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  • Michael Blankenship avatar

    Hope When The Night Stays Long And The Wind Blows Cold

    Contributed by Michael Blankenship on Dec 24, 2000
    based on 77 ratings
     | 5,790 views

    A Sermon of encouragemnet for the Christmas Season

    1 Peter 1:13-21 Hope when the night grows long and the wind blows cold. Jellico First Baptist Church, Jellico Tennessee. Web Site: www.jfb.faithsite.com/default.asp Bro. Michael Blankenship: Pastor Sunday Morning December 24, 2000 When Christ our Savior came as a baby to the manger at Bethlehem, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Pure Catholicism

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 4, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 4,097 views

    A tract for Catholics

    Hello, are you a Catholic? I mean are you a real Catholic? If you are, then we share in a blessed experience and believe in some wonderful truths! Let us review some of those truths. First of all, as Catholics we believe the Bible is the Word of God. Jesus testifies to its authority. "For ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joe Bedy avatar

    Be Holy Because He Is Holy!

    Contributed by Joe Bedy on Sep 26, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 4,777 views

    God sets His people apart to be Holy in an unholy world.

    Be Holy Because He is Holy! You have all seen the television commercial for the Armed Forces "Be all that you can be." Everybody wants to be all that they can be. We all hunger for that, we don’t all reach our potential, but we do all desire to be all that we believe we are capable of being. No ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Carl Willis avatar

    Chosen To Live A Holy Life Series

    Contributed by Carl Willis on Apr 14, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 4,625 views

    You have been chosen by God for a holy life.

    Chosen to Live a Holy Life I Peter 1:13-25 I. Straighten up!!!! A. Our hope rests in God 1. his kindness will be revealed in Christ Jesus 2. put your hope in nothing else B. obedient children 1. live as you ought to a. by what you have been taught b. by what you have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Boundary Markers: Noble Truths That Set Us Apart Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 8, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,396 views

    True Christians do not always see everything the same way, but we stand up for certain non-negotiable truths.

    Boundary Markers: Noble Truths That Set Us Apart (I Peter 1:17-21) 1. Sometimes people who do not know the Lord appoint themselves as spokesman for us. 2. Have you ever heard a lost person accuse you of being unChristlike because you would not give them their way? 3. Or have you heard claims ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Raising A G-Rated Family In An R-Rated World Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 15, 2006
    based on 144 ratings
     | 39,008 views

    It has grown increasingly more difficult to keep the world from influencing our families. What can we do to counter that influence?

    OPEN: A man was once hired to go and take a census in the hills of east Tennessee. He came to one ram-shackle home, knocked on the door and was greeted by a young girl. Brandishing his clipboard, the interviewer asked the girl, "Is your mom home?" She said, "Nah, she ran off with a moon shiner." ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • H. Kevin Derr avatar

    Introduction To 1 Peter Series

    Contributed by H. Kevin Derr on Sep 13, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 6,997 views

    A general introduction to the book of First Peter

    August 29, 2004 First Church of the Brethren H. Kevin Derr 1 Peter 1:1-9 “Introduction to 1 Peter & the Greeting” Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, 2who have been chosen according to ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    Think Straight Be Straight Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 14, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,751 views

    The church of Jesus Christ must make sure they are thinking straight and being straight in their lives.

    1 Peter 1:1 – Think Straight Be Straight Thesis: The church of Jesus Christ must make sure they are thinking straight and being straight in their lives. Video Illustration: Movie Pay It Forward. Clip is from the beginning of the movie were a reporter becomes the recipient of a random act of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • H. Kevin Derr avatar

    Living In Fear" Series

    Contributed by H. Kevin Derr on Sep 17, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,361 views

    An expositoin of 1 Peter 1:17-21

    17Since you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. 18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19but ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Mark Richardson avatar

    Why Be Holy

    Contributed by Mark Richardson on Sep 18, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 3,279 views

    Reasons we should live a life of commitment to Christ.

    Why Be Holy: Text: I Peter 1:13-24 Why be Holy? Why should I go to the trouble of living for the Lord? Holy means, “Different”! God is most Holy, or most different! Most people don’t want to be different, they want to be like everybody else. They really don’t want to stand out! But God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Are Strangers Pt 1 Series

    Contributed by Bill Lyle on Sep 13, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,070 views

    A study in First Peter

    I. Living in reverent fear vss. 17-21 A. How you should understand your relationship with God. vs. 17 B. A short summery of the Christian faith. Vss.18-21 1. Redemption vss. 18-19 2. Revelation vs. 20 3. Resurrection vs. 21 II. Key words and phrases vs. 17 A. Strangers B. Impartially C. Reverent ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    We Are Strangers Pt 2 Series

    Contributed by Bill Lyle on Sep 13, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,406 views

    A Study in First Peter

    1 Peter 1:17-21 Suffering from Happiness – We are strangers! Pt. 2 I. A short summery of the Christian faith. Vss.18-21 A. Redemption vss. 18-19 B. Revelation vs. 20 C. Resurrection vs. 21 II. Redemption as seen through-out the Bible A. Redemption as seen in Genesis B. Redemption as seen in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Holiness: The Hollow Inheritance Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 21, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,680 views

    The God who we find in the Bible, is the God of real life, not the God of our imagined Disneyfied Happy Ending Life. Nasty, bad things happen in life. Being holy is not looking good, its dealing with life God’s way.

    What you believe will determine how you behave and your behavior reveals your true beliefs. We who have been involved in the church for many years read this Scripture about holiness and we say to ourselves…I know all about that holiness stuff, we say…Holiness is literally God separating us from ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jason Jones avatar

    The Ultimate Motivaiton For Obedience Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 29, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,823 views

    Exposition of 1 Peter 1:17-21

    Text: 1 Peter 1:17-21, Title: The Ultimate Motivation for Obedience, Date/Place: LSCC, 6/12/05, AM A. Opening illustration: the moor played by Morgan Freeman in the Costner Robin Hood film. Or the black brigades in the Civil War giving absolute loyalty to the nation vying for their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Cox avatar

    Holiness

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Apr 21, 2007
     | 6,299 views

    We are called to live holy lives

    1 PETER 1:13Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15But just as he who called you is holy, so be ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal