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  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Growing The Family Of God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 16, 2017
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    There is a widespread effort within our culture to destroy the human family, and ultimately to dehumanize all of us, to turn us into commodities. But there is also hope for change.

    Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost 2017 From the epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians: Brethren: I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Meal With A Pharisee, Etc. Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Oct 15, 2017
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    Jesus wasn’t in the dark about why He was invited to this dinner. But I have to admit that if a Pharisee had asked me to come to dinner for the purpose of spying on me, I would have refused.

    Jerusalem Lesson: Meal with a Pharisee Ruler Occasions Healing a Man with Dropsy; Parables of Ox, Best Places, and Great Supper Luke 14:1-24 Jesus Goes to Dinner at Home of Pharisee (Luke 14:1) And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Learning From God's Providence

    Contributed by Charles Scott on Jun 22, 2017
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    Jesus learned obedience by the things He suffered. Similarly, St. Paul learned from the Christ that he had persecuted, the things he would suffer as He followed the Christ. Living the Christ life, we will see how suffering aids in redemption.

    Trinity 2 2017 Learning from God’s Providence The Collect O LORD, who never failest to help and govern those whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love; Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Richard Tow avatar

    The Power Of Humility

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 4, 2017
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    Sermon examines the benefits of humility with practical steps for walking in humiity. Moses in Niumbers 12 is given as an example of this. Jesus' teaching on the subject is also considered.

    Read Text (Numbers 12) I call your attention to verse 3 in this chapter: “Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.” In this story, we are given a dramatic picture of the relationship between spiritual authority and genuine humility. Moses is the most ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    The Parable Of The Great Banquet. Series

    Contributed by Claude Alexander on Oct 9, 2019
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    Excuses Excuses, Invitation to the Great Dinner.

    The Parable of the Great Banquet. Excuses Excuses Luke 14: 1-24 In our text, the entire section is centered around a meal table. A prominent Pharisee asked Jesus to eat at his home. A number of things took place at this table, but none of them were very pleasant. All-in-all, it was a most ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    When Jesus Comes To Dinner Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Oct 23, 2019
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    When Jesus Comes to Dinner Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) Brad Bailey - October 13, 2019

    When Jesus Comes to Dinner Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) Brad Bailey - October 13, 2019 Series #42 / Luke 14:1-14 Intro As we continue in our extended focus on Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Luke…we have come to this point in which Jesus is speaking into what the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Heart Speaks To Heart

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 2, 2018
     | 5,733 views

    St. Luke records that when Jesus began his ministry, he proclaimed that He was sent “to heal the brokenhearted, and proclaim deliverance to captives.”

    Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost 2018 Healing of the Heart When I was growing up in the fifties and early sixties, this Extraordinary Form Mass was everywhere the norm. So we heard this wonderful Gospel every year. But what is “dropsy”? Now we have the Internet and we can learn easily that dropsy ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Beware Of Pride And Hypocrisy

    Contributed by David Mende on Jul 20, 2018
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     | 14,677 views

    The scribes were guilty of pride and hypocrisy. And there is a 'scribe' within us. We must avoid the sins of pride and hypocrisy and pursue humility and integrity. I would be delighted if you could rate this sermon and give brief feedback.

    INTRODUCTION (SECURE ATTENTION) & BACKGROUND OF THE PASSAGE: PRAY before starting the sermon. ILLUSTRATION: {Few of you might recognize this man on the screen. This is Jim Jones, a self-proclaimed prophet who led a cultic church known as the Peoples Temple. He faced several allegations, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Rude Guest (September 1,2013).

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 14, 2020
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    Jesus told this parable to illustrate God’s will and how there were seat-seekers who were excluding those who were in need of a seat.

    THE RUDE GUEST Text: Luke 14, 1, 7 – 14 John Wesley had no intention of founding a denomination. He was a clergyman in the church of England. He boldly reached out to those whom society and the church of his day had marginalized. John Wesley saw the church ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Who Are The People Of God And How To Join Up

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 31, 2023
     | 742 views

    Here comes this hick-town Galilean carpenter and His gang to try to turn things upside down.

    Saturday of the 30th week in course 2023 Our first reading begins with a question about whether, “then,” God has rejected His people, the Jews of St. Paul’s day. But we must, to have any understanding of these words, look back at the previous chapter, which ends, “But of Israel he [God] says, ‘All ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    "pushing Up The Shades"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 23, 2022
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     | 2,968 views

    A sermon about being aware of those on the margins.

    Luke 14:1, 7-14 “Pushing up the Shades” Retired author and pastor Tony Campolo tells of an experience he had at dinner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, some years ago. He was checking on mission programs that his organization carried out day in and day out in Haiti. He wanted to see how the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Where Is Your Comfort Zone?

    Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Aug 30, 2022
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    Are we stuff in our 'comfort zone' or willing to step out of it to follow Jesus?

    There is a popular term that I would like us to consider: “comfort zone.” A person’s comfort zone refers to any place where the person feels comfortable, safe, free from threat or even challenge. Life there is marked by ease and familiarity. It’s natural to like one’s comfort zone, but most of us ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Knowing Your Place

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Aug 31, 2022
     | 3,372 views

    A sermon for the Sunday following Pentecost, Year C, Lectionary 22

    August 28, 2022 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Luke 14:1, 7-14 Knowing Your Place Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. A small commercial plane was carrying only four passengers: a doctor, a trial lawyer, a minister and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    How To Eat In Church Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 16, 2022
     | 2,168 views

    If you want to come together for the advancement of the gospel, then come together around the cross. remember Jesus, reflect on yourself, and remain, or wait, for one another.

    21 years ago (2001), DreamWorks produced the animated film Shreck, in which Shrek, an ogre, falls in love with the beautiful princess Fiona, who turns out to be an ogre herself. They fall in love, get married, and live happily ever after. Then Shrek 2 comes along three years later (2004), and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Keeping The Greatest Commandment Series

    Contributed by Michael Blitz on Oct 15, 2022
     | 1,723 views

    This sermon serves as a comparison of keeping the Greatest Commandment between Jesus and the Pharisees.

    How We Keep the Greatest Commandment You don’t have to show hands, but how many of you have a person in your family that you find you apologize for before people meet them. Maybe an aunt or uncle, maybe a parent, who’s you just find yourself warning those you bring to a party or event: “Look, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican