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  • Timothy Peck avatar

    The Heart Of The Matter Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 308 ratings
     | 52,922 views

    The heart of our problems are deeper than superficial behaviors. Before we can change, we need our hearts to be changed.

    Why do people treat each other so badly? Why do spouses break their wedding vows? Why do people act out in violence and hatred toward others? Why do racism and hate crimes still exist in our world? Why are people filled with greed? Why do we act with treachery and deception toward each other? The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Trouble With Tradition Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Aug 16, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 8,319 views

    How did Jesus deal with "Traditon." How can we apply His teaching to our practices today?

    The Trouble with Tradition Mark 7:1–13 INTRODUCTION We obtain biblical authority from three ways: 1. Direct Command, 2. Divine Example and 3. Necessary Inference. When we come across anything for which we do not have a command, example or cannot infer proper action from clear biblical ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Looking Good On The Inside

    Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Aug 29, 2003
    based on 136 ratings
     | 26,075 views

    It is one thing to clean your hands and quite another to clean your heart. The first you can do, but the latter only God can do; if we will only give him a chance!

    Text: Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23 (NIV) 1. The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and 2. saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed. 3. (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Nothing But Jesus And The Cross

    Contributed by Kenneth Sauer on Aug 29, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 6,458 views

    Woe to us if we allow anything to come between us and the Gospel!

    Mark 7:1-23 "Nothing but Jesus and the Cross" As the Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law watch the healing miracles of Jesus take place, they decide that they have to criticize Jesus openly in order to stop Him. Will their criticism be about the healing itself? No. Surrounded as they are ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Using Religion To Escape Religion

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Sep 5, 2003
    based on 79 ratings
     | 12,862 views

    A sermon for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17

    12th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17 Mark 7:1-8,14-15, 21-23 "Using Religion to Escape Religion" 7:1 ¶ Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Explaining Mark 6:1-13

    Contributed by Peter Fisher on Jul 6, 2009
    based on 44 ratings
     | 72,809 views

    A look at the undercurrents in the passage, to see what was really going on

    Introduction As we look through the gospel reading today, I am going to pick on a number of words and phrases to try to give a better picture of what was going on. Marks’ Gospel is a fast moving text. It could be called "What Jesus Did Next". It is easy to get caught up in the story and miss ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Breakthrough Spirituality Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jul 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,131 views

    Have you ever felt like a spiritual hypocrite? Good news… Jesus understands… and he came not to condemn us… but to call us out… from outward religion to real life and relationship with God.

    Breakthrough Spirituality Brad Bailey – February 25, 2007 (Much of the ‘commentary’ notes used in prep for this message are from or adapted from Don Williams, KingdomRain website study on Gospel of Mark Such commentary was never read but merely serves as ideas that were drawn on and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Are You Hiding?

    Contributed by Matt Hoffmann on Aug 19, 2009
    based on 18 ratings
     | 10,689 views

    In Mark 7 Jesus confronts the Pharisees and Scribes who were hiding behind Man-made rules. What do you hide behind? Thankfully, God doesn’t hide from you.

    Mark 7:1-13 Anne and I were blessed to go on vacation a couple of weeks ago. We looked forward to it, but we were a little nervous about how Killian would do on the long flights. For a 7 month old baby, I think he did great. The last leg of the journey was a little much for him though and he ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    It's About Your Heart

    Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Aug 22, 2009
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,999 views

    Ordinary Proper 16: Christ came to set us free from blind traditionalism. His liberating Spirit frees our hearts to serve Him and the neighbor out of a spirit of love and forgiveness.

    There’s a story about how in 1903 the Russian Czar noticed a sentry posted on the Kremlin grounds for no apparent reason. When he inquired, he discovered that in 1776 Catherine the Great found on that very spot the first flower of spring. She ordered that a sentry be posted there so that no one ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    What Needs To Be Washed?

    Contributed by Dustin T Parker on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,318 views

    What is baptism - what is washed?

    Concordia Lutheran Church Twelfth Sunday of Pentecost – August 22, 2009 What Needs to be Washed? Mark 7:1-13 and Eph 5:21-33 † In Jesus Name † May the grace, the mercy and peace of God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, that was given to you when you were washed in the waters of baptism ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Dynamic Church Worships Joyfully Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Aug 5, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,599 views

    God renews our hearts so we feel what is true.

    Scripture Introduction If you hang around churches for awhile, you will likely find that our emotions do not always match our profession. Creeds containing truths which thrilled a previous generation are mumbled like a 9-year old boy explaining why he was playing baseball inside the house. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "Defiled Religion, Defiled Hearts"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,908 views

    God is concerned with true worship from the heart, not outward observances.

    “The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, 2 and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Thomas Wilson avatar

    Dear Sweet Matilda With Two Faces

    Contributed by Thomas Wilson on Aug 27, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,076 views

    A story of perception and deception based on hypocrasy.

    Out of the shadow came sweet little Matilda, an elderly woman who was very sociable and liked to talk to everyone and anyone. Everyone knew Matilda in the town, she was there from day dot – she was always there. No one could imagine the town without her she was so well known and so kind and ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Eating With Dirty Hands

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 28, 2009
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,649 views

    There is a huge difference between being and saying we are a disciple of Christ Jesus.

    Mark 7: 1 – 8, 14 – 15, 21 – 23 / Eating With Dirty Hands Intro: I would like everyone to look at your hands for a moment. Think for a moment about where those hands have been today. Are they clean? How do you know if they are clean or not? They might be covered with germs! --- Just in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Beth Garrod-Logsdon avatar

    Tradition For Tradition's Sake

    Contributed by Beth Garrod-Logsdon on Aug 31, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,728 views

    Too often our living and worship become steeped in tradition and ritual. This sermon is a call to examine what we do and more importantly WHY we do it in an attempt to keep us from elevating the traditions of men above the law of God.

    Tradition for Tradition’s Sake Mark 7:1-23 (This message was preceded by singing "Joy to the World" as the opening hymn and the theme of "tradition" was introduced by a video clip of Fiddler on the Roof - from the prologue 1:55 (as the fiddler begins to play) through 3:57 (as Tevye says, "...and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed