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  • Spencer Homan avatar

    The God Shaped Hole In All Of Us (We Need God)

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,381 views

    This is a sermon focusing on the impact of God’s presence on our lives.

    Matthew 23:13 13 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.” “The God-Shaped Hole in all of Us” I’m sure none of you have EVER experienced the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    You Might Be A Pharisee (What Not To Do)

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008
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     | 2,986 views

    This sermon focuses on what NOT to do as Christians, looks at comparing ourselves to the Pharisees.

    Matthew 23:15 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make the new convert twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. “You Might Be a Pharisee” It’s hard for us to fully realize… just how cool the Pharisees were in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • John White avatar

    Jesus Goes To Jerusalem Series

    Contributed by John White on Mar 15, 2008
     | 6,717 views

    Examining the lessons we can learn from the day Jesus enters His city, Jerusalem.

    Jesus Goes To Jerusalem Matt. 21:1-17 Jesus’ road to Calvary was deliberately foreordained. Paul tells us Jesus arrived on schedule to complete His mission as planned on planet earth. "But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chris Kelly avatar

    How To Lose Friends And Inflame Enemies Series

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Jul 31, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,168 views

    Ever wonder what it would be like to meet Jesus in person? The Pharasees did and it was an uncomfortable experience to say the least!

    How to Lose Friends and Inflame Enemies Series: One on One With the Master February 28, 2010 Let me ask you a question. What do you think is the greatest threat to the church today? Persecution? Atheism? Materialism? No… Hypocrisy! Hypocrisy has done more to turn people away from God ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Andrew Moffatt avatar

    Johanan The Rabbi Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 18, 2010
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,954 views

    A narrative monolouge reply from a Rabbi who was present at the Temple to hear the words of Jesus spoken in Matthew 23. To highlight why Jesus had an issue with the Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, that he was concerned for their legalism.

    Matthew 23, 22/08/2010 Jesus was to address the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law at the Temple. This occurred during the week preceding the crucifixion of Jesus. Jesus mentions seven woes, The Pharisees were a legalistic and separatistic group who strictly, but often hypocritically, kept the ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Not As The Pharisees Convert Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 20, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,394 views

    We must be converted daily to the following of Christ, and be sensitive to the signs others demonstrate that they are ready to hear the message and be healed by Christ.

    Monday of 21st Week in Course August 23, 2010 Today’s Gospel verses betray the Hebrew original of Matthew–one after another, Hebrew words come tumbling from Jesus’s lips: oi, as in oi vay–woe in English, peroushim, the separate ones we call Pharisees, ben Hinnom, which is ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Misplaced Zeal

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jun 16, 2011
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    We are impressed with zeal. Certainly the Jews of Jesus day had tremendous zeal; passion for what they believed. But zeal and passion can easily be focused on the wrong thing.

    Passage: Matthew 23:1-39 Intro: We are impressed by zeal, passion 1. see our Mormon friends riding their bike es 2. on way to seminary, remember seeing a Moonie selling candy bars in the freezing rain. 3. we even have a grudging admiration for zeal that causes a radical Muslim to kill ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Andy Payne avatar

    A Heart That Is Powerful Series

    Contributed by Andy Payne on Jan 18, 2011
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     | 4,256 views

    Adapted from Tim Hawkings book and study Awesome on the inside.

    Awesome on the Inside #1 A Heart that is Powerful Intro: Image is everything It is not hard to understand the message that the media tries to present as the “ideal” teenager or person or family. TV, movies, magazines, internet advertising and radio all tell us how our lives should ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Schaeufele avatar

    A Messiah's Rules For Living Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 28, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,210 views

    Jesus calls us to place value on the things in life that are truly important.

    A Messiah's Rules For Living Text: Matt. 22:13-36 Introduction 1. Illustration: Rules of chocolate: a. If you’ve got melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly. b. Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    What’s Up With Worship

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Mar 5, 2012
     | 4,752 views

    DO WE COME TO CHURCH BECAUSE IT’S A HABIT? WE COME BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. THE END RESULT IS THAT THE EVENT IS IMPORTANT, NOT WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THE EVENT. SO, WE SLOWLY AND INCREMENTALLY SLIP INTO A “GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS” KI

    WHAT’S UP WITH WORSHIP INTRODUCTION: TRADITIONALLY, EVERY SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH OUR FAMILY OUT TO DINNER. THIS EVENT HAS BECOME HABITUAL; IT IS EXPECTED. IN FACT THERE IS ALMOST A MUTINY IF THERE IS EVEN THE HINT OF NOT GOING OUT. THE PLACE IS NOT IMPORTANT, THE EVENT IS IMPORTANT. SOMETIMES, JUST ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ditchin' Religion

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Mar 14, 2012
     | 5,576 views

    A sermon about how believers should not allow religion to dictate their lives, but how Christ should live through them.

    Text:, Title: Ditchin’ Religion, Date/Place: NRBC, Carver Baptist Church, 3/11-12/12, PM A. Opening illustration: Quote from Not A Fan, page 25, about stadiums with enthusiastic fans, but no interested in the pain of following. Have a brief discussion on how we describe the best Christians ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Bring Us Together By Thy Word Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 25, 2012
     | 3,100 views

    The existence of the Word of God makes it necessary to have a living and authoritative interpretator "of last resort," in the Church.

    Monday of 21st Week in Course St. Monica/St. Augustine Verbum Domini St. Monica could easily be called the patron saint of frustrated prayer. A Catholic herself, she found herself married to a pagan, with a son who, unbaptized as a child, turned into a kind of semi-pagan hellion during his youth. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Ian Johnson avatar

    Invitation To A Table For Two In The Wilderness

    Contributed by Ian Johnson on Feb 19, 2013
     | 5,441 views

    The call to come inward to the table is often ignored because many don’t see the value of such fellowship; their aim is to be doing where as the aim of the table for two is simply “Being” in His presence.

    The Christian faith is about relationship it’s not about religion or outward displays of Church life that are just mere forms of religious expression. Jesus spoke very firmly to the religious of the day, who felt they were doing the right thing in preserving religious tradition but ignoring ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mark Perryman avatar

    The Giant Of Religion Series

    Contributed by Mark Perryman on Jun 5, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,224 views

    Today we are going to look at a very cruel giant, the giant of religion

    INTRO: A young girl became a Christian in an exciting revival at her church and was baptized the closing Sunday morning. That afternoon she ran through the house singing and dancing. Her sour grandfather rebuked her with these words, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself. You just joined the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Standing In The Way Of The Spiritual Progress Of Others Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 18, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,612 views

    This message looks at how we sometimes block the door for spiritual seekers and keep them from finding God.

    BIG IDEA: We can point people to God, but we can also stand in their way. - Matthew 23:13. - The idea here is blocking the door or pointing someone in the wrong direction. - This is something we should pause and consider how heartbreaking the image is: someone seeking spiritual truth, someone ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist