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A drama for children: Salt
Salt (This children’s talk is based on Matthew 5: 13) Theme: Christians as salt of the earth. Objective: 1. To teach that Christian love is like salt of the earth. 2. To show how salt can be recovered from salt water. 3. To teach that Jesus can recover the love that is in us. Focus ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:13
Denomination: Lutheran
Salt was scarce in the Near East in Jesus' day. It symbolized the bonds of friendship, peace and love between people. It is another example of the great commandment that Jesus gave us to love one another.
Salt Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz Mark 9:49-50 Mark 9:49 "For everyone will be salted with fire. 50 "Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you 1make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another." This short narrative about salt ...read more
Scripture: Mark 9:49-50
Denomination: United Methodist
What happens when salt loses its saltiness.
SALT. Luke 14:34-35. Salt is a particularly useful commodity. Trade is built upon it; wars have been fought over it; taxes upon it have been resisted. Films have even been made about it. Its uses range from being a condiment to being a preservative. At one time no house could do without it. ...read more
Scripture: Luke 14:34-35
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Getting away from the tendency to believe our walk of faith is the ONLY or the SUPERIOR way
Weekend Message/Devotion Mark 9:38-50 September 30, 2018 Our Way, No Way, OR God’s Way Today’s gospel reading begins with the account of John telling Jesus that he and the other disciples saw someone casting out demons in the name of Jesus. He said that they made this fellow stop because he ...read more
Scripture: Mark 9:38-50, 1 Corinthians 8:13
The opeing message that kicks off a six part series on making Christ more central in our Christmas celebrations.
Seasoning the Season TEXT: Luke 2: 9-14; Hebrews 9: 1-10 Sunday, November 24,2002 I’m always confused about this service because there are two things that need to be accomplished at the same time. Advent begins next Sunday and if we are to get the most out of our Advent season, it is important ...read more
Scripture: Luke 2:9-14
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
The word "season" has a double meaning, and both help us to understand our mission.
Feast of St. Dominic 2013 In Season and Out of Season Today’s saint, Dominic is a giant among men. He illustrates what St. Paul means by preaching the word of God both in and out of season. In his case he preached mostly out of season, resisting the Albigensian heresy. So let me share ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:4-5
Denomination: Catholic
Jesus describes the drastic contrasts people of the world from people of The Kingdom of God in His Sermon on the Mount.
Woes, Salt, Light and the Law Luke 6:24-26, Matthew 5:13-20 OUTLINE: “Woes, Salt, Light and Law” Luke 6:24-26, Matthew ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 3:13-20
Denomination: Baptist
We all want to feel like we matter in some way, and sometimes that can take the form of “other people do not matter.” Jesus taught that everyone matters. Success in his eyes is very different from the world’s view of success.
Jesus’ Surprising Teachings About Service (Mark 9:33-50) 1. Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist Scientists at NASA have developed a gun built specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum ...read more
Scripture: Mark 9:33-50
Denomination: Independent/Bible
This sermon explores how to embody Jesus' call to be the 'salt of the earth' and 'light of the world' in our daily lives.
Good morning, beloved family of God. It's a joy to be gathered together in His name, isn't it? To be nestled in the warmth of His love, in the comfort of His grace, and in the fellowship of His people. This morning, as we open our hearts to God's Word, we are going to be drawing from the wellspring ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-13
Topics: Light, Salt
We are salt and light, let it happen!
Salt and Light OR Decay and Darkness Matthew 5:13-16 (ESV) 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. 14 “You are the light of the world. A ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Christians are to be readily recognizable. They are to be seperate from worldly persons. However, it is most difficult to identify one in a crowd in the modern world. Why?
In western culture and its influence upon all the rest of mankind, depicting Christians from the rest of the world is most difficult today. The only differences we see come from diverse groups who outwardly show differences in their dress and chosen culture. Outward differences among all others are ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:13-16, 1 Peter 1:15-16, Matthew 5:20, 2 Corinthians 6:15-18, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12, Colossians 4:6 (view more) (view less)
This sermon deals with what happens when a church is cleansed of hypocrisy and its members begin to live authentic Christian lives.
The Church in Jerusalem: Pure, Salty, Blessed Series: Acts Chuck Sligh February 8, 2015 TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to Acts 5 INTRODUCTION Illus. – A man woke up one Sunday morning, and instead of getting ready for church as usual, he just dawdled around, read the paper and ate ...read more
Scripture: Acts 5:12-16
How was salt used in the Bible? How does salt lose its taste? How is light a parallel for salt?
“Agents of Change” Matthew 5:13-16 Toward the end of 2013, we began a series of messages on the Sermon on the Mount. Our goal is to take this great message of Christ, verse by verse, and seek to understand the profound truths within. Before Christmas, we stopped having completed the ...read more
Jesus calls us to be salt and light. A watching world needs to "taste the Lord and see that he is good." People need our preserving influence, and they need to see the light of Christ shine through us. You may be the only Bible some will ever read.
Matthew 5:13-16 Making a Lasting Impact Do you ever yearn to make a difference in the world? To do something significant with your life? Do you ever wonder, “Why am I still on this earth?” I tell you, there is no greater satisfaction than to know you have been used by God himself to touch ...read more
We have been called to impact the world for Christ and not to become absorbed by the world. We are to live differently - to stand out as salt and light. Without separated lives we cannot fulfill this mandate.
Living Differently Matthew 5:11-19 Nelson Thomas Mumbai wrote in an article entitled The Truth of Separation: Meaning and Importance, "In Kerala South India, brethren believers are called the ‘separated people’. More than a century ago when our forefathers came out of the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:11-19
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