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  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Dying To Live

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Mar 10, 2010
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    We must die to ourselves in order to be fully alive in Christ.

    Dying to Live Matthew 10:37-42 37 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    What Christ Exepcts Of His Followers

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Jan 18, 2007
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    Christ expects complete commitment from His followers.

    A woman walked into her bathroom and saw her husband weighing himself, sucking in his stomach. The woman thought to herself, “He thinks that he will weigh less by sucking in his stomach.” So, the woman rather sarcastically said to her husband, “That’s not going to help.” Her husband replied, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lesson From Sheriff Pat Garrett Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 27, 2007
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    The decision to follow Christ and His ideals at any cost.

    Lesson From Sheriff Pat Garrett Matthew 10:34-42 Sermon Objective: The decision to follow Christ at any cost. Supporting Scripture: Joshua 24:15; James 4:4; Series Summary We finish a sermon series this morning called “Lessons from the Wild West.” In the first week we looked at: “Buffalo Bill ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Why Are You In Peace

    Contributed by Tony Skaff on Apr 29, 2006
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    No victory without a battle. No war in your life means only that either you are dead or on the way to be.

    1stBBC Why are you in peace? Mat 10:34 Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 1Ti 6:11-14 But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Luskey Green avatar

    Defend Discipleship Against Division Series

    Contributed by Luskey Green on Oct 1, 2006
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    Defending discipleship against division caused by loyalty to a human persona creates an ongoing allegiance to our Master and Lord.

    Introduction Today, we tread troubled waters. We may ‘strain at the oars’ so to speak. Pride will be confronted today. It may even be a little painful. Believe me when I say to you, “This is necessary; to be the real deal, to be genuine and authentic, to become the group of disciples which is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Expansion Of The Kingdom Series

    Contributed by Daniel Richter on Oct 10, 2006
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    Christ begins to send the disciples out to build His Kingdom on Earth.

    The Expansion of the Kingdom Matthew Chapter 10 Sunday, July 9th, 2006 I was at Family Camp at Delta Lake early this week. One of the things I love about Delta is the faithfulness of those who go there. There are many people who arrange their entire schedules around camp and wouldn’t miss it for ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The Real Cost Of Discipleship – Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Oct 29, 2006
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    Being in contact with the cleansing fire from Jesus Christ is supposed to set us ablaze with love for Him, for the things of heaven, and for the salvation that He has bought for us. It is supposed to consume our thoughts and our emotions. It is supposed t

    I want to start today with a little object lesson if I may. In this dish I have a crumpled piece of newspaper. I am going to set fire to it. See how quickly the flame consumes the paper? I have to drop it back into the dish if I’m going to keep from getting burned, don’t I? Okay, now what has ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sheep, Snakes, And Doves

    Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 15, 2006
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    The Lord sends us out like sheep among wolves,and challenges us to be wise like serpents and harmless as doves.

    Sheep, Snakes, and Doves Matthew 10:16-39 The world is on a collision course with disaster. It isn’t a massive asteroid hurling towards earth that threatens humanity, or global warming, or the AIDS epidemic. It is the clash between the kingdom of darkness and the Kingdom of God. And the clock ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Dead Man Walking Series

    Contributed by Brad Froese on Jul 18, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,604 views

    TRUE LIFE IS FOUND THROUGH A PROCESS OF DEATH AND REBIRTH. Jesus lived and died to bring us to that understanding…

    Illustration from Sermon Central: An Illinois man left Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him the next day. When he reached his hotel he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • James May avatar

    Drifting From The Love Of God

    Contributed by James May on Aug 2, 2006
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    What will we answer when we are confronted with confessing our belief in Christ?

    Drifting from the Love of God Youth Service The film that you will see will last only about 6 minutes but it will make you think. To set the scene let me tell you about it before we start. The man and woman in van are a Pastor and his wife who are on vacation. He has preached about Jesus all ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Have You Got To Lose?

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Aug 5, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,226 views

    Allegiance to God means something

    Title: What have you got to lose? Text: FCF: SO: Intro: When you were in school, I suspect you had to learn the Pledge of Allegiance. You probably also had to recite it most mornings, and if you were like me, you probably did so without realizing how offensive it really was. There is one ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    The King Herod Within Us

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Dec 1, 2005
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    A sermon that shows all of us have a little King Herod in us, but Christ brings a sword to put that nature to death so a new nature can rise up.

    To many of us, we are the center of our own universe, aren’t we? To many of us, we are the only one who counts. And, too many of us think that God is our co-pilot. Let me start by saying that if God is your co-pilot, you had better change places with Him as quickly as you can. In MATTHEW ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Merwin Rylaarsdam avatar

    Narnia: Is He Safe? Series

    Contributed by Merwin Rylaarsdam on Jan 4, 2006
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     | 4,248 views

    Christ is not safe, but he is good.

    Scripture – Matthew 10:32-42 Sermon – “Is He Safe?” I heard some disturbing news this past week. There’s really nothing wrong with it, but I thought that I’d never see the day when what I’m about to say would happen. It seems that people have not learned from the past, and when we fail to learn ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Cost Of Discipleship

    Contributed by Paul Zwarich on Jun 13, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 10,053 views

    No matter what happens in the course of our daily lives, we can be confident that today and tomorrow are in God’s gracious hands.

    Lectionary 12 A Matthew 10:24-39 There is an old, old story that is told about a couple that were walking out of church one Sunday morning when the wife suddenly turned to her husband and said to him, “John, did you see the strange hat Mrs. O’Brien was wearing in Church today?” Without ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Stating The Truth

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jun 17, 2008
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    Stating the truth is a goal for most Christians. This is what sparked the reformation. And one of the events that is turning point in the reformation is the presentation of the Augsburg Confession, which is a statement of how important God is and that Je

    Today we are remembering an important and significant event for Christians and for us as Lutherans. It is when a group of lay political leaders publicly read and supported what was stated in the Augsburg Confession. On this day, 476 years ago, at around 3 o’clock in the afternoon on the 25 ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran