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  • Stephen Funderburk avatar

    Running To Win

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Apr 19, 2006
    based on 59 ratings
     | 8,993 views

    winning in the race of life

    Intro: probably there aren’t many people who would sit and watch coverage of an entire marathon, which is approximately 2 hours to the winner, and many hours to the last one who finishes. This past week the most famous of all marathons, the Boston marathon was run. It is always amazing to see the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    When The Bible Is Hard To Understand Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on May 5, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,336 views

    3rd of 5 in the series "A Light Unto My Path: Growing Through God’s Word." Title is self explanitory.

    Military Doublespeak: A rotating wing aircraft suffered a hard landing due to the stress failure of a helical hexiform rotating compression device (A helicopter crashed because a bolt broke). Huh? Sometimes things are hard to understand. Sometimes important things are hard to understand—like ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    No Deposit, No Return

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on May 7, 2006
    based on 79 ratings
     | 22,936 views

    investing your life for God

    Intro: at the beach retreat we all sat on the beach looking at the waves crashing on the shore. Ecclesiastes 11:1 came into my mind, that if you cast your bread on the water it will return after many days. It was like God spoke to me about life, investments we make, and God’s reward system as each ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • James Chandler avatar

    Jesus Is...

    Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 4, 2003
    based on 124 ratings
     | 10,980 views

    Jesus truly is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

    Jesus Is... John 14:6 An image that has stuck with me for a long time took place in August of 1999. A group of us were in Jamaica on a mission trip. We were loading up in the bus to go back to the hotel. We would get up the next morning and fly back to the United States. We had spent only a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    (Lesson 10) Mary Magdalene: Taught By Christ

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 10, 2003
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,169 views

    Mary came to the garden to care for a corpse. When she saw Jesus, she hung on to His physical feet to renew the love she had for Him before the cross. In an encounter with Christ, she learned that she would relate to Him "in the Spirit" in the future.

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. Women came to the tomb. "Very early in the morning they (the women (23:55) came early unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain other women with them" (Luke 24:1). 2. Mary Magdalene was the leader. She was mentioned first (Mark 16:1 and Matt. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Family Faith Transfer: Train Up A Child (Lesson 9)

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 10, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 1,449 views

    Series: Family Faith Transfer

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. Example. “Once when some mothers were bringing their children to Jesus to bless them, the disciples shooed them away, telling them not to bother him. But when Jesus saw what was happening he was very much displeased with his disciples and said to them, ‘Let the children come to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ten Factors Of Meditation (Part 1)

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 14, 2003
    based on 59 ratings
     | 2,922 views

    "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou shalt observe to do according to all that is written therein, for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good succ

    A. INTRODUCTION 1. Command. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou shalt observe to do according to all that is written therein, for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success" (Joshua ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Christ's Leadership Secret

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 17, 2003
    based on 65 ratings
     | 4,788 views

    Christ’s great sermon on the mount began with the words, "Blessed are you". The Lord knew that everyone has a hunger for supernatural blessings, benefits and empowerments. Everyone in the crowd must have strained to hear every word Jesus spoke that day be

    After reading any of today’s newspapers is it little wonder why many are skeptical about meeting new people. No doubt Jesus could have given in to the temptation to doubt people’s motives. Yet, He maintained an upbeat attitude toward every person He met. Jesus looked at people’s potential because ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Improve Your Relationships

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 18, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,607 views

    "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’" (Mark 12:28

    Jesus loved His disciples and they loved Him with unmitigated affection. The Lord knew how to build relationships with the twelve apostles through intimate communications, sharing of their resources and developing trust in the process of building Christ’s church. The disciples were so committed to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Balancing Privilege And Responsibility

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 27, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 4,038 views

    Have you ever wondered to what degree privilege brings responsibility? In this age of great privilege people need to know something about their responsibilities or they will squander great opportunities.

    Privilege Brings Responsibility (Rom. 3:1,2) Illustration:When Queen Victoria was a child, she didn’t know she was in line for the throne of England. Her instructors, trying to prepare her for the future, were frustrated because they couldn’t motivate her. She just didn’t take her studies ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Pray Series

    Contributed by John Telgren on May 6, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,239 views

    In order to stay spiritually and emotionally healthy, we must engage in a regular prayer life which involves praying trusting, heart-felt prayers.

    Intro: 1. Story of little Billy leading prayer in Bible Class a. Uses a big, deep voice full of pomp b. Isn’t that the proper way to pray? 2. Knowing how to pray not come naturally a. The disciples were grown men and felt they still could learn b. They asked Jesus to teach them to pray ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeff Simms avatar

    The Decisions We Make

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 21, 2003
    based on 67 ratings
     | 11,705 views

    This is about the standards we use in making decisions

    1 Corinthians 10:23-24 This passage today is really about the standards we use in making decisions. If you’ve ever had a difficult decision where the answer wasn’t crystal clear you need to understand the principle that Pauls sets forward here. There are many decisions we make that aren’t moral ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Al Lowe avatar

    Faith Is The Victory

    Contributed by Al Lowe on May 25, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,152 views

    Those born of God overcome the world

    1 John 5:1-6 PROPOSITION: Whoever is born of God overcomes the world. OBJECTIVE: To live in faith. The Gospel of John and the 3 epistles of John remind the reader that from the beginning, the word of God has become flesh in Jesus Christ. And as in life, this revelation, God’s word, does not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bill Andrews avatar

    Too The Uttermost

    Contributed by Bill Andrews on May 23, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,062 views

    Learning to be truly thankful despit yourself.

    READING FROM PHILIPPIANS 4:4-8 V4: REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS. I WILL SAY IT AGAIN! AGAIN I WILL SAY, REJOICE! V5: LET YOUR MODERATION BE KNOWN UNTO A LL MEN. THE LORD IS AT HAND. V6: BE ANIXOUS FOR NOTHING; BUT IN EVERY THING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUEST BE MADE ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Importance Of Integrity

    Contributed by Jonathan Falwell on Jun 14, 2005
    based on 130 ratings
     | 39,793 views

    INTEGRITY is one of the most important assets we have and we most work hard to protect and preserve it. It takes years to build it yet only seconds to destroy it.

    Here, David is asking God to judge him according to his righteousness and his integrity. Ask yourself this question, if you were standing before God today, and you asked God to judge you according to your righteousness and your integrity, how would you do? (Would God be proud of you, would you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist