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  • Wesley Bishop avatar

    Go The Distance

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 14, 2004
    based on 28 ratings
     | 5,964 views

    This is about total commitment to Christ.

    I am sure you have seen that wonderful bumper sticker that says something to the effect, “Whoever dies with the most toys wins.” It seems that is the way many people think about life. The chief goal in life for many people is comfort and luxury. Many of the “poor” in the United States have ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Why Jesus Did Teach His Disciples To Not Find The Will Of God Through Consensus

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 53 ratings
     | 3,647 views

    There is a treasure you can own That’s greater than a crown or throne; This treasure is a conscience clear That brings the sweetest peace and cheer

    Why Jesus Did Teach His Disciples to Not Find the Will of God Through Consensus (Mark 8:33-37) Illustration: The much-loved children’s story Pinocchio is about a wooden puppet whose nose grows long when he tells a lie. His friend Jiminy Cricket chirps, "Let your conscience be your guide." ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Submission Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 15, 2001
    based on 55 ratings
     | 7,316 views

    A series of sermons from Richard Foster’s book "Celebration of Discipline." A top 10 book for any Christian!

    CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE: SUBMISSION MARK 8:34 INTRODUCTION The purpose of any spiritual discipline is freedom. The discipline is a tool to aid us in our spiritual lives. Each discipline has value only when we keep God in perspective… and each discipline brings freedom. I want to stress ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Christ Who Accepted Every Human Weakness

    Contributed by William Baeta on Dec 1, 2000
    based on 70 ratings
     | 6,146 views

    Obedience

    Theme: Christ who accepted every human weakness Text: Isaiah50:5-9; James 2:14-18; Mk. 8:27-35 God’s Word has priority over everything else but many Christians are not prepared to accept this. This is the main reason why many Christians feel frustrated and inadequate even though they read the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Bob Briggs avatar

    Discipleship 101

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 12, 2000
    based on 84 ratings
     | 9,353 views

    What is the cost, how do I start to be a full disciple of Jesus Christ?

    Tonight I am beginning a series of messages on Discipleship, Discipleship 101. It is the call of God in each believers life. Understand, there is a cost to discipleship. Anything worthwhile has a price, you can count on that. There is a big difference between glass and a diamond. There is a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    What Do You See - Giants Or God?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 4, 2001
    based on 299 ratings
     | 56,645 views

    To the children of Israel, the Promised Land represented their future. And God gave them the opportunity to go in & make it their own.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED - 2019) TEXT: Numbers 13:26-33 (NIV); Mark 8:36 (NKJV) A. I want to call your attention to the 13th chapter of the Book of Numbers. This chapter tells about a crucial event in the history of Israel. And I ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Take Up Your Cross

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 10, 2001
    based on 387 ratings
     | 74,096 views

    What does it mean to "take up" or "bear a cross? What does it mean when someone says, "I want to take up my cross and follow Jesus"?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK This morning I want us to look at a passage of Scripture found in Mark 8:34-35. "Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples & said: ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself & take up ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Handle With Care

    Contributed by Lindeal Greer on Feb 19, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 7,051 views

    When we are born we are given a spirit or soul and it is in our hands until it is returned to God.

    Handle with Care On many packages, we have the words “Handle with Care” This is to tell people that what is inside is of value and can be broken. These words should be upon everyone’s soul. “The spirit returns to God who gave it.” When Rachel died it says, “as her soul was departing…” When we ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "The Burden Of The Cross"

    Contributed by David Washburn on Oct 2, 2002
    based on 551 ratings
     | 39,760 views

    Jesus’ command that we pick up our cross and follow him is a choice, and a choice that doesn’t come without sacrifice, but also bring sjoy and fulfillment

    There’s the story of a soldier frantically digging in during battle as shells fall all around him. Suddenly his hand feels something metal and he grabs it. It’s a silver cross. Another shell explodes and he buries his head in his arms. He feels someone jump in the foxhole with him and he looks over ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Terry Hensley avatar

    4 Requirements Of Following Jesus

    Contributed by Terry Hensley on Jan 26, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
     | 22,010 views

    Jesus gives us a step by step method of the requirements that must be made to be a follower of him.

    4 Requirements of Following Jesus Mark 8:34 “And when he had called the people unto Him with his disciples also, He said to them, whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” There is a song we sing during church service, “What a friend we have in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Market Watch: Value Of A Soul Plunges

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 27, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,616 views

    What is the value of your soul? What is the worth of your eternal destiny? Challenge to answer the clarion call, the ultimate question of materialism, "what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

    *On the market, what is a fair exchange for your eternal soul? — one month, lifetime, night, moment of sinful pleasure The absurdity and audacity of the Lord to ask such a question. Who would do such a moronic thing as to exchange his soul? Yet the universality of its application is clear. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Johnny Small avatar

    One Nation Under God Series

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Mar 4, 2002
    based on 102 ratings
     | 9,954 views

    Christians need to stand up for Christ and our religious freedoms. 7th of series of Taking Up Your Cross in Todays’ World.

    One Nation Under God Let’s read: Mark 8:34-38 34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson avatar

    Are You Gaining Or Losing? Series

    Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 129 ratings
     | 22,584 views

    In losing life for the sake of Christ and the gospel we gain life. Do you live by cheap grace or costly grace? Have you counted the cost of true discipleship?

    Sermon for 2 Lent Yr B, 16/03/2003 Based on Mk. 8: 31-38 "Are you losing or gaining?" Grace Lutheran Church, Medicine Hat, Alberta By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson Someone (I’ve unfortunately lost the source) tells the following humorous story: When Ole quit farming, he discovered that he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Peter Parry avatar

    The Cross You Carry Series

    Contributed by Peter Parry on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 11,274 views

    Whoever desires to come after me (1)let him deny himself, (2)take up his cross, and (3)follow me.

    The Cross You Carry (Mk.15:16-22; Mk.8:34) During Lent we come face to face with the cross Christ died upon to save us from our sins. I preach about it, we read Scripture describing it, hymns we sing talk about it; each Sunday morning we face it ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    The Less Traveled Road

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 234 ratings
     | 25,147 views

    A sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Lent Take up your cross

    2nd Sunday in Lent Mark 8:31-39 The Less Traveled Road   31 And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran