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  • Michael Luke avatar

    Keep Your Promises Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Apr 2, 2005
    based on 158 ratings
     | 58,862 views

    Christ-followers need to be people of integrity who faithfully do what they say they will do.

    (based on Southeast Christian Church’s series “Living a Life of Integrity”) SERIES: “WORDS OF WISDOM FOR KINGDOM LIVING” TEXT: MATTHEW 5:33-37 TITLE: “KEEP YOUR PROMISES” INTRODUCTION: A. A wealthy businessman lay on his deathbed. His preacher came to visit and talked ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "What Is Your Word Worth?" Series

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Apr 10, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,444 views

    Some say truth is realitive...but, Jesus didn’t think so. Just what is truth suppose to mean for a Christ-follower?

    “What Is Your Word Worth?” Matthew 5:33-37 Daniel Webster once wrote, “There is nothing so powerful as truth – and often, nothing so strange.” Perhaps he had an understanding into the insight that Jesus had about both the need for truth and the difficulty in attaining it. So far in this message ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Warren Lamb avatar

    "Godly Sexuality" - Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Apr 10, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,732 views

    Sex sells...are you buying? Sex is an every-day, all-day, in-your-face issue. What are we to do?

    "Godly Sexuality" – Part 1 Matthew 5:27-32 (Cognates: Matthew 19:3-12; 1 Corinthians 6:9-20; 7:1-17; Hebrews 10:26-31) God’s stand on sexuality, marriage, divorce and remarriage is clear when we take the whole of Scripture, prayerfully read it and then trust the Holy Spirit to open our hearts and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Fix Your Purity Series

    Contributed by David Salisbury on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 3,842 views

    Lesson 5 in a series. This sermon focuses on Jesus’s words regarding sexual purity.

    Quick Sermons for Permanent Fixes Lesson 5 Fix Your Purity Matthew 5:27-37 Return to series this week. Examine Jesus’s words on adultery, divorce, and keeping your promises. There is a lot of power in these words and Jesus says there is a lot of power in our words. “I do” is a big thing to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    The Snowball Effects Of Sin Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,098 views

    Sins are not single isolated wrong, but are clustered into families.

    The Snowball Effects of Sin (Matt. 5:27-37) Here is my bulletin insert first: Divorce and Remarriage The subjects of divorce and remarriage are complicated and have always been matters of controversy among Bible-oriented Christians. When addressing this matter, I recognize that many top-notch ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • David Petticrew avatar

    Honesty And Integrity

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 55 ratings
     | 13,232 views

    A sermon looking at honesty and integrity in the life of Christian.

    Introduction When I preach I always go on about reading it in context. About establishing the original context of when it was written, who it was written to and what the situation described was. How the original readers would have understood that. That is all very important. But there is of course ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Marrige

    Contributed by Kevin Keeling on Mar 19, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 3,095 views

    Marrige

    Matt 5:31-32 DIVORCE The legal dissolution of a marriage. The divine ideal for marriage is clearly a lifelong bond that unites husband and wife in a "one flesh" relationship (Matt 19:5 Deuteronomy 24:1-4 ADULTERY Willful sexual intercourse with someone other than one’s husband ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tiger Gullett avatar

    There's A Difference In Hear Say And Truth Series

    Contributed by Tiger Gullett on Jan 26, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 6,315 views

    The third message in a series from "The Sermon On The Mount" dealing with the effects of our attitudes.

    INTRODUCTION: Have you ever heard something that you thought to be truth, and possibly even told someone else what you had heard, only later to find out that it wasn’t true? It was just hear say ! I remember eating pop rocks when I was a little boy. You know those little hard candies that began to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Foundation For Marriage.

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Feb 20, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,443 views

    Love doesn’t sustain marriage, the marriage sustains love

    A foundation for marriage. Matthew 5: 31, 32. 02/22.04 I was reading recently about a man who bought the city garbage dump. He covered it with dirt and began to build houses on the land. It only took a short while for the land to start settling and the houses begin to crumble. The people who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Herman Abrahams avatar

    Keep Your Promise To Serve The Lord

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jan 1, 2004
    based on 95 ratings
     | 18,000 views

    Encouragement to believers to keep the promise they made to follow Jesus for the rest of their lives. Dangers of breaking covenant with God are highlighted.

    Compiled by: Herman Abrahams (Pastor), Cornerstone Faith Ministries, P.O. Box 740, Westridge 7802, Rep. of South Africa. E-Mail: Mentorship2003@yahoo.co.uk Note to the reader: If you have been blessed with this sermon compilation, I would be honoured to receive an e-mail from you ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Dean Rhine avatar

    Laying Down The Law

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 24, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 1,897 views

    What do we do with the OT law

    Laying down the Law Matthew 5:17-48 5/25/97 Intro: Did you ever hear about the chicken who crossed the road? She laid it on the line! Jesus lays it on the line too in the Sermon on the Mount. Look with me at Matthew 5: 17-48. We just finished looking at the beatitudes, Jesus’ call for ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Liar Liar Series

    Contributed by Kevin Maloney on Feb 4, 2006
    based on 28 ratings
     | 16,108 views

    Jesus calls us to tell the truth in a way that goes far beyond being legally accurate.

    Liar Liar – Matthew 5:33-37 Amish buggies probably don’t have speedometers. How do they know if they’re breaking the law? They just know they’re not because you can’t speed in a buggy – you’ve got a two horse power vehicle. You always know you’re going far beyond the demands of the law, even in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Examined Life

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Feb 5, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,387 views

    The hard commands of Jesus are best understood as being directed to the church, which should be a Community of Grace. This sermon addresses Jesus’ teaching on lust, sin and adultery.

    The Examined Life in the Community of Grace Our key scripture today suggested to me the sermon title, The Examined Life”. You may have heard of this saying by Socrates, an ancient philosopher: “The unexamined life is not worth living." It struck me that, in some very strong language, what ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Flowers avatar

    Your Spouse Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Jun 17, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,187 views

    Part 1 in series "Succeeding Where Success Matters Most," this message attempts to establish a spiritual context for marriage, and looks at the controversial topic of divorce.

    Succeeding Where Success Matters Most – Your Spouse Wildwind Community Church David Flowers June 12, 2005 At this moment I am seeing three couples for pre-marital counseling. If you asked them they’d tell you that I’m extremely strict about making sure all couples complete a minimum seven-week ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 8, 2004
    based on 42 ratings
     | 5,868 views

    Message describing the need to be people of or word, and avoiding the need to "swear."

    Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say Matthew 5:33-37 November 7, 2004 Introduction Have you ever met a person who is constantly saying things like, "I swear I’m telling you the truth," or "Honest!" or even something like, "as God is my witness..." Have you ever wondered why they say stuff ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan