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 11, 2019
     | 3,868 views

    Genuine believers put in great effort toward loving fellow believers, and yet are willing to be hated for doing right.

    Love in Bloom (I John 3:11-18) 1. In the world, a lot of people do things for spite. Here are a few real life examples from some blogs: Today, my boss got mad at me because I told her that I wouldn't be able to work two days out of the week, due to college classes. She then cut back my hours ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Rev. Dr. Indrani Baboolal avatar

    The Power Of Love

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Indrani Baboolal on Feb 18, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,031 views

    This love that King Solomon writes in the Book of Song of Songs is a powerful love that mankind experiences, but God has designed this love for more.

    INTRODUCTION There is so much that can be said about love. However Love in the book of Song of Songs is a romantic love between a man and a woman. Not like the Love that exist between Christ and the church which is “Agape love” one of several Greek words for love. When the word “agape” is used in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Ashes Of Love

    Contributed by Michael Blitz on Feb 14, 2024
     | 1,144 views

    A brief homily on repentance

    Good EVENING and thank you all for coming out. I really enjoy that our lectionary gives me a lesson, right before the sermon, which seems to question the whole purpose of having an Ash Wednesday service. It really doesn’t, of course. But it is picked to make sure that we work through the idea of ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Love In Action

    Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Jul 10, 2025
     | 401 views

    Love is not just a word, it is something we choose to do. Love is action it's something we do. This message helps us learn to love like Jesus...

    This message has personal real-life illustrations, feel free to use them as your own or modify them to suit your need. Illustration: The Burning Building Rescue One Time we got a call to a Structure fire, upon our arrival flames were coming out of the carport and side of the house probably about ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Imitation Of Love

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 58 ratings
     | 6,250 views

    God has shown His love for us in His Son Jesus who has given His life so that we might know true love as well as salvation.

    The Imitation of Love 1 John 3:11-24 "Pray that my love will be without limits." --Saint Maximilian Kolbe in his last letter to his mother. Father Maximilian Kolbe was forty-five years old in the early autumn of 1939 when the Nazis invaded his homeland. He was a Polish monk who founded the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Mother's Love

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 17, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,694 views

    A mother’s love is demonstrated by her eager attitude toward her family work and by her word’s of wisdom and insight to the family members.

    A Mother’s Love Thesis: A mother’s love is demonstrated by her eager attitude toward her family work and by her word’s of wisdom and insight to the family members. Humor Illustrations: Hilarious Words of Motherly Wisdom from ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    Love Connects Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jun 21, 2021
     | 2,655 views

    Love Connects Series: When Love Comes December 13, 2020 – Brad Bailey

    Love Connects Series: When Love Comes December 13, 2020 – Brad Bailey Note: This is the second message in this series. Intro Good morning to each of you...and welcome to those engaging at a later time. Last week... I invited us to begin focusing on the wonder that we call Christmas. I know that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Supremacy Of Love Series

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Dec 3, 2002
    based on 28 ratings
     | 8,930 views

    This sermon gives 5 reasons that God considers love to be supreme above all other desirable characteristics in the Christian life.

    November 17, 2002 I Corinthians 13:8-13 ¡§The supremacy of Love¡¨ INTRODUCTION In the book, ¡§Children¡¦s Letters to God: The New Collection¡¨, a little girl named, Nan, writes this letter: ¡§Dear God, I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Byron Harvey avatar

    The Power Of Love Series

    Contributed by Byron Harvey on Mar 24, 2003
    based on 56 ratings
     | 8,907 views

    This is the final installment of a series I did on I Corinthians 13, dealing with the fact that "love endures all things, and never fails."

    “The Power of Love” I Corinthians 13:8-13 March 23, 2003 Love of Another Kind – I Corinthians 13 Theme Intro “Kids say the darnedest things”, they say, and so Art Linkletter, and more recently, Bill Cosby, made a TV show out of the concept! When Anthony was little, we got a kick out of the fact ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Love Is The Key

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Feb 9, 2009
    based on 19 ratings
     | 17,590 views

    Love is the key to all we do in the Christian life. It is the key to our ministry; the key to our relationships; and the key to our victory.

    Love Is The Key Text: 1 Cor.13: 13 Intro: Have you ever thought about how easy it is for people to misrepresent themselves to others? I suppose a certain amount of that is normal under certain conditions. For instance, I may feel like death warmed over. But if I’m walking through the mall, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Emile Wolfaardt avatar

    The Languages Of Love Series

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,861 views

    (PowerPoint Slides and Cell Study Notes freely available by emailing Emile@Wolfaardt.com)

    The Languages of Love John 15:34-35 We have entitled our series "Fireproof" from the awesome film on the circuit right now on relationships in general, and marriage in particular. We are focusing on relationships because we have realized that the river of fulfillment flows out of healthy ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Brien Sims avatar

    Loving Relationships

    Contributed by Brien Sims on Dec 22, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,750 views

    We must love as Christ loves us.

    Time and time again we hear about people “falling out of love” and deciding that their relationship just isn’t worth keeping. They decide to go and file for a divorce because the luster that was there just doesn’t exist any more. Teenagers act much the same way having a different boyfriend or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ