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  • Keith Crouch avatar

    A Demonstration Of God's Love Series

    Contributed by Keith Crouch on Aug 30, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
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    Another message in the current series on the eternal attributes of God.

    A Demonstration of God’s Love Luke 15:11-24 I. God’s Love Is a Seeking Love (v. 11-17) A. It seeks Us in the Far Country “..in that while we were sinners Christ died for us.” – Rom. 5:8 People God Found in the “Far Country” • Adam & Eve hid in the Garden of Eden • Moses was on the back side of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Father's Heart

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 5, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
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    Appreciate the heart of the Father. Don’t waste your life away. Treasure the resources God has given us. Love the things He loves.

    (I have taken most thoughts in this sermon from Rodney J. Buchanan’s ’The Father’s House’, July 7, 2002, Mulberry St. UMC, Mt. Vernon, OH.) Let’s take a look at this interesting story again. Looking at the three characters in this story, we can learn something about ourselves and our heavenly ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Welcome Home

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Sep 12, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
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    The Father’s forgiveness of a failing son.

    Luke 15:11-24 Welcome Home! Intro – Melody in the Key of F I. He was an Ungrateful Worm (11-12) a. His audacity 11-12 (boldness to ask) b. His avarice 12 (greed) c. His ambition 12 (selfishness, fleshly) d. His animosity 12 (hatred of Father & others) II. He lived in Unbridled ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Homecoming

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Sep 18, 2005
    based on 97 ratings
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    The Prodigal Son, the greatest homecoming story ever written.

    Homecoming Luke 15:11-32 INTRO.: Thinking of homecomings, this is possibly the most famous homecoming story in the Bible. What a wonderful homecoming ths prodigal had when he finally came to his senses. This is a story about coming home to God. This is not the point Jesus was making. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Troy Bohn avatar

    5 Questions Part 4: Am I Relevant?

    Contributed by Troy Bohn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,183 views

    Luke 15:11-32 11 Then He said: "A certain man had two sons.

    Luke 15:11-32 11 Then He said: "A certain man had two sons. 12 "And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood. 13 "And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Richard Jones avatar

    You Didn't Get A Goat?

    Contributed by Richard Jones on Nov 1, 2000
    based on 179 ratings
     | 6,056 views

    A perspective on the prodigal son and his brother.

    You Didn’t Get a Goat? (Good Song: When God Ran) Luke 15:11-32 A group of well-intentioned people met to discuss ways and means of helping a friend who had been down on his luck recently. Knowing him to be an extremely proud person, who would not accept money, they decided to arrange a bogus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What It Means To Be Lost

    Contributed by Bud Martenn on Nov 3, 2000
    based on 171 ratings
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    Jesus gives us three vivid pictures in this chapter of what it means to be lost

    Pastor Bud Martenn Bethel Memorial Baptist Church LaFayette, GA WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOST Lk.15:1-32 Personal need for Christ To give clear distinctions between being lost and saved Key Thought: Luke.19:10 BEGINNING 1. Jesus gives us three parables in this chapter to show us what it is like ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Prodigal Son And His Home

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 4, 2000
    based on 186 ratings
     | 11,088 views

    The Prodigal Son is a classic story of God’s love in a parable of a hippie, Sick of Home, who went out into the world but finding disillusionment was Homesick, and coming to his senses, came Home.

    THE PRODIGAL SON AND HIS HOME The parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) is one of the classic stories of Jesus in sketching out bit by bit his message of the kingdom of heaven or, in other words, eternal life. The parable teaches us a lot about ourselves. It’s a parable that says we’ve ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Older Brother

    Contributed by Edgar Mayer on Nov 10, 2000
    based on 89 ratings
     | 8,667 views

    A sermon on Luke 15:11-32.

    The Older Brother "Once a man had two sons. The younger son said to his father: 'Give me my share of the property.' So the father divided his property between his two sons." That's the dramatic beginning of a story that Jesus told. Who doesn't like to hear the end of it? Jesus had a knack for ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Desperately Desired...grudgingly Given

    Contributed by Ron Laeger on Nov 14, 2000
    based on 47 ratings
     | 3,869 views

    FORGIVENESS: Why Satan wants to boil you in your own juices and what to do about it.

    In his book Capital of the World, Ernest Hemingway, tells about a father in Spain that becomes angry with his son and is soon estranged. The son's name is a common spanish name: Paco. Years of brokenness and bitterness take its toll and the man is beset with the greatest of grief from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Germain Brown on Apr 9, 2001
    based on 78 ratings
     | 10,607 views

    Just come back to Him...

    THE PRODIGAL SON This story is based on Luke 15:11 - 32. In a far away land, where no man had ever gone before, came Mr. Christopher Columbus and discovered it after the Indians did. Many, many years later, came to live a man named Mr. Sir, and started killing chickens, fried ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Father's Love

    Contributed by Carl Willis on Apr 14, 2001
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,096 views

    The enduring love of our Heavenly Father.

    A Father’s Love Luke 15:11-32 I. The father gave his son freedom to choose A. Even though the son’s actions were impulsive, the father did not stand in the way - The father respected his son’s independence enough to let him choose his own way - man chooses his own destiny - The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    The Price Of A Good Father

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 24, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 13,059 views

    This sermon deals with the price of being a good father by looking at the father in the parable of the prodigal son.

    The Price Of A Good Father 6/15/97 Eccl 3:1-8 I John 4:1-8 Text Luke 15:11-31 Today we celebrate Father’s Day in tribute to our fathers, grandfathers, great grandfathers, uncles, brothers and friends who have been there for us in our time of joys as well as difficulties. Men who have ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Leslie Trombly avatar

    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Leslie Trombly on May 15, 2001
    based on 27 ratings
     | 10,719 views

    The Prodigal Son and how one lost soul is so important to The Lord

    BIBLICAL REFERENCE: LUKE 15: 11-32;1-10 I would like to teach you the meaning of the parable of the "Prodigal Son". It is found in Luke 15. In this parable it shows you the Great Love that God has for all His children...and yes..even the ones who are Lost! In the story of the Prodigal Son we see ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    About Our Father

    Contributed by Steve Malone on May 15, 2001
    based on 124 ratings
     | 10,715 views

    This father’s day what do say we talk about our heavenly father...

    "ABOUT OUR FATHER" TEXT: LUKE 15 TODAY IS FATHER’S DAY, HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL THE DADS OUT THERE. LET’S BE HONEST THOUGH FATHER’S DAY IS JUST NOT AS BIG AS MOTHER’S DAY. THAT’S NOT SOUR GRAPES, THAT’S THE TRUTH. ON MOTHER’S DAY THERE IS A HIGHER ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH, MOTHER’S HAVE ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ