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  • Brian Matherlee avatar

    There Is No Plan "B"

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 29, 2008
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    A message on stewardship focusing on our carrying the Gospel in words and deeds.

    STEWARDSHIP Part 1-There Is No Plan “B” Matthew 16:13-19 January 6, 2008 Pastor Brian Matherlee Who has a key to your house? Who do you trust with access to your stuff while you’re gone? We don’t trust people easily when it comes to the big things of our lives. God doesn’t either. In Matthew ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The B's Of The Beatitudes

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Mar 23, 2005
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    Too often in our Christian lives we become acclimated to certain phrases and in turn they lose their power. This is a look into the beattitudes

    The B’s of the Beatitudes Matthew 5:1-12 INTRODUCTION: Too often in our Christian lives we become acclimated to certain phrases and in turn they lose their power. The Lord’s Prayer is a great example… Many non-Christians recite this prayer as a devotional because of its poetic quality, without ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    There Is No Plan B

    Contributed by Kenneth Tankersley on Jan 28, 2008
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    OFTEN, WE HEAR THE TERMINOLOGY: PLAN B. THE BACK-UP PLAN IN CASE THE FIRST PLAN FAILS. HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED TO THINK THAT JESUS HAD NO “PLAN B” IF HIS PLAN “A” WERE REJECTED? THERE SIMPLY WAS NO PLAN “B” NO OTHER WAY UNTO SALVATION. ACTS 4: 12.

    THERE IS NO “PLAN B” TEXT: JOHN 6:60--69 INTRODUCTION: OFTEN, WE HEAR THE TERMINOLOGY: PLAN B. THE BACK-UP PLAN IN CASE THE FIRST PLAN FAILS. ALL BUSINESSES AND MOST POLITICIANS HAVE A PLAN B. AN ALTERNATE PLAN TO GO TO IF ALL ELSE FAILS. HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED TO THINK THAT JESUS HAD NO “PLAN ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Larry Brincefield avatar

    B Is For Beginning Series

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 30, 2007
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    1. In the beginning. 2. The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom 3. Your beginnings will seem humble 4. The beginning of birth pains

    Introduction 1. One day a group of scientists got together and decided that man had come a long way and they no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell Him that they were done with Him. The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we’ve decided that we no longer ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Tom Fuller avatar

    Plan B Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 21, 2008
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    Do you ever get into a situation where you are trying to follow God’s will but things just don’t seem to work out? If so, you are in good company. Find out how the Lord used a pinball to guide Paul, and you!

    We’d love to get an email from God with our day all planned out but it doesn’t work that way. And so we seek God and move forward—only to run into road blocks and rivers and dead ends. So what gives? Does the fact that things don’t work out perfectly mean we don’t hear God or are somehow not ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    C.h.u.r.c.h.

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Sep 18, 2011
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    When you think of the word church what comes into your mind? Jesus Christ told Peter, “I will build my Church.” But what does that church look like? What is the church and what is intended to be?

    C.H.U.R.C.H. Matthew 16:13-19 Introduction: When you think of the word church what comes into your mind? Jesus Christ told Peter, “I will build my Church.” But what does that church look like? A man was answering questions for a national poll. When asked for his church preference, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    There Is No Plan B Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Apr 23, 2012
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    Salvation, repentance, humility, pride

    THERE IS NO PLAN B “Why going is urgent, not optional” Romans 3: 10-12 (p 797) Oct. 16, 2011 INTRODUCTION: Have you ever heard the statement “Ignorance of the law is no excuse?” or “Ignorance of the law is no ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    B Thankful Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 22, 2009
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    God repeatedly tells me I should be thankful for all things. But there are times I don’t want to thankful. There are times I don’t FEEL thankful. So how can I obey God when that happens?

    OPEN: I read the true story of GIs stationed on Leyte in the Philippines during WW II. Although the region was secure, sometimes the enemy tried to infiltrate their food storage area. One such adversary, dressed in GI clothing, had worked himself into the noontime chow line. But the camp cook ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    B Imitators Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 1, 2009
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    What does it mean to imitate God? And what stops us from doing that effectively?

    OPEN: Lily Tomlin is a famous woman comedian. Once she said, "I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." APPLY: A lot of people would like to be somebody. The past couple of nights, little children went "Trick Or Treating" dressed up to be “somebody”. Some of those ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    B - Be Ready Series

    Contributed by Oliver O. Suarez on Jul 2, 2016
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    train yourself so that when opportunities come, you are enthusiastically available and able.

    There are no accidents in life. Everything happens for a reason. Others may say, life is unfair but it never was, it never is, and never will be unfair for those who understand the purpose of living. Everything that comes your way is part of God’s way in preparing you for the great work you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Pepe Gonzales avatar

    The C.h.u.r.c.h.

    Contributed by Pepe Gonzales on Nov 15, 2019
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    What is The Church, How does God Look at The Church and what does God expect of The Church?

    Matt 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.... The 1st time that the word Church is used is found here in this Scripture....... 2 Tim 2:15.... Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    From Prayer To Praise.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 27, 2025
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    Be merciful. My heart is fixed. Be thou exalted.

    FROM PRAYER TO PRAISE. Psalm 57:1-11. This is a beautifully crafted Psalm which, according to the title, was written by David ‘when he fled from Saul in the cave.’ The Psalm has two sections: first a prayer (PSALM 57:1-6); then second, praise (PSALM 57:7-11). Each section opens with a repeated ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    Jesus Has Overcome The World.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 21, 2024
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    “Be of good cheer” and ‘let not your heart be troubled.’

    JESUS HAS OVERCOME THE WORLD. John 16:23-33. JOHN 16:23a. “And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing.” In John 16:19, Jesus had known that “they were desirous to ask Him” about what He had just said. Now he assures us that at His second coming we won’t need to ask Him such things, because we would ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    The Giddy Heights Of Agape Love.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 9, 2022
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    Some thoughts on 1 Corinthians 13.

    THE GIDDY HEIGHTS OF AGAPE LOVE. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. At the end of the previous chapter Paul encouraged the Corinthians (church) to be, literally, ‘zealous’ for the best gifts (‘charismata’). ‘And yet,’ he said, ‘I show unto you a more excellent way’ (1 Corinthians 12:31). What is that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Restoration.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 30, 2024
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    The LORD restores "the years that the locust has eaten" (JOEL 2:25).

    RESTORATION. Joel 2:21-26. The locusts, and their like, had eaten away many years of Israel’s history (cf. Joel 1:4), with devastating results. Not only was the land wasted for the farmers and winemakers, but also the offerings of the LORD were cut off (cf. Joel 1:9-12). Joy was ‘withered ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational