Preaching on Imitation of Christ? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.
God's Love Language
Introduction
Why does it take so long to learn how to love the important people in our life? Am I the only slow learner in this crowd? When our kids were ...
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Looking Otherward
Introduction
Many years ago, I had dinner at a place called Windows on the World. The restaurant sat atop a skyscraper so high that the wait staff literally ...
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Measuring the Clouds
Introduction
Turn in your Bible to Matthew chapter 5, beginning with verse 38. Jesus says: "You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for ...
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If Jesus Lived in My Neighborhood
Introduction
Mark 10:35–45 offers several reasons why we should be servants in our community, in our work environment, and in the neighborhood in ...
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The Prime Principle
Introduction
Abiding in Christ is simply staying near a friend who loves you. But what happens to a person who abides in Christ? If I really walk with ...
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Come Die with Me
Introduction
Matthew's gospel says that, toward the end of his three years of public ministry, "Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go ...
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Complete the Circle
Introduction
In his book Bono in Conversation, author Michka Assayas recounts a remarkable discussion he had with the lead singer and songwriter of the ...
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My Favorite Heroes: Joseph
Introduction
We are in a series looking at different heroes of the faith, and today we'll be looking at Joseph. You can turn in your Bibles to Genesis ...
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The Love Connection
Text: 1 John 2:1–11
Topic: How to walk as Jesus walked
Introduction
First John is a book of assurances. It tells us what God wants his people to know. ...
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Keys to a Useful Life
Introduction
The personnel manager of a large corporation recently said that the chief problem in industry and business today is certainly not over-production, ...
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The Most Beautiful People on Earth
Introduction
The latest rage in reality TV is the makeover show, in which a team of experts are brought in to transform somebody's wardrobe, car, backyard, ...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Introduction
I had originally announced that I would be speaking today on the Christian's relationship to government, but in recent days the Lord has put ...
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Like a Living Stone
Introduction
"How does it feel," Bob Dylan asks. "How does it feel to be on your own, with no direction home, a complete unknown, like a rolling stone?" ...
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Us and Them
Introduction
Just a few hours before his death, and a few days before he left his kingdom in the hands of his followers, Jesus prayed for them, and for ...
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The Difference-Making Difference
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Have you ever noticed that some passages of Scripture are crystal clear and easy to understand—the previous passage, for example? And ...
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Reflections on the Lord's Prayer
Introduction
Most of us have had the experience of putting together something that we bought unassembled. Whether it was a swing set, a bicycle, a radio ...
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What Should I Do?
Introduction
A man reached retirement age and decided that he would help his wife by taking over some of the cooking chores. He began to make notes as ...
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Lift High the Cross
Introduction
Over the last several centuries, there has been a gradual, progressive, and continual exaltation of the self. The poet Walt Whitman wrote ...
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Becoming a Street Smart Saint
In the three previous messages in this series, we saw the Jewish leaders challenging Jesus' authority. He responded with a series of parables about ...
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A Good Imitation
Occasionally, when you read the Bible, you'll come across a verse that jumps out and overwhelms you by virtue of its sheer impossibility. For example, ...
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Which Rung are You On?
I went to a restaurant, a type of place. As we were eating, this girl comes out with a bucket of Thousand Island dressing. She's coming out of the kitchen ...
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