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  • Ronald Crandall avatar

    Do You Suffer From Comparisonitis?

    Contributed by Ronald Crandall on Jan 7, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
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    I don’t think that comparisionitis is actually a word, but boy did my congregation listen to it. Because we all have the tendcy to compare ourselves to someone or something. In this message we look at danger of the deadly disease I call "Comparisionitis"!

    DO YOU SUFFER FROM “COMPARISONITIS”? By: Pastor Ron Crandall INTRO: All of us have a dislike for diseases or illness’ or something that is like a destructive process in an organism. We do not like suffering, We do not like the bearing of pain or distress. When we have a deficiency in an ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Wilson avatar

    How To Pray Inappropriate Prayers Without Really Trying!

    Contributed by David Wilson on Jan 5, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,381 views

    This message explores ways that we as believers sometimes approach God in an inappropriate manner in our prayer lives. Issues dealt with: Praying for the ears of men, praying for length,praying in pride, and praying to manipulate God to do our will rather

    How to Pray Wrong Prayers without Really Meaning to Do So! Matthew 6:6-10 1. PRAYERS MEANT FOR THE EARS OF MEN ARE INAPPROPRIATE PRAYERS! Jesus warned against praying in the streets, etc. so that others could see you praying and hear your prayers. His warning was that we are not to put on a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Kingdom Characteristics Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Apr 24, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,459 views

    When we come to Jesus, what do we really want from him? What does Jesus really want from us? Jesus shows us the way into the kingdom of God, and the path has requirements. Are you ready to enter?

    Two Parables and Two Encounters with Jesus that teach us four characteristics needed to enter and live in the Kingdom of God. Persistent Prayer Penitent Humility Dependant Acceptance Sacrificial Submission Two great enemies in the hearts of men that prevent them entry into the kingdom are also ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Two Ways To Pray

    Contributed by Alan Balatbat on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,311 views

    Is thier a right way to Pray.

    1. The Audience verse 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: Jesus in this parable targets those in the crowd around Him who were self-assured (who trusted in themselves) and were convinced that they were good people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael King avatar

    Assurance Of Salvation

    Contributed by Michael King on Jul 20, 2003
    based on 401 ratings
     | 21,375 views

    We can self examine ourselves to determine our relationship with God and to know with certainty weather we are saved or not by displaying Three attitudes that Jesus Himself gives us.

    Assurance of Salvation Sometime when you’re in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Sinner's Prayer Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Jul 30, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,067 views

    Jesus: Friend of Sinners, Part 6 of 7

    THE SINNER’S PRAYER (LK. 18:9-14) Famed Holocaust novelist Elie Wiesel tells the story of the great Rabbi Haim-Gedalia of Upshpitzin, who interceded fervently with God for an innkeeper who was notorious for his many sins. “Very well, I forgive him,” said the Almighty. The rabbi was pleased with ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Good Man Lost, A Bad Man Saved

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 1, 2005
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,429 views

    You can be a good person and still die lost and go to hell. You can be a bad person and die saved and go to heaven.

    LUKE 18:9-14 “A GOOD MAN LOST – A BAD MAN SAVED” A) When Jesus preached and taught among men on earth, He found that there were some men which trusted in themselves that they were righteous! * It was to them that He spoke this parable ... And if He preached in America today, He would need ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Miller avatar

    The Thanksgiving That Doesn't Count

    Contributed by Steve Miller on Jan 4, 2005
    based on 51 ratings
     | 5,628 views

    Real thanksgiving is done with the right attitude. The prayer of the Pharisee was arrogant and despising toward the Publican, therefore it did not count. This sermon was developed for a community Thanksgiving service.

    The Thanksgiving that Doesn’t Count STEVE MILLER, November 23, 2004 Luke 18:9-14 (NKJV) Do you remember the television commercial for Citibank with the two ladies in the grocery store? The one puts her hand on the other’s tummy and asks when the baby is due? The woman looks at her like she’s ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    A Man Who Went Home Justified

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Jan 23, 2005
    based on 97 ratings
     | 8,209 views

    One of the greatest parables ever told was the story of the Pharisee and the Tax collector. The story is great because it has plot twists and leads to a surprise ending. The word righteousness means “right-standing”. To be righteous means to be in right

    A MAN WHO WENT HOME JUSTIFIED Luke 18: 9-14 One of the greatest parables ever told was the story of the Pharisee and the Tax collector. The story is great because it has plot twists and leads to a surprise ending. In Jesus’ day this simple story surely sent people home baffled and buzzing. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    We Have A Problem Called Pride Series

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Feb 7, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,669 views

    Sin is real. So is salvation. But we can’t really understand the joy of salvation until we understand the depths of sin from which we have been saved.

    We Have a Problem Called Pride Luke 18:10-13 February 6, 2005 In 1994, I was the Annual Conference Secretary of Global Ministries. It was in that capacity that I joined a survey team to Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Andrew. Three of us went down to determine how best our Annual Conference ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Joel Pankow avatar

    God, Have Mercy On Me, A Sinner

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Feb 9, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 11,340 views

    This is a comparison on the attitude of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector for an Ash WEdnesday service.

    February 9, 2005 Luke 18:9-14 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dennis Bliss avatar

    Lent A Time For Repentance

    Contributed by Dennis Bliss on Feb 15, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,964 views

    A lenten homily on humility, and repentance

    Lent a season of Repentance. We disciples of Jesus are celebrating our communal Lenten pilgrimage, a 40 day spiritual journey that will hopefully enable us to better appreciate and celebrate the life giving death and eternal resurrection of our Lord and Savior, the very feast of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • David Dykes avatar

    The Peril Of Proud Praying! Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 567 ratings
     | 106,687 views

    The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector is an interesting lesson about pride and humility, which raises three questions: (1) Why did you come to church? (2) What is your attitude in church? and (3) How will you go home?

    The Peril of Proud Praying! Luke 18:9-14 by Dr. David O. Dykes INTRODUCTION A man with three sons inherited a little over $1 billion dollars. Since he now had all this money, he offered to buy his sons anything they wanted. He stressed money was no object. His first son said he had always wanted ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Dykes avatar

    P.u.s.h.--Pray Until Something Happens! Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 929 ratings
     | 329,039 views

    In this parable, we learn the value of positive, persistent prayer and the need for prayer in our lives.

    P.U.S.H. – Pray Until Something Happens! Luke 18:1-8 By Dr. David O. Dykes INTRODUCTION A young man went into a drugstore to buy 3 boxes of chocolate: small, medium, and large. When the pharmacist asked him about the three boxes, he said, “Well, I’m going over to a new girlfriend’s house for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Greg Nance avatar

    Positives Of Persistence And Perils Of Pride In Prayer

    Contributed by Greg Nance on May 18, 2003
    based on 124 ratings
     | 7,005 views

    How we pray and what we pray have a big connection. Jesus’ gives us great insight into what God wants in a good prayer.

    Praying Outside the Box Do you remember your first prayers? As a child, learning to pray, I never remember having a class or hearing a list of instructions about prayer, do you? I do remember being told to say, “In Jesus Name, Amen.” But most of what I learned about praying as a child came from ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ