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  • Joanna Beveridge avatar

    Follow Me

    Contributed by Joanna Beveridge on Feb 2, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,888 views

    How can we "sell" Christianity in today’s world?

    The second part of today’s Gospel reading told us about Jesus calling Andrew, Simon Peter, James and John to be his disciples. This was probably not the first encounter with Jesus for any of them. We know, for example, from last week’s reading from St John’s Gospel that Andrew was already a ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    Come Follow Me

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 15, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,058 views

    This sermon leads people to understand what it means to be a "fisher for men"

    Come, Follow Me – Matthew 4: 12 - 23 Intro: At the time of Jesus as now, there were three methods of fishing: with a line, casting a net, dragging a net. The most difficult , I believe is with a line. I. Look at the “big picture.” What we have here is the message of Jesus followed by an ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Stephen Funderburk avatar

    There's A Light At The End Of The Darkness

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 25, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,956 views

    Jesus is a light for people in darkness, faciing death, facing discouragement in life.

    Intro: in any service there are those who are facing difficult times, hard situations. It may be spiritual, physical, financial, a relationship where there is hurt or rejection or loss. Sometimes these things can become a cloud, an oppression, a darkness that surrounds the soul. That is why the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dan Brown avatar

    Fishers Of Men Series

    Contributed by Dan Brown on Feb 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,628 views

    Our role in sharing the gospel.

    Sermon-2/11/07-Matt. 4:12-25-Fishers of Men Story of a fisherman. Reputation for being the greatest fisherman in the area. On days when most people would come back with 2-3 fish, he’d come back with 2-3 hundred. -Game warden decides to investigate. -Shows up at the man’s house, identifies ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    Jesus The Light Of The World

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 7, 2005
    based on 23 ratings
     | 5,248 views

    Jesus came as a light to lighten the nations, he called people to be a church who would continue to share the good news with others, and his coming was accompanied by miraculous events that heralded the end to all suffering and the creation of a new heave

    One of the things I hate is turning on the TV just after a movie or a weekly drama has started, so I’ve missed those opening few scenes where the story is set up, where perhaps the main characters are introduced; where the crime is committed or the tensions between characters is highlighted. If you ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    Tempting

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Feb 7, 2005
    based on 126 ratings
     | 12,677 views

    A sermon for the First Sunday in Lent Temptation of Jesus series A

    1st Sunday in Lent Matthew 4:1-11 "Tempting"   "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • John Quigley avatar

    "So What Does It Mean?"

    Contributed by John Quigley on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,038 views

    What does the call of Jesus mean to us today, as opposed to what it meant to the first disciples.

    Matthew tells us that Jesus, walking along the shoreline one day, happens on Peter and Andrew and tells them to; "come follow me, I’ll make you fishers of men." Then a short while later he comes upon John and James his brother, and calls them to follow him. In both instances they do so, they just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dean Rhine avatar

    What's The Good News?

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 24, 2006
    based on 21 ratings
     | 3,850 views

    Jesus starts his ministry

    "What’s the Good News?" Matthew 4:12+ May 4th, 1997 Intro: Why is it that whenever we watch a movie, we just can’t wait for the previews of other releases to get done. I know that I always fast forward through them to get to the movie I wanted to see. *I guess it’s for the same reason that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    The Gospel Of Jesus: Go Fish [fishing / Fishers Of Men] Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 31, 2006
    based on 188 ratings
     | 24,671 views

    Jesus’ analogy of fishing helps us understand our job as His disciples. Link included to formatted text, handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

    The Gospel of Jesus – Go Fish Matthew 4:12-25 Jesus must have liked fish and fishing, for He spoke of it often…he ate fish several times in the Bible, He called these fishermen to be His disciples, and when it came time to feed a bunch of people, like a true child of God He chose very wisely…fish! ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Warner Pidgeon avatar

    The Call To Repentance

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 1, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,719 views

    A call to repentance, a call to change to our country, to the church, and to ordinary people.

    We continue this morning with our walk through a short book written by a friend of Jesus called Matthew. Matthew was a tax collector, and 2000 years ago being a tax collector really was an unpopular job! Being a tax collector was a bit like being a ‘collaborator’ during the Second World War. When ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Wayne Burnett avatar

    Contageous Christianity

    Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Jun 12, 2001
    based on 102 ratings
     | 6,906 views

    THE MINISTRY OF JESUS WAS CONTAGEOUS, SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE. THE WORLD TODAY NEEDS CONTAGEOUS CHRISTIANITY.

    CONTAGEOUS CHRISTIANITY MATT 4:13-25 I. CONTAGEOUS A. Generally a word used when someone is ill or sick -common question "Is it contageous?" B. contageous (Compton’s) - spread by direct or indirect contact; communicable: said of diseases; carrying, or liable to transmit, the causative agent of ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Johnny Carver avatar

    The Unchanged Church

    Contributed by Johnny Carver on Jul 6, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 4,837 views

    This sermon shows how the attitude of the church has declined concerning winning the lost to Christ. The church needs to change.

    Scripture: Matthew 4:12 – 17 Title: “The Unchanged Church” Introduction: This is a MESSAGE for the CHURCH of TODAY! When Jesus began His earthly ministry there was a well-oiled religious machine in place called, “Phariseeism.” This religious system was well known all across the known world at ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Simon Harrison avatar

    When He Heard That John Had Been Arrested, Jesus Withdrew To Galilee'

    Contributed by Simon Harrison on Apr 4, 2001
    based on 99 ratings
     | 12,847 views

    How do we cope with our guilt feelings about things we can’t change in the world?

    I have recently been feeling a little guilty about failing to renew my membership of Amnesty International. This feeling particularly strikes when I hear in the news of some injustice somewhere in a far flung corner of the globe. I suppose that if I was still in amnesty, I would still ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Doug Koehler avatar

    Stage Two: For The Sake Of Others

    Contributed by Doug Koehler on Jan 25, 2002
    based on 49 ratings
     | 3,724 views

    What is often overlooked about this text is the fact that Peter and Andrew were already disciples of Jesus (Matthew refers to Simon’s new name, Peter) when they were called to be fishers of men. After they have already followed Jesus for their own sakes,

    Matthew 4 verse 19-20 What is often overlooked about this text is the fact that Peter and Andrew were already disciples of Jesus (Matthew refers to Simon’s new name, Peter) when they were called to be fishers of men. After they have already followed Jesus for their own sakes, now they were being ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Guy Caley avatar

    A Light In The Darkness Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jan 28, 2002
    based on 45 ratings
     | 10,691 views

    Jesus is the promised light to the people who walked in darkness. Examines the metaphor of "light" and what it actually describes.

    A Light in the Darkness Text: Matthew 4:12-25 Introduction When I was in 4th Grade my class took a field trip to the Cave of the Winds. At one point in the tour they turned the lights off and we experienced total darkness. Then in the distance someone lit a single match. It was amazing the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God