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As an unruly teenager you probably thought your father would be a great preacher or evangelist because you didn't have quite enough fingers and toes to count up all of the sermons he delivered when you broke the rules. Sermons are more than lectures, though.

A carefully crafted sermon delivered with genuine concern for the parishioners may persuade, motivate, and inspire a person or group of people to take steps toward true transformational change in their lives.

The difference between a hum-drum snoozer of a sermon, a get up and shout "Hallelujah!" sermon, and a quiet, introspective, and intently listened to sermon has as much to do with the members of the congregation as it does with the Pastor or Priest conveying it.

One of the most well-known sermons was given by Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Holy Bible and is referred to by Christianity as the Sermon on the Mount. Like many sermons, this infamous one relayed many significant moral principles and beliefs. Bloggers speaking about sermons can be found at such sites as solidrockchurch and pastorpjsermons.

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• Getting Through to Someone Who Isn’t Listening

  
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  At some point, a preacher will preach a sermon that does not go well. Or at work, a conversation will not go the way you’d hoped. The expectation you had going into the conversation of the desired outcome is not met. Maybe it is at home where you and your spouse, or you and your child seem to be ships passing in ...
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• Monday Morning Mind Dump…

  
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  What a week I got back Thursday from a few days at a preaching conference in Reno and hit the ground running on my sermon It was an unbelievable conference You can read my notes from it here I preached yesterday on John 3:16 One of the most well known, beloved verses in the Bible that most people do not ...
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• How To Handle Your Greatest Frustrations

  
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  Frustration. It’s born in the space between our expectations and our actual experiences. “This isn’t what marriage was supposed look like.” “I thought this job was going to be different.” “I never thought my kids would act that way.” We have all been there. Overcome with frustration and left with ...
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• The Fellowship and Relationship Found Within The Trinity. A Homily for May 26, Trinity Sunday from JOHN 16:12-15

  
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  Trinity Sunday Homily for 5.26.13 John 16:12-15  Year C Today, the Church offers us the opportunity to celebrate the mysterious expression of the GOD who is there and who is not silent by thinking-through that which theology has termed the Trinity. In the text before us, therefore, coming again ...
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• Sermon Slice: The Abundant Life

  
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  In this Sermon Slice Pastor Zak talks about how we can live an abundant life with God. Can’t see the video above? Click here to watch: The Abundant Life from Revolution Church on Vimeo .
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• Meaningful Dialogue and Dialogue about Meaning

  
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  Guest Blogger: Amy Mitchell of UnchainedFaith.com Not long ago, I read a lively discussion among a group of fellow writers on the interpretation of Scripture and who has earned to right to explain the meaning and original context for the Bible. Two of them suggested that theological discourse must begin with ...
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• What is the main result of The Holy Spirit’s coming?

  
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  _ Pentecost is a good time to learn about what the Holy Spirit’s role is in all of this. And what is our role when it comes to the Spirit? What is the main result of the Holy Spirit’s coming? Where does the Spirit fit in with regard to your vocation? _ Here’s Pastor Mark’s sermon for Pentecost ...
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• Gifted and Called -- A Sermon for a Service of Affirmation of Ordination

  
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  Ephesians 4:7-16 Why would anyone want to be a pastor? After all, there’s nothing glamorous about pastoral ministry.   There are, according to Frederick Buechner, three popular views of clergy.   Some believe that clergy are "nice people" who try to make sure you know that they’re just ...
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• Sufferings faced by Jesus

  
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  Jesus died an awful death.  Ruthless assassins, terrorists, sadistic and serial killers, and perverted criminals all have received much more humane treatment.  What Jesus endured at the cross can only be described as vicious.  Consider the violent aspects of His crucifixion. THERE WAS PHYSICAL TORTURE.  He was ...
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• The Spirit is Here!

  
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  a Sermon for Pentecost C Text: Acts 2:1-21 A Holy Spectacle In Pentecost, we have the dawning of a new era. Jesus has departed and the Advocate, the Holy Spirit has arrived. It is now the apostles’ turn to deal with the ministry for which Jesus was preparing them. I’m not sure what they expected, or what we ...
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• I am not preaching a sermon today, but if I was…

  
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  If I was preaching a sermon today I would tell you a story about the breath of God, about tongues of fire, about visions and dreams, about not being afraid, about knowing that you are not alone. And this particular Sunday, Pentecost Sunday, I would be wearing red. ********************************* On the day I ...
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• The Urgency of Evangelism

  
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  Sermon preached this morning at St Mary Bredin, Canterbury .
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• Jesus’s Prayer for Unity

  
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  a Sermon for Easter 7C Text: John 17:20-26   A hopeless prayer If you are ever self-conscious about praying in public, don’t be. Just remember how the writers of the gospel we call John portray Jesus: The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and ...
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• “Jesus Prays for Us” (Sermon on John 17:20-26, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)

  
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  “Jesus Prays for Us” (John 17:20-26) Did you know you are mentioned in the Gospel reading for today? You are. Jesus is talking about you–in fact, he is praying for you–in the passage known as his “High Priestly Prayer” in John 17. In the first part of that chapter, Jesus has been praying for his ...
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• Why Study Theology?

  
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  I started a Sunday evening series on the main doctrines of our faith last week. We are calling it, "Firm Foundations." I want to begin my pastorate at Miller Heights by laying a solid foundation of truth that will serve us for many years and decades to come. I started with an introductory message addressing the ...
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• Pastor Stephen D. Lewis @ Steps to Life

  
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  http://www.stepstolife.org/video/LiveVideoStream.php or    Internet Video or Internet Radio ,,,, Update: Sermon ended at 1PM CT . . .
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• Its time to grow up - Kenneth Cox

  
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  ProphecyFoundation Uploaded on Jul 15, 2011 In the Christian life, it is necessary for us to grow? If youre Christian experience is not going forward, then it is going backward. Lets find out from the Bible how to keep growing! .
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• The God Who Comforts – A Mothers Day Message

  
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  This week at my church I won’t be sharing a traditional Mother’s Day sermon but instead will be sharing a message about the God who comforts as a mother who comforts her child. Often times we place upon God attributes that show severity and rigidness. However I would like to show you the God who [...] The post ...
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• CD Review: Safe Haven “Sermon for No One”

  
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  Chicago-based Safe Haven started when lead guitarist Patrick Lyons got together with drummer Tony Tabor. And while the two musicians created yet another drum and guitar duo to add to the number of musical duos that have formed since the success of The Black Keys, Safe Haven is so much more as they draw upon the ...
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• The Times of Trouble - Ralph Larson

  
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  In Daniel 12:1 it says: "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written ...
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