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  • Michael Monica avatar

    A Love For Enemies

    Contributed by Michael Monica on May 17, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,908 views

    God's call to love others.

    INTRODUCTION Loving your enemies may be on the most challenging commands give to us by Christ. (Matthew 5:43-44, Luke 6:27-28). Yet, when applied, loving our enemies can 1. Bless and transform our lives. 2. Make this world a better place to live in. WHO IS YOUR ENEMY? 1. Anyone who curses ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeremy Houck avatar

    Love Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Mar 5, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 13,271 views

    A pratical look at one of the hardest commandments

    Last week we began to look at what Paul calls the greatest internal force in all creation; love. This week we need to make a rather specific and probably painful application of what we’ve been learning; we’re going to talk about loving our enemies. We have a lot of ground to cover, so let’s get ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Luke avatar

    Love Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Apr 10, 2005
    based on 124 ratings
     | 65,203 views

    Christ-followers seek to model His character when others choose to harm or humiliate us.

    (adapted from Southeast Christian Church’s series: Living a Life of Integrity"0 SERIES: “WORDS OF WISDOM FOR KINGDOM LIVING” TEXT: MATTHEW 5:38-48 TITLE: “LOVE YOUR ENEMIES” INTRODUCTION: A. A truck driver is sitting in a crowded roadside diner ready to eat his lunch. It’s not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Wes Richard avatar

    Love Your Enemies

    Contributed by Wes Richard on Oct 13, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,713 views

    A reminder of God’s redemptive work in a world torn by hate and violence with reference to 9-11

    I want to begin by telling you about something happened to me in college. I didn’t have a car as a freshman, but in 1959 I got my grandpa’s 1951 Chevy, which I drove from my home in Iowa to Hesston, Kansas, where I attended college. It was a nice car and I liked it. I didn’t drive it much ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Stan Martin avatar

    Loving Your Enemy

    Contributed by Stan Martin on Aug 25, 2003
    based on 84 ratings
     | 37,366 views

    Lessons from David and Saul on some causes of hateful behavior and loving responses to unlovely actions.

     Loving Your Enemy In Luke 6 Jesus said, "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ’sinners’ love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even ’sinners’ do that. . . . But love your ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Carla Powell avatar

    Love Your Enemies?

    Contributed by Carla Powell on Jan 2, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 5,485 views

    Responding to Sept 11th and a (minor) break-in to our church building, this sermon focuses on how live Jesus’ call to do unto others as we would have them do to us.

    Today we celebrate All Saints Day, when we honor those well-known saints of the church. And All Saints Day also helps us to recall those faithful departed who have gone before, people who have died in the faith from this congregation and in our lives. But All Saints Day also serves as a reminder ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Matthew Rogers avatar

    Loving Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Jan 7, 2002
    based on 87 ratings
     | 10,152 views

    Loving my enemy is a way to show I belong to God.

    May 27, 2001 Relationships in the Kingdom – Part 6 INTRODUCTION Before the reunification of Germany, each of Uwe Holmer’s eight children tried to enroll at the University of East Berlin, and each one was rejected. The East German Ministry of Education wasn’t in the habit of giving reasons for ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Eric Sellgren avatar

    Love Your Enemies?

    Contributed by Eric Sellgren on Oct 22, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,689 views

    How to capture Osama Bin Laden?

    Many powerful and poignant stories came out of the Prison Camps of the 2nd World War - and some funny ones too. In the film "COLDITZ", the whole Prison Camp was brought out on Parade by the Camp Commandant. "I will give special privileges to anyone who will come to work for us" he said. "Step ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Love Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on May 16, 2002
    based on 130 ratings
     | 41,317 views

    How true Disciples are to handle difficult people.

    A Study of the Book of Luke Sermon # 13 “Love Your Enemies” Luke 6:27-38 I have another children’s book to share with you, and no, it not the only kind of book I read. I seem to find a lot of wisdom in them. In the children’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Loving My Enemies

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 20, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,101 views

    1. Jesus is teaching us to stop the cycle of violence and revenge. 2. Jesus is sayi8ng that we have nothing to fear, and there is therefore no reason to seek revenge. 3. Jesus is telling us to take on the nature of God.

    • In the movie “Fiddler on the Roof”, Tevye and his neighbors have been informed that the Tsar has evicted all Jews from their village and confiscated their land. There is a great upheaval and anger in the community, as you can imagine. If someone told this to you and all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tyler Edwards avatar

    Love Your Enemy Series

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 12, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,626 views

    Something is missing from the church today, and people are starting to notice. Too often the church fails to offer what it advertises: life.

    3. The Greatest Commandment February 28, 2010 Love your Enemy Mrs. Jones wanted her fourth grade class to learn some valuable life lessons so one day she gave them an assignment. Each student was instructed to get their parents to tell them a story and they would be expected to find the moral of ...read more

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  • Justin Miller avatar

    Love Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Justin Miller on Aug 31, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,365 views

    1. Today we’re covering one of the most counter-culture passages in all of the Bible.

    1. Today we’re covering one of the most counter-culture passages in all of the Bible. Really it’s the teaching that separates Christianity from everything else. In Matthew 5:38-48, Jesus has the nerve, the audacity to command us to let go of our need for revenge and to love our ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ken Pell avatar

    Loving Your Enemies

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 2, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,702 views

    Jesus actions during the passion narrative of Mark are evidence and illustration of loving one’s enemies.

    LOVING YOUR ENEMIES Mark 15:1-20 Sermon Objective: A communion sermon; Jesus actions during the passion narrative of Mark are evidence and illustration of loving one’s enemies. Supporting Scripture: Leviticus 19:18; Luke 6:27-36; Romans 5:10; Romans 12:17; 1 John 4:9-10 MARK 15:1-20 Simply put, ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Loving Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Mar 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,056 views

    The Lord wanrts to show us that if we are going to love our enemies, it will not be by retalliation, but by showing them Jesus.

    Loving your Enemies Matthew 5:43-48 Luke 6:27-36 Disclaimer: Information was gathered from Sermon Central and personal devotion for this sermon. Introduction- This morning here’s what I want to see happen. Here’s what ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Scott Chambers avatar

    Love Your Enemies? Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Sep 27, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,232 views

    This message is the second in a series that deals with some of the difficult sayings of Jesus. This message deals with Jesus’ call to love your enemies.

    Sometimes we hear something that sounds so unreasonable our response is, “You have got to be kidding.” I believe in our text we encounter Jesus saying something that really sounds unreasonable. In fact this statement goes against what we consider to be reasonable. This statement goes against ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ