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  • Keith Foskey avatar

    Creeds Of The Early Church: Didache And Apostles' Creed Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 21, 2014
     | 9,833 views

    The Didache and the Apostles' Creed are two important documents from the early church and helpful in our understanding how early Christians understood and practiced their faith.

    Church History: Examining the Creeds and Confessions of the Church Through the Ages and Why They Matter. Lesson 3: Creeds and Confessions of the Early Church - From the Didache to the Apostles’ Creed So far, in our study of church history we have seen an overview of the past 2,000 years ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Reach For God's Perfect Righteousness

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 23, 2014
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    God calls us to the highest standards: 1. Always be believable (vs. 33-37). 2. Bend over backwards for other people (vs. 38-42). 3. Make sure you belong to the Father's family (vs. 43-48).

    Reach for God's Perfect Righteousness Matthew 5:33-48 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - April 23 2013 *When Randy Hawkins was in his 40's, he played softball on a team a lot of younger guys. During one game, Randy was playing third base when a line drive was hit right over his head. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Live Like Our Heavenly Father

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 27, 2014
     | 5,979 views

    How should we resemble our Heavenly Father? -- In vs. 44, Jesus shows us 4 ways: 1. Love your enemies. 2. Bless those who curse you. 3. Do good to those who hate you. 4. Pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.

    Live like Our Heavenly Father Matthew 5:43-48 Sermon by: Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - May 1, 2013 BACKGROUND: *When we got to vs. 43-48 last week, we spent our time focused on the last verse, where Jesus said: "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Praying For Your Enemies

    Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Mar 23, 2015
     | 4,665 views

    We should pray for our enemies

    I. Why should we pray for our enemies? a. That you will be like your father in Heaven v. 45 b. He causes and allows good and bad to happen to both the good and the evil. c. How patient has God been with you in your lifetime and should we not also be equally patient with our enemies. d. We must ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Jesus Teaches Us About Loving Our Enemies

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 26, 2015
     | 5,753 views

    No matter how hard we try, we know that there are going to be flaws & blemishes in our life. We know that we are not without sin because the Bible tells us so. So let’s take a look at the subject of love.

    If there is one thing the world really needs to know more about, & to put into practice, it is "love." How often Jesus tells us to love one another. In John 15:12 He commanded us to love one another. In fact "love" is so important that Jesus devoted a whole section of the Sermon on the Mount to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Love Your Enemies

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014
     | 10,659 views

    Provide love to your enemy. When you do you are taking the old unacceptable relationship and making it new.

    The following was purportedly posted on the Craigslist personals: I am writing to the guy who tried to mug me in downtown Savannah night before last at 1:43 a.m. I was the guy wearing the black Burberry jacket that you demanded I hand over, shortly after you pulled the knife on me and my ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    The Game Of Mutually Assured Destruction Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 11, 2015
    based on 19 ratings
     | 22,127 views

    It's one game board, but two games. Checkers and Chess are not only played differently, but they illustrate for me the difference between how the world deals with conflict and how God would have us do so. Do you know the difference?

    OPEN: (We showed a picture of a checker board on the overhead) What is this game? That’s right, it’s a checkers game. How many of you have ever played checkers? (almost everyone held up their hands) You know, I did not realize it until I began my research for this morning’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    My Month Of Holiness

    Contributed by Pastor Amos Dele Dada on Sep 3, 2014
     | 6,556 views

    These days’ people do not talk of holiness any more. We have suddenly become strangers to holiness. It should not be so. Not to talk about holiness and walk in holiness will be the worst devaluation and tragedy that can come to Christianity.

    My Month of Holiness Pastor Amos Dada PhD;P.Eng amos.dada@gmail.com I want to welcome you to this month my month of Holiness. It is my prayer that God will keep us holy. These days’ people do not talk of holiness anymore. We have suddenly become strangers to holiness. It should not be so. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Loving Your Neighbor Series

    Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 14, 2014
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     | 13,216 views

    Jesus has called us to love our neighbour with an extravagant, generous love, acceptance and forgiveness. When we do this, people will recognize that we are children of our Father in Heaven.

    TRANSFORMATION #3: LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOUR OPENING: Video Clip: The Art of Neighbouring INTRO TO TOPIC: We live in a world where few people know how to connect in deep and meaningful relationships with one another. We need to rediscover the art of neighbouring. It’s time to disconnect from ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Enemies---You Gotta' Love 'em Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Nov 29, 2014
     | 5,415 views

    Loving those who are hostile toward us may be one of the hardest things for us to do. But it is what Jesus commanded.

    Have you ever been in a situation where a comment you have made was misinterpreted and caused problems that you never intended? I really don’t care for texting for that reason. People cannot hear the tone in your voice so a soft “No” maybe interpreted as a harsh “No” ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Love That's Out Of This World Series

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Mar 7, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 9,421 views

    How remarkable is God the Father's love toward you and me! Let's see how that changes our hearts toward others, even towards our enemies. A. The Father's love for us while we were still his enemies. B. Our love for others while they're still our enemies.

    Text: Matthew 5:38-48 Theme: Love That's out of This World A. The Father's love for us while we were still his enemies B. Our love for others while they're still our enemies Season: Epiphany 7a Date: February 20, 2011 Web page: ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    An Unnatural Love Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 8, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,398 views

    God loves us with an unnatural love. Jesus calls his disciples to follow his example and to love others with the same unnatural love.

    Matthew 5:38-48 “An Unnatural Love” INTRODUCTION Times are changing. Two hundred and thirty years ago the American Revolution was announced by Paul Revere riding on horseback shouting, “The British are coming, the British are coming.” Now revolutions are choreographic ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    How To Change The World

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Nov 21, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,230 views

    We change the world by choosing to do above and beyond what is expected of us in our everyday lives.

    How To Change The World Genesis 24:1-9 Matthew 5:38-48 Test Genesis 24:9-20 We are continuing our series, “Moving Things To The Next Level”. We have looked at “How to Kill a Church”, “How to Heal The Church”, “Look At How To Build A Church” ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Thomas H avatar

    Matthew 5:38-48 Loving My Enemies Series

    Contributed by Thomas H on Nov 24, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 68,803 views

    Matthew 5:38-48 Loving my enemies

    Matthew 5:38-48 Loving my enemies Manuscript Well I know I keep getting up here week after week as we go through Matthew and just about every sermon I say the same thing, which is: “Today’s sermon is really difficult.” And today is no exception. Today’s sermon is really ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Loving Like Your Father Loves Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 10, 2013
    based on 25 ratings
     | 44,394 views

    Some people refuse to love their enemies because it shows they have standards, that they respect themselves, that they reject bad behavior. It makes them feel God-like. But Jesus said that being "God-like" means loving our enemies. How do we do that?

    OPENING: There once were 2 cats from Kilkenny Each thought there was one cat too many They fought and they spit, They clawed and they bit. Till instead of two cats … there weren't any. APPLY: Hatred is an interesting topic. As Christians, we are taught that hatred is not a good thing. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ