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  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    The Cross Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jun 14, 2024
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    The call to follow Jesus will cost us something; however, if you believe He is the Son of God, the cost is worth it!

    INTRODUCTION - Jesus asked His disciples, "Who do the people say I am?" - The disciples gave the answered they gave Jesus the answers they had heard from various people. - The next thing Jesus does is make it personal when He asks, "Who do you say I am?" - Let's get ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How The Devil Or God Wants To Use You!!!

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 25, 2025
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    Preachers all across this nation constantly and consistently preach to Christians how THIS WONDERFUL GOD WE SERVE WANTS TO USE US.

    We live in an age of opportunities; there are so many ways God can use us. But preachers all across this nation do not preach enough on how the devil wants to use us. We have to make the decision in this life if we are going to: (1) Allow God to use us. (2) Allow Satan to use us. WHY SHOULD WE ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Love Follows Series

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on May 22, 2025
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    If we love Jesus, we should follow Him.

    Love Follows Text: John 21:15-25, Luke 22:31-32 Last Sunday I said, God gives us very clear commands in His Word, and He expects us to follow them. They aren’t suggestions. And I said that God’s Word is authoritative for the simple fact that it is God’s Word. It’s from God. Those commands are ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Way Of The Cross.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 9, 2023
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    The Cross of Jesus, and our cross.

    THE WAY OF THE CROSS. Matthew 16:21-28. MATTHEW 16:21-23. When Jesus began to openly teach the necessity of the Cross, Peter - of all people - took Him aside, and began to rebuke Him. This brought to the lips of Jesus what is perhaps the sternest rebuke that He ever gave. Jesus' rebuke of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Peter: A Granite Rock Who Cracked Lesson 3 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jul 18, 2023
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    Jesus uses us when we come honestly to Him. Your strength is not in your personality or your powerful will, it is in Christ.

    A. PETER THE ROCK “When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, ‘Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?’ So they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Twenty-Second Sunday In Ordinary Time- Get Behind Me, Satan

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 29, 2023
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    You tell the Lord you don’t want him to die, and he responds by calling you Satan.

    The book, Tigers in the Dark, tells about a time when all the electricity went out at a Barnum and Bailey Circus. There was total darkness at the circus. They had just started the act with the tiger trainer locked in a cage with several fierce Bengal tigers. The tigers could see the man - the man ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    14th Sunday After Pentecost. September 3rd, 2023. Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 29, 2023
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    Year A, Proper 17.

    Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 105:1-6, Psalm 105:23-26, Psalm 105:45b, Jeremiah 15:15-21, Psalm 26:1-8, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 16:21-28 A). THE CALL OF MOSES. Exodus 3:1-15. EXODUS 3:1. Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, and led them to new pastures on the far side of the desert, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Denying Yourself

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 24, 2024
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    Revival revolves around this very notion and directly balances on the denial of ourselves and the cross we carry. Are we ready to take it on? Are we ready to carry our cross?

    Illustration: Passion Season - Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey. What is He denying himself? Jesus is in the garden of gethsemane. What is He denying himself? What cup does He choose? Jesus is put on the cross. What is He denying himself? The path is different because it is the path of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Really Matters!

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024
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    Considering eternity, what one believes is far more important than what one achieves. At the same time, are we also thinking about our neighbors and reaching out to them?

    Opening illustration: Video of Chiune Sugihara’s Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppCEta8I4UA Introduction: The power to obtain money is derived from God and as such all belongs to him; “And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "How They Got To Church”

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 2, 2025
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    Today is Easter Sunday. It is the Day of Resurrection. Today it is estimated that over 140 million Americans will attend church for Easter.

    “How They Got To Church” “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "not What We Want But What We Need"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Aug 29, 2023
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     | 2,695 views

    A sermon about following Christ and finding life.

    “Not What We Want but What We Need” Matthew 16:21-27 In the words of the late American news commentator Paul Harvey, this morning’s Gospel Lesson is “the rest of the story.” It is a continuation of what we talked about last week. Jesus had asked His disciples: “Who do you say I am?” Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Transformed By The Renewal Of Our Minds

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 30, 2023
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    It certainly appears, as many commentators have noted, that God is at heart a hedonist. He seems to delight in humans taking pleasure in creation.

    Twenty-Second Sunday in Course 2023 The Hebrew prophet Jeremiah knew the joys and dangers of obeying the admonition to offer one’s body as a living sacrifice to God, and of refusing to conform himself to a corrupt age, such as he had, and Jesus, and, for that matter, us in twenty-first century ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Musts Of Christianity

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Aug 31, 2023
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    There are a few musts in the texts today and some musts the children of God should do.

    Matthew 16:21-28 “The Musts of Christianity” 1. There are many things we must do John Wesley Sarah Crosby “Preach if you must” • We must pay our bills We must go to school you must go to work • We must go Doctor appointments We must clean house, laundry, • In order to obtain a degree, a status, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Clay Was Marred... God Is Not Finished...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 1, 2023
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     | 2,585 views

    We know the often life becomes marred clay... Life is more than junk and garbage. People are valuable to God. People are not disposable. We need to exert greater effort.

    #1 THE CLAY WAS MARRED… GOD IS NOT FINISHED… TRUST THE PLAN! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) What does heat and hot water do to butter? To a tea bag? To an egg? WE NEED MORE THAN BAND AIDS… THE MASTER! THE CLAY! THE LESSON OF THE REVELATION: GO ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Can You Have Too Much Of A Good Thing?

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Sep 5, 2023
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    A sermon for the Sundays following Pentecost, Year A, Lectionary 22

    September 3, 2023 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Matthew 16:21-28 Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing? Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Adding salt to a baking recipe enhances the final flavor in complex ways. When ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran