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  • Stuart M Guthrie avatar

    The Power Of The Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1-8)

    Contributed by Stuart M Guthrie on Apr 12, 2012
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    The importance of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

    Introduction: Prayer: Well it’s Easter! And just like last week, Rob said then we were celebrating two holidays! April fools and Palm Sunday! One Pagan and one Biblical! And the same goes for today, many will celebrate the Easter bunny while others will celebrate a risen King! One Pagan ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Voice Of God

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jun 7, 2002
    based on 159 ratings
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    God is graciously speaking (if we will only listen).

    THE VOICE OF GOD Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23 S: Revelation Th: Grace-Full Living (the grace of God communicating) Pr: GOD IS GRACIOUSLY SPEAKING (IF WE WILL ONLY LISTEN). ?: How? How will we respond? KW: Responses. TS: We will find in “The Parable of the Sower” four responses we can have to His ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Third Sunday Of Lent, Year C- Exhausting The Soil Or Bearing Fruit

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 8, 2025
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    I believe that there are a number of Christians living in their spiritual grace period

    Jerry Flury, who once worked in the insurance industry, said, “I constantly had to deal with people seeking to maintain their policies perpetually in what they referred to as the policy’s grace period. A grace period is defined as the additional period of time a lender, or an insurance policy ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Warner Pidgeon avatar

    The Liberal (Generous!) God And Our Response Series

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Aug 23, 2010
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    God is liberal - and by that I mean generous, ample, extravagent in giving. Jesus told this parable ABOUT the crowd not TO the crowd. What is our response to the message of Jesus from the liberal God? What kind of soil are we?

    God is liberal! God is not a Liberal Democrat, but God is liberal! God is not ’wishy-washy’, but God is liberal. God is incredibly generous and extravagant. God does not say, “Anything goes.” God is not that kind of liberal; but when the dictionary says ’abundant, ample, giving freely;[ and] ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Tyler Edwards avatar

    Sower And The Seed Series

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Jun 13, 2011
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    Parable of the sower and the seed, what soil are you?

    The Sower and His Seed We are back in our series through the Gospel of Luke after taking a few weeks off to do some spiritual remodeling. This series was originally designed to go through the end of the year but recently I realized that would require skipping over a lot of really good material, ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Broadcasting The Seeds

    Contributed by John Delly on Jul 12, 2008
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    We are God’s sower. We know that we can’t just store or hide the seed. We know that it must be broadcast and planted to do God’s work.

    "Broadcasting the Seeds" Matthew 13:1-9 July 13, 2008 For the last three weeks Nick and Sam Love’s mission trip has been in my thoughts and prayers. Last week I told you that this week’s sermon would be Romans chapter 8 The Romans text has a rich message, but my thoughts kept turning to Nick ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Blitz avatar

    Just Throw It!

    Contributed by Michael Blitz on Feb 3, 2024
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    2nd Corinthians 11 and the Parable of the Sower both Show us God as the Strength in our Weakness.

    As we look at our lessons today, and I want to look briefly at both, comparing them together, (Glory to God) I’ll begin by sharing an old story some of you may know about a man named Phi-Dipp-adeez. I’d actually be impressed if you knew his name, but you probably know the name Marathon and Nike, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    The Midnight Cry

    Contributed by Shawn Miller on Jan 10, 2015
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    The Parable of the ten virgins - by focusing on 3 symbols, a Wedding, foolish virgins, and the wise virgins leading up to a lesson to be watching for Christ's return and ready once He does.

    The Midnight Cry Introduction: In an a news article from Austin, Texas: The headline read: MAN EXPERIENCES HEART ATTACK AFTER THE RAPTURE Herbert Washington, whom co-workers at Significant Plastics Inc. say was unduly concerned with the rapture and the second coming of Christ, suffered a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Call Of The Ploughman

    Contributed by John Perry on Jul 17, 2011
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     | 10,390 views

    We know in farming & agriculture that long before a harvest is reaped there has been some ploughing of the soil. Any farmer can tell you that the idea of reaping a crop without ploughing the soil is ludicrous! Is it any different with the soil of the hear

    Bunbury Sun am 17/07/2011 “The call of the ploughman” Intro: *** Yesterday at the in-laws I did something I had never done b/4 ….. at least not w/ a machine. I ploughed some ground for my father in-law w/ a rotary hoeing machine. At first I found it quite a task to control & ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Parable Of The Sower: God's Word Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jul 28, 2007
    based on 75 ratings
     | 29,010 views

    "He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” is dicussed in depth, with practical application. What type of soil are you? Don’t be so quick to say good soil, most in American Christians are rocky or weedy soil.

    A middle-aged man was distraught over his wife’s stubborn refusal to admit she had a hearing problem. One day he asked his family doctor for advice how to convince his wife that she has a hearing problem. The doctor promptly told him that when he got home he could confirm the hearing problem by ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "The Agriculturally Illiterate"

    Contributed by John Nadasi on Jul 13, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 3,888 views

    Sermon focusses on both the nature of sower and the soil.

    Matthew 13: 1-23 "The Agriculturally Illiterate" Paonia United Methodist Church July 14, 2002 Rev. John M. Nadasi I remember the day I got my first four wheel drive. I was so excited because I now had this extra shifter SUV. Why, with this extra shifter, I could go anywhere, anytime, over ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Thomas Bowen avatar

    Death To Life

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Mar 31, 2009
     | 2,979 views

    Christians are the soil for the seeds that give eternal life.

    Death to Life John 2:20-26 During this lent season We have taken a few snapshots of different places in Jesus ministry, Last week we visited John’s description from the beginning of Jesus ministry in chapter 2 where he runs their animals and convenience store clerks out of the temple. We made ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Andrew Street avatar

    Entire Sanctification Series

    Contributed by Andrew Street on Sep 12, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 26,575 views

    God is faithfully committed to your entire sanctification!

    Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 (In context of parable of the sower from Luke 8.) Attention: What kind of seed are you? In the parable we read, we found 4 kinds of seed: (1) the seed that fell on the wayside, (2) the seed that fell on rocky ground, (3) the seed that fell among thorns and (4) the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Freddy Fritz avatar

    The Parable Of The Sower

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Feb 2, 2014
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    A study of the responses of the different soils to the seed illustrates different responses to the word of God.

    Scripture As Jesus was coming to the end of his Galilean ministry, which some say lasted about 16 months, he drew vast audiences to his ministry. He also experienced growing opposition to his message about the good news of the kingdom of God. Although he had previously illustrated his preaching ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Drew Mills avatar

    Why Is My Life A Parable? Series

    Contributed by Drew Mills on Mar 16, 2007
     | 5,545 views

    to hear with ears that really hear, to prepare our “soil” for the seed of God’s Word

    The Parable of the sower, is a very familiar portion of scripture. It can be very tempting to think to yourself, "I’ve heard this story, hundreds of times before, and there is nothing new here for me." Because we think that we know this story so well, we can close our ears to what the Lord wants to ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan