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  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Appeals For Preachers

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 5,803 views

    Aim to meet the felt, perceived, and real needs of your audience through the ministry of the word of God. b). Aim to inform, persuade, and to inspire your congregation to commitment to Christ, to the church, and to service. c). Aim to eliminate peop

    GOALS AND APPEALS IN PREACHING 1. The Goal of Preaching 2 Cor. 5:18-20 contains the summary purposes of preaching: a). To communicate the revelation of God contained in His word and relate it to the needs of the people. b). To beseech people to be reconciled to God. This means that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Do You Have Beautiful Feet? Series

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Aug 16, 2001
    based on 145 ratings
     | 24,009 views

    How can someone respond to Christ without first hearing the message? God sending us to share means we become as prepared as possible to share.

    Do You Have Beautiful Feet? Intro: Last week we looked at the awesome promises in verses 11 and 13. Anyone and everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved and will not be disappointed in the decision they have made. But, we cannot assume for one moment that people are going to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Varieties Of The Way Paul Used Shame, Guilt, Anxiety In Persuading People F

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 21, 2001
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,216 views

    VARIETIES OF THE WAY PAUL USED SHAME, GUILT, ANXIETY IN PERSUADING PEOPLE FOR CHRIST

    VARIETIES OF THE WAY PAUL USED SHAME, GUILT, ANXIETY IN PERSUADING PEOPLE FOR CHRIST 1. Innocent Shame Guilt, Anxiety - Tension felt when one’s character is slandered without justification. Someone may be guileless, harmless, and lacking any responsibility for a wrong doing, but be wrongly ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Pride Before A Fall

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 28, 2001
    based on 374 ratings
     | 37,890 views

    God’s ways turn the world on its head

    Field Dalling 02-09-01 Luke 14:1 and 7-11 Pride before a Fall Story: John Wesley and George Whitefield - the two great preachers of the 18th Century Evangelical Revival - were both great men of God. Sadly having been great friends at Oxford, they fell out over the Arminian/Calvinist debate. ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Be Holy, Act Holy

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Sep 11, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 8,569 views

    We are called to be a holy people and we are called to act that way also

    INTRODUCTION READ 2 TIMOTHY 2:20-22 Notice that there are honorable and dishonorable vessels in the same house! The way a vessel becomes honorable or dishonorable is by the way that it is used. (EXAMPLE) WRENCH. (ROMANS 9:21) Sometimes we can do the work of God, or so we think, and not get ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    At The Point Of Grace

    Contributed by David Nolte on Nov 14, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 8,246 views

    Deals with Jesus’ encounter with the woman taken in adultery.

    “AT THE POINT OF GRACE!”/JOHN 8:1-11/SHASTA WAY/11-17-02/A.M. In the text for this morning we see a difficult situation. A woman has been taken in the very act of adultery. She has been literally dragged into the presence of Jesus. There is something frightfully wrong with this picture. First, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "Levels Of Loyalty"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 18, 2002
    based on 61 ratings
     | 11,665 views

    God is the foundational loyalty on which all others are based.

    Matthew 22:15-22 “Levels of Loyalty” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA The Pharisees and Herodians wanted to catch Jesus in a trap. The ruling body of the Jews--the Sanhedrin held an official meeting. They plotted about how they might deal with ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Light In A World Of Darkness

    Contributed by Richard Crow on Oct 31, 2002
    based on 387 ratings
     | 123,474 views

    In todays world of darkness, there is a need for light. Jesus is the light of the world. We need to light our world around us with His light.

    The Light in a World of Darkness John 8:12 October 27, 2002 Making decisions in the dark can lead to some regrettable consequences. Back in the days before electricity, a tightfisted old farmer was taking his hired man to task for carrying a lighted lantern when he went to call on his best girl. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Following Footprints

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on May 7, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,145 views

    We are called to follow in the footprints of Jesus Christ, and sometimes those footprints are bloody. What is it that characterizes this wonderful person in whose steps we are to walk?

    Passage: 1 Peter 2:13-25 Intro: Footprints aren’t very common in Arizona 1. not enough rain to make mud, anything else dries in 3 seconds 2. but when we do find them, they are unmistakable evidence that someone has passed this way before. 3. if we see a set of footprints disappear over a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Abide In Me

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 14, 2003
    based on 201 ratings
     | 28,272 views

    Abiding in Christ is the key for the three relationships in Jn 15: RELATIONSHIP to Christ (Jn 15:1-17) RELATIONSHIP to other believers Jn 15: 12-18 & RELATIONSHIP to the world (Jn 15:19-27)

    Relationships Let us open in prayer Father, I pray that you will anoint my words this evening that they may be words for each of us from you. I ask what I say may be relevant in our Christian lives. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Maddy and I ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Johanna Radelfinger avatar

    Love

    Contributed by Johanna Radelfinger on May 26, 2003
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,123 views

    What is true love? Where does love come from? It comes from God of course.

    Sermon on Love Turn in your Bibles to 1 Corinthians 13:1-7: “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    Three Choices

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Mar 14, 2003
    based on 264 ratings
     | 21,343 views

    The three choices in the life of a Christian. To put the will of God foremost in our lives i) some of the time ii) most of the time iii) all of the time

    Briningham and Binham 16-03-03 Mk 8:31-38 Story: One man I admire greatly is Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941). Maximilian Kolbe was a Catholic priest, who was put in a Nazi concentration camp for his faith. On May 28, 1941, he was transferred to the concentration camp at ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    "Here And Now We Stand Because Of The Cross"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 21, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,397 views

    As Christians, we stand in a different place because of this Cross...what are we going to do about it?

    1 Corinthians 1:18-25 “Here and Now We Stand Because of the Cross” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA I will never forget it. I was about eleven years old. He was not a preacher. He was the director of our Youth Choir. He had no training in ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Who Was Jesus? Series

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 49 ratings
     | 3,594 views

    Questions and answers to the possibilities of who Jesus was.

    This is the first Sunday of Advent, the beginning celebration of Christ’s first coming and the anticipation of Christ’s second coming. We will break from our monthly message series to help us prepare for Christmas in a meaningful way. This is a tough task. I’m competing with the millions of ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Making Arrows Out Of Sticks

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 5,434 views

    child-rearing--7 rules for making arrows out of sticks

    Making Arrows out of Sticks Ps. 127 Think w/ me: Does the Lord build every house? (v. 1) Are all parents happy? (v. 5) The point here is not quantity, but quality. (Quantity depends upon the size of YOUR quiver) This passage says that children are the heritage of the Lord…but, does it say ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist