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  • Carl Greene avatar

    Look And Live

    Contributed by Carl Greene on Mar 23, 2009
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    Chances are most regular church attendees can rattle off the gist of John 3: 16…often called “the gospel in a nutshell.” There’s truth in that statement, but it may leave some with the assumption the rest of the Bible is just Commentary!

    Am I safe this morning to assume that even if you haven’t read it, or subscribe to it… you know what I’m talking about when I mention the New York Times? Of course, it is a well know newspaper and it’s been around for years. How many you have heard it referred to as “the gray lady.” It picked up ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    We Live Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 3, 2009
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    Because He died, we can live for eternity. We have the freedom to make a choice between eternal life and perishing.

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Life is all about making choices. Our lives are what they are based on choices we have made throughout our lives up to this point. • Generally if life is good, it is because we have made wise choices and if our life is a mess generally it is because we have consistently ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Grateful Living Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Oct 14, 2009
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    To live gratefully is to worship God inwardly in prayer and reverence and outwardly in service of God and others. To live gratefully is to fully live the life of a disciple.

    “Grateful Living” “1 Thessalonians 5:15-18 INTRODUCTION Contentment—basking in and savoring the gracious gifts of God in our lives was the topic of last week’s sermon. We wrestled with the idea that contentment is foundational to a life of gratitude; if we are not content we cannot be ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Richard White avatar

    Living In Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Richard White on Nov 14, 2009
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    WE must become living sacrifices. Our life should be one sacrifice of Thanksgiving after another.

    Living with Thanksgiving Psalms 100 What Do You Think of When You Think of Thanksgiving? Eating, Football, Long Weekend, Shopping, History, or Family? Thanksgiving is much more than any of this. True thanksgiving is not just a day for food, football, and family. It’s not just a holiday every ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Abundant Living

    Contributed by John Russell on Nov 18, 2009
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    Why don’t most Christian experience the abundant life Christ promised in John 10.10?

    What Happens When I Believe? #19 I have life abundantly because Jesus is the Life (John 10.10) If a friend or relative came up to you this week and asked, "what is life all about?" how would you answer? Pause for answers, write then share What is "the good life"; what is "the meaning of life"; ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    I-Live Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 25, 2009
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     | 43,025 views

    The Bible tells us that man has always feared death. But Jesus give us the reason to overcome that fear by offering us resurrection. How can we lay hold of that promise and how does it change our lives?

    OPEN: We’ve been talking about iPods the past few weeks, and as we’ve mentioned before iPods are a wondrous playthings, capable of storing and playing thousands of your personal favorite songs at the touch of button. But iPods do not magically perform this service. They need power. Where do iPods ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Living In Grace Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 17, 2009
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     | 4,245 views

    If we are forgiven, why do we need to behave?

    Romans 6:1-14 February 15, 2009 Last week we looked at how Jesus’ death pays for our sin, and how his resurrection life draws us into the loving presence of the Father. At the end of Chapter 5, just in case there are people in Rome that think that there is a possibility that God’s grace ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    A Living Sacrifice

    Contributed by Steven Haguewood on Aug 5, 2008
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     | 4,254 views

    What are you to do with your life? It is to be a sacrifice to God. But your sacrifice leads to life not death!

    “A Living Sacrifice” Introduction: 1. The concept of justification by faith only is often taught from the letter written to the Romans. 2. We know that we show our faith by our actions, James 2:14ff. 3. “Therefore” here refers to the entire doctrine taught in Romans of being justified by ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Living In Laodicea

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Aug 9, 2008
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    Are you opting out of Sunday morning because you are a cutting edge postmodern thinker blazing the trail to a new kind of christianity; or are you just sleeping in and living in lukewarm apathy?

    Dakota Community Church August 10, 2008 Living in Laodicea Last week in my sermon on baptism I mentioned that for a while I described myself as emergent on my Facebook profile but that I had removed it. I like the idea of having a discussion about how we do things, how we treat sin and sinners, ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Dying To Live Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Aug 14, 2008
     | 4,346 views

    Jesus invites us to a great faith than one where we hang on to the sides of the boat for the storm to pass. He invites us to get out of the boat and walk on water.

    Matthew 14:22-33 “Dieing to Live” INTRODUCTION The story of Jesus walking on water is a familiar story to most of us. I first heard the story in Sunday School and I remember thinking to myself how neat it would be to be able to walk on water. I really wasn’t very interested in feeding a lot ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Living On The Edge

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Oct 1, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 13,592 views

    We must stay as close as possible to the presence of God.

    “Living On The Edge” TEXT: John 5:1-11 I. At Certain Seasons There are two Greek words for time. “Chronos” from which we get chronological. It equals calendar time or quantity of time. In this passage however, the second word is used. “Kairos”. It deals with quality of time. Actual ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Living Bread

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Oct 8, 2008
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    Participation in Communion is an outward expression of our inward partaking of Christ, The Living Bread.

    Title: THE LIVING BREAD/BETTER THAN MANNA Preliminary Reading: John 6:49-58 John 6:51 (KJV) I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Daniel Haas avatar

    Living Messages

    Contributed by Daniel Haas on Oct 17, 2008
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     | 6,558 views

    The overall Living Message is: Love hurts

    Isa 45:1-7 Title: Living Messages What are the Living Messages of this lesson in ancient history? Three fields: 1. God uses someone you would least expect to be an instrument of God - Cyrus, Persian Emperor - Occupier, Representative of the evil power of the time - Non-Believer - Iranian ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Matthew Sickling avatar

    Live With Passion

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 14, 2009
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     | 7,737 views

    This is the third sermon in a series based on the book "One Month to Live" by Kerry and Chris Shook. This sermon focuses on the First Principle; which is Jesus lived life passionately.

    Title: Live Pationately Text: Matthew 9:36 Date: 6/13/09 Location: Sulphur Spring Intro. A few weeks ago I challenged you to live the month of June as if it was the last month you had to live on the earth. This morning is June 14th, which means the month is almost half gone. I challenged you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Living The Dream

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Apr 13, 2008
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,500 views

    Part 3 God has called us all to have a dream that is larger than us. www.craneeater.com for the video for this sermon.

    Living the Dream Text: II Corinthian 12:1-5 Show video Let me qualify my dream, it isn’t a horse, piano, or a plane. The only dream I have is to see this body grow, salvations occur and build the first phase and maybe the second phase of Crane Eater Community Church! Let me ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal