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  • Rick Stacy avatar

    Uncovering The Unimaginable Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jun 3, 2003
    based on 56 ratings
     | 9,801 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

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    Why Can't They Understand?

    Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000
    based on 164 ratings
     | 7,680 views

    Why can't some people "get it" when it comes to the Christian gospel?

    Sometimes the words we speak just don't connect with the person to whom we are speaking. During the first week of basic training, an army drill sergeant was explaining what was in store for his squad during the next two months. One young private raised his hand and asked, "Sergeant, when do we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How The Holy Spirit Gives Spiritual Perceptiveness Enabling You To Understand That The Best Things In Life Are Free

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 61 ratings
     | 7,949 views

    How The Holy Spirit Gives Spiritual Perceptiveness Enabling You to Understand That the Best Things in Life Are Free ( I Cor. 2:9-16)

    How The Holy Spirit Gives Spiritual Perceptiveness Enabling You to Understand That the Best Things in Life Are Free I Cor. 2:8-16 Illustration;Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He’s so big we can never kill him." David looked at the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Don't Let Your Service Override Your Relationship

    Contributed by Tom Tarpley on Apr 21, 2004
    based on 49 ratings
     | 6,007 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

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    Water Or The Spirit, Which Birth?

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 4,675 views

    "You must be born again," is a life or death statement. But What does it mean? We explore this in John 3.

    Water or the Spirit, Which Birth? Text: John 3:1-17 When Johnny Foust and I were 16 years old, I spent the night at his house and we got out our Bibles and the Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance and looked up every verse that had the words saved, forgiven, redeemed, justified, sanctified, born ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Gaining Greater Spiritual Perception

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 17, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 11,055 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

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    On His Majesty's Secret Service

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 27, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,400 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

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    Get Smart Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Feb 3, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 5,775 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
     | 3,573 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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    The Foolish Wisdom Of God

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Apr 21, 2003
    based on 86 ratings
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    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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    Mystery

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 16, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,294 views

    Most of know what the cross has done "for" us; but what is the cross doing "in" us now? This one is about the Mystery of the Gospel. The Kingdom of God in the here and now.

    16, October 2005 Dakota Community Church Mystery I have three words I want you to think about this morning: - The first is “desperation”. Are you desperate for the Lord in your life this morning? Have you come to worship with a sense of urgency? Don’t let this be a church attendance experience ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Michael Luke avatar

    Not Man But God Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Dec 14, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,375 views

    Comparing God’s power with man’s weakness

    SERIES: “OVERCOMING OBSTACLES THAT OBSTRUCT OBEDIENCE” TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 2:1-16 TITLE: “NOT MAN BUT GOD” INTRODUCTION: A. Several years back, Paul Harvey told about Duane Cowgill, a barber in Marshall, Michigan. Duane had an overabundance of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Durst avatar

    El Espiritu Santo

    Contributed by Michael Durst on Mar 15, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,696 views

    A traves de la carta de Pablo a los Corintios, veamos tres cosas que el espiritu santo hace en nuestras vidas.

    Hay un señor de quien ustedes tal vez han oído. El se llama Pablo, antes su nombre era Saulo y este señor escribió parte de la Biblia. De hecho, hay 27 libros del nuevo testamento y el escribió 13 de ellos. Nosotros hemos estado estudiando su vida en nuestro estudio bíblico. La primera vez que ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Charles King avatar

    Before The Beginning Series

    Contributed by Charles King on Mar 20, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,777 views

    God foreordained Jesus’ crucifixion before the beginning of creation.

    Before the Beginning God created a plan and kept it a mystery, which was foreordained before the world was created and then kept secret for thousands of years until the cross (Jesus and Him crucified)(1 Cor 2:7). God’s mystery (plan), which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    What The World Doesn't Know-Perseverance Part 5 Series

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jul 26, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,359 views

    There is a significant difference between the way the world and the church views life.

    July 24, 2005 Morning Service Text: 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Subject: Part 5 in the Perseverance Series Title: What the World Doesn’t Know We continue today with part 5 of the Perseverance Series. So far we have covered joy, trust and the preaching of the word. Today I want to share with you about ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God