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  • Tim Smith avatar

    Freedom Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
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     | 12,971 views

    This message talks about the freedom God brings from the things that bind you

    Freedom Isaiah 61:1-3 Today is the third Sunday of Advent, the time when the church traditionally looks for the second coming of Christ. The first week, we spoke about expectation and that God wants to do something greater than ever before in your life and the life of this church. Last week, we ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Pharisees, Tax Collectors And Sinners Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,778 views

    This sermon looks three groups of people mentioned in the Scripture Pharisees, sinners and tax collectors

    Pharisees, Tax Collectors and Sinners Luke 15:1-2 Luke’s Gospel was originally written on a scroll. He assumed his readers would always start at the beginning of his Gospel and read through to the end. Thus, in recording what we now know as Luke 15, Luke’s readers would have just heard ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Riches Of His Grace

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jun 10, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,363 views

    Grace is a vast treasure chest whose depths we can hardly fathom and which we can never exhaust.There is so much more to grace than we can ever imagine. The riches of God's grace in the lives of believer in His sanctifying, sustaining, and securing grace.

    The Riches of His Grace Ephesians 1:1-8 Often when we think of God's amazing grace we think of it in terms of God's saving grace where God in spite of our sinfulness and unworthiness sent His Son to die for us that we might freely receive eternal life through His unmerited provision. But we need ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Submitting To God In Prayer Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Jun 17, 2014
     | 5,111 views

    In our last message, we noted that proper prayer begins with REVERENCE. This morning, we are going to look at the next two statements which move us from REVERENCE to SUBMISSION in our prayers.

    We continue this morning in our series on the Sermon on the Mount. Last week, we started a somewhat “mini-series” within the larger series, as we began to study the Lord’s Model Prayer. This is the portion of the Sermon on the Mount wherein Jesus teaches His disciples how to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Rebuilding The Foundation! Series

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 12, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 17,672 views

    Sermon 5 in the series. The Jews have settled into their cities, built homes, raised crops. Now it is time to get busy in the work of the Lord. In last week’s lesson, we saw that the people put a priority on worship! Even without a Temple, they returned

    T The Book of Ezra Study #7 (Ezra 3:8-13) Rebuilding the Foundation! INTRODUCTION: OPEN: If you knew that a murderer were on the loose in your city, what would you do? Buy a gun, read your Bible, pray, or tithe? QUOTE: Why was the Lord’s temple begun first, even before the city ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Go For It

    Contributed by Babatunde Olugboji on Jul 28, 2010
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,864 views

    This sermon is about the lessons we can learn from the attitude of the elder brother of the prodigal son

    Go for it Five Lessons from the Elder Son’s Attitude Luke 15 This is one of the most preached texts in the Bible, but I believe God will speak to you today through this narrative as you are reading this. I will not be focusing on the ‘lost son’ or ‘prodigal son’ but ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Love's Power

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Sep 14, 2015
     | 3,774 views

    What is the power of love? What is the power of hate? This message is a study in contrasts.

    The self-proclaimed “King of Adultery” was dethroned this week after his adultery website, Ashley Madison, was hacked. Private data of more than 30 million users was leaked by a hacker group calling itself “The Impact Team”. Good name. They’ve had quite an impact. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Our Joy And Crown Series

    Contributed by Rick Burdette on Aug 13, 2015
     | 7,706 views

    People, Disciple Making, The Word of God

    FOLLOW THE LEADER – Our Joy and Crown 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 (pg. 824) August 16, 2015 Introduction: There is an industry that’s grown by over 300% in the last decade...it’s not internet related or high tech...It’s the trophy industry SHOW VIDEO (Real Sports ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    “keeping Commandments And Resurrection Promises” Series

    Contributed by Ron Tuit on Mar 29, 2016
     | 7,529 views

    Jesus gives special encouragement to His disciples the night before His crucifixion. He explains the connection between loving God and keeping His commandments. He also gives the promise of resurrection to believers.

    3 27 2016 “Keeping Commandments and Resurrection Promises” John 14:15-21 In John 14, Jesus is giving His disciples teaching and encouragement right before He goes to the cross. Last week we examined two things which happen when Jesus returned to the Father: Believers would have a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Transformation: Possible--The Transformation Of Zacchaeus Series

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Apr 26, 2016
     | 10,885 views

    This sermon reflects on the transformation of Zacchaeus from taker to giver, from greedy to generosity and seeks to discover how we might apply that same transformation to our lives.

    Okay. We can’t read Zacchaeus without doing some short jokes, right? Why do short people get mad so easily? Because they have short tempers! Unfortunately, I crashed into the back of a car at the lights today. A really short guy got out of the car and said, “I’m not ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Cut Off Your Sinning Hand Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Apr 30, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,857 views

    Jesus calls us to recognise the devastating consequences, namely an eternal place in Gehenna, when we allow sin to impact our lives. We need to take radical action against our sin.

    Message Mark 9:42-50 “Cut Off Your Sinning Hand”. What would it take for you to cut off one of your limbs? Aron Ralston … If you have seen the movie 127 hours it is a movie about him. Aron Ralston was a rock climber climbing in a narrow canyon. While he was in the canyon a large bolder feel and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Destroying The Snare Of The Fowler

    Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Dec 8, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 45,692 views

    The devil is a fowler that is taken peple captive by his snare. Liberty can only be obtain through Jesus Christ.

    DESTROYING THE SNARE OF THE FOWLER STUDY TEXT: Psalm 124:6-8 - A snare is a device that is secretly but strategically set up to capture a targeted subject. - Sometimes, something attractive to the target is used as bait, so that the subject will get in there to eat, and the get entrapped. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Peace Of Mind In A World Of Anxieties And Animosities-Part-3 Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jan 21, 2013
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,367 views

    God’s eternal love not only moved Him to create us. It also urged Him to go through a process so that He could enter into us and make us His expression. He, the infinite God, humbled Himself to become a finite human being named Jesus Christ.. Then the Lor

    What is God’s greatest Gift to Humanity? " For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6) These words were written by ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Of Promise, Patience And Prize...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 3, 2015
     | 2,229 views

    Focusing upon the virtue of patience and the Divine mandate to transform all Christians' into Christ-like image...

    Of Promise, Patience and Prize It is quiz time folks! Name the fourth element in the nine-fold Fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23). Of course, the first three-Love, Joy and Peace- reel off our mouth instantly but the fourth one (very vital one at that) ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Understanding Peace Beyond Understanding Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Sep 29, 2013
     | 8,654 views

    Peace is something we all desire but sometimes have difficulty finding. This sermon unwraps the gift of peace that Jesus left with us so that we can apply this peace to our lives.

    As most of you have seen I was featured in the Lincoln Times this week. My picture was on the front page carrying two bags of apples. Debbie and I attended the Apple Festival in Lincolnton on Saturday. The news photographer snapped a picture of me with my two 10 lb. bags of apples and asked for ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare