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  • Horace Wimpey avatar

    Pope Jesus

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Apr 18, 2013
     | 3,552 views

    Jesus is our high priest. The writer of Hebrews tells us why Jesus is superior to all other priests.

    Pope Jesus Hebrews 7:23-28 Intro: In the weeks leading up to Easter, the world it seems was pregnant with anticipation about who would become the next Pope. The existing pope was retiring and the college of cardinals in the Catholic Church were charged with electing a new cardinal to be elevated ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No Way To Treat The Pope Series

    Contributed by James Mccullen on May 18, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,404 views

    Why would Paul stand up to Simon Peter and correct him if he were the Pope? It is my desire to preach the Bible during the entire sermon. Please note all points and sub-points are tied to the scripture. This sermon is expository in style, you will have

    THAT’S NO WAY TO TREAT A POPE! Gal. 2:10-21 NASB {11} Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; {12} for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    800-Pound Gorilla? Or The First Pope?

    Contributed by William Mouser on Aug 23, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,520 views

    In Matthew 16, Jesus confers on Peter (and, later the other Apostles) authority to rule the Church, founded on the truth of Peter’s confession that Jesus is the Messiah.

    Matthew 16:13-20 800-Pound Gorilla? Or the First Pope? There’s a phrase that’s popular in modern discussions of any number of topics, and that phrase is this: “an 800 pound gorilla in the room.” An example would be this line which I plucked from a blog entry on the international economy as it ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Should Protestants Be Allowed To Have An Opinion Regarding The New Pope?

    Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Mar 20, 2013
     | 1,846 views

    Should Protestants Be Allowed To Have An Opinion Regarding The New Pope?

    It has been suggested that it is a tragedy for Evangelicals to pray and fast regarding the new pope as called for by Rick Warren. While it might not be an issue worthy of fasting over as it doesn't look like most of the top contenders to the papal throne have themselves missed too many meals and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Caritas In Veritate Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 11, 2009
     | 3,224 views

    The Pope’s new encyclical fits well with the Exodus account of a people oppressed and needing growth and development, but enslaved by a culture of death.

    Caritas in Veritate Monday of 15th week in Course July 13, 2009 It is providential, perhaps, that we have in today’s readings all the elements for talking about the role of faith in society. Here we have an oppressed people, enslaved by an unjust system, whose children are being systematically ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    A Flea Can Bite The Bottom Of The Pope In Rome

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jul 25, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,912 views

    The Adventure of Christianity and the Call of Little People

    .................................................. The sermon begins with a clip from the film The Hobbit where Gandalf meets Bilbo { for the sake of the sermon text, here is the relevant passage from the book the Hobbit: “Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it. The sun was shining, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    A New Evangelical Explosion Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 1, 2014
     | 3,080 views

    The Pope calls for a missionary conversion of the whole Church, especially the papacy.

    Thursday of the 31st Sunday in Course 2014 Joy of the Gospel The most pronounced conflict in the early Church was not a conflict with the Romans. Except for the persecution of the madman Nero, and a minor tiff with Claudius, the Church was pretty well left alone until close to the end of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Irenaeus Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 30, 2022
     | 795 views

    Irenaeus was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in southern France and for the development of Christian theology by combating heresy and defining orthodoxy.

    • Irenaeus c. 130 – c. 202 AD) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by combating heresy and defining orthodoxy (conformity, agreement, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Many Roads Can A Man Walk Up?

    Contributed by Michael Blitz on Sep 22, 2024
     | 211 views

    Hinduism, Sikh, Islam and Christianity. Are these all just different ways to get to God? How do we get to God? This morning, we look at what God's Word has to say on the topic, and what Jesus means when He says, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Light.

    . I rarely go off our lessons and get distracted by Current Events when it comes to my preaching. However, something happened this week which I thought really gives us the opportunity to discuss something very basic but essential about our Christian faith. And let me say, I welcome your discussion ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Thomas, The Twin, And The Divine Mercy

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 25, 2014
     | 3,957 views

    In the lives and work of St. Thomas, Pope St. John, and Pope St. John Paul, we can see the operation of the Divine Mercy coming from the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

    Divine Mercy Sunday 2014 Canonization of Two Popes In the first century, there were no printing presses, no typewriters, no word processors, no i-pads, and, in the Holy Land and Rome, no cheap paper. If a literate person wanted to read, he picked up a scroll of papyrus, or parchment, and almost ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Not For Shameful Gain

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 17, 2018
     | 2,751 views

    There are all kinds of examples, great ones and poor ones, among the popes.

    Feast of the Chair of St. Peter 2018 Reformation/Revolution Today’s Catholic feast celebrates the “chair” or authority given by Christ to St. Peter and his successors, one that has its foundations in the Old Testament. We see St. Peter as the vicar, or maybe viceroy or even “chief of staff” of ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Burning The Bulls Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 5, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 11,854 views

    When Martin Luther posted his challenge to the church's selling of indulgences on the church door in Wittenberg, Pope Leo X was not pleased. The Pope issue a Papal Bull condemning Luther as a heretic. Luther responded by burning copies of the Bull.

    OPEN: October 31st was Halloween… but it was also the date of something even more significant. Many churches celebrate the last day of October as “Reformation Day” – the day (500 years ago) when Martin Luther nailed a document to the door of a Church building in Wittenberg, Germany that challenged ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Mystery Babylon. The Papacy , The Jews, The Muslims Series

    Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Jul 13, 2015
     | 3,459 views

    Greater and greater grows the power of "Christendom" under the Popes of the darkened ages. Lesser and lesser grows the prospects of the descendants of Abraham. And what is the Islamic connection to Babylon?

    TWENTY-FIVE: THE FIRST "REAL" POPES? Some claim that Leo I was the first pope (440-461). "He claimed that he was, by Divine appointment, Primate of all Bishops...that resistance to His authority was a sure way to Hell...advocated the death penalty for heresy..." (Halley, p. 770) Again it is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Religious Person

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,419 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you seen the Pope? Have you walked side by side with the Pope? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: General religious people III. OBJECTIVES: To show what Religiousity is all about from the Bible. IV. TEXT: James 1:27 Pure religion and un

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you seen the Pope? Have you walked side by side with the Pope? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: General religious people III. OBJECTIVES: To show what Religiousity is all about from the Bible. IV. TEXT: James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    No Development Without God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 17, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,208 views

    Like Jesus and Stephen, Pope Benedict's words are rejected by a world that cannot admit its need to be changed from within.

    April 19, 2010 Caritas in Veritate The secular world doesn’t get it. In fact, the leaders of society have rarely gotten it in any age, because they don’t understand what people really want. In New Testament times, they resisted the change urged by the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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