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  • Bruce Howell avatar

    Spiritual Surgery

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Oct 16, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 12,643 views

    Carnality is the cancer of the soul. Surgery by the Great Physician is the preferred treatment.

    Spiritual Surgery 1 Cor. 2:11-16 11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Lets Think About God's Wisdom Series

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Jan 21, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,404 views

    Sermon 3 on First Corth.

    Let’s Think About God’s Wisdom 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Introduction A. Use the illustration of the ministry of Jonah. His message to Nineveh was negative. However, he faithfully proclaimed his God-given message and had great results. In some way God worked through that message. B. We are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Thirteen Ways The Holy Spirit Helps Resolve Conflicts

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 20, 2004
    based on 78 ratings
     | 10,200 views

    The Holy Spirit gives us God’s secret wisdom to handle any conflict in our personal lives or ministries. Paul wrote, "We speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began...but God has reveal

    Thirteen Ways the Holy Spirit Helps Resolve Conflicts (I Cor. 2:1-16) Illustration: Many years ago a speech research unit at Kenyon College conducted a test in cooperation with the US Navy. The purpose was to discover how the tone quality of the voice affected sailors when they were given orders. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Foolish Wisdom Of God

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Apr 21, 2003
    based on 86 ratings
     | 10,923 views

    At first blush, God’s wisdom seems so elementary, so foolish even. We as humans love to debate and create big complicated philosophies. Instead, the Apostle Paul shows us how to simplify our understanding to know the REAL wisdom of God.

    For an audio copy of this message, go to: LivingWatersWeb.com If I asked you to name some great speakers – who comes to mind? Oddly, when I thought about it, the first person who came to my mind was Oliver North. Remember Ollie North? He was the guy who helped mastermind the sale Iran/contra ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    On His Majesty's Secret Service

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 27, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,559 views

    Funeral sermon for Ruth Gossage, age 97, one of the first female U.S. Secret Service agents.

    But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. Life is mystery. It is not just that life contains mystery, nor that there are so many unsolved questions. It is that life itself is mystery, secret and hidden, as Paul says. It has often been ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Laying Aside False Dependencies

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 10, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,500 views

    Eleven ways the Holy Spirit helps us put away our false dependencies.

    Laying Aside False Dependencies (I Cor 2:2-14) Illustration: Speechwriter Peggy Noonan, in her book Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, noted that appearances can be deceiving. "People never look like what they are," Noonan wrote. Of one unscrupulous businessman she commented that if we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Get Smart Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Feb 3, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 6,066 views

    We think differently (as least we are supposed to...)

    GET SMART I Corinthians 2:6-16 S: Holy Spirit Th: Live the Difference Pr: WE THINK DIFFERENTLY (OR AT LEAST, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO…) ?: Why? Why do we think differently? KW: Reasons TS: We will find in our study of I Corinthians 2:6-16 three reasons why we, as Christians, think differently. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thinking About God's Wisdom

    Contributed by Andy Almendarez on Mar 22, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 3,832 views

    Man’s wisdom comes not from himself, it comes from God.

    Thinking About God=s Wisdom. 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Text: 1 Corinthians 2:16 Sermon Idea: Man=s wisdom comes not from himself, it comes from God. Sin runs rampant in our society. Daily newspaper and television reports of overcrowding of prisons can attest to ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Uncovering The Unimaginable Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 3, 2003
    based on 56 ratings
     | 10,191 views

    I Corinthians, Chapter 2 I am indebted to Dwight Davis and his message entitled "Is that you God?" located on Sermon Central for some illustrations and ideas. Paul quotes Isaiah 64:4 in 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NCV) "But as it is written in the Scriptures: ’N

    Uncovering the Unimaginable I Corinthians, Chapter 2 Paul quotes Isaiah 64:4 in 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NCV) "But as it is written in the Scriptures: ’No one has ever seen this, and no one has ever heard about it. No one has ever imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.’” God reveals ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Larry Elder avatar

    Why The Spirit Came

    Contributed by Larry Elder on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,834 views

    • Today the effectiveness of the church still depends upon our understanding of the Holy Spirit and our willingness to allow the Holy Spirit to minister to others through us.

    Why the Spirit Came Acts 1:8 I Cor 2: 14 • Acts chapter one marks the end of the earthly ministry of Christ and the foundation of the church by the apostles • Jesus prepared the disciples to be in ministry so when they were filled with the Holy Spirit they would launch the ministry of the new ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Gaining Greater Spiritual Perception

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 17, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 11,336 views

    Perception: To apprehend with the mind or through all of the senses; to observe, notice, understand all of the truth.

    Gaining Greater Spiritual Perception (I Cor. 2:8-16) Perception: To apprehend with the mind or through all of the senses; to observe, notice, understand all of the truth. Illustration: Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He’s so big we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • TOM TARPLEY avatar

    Don't Let Your Service Override Your Relationship

    Contributed by Tom Tarpley on Apr 21, 2004
    based on 49 ratings
     | 6,295 views

    A reminder that we need to spend more time with God.

    There are many people in the world who claim the name of Christians.There are thousands maybe even millions of people who give their money, time, and their talents to help the church continue it’s ministry of spreading God’s Word to a secular ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Jose Gomez Sr. avatar

    Learn From The Ant, Oh Sluggard!!

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on May 18, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 13,644 views

    God often compares us to the best of His creation to teach us principles for a victorious life.

    "Go to the ant, o sluggard, observe her ways and be wise, which, having no chief, officer or ruler, prepares her food in the summer, and gather’s her provision in the harvest. How long will you lie down, o sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jose Gomez Sr. avatar

    God Is In Control!!

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on May 21, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 11,657 views

    God is in control!

    1 Corinthians 2:9-16 but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM." For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • James May avatar

    Spiritual Eyesight

    Contributed by James May on Jun 27, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,701 views

    Can you really see what God sees?

    Spiritual Eyesight By Pastor Jim May After feeding the multitude with 7 seven loaves of bread and two small fish there were 12 baskets of fish and bread left over. But somehow the disciples had left and failed to take anything with them. Thus we find them, a little while later on a boat in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible