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  • Gordon Curley avatar

    The Frightened Fisherman

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    The Frightened Fisherman (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Matthew chapter 14 verses 22-36: Ill: • Story about a farmer who wanted to impress his hunting buddies. • So he went out and bought the smartest, most expensive hunting dog he could find. • He trained this dog to do things no other dog on earth could ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Vineyard.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010
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    The Vineyard. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Matthew chapter 20 verses 1-16. One of the first expressions we learn as children is, “That’s not fair.” • One thing that life seems to teach us, is that this statement is right; • Life doesn’t seem to be fair. In fact it seems to be quite the ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Bible Inspired Of God.

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    The Bible inspired of God. (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: 2 Timothy chapter 3 verses 15 to 17 Ill: • A pastor was taking a group of parishioners on a tour of the Holy Land. • He had just read them the parable of the good shepherd; • He explained to them that, as they continued their tour, • They would see shepherds on ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Partners In Christ

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    Partners in Christ (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Partners in Christ Reading: Colossians chapter 4 verses 7-18. • The apostle Paul was a great friend-maker, • There are more than 100 different Christians (named and un-named); • Associated with Paul in the Book of Acts and in his letters. • Ill Romans chapter 16 he names 26 different friends ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Who By Faith….abraham

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010
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    Who by Faith….Abraham (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

    Reading: Hebrews chapter 11 verses 8-19. • Abraham is revered by all Jews, Christians, and Moslems; • He serves as a common link between the world’s three great religions. • He is the patriarch of the Jewish nation, • A spiritual father to Christians, ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    The Peril Of Inconvenience

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Nov 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,738 views

    Kingdom service calls for great inconvenience.

    Acts 24:24-27 KJV And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. [25] And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Tragedy Of Wasted Opportunity

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Nov 8, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 13,675 views

    Your life is an investment, make it count.

    Proverbs 12:27 KJV The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. I. THE HUNTER -Much as the hunter that is described here in the Proverbs, the kill is made but it is never appreciated and therefore no benefit ever comes from it. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Christian's Perspective Of Trials

    Contributed by Shad Comeaux on Nov 11, 2008
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     | 11,709 views

    How Christians should view trials of life.

    I’m wondering this morning if there is anybody who knows anything about trials. Is there anyone who’s going through a trial right now? Maybe you’ve just come out of a trial and I’m not psychic, but I have a feeling that somebody is about to go through a trial. • The words of the great ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Three Burials Of Amad Lahem Lazarus

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008
     | 3,262 views

    This is a story based on the death and reviving of Lazarus using selected scriptures

    Three Burials of Amad Lahem Lazarus Selected Scriptures This morning I want to tell you a story. While this story is partially based on actual events, some of it is what we call “poetic license”. This means I can say this is based on a true story and then make almost the whole thing up. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Follow Me," Where? Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Nov 13, 2008
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    Part 5 in series The Shape of Things to Come. Jesus said "Follow me." The question is "Where are we going?"

    “Follow Me,” Where? The Shape of Things to Come, prt. 5 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers October 4, 2008 Today is the last in our sermon series called The Shape of Things to Come where we have been looking at what Wildwind Church will be doing this year. I want to review because I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    The Jesus Way Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Nov 13, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,794 views

    Part 1 in series Slowing Down. In this first message in the Slowing Down series, Dave explains that most people struggle to follow Jesus the Way because of the way they try to follow Jesus.

    The Jesus Way Slowing Down, part 1 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers October 11, 2008 Years ago my wife Christy, and Greg McLaughlin, took a van full of teenagers to Arizona to work on an Indian reservation for a week. After a couple dozen hours of driving, they passed through The Painted ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    How Far Is Too Far? Series

    Contributed by Paul Green on Aug 7, 2009
    based on 70 ratings
     | 18,490 views

    What do you do when you don’t want to do what God wants you to do? What do you do when you know what’s right, but that’s just not the path you want to travel? What do you do when you and God just don’t want the same things for your life?

    Introduction I read a story recently about a 5-year old who decided to run away. The lady who lived next door saw him go, as she was outside cutting her grass. She said that she watched him walk up and down the pavement, in front of her house, hauling his little suitcase behind him. He would ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Remember Lot's Wife

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Aug 10, 2009
    based on 92 ratings
     | 39,922 views

    The stories of Noah and Lot are actually opposites. When God destroyed the world in Noah’s day, what agency did he use to bring about the destruction? Water.When God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, what was the agency that God used to bring ab

    Luke 17:26-32(NIV): "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot. People ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Run The Race

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Aug 27, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,172 views

    "Run the Race" VBS wrap-up sermon. True Christian living can be compared to an Olympic-style race. With the crowd in place and the prize set before us, we have everything we need to run.

    1. Feeding off our Encouragement (12:1a—cloud of witnesses) 2. Getting rid of our Encumbrances (12:1b—lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us) 3. Building up our Endurance (12:1c—let us run with patience the race that is set before us) 4. Looking to our Example ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Three Strikes, You're Out! Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Aug 27, 2007
    based on 19 ratings
     | 13,230 views

    Israel missed each opportunity God gave them. Each time Amos interceded, God held off on afflicting them. Finally, He had enough—He afflicted them with almost complete destruction. God is faithful to respond to the intercessory prayers of His people.

    1. The first pitch was a fastball of grace. 2. The second pitch was a fastball of mercy. 3. The third pitch was a changeup of affliction. AMOS 7:1-9 I think everybody here knows how much I enjoy sports. Mostly football, but I like other sports too. I like watching NASCAR. I’m a frustrated ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist