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  • Calling All Losers

    Contributed by Antonio Torrence on Sep 12, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 12,724 views

    Discipleship is about our willingness to lose ourselves in God’s will.

    "Calling All Losers" Mark 8:34-38, John 12:23-28 By Rev. A. LaMar Torrence, Pastor of Cross of Life Lutheran Church The great statesman, Winston Churchill, once said, “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” That proverbial statement best captures the meaning of this ...read more

  • The Cost Of Discipleship

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Sep 14, 2003
    based on 324 ratings
     | 50,527 views

    The Text is the Gospel Reading for Common Lectionary, Year B, the theme is characteristics of a Disciple as seen in this text.

    THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP—MARK 8:27-38 --by R. David Reynolds Billy Graham has said, “Salvation is free, but discipleship costs everything we have” [--Edythe Draper, Drapers Book of Quotations for the Christian World (Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1992)]. In our text this morning ...read more

  • A Love We Don't Expect Series

    Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Sep 15, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,605 views

    God’s love reaches us when we least expect it, inviting us to take up our Cross and follow.

    There’s just something about a surprise party. I think it has to do with the surprise part of the deal. It’s like your day is going along, maybe you’ve even forgotten that it’s your birthday. You’re just going through your day, thinking about a project you have to do after supper, and then, BAM! ...read more

  • Faith's Famous Four Words

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Sep 17, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,128 views

    A Sermon for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 Peter telling Jesus he is the Christ

    14th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19 Mark 8:27-38 "Faith’s Famous Four Words"   27 ¶ And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that I am?" 28 And they told him, "John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and ...read more

  • The Cross And Sacrifice

    Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Nov 5, 2001
    based on 48 ratings
     | 4,201 views

    Taking up our crosses means no less a sacrifice than it did for Jesus.

    Advertisements often make all sorts of big offers, but we find out afterwards that there are hidden catches. These sorts of things are always hidden in the ’fine print.’ Companies that sell computer software do this a lot. When you buy computer software, you have to agree to all sorts of ...read more

  • Following Jesus - For The Rest Of My Life Series

    Contributed by Steve Lotze on Jan 30, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,022 views

    Final sermon in the Following Jesus series

    Following Jesus – For the Rest of my Life December 11, 2005 Mark 8:34 These are my actual notes and sermon handouts and they probably mean more to me than they do to you. If you don’t understand something in my notes – feel free to e-mail me for clarification (stevenmary7@hotmail.com). Here’s ...read more

  • How Is Your Soul?

    Contributed by George Crumbly on Feb 9, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 8,925 views

    Our number one concern today should be the condition of our own soul first

    “HOW IS YOUR SOUL?” George Crumbly January 29, 2006 Humphrey UMC Sunday AM Maxium Security Unit Tucker AR Wednesday February 8, 2006 7:00pm Mark 8 INTRO: Got home Monday night and received a call from some folks from a church I used to pastor back in the 90’s, their father has bone ...read more

  • Taking Up The Cross

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 7, 2006
    based on 37 ratings
     | 5,593 views

    The importance of ’denying oneself’ and ’taking up the cross.’

    TAKING UP THE CROSS MARK 8:27-38 INTRODUCTION... How do you work this thing? There’s the story of a soldier frantically digging in during battle as shells fall all around him. Suddenly his hand feels something metal and he grabs it. It’s a silver cross. Another shell explodes and he buries his ...read more

  • What Can You Give?

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Mar 9, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 1,876 views

    The most precious thing we can give to Christ Jesus is the one thing we are most reluctant to give. Ourselves!

    Mark 8: 31 – 38 – What Can I Give You? Intro: I remember a number of years ago watching a television program called “What’s My Line?” --- The program was in black and white, so that tells you how long ago it was. The whole premise of the show was a panel of celebrities tried to guess the ...read more

  • Christianity: It's More Than A Hobby. It's A Way Of Life

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 9, 2006
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,873 views

    Jesus calls on us to deny our selves and take up our crosses and follow Him - just as He went to the cross. This sermon delves into that idea of denying the "self" a little more.

    March 12, 2006 Mark 8:31-38 31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and ...read more

  • "Got To Choose"

    Contributed by Kenneth Sauer on Mar 11, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,161 views

    A sermon about self-denial, taking up the Cross and following Jesus.

    Mark 8:31-38 “Got to Choose” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org Each week my friend John LeGault from First United Methodist Church sends me his sermon and I send him mine, via the email. We read one another’s sermons, and ...read more

  • Take Up Your Cross

    Contributed by Helen Allen on Mar 12, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,921 views

    The storms and trials of life are part of the process of God building us into his kingdom.

    Imagine a situation where a homeless man is begging on the streets of London. A well-dressed man in a stretch limo pulls up next to him and offers him a job as vice-president of his company. You might think that sounds like a fairy tale; but that is exactly what God has done for us. We don’t ...read more

  • Pain Has A Purpose

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 13, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 9,987 views

    We all know pain is going to be a part of life. The main question is "why". If I understand God’s purpose for pain I can deal with it.

    March 12, 2006 Second Sunday in the Season of Lent -------------------------------------------------- Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. ...read more

  • God, Save Me From Your Followers Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Mar 13, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,187 views

    Jesus said that we should not be ashamed of Him. But what happens when we are ashamed of our fellow believers?

    Mark 8:31-38 – God, Save Me From Your Followers Today we are continuing our series on The Life of Jesus, and we are looking at the 1st time Jesus predicted His own death. In the early stages of His ministry, Jesus did a lot of miracles and healings. As His ministry continued, He did more ...read more

  • Truth In Advertising The Christian Life

    Contributed by William Mouser on Mar 14, 2006
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,336 views

    Suffering for the gospel is an indispensable part of the gospel. Faith that perseveres through suffering is rewarded with the victory of Christ’s resurrection.

    Psalm 16, Genesis 22:1-14, Romans 8:31-39, Mark 8:31-38 There is a body of legislation on the books in most states today that we might call “truth in advertising laws.” They were enacted by state legislatures over the past several decades in order to protect consumers from false advertising ...read more