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  • Bill Prater avatar

    Sermon On The Mount Lesson 16

    Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 1, 2001
    based on 129 ratings
     | 4,470 views

    Lesson 16

    Years ago children, in an effort to convince their friends that they were really serious about a matter, used to make an oath of sorts. The oath was something similar to, "Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye." When that "cross my heart" vow was taken, the only legal way to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Keep Your Promise To Serve The Lord

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jan 1, 2004
    based on 95 ratings
     | 16,936 views

    Encouragement to believers to keep the promise they made to follow Jesus for the rest of their lives. Dangers of breaking covenant with God are highlighted.

    Compiled by: Herman Abrahams (Pastor), Cornerstone Faith Ministries, P.O. Box 740, Westridge 7802, Rep. of South Africa. E-Mail: Mentorship2003@yahoo.co.uk Note to the reader: If you have been blessed with this sermon compilation, I would be honoured to receive an e-mail from you ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Tiger Gullett avatar

    There's A Difference In Hear Say And Truth Series

    Contributed by Tiger Gullett on Jan 26, 2004
    based on 29 ratings
     | 5,447 views

    The third message in a series from "The Sermon On The Mount" dealing with the effects of our attitudes.

    INTRODUCTION: Have you ever heard something that you thought to be truth, and possibly even told someone else what you had heard, only later to find out that it wasn’t true? It was just hear say ! I remember eating pop rocks when I was a little boy. You know those little hard candies that began to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 8, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 5,018 views

    Message describing the need to be people of or word, and avoiding the need to "swear."

    Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say Matthew 5:33-37 November 7, 2004 Introduction Have you ever met a person who is constantly saying things like, "I swear I’m telling you the truth," or "Honest!" or even something like, "as God is my witness..." Have you ever wondered why they say stuff ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • David Rogers avatar

    The Characteristics Of A Christian

    Contributed by David Rogers on Nov 23, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,379 views

    Examines the characteristics that a Christian should radiate in their life.

    The Characteristics of a Christian Matthew 5 verses 1-16, 38-48 I. Introduction II. This message is dealing with the inner state of the mind and a heart that is the indispensable absolute of true Christian discipleship. a. Explains the outward manifestation of character and conduct of true ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Keep Your Promises Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Apr 2, 2005
    based on 158 ratings
     | 57,225 views

    Christ-followers need to be people of integrity who faithfully do what they say they will do.

    (based on Southeast Christian Church’s series “Living a Life of Integrity”) SERIES: “WORDS OF WISDOM FOR KINGDOM LIVING” TEXT: MATTHEW 5:33-37 TITLE: “KEEP YOUR PROMISES” INTRODUCTION: A. A wealthy businessman lay on his deathbed. His preacher came to visit and talked ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Warren Lamb avatar

    "What Is Your Word Worth?" Series

    Contributed by Warren Lamb on Apr 10, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,728 views

    Some say truth is realitive...but, Jesus didn’t think so. Just what is truth suppose to mean for a Christ-follower?

    “What Is Your Word Worth?” Matthew 5:33-37 Daniel Webster once wrote, “There is nothing so powerful as truth – and often, nothing so strange.” Perhaps he had an understanding into the insight that Jesus had about both the need for truth and the difficulty in attaining it. So far in this message ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Quest For Honesty Series

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Feb 20, 2005
    based on 54 ratings
     | 18,366 views

    The character attributes involved in honesty are: 1. Simplicity 2. Transparency 3. Integrity

    We are dealing with a topic today which is a struggle for all of us. If we are truthful, we will admit that not lying can be a problem. There is the fib, the white lie, the half-truth, the clever deception, misleading information, stretching the truth, exaggeration. Who has not been startled to ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Chris Appleby avatar

    Turning The Other Cheek - By Michael Prabaharan Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Mar 14, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,667 views

    The Sermon on the Mount is an invitation – to taste and see this God, to join his club and deepen his kind of life skills.

    Turning the Other Cheek I’ve been trying to figure out a realistic application for turning the other cheek ever since as a young person a mentor of mine once pointed out to that to teach his son this attitude was a license to getting him bullied at school. No way am I going to encourage my son ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Honesty And Integrity

    Contributed by David Petticrew on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 11,304 views

    A sermon looking at honesty and integrity in the life of Christian.

    Introduction When I preach I always go on about reading it in context. About establishing the original context of when it was written, who it was written to and what the situation described was. How the original readers would have understood that. That is all very important. But there is of course ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    War! What Is It Good For?

    Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Feb 12, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 2,310 views

    War is going to happen whether we like it or not. Regardless of our position on war politically and theologically, we are all called to turn to God and to love our enemies.

    The major thing in the news over the last few weeks has been all this business over Saddam Hussein and the allegations that he is stockpiling weapons of mass destruction. Every day another part of the drama is played out—George Bush or Colin Powell or Hans Blix or any one of a number of world ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Fix Your Purity Series

    Contributed by David Salisbury on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 3,112 views

    Lesson 5 in a series. This sermon focuses on Jesus’s words regarding sexual purity.

    Quick Sermons for Permanent Fixes Lesson 5 Fix Your Purity Matthew 5:27-37 Return to series this week. Examine Jesus’s words on adultery, divorce, and keeping your promises. There is a lot of power in these words and Jesus says there is a lot of power in our words. “I do” is a big thing to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    The Snowball Effects Of Sin Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,449 views

    Sins are not single isolated wrong, but are clustered into families.

    The Snowball Effects of Sin (Matt. 5:27-37) Here is my bulletin insert first: Divorce and Remarriage The subjects of divorce and remarriage are complicated and have always been matters of controversy among Bible-oriented Christians. When addressing this matter, I recognize that many top-notch ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Matthew Rogers avatar

    Simple Truth Telling Series

    Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Jan 7, 2002
    based on 167 ratings
     | 6,724 views

    We must keep our promises and people of our word.

    Relationships in the Kingdom – Part 4 May 13, 2001 INTRODUCTION Could you function if you always had to tell the truth? Someone who had to come to terms with this question was Fletcher Reede, the slick lawyer played by Jim Carrey in the movie “Liar, Liar.” Fletcher doesn’t have much of a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Integrity: Where Your Word Is Your Bond Series

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Sep 30, 2006
    based on 41 ratings
     | 26,930 views

    Integrity is a reputation of trustworthiness that is built up over a period of time and is proven by our behavior, our conduct both in and out of the limelight, both in the public view as well as when no other human is looking.

    INTEGRITY: WHERE YOUR WORD IS YOUR BOND Matthew 5:33-37 1. `My boy,’ said the businessman to his son, `there are two things that are essential if you are to succeed in business.’ `What are they, Dad? Asked the boy. `Integrity and sagacity.’ `What is integrity?’ `Always, no matter what, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist