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  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Go! And Wait With Purpose: Bridging Ascension And Pentecost - Acts 1:4-14 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on May 6, 2025
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     | 936 views

    How do we bridge the gap from Ascension to Pentecost? The answer is: we wait. We wait with purpose—waiting in prayer and expectation, just as the early disciples did.

    Go! And Wait with Purpose: Bridging Ascension and Pentecost – Waiting in Prayer and Expectation Introduction Today, we stand in the gap between two monumental events in the life of Jesus and His Church. The Ascension of our Lord, the moment when Jesus physically ascended into heaven, leaving His ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Temptation

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Feb 26, 2020
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    Temptation is the bridge that leads to sin should be choose to cross it.

    Temptation Matthew 4: 1 - 11 Intro: Drew Anderson from Tucson, Arizona wrote of his experience in Reader’s Digest. He was shopping in a mall with his wife when a shapely young woman in a very short, form fitting dress walked by. He said as she walked by his gaze followed her. Without looking ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Love That Never Gives Up Series

    Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Oct 23, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,037 views

    Learn how God’s unfailing love can inspire us to love others persistently, hopefully, and powerfully, even in the midst of challenges and hardships.

    Introduction: Dear friends and families, "Love and Family" - are two concepts that often go hand in hand. We often hear phrases like "blood is thicker than water" or "family is not defined by blood." These sayings remind us that love is at the core of any family, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Absolute Love Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 18, 2013
     | 6,091 views

    God's absolute love for us removed every barrier that keeps us from Him, and He calls us to love others by removing barriers.

    Have you ever heard a preacher say something that made you wince about his correctness (kind of like fasting)? Well, I am going to say something to make you wince. I am going to say something about the love of God. Then, when you are picking up stones to stone me, I am going to tell you why I said ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How The Holy Spirit Enables Us To Communicate Across Social-Cultural Barriers

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
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     | 3,483 views

    1. The Holy Spirit gives us the wisdom to communicate according to peoples' social-cultural perspective.

    1. The Holy Spirit gives us the wisdom to communicate according to peoples' social-cultural perspective. Every person has a social-cultural perspective developed through years of conditioning. The Spirit of God helps us learn how to best appeal to the aspects of each person's perspectives according ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Solving The Mystery Behind Abel's Murder.

    Contributed by Jan Oosthuizen on Nov 12, 2018
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     | 7,222 views

    An important narrative to live more connected and meaningful lives.

    An important narrative to live more connected and meaningful lives. The Genesis Narratives are most important constructs of first mention: The original Sin, the first Murder. The destruction of our relationship with God, then the destruction of the brotherhood of man. In the same way we understand ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Whole Enchilada

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on Sep 1, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 7,391 views

    How a Syrophoenician Woman’s faith overcomes barriers.

    Mark 7:24-37 Today I thought I’d take a challenging text and work with you on it. Now it may be perfectly clear to many of you, but I know for at least few it is not. It was one of the questions which came up in the adult Sunday School class last year, and today it is one of our lectionary ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    "Raiders Of The Lost Ark"

    Contributed by Phil Anderson on May 24, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 5,301 views

    A challenge to bridge any distance that may exist between the individual and God.

    “Raiders of the Lost Ark” II Samuel 6:1-22 2SA 6:1 David again brought together out of Israel chosen men, thirty thousand in all. 2 He and all his men set out from Baalah of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Kingdom Running

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 16, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,196 views

    Running the Christian race requires burning some bridges, and building others.

    February 12, 2006 Sixth Sunday after Epiphany It happened on a Wednesday several years ago. Reepicheep managed to throw everything off! The day started as most do around the Brownworth household; Elizabeth was first out the door, running the race between Thomasville and High Point. The ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    My Role In My Spiritual Growth Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Aug 8, 2007
    based on 54 ratings
     | 15,268 views

    This is the first in a series of sermons based on "The Pursuit Of Holiness" by Jerry Bridges.

    My Role In My Spiritual Growth – Cleaning Up A farmer goes out and plows his field. He sows the seed. He cultivates the plants and fertilizes them. All the while he knows that the plants grow because of forces outside of himself. The farmer is utterly dependent on forces he can not control. He can ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Christ's Victory March Series

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Apr 7, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,318 views

    This message was intended to be used after our Easter Cantata as a bridge into the gospel.

    OUR ROAD TO VICTORY IN CHRIST Christ’s Victory March Ephesians 4:7-16 INTRODUCTION: I vaguely remember a story once told by Dr. John Maxwell about a man who sold papers at a sports stadium. I am not even sure what sport was being played that day. I think it was baseball. Anyway, What was so ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Church Without Walls

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on May 14, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 7,310 views

    I ahve a dream of us being a ’church without walls’. If we can remove the walls (barriers) God will naturally do the rest. Barriers to God, each other, seekers, age, GOing and serving.

    A church without walls. WBC Away weekend . 16.05.04 am Do you believe =God wants the KOG to grow? Lives to be changed? - do you believe Jesus prayers (for unity, many to come to know Him, ¡¥greater things than these¡¦ etc) are answered? Yes? - do you believe God is more willing to answer some of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Monty Newton avatar

    Enough Grace To Go Around Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 25, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,953 views

    God's grace is not an exclusive grace... it is an all inclusive grace that knows no barriers.

    Today is the Third Sunday in Lent. On the First Sunday of Lent we discovered that God’s grace extends beyond Eden. On the Second Sunday in Lent we were reminded that God’s grace is a better way than our works way. Today Jesus teaches us that God’s grace knows no barriers. Title: ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Beth Garrod-Logsdon avatar

    All Means All

    Contributed by Beth Garrod-Logsdon on May 23, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,346 views

    This sermon on breaking down draws its primary illustration from Dr. Seuss's story "The Sneetches". This story was read to the children and congregation during the Children's Sermon immediately prior to the sermon.

    All Means All Acts 11:1-18 Tribalism is defined as the state or fact of being organized in a tribe or tribes and the resulting behaviors and attitudes that stem from loyalty to this tribe. On the surface, that doesn’t sound too bad. Human beings naturally migrate into groups of like-minded ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • David Dykes avatar

    Open The Eyes Of My Heart, Lord Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Jan 28, 2018
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     | 38,651 views

    When people try to hinder your crying out to Jesus, do what Bartimaeus did: Resist them. Don't let them intimidate you into silence.

    INTRODUCTION Our friend, Paul Baloche, who lived for many years in Lindale, Texas has written or co-written over 120 worship songs. Perhaps his most popular song is “Open the Eyes of my Heart, Lord” which I’ve borrowed his song title for this message. In the early 90’s, when Mike and I had only ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist