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Perfect Love Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Oct 1, 2015

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Jesus is talking about the way we love others. We can only love perfectly when we have been changed by God’s perfect love.

Perfect Love Matthew 5:43-48 43 ”You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Denomination: Assembly Of God

With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Aug 5, 2010

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How Job's friends show us both the wrong way and the right way to help a friend who is suffering.

INTRODUCTION This is the fifth study in the teaching series from Job called “Turning Tears into Telescopes.” This message is entitled “With Friends Like These—Who Needs Enemies?” Since I grew up in Alabama, the birthplace of rednecks, I got a real chuckle out of the ...read more

Scripture: Job 2:11-13, Job 2:11

Denomination: Baptist

Finish Well Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 17, 2021

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If you want to finish well, love deeply.

In the 4th Ice Age move, Manny the wooly mammoth, Sid the sloth, and Diego the saber-toothed cat embark on an epic quest after a disaster sets the entire continent adrift. Meanwhile, as they fight for their lives and try to save the world, Crash and Eddie, two shallow, escapist possums, are too ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11, Proverbs 10:12, Hebrews 13:2

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Intercessory Prayer

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Jul 17, 2021

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The following sermon is going to examine the Lord's command to love and to pray for our neighbors: our fellow believers, our country's leaders and yes even our enemies!

Intercessory Prayer Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 “A classic definition of Christian prayer is “an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and thankful acknowledgement of His ...read more

Scripture: James 5:16, Matthew 22:36-40, Ephesians 1:15-23, Hebrews 7:25, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Romans 13:1-5, Matthew 5:43-48, 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Not To Smite, But To Save The Evildoer Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 12, 2010

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Our witness to love our enemies, and to so live that we attract them to Christ and the Church, is a union with Christ's sacrifice

Monday after Eleventh Sunday in Course June 14, 2010 You Will Be My Witnesses There’s something satisfying in seeing the smiting of the evildoer. “Ah, justice is done, finally,” we say when someone gets his comeuppance. But God does not desire the death of the sinner in his ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 21:1-16

Denomination: Catholic

Twenty Commands Of Christian Brotherhood

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Mar 4, 2017

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What it takes to be a brother in Christ.

TWENTY COMMANDS OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD Romans 12: 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-16

Denomination: Baptist

The Son Of Thunder Grows Up

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 24, 2024

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The Thunder boys came to Jesus and asked if they could call down fire from heaven

Feast of St. John the Evangelist 2024 No matter what our age as disciples of Jesus may be, we all have some challenges, some questions we need to answer. Let’s take them starting with the one who is questioning: “who am I?” Then “who is God?” and “what does God want of me?” From there we ask ...read more

Scripture: John 15:12-17, 1 John 1:1-4, Matthew 5:43-48, John 20:1-8, Revelation 21:23 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

"Uncovering The Lie: Face To Face With The Enemy Within" Series

Contributed by Keith Manry on Mar 11, 2003

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The language of sin and evil are a lost language in society and even in the church today. In an attempt to build people up we neglect our responsibility to speak the truth about the nature of these two words which the Biblical writers found extremely impo

In 1960, Israeli undercover agents orchestrated the daring kidnapping of one of the worst of the Holocaust’s masterminds, Adolf Eichmann. After capturing him in his South American hideout, they transported him to Israel to stand trial. There, prosecutors called a string of former concentration camp ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-10, Romans 5:12

Denomination: Methodist

Known By Love

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Dec 29, 2023

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A new command I give you: love one another.

December 30, 2023 As we look forward to the start of a New Year, our minds naturally turn to the ever-popular idea of the New Year’s Resolution: • I’m going to lose 10 lbs. • I’m going to pay off my credit cards. • I’m going to eat fewer donuts --- Right!! Like that is ever going to ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35, Leviticus 19:18, Leviticus 19:34, Matthew 22:37-40, Luke 6:27-35, Ephesians 5:1-2 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

God Is Love Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Feb 5, 2021

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An ongoing look at God's attributes. On this Valentine's Day we look at God's love.

God is Love February 14, 2021 Well, today is Valentine’s Day and I was going to hold off on this attribute of God until the end, but it seemed very appropriate to talk about today. Of course, it’s God’s attribute of Love. The great 20th century theologian, Karl Barth, a man of amazing ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:6-8, Ephesians 2:4, Mark 12:30-31

Denomination: Baptist

Love In Bloom Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008

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Love varies with the persons we love and our relationship to them.

Love in Bloom (topical) 1. Family love is unique but challenging. From Reader’s Digest, we read, It’s every airplane passenger’s nightmare -- getting stuck near a crying baby. I was manning the ticket counter at a busy airport when the sound of a sobbing infant filled the air. As the next ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

When Your Memories Become Your Enemies

Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Sep 3, 2009

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Do you live in the past? Jesus said, "No one who has put their hand to the plow and looking back is fit for the kingdom of heaven." Why is looking back dangerous? Let’s explore it together.

When Your Memories Become Your Enemies: Learn To Look To Jesus INTRODUCTION I want to talk with you today on the subject: WHEN YOUR MEMORIES BECOME YOUR ENEMIES Did you know that your mind is one of God’s greatest creations? That’s why the mind is a terrible thing to waste, because God created ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:62

Denomination: Baptist

Walking In Love Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Jul 15, 2012

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As Christians we are to be distinctive from walking in the ways of the world by walking in love.

Introduction Back in the late summer and fall, we explored together the fourth chapter of Ephesians, a chapter rich with teaching about the church and the individual Christian life. Let’s review briefly. The first three chapters of Ephesians form one glorious doxology extolling the riches we have ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-2

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Love Of God

Contributed by Jake Kircher on Dec 28, 2005

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God’s love is best described by the cross

Having to preach twice in two days on two entirely different topics I honestly didn’t have a lot of time to prepare for tonight. All week long I had mentioned to a few people that the love of God would be an easy topic to preach on. “How can God’s love be difficult to explain,” I thought to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:6-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love One Another/Love Not The World Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Aug 8, 2006

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God calls us to show love towards people in the world while at the same time renouncing the world. Viewed as people, the world must be loved; viewed as a corrupt system opposed to God, the world is not to be loved.

Sermon Series on First John, “Collecting Evidence of Faith” “Love one another/Love not the world”, 2:7-17 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Love, the Mark of the Believer, 7-11… “Dear friends, I am not writing a new command…” What John’s saying is ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:7-17

Denomination: Congregational

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