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    "Good example is the best sermon." -Benjamin Franklin Too often we hear of people telling us the right thing to do‚ yet they do not abide by the sermons that they tell us. However‚ there are those few special people in our life that we look up to. We look up to them because they not only teach us the right way to live our lives‚ but they also provide us with a good example. Supplying a fine example teaches people more than someone just telling them what is

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    Good Friday Sermon

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    Good Friday- Easter isn’t about Candy‚ Ham‚ Bunnies‚ or even family get-togethers. The heart of Easter is Christ’s sacrifice. This event is the most important part of our religion as Christians. Jesus Christ coming to Earth‚ living the perfect life‚ and then sacrificing Himself on a cross for us- for our sins. Two questions that I pose to you tonight: #1 What does Jesus dying on a cross- Good Friday- mean for us? Forgiveness- Freedom from sin and what we rightfully deserve for our actions

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    Introduction I. Attention-Getter: I am sure that most of you have heard of the sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Although it was delivered by Jonathan Edwards in 1741‚ it is considered the most famous religious speech in all of history. II. Establish Credibility: I become familiar with this speech in my 10th grade American Literature class‚ but my interpretation is very different when I study this speech from a theological perspective. III. Thesis/Preview Statement: I will

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    Sermon On The Mount

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    The Sermon on the Mount is just one of the many teachings/preaching’s by Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus’s message was simple “Do to others what you would have them do to you.” God’s command was simply to love God and love one another: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself” (Spielvogel p.193). In the Sermon on the Mount‚ Jesus spoke of several “ethical” theories. These

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    The Sermon on the Mount is the radical doctrine of the kingdom of God. Although many people today who call themselves Christians do not practice the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount. If we talk about the kingdom manifesto‚ I think we interpreted it as the radical world changing manifesto. When Jesus began to preach among the crowds‚ many of them were not people who perhaps today we might think as the perfect Christians. However‚ the goal was to teach the scriptures. In other words‚ the manifesto

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    The Sermon On The Mount

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    Sermon on the Mount Long ago‚ on Mount Sinai‚ Moses received the Ten Commandments from God and gave it to the people. Similarly‚ from a mountain side‚ Jesus Christ uttered words of wisdom‚ which is called The Sermon on the Mount. This sermon is a summary of all the teachings of Jesus Christ. The ethical and moral life of everyday Christians is portrayed here. It can be found in Mathew chapters 5‚ 6‚ 7 and in Luke 6:20-49. Many prominent figures in history have accepted and praised these teachings

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    Sermon On The Mount

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    The Sermon on the mount Lesson 5 – Blessed are the merciful‚ for they will be shown mercy. Introduction: We live in a world of human need. There are physical needs – sickness‚ cancer‚ and all other diseases bec of our lifestyle; emotional needs – divorces‚ abuses of spouse‚ extra marital affairs‚ absentee parents bec of ofw; spiritual needs – some people consider their jobs‚ money‚ houses‚ cars as their gods. We live in a world of sin. People hurt each other‚ neglect responsibilities‚ fight

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    Sermon On The Mount

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    Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount is the collection of teachings from Jesus given to his disciples and possibly great crowds‚ according to Matthew 8:1. Jesus went up into the mountains followed by his disciples after seeing great crowds of people. It is not said when the crowds of people came to listen to Jesus’ teachings‚ but they were there for some amount of time to hear his sermons. Jesus begins his preaching to his disciples with blessing those who are weaker‚ poorer‚ but are pure

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    Sermon on Greed

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    Allyson Hurt Mrs. Natale English 4 October 30‚ 2012 Sermon on Greed There is a time in everyone’s life where a person has caught themselves thinking of all the things they would do with money if they had more of it. If a person isn’t careful this thought can easily consume their every desire. Proverbs 28:25 says‚ “A greedy man stirs up strife‚ but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.” Greed is an addiction‚ it explains where the common saying arose‚ “greed is the root of all evil

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    The Sermon On The Mount

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    was told to go up to the top of a mountain in the land of Moriah to sacrifice his son to The Lord. Christ was transfigured on‚ you guessed it‚ a mountaintop. In fact‚ one of the most prolific and well known sermons in the Bible‚ if not the most well known‚ is actually referred to as "The Sermon on the Mount". A mountain is a thing that takes determination to climb‚ and is where God would call those people with whom He needed to talk. Mountains are generally considered to be holy ground‚ and there

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