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  • Monty Newton avatar

    Love Deeper Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Apr 18, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,652 views

    Love is a gift God gives to be given.

    Title: Love Deeper Text: John 12:1-8 Thesis: Love is a gift God gives…to be given. Series Introduction; Tim McGraw’s hit song Live Like You Were Dying, is the springboard for the current series of messages. The song is the story of a man who learned he was dying of a fatal disease and what he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Love & War

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on May 5, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,574 views

    Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek so that we will be "like your Father in heaven" but what about all that Old Testament carnage that He commanded? How does loving our enemies apply to the modern politics of war?

    Dakota Community Church May 4, 2008 Love & War Jesus said we are supposed to turn the other cheek when an enemy strikes us, right; but what about all that Old Testament talk about mighty warriors and the armies of God, and how does modern conservative Christian teaching about patriotism and ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Love In Bloom Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
     | 2,705 views

    Love varies with the persons we love and our relationship to them.

    Love in Bloom (topical) 1. Family love is unique but challenging. From Reader’s Digest, we read, It’s every airplane passenger’s nightmare -- getting stuck near a crying baby. I was manning the ticket counter at a busy airport when the sound of a sobbing infant filled the air. As the next ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Growing In Love

    Contributed by Ed Warfield on Feb 29, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,809 views

    Jesus desires that those people would love Him the way the Father loves Him.

    Growing In Love – John 17:26 Intro.: How do we grow in love for God? Do we hope for it? Do we wish for it? Does it just happen as a result of our being Christians? READ TEXT I’m blown away by the implication of this phrase. Jesus, who has been consciously aware of the Father’s pleasure in & ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Bobby Daniel avatar

    God Loves Series

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Mar 6, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 26,432 views

    1st sermon in 4 part series looking at the 4 major points in John 3:16, inspired by Max Lucado’s book.

    God Loves, Isa. 53:1-11 3:16 Series, week Intro: Anyone know what tonight is? The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences Awards…also known as the Oscars, live from Los Angeles, CA. A celebration of movies that most of us will never see starring actors that many of us have never heard of…yet it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Bayles avatar

    The Loving Pastor Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jan 27, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,632 views

    Jesus demonstrates the heart of a true pastor when he leads the lost sheep of Israel to green pasture... litterally.

    The Loving Pastor Pastor Jesus. It’s not a phrase you hear very often. In fact, you may never have heard Jesus referred to quite like that. Nevertheless, Jesus was and is our pastor—the Good Pastor. The word pastor—which we often use to describe our church leaders and preachers—is derived from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Darren Rogers avatar

    God Is Love

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Jan 31, 2008
    based on 37 ratings
     | 12,671 views

    Do we fully understand what the word "Love" really means?

    God is Love – 27th May 2007 pm 1 John 4:7-21 Love is a very popular idea in today’s world, it’s on everyone’s lips. Songs are sung, books are written, and films are made all about love. But, we often forget that love is a truly Christian idea. It is seen in its fullness only in Christ. Love ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Special Love

    Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Jan 31, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,546 views

    What a great love that He loved us with

    A Special Love by Gerald Van Horn Galations 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: never the less I live; but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Introduction: We must always look at salvation from ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Abiodun Adeniyi avatar

    What Is Love?

    Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Feb 1, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,840 views

    You must know the meaning of love to operate in it

    WHAT IS LOVE? Text: I Corinthians 13:4-8 1 Cor 13:4 8 4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Love Is The Answer

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 5, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 7,226 views

    A sermon on love from 1 Corinthians 13. Many ideas taken from Max Lucado.

    Sermon for 2/3/2008 Love is the Answer Introduction: Blessid Union of Souls- Violence is spread worldwide and there are families on the street And we sell drugs to children now oh why can’t we just see That all we do is eliminate our future with the things we do today Money is our incentive now so ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Perry Greene avatar

    The Looks Of Love Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 14, 2012
     | 5,083 views

    In our worship to God we Look UP to Him; Out to Others; In to Ourselves; and Back into the Past as we press forward with God.

    1. Counting at Church A little boy asked his father what was the highest number he had ever counted. Replying that he didn't know, the father asked his son his highest number. It was 973. "Why did you stop there?" wondered the father. "Because church was over." 2. It is a shame that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Priority Of Love

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Dec 5, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,403 views

    The Greatest Thing you can do is to love. In the famous love chapter of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13, it says that faith, hope, and love are present, but the greatest is love. Once we respond to God’s love for us and begin to love Him back, we find that w

    The Priority of Love Matthew 22:35-40 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    Labor Of Love

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 5, 2012
     | 17,369 views

    A labor day sermon about our calling in the world.

    September 2, 2012 Colossians 3:23-24 Labor of Love Well, summer’s pretty much over. In a few more weeks the leaves will begin to change color and fall to the ground. Temperatures will turn cold and we’ll see that weird white stuff on the ground. Labor day weekend signifies a shift ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gordon Weatherby avatar

    Love Is The Greatest

    Contributed by Gordon Weatherby on May 6, 2013
     | 7,776 views

    A Valentine's Day message dealing with 1 Cor. 13.This message deals with the love of God. Once that love is in our hearts will extend to be used for a harvest for God.

    LOVE IS THE GREATEST I COR. 13:1-13 DORN RIDGE FEBRUARY 12, 2012 INTRODUCTION: I. In a couple of days many will observe Valentine’s Day. 1.) But as Christians our real Valentine’s Day came when God broke through time, and sent His Son into this world to reveal the Love of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Father's Love

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on May 20, 2013
     | 5,754 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Do you know the FATHER'S LOVE for you? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To convince ourselves of FATHER's Love for us. IV. TEXT: John 5:22 (Amplified Bible) Even the Father judges no one, for He has giv

    I. EXORDIUM: Do you know the FATHER'S LOVE for you? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To convince ourselves of FATHER's Love for us. IV. TEXT: John 5:22 (Amplified Bible) Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal