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  • David Elvery avatar

    Loving The Unlovely Series

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 27, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 12,911 views

    Looking at how we should treat unlovely people

    Our attitude to the Unlovely – Luke 5:27-32 Gladstone Baptist Church – 19/9/04 “It was a beautiful Sunday morning and people were filling the church to its fullest capacity. As they filed in, each were given a bulletin filled with announcements, a sermon outline, etc. At the end of the line ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Is Love

    Contributed by Tony Grant on Nov 28, 2005
    based on 74 ratings
     | 13,830 views

    Love is about relationships, and to really understand love, we need to think about the greatest possible relationship for a human being, a relationship with God.

    God is Love 1 John 4:7-12 02/20/05 2267 words 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Love Is Not A Feeling.

    Contributed by André Strydom on Dec 5, 2000
    based on 285 ratings
     | 27,030 views

    Marriage sermon on "There is no fear in love."

    A Marriage ceremony Scripture reading: 1 Joh 4: 7 - 19 A lot of humour surrounds weddings. From millions of anecdotes to witty stories surrounds this whole magical thing of getting married. One humorous story, which forms part of the rich folklore, which surrounds weddings in South Africa, is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Love Story Series

    Contributed by Antonio Torrence on Dec 9, 2000
    based on 115 ratings
     | 6,022 views

    I want the hearers to celebrate the love that Christ has for them

    "A Love Story" - John 20:10-18 Pastor Antonio Torrence, Cross of Life Lutheran Church If time were to write a romantic novel it would be synonymous with William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Jesus would be cast, as our Romeo and we, humanity, would be his leading lady Juliet. It would be ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Love And Respect

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jan 11, 2001
    based on 178 ratings
     | 10,510 views

    Wedding of young couple

    Scripture Reading: Ephesians 5:25 Marriage is a sacred, holy, and mysterious relationship designed and created by God as a gift to humankind. But, in recent decades this beautiful gift has been damaged by divorce, ridiculed as obsolete, and dismissed as old fashioned. Yet marriage still ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Radical Love!

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 14, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 18,197 views

    Your faith, what you have been taught, what you believe about God & His will for your life, makes all the difference in the way you act, in the values you hold dear, & in the standards that guide your life.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2019) TEXT: Matthew 5:38-41; Luke 23:34 A. Fifty-two years ago Ethel & I became acquainted with Dr. Vijai & Pushpa Lall of India. The story of their family’s introduction to Christianity & their ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Overwhelming Love

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 24, 2001
    based on 758 ratings
     | 31,353 views

    There is no record of anyone ever coming to Jesus & telling Him, "Lord, I love you." But here is a woman who expressed her love in the only way she knew how.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) TEXT: Mark 14:3-9 The scene is Bethany, a village just a few miles from Jerusalem, & the time is the night before Jesus' triumphal entry. In just a few days He will be arrested, tried, convicted, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Real Love Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 25, 2001
    based on 65 ratings
     | 5,763 views

    How the Bible’s description of love debunks three popular myths about love.

    (Note: This sermon was introduced with the Susan Ashton song "Call of the Wild"). The song says, "The freedom he loved, he was now a prisoner of, because he answered the call of the wild." We see examples of that reality all around us, as we live in a culture that urges us to answer that call. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Love Story

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Feb 1, 2001
    based on 354 ratings
     | 15,375 views

    A demonstration of divine and human love intermingling.

    Love Story Luke 7:36-50 I LIKE LOVE STORIES. I guess I’m just a hopeless romantic. In Luke, chapter 7, we find a love story of the highest sort. It is not a romance; it’s far above that. It’s the story of one woman’s devotion to her God. The scene is the courtyard of the house of Simon ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Love Is Kind Series

    Contributed by Jim Mooney on Feb 9, 2001
    based on 131 ratings
     | 15,779 views

    Love is kind, in other words love looks for away to be condtructive not destructive.

    LOVE IS KIND 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 TITUS 3: 4-7 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. TITUS 3:4-7 3:1 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    In Love With Purity

    Contributed by Hipolito Lorenzo on Feb 9, 2001
    based on 180 ratings
     | 4,206 views

    This is a challenge to the youth with regards to sexual purity.

    1 Tim 4:12 12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. I. Plan –if we fail to plan we plan to fail. A. Defense (Ps 64:8; Prov 21:30) Bad things happen to good people because it was well ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Love Is...

    Contributed by Hipolito Lorenzo on Feb 9, 2001
    based on 204 ratings
     | 3,579 views

    A description of what love is.

    “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” Intro: “Sing-off” 1. Heaven 2. Rock 3. Any color (e.g. Red) 4. Name (e.g. Vincent) 5. Body Part (e.g. Face) 6. Love “Top 20 List”-What’s the central theme of these songs? Where do we try to find love? How long ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Unfailing Love

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Feb 9, 2001
    based on 151 ratings
     | 10,737 views

    Learning about the power behind agape love.

    WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WORD "LIFE," THE WORD "LOVE" IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ABSTRACT TERM IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE. LOVE, OF COURSE, WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE TEACHING OF JESUS. LOVE IS WHAT DESCRIBES THE NATURE OF GOD, PROVIDES THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS, AND MANIFESTS THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Lost Love Series

    Contributed by Paul Etterling on Jul 9, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,641 views

    An exploration of the church in Ephesus according to the words of the Lord in the book of the Revelation.

    1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    The Need For Love

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Jul 23, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,560 views

    Christians need to show love without hypocrisy.

    Some time ago a young sailor called his parents after his release from the military service. He said he was bringing his buddy home to stay with him. “You see, Mom,” he said, “my friend is pretty badly broken up. He was severely wounded and has only one leg, one arm, and one eye.” After a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist