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  • Terry Cavanaugh avatar

    Why Are We Here...worship

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Apr 26, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,318 views

    This message explores the value of real worship.

    Why are we here?… Worship Worship. This word is used 331 times in the Bible. From Genesis, the first book of the Bible, to Revelation, the last book, we are called to worship. Worship is the theme of this book. From Genesis chapter 17 where Genesis 17:17 (TLB) 17 Abraham threw himself down ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Is Jesus Still Weeping?

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 9, 2001
    based on 125 ratings
     | 9,387 views

    Jesus wept over the state of Jerusalem. Is He still weeping over the state of our lives?

    Is Jesus still weeping? Luke 19:41-44 April 8, 2001 Palm Sunday This message was based on an outline in Roger Capbell’s book Preach for A Year # 1 Palm Sunday Tears pages 61 and 62, published by Kregel. Introduction I. New Pastor¡¦s Appointment Finding his newly-appointed pastor standing at his ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    God Is Audience Of My Worship - Pt 1

    Contributed by Kyle Meador on Oct 17, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 3,892 views

    God is the one who invites us, meets us and engages us in worship. It is also God who receives our worship. Look at this story in John 4 through the lens of worship.

    Isn’t it amazing how God layers truth upon truth within the Biblical text? Today, I invite you to see one truth from John 4. This is not to to suggest that this is the only truth, or necessarily the highest truth. But I believe you will see it certainly is a truth. As we read through this text from ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Price Of Worship Series

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on Apr 9, 2002
    based on 91 ratings
     | 19,881 views

    Part 2 of 3 of the series "The Heart of Worship". This message explores the question "Is there a price to true worship?".

    the price of worship Romans 12:1-2 READ BEFORE SERVICE: Matthew 26:6-13 (NIV) 6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, 7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. 8 When ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    In Worship As In Life, Part 4

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 3, 2001
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,186 views

    Biblical ingredients from the Songs of Ascents to prepare for true worship of God.

    Some of us have seen the poster with two pictures. On the right is a man in rags sitting on the sidewalk with a cup in his hand. On the left is another man in rags sitting on the sidewalk with a cup in his hand. The caption reads, "One failed to prepare; the other prepared to fail." The outcome ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Donkey Ride

    Contributed by D Worth Carson on Apr 13, 2001
    based on 68 ratings
     | 7,519 views

    Why did Jesus ride into Jerusalem on a Donkey? Palm Sunday Message

    Donkey Ride Matthew 21:1-11 Outline Introduction: When the king shows up. Why did Jesus enter on a Donkey? 1. To Teach us about His Kingdom What is it like? Not of this world. Not built on power and might. But, 2. To Reveal His Inner Spirit. He comes to Us Gentle. He shows ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    Worship

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jul 16, 2001
    based on 263 ratings
     | 47,847 views

    What is worship? How do we worship, and what prevents us from worshiping?

    We probably all have some kind of mental picture of what it means to worship. Depending on your church background, when you think of worship you may think of classical sacred music - a great choir, singing the Hallelujah chorus. Or perhaps what comes to mind is the image of a traditional brick ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Day Jesus Got Mad

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jan 4, 2002
    based on 310 ratings
     | 23,133 views

    This Palm Sunday sermon brings out the point concerning what makes Jesus mad and why.

    Sunday Morning April 16, 2000 Bel Aire Baptist Church, Hobbs NM THE DAY JESUS GOT MAD MARK 11:15-18 Introduction: 1. I have included in the sermon notes today a chart that lists the events that took place the last week of Jesus’ life here on earth and His resurrection. a. The event ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Keeping The Stones Quiet

    Contributed by J Bernard Taylor on Mar 31, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 18,413 views

    Jesus said if we didn’t praise him, the stones would cry out. How can we keep the stones quiet? According to our text there are ways to keep the stones quiet.

    KEEPING THE STONES QUIET How many Palm Sunday sermons have you heard in your lifetime? If you are a Senior Citizen like I am you may have heard 50, 60, or 70 or more Palm Sunday sermons. A few years ago the people who are in charge of liturgical concerns in the church combined Palm Sunday ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Jesus Is King Of The World

    Contributed by Neil Richardson on Mar 17, 2008
     | 5,853 views

    Jesus is king of the world- is he your king, Jesus is the man of sorrows- do you cry like him, Jesus is teacher of the listening- do you listen and obey?

    Luke 19:28-48, Palm Sunday, DRBC am, 04/04/04 Introduction • Is a whip-round a good or bad thing? • It’s a wonderful life- whole community saved, and one man in particular • A whip-round that went in quite the opposite direction… a whole community destroyed… Context • 66 AD Nero needed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Red Carpet

    Contributed by John Beehler on Apr 9, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 7,204 views

    The red carpet would shortly be stained blood red.

    The Red Carpet It’s Palm Sunday. What does this day mean to you? Just one more week to chocolate heaven? The day we get the leaf at church and the kids parade through the sanctuary with them? Actually it’s the day they threw down the symbolic red carpet for Jesus’ triumphal ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jim Kane avatar

    A Son's Final Week

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 27, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 4,306 views

    Anyone could have hung as a thief next to Jesus - including one of us.

    The Passion Week story is filled with characters that we could, and perhaps should, spend time examining because they illustrate the human race of every historical age. The status quo is present in the persons of the Pharisees and Sanhedrin. Every age of history has such people - religious or not. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Fifteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A-- 15th Sunday, Year A --The Sower

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on May 17, 2020
     | 2,727 views

    It is the intuitive mind alone that can penetrate the essence and heart of a parable. Then it becomes a living reality, thoroughly relevant to one’s own life.

    “To throw alongside” a story with cryptic meaning is called a parable in Greek. In Zen Buddhism, a parable is like a “koan,” which is a spiritual inquiry using perplexing language intended to rouse a student’s innate wisdom-mind to apply it to their own life. As Rabbi Ibn Ezra said of parables, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A - 30th Sunday Year A -- Love Of God And Neighbor

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 23, 2020
     | 2,604 views

    He was not asked for a second-place commandment.

    It is the story of the courtship of Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the great German composer, Felix Mendelssohn. Moses Mendelssohn was a small man with a misshapen, humped back. One day he visited a merchant in Hamburg who had a lovely daughter. Though Mendelssohn admired her greatly, she ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Richard Tow avatar

    The Real Jesus Takes Charge Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 8, 2003
    based on 84 ratings
     | 13,543 views

    The cleansing of the temple gives us a glimpse of Jesus’ character that is often overlooked or even denied. We see the Real Jesus in his confrontation with the money changers just as surely as in His compassion toward the weak.

    The Real Jesus Takes Charge Fortifying the Foundations # 6 John 2:12-22 4-6-03 Intro: Please turn in your Bible to John 2:12. This morning we come the amazing story of Jesus cleansing the temple—driving out the moneychangers and those who were selling sacrificial animals in the Court of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic