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  • Thomas McCracken avatar

    A Healthy Hunger Series

    Contributed by Thomas Mccracken on Jan 14, 2015
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    Fourth in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes

    A Healthy Hunger! Matthew 5:6 Introduction: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." There are a few issues we need to address with this text, the first being the language in the words hunger and thirst. An interpretation that more accurately ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Compassion In Action Series

    Contributed by Thomas Mccracken on Jan 14, 2015
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    Fifth in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes

    Compassion in Action! Matthew 5:7 Introduction: The eight beatitudes should be viewed as stepping stones that are all building on each other, ultimately culminating in a power filled victorious state in this life and in the life to come. The first rung of this ladder was found in Matthew ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pure Is More Series

    Contributed by Thomas Mccracken on Jan 14, 2015
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    Sixth in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes

    Pure is More! Matthew 5:8 Introduction: Kent Hughes, in his commentary on the Sermon on the Mount, relates the story of Anna Mae Pennica, a sixty-two-year-old woman who had been blind since birth. At age forty-seven she married a man she met in Braille class; and for the first fifteen years of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Steps To Victory Series

    Contributed by Thomas Mccracken on Jan 14, 2015
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    A summary sermon through the first 7 beatitudes in my Being the Believing series through the Beatitudes

    Steps to Victory! Matthew 5:3-9 Introduction: If you remember back about two months ago, I launched a sermon series, preaching on the Greatest Sermon Ever Preached by the Greatest Preacher that Ever Lived, Jesus Christ on the Sermon on the Mount that I titled “Being the Believing”. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Walking A New Path Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jan 27, 2015
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     | 6,166 views

    Jesus is the new law giver. The beatitudes are a description of what life in the kingdom of God looks like.

    Matthew 5:1-20 “Walking a New Path” INTRODUCTION American travelers to foreign countries have often been called “Ugly Americans.” The term refers to American tourists’ tendencies to be loud, demonstrative and to believe that everyone understands English if it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Your Heart's Desire Series

    Contributed by Rodney Coe on Feb 9, 2015
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    God knows our heart and wants us to know His desire for us.

    What is it you want most in your life? What is it that makes you tick? What’s your heart’s desire? Physically the human heart is amazing instrument of God’s creation: From the moment it begins beating until the moment it stops, the human heart works tirelessly. In an average ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mild Mannered Man

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Sep 7, 2010
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    As we look at the life of Jesus Christ it helps us understand more about the nature and character of God. Jesus exhibited meekness, not weakness, for the higher cause of mankind’s salvation.

    Mild Mannered Man Mtt 16:13-17 Peter- standing in the physical presence of Jesus- but his understanding- did not come by- natural senses. His understanding- who Jesus was-came by revelation. Today, each person needs- same revelation of Christ. Much can be learned about Jesus by His ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    How To Inherit God's Kingdom

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 24, 2010
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    God's eternity is received only when we realize that we cannot attain it on our own but must rely on God's grace-we must be poor in spirit.

    How to Inherit God’s Kingdom Matthew 5:1-3 INTRODUCTION I suppose since time began people have made a mad pursuit to find happiness. Many have tried money. One such Texas millionaire said; “I thought money could buy happiness. I have been miserably disillusioned.” Actress Sophie ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Receive God's Comfort

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 27, 2010
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    A proper mourning over sin will drive us to repentance and confession and will ultimately bring God's comfort.

    How To Receive God’s Comfort Matthew 5:4 INTRODUCTION In Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, the story is told of Pip, an orphan who lives with his sister and her husband. One day while in the marshes, he meets a convict who forces him to steal food and a file from some people. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Importance Of A Gentle Spirit

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 27, 2010
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    Only as we learn to live with a gentle spirit can we realize the completenss of our Christianity.

    The Importance of a Gentle Spirit Matthew 5:5 INTRODUCTION Aristotle was a great Greek thinker and philosopher of the fourth century B. C. For him, the virtues of life were always defined as the mean between an excess and a lack of that virtue. He saw courage as the mean between cowardliness and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Keys To A Satisfied Life

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 28, 2010
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    True satisfaction comes from a deep and abiding hunger and thirst for the things of God.

    Keys to a Satisfied Life Matthew 5:6 INTRODUCTION For untold years, hunger and starvation have been a chronic problem for many people in various countries. In 436 B. C., famine came to Rome and caused thousands of people to throw themselves into the Tiber River to end their lives. In 1005, famine ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living A Merciful Life

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 29, 2010
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    Believers have the wonderful privilege of showing God's mercy to others-and the responsibility.

    Living A Merciful Life Matthew 5:7 INTRODUCTION Landing on the bleak Massachusetts shore at Plymouth in December of 1620, the Pilgrims had to endure a desperate winter. It was a winter filled with hunger-a winter in which about half of them died. As luck would have it though, there was an Indian ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Importance Of A Pure Heart

    Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 30, 2010
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    The condition of our hearts is of utmost importance for what we think will erupt in actions.

    The Importance of a Pure Heart Matthew 5:8 All of us are familiar with the purpose of a greenhouse. People who have greenhouses are usually in the business of selling flowers or other shrubbery or just want one so they can keep flowers year round. The temperature, of course, is warmer in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Extra Ordinary Jesus - Teachings Series

    Contributed by Nicky Evans on Aug 7, 2011
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    Part 7 of our study looking at the Extra Ordinary man Jesus.

    So far in our study of Jesus we have seen that, even though He was just as much a man as we are here He was truly extra ordinary! From His origins which can be traced back through Scripture to the very beginning of time and before, to His birth and purpose and how He lived His life! Today I want us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Need God? Thats Where Your Blessings Start. Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Aug 10, 2011
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    The beatitudes, what are they all about? Why are these people blessed, to be poor in spirit brings blessing but why?

    The Beatitudes. Matthew 5:1-12 Interestingly enough when we think about beatitudes we often get this sought of thinking going on that these things, poorness of spirit, mourning, etc should be our attitudes. However the word beatitude comes from the Latin word for ‘blessed’, ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army