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  • Tom Fuller avatar

    Treasure Island Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jan 24, 2010
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    Just how valuable is Jesus to you? Is He more of a common rock you use to skip across the water or buried treasure so valuable he is worth everything you own and more?

    Most American kids love pirates. I was also among them—I’m not sure if it was the adventure of the open seas, the outfits, or those great accents that did it for me. Of course, the reality of pirates is something quite different than the romanticized “Pirates of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • David Quackenbush avatar

    An Introduction To The Parables Of The Kingdom Series

    Contributed by David Quackenbush on Apr 19, 2008
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     | 5,743 views

    An introductory message to the Kingdom Parables found in Matt 13 giving an overview before examining each of the parables individually.

    An Introduction to the Parables of the Kindgom (Note: Much of this Outline has been borrowed from Charles A. Ratz’s Outline Studies in the Four Gospels) Scripture: Matt. 13:1-3a 1“That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. 2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • J. Curtis Goforth, O.S.L. avatar

    From Redneck To Riches

    Contributed by J. Curtis Goforth, O.s.l. on May 19, 2006
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    This sermon describes our need to assess our earthly possessions from a heavenly perspective.

    “From Redneck to Riches” Sermon on Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52 Pentecost +10-Year A July 24, 2005 Rev. J. Curtis Goforth, O.S.L. “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field.” I don’t know about you, but I can’t help but read this passage from Matthew’s gospel and not think of the ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Dean Shriver avatar

    How To Escape From Reality

    Contributed by Dean Shriver on Jun 1, 2006
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,463 views

    Is there anything about tomorrow we can be certain about? Is there any guarantee you’ll have your job a year from now? Is there any guarantee I won’t get cancer or you won’t die in an auto accident? Is there anything certain in this world? Is there an

    October 10, 2004 HOW TO ESCAPE FROM REALITY Matthew 13:47-50 Is there anything about tomorrow we can be certain about? For instance, will George W. Bush be re-elected as president? Two weeks ago that almost looked certain. Now, the polls tell us that the race is a dead heat. Will the Utes go ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Avoiding Hell

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 20, 2006
    based on 138 ratings
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    What it takes to avoid hell.

    INTRO.- This is not a popular subject. Never has been. Never will be. But it is necessary. ILL.- On an American troopship, the soldiers crowded around their chaplain asking, “Do you believe in hell?” He said, “I do not.” “Well, then, will you please resign, for if there is no hell, we do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Dragnet

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 15, 2011
     | 3,199 views

    The gospel is available to the entire sea of humanity

    The casting. The gospel is available to the entire sea of humanity, people of every kind. Nobody is so high the net cannot reach them, and none are so low that the net cannot descend to them. None are so small that the net cannot embrace them. None are so big that the net cannot wrap around them. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jimmy Haile avatar

    The Reality Of Judgment

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 15, 2011
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    What about all those whose crimes were never discovered and never received the punishment due them? There is a day of judgment coming. No one is going to get by with anything.

    The first is this: Free will makes hell necessary. Hell is God’s great compliment to the human race — by it he is saying, “If you do not wish to live with me, you don’t have to ” And if people do not wish to live with God, there must be a place where they can be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    The Kingdom Of Heaven Is Like A Fishing Net Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Jul 18, 2010
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     | 14,389 views

    This is my fourth sermon in the series and looks at how we are to be productive as we act as God's kingdom here.

    It seems strange to mix the sacred with the everyday, to describe the eternal with the ordinary, the infinite with the finite. And yet that is exactly what Jesus did when looking for a way to illustrate the Kingdom of Heaven, a treasure in a field, a merchant looking for a pearl the tiniest of ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    A Satisfying Summary

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jul 29, 2010
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    When looking at the parables, we have to make sure we get the main points and don’t get lost in the details. Here is the main point.

    Passage: Matthew 13:47-58 Intro: I love summaries! 1. something really satisfying about gathering info and drawing conclusions. 2. we have been looking at the parables from Matthew for some weeks. 3. and we have found some repetition. 4. so here at the last of these parables in this ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Timm Meyer avatar

    God's Kingdom Is Our Treasure

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 11, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,749 views

    PENTECOST 10 (A) - The kingdom of God is our greatest treasure both to value and to share.

    GOD’S KINGDOM IS OUR TREASURE (Outline) August 1, 2010 - Pentecost 10 - MATTHEW 13:44-52 INTRO: Our society places certain values on everything that one can see, feel, and touch. All too often the bottom line is connected to a dollar amount. But what is the value of those ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Matthew 13:47-50 – Political Correctness And Hell - Part 18 Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Apr 23, 2011
    based on 45 ratings
     | 8,023 views

    It is cast over men and women, married and single, young and old, hearing and deaf, sighted and blind, speaking and mute (For those who want to be POLITICALLY CORRECT that's matrimonially, chronologically, aurally, visually and vocally challenged)...

    Matthew 13:47-50 – POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND HELL - Part 18 My starsign is Pisces (the FISH). I don't read the stars so relax, but it has always interested me that the sign of the fish was used by early Christians as a secret symbol. During times of persecution, if a Christian met a stranger ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ken McKinley avatar

    With All Your Getting, Get Understanding Series

    Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Apr 27, 2014
    based on 7 ratings
     | 17,278 views

    Jesus wanted His disciples to understand His teachings so that they could be fruitful. He wants the same for us today.

    Parables of Matthew (Part One) Text: Matthew 13: 44 – 52 Wow! It’s been a crazy week! You ever have those times when you’ve got so much running through your head that it kind of just gets jumbled up and then your brain just kind of shuts down? Writers block is not good for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Sharing The Father's Embrace In Preaching Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 26, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,763 views

    The two sources of the scribe versed in the kingdom of God are Moses and Jesus

    Thursday of 17th week in course 2015 Joy of the Gospel “Every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” We need to see the revolutionary idea in this short and familiar quotation of Jesus. ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Kingdom Of Heaven (Part 4) Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Aug 31, 2015
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     | 8,406 views

    The final question which it leaves with us is this: Are you really changed by your contact with Jesus Christ and are you still changing? Everyone in this congregation in one way or another has had a contact, a touch, with Jesus, has heard his voice.

    Opening illustration: A certain man went to Church one Sunday. He frowned when the organist missed a note during the opening hymn. He gave a mean stare at two teenagers talking to each other when the congregation was at prayer. During the Scripture readings, he kept looking impatiently at his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ron Freeman, Evangelist avatar

    The Good And Honest Heart

    Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Jan 19, 2016
    based on 21 ratings
     | 17,289 views

    To establish that the good and honest heart hears, receives, believes, and obeys the gospel of Christ - the seed of the kingdom. This lesson describes the type of heart that will believe and obey the gospel. It also discusses a "significant emotional event."

    INTRODUCTION Outline. 1. The Sower (The Preacher) 2. The Seed (The Word of God) 3. The Soil (The Hearers) Introductory Remarks. 1. There is much warning in the bible to the hearers of the word of God. Jesus spoke: "of the wise and foolish hearers," Matthew 7:24-27. James declares: ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ