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  • Harold Miller avatar

    No Wonder The Dragon Wanted To Kill The Christ-Child!

    Contributed by Harold Miller on Dec 15, 2000
    based on 94 ratings
     | 5,695 views

    The followers of Christ have been such a powerful force for good in this world. No wonder the prince of darkness --that great dragon-- did not want the Christ-child to live!

    "No wonder the dragon wanted to kill the Christ-child!" (Simple transcript of Harold Miller’s sermon December 6, 1998, Corning NY) "A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Johnny Small avatar

    New Year's Resolutions

    Contributed by Johnny Small on Dec 27, 2002
    based on 89 ratings
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    Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet? Do you keep them? Let’s look at resolutions that we should make and keep.

    New Year’s Resolutions We are again approaching another New Year. Many of us will make New Year resolutions and most of us will never keep them. How many of you have already made your New Year’s resolution? Typical New Year’s Resolutions: Lose weight Eat less Exercise more Spend less Save ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Williams III avatar

    The Example Of Our Heavenly Father

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,493 views

    This sermon addresses how we as earthly fathers should strive to be like God, our heavenly Father.

    THE EXAMPLE OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER Text: Matthew 5:48 Dispelling the dangerous myth that all are children of God, Louis Everly wrote: “It is only when we are subject to a common father that we are brothers. To become brothers we have only to become sons again”. (Wayne A. Detzler. New ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • David Flowers avatar

    On Being Perfect Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Mar 16, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,324 views

    Part 5 in 5-week series Getting Free, this message asks and answers the question, "What did Jesus mean when he said we are to "be perfect?"

    GETTING FREE Sermon Five: On Being Perfect Wildwind Community Church David K. Flowers March 16, 2008 Matthew 5:48 (NIV) 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. As we close out our series on making a full commitment of our lives to God – a series I’ve titled Getting Free – ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Danny Nance avatar

    A Higher Standard

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,033 views

    The standard of holiness has never been lowered, and the need for grace never more seen.

    A Higher Standard Matt. 5:20, 48 I’d like to be a track star. How cool would it be to stand before a roaring crowd that has stood to its feet because I set a new record in high jump! And I could do it, you know—if the record for high jump stood at two feet. Unfortunately for me, the record is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tony Grant avatar

    Perfect Parent

    Contributed by Tony Grant on Oct 17, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,178 views

    A Father’s Day Sermon: As parents, we may make mistakes with our children, but the main thing is to keep on loving them.

    Perfect Parent Matthew 5:48 06/19/05 2432 words Matthew 5:48, Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Teleios This is a verse that has always been puzzling to me. Be perfect! How can anyone be perfect? More than that, be perfect like God. That seems impossible. Since this ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Selfless Love

    Contributed by Greg Tabor on Oct 21, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,346 views

    Loving your enemies?? What??? Yep. That’s truly showing genuine love.

    Selfless Love Read Text: Matthew 5:43-48 "You have heard that it was said, ’Love your neighbor…”(Matt 5:43). Heard from whom? Their teachers. Where did their teachers get it from? Leviticus 19:18 NIV says, “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dennis Lawrence avatar

    Men Advancing

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Nov 16, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,376 views

    Don’t believe the world’s messages about you- but believe what Jesus says about you.

    Men Advancing Montreal May 7, 2005 Impressions of the Men’s Advance- from several in the congregation. To me, the outstanding impression is of the small group I was part of. We discussed holiness and how it played out in our lives, as well as how to worship in a way that keeps us near God and, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Hammond avatar

    Old V. New / Law V. Grace

    Contributed by David Hammond on Jun 10, 2006
     | 2,180 views

    This sermon is to help us realize we can and are expected to allow jesus to fulfill his teachings in our lives.

    OLD v. NEW / LAW v. GRACE In the past couple of weeks we have been speaking about the Be-attitudes and being Salt and Light. How that happiness came to us, through receiving the words written in red, about the attitude and actions of Jesus Christ and how happiness comes to others by our ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    "You Have Heard...but I Say To You" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 23, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,938 views

    Sermon 10 in a study in the Sermon on the Mount

    “You have heard that the ancients were told” “Believing things ‘on authority’ only means believing them because you have been told them by someone you think trustworthy. Ninety-nine percent of the things you believe are believed on authority. I believe there is such a place as New York. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    "Achieving Perfection" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 30, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,234 views

    Sermon #11 in a study in the Sermon on the Mount

    In the previous two sermons we have handled verses twenty and twenty one, if not thoroughly, I hope at least sufficiently to stress to the hearer and reader that what we have before us is a faithful record of the Lord of the universe, the one who spoke all things into existence, the one who has ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Lee Henry avatar

    Surpassing Righteousness

    Contributed by Lee Henry on Jul 7, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,557 views

    In Matt. 5:17-48, Jesus challenges his audience to have a righteousness that flows from the heart and thus surpassess the external righteousness displayed by the Pharisees.

    Surpassing Righteousness Matt. 5:17-48 Introduction: In the beginning verses of Matt. 5, Jesus is preaching to the multitude and is sharing revolutionary thoughts. He has taught them how to be blessed by God by changing from the inside out. He has told them how to establish a relationship with ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Warner Pidgeon avatar

    Watch The Father And Imitate Him

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Aug 11, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,366 views

    Israel was called to imitate God and so are we. Jesus achieved it, and he is in the process of making us perfect so that we will be like him.

    I read a story this week (by Bishop Tom Wright) about a Father who was preparing to go away on business for several weeks. He was anxious to make sure that his wife would be looked after during his time away and so he had a quiet word with his eldest son who was about 9 years old at the time. ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Wes Richard avatar

    Love Your Enemies

    Contributed by Wes Richard on Oct 13, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,042 views

    A reminder of God’s redemptive work in a world torn by hate and violence with reference to 9-11

    I want to begin by telling you about something happened to me in college. I didn’t have a car as a freshman, but in 1959 I got my grandpa’s 1951 Chevy, which I drove from my home in Iowa to Hesston, Kansas, where I attended college. It was a nice car and I liked it. I didn’t drive it much ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • David Hicks avatar

    Retaliate With Love

    Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 15, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,662 views

    We are most like Christ when we learn to love our enemies.

    Retaliate with Love Matthew 5:38-48 One winter day a man went shopping at a local mall. When he returned to his car he noticed a foul odor coming from under the hood of his car. When he popped the hood, he discovered a dead mutilated cat that had slept on the warm engine and had gotten caught by ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness