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  • David Simpson avatar

    Make Room For The New

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 5, 2026
     | 165 views

    God gave his people a purpose…to prepare the way for the new.

    Sermon January 4, 2025. Lanier Christian Church – David Simpson Make Room for the New Leviticus 26:9-13 9 “‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you. 10 You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    God's Not Dead: The Gospel Series

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Aug 25, 2016
     | 5,252 views

    God wants all people to be saved. The message of the gospel is presented throughout the Bible. God sent His Son to save the world.

    GOD’S NOT DEAD: THE GOSPEL A. Over the past few weeks we have been DEFENDING our faith that GOD IS NOT DEAD. 1. Now, I realize that you already BELIEVE that, or else you wouldn’t be here this morning. COMMENT: However, there are people you WORK with, people you go to SCHOOL ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Grace In Strange Places

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Feb 17, 2023
     | 1,816 views

    God's grace and protection are often in places we really do not want to go and through people we disdain.

    Joshua 2 Grace In Wrong Places Jos 2:1  And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.  Joshua (Jehovah-saved) son of Nun ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope Has Come Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 14, 2025
     | 180 views

    Jesus was the promised hope of the world – He was anticipated by the Jewish people for 1,000’s of years and for most Gentiles – He was an unexpected blessing of Deliverance, Healing, Hope and Love. But yet today many people are still looking for Hope in this hopeless world!

    Video Illustration and transition: Hope Hope has Come! Part 2 Thesis: Jesus was the promised hope of the world – He was anticipated by the Jewish people for 1,000’s of years and for most Gentiles – He was an unexpected blessing of Deliverance, Healing, Hope and Love. But yet today many people are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The True And False Way To Heaven

    Contributed by Chris Gowen on Jan 13, 2002
    based on 191 ratings
     | 18,171 views

    Millions of people will find disappointment on that final day because they trusted in their own works rather than Christ for salvation.

    Warnings are very important. If your smoke detector goes off, it’s giving you a warning. If the lights on the dash of your car, or truck comes on, it’s a warning that something needs to be given attention. Sometimes those lights don’t mean a thing. You may have driven a car for years and a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living Together In Service Series

    Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004
    based on 33 ratings
     | 6,946 views

    The two men Paul introduces us to in this text demonstrate two qualities of people who live together in service.

    2002-07 G-4 M-1 (86-76) LIVING TOGETHER IN SERVICE Philippians 2:19-30 INTRODUCTION A. Have you been playing it safe as a Christian? – illustration: A Georgia farmer, ragged and bare-footed, was standing on the steps of his tumbledown shack. A stranger stopped for a drink of water. "How is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Horton Hatches The Egg Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 11, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,967 views

    This message uses "Horton Hatches the Egg" as a spring board into Galations 6:9 and looks at reasons people quit.

    Horton Hatches the Egg (Read from beginning to page with animal friends running away) Yep this is the same Horton who Heard a Who, and this is where we first hear his philosophy “I meant what I said and I said what I meant, an elephant is faithful one hundred percent.” Is the book ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    It Takes All Kinds Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 28, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,701 views

    he Pharisees who were bent on controlling life through rules, tedium, and withholding grace stood in sharp contrast to the common people who flocked to Jesus.

    It Takes All Kinds (Mark 3:1-12) 1. Do you think of yourself as a rational, reasonable thinker, or an emotional one? 2. Let me read this story from the AP: “The U.S. is simply abandoning tons of equipment because shipping it home would cost too much… Military planners have decided to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    When Love Is Wrong Series

    Contributed by Ken Ritz on Mar 1, 2016
     | 8,625 views

    People often love the wrong things, and don't love the right things. Part 4 of the series, Passing On The Faith

    When Love is Wrong Passing on the Faith, Part 4 2 Timothy 3:1-5 Most people today believe a myth, that the world is becoming a better and better place. We believe the myth that people are improving, that the world is becoming more enlightened, and that we’re way ahead of where our ancestors ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What The Household Holds, Partnership Pt 5 Series

    Contributed by Joe Hayes on Mar 7, 2009
     | 3,475 views

    people in Partnership is the key to purpose, potential and power in the local church household. you can also listen at www.preaching.co.nr

    God purpose of Salvation for the Lost in the world today will be worked out through His Church. God has given His people a purpose to preach His Gospel, make disciples ……. Mark 16:15 It is God desire that His Church/Body be alive and well in the world today. A Body made up of many parts with each ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Why Is There So Little Fear Of God’s Judgment Today? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 6, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,118 views

    This passage gives us an example of people not ready for God's impending judgment. Why today are so many equally unready?

    NOT CONCERNED: Why is there so little fear of God’s judgment today? - Ezekiel 21:7. - It’s without question that today there is little fear of God’s judgment. There’s little belief in Final Judgment but only a vague hope of a heavenly reunion. The idea that we are somehow accountable for the sin ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Heart To Work Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Jun 19, 2018
     | 5,060 views

    Message 6 in our exposition of Nehemiah. This message follows Nehemiah's ability to motivate the people to work in the face of severe opposition.

    CHICO ALLIANCE CHURCH "A Heart to Work" REVIEW We have been following Nehemiah's Journal that records the process followed in rebuilding the walls and restoring the worship in Jerusalem. Following nearly 70 years of discipline, the city of God had been laid waste by the Babylonians. God now ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Scott Jensen avatar

    Weeds Among The Wheat

    Contributed by Scott Jensen on Jul 24, 2020
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,646 views

    We may see a lot of destruction and evil around us, but God uses it all to bless His people in ways we might not recognize.

    Opening and Introduction There’s a lot of terrible things going. It seems like every time I turn on the news, I see another act of violence, another senseless act of destruction, and the continuing sickness of the COVID-19 virus. In just this past week, I’ve read about • a man shot and killed ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Characteristics Of Christian Leadership

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 17, 2009
    based on 13 ratings
     | 41,472 views

    God can use people with or without natural ability and proper background. God often chooses to work with raw material. He prepares and empowers those He chooses to do His work. He does not need to use people who took the part or who are already popular.

    Introduction: ‘We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.’ (Ephesians 2: 10) God can use people with or without the natural ability and proper background. God can, and often chooses to, work with raw material. God prepares and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Time Is It For You?

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Aug 19, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 6,215 views

    Esther is a great study in God’s hand to save his people. He uses events of history and people he choses to fulfill his will. What’s his plan for you?

    The canonization of Esther in the Holy Scriptures has been a hotly debated topic for centuries. While Esther tells of a historic event in the life of God‘s people, it never once mentions God’s name. For all practical purposes Esther is in the Bible to explain the origin of the Jewish celebration ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ