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  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    An Everlasting Covenant

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Mar 4, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,199 views

    God has established an everlasting covenant with the whole earth that endures to this very day. That promise, that covenant is for you.

    Genesis 9: 8 – 17 – An Everlasting covenant Intro: I once asked an adult Sunday school class to write a job description for Noah. This is what they wrote. Wanted: Person to build, maintain and sail a large ship. Must be civil engineer with experience as a zoologist. Must have experience in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Holy Hands Bring Holy People

    Contributed by Mark Wood on Mar 9, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,045 views

    Dr. Wood used this sermon to bring his listeners to the point of understanding that the first church was on target to build the church of today. He used an illustration to show God’s desire to have breakout churches reaching people for Jesus.

    Suppose I take a match and drop it into a can of gasoline? Suddenly it would have a great release of energy. On the other hand I can take that same can of gasoline and put into the tank of a car and it can go through the course of gas lines and make its way into the carburetor and then it be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Suffering Shame In The Name

    Contributed by Mark Wood on Mar 9, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,462 views

    Dr. Wood used this sermon to show the congregation that the first witnesses of Jesus Christ were willing at any moment to give their life for the ministry of Jesus Christ. Our call today is no different. We should be willing to die for the Gospel of Jes

    Suffering Shame in the name of any person simply means that you have given your life to that person in order to suffer shame. We think of the negative aspect of suffering shame. I can think of an abusive husband who continually humiliates his wife. She is shamed by it but continues to stand by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Turner avatar

    Let God Be Magnified

    Contributed by Mike Turner on Jul 24, 2005
    based on 68 ratings
     | 21,325 views

    As believers we need to magnify God so that others may see him !

    Let God Be Magnified Psalms 70:1-5 This Psalm is a prayer of David. It is a time of desperate pleading before the Lord. Most of us have had times where we felt desperate, and where we cried out to God. David is crying out to God because of his enemies. It is a prayer often repeated by David in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kemuel Travis avatar

    Living In Laodicea

    Contributed by Kemuel Travis on Aug 11, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,797 views

    We need to be living lives of hot love for the Lord.

    INTRODUCTION -Hot water is useful for a drink -Add finely ground coffee beans or tea leaves -Cold water is a wonderful drink -Especially on a 90+ degree day -Warm, room temperature water is not a very desirable drink -Unless we are extremely thirsty -My question to you ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • John Harvey avatar

    What We Are About Series

    Contributed by John Harvey on Aug 15, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,086 views

    The core values of a church, help to define who you are and help the members to be investors not just consumers.

    “What We’re About” August 14, 2005 Last week we began discussing our core values. What is it that makes us who we are. We defined core values as the stakes in the ground for our lives and that it was through these values that the heart of our church beats and the mission of our church is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Money Matters

    Contributed by Carl Willis on Aug 17, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,128 views

    Using earthly resources for kingdom purposes.

    Luke 16:1-2 (NLT) Jesus told this story to his disciples: "A rich man hired a manager to handle his affairs, but soon a rumor went around that the manager was thoroughly dishonest. [2] So his employer called him in and said, ’What’s this I hear about your stealing from me? Get your report in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The River Cometh

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Aug 20, 2005
    based on 39 ratings
     | 17,152 views

    The river of God is coming your way, the awesome anointing and power of God is flowing your way. What does that mean for you? How will it affect you?

    Acts 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: God is sovereign: There are times God chooses to do something, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Two Way Communication

    Contributed by Andy Almendarez on Mar 22, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,035 views

    One of the greatest tragedies of the Christian life is that we fail to ever enter into a relationship with God that is born of the Holy Spirit. We are left with a religion, not a relationship.

    Two Way Communications Isaiah 50:4b; John 10:27 Recently I have been over hearing in certain classes on whether or not we can influence God? I think that if that question is asked or thought of here maybe our people feel that way as well. If we as future shepherds, feel that way how can we ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Living In The Now But Not Yet Series

    Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 1, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,137 views

    How do we live with the tension that we have the promises of GOd yet they have not yet been completely fulfilled in us?

    Philippians 3:12-16 Sunday, June 6, 2002 Tension - we don’t like to live with tension - we seek to resolve that which gives us tension. The problem is that sometimes our attempts to resolve the tension get us into more trouble. Now but not yet. Eschatology: there is a tension between what part ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Anthony Smith avatar

    Choices

    Contributed by Anthony Smith on Apr 5, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 5,816 views

    The choices that you make in this life will affect the destination of the next one.

    Choices. In our life time we make many choices. We choose, who we marry, what school to go to, how many children to have, what we eat, the clothes we wear. But how many have ever thought that they’ve made the wrong choices in life? Most of our ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Following Jesus Can Be Brutal

    Contributed by Alan Balatbat on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,320 views

    In Luke 14:24-35 Jesus¡¦ life was set on going to Jerusalem, where he had determined to die. As he had explicitly said, ¡§In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day ¡X for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!¡¨ (Luke 13:33)

    Background: Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, In Luke 14:24-35 Jesus¡¦ life was set on going to Jerusalem, where he had determined to die. As he had explicitly said, ¡§In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day ¡X for surely no prophet can ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Keeling avatar

    Have You Left Jesus Behind ?

    Contributed by Kevin Keeling on May 8, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,134 views

    Luke 2:40-3:1 40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

    Text: Luke 2:40 40And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. 41Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. 43And ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Shane Brooks avatar

    Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (1)

    Contributed by Shane Brooks on Mar 3, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,622 views

    Forget the former things. God’s ready to do a new thing in you.

    God love to do new things Pioneers are those who try something new Lewis and Clark- Pioneers Then come settlers- They take this new found thing and settle it Teach about it- form rules-cultivate- law and order Then comes the ruling citizens- Established- they hate change The resent the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Joseph Marshall avatar

    Too Late

    Contributed by Joseph Marshall on Mar 6, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,392 views

    As we look at this story in the Bible, we must realize that it is an aweful yet true story. It is aweful because one man had so much suffering in this life and the other man had so much suffering in the next life. It is aweful because one man ended up in

    He awoke to the fact of eternity too late (vs.22-23) A. He had to die 1. Death is a sure appointment (Hebrews 9:27) 2. Death is real. 3. Death is a peeping tom; he gazes into your window just waiting for the opportunity to snatch your soul. Experts say that 3 people die every second. If this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist