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  • Ken Sauer avatar

    "Storming The Gates Of Hell!"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 29, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,210 views

    The Church that Jesus builds is unstoppable; are we in the blueprints?

    Matthew 16:13-19 Colossians 2:6-15 “Storming the Gates of Hell!” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace UMC, Soddy Daisy, TN My little five-year old nephew, Davis, is Catholic and on a recent trip Davis asked his mother (Kristen) what happens to people after they die. Kristen tried to explain ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Mike Gilbert avatar

    Gold, Frankincense And Much More Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Dec 4, 2007
    based on 144 ratings
     | 28,027 views

    Lessons we can learn from the wise men at Christmas.

    -->At a reception honoring musician Sir Robert Mayer on his one hundredth birthday, elderly British socialite Lady Diana Cooper fell into conversation with a friendly woman who seemed to know her well. Lady Diana’s failing eyesight prevented her from recognizing her fellow guest until she peered ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Strength -- Jesus Is Stronger

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Dec 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,922 views

    Jesus is stronger. Stronger than the devil. Stronger. Stronger than any temptation, stronger than any fear, stronger than any sin. Jesus is stronger.

    Remember the Road Runner cartoons where Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner cartoons and inevitably end up in a tight situation? The Coyote will chase the bird failing every time. He will explode, have a rock fall on him, have a ACME device malfunction or fall off the edge of a cliff. But, every ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Promises, Promises Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 16, 2008
     | 9,837 views

    God never changes and God keeps His promises. We come to faith through the promise as people of old came to faith through the promise --- and the promise is Jesus Christ.

    While I was waiting for my coffee I struck up a conversation with a college age woman about Christianity. It turns out that she had grown up in the church and had some great memories of the church…but as she grew older she had lost interest in church. She cited various issues in the church that she ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    When God Doesn't Make Sense Series

    Contributed by Joel Smith on Oct 20, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 15,025 views

    When God doesn’t make sense, He’s on the move.

    There are two kinds of rollercoaster riders. The first kind gets in the car with hesitation and fear. They white-knuckle the lap bar in a death grip and either sit there in complete silence or scream their heads off the entire time. In this case, the rollercoaster produced anxiety and nausea. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Suicide Eulogy

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Nov 3, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 57,347 views

    This is a eulogy of a high school principal who committed suicide

    Today we are faced with a painful and perplexing situation we could never have imagined. A mother, grandmother, co-worker, mentor, teacher, daughter and friend has been inexplicably and unexpectedly taken from us. We cannot pretend that we are not shocked and grieved by the death of Earline. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Choose For Yourselves

    Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Nov 6, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,830 views

    Like Joshua I believe it is time for Pastors to make it clear to Christians in America that it’s time to choose whom they are going to serve!

    Title: Choose For Yourself Text: Joshua 24:14-15 Date: 10/26/08 Location: Sulphur Spring Baptist Church Introduction: Today is the last Sunday in our month long emphasis of “Praying 4 America,” but I hope you will continue to pray for our nation. We have a Presidential Election in 9 days ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Making The Right Kind Of Impression

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 17, 2008
     | 2,781 views

    Message about how Christians are supposed be looked on with favor, not with disgust, as happens so often today. While the gospel is offensive to many because of its call to repentance (and which is the basis for the world "hating" Christians), Scripture

    Making the Right Kind of Impression Acts 2:42-47; 5:12-13 November 2, 2008 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED (AND ADAPTED) IS FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Introduction My intention for today was to continue working through our passage in Matthew as we look at ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Wonder Of God's Word Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Nov 23, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,792 views

    This message lists some of the life-changing wonders discovered in God’s Word

    The Wonder of God’s Word Romans 9:17-29 * Let’s Read a couple of verses together this morning; * Psalms 119:11 “I have treasured Your word in my heart so that I may not sin against You.” * Ps 119:105 “Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.” * Ps 119:160 “The entirety of Your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Self-Satisfaction

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 11, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,603 views

    Envy and self-satisfaction are destructive forces in the life of God’s children.

    Text: “For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every evil practice” (James 3:16). I would venture to say that all of us have harbored envy at some time in our life time. It is not uncommon for us to resent someone because they have accomplished something in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Pleasing Ourselves - Godless Objective (Pogo)

    Contributed by Leonard Davis on Jul 22, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,641 views

    Discovering and applying what Jesus taught about self.

    Pleasing Ourselves - Godless Objective (POGO) Some of you will remember the cartoon strip named Pogo. About a half century ago, back in the fifties, a favorite comic strip of many people was about an assortment of animals living in Florida’s Okefenokee Swamp. The cartoonist, Walt Kelly, referred ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Rocky Revelations - Part 3 - Too Civilized Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Jul 23, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,543 views

    The "Italian Stallion" faced some serious opponents. He squared off with the "Master of Disaster", "The Southside Slugger", and "The Siberian Express" just to name a few. Each time Rocky shocked the world! He won our hearts. He can also teach a thing o

    Rocky Revelations Part 4 – Too Civilized I. Introduction We have talked about pain. We have heard testimony about pain. We have examined how a knock down punch can become a knockout punch if we are not careful. If we allow the hits we take to separate us from the head, we will stay down. If ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Anybody Hungry? What – All 5000 Of You?? Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 29, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,831 views

    We have to do both: tell (proclaim) and show (demonstrate) so that people encounter the living God and are free to choose how to respond

    Anybody Hungry? What – all 5000 of you?? Breaking Boundaries Luke 9:10-17, March 29, 2009 Lent #5 Intro: Last Sunday we began to study chapter 9 of Luke. Who remembers what that story/sermon was about? Please… I hope someone does!! I can summarize it thusly: Jesus calls the disciples ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Joining The Journey To Jerusalem Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 29, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,894 views

    Jesus’ call is to complete discipleship. Total love. Abandoning ourselves to Him. No half heartedness, no “yes, but first…”, no giving Jesus just a piece of us. He wants it all, because it is all broken and it all needs to be healed, and then He gives

    Joining the Journey To Jerusalem: Breaking Boundaries Luke 9:51-63 May 24, 2009 Intro: Journey… Bob Dylan asks “How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man”? Tom Cochrane says, “Life is a Highway”. Robert Frost said that “two roads diverged in a wood…” We seem to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fasting To Feasting Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 30, 2009
     | 6,919 views

    God specializes in taking hard, difficult, painful messes and turning them into something beautiful. He has done it in the past, and He will do it again.

    Fasting to Feasting September 21, 2008 Zech 8:18-23 Intro: God specializes in taking hard, difficult, painful messes and turning them into something beautiful. Remember Abraham and Sarah – old, childless, wandering. God turned their barrenness into a nation of people still prominent today, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist