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  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    The World’s Two Greatest Events - New Year Sermon (Part 1 Of 2)

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 3, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,799 views

    I am excited about this New Year! Let me tell you why I am excited about this coming year. Why? This could be the year that the Lord Jesus will return to rapture His Church.

    We all look forward to big events in our life. • Opening our first paycheck • Driving alone for the first time • Graduating from college • Birth of a child • Getting married • Enjoying a great meal • Going to see a football game. Life is filled with all kinds of events that we look forward ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Go! And Open The Door To Jesus Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 14, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 396 views

    This is not a call to the unbelieving world. This is a call to a church. And it is not a gentle “If you get a moment, let’s talk.” It is urgent. It is personal. And it is eternally important.

    Go! And Open the Door to Jesus Introduction — The Knock That Changes Everything If you’ve ever been at home and heard an unexpected knock at the door, you know the feeling. Your heart jumps a little — Who could it be? You peek through the curtains, maybe even stand there debating whether to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Daniel DeVilder avatar

    God Shocks World In Tell-All Drama! Series

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Nov 15, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,754 views

    The Contents and Implications of God’s "mystery revealed" are really rather shocking--though they are meant to really comfort us. To convey this shocking nature the sermon uses a series of "tabloid style" headlines to grab attention.

    They [wore] black they are very serious-looking; and they look like they just came from a sculpting competition. tattoos, facial jewelry (hooks, studs, chains "it looked like half of them had fallen into a tackle box, gotten up, and just showed up at church like that". This two year old church ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Laodicea: Things Spoil At Room Temperature Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 16, 2003
    based on 55 ratings
     | 6,850 views

    The world will invade us with its values. But we are called to be "hot" to pursue such things as compassion and evangelism and "cold" toward such things as hostility and prejudice. We can sustain these values if we are connected to one another and to Go

    The Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes, speaks to me. I trust he also speaks to you. In fact, that is the very title of his poem! “To You” To sit and dream, to sit and read, To sit and learn about the world Outside our world of here and now – our problem world – To dream of vast horizons ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Antonio Manaytay avatar

    Standing Up For Jesus In An Increasingly Secular World

    Contributed by Antonio Manaytay on Aug 12, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,430 views

    This sermon explores why standing up for Jesus Christ in an increasingly secular society and how we can courageously live out our faith in a God-honoring way.

    Introduction In today's world, where secularism seems to be on the rise and religious beliefs are increasingly marginalized, standing up for Jesus has never been more crucial. The pressures to conform to worldly standards can be overwhelming, but as followers of Christ, we are called to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Chris Swanson avatar

    Why Did The World First Hate Jesus?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Aug 17, 2025
     | 233 views

    Sin is what drives people away from God or it is what has kept them from knowing the Lord.

    Why Did the World First Hate Jesus? John 15:18 Sin is what drives people away from God or it is what has kept them from knowing the Lord. Christians will get a lot of contempt and hatred from the world. As Christians, we need to love and support one another. Do we permit little issues to impede ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Following Christ In Difficult Times Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 1, 2020
     | 13,226 views

    Genuine followers of Christ abide in Him, abound in love, and advance with power.

    Greg Laurie tells a story about a woman, who had finished shopping and returned to her car. She found four men inside the car. She dropped her shopping bags, drew a handgun, and screamed, “I have a gun, and I know how to use it! Get out of the car.” Those men did not wait for a second invitation; ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Owen Bourgaize avatar

    The Most Precious Thing That This World Affords

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 27, 2000
    based on 154 ratings
     | 8,447 views

    The apostle Paul tells Timothy the value of the Word of God and its importance in his spiritual development.

    THE MOST PRECIOUS THING THIS WORLD AFFORDS Children can be embarrassingly frank. I read of a minister who was visiting one of his members. The lady of the house was trying to impress him about how devout she was by pointing out the large Bible on the bookshelf and talking in a very reverential ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Damien Spikereit avatar

    What The World Needs... Is A Unified Church Series

    Contributed by Damien Spikereit on Nov 9, 2000
    based on 148 ratings
     | 8,803 views

    Unity is found when we fully give our lives to Jesus Christ.

    Title: What the World Needs... is a Unified Church Text: Ephesians 4:1-6 D.T.: Unity is found when we fully give our lives to Jesus Christ. - You could probably guess this, but I am not the hunting type. It's just not me, but you see whenever we go to Stacey's father's house in Buhler, Kansas ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    God Sends His Light Into The World

    Contributed by Christopher Raiford on Jul 11, 2002
    based on 91 ratings
     | 11,635 views

    Sermon for the Epiphany Season

    God Sends His Light into the World 1. A light that shines out of the darkness 2. A light that shines out for us all Dear Christian Friends: Have you ever been in a place where there’s no light whatsoever? I remember on a couple of occasions when my wife and I went on tours through caves, and they ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Richard White avatar

    How To Turn The World Upside Down

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 25, 2002
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,118 views

    The Book of Acts tells how the Gospel spread throughout the world, turning the Roman Empire upside down, what can we learn from it?

    Acts: How to turn the World Upside Down for Jesus Many times we see how good intending people attempt to change their community with the Gospel, go into not knowing exactly what to do. In reading through the Book of Acts we see how the early church impacted their world turning it upside down ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tammy Garrison avatar

    Culture Shifts: Our Changing World

    Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Jan 7, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 5,079 views

    This is the 1st of a sermon series exploring the changes that have taken place in our worldview in the last 40 - 50 years. This sermon explores the paradox of the human search for order, and the divine imposition of chaos at the tower of Babel. It then

    Bibliography: Culture Shifts: A Bible Study of Postmodern Times, Lesson 2 For the next several weeks, we are going to be taking a look at the times we live in and the changes that have taken place in the way we think and act over the last 40 years. Tonight we will look at how our society and our ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    The World's Only Way Out--Repent

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Jan 11, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
     | 8,314 views

    Second Sunday in Advent

    2nd Sunday in Advent Matthew 3:1-12   "The World’s Only Way Out Repent"   There is a purely American art form that has been lost to the American scene over the last 20 to 15 years. It is the Circus Poster. Some of you can remember those colorful posters that were hung about a month before the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Chris Talton avatar

    Being A Godly Father In An Ungodly World

    Contributed by Chris Talton on Jan 18, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 27,029 views

    If Enoch could live godly before his children in his world, we can too.

    June 10, 2001 Gen. 5:21-24 “Being a godly father in an ungodly world” INTRODUCTION - celebrate Father’s Day a little early this year since I am going to be gone next Sunday - How many of you dads remember the day that you first became a father? I don’t know what the circumstances were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    The World Demands A Life-Giving Vision Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 7,065 views

    Sermon delivered in support of our theme for 2002, and on the occasion of our annual meeting. A vision brings death if it is not communicated; it is discerned in prayer; and it always calls for repentance for the incompleteness of our obedience.

    Two things you learn, if you are at all observant about churches. First, that church people do not agree on their vision of what the church should be about; and, second, that the world knows what the church ought to be about better than church people know. We who gather week by week as the church ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist