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  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    Bad Things Happen To Faithful People

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jun 3, 2010
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    Paul and Silas lovingly and boldly ministered to the needs of the people they encountered. As a result of their endeavors people's lives were changed, but Paul and Silas were imprisoned. Serving Jesus often involves struggles and setbacks.

    Acts 16:16-34 “Bad Things Happen to Faithful People” INTRODUCTION Power comes in many shapes and forms. There is the raw horrendous power of an atomic explosion. In contrast to such power is the group power of civil disobedience, which we witnessed in Gandhi’s fight for ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Releasing The Shackles

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010
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    Releasing the Shackles. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: chapter 16 verses 11-41 Ill: Harry Houdini, the famed escape artist; • Issued a challenge wherever he went: • He claimed he could be locked in any jail cell in the country, • And set would set himself free and he would do it quickly and easily. • He ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Why Does God Allow Some Doors To Close And Others To Open?

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 6, 2009
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    In this time when many are losing their jobs, their homes and their 401Ks let us learn why God uses closed doors to open others.

    Why Does God Allow Some Doors to Close and Others to Open? (Acts 16:6-32) In this time when many are losing their jobs, their homes and their 401Ks let us learn why God uses closed doors to open others. Our God is the one who opens doors that no man can close and opens other doors that no man can ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Staying Focused Amid Challenges

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jul 27, 2009
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     | 16,183 views

    This sermon teaches us how to stay focused in the midst of challenges.

    Do you have trouble staying focused when challenges raise their ugly head? This is true of individuals! This is true of churches! This is true of marriages! This is true of businesses! Joke: I heard about a bride who was nervous before her wedding. It was time for the wedding and she wasn’t sure ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thanksliving Series

    Contributed by Tom Owen on Jan 14, 2011
     | 6,189 views

    verse by verse through Acts

    Well, Thanksgiving is just a few days away! I can’t wait! I love Thanksgiving! And this year we’re going to have a whole host of relatives around to celebrate with. And that definitely makes it a fun time – because every family has some ‘interesting’ people in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lesson 8: Easy Believism Vs. Lordship Salvation

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 14, 2011
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    Completing surrendering to Christ with salvation.

    A. THE TENSION BETWEEN LORDSHIP SALVATION VS. EASY BELIEVISM 1. It’s a mistake to use pejorative terms, as if they were fighting. 2. John MacArthur, The Gospel According to Jesus, 1982, and Charles Ryrie, So Great Salvation. 3. Theologians tend to Lordship Salvation. Evangelists tend to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Does It Mean To Believe? Series

    Contributed by Grace Church Modesto on Aug 28, 2010
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    We examine the three aspects of true faith (knowledge, assent and trust), before seeing the distinctive features of a saving faith.

    "What Does It Mean to Believe?" (Acts 16:31) I. Introduction. A. Orientation. 1. We talk a lot about faith in connection with salvation, and no wonder: Paul tells us it's something we must have in order to be saved, as we see from our passage. But what does it mean to believe? a. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Battle Within

    Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Dec 28, 2007
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     | 14,096 views

    The demons we face and fight daily

    The Battle Within us!!! Acts 16:16-16:31 Matthew 24:6-7, "And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Midnight Revival

    Contributed by Devon Witherspoon on Feb 21, 2008
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    Is this a good time for revival

    A Midnight Revival Main Text: Acts 16:25-34 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who Do You Serve? Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Mar 2, 2008
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    We are destined to serve somebody or something. Do you really serve the true God?

    TEXT: ACTS 16:16-34 TITLE: “WHO DO YOU SERVE?” OPEN: A. A preacher meets an old friend from Bible college while at the North American Christian Convention. The old friend asks the preacher, “How many members are in your congregation?” The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Plan B Series

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 21, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,047 views

    Do you ever get into a situation where you are trying to follow God’s will but things just don’t seem to work out? If so, you are in good company. Find out how the Lord used a pinball to guide Paul, and you!

    We’d love to get an email from God with our day all planned out but it doesn’t work that way. And so we seek God and move forward—only to run into road blocks and rivers and dead ends. So what gives? Does the fact that things don’t work out perfectly mean we don’t hear God or are somehow not ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Passion

    Contributed by Blake Inscore on Sep 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,482 views

    If passion is connected to Christ’s suffering for our salvation, then how should we relate to His sufferings?

    Introduction: What comes to mind when you hear, or see the word passion? Webster’s Dictionary says that passion is “intense emotional excitement.” That excitement can run the spectrum from being “white-hot” with anger to being “red-hot” in love. Webster’s also identifies the word passion with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Shaking Philippi Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Oct 1, 2008
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     | 5,302 views

    Exposition of Acts 16:25-40 regarding the Philippian Jail events

    Text: Acts 16:25-40, Title: Shaking Philippi, Date/Place: NRBC, 10/5/08, AM A. Opening illustration: One sunny Sunday morning, Henry Jones awoke to find his wife standing over him, shaking him by the shoulder. "You have to get up," she urged. "We have to get ready for church.” "I don’t want to go ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Shake, Rattle, And Roll

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 2, 2008
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     | 9,334 views

    Discovering the art of true worship despite difficult circumstances you may be encountering in your life. Find out how two buddies who love God deeply, literally brought the house down around them while finding their true worship to God.

    I read a story this week of a little boy whose parents were avid sports fans. They didn’t miss a game. On the other hand, they went to church services only sporadically. In his mind the little boy was attempting to learn what was alike and what was different about the two meeting places which his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Sin Of Being Ordinary

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jun 18, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,150 views

    This sermon shows that we are not pleasing to God by being ordinary... He calls us to be EXTRAORDINARY!

    The Sin of Being Ordinary Acts 16:23-31 Intro: Perhaps many of you have already rebelled against this title. You think, there is nothing wrong with being ordinary. In fact, it was Abraham Lincoln who said, "God must love the common people, he made so many of them." You may say that it is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist