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  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    Be Careful

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jul 14, 2006
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,682 views

    This sermon uses Herod as an example of how even in today’s world people give in to the pressure of the world instead of being careful to live as Christ commands.

    Mark 6: 14 – 29 – Be Careful Intro: My grandmother was fond of saying, “Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.” --- I used to think she was quite a philosopher until in college I read William Shakespeare and discovered she wasn’t a philosopher. She was just quoting ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Radical And Countercultural

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 15, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
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    John the Baptist led a radical and countercultural lifestyle

    Sermon: John the Baptist – Radical and Countercultural par excellence Story: A young police officer was taking his final exam for the police academy and he was set the following problem to solve. “You are on patrol in the outer city when an explosion occurs in a gas main in a nearby street. On ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    John The Baptizer's Death Series

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Jul 4, 2003
    based on 78 ratings
     | 9,180 views

    John the baptizer, an innocent man is beheaded by Herod Antipas.

    Sermon for 5 Pent Yr B, 13/07/2003 Based on Mk 6:14-29 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson Ever since the beginning, prophets have, more often than not, lived on a collision course with “the powers that be.” Indeed, the prophetic word, often embodied ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    John The Baptizer's Death Series

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Jul 6, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 15,552 views

    A sermon on the tragic beheading of John the baptizer.

    Sermon for 5 Pent Yr B, 13/07/2003 Based on Mk 6:14-29 Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson Ever since the beginning, prophets have, more often than not, lived on a collision course with “the powers that be.” Indeed, the prophetic word, often embodied ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    John The Baptist

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 9, 2003
    based on 88 ratings
     | 12,235 views

    Does the message of John the Baptist have any relevance in the 21st Century?

    Sharrington 13-07-03 John the Baptist - Mk 6:14-29 Our Gospel this morning is all about the ministry and death of that enigmatic character -John the Baptist. Story: As I was thinking about John the Baptist, I wondered what would life be like in our parish - if ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave Series

    Contributed by Mark Connelly on Jul 31, 2003
    based on 134 ratings
     | 17,294 views

    When we take pleasure in sinful things we weave the very web that ensnares us

    Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave! Mark 6:14-29 In our undergraduate years at the University of Maryland I was taking classes like business law and statistics, while my wife Kay was a philosophy major. It got to the point that we spoke two different languages. Kay just sounded a lot smarter than ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How We Can Reject God?

    Contributed by Donny Tatimu on Feb 3, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
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    Unknowing can be a total destruction in our life. Sometimes we can do something fatal without knowing it. So many people today don’t know how many times they were reject God. This is a sermon based on Mark 6 about how a man can rejects God.

    REJECTING GOD By doni@yahoo.com 1 Sam 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 1 Sam 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    The Preacher Who Lost His Head Series

    Contributed by David Moore on Nov 4, 2005
    based on 49 ratings
     | 9,062 views

    An examination of the arrest and martyrdom of John the Baptist, showing that a man may kill the messenger, but not his message.

    The Preacher Who Lost His Head Aim: To show how John’s fearless condemnation of Herod and his wife resulted in his death, yet his message lived on. Text: Mark 6:14-29 Introduction: John the Baptist was, of course, the forerunner to Christ, “the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    It's My Party And I'll Cut Off The Head Of John The Baptist If I Want To

    Contributed by R. Joseph Owles on Jun 22, 2011
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     | 7,270 views

    Who among us is better than Herod? Who among us has not twisted events, facts, details, to suit our own purposes? Who among us has not placed more value on our image than on human need? Who among us has not intentionally given in to easier of the two choi

    I'll admit to you all that I had a difficult time with this passage. I spent weeks staring at it , researching it, praying about it, looking for that point of brilliance that would dazzle and amaze you all, once more showing off my preaching skills, once more being the "golden boy." But I drew a ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Unbelief Series

    Contributed by Joel Preston on May 17, 2012
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    One of the central themes in this section of Mark's Gospel is the unbelief of people who came into contact with Jesus. God takes unbelief very seriously, and so should we.

    The Gospel of Mark #15 – “Unbelief” Mark 6:1-29 Intro – 1. Can anyone guess what my favorite animal is? The Platypus! 2. ILL – Josh McDowell writes, “People refuse to believe that which they don't want to believe, in spite of evidence. When explorers first went ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Haunted Herod Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 29, 2012
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    Are you like Herod - haunted by your sins but you don't catch on that your hope is in Jesus?

    Introduction No doubt I now grew very pale; --but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased --and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound --much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath --and yet the officers heard it ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Do You Really Think Of Jesus? Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Mar 12, 2012
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    So what do you think of Jesus? You've heard about Him from the culture and even from the church but is that really Jesus? Some people are afraid of sharing their faith knowing the possible rejection they'll receive - so is it worth it?

    Isn’t it great to go home? You get to see family and old friends—visit old haunts and places you played as a child. Well, not everyone likes going home. For some, memories of the past are bleak and painful. For others, it isn’t the past only but the present which brings pain and ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Faith, Born Of An Encounter With The Living God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 24, 2013
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    Faith gave John the Baptist both perseverance and effectiveness.

    Today Mark introduces us to one of the most corrupt men of his day, King Herod. This Herod, Herod Antipas, was one of the surviving sons of Herod the Great, the Idomenean who had tried to kill the infant Jesus three decades earlier. We could call him “Herod the Lesser,” because he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Witness Of John Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 27, 2011
     | 3,626 views

    John, and we, need to be prophets to our cultures.

    Martyrdom of John the Baptist August 29, 2011 Testimony of the Saints Popular culture almost always gets everything wrong. Thus today’s celebration, which in the pre-Vatican II liturgy was a feast, not a memorial, is totally misinterpreted by pop culture. In the view of the secular world, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Off With His Head

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jul 14, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,310 views

    Sermon for Proper 10 (Sunday between July 10 and July 16 inclusive) Year B

    Off With His Head / Mark 6: 14 - 29 Intro: Have you ever heard the expression “Oh what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive.” It was first published by Sir Walter Scott in a poem titled, “Marmion” in 1808. It is often mistakenly attributed to Wm. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed