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  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    We Need More Woe In Our Lives!

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 17, 2001
    based on 55 ratings
     | 5,205 views

    The way of woe leads to happiness!

    We Need More Woe In Our Lives Don’t worry, be happy was a popular song not so long ago. Stimpy of Ren and Stimpy says, "Happy, happy! Joy, joy!" We are guaranteed the right to the pursuit of happiness in our Constitution. The entertainment and travel industries earn billions of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Communicate Across Cultures

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 15, 2001
    based on 23 ratings
     | 3,368 views

    HOW TO COMMUNICATE ACROSS CULTURES

    TIPS FOR CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS Illustration: When Hudson Taylor was director of the China Inland Mission, he often interviewed candidates for the mission field. On one occasion, he met with a group of applicants to determine their motivations for service. "And why do you wish to go as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Apostle Paul's Cross-Cultural Contextualizing Ministry - I Cor. 9:16-23

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 21, 2001
    based on 21 ratings
     | 8,398 views

    The Apostle Paul’s Cross-Cultural Contextualizing Ministry - I Cor. 9:16-23

    The Apostle Paul’s Cross-Cultural Contextualizing Ministry - I Cor. 9:16-23 Paul believed in the POWER of the gospel to transform lives. Yet he also appreciated the COMPLEXITY of this process. He resisted any attempts to submit to the indoctrination process of Pharisaicalism. He combined an ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Scott Cox avatar

    Acceptable Motives For Ministry

    Contributed by Scott Cox on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 146 ratings
     | 9,326 views

    INTRODUCTION: This morning I want to talk to you about motives, particualarly motives for serving God.

    INTRODUCTION: This morning I want to talk to you about motives, particualarly motives for serving God. Many people serve God but not all for the same reasons. We know that there are definitely some reasons for serving God that are unacceptable. Jesus made it clear that striving for position and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Money And Kingdom - Crunch Time!

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 18, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,383 views

    Our resources are meant for results in the kingdom, not our security in this world. How do you tell that to God’s people?

    February 17, 2002 This past Wednesday Reepicheep managed to throw everything off! The day started as most do around the Brownworth household; Elizabeth was first out the door, running the race between Thomasville and High Point. The problem came when she got to Randolph Street, near the bank. ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    "Meeting People Where They Are"

    Contributed by Kenneth Sauer on Feb 8, 2003
    based on 43 ratings
     | 20,169 views

    Why, how, when, where and to whom are Christians called to witness?

    1 Corinthians 9:16-23 “Meeting People Where They Are” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus tells us: “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.” He doesn’t tell us to preach the good news ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Dan Erickson avatar

    Practicing What We Preach

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000
    based on 140 ratings
     | 7,581 views

    The charge of hypocrisy, of not being sincere and genuine, of not practicing what we preach, is a charge that continues to plague the church

    Once there was a pair of identical twin brothers; one was a pastor, and the other was a physician. It was almost impossible to tell the two men apart. A woman approached one of them on the street and asked, "Are you the one who preaches?" "No," came the answer, "I'm the one who practices." ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tent Making... Or More? Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 3,864 views

    What is God’s ideal for pastoral ministry? He gives us more than an indication in 1 Corinthians 9.

    Tent Making, or More? October 13, 2001 Over the past decade or so, a lot of discussion about ministry has been about whether or not ministers should be tent makers or fully supported. As we are aware, in many denominations, including our own, financial conditions seem to encourage the support of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    All Things For The Cause Of Christ

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Oct 12, 2002
    based on 50 ratings
     | 4,914 views

    What a heart this man, Paul, had for the cause of Christ. He would give up whatever he could so that others could know Jesus and be saved!

    1 Cor. 9:23 And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it. Did you hear about the UT guys that went hunting? One of the tackles and the quarterback from UT went hunting and as they are walking in the woods suddenly the quarterback falls to the ground ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mitchell Skelton avatar

    Evangelism Depends On You Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Nov 4, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 5,986 views

    Christians should be compelled to evangelize. Christians should compromise to evangelize. Christians should compete in evangelism.

    Evangelism Depends on You 1 Corinthians 9:16–27 INTRODUCTION During the preparations for an evangelistic crusade in Latin America, a very poor, unshaven man came to one of the week-long biblical counseling courses. It was unusual to see a man of this condition attending an in-depth training ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    An Example Of Love Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Mar 19, 2003
    based on 59 ratings
     | 8,438 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to demonstrate that Paul intended 1 Corinthians 9 as a personal example of the point that he made in chapter 8. That point being that Christians are to give up their rights for the cause of others and to demonstrate love.

    1 Corinthians An Example of Love 1 Corinthians 9:1-18 March 23, 2003 Intro: A. [If Sermon Offends Thee] A preacher came to the breakfast table with a cut on his cheek. His wife asked him what had happened. He replied that he was concentrating on his sermon while shaving and cut his face. His ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Charles Wilkerson avatar

    Preparing Our Community: Letting Them Know We Are Here Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 13, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,331 views

    How does a Church build community recognition while not falling into the world’s traps

    General Motors in 1998 tried to sell us on the fact that “It’s not your father’s Oldsmobile.” Most people didn’t by it however and so there is still a threat that Oldsmobile will go the way of Wards and Kmart. What accounts for such radical changes in our economic world? Mikhail Gorbachev ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Scott Carroll avatar

    The Mark Of Maturity

    Contributed by Scott Carroll on Mar 8, 2008
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,228 views

    COMMITMENT

    COMMITMENT: THE MEASURE OF MATURITY Week Used: Read goals and guidelines. Reality Check: How many conversations have you started with a stranger this past week? ICEBREAKER: What was the thing you enjoyed doing most when you were a kid? WORSHIP: EDIFICATION: Read 1Cor. 9:16-18 Once upon a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Smith avatar

    Being All Things To All Men (1 Corinthians 9:16-23)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,599 views

    St Paul speaks about being ’All things to All men’, and at first glance it might just appear that he was undergoing an identity crisis ...

    "To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Steve Taylor avatar

    Rights, Rewards, And Responsibilities Series

    Contributed by Steve Taylor on Jul 20, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,512 views

    We must be willing to give up our rights, and discipline our bodies to see that we are not an obstacle to the gospel.

    Rights, Rewards, and Responsibilities 1 Corinthians 9 In America we are told that we should value our rights above almost everything else. To be an American is to be free. To be free is to be able to speak freely, write freely, and worship freely. It is a true blessing to be free. We believe in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist