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  • Howard Gunter avatar

    Eternal Life - Come One, Come All

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Sep 22, 2017
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    We are Each and Every EQUAL in God's eyes.

    Community Family Fellowship This week’s Readings September 24, 2017 I hope and pray that you continue to pray and extend a hand to every victim of these past Hurricanes that have left so many victims with great loss in their wake. Sunday Reading and Message Overview Matthew 20:1-16 This ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    There Is No Way That Can Be Fair, Yet That Is God’s Way

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Nov 11, 2017
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    The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard is a well know parable of grace, but it is also a parable of receiving. We must learn to receive.

    This sermon was delivered to Holy Trinity in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 24th September 2017 (a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Jon 3.10-4.11 Ps 145.1-8 Phil 1.21-30 Matt 20.1-16 Psalm 19:14: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of our hearts, ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

  • David Roth avatar

    The Early Bird Gets The Worm

    Contributed by David Roth on Mar 10, 2015
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    Proper 20 (A). We toil and struggle against sin, to live righteously, But it does not give us life. Christ gives to us freely and aboundantly, all we need for this life and the next.

    J. J. May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. “The early bird gets the worm” In our text today, Jesus tells His disciples another parable about the Kingdom of Heaven. You will recall that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Larry Turner avatar

    All In A Day's Work

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Feb 5, 2015
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    This sermon looks at the workers in the marketplace waiting on someone to hire them. They are compared to Christians today.

    The young man had just graduated from college and was at his first job interview. He was applying to be an accountant. Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked him, "What starting salary were you thinking about?" The young man replied, "In the neighborhood of $100,000 ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    The Vineyard Worker’s Complaint

    Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 11, 2016
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    Workers hired at different times of day. Represent? 1. Time they were saved? 2. Amount of 'heat' they took? 3. Proportion of Loss? 4. Amount of Work they did? We complain God isn't being fair. God responds that He knows what's best!

    THE VINEYARD WORKER’S COMPLAINT Mt. 20:1-16 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: The salesman 1. Morris applied for a job at MEN’S WEARHOUSE. During his interview, Ben, the personnel manager asked him, "Where did you last work?" 2. "Joseph A Bank," replied Morris, proudly. "And how long did you ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Getting Gruntled!

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Sep 25, 2016
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    A Labor Day message about being happy/joyful in all you do.

    Getting Gruntled!! September 4, 2016 Matthew 20:1-16 In Matthew 20 Jesus told a parable about workers in a vineyard. This parable teaches us some principles about the kingdom of God, and it also teaches us something about the kind of attitude we should have at work. The key players in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Claude Alexander avatar

    Jesus And Easter

    Contributed by Claude Alexander on Feb 6, 2017
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    Easter and the proofs of the Resurrection.

    Easter - the resurrected Saviour. Matthew 27:57-28:20 During the last few weeks we studied about the cross and what it meant to us. The scriptures tell us that on the first Good Friday darkness came over the land from the sixth hour until the ninth hour or from about noon to three pm. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dan Raymond avatar

    Parable Of The Generous Landowner Series

    Contributed by Dan Raymond on Dec 7, 2015
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     | 14,530 views

    Since when does it make sense to pay the guys hired at the last hour the same as those hired at the beginning of the day. This is the 1st of 4 sermon that consider the astounding mathematics of grace.

    Introduction Aeneas’ eyes snapped open from his deep sleep. He could hear the desert winds relentlessly blowing the trees outside and whistle through the cracks and crevices of the house. Years of working as a day laborer in the vineyards taught him what these winds meant. It was the time of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    God And I Do Not See Eye To Eye!

    Contributed by Jim Mccutchen on Dec 29, 2015
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     | 13,025 views

    In my feeble mind, there are some perplexing things in the word of God that do not measure up. Logically speaking, from the human standpoint I have some disagreements with God. God and I do not see eye to eye on several issues. I

    WHERE GOD AND ME SOMETIME DO NOT AGREE! Matthew 20:1-15 20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius[a] for the day and sent them into his vineyard. 3 “About nine in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    17th Sunday After Pentecost. September 20th, 2026. Series

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 28, 2023
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     | 3,277 views

    Year A, Proper 20.

    Exodus 16:2-15, Psalm 105:1-6, Psalm 105:37-45, Jonah 3:10, Jonah 4:1-11, Psalm 145:1-8, Philippians 1:21-30, Matthew 20:1-16 A). BREAD OF HEAVEN. Exodus 16:2-15. In this passage, we join the children of Israel just six weeks into their wilderness journey. The ten plagues, the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "is God Fair?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 19, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,827 views

    A sermon about the amazing grace of God.

    “Is God Fair?” Matthew 20:1-16 Plenty of people work hard but never get what they feel they deserve. Plenty of people are incredibly decent human beings but always seem to get the short end of the stick. How many of us, as children, were cautioned with the self-evident truth that “life’s not ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Hooray! God Does Not Think Like Us!

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 20, 2023
     | 1,460 views

    He is, as Torah teaches, “slow to anger.” That’s very different from most of us.

    Twenty-fifth Sunday in Course 2023 All of Scripture is useful to those whose purpose in life is to attain union with the Blessed Trinity. But there are probably a hundred verses that stand out as critical in the most important pursuit of our existence on earth. Two of these, surely, come from ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Let Me Tell You A Story Of Perplexing Generosity

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Sep 20, 2023
     | 1,098 views

    Does God's generosity make you angry? How do we live in God's kingdom in comparison with what other people are doing and we are doing?

    9.24.23 Matthew 20:1–16 (EHV) 1 “Indeed the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing to pay the workers a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 He also went out about the third hour and saw ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Story Of Perplexing Generosity

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Sep 20, 2023
     | 1,291 views

    How do we respond to God's generosity? How do we live in comparison with others? What does Grace have to do with it?

    9.24.23 Matthew 20:1–16 (EHV) 1 “Indeed the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing to pay the workers a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 He also went out about the third hour and saw ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    God's Lavish Mercy

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Sep 21, 2023
     | 1,489 views

    Salvation through Jesus is for all people. God is fair and just in how He works to reach the lost.

    GOD IS FAIR AND JUST! THAT IS HARD FOR MANY TO GRASP. WE LIVE WITHIN THE SYSTEM OF PUNATIVE LAW: YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE. YET, THE SYSTEM OF GRACE IS FOREIGN TO US: GOD DEALS WITH US ACCORDING TO WHO HE IS, NOT ACCORDING TO WHO WE ARE. GOD EXPLAINED HIS GRACE AND COMPASSION TO MOSES IN EXODUS ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist