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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Fair Is Fair Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 13, 2002
    based on 70 ratings
     | 16,285 views

    There are times it’s worthwhile to figure out what Jesus "didn’t mean."

    OPENING: A woman read ahead as we were going through this text and was troubled by the phrase: "do not turn away from the one desiring to borrow from you." It wasn’t that she didn’t give to those in need... her problem was that she was giving so much away, that she barely had enough left for ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Geoff Baggett avatar

    Survivor 7: How To Survive Conflict Series

    Contributed by Geoff Baggett on Oct 28, 2002
    based on 94 ratings
     | 7,561 views

    This is the seventh sermon in my SURVIVOR series, focusing upon Jesus’ formula for bringing peace to interpersonal conflict (10-27-02).

    Opening Illustration There were once two men who lived in a small village. They got into a terrible dispute that they could not resolve. So they decided to talk to the town sage … the wise man. The first man went to the home of the old, wise one and told his version of what happened. When he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Matthew Kratz avatar

    Love Your Enemies To Show That You Are Children Of God Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 1, 2008
     | 6,194 views

    Jesus calls us to:1) Recognize your Sonship (Matthew 5:45), 2) Exceed your Sonship (Matthew 5:46-47) and 3) Manifest perfect Sonship (Matthew 5:48).

    Celebrity Adoption is all the rage — the more exotic the setting the better. Angelina Jolie became the poster child for international adoption, traveling the world to rescue babies from tough places. Mohawked son Maddox was first, adopted from Cambodia in 2002. After Brad Pitt signed on as dad, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • David Flowers avatar

    On Being Perfect Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Mar 16, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,121 views

    Part 5 in 5-week series Getting Free, this message asks and answers the question, "What did Jesus mean when he said we are to "be perfect?"

    GETTING FREE Sermon Five: On Being Perfect Wildwind Community Church David K. Flowers March 16, 2008 Matthew 5:48 (NIV) 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. As we close out our series on making a full commitment of our lives to God – a series I’ve titled Getting Free – ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Danny Nance avatar

    A Higher Standard

    Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,869 views

    The standard of holiness has never been lowered, and the need for grace never more seen.

    A Higher Standard Matt. 5:20, 48 I’d like to be a track star. How cool would it be to stand before a roaring crowd that has stood to its feet because I set a new record in high jump! And I could do it, you know—if the record for high jump stood at two feet. Unfortunately for me, the record is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Hicks avatar

    Retaliate With Love

    Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 15, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,487 views

    We are most like Christ when we learn to love our enemies.

    Retaliate with Love Matthew 5:38-48 One winter day a man went shopping at a local mall. When he returned to his car he noticed a foul odor coming from under the hood of his car. When he popped the hood, he discovered a dead mutilated cat that had slept on the warm engine and had gotten caught by ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Adam Deibert avatar

    Loving Others -- And Letting Them Know It Series

    Contributed by Adam Deibert on Nov 19, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,624 views

    Introductory sermon for a series on loving relationships. By virtue of Creation, we all bear the image of God. To truly love others, we need to see that image.

    How many of you know who Steven Curtis Chapman is? Steven Curtis Chapman is a contemporary Christian musician. He’s been around for quite a few years, now, and recently released a CD with songs all centred around love. I want to quite the lyrics from the title song of that CD: We’ve got CDs, ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • Rev. Bruce A. Shields avatar

    The Law Of Love Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Aug 23, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,621 views

    Part 10:Sermon on the Mount Series - Jesus speaks of the Law of Love, and how we can achieve walking in it.

    The Great Commission Part 10 – Sermon on the Mount – The Law of Love Pastor Bruce A. Shields House of Faith – www.PS127.org WELCOME INTRODUCTION TO SERMON † The Sermon on the Mount – The Beatitudes † We are the Salt, staying pure with God’s Holy Word † We are the Light, showing that Word to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • David Flowers avatar

    God Can't Really Expect ... Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Feb 13, 2007
     | 3,038 views

    Part 4 of series Every Thought Captive. Dave looks at the lie that God can’t really expect us to live godly lives, and examines the idea of spiritual perfection.

    “God Can’t Really Expect…” Every Thought Captive, part 4 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers February 11, 2007 Does God expect too much of us? Have you ever felt that way? That if God wants us to live better lives, he should just make us better people? Why is it that we are born into a ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Going The Second Mile

    Contributed by Dr. Jeremy Simpson on Dec 6, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 24,447 views

    A Sermon about going above and beyond what is expected. Doing more than the status Quo!

    GOING THE SECOND MILE - MATT. 5:41 INTRO: 1. Every Normal Person wants to Succeed - If you Don’t, you Better go see a Psychiatrist. 2. I’m a Musician - I want to be a successful Pianist, Singer, Songwriter. 3. If a man is a Logger - He wants to be a Good Logger 4. If a man is a Preacher – He ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • T.J. Conwell avatar

    Loving The Lord, Part 1 Series

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on May 17, 2008
     | 3,431 views

    Focusing on Loving your Enemies

    Loving the Lord, Part 1 (Loving your Enemies) Matthew 5:43-48 Introduction For some of us, the title of this message could be “Mission Impossible”. Ask yourself tonight -- How can we love our enemies? How can we look at people who have done us wrong and honestly look at them with a heart of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Flowers avatar

    The Kingdom Heart Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on May 27, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,091 views

    Part 3 of a 13 week series Hearing Jesus Again. This message looks at the importance of the heart when it comes to the way we live and make choices.

    The Kingdom Heart Part 3 in series Hearing Jesus Again Wildwind Community Church David Flowers May 17, 2008 People live from the heart. We just do. We were meant to. God created us to be people with emotions, with feelings, and those feelings were intended to guide us into living the “good” ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Rodney V Johnson avatar

    Pulling Against God Part 4 Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Nov 5, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,938 views

    This segment focuses on how we deal with our enemies (our love for our enemies.)

    Pulling Against God Part 4 Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48; Matthew 7:12; James 4:3; 17 Introduction This will be the final segment of this series on our pulling against God. To date we have discussed the fact that we do tend to pull against God in our efforts to go our own way, or any way that is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Wesley Bishop avatar

    Who Can I Hate?

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Jan 7, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,520 views

    This is about loving our enemies.

    Read Matthew 5:43-48. This is yet another hard saying of the Sermon on the Mount. This goes beyond the revenge we looked at last week. Jesus said that we shouldn’t seek revenge. Okay, fine. I’d love to take revenge, but I won’t. Now he says that I have to love them. Isn’t it enough that I ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    "Achieving Perfection" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 30, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,010 views

    Sermon #11 in a study in the Sermon on the Mount

    In the previous two sermons we have handled verses twenty and twenty one, if not thoroughly, I hope at least sufficiently to stress to the hearer and reader that what we have before us is a faithful record of the Lord of the universe, the one who spoke all things into existence, the one who has ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox