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  • David Smith avatar

    Circumcision And Other Cutting Edge Issues Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Jul 22, 2010
     | 4,720 views

    "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcisio

    Cicero's first rule of public speaking was, "render your audience benevolent". We preachers tend to follow that rule by opening our sermons with a joke. But what do you do when the passage you're preaching on includes a statement from St Paul such as the one we find in Galatians 5:12: "I wish that ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Foolish Message, Fools Called, Fools Sent Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jul 26, 2010
     | 5,025 views

    Exposition of 1 Cor 2:1-5

    Text: 1 Cor 2:1-5, Title: Foolish Message, Fools Called, Fools Sent, Date/Place: NRBC, 7/25/10, AM A. Opening illustration: The modern university education teaching/respect model, “The power that is in the Gospel does not lie in the eloquence of the preacher, otherwise men would be the converters ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Tragedy Of Spongebob Squarepants

    Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Jul 29, 2010
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     | 5,675 views

    With ALL the false teachings going on today, this sermon shows Paul's warning and application to defend ourselves

    The Tragedy of SpongeBob Squarepants (All my sermons use illustrations from sermoncentral.com and all scripture is niv unless otherwise noted) When I was a young child I can remember coming in from trick-or-treat on Halloween night and hearing Orson Welles “War of the Worlds” and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Doctrine Matters

    Contributed by Rueben Johnson on Apr 2, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,832 views

    Baptist Faith and Message

    Why Doctrine Matters Introduction: • In this day and age, it is more pressing than probably ever to stand up for the message of Jesus Christ as set forth by the Word of God. • We are living in a culture today with and “anything and everything goes” mentality. • We have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Abreviated Messages

    Contributed by Craig Benner on Jan 11, 2015
     | 2,724 views

    Not all messages that a preacher preaches get finished. Many factors come into play that can interrupt the sermon. Some are from the enemy; yet sometimes it is God Himself that intrudes for a more lofty reason.

    Abbreviated Messages Mark 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. Many kinds of messages: encouragement, challenge, exhortation, consolation, prophetic, etc. Most of them get preached to the last point. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Folly Of The Cross Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Sep 2, 2012
     | 7,079 views

    What the cross means.

    Introduction We return to our letter this morning. Paul has been addressing the matter of divisions in the church (v. 10). It was bad enough that they were identifying themselves under the names of church leaders, but even worse was that Christ was being treated as just another leader with these ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Ear To God's People Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 22, 2015
     | 3,930 views

    The preacher must know what the needs of the listener are.

    Thursday of 21st week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel St. Monica day We who minister to the Church are first of all your fellow servants. The parable Jesus is telling His disciples in this Gospel is first of all directed to those who lead the Church. We know this is true because only the chief ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Preacher God Wants Us To Be

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 28, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,734 views

    How can we be the preachers God wants us to be? 1. We must have passion to share the gospel. 2. We must have pure hearts. 3. We must have a parent’s love.

    The Preacher God Wants Us to Be 1 Thessalonians 2:1-13 Charge to the Preacher - Luther Sanson Ordination Twin Oaks Baptist Church - April 21, 2013 *Luther and Trudy, I can’t tell you how blessed I am to be here with you today. The way the Lord has worked in and through you both is one of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Good Servant Of Christ Jesus

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 27, 2013
     | 6,140 views

    The responsibility of the pulpit to promote godliness in the Community of Faith is explored

    “If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.” [1] Godliness looms large in the thinking of the Apostle. The term “godliness” occurs fifteen ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Am Obligated

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 8, 2013
    based on 78 ratings
     | 26,133 views

    We are obligated in many ways in this life as Christians. 1- We are obligated to men 2- We are obligated to preaching 3- We are obligated to faith

    INTRO.- ILL.- One day, when one of his secretaries suggested dropping work for a diversion which he knew would appeal to President Woodrow Wilson, he replied, “My boss won’t let me do it.” “Your boss?” questioned the friend, wondering who could be the boss of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    It’s Not The Messenger, It’s The Message

    Contributed by Spencer Miller on Jun 9, 2013
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     | 17,492 views

    Paul was direct and focused on what he had to do; he was a messenger of Christ, not of himself or anyone else and he knew it.

    16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. 18 What is my reward then? ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Helping The Preacher To Become The Best Version Of Himself Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 18, 2015
     | 3,481 views

    If the Church is a mother, the preacher should put on the mind of a mother when preaching.

    Thursday of 16th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel God revealed Himself on Sinai in smoke and clouds, thunder and lightning, and by doing so reminded the Hebrews that He is transcendent–entirely different from us. He needed to do that to get their attention, and show them that the way ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    "Seven Sins Of The Pulpit"

    Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Apr 23, 2015
     | 5,266 views

    Paul was determined to know and preach nothing except Christ and Him crucified . Today, it seems we preach everything but Christ and the cross, causing many to live as enemies of the cross..

    Matthew 4:1-11 Mark 4:17-22 "Yes or No" You Decide. A few years ago Gloria and I were traveling on one of the freeways our on our way home from vacationing some place in the south, I can't remember exactly where we were coming from. All of a sudden, all I could see ahead of us were braking ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Simple Leadership: Elders Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 28, 2015
     | 5,136 views

    The New Testament pattern for church leadership is not personnel committees, democracy, influential families in the church, or hierarchies. It is simply a group of men known as elders who study and seek to follow God’s Word.

    Simple Leadership: Elders ( I Timothy 5:17-25) 1. We usually think of authority issues when it comes to parents and teens. 2. One teen recently blogged, “Today, my mom screeched at me about my pillowcase being dirty and finished off one long rant with an irate "Who raised you to be such a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Joy Of The Gospel Is Healing Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 17, 2016
     | 4,234 views

    "I believe that the secret lies in the way Jesus looked at people, seeing beyond their weaknesses and failings"

    Thursday of 15th Week in Course Wisdom is depicted as having a feminine nature; from that the Fathers of the Church applied much of what we read in the Book of Wisdom either to the Blessed Virgin Mary or to the Church. But that has more to do with linguistics than theology. In Greek, the word ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic