Sermons on Pure Motives:

Pure And Unadulterated

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 21, 2011

It doesn't matter how active you are in ministry if you are teaching a distorted Gospel.

Some of you may remember my telling of an incident that took place in our Presbytery last fall. A woman pastor from the Netherlands was received into membership in our Presbytery even though she does not believe that Jesus is God, or in the atonement - that is, that the death of Jesus on the cross ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:18-29

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Pure Heart Series

Contributed by David Owens on Dec 5, 2011

My series continues based on Max Lucado's book Just Like Jesus. In this sermon, we learn that having a pure heart begins with praying for one, and then continues with the necessary weeding and seeding.

Introduction: A. How many of you would consider yourselves to be a good gardener? Do you have a green thumb? B. Here’s a little piece I found called “Top 8 Things I Have Learned About Gardening.” #8. Nothing ever looks like it does on the seed packet. #7. Whichever garden tool ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Pure Joy Series

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Aug 20, 2008

We are to find joy and grow in faith in all situations. Perhaps when the trials end will be good enough.

Pure Joy James 1:1-8 At Christmas we sing songs like Joy to the world. We exchange gifts and decorate and most people find joy in the season. As Christians we connect all the celebration to the Birth of Jesus…..But the joy of the season often seems to fade very quickly. There are other times in ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-8

Denomination: Congregational

The Pure In Heart Series

Contributed by Greg Johnson on Nov 25, 2007

Having a pure heart is one of the eight qualities of character of a citizen of the Kingdom of God that Jesus declares in the greatest sermon ever preached, the Sermon on the Mount. The pure in heart will see God.

This message is an edited version of a sermon given at Loving God Fellowship. Copyright © 2007 Loving God Fellowship, Inc. http://www.LovingGodFellowship.org . You are encouraged to share this message with those you know that are hungry for God’s Word. The Pure in Heart The Greatest Sermon ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Pure In Heart Series

Contributed by Adrian Warnock on Feb 17, 2007

Who can trully be pure in heart? Only those who God purifies.

The pure in heart Kingdom Attitudes a series on Mat 5 So far .progressive demands * See self as needy and desperate So far .progressive demands * See self as needy and desperate * Be gentle and not self seeking * amazed that God and man can think of him as well as they do and treat him as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Pure In Heart Series

Contributed by Dan Brown on Dec 5, 2006

Christ placed a higher empahsis on the condition of our hearts than on external appearances.

Sermon-Blessed are the Pure In Heart-Matt. 5:8 Read Sermon on the Mount Pray Cleaning room as kid-outward cleanliness-stuff it in closet & under bed etc. (still do that), not really clean just hiding the junk That’s the point Christ is trying to make in the verse we are looking at ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: *other

Pure Joy Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 10, 2011

1- It’s pure joy to experience trials 2- It’s pure joy to attain wisdom 3- It’s pure joy to be single-minded

INTRO.- Joy can mean many things to many people. ILL.- A January 1994 Reuters News Service story on Manuel Oliveira's ice cream shop in Merida, Venezuela, reported on his 567 flavors: including onion, chili, beer, eggplant, smoked trout, spaghetti parmesan, chicken with rice, and spinach. He ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Pure Society Series

Contributed by Gregory Neill on Jan 31, 2007

Lesson 9 in a series on holiness as seen in Leviticus; highlighting 4 keys to pure living

Pure Society Leviticus 17-20 Lesson 9 I. Introduction A. Making a Great Society 1. Alexander Solzhenitsyn – Russian Novelists a) Graduation address at Harvard in 1978 made the following quote. b) “I have spent all my life under communism, and I will tell you that a society without any legal scale ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Pure In Heart

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jan 23, 2018

Blessedness

BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART (PSALM 73) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya (Filipino) https://bible.ryl.hk ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Pure Worship

Contributed by Mark Thometz on Aug 27, 2012

Sometimes we want to put our worship of God in a box that we only break out on Sunday mornings. Worship, however, is much bigger than that.

I grew up in what I would consider, lower middle class. In the schools I went to as a kid there were really 3 levels of kids when it came to income. You had the rich kids. These kids had a Playstation AND N64, which were big when I was kid. They had huge houses and a TV in every room. Then you had ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1

Denomination: Christian Church

Pure Worship Series

Contributed by Tim White on Mar 19, 2014

This precious story tells us what is expected in pure worship of our King.

• During the tenure of the great orator Henry Ward Beecher, a visiting minister (Beecher's brother) once substituted for the popular pastor. A large audience had already assembled to hear Beecher, and when the substitute pastor stepped into the pulpit, several disappointed listeners began to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Pure Conscience! Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jun 3, 2013

Friend, we live in a wicked world where all norms are thrown to the wind!

Pure conscience! Romans 13:5” Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake.” After the Maoist naxals deadly, gory attack on the convoy of congress leaders that killed many of them, the Chhatisgarh government was whipped by the top congress ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Pure Religion Series

Contributed by Timothy Enns on Oct 26, 2014

Looking at Man's rules and God's views. This is the 3rd sermon in the series James, Faith in action. We need to be guarded against what our tongue can say and what our anger can do and we need to see what faith in action is all about...

Well this is our third Sunday in the book of James. Last week we looked at James 1:19-25 and this week we are primarily looking at James 1:26-27, but I want to back to James 1:19-21. One of you asked last week if I just skipped over the controlling your tongue and anger thing on purpose. Have no ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-27

Denomination: Nazarene

Pure In Heart

Contributed by Nnaemeka Durueke on Aug 10, 2016

PURITY OF THE HEART SANCTIFIES THE WHOLE BEING

PURE IN HEART MAIN TEXT: Matthew 5:8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” “He who has clean hands and a pure heart…shall receive blessing from the Lord…(Psalm 24:4-5) A pure heart is one that is rid of grudges, rancor, bitterness, hatred, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Pure In Heart Series

Contributed by John Oscar on Oct 9, 2017

Focusing on the importance of purity to the believer and to the church

Pure In Heart The Beautiful Attitudes of Jesus CCCAG October 8th, 2017 Scripture-Matt 5:8 I want to begin our talk today with this thought- We live in a society that has become solely focused on image. Remember the advertising slogan for Canon cameras? The slogan was “image is everything.” We live ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God