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    Everyone Can Serve Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 27, 2021
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    Christians are to serve the church.

    Show video clip of Hoosiers when the coach is talking to Jimmy about using his gift to play basketball. Jimmy had a gift but he refused to use it and the team suffered. Later in the movie when Jimmy joins the team, the team goes from average to a championship contender and Jimmy is much ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Certainty

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 23, 2020
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    Christians are secure in their relationship with God because of the work and love of Jesus Christ.

    About two years after becoming a follower of Jesus Christ, I began to doubt if I was saved. At the end of the message on Sunday morning, July 4, 1976, the pastor invited people who wanted to become followers of Jesus to meet him at the front of the auditorium. Basically, I’m an introvert, but I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Love One Another

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 23, 2020
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    Love should be a Christian's single most defining attribute.

    Badges identify people. There’s the policeman’s badge (make a paper star). Every service company has its’ employees wear a badge (plastic cover with name inside). Boy Scouts and Awana children have badges telling you about their achievements (Awana shirt or sash). Christians have badges too. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Adoption

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Oct 2, 2020
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    Christians are encouraged in this world of suffering because of our special privileges as God's adopted children.

    Paul Tournier, the famous Swiss physician and counselor, reported his surprise in his book Creative Suffering upon reading an article entitled “Orphans Lead the World.” The article appeared in a respected medical journal and surveyed the lives of 300 leaders who had an impact on world history. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Difference Maker

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Sep 16, 2020
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    Only the Person of the Holy Spirit provides the power to overcome our sinful nature.

    Pastor Tony Evans begins his book on the Holy Spirit by telling us an imaginative, hypothetical story. Suppose you’ve just come from the appliance store and you have seen the most incredible refrigerator. It’s huge. It has all the bells and whistles that you’d expect on a refrigerator, plus some ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Song Of Songs

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Sep 15, 2020
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    God intends for love in marriage to be ongoing and growing.

    Title: The Song of Songs Text: Song of Songs 5:10-16; 7:1-9; 8:6 Truth: God intends for love in marriage to be ongoing and growing. INTRODUCTION Shirley Winters was an American actress whose career spanned almost six decades. Winters died in 2006 at 85 years of age. She won two Academy Awards ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Managing Your Tongue

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 20, 2020
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    Good stewardship is using your tongue wisely not falsely.

    One of the ways we differ from animals is our capacity to speak. Scientist and animal trainers have attempted to get monkeys to speak since the 17th century. Yet no chimpanzee has ever spoken. But I have several little monkeys, otherwise known as grandchildren, who talked before they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Your Cheatin' Heart

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 12, 2020
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    We guard our heart by obeying God's Word.

    Your Cheatin’ Heart is a song written and recorded in 1952 by country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams. However, the song was released after his death in 1953. Your Cheatin’ Heart is considered one of the greatest songs of country music. The song is a slow ballad, telling an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Wholeheartedness Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 25, 2020
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    God wants and deserves our best.

    During the first World War, just after the turn of the 20th century, Teddy Roosevelt thundered against what he called hyphenated Americans. He meant people who had divided loyalty. We use hyphenation to describe ethnicity. Roosevelt said, “America is not a polyglot boarding house. (A “polyglot” ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Opportunity Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 24, 2020
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    Boldly act on the opportunity to share and serve Christ.

    The first door lock, as we imagine door locks, was invented by an Egyptian 3,000 years ago. There was little improvement on locks until the Romans invented a kind of notched key. The next major improvement on locks was not until the 1700’s. A man by the name of Yale invented the tumbler lock. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Real Church Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 24, 2020
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    The mark of the church is reality. What is said and done is a true reflection of what they are inwardly.

    President Harry Truman enjoyed telling the story about a man who was hit on the head at work. The blow was so severe that he was knocked unconscious for an extended period. His family was convinced that he was dead. The funeral home was called, and the undertaker picked him up at the hospital. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Holiness Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 24, 2020
     | 3,909 views

    Holiness is the indispensable mark of a Christian and the church

    The medical field in Britain was rocked some years ago to discover that their profession had been infiltrated by terrorists. It was discovered that attempted terrorist acts were instigated by seven medical doctors and one medical lab technician with suspected links to al Qaeda. Britain hires ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pergamum: Truth Marks The Church Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jul 24, 2020
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    The church is to hold to the truth inwardly as well as outwardly.

    Have you noticed how often a sword is at the center of a story? Young Arthur of King Arthur fame is destined to remove the sword from the stone, signifying he is the future king. The sword “Excalibur” bears the power to protect Arthur from harm. Only when the sword is stolen, does Arthur become ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Smyrna: Faithful In Suffering Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 27, 2020
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     | 7,621 views

    The New Testament church is marked by suffering and trusting its Lord.

    If you could live anywhere you wanted, where would you live? Some of you would want to go where there is a beach. Others would go to the mountains. According to U.S. News and World Report they rank for 2020 the #1 best place to live in the U.S. is Austin, Texas! That’s hard to accept for an OU ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Church Marked By Love

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jun 27, 2020
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    The first mark of a true and living church is its love for Jesus and the brethren.

    According to research done by sociologist W.F. Nimkoff and Arthur Wood, the intensity of romance in a marriage diminishes by 80% during the first two years. Two friends who lived in the West Virginia mountains were talking one day. “Horace,” the first one said, “why didn’t you ever get ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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