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  • Kevin Keeling avatar

    What Do You Want To Be ?

    Contributed by Kevin Keeling on May 8, 2004
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,994 views

    2 Tim 2:21-23 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, w

    2 Tim 2:21-23 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Do You Want To Be ?

    Contributed by Kevin Keeling on May 10, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,503 views

    2 Tim 2:21-23 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

    What Do you want to be ? 2 Tim 2:21-23 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Delivered By God

    Contributed by Jerry Stepp on Mar 8, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,960 views

    A three point outline of the three fold power of a delevering God

    Delivered By God – 2 Corinthians 1:1-10 #10 – Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us: ~ Who delivered us from so great a death – (PAST) Paul, needed to be rescued from such a death as a kind of resurrection, and he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Living A Holy Life”

    Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Jan 17, 2007
     | 8,784 views

    How to live a Holy Life.

    “LIVING A HOLY LIFE” 1 Pe 1:13-16 “13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as he who ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Brian Gilbert avatar

    Walking The Walk

    Contributed by Brian Gilbert on Oct 4, 2006
    based on 37 ratings
     | 10,412 views

    How can we make a difference in our world today. 3 ways to walk in a dark and desperate world.

    There is absolutely no doubt that we are living in dark days. Watch the news for 10 minutes or read the front page of your daily paper. Certainly you will recognize that we are beriong bombearded with horrific stories. Evil is present with us and at times it seems to be winning. How should we, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Requirements For Keeping The Passover

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 26, 2011
     | 4,587 views

    we must keep our passover today.

    REQUIREMENTS FOR KEEPING THE PASSOVER Exodus 12: 8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fox Hunting

    Contributed by Craig Benner on Apr 25, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,635 views

    There are little foxes out there that are detrimental to our relationship with the Lord. The church is the bride and Jesus is the groom. There are some things that we need to deal with to keep our relationship strong and healthy.

    Little Foxes Song of Solomon 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. take = dominate, seize, catch, hunt A fox is a relatively small animal. It looks kind of cute. It is considered to be shy. Normally it comes out a night. But it can ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Christian And Fasting Series

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Nov 26, 2019
     | 2,428 views

    Perhaps, the most misunderstood and most misapplied teaching in the Bible is the teaching of fasting.

    The Christian and Fasting Matthew 6:16-18 Perhaps, the most misunderstood and most misapplied teaching in the Bible is the teaching of fasting. Down through the ages, it has been a method of displaying something on the outside that was supposed to be prevalent on the inside. It supposedly used to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don't Wish For A Change In Christ's Teaching Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 19, 2025
     | 170 views

    Marriage is a sign of the union of Christ and the Church. Don’t mess with it. You’ll be messing with your own salvation.

    Friday of the Fifth Week in Easter 2025 What does it mean to have a steadfast heart? We know from living with the Scriptures that the heart is more than the beating muscle that pumps blood through our body. Our heart of hearts is our inmost part, the action of mind and body that makes decisions ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Living Before God In The World.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 25, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 262 views

    Honour and the Fear of God.

    LIVING BEFORE GOD IN THE WORLD. 1 Peter 2:11-17. Peter addresses his readers as “Beloved,” and encourages us “as strangers and pilgrims” to “abstain from fleshly lusts (or desires) which war against the soul” (1 PETER 2:11). The Apostle implores us to keep our conduct “honest” amongst the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Call To Discernment

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 22, 2025
     | 410 views

    We must learn to practice discernment

    A Call to Discernment June 22, 2025, Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must learn to practice discernment Focus Passage: Philippians 1:9–10 Supplemental Passage: Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Timothy Peck avatar

    Ending Christian Intolerance Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jun 28, 2001
    based on 101 ratings
     | 18,295 views

    What Christian tolerance is, what qualifies for tolerance, and why God views it as significant.

    In our culture, tolerance has been exalted as the highest virtue to be embraced and pursued. In a recent article about tolerance in "Christianity Today," Christian author Daniel Taylor suggests that intolerance is the only serious sin left in our culture. Taylor says, "America is sick of intolerant ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Kent Simmons avatar

    An Encouraging Word

    Contributed by Kent Simmons on May 26, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,918 views

    Often we encourage others, sometimes we need encouragement, but does encouragement come at a cost to the one who encourages?

    “An Encouraging Word” Sermon Notes, Acts 15:22-35 NIV Kent Simmons AC 15:22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were leaders among ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Fasting

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Mar 6, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,944 views

    Spiritual discipline of fasting

    Fasting Spiritual Disciplines An Adult Christian Education Class of RCEFC Based on Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster Intro: Fasting – fallen into disrepute Out to step with the times – Fast foods Disregard for fasting: “…I could not find a single book published on the subject of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Spectrum Series

    Contributed by Todd Pugh on Jan 14, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,687 views

    This sermon looks at how God’s light needs to change our perspective.

    Spectrum Series: Turn on the light Sunday Sermon / November 18th 2007 Intro: Have you noticed yet that different people see the world differently? Sometimes these differences cause serious clashes and even wars. Democrats and Republicans, white collar and blue collar, one race from another, one ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal