Sermons about Making Difference

Life With A Difference # 1 Series

Contributed by Jerald Scott on Aug 7, 2024

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Like a ‘cruise to nowhere,’ drifting aimlessly, finding diversions in food, fun, and sleep

Series - Maximum Impact, Life with a difference # 1 Ever hear of a ‘Cruise to Nowhere’? On Friday night people board luxury cruise ships for a 2 to 3 day sail on the seas that literally goes nowhere! The ship leaves port on Friday night, out to sea, sails in large circles, and returns to port ...read more

Scripture: John 4:35-36

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Things Are Different Now" Series

Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Mar 20, 2003

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We live different from the world because we are walking in His light.

Iliff and Saltillo UM Churches March 10, 2002 Fourth Sunday of Lent “Things Are Different Now” Ephesians 5:8-14 INTRODUCTION: How many have heard the statement, “They are as different as day and night.”? Paul is using this same kind of contrast between darkness and light when he is speaking of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-14

Denomination: Methodist

Are You Different Now?

Contributed by Joe Friend on Feb 6, 2008

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In the church there are a lot of Rip Van Winkle Christians--who go to sleep not long after they made the decision to follow Christ.

Ephesians 5:8-14 INTRODUCTION: How many have heard the statement, “They are as different as day and night.”? Paul is using this same kind of contrast between darkness and light when he is speaking of the old life without Christ as compared to the new life in Christ. In this scripture Paul is ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Difference Makers Explain Series

Contributed by Richard White on May 28, 2009

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Sometimes we simply have to explain to people why we are the way we are. We explain by telling about Jesus and what he had done to our lives.

Difference Makers Explain Acts 28:16-31 Years ago Verizon Wireless came out with a commercial with one man and a cell phone. He was simply dressed, kind of nerdish; he had one line that he repeated over and over. He would take a step and say “Can you hear me now?” Paul is at that junction in ...read more

Scripture: Acts 28:17-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It's A Different Day

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 26, 2001

based on 19 ratings

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This sermon was preached on our 11th anniversary as pastors indicating the changes which had taken place in the life of the church.

It’s A Different Day 3/5/2000 Genesis 12:1-6 Ephesians 6:10-18 Toby What is it about God, that God is always planning, always loving, and always seeking to do a new work in the lives of His people and His church? What causes the Lord to look into the future ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-6

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Different Shades Of Brown. Series

Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Oct 25, 2008

based on 8 ratings

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Current events {originally written October 20, 2008; updated and revised 07/04/2012}

My fellow Americans and those who have chosen to call themselves Americans, The soon approaching presidential election is not just about racism; it is also about classes. Frightening arrays of problems caused by these trying times have pitted the rich 1 percent verses the poor’s increasing 99 ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 133:1-3

Denomination: *other

What Are The Different "Peaces”? Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Nov 25, 2008

based on 17 ratings

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God delivers his people from anxiety through faith in the work of his Son.

Scripture Introduction My uncle had cancer surgery Friday. The prognosis is not good; the disease has spread. Since I cannot receive any Social Security or Medicare, I have a retirement account. So far this year, it has lost $7,204.55, 30% of its value. This week a pastor sent ...read more

Scripture: John 14:25-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Different Kind Of Free

Contributed by Chad Stephenson on Feb 12, 2019

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I believe that we have been blessed to live in the greatest nation in all of the world! And, we have been given, by God, almost matchless freedom.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF FREE John 8:31-36- 31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of ...read more

Scripture: John 8:31-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Easter - What A Difference!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 24, 2001

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Let us consider some of the changes, some of the transformations, that the resurrection of Jesus has already made.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2015) Today is Easter Sunday &, as Christians, we have gathered to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior & Lord. But even as we celebrate, our hearts are heavy with the realization that much is wrong with ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Easter! What A Difference.

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Apr 13, 2014

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JESUS' RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD-WHAT IT MEANS.

EASTER - WHAT A DIFFERENCE! 1 Corinthians 15:1-15:11 Today is Easter Sunday &, as Christians, we have gathered to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior & Lord. But even as we ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Something Completely Different

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 17, 2023

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When God intervenes to bring life out of death, we have to let him do it his way.

How many of you remember Monty Python? The British comedy group in - I think - the 70's which used to transition between their skits with “And now for something completely different....” And it always was pretty strange. Part of their appeal was that their humor was so totally off the wall, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:27-38

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Pentecost: Different Future Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jun 17, 2019

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We continue in our series ‘Dare to be Different’ and our focus this month is on ‘Different future’. Pentecost Sunday is a day of celebration, a day when we remember how the Holy Spirit came and transformed the lives and the future of the first disciples.

We continue in our series ‘Dare to be Different’ and our focus this month is on ‘Different future’. Today is Pentecost Sunday, it is a day of celebration, a day when we remember how the Holy Spirit came and transformed the lives and the future of the first disciples. In many ways, Pentecost is ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8, Luke 24:49, Acts 2:14-21, Acts 4:7-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Different Kind Of Perfect

Contributed by Clair Sauer on Dec 5, 2012

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We spend a lot of time and energy striving after perfection, particularly around Christmas-time, but life is not about staying safe and living comfortably. The call to follow Jesus is a call to give your life to him and to join God’s mission in healing th

Every year beginning just after Thanksgiving, all the major networks and many of the cable channels start showing Christmas movies in the evenings and throughout the day. The Christmas movie selection is usually pretty predictable; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: United Methodist

" A Noticable Difference In The Church"

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 23, 2002

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In this message we will look at 5 marks of a church with a noticable difference. (Jesus is Enough - part 6)

Jesus Is Enough - Part Six “Therefore, There Should Be ND In The Church” Jesus, is enough. Jesus is enough..... Jesus is enough...... That’s the message, Paul is trying to get across to the Christians in Colosse. It is not Jesus plus some thing else - is just Jesus. He is enough. ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:15-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Different Kind Of Love

Contributed by Clair Sauer on Dec 13, 2012

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Christmas is the heralding of God who comes to be with us. God is the one who pursues. The incarnation is the revelation of God’s immense love for humanity.

Any of you who like to watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition might have seen a show that aired last fall about the Keefer family in Pennsylvania. One of the Keefer sons, Brian, had a tumbling accident one week before his 21st birthday back in 2008, and he is now paralyzed from the neck down. Now, ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14-19

Denomination: United Methodist

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