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  • Fr Mund Cargill Thompson avatar

    Is It Fair? Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Sep 20, 2014
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    An interwoven set of stories reflecting on the parable of the eccentric employer

    We are in the one hundredth anniversary of the first World War at the moment, so I would like to take you back to an event that happened in the middle of it. When Emperor Franz-Josef I of Austria died in 1916, his was the last of the extravagant imperial funerals. A processional of dignitaries and ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Reginald Knight avatar

    The Last Will Be First And The First Will Be Last.

    Contributed by Reginald Knight on Sep 20, 2014
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    THE WAY IN WHICH WE BEHAVE TOWARDS OTHERS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUWN LIVES. THIS PARABLE INDEED REPRESENTS THIS.

    Proper 20 by: Seminarian Reginald Knight Sunday September 21, 2014. St. Mary’s Anglican Church (The Diocese Of Barbados) Matthew 20: ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    "Standing In The Marketplace"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Sep 20, 2014
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    A sermon about the graciousness of God.

    "Standing in the Marketplace" Matthew 20:1-16 In many farming communities, migrant day laborers stand on corners from the early hours of the morning, waiting for someone to hire them. Workers who are standing at the corner of a park, the market, or the hardware store in the early afternoon ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Laborers Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Oct 21, 2014
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    The third in a series on the Parables of Jesus, this three-point, expository sermon explores the parable of the workers in the vineyard and the eleventh hour hire. It highlights the extravagant, endless, and equalizing grace of God!

    PARABLES OF JESUS ǀ THE LABORERS Scott Bayles, pastor Portions adapted from Max Lucado’s “Grace” & “In the Grip of Grace” Blooming Grove Christian Church: 2/9/14 Well over fifty years ago, during a conference on comparative religions, experts from around the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Daren Mitchell avatar

    God Gives Us Grace And Much More. But Is It Enough?

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Apr 22, 2014
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    Every follower of Jesus has to make the choice to use the gifts God gives and believe they are enough, or ignore them.

    Jesus tells a story about a small business owner. In this story the owner of a vineyard employs some day laborers early in the morning. They agreed to work for a days wage. Later in the day the owner noticed some unemployed folks and asked them if they wanted a job for the day, and they agreed ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    That's Not Fair!

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on May 15, 2014
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    Some people want more from God and some don't. You will never experience more of God if you don't put yourself in a position to know more of God.

    That’s not Fair! Matthew 20:1-16 Introduction- This week at District Assembly was amazing! I linked the minister’s choir to my Facebook page because it was so good. Platform full of ministers and you could sense God’s anointing as they sang. I think of all the great ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Will There Be Degrees Of Rewards? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Feb 19, 2012
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    Will I be rewarded for what I do for the cause of Christ? It is a question many Christians ask, and perhaps many more hold unconsciously in their mind.

    “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Workers In The Vineyard

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 18, 2011
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    A look at all of us who work in the vineyard and our attitude in our work.

    I can remember as a boy riding with my Dad into the downtown area, in my hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana, and seeing a crowd of men standing on a certain street. There were so many of them that there did not seem to be any room left to walk on the sidewalk. I asked my father what they were ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The New Deal

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Sep 18, 2011
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    A different twist on the parable of the vineyard owner that offers who to those in desperate need of relief and recovery through the reforms of Jesus Christ.

    INTRO Between the years 1933 and 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted a series of economic programs called “The New Deal.” "His programs served as a response to the effects of the Great Depression, and “focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    It Is All About Grace / Grace Is The Difference

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Sep 19, 2011
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    When Edward Everett Hale was Chaplain of the Senate, someone asked him, Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale? He replied, No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country. We all need to receive the Grace of God. It Is All About Grace! (Updated September 2023)

    For those who are not familiar with an Anglican Service; Four Scriptures are read prior to the Message. Today's readings are Exodus 16:2-15; Psalm 105: 1-6,37-45; Philippians 1:21-30 and Matthew 10:1-16 When Edward Everett Hale was Chaplain of the Senate, ...someone asked him, ... "Do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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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

  • Roger Roark avatar

    Amazing Grace

    Contributed by Roger Roark on Mar 14, 2016
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     | 16,246 views

    A sermon on the grace of God

    Matthew 20:1-16 give ills. of a grazing mace There was a mechanic who owned a dog named Mace. Mace loved to eat grass, so the mechanic kept him inside so he wouldn't ruin the lawn. One day the mechanic decided to finish his work at home, so he took some tools home with him. When he got home he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Generosity Of Grace

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Dec 29, 2014
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    God’s grace is given to us a free gift, not as something we deserve.

    The Generosity of Grace December 28, 2014 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: God’s grace is given to us a free gift, not as something we deserve. Focus Passage: Matthew 20:1-16 Supplemental Passage: For by grace you have been saved through faith; ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Basehore avatar

    Jehovah M'kaddesh, God Who Sanctifies Series

    Contributed by Paul Basehore on Feb 5, 2015
     | 16,233 views

    God demands holiness, but He understands that we cannot be holy on our own. He promised us (and He always fulfills His promises!) that He is Jehovah M’Kaddesh, God who Sanctifies. Only through God can we be sanctified.

    Since we were all small children, we were taught that things fall. I drop a pen, it falls to the ground. In fact, everything in this world, at some point, falls down, right? In Tucurui, Brazil though, sometimes things fall up. I’m serious! Lumberjacks in the area cut trees, but don’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Larry Turner avatar

    All In A Day's Work

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Feb 5, 2015
     | 10,116 views

    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