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  • John Howard avatar

    God Events

    Contributed by John Howard on Feb 23, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,797 views

    This even, teh birth of Christ, was a God event.

    Matt 1:18-25 God Events (Christmas) Read Texts Matt 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38 - It is that time of the year - When we as a society get into the spirit of the season - We go about celebrating Christmas - By putting up decorations - Lights, trees, wreaths - All over our homes inside and out - We seek ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stop, To Smell The Flowers

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Mar 17, 2001
    based on 118 ratings
     | 7,713 views

    Year C. 4th Sunday of Lent March 25th, 2001 Joshua 5: 9-12

    Year C. 4th Sunday of Lent March 25th, 2001 Title: Joshua 5: 9-12 Title: “Stop, to smell the flowers” The first Passover in Canaan was a “memorial” of the night forty years earlier when God began to deliver the slaves, and so a memorial ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Welcoming The Spirit Of Pentecost

    Contributed by Bruce Ritter on May 19, 2002
    based on 234 ratings
     | 23,040 views

    An examination of NT phrases for the receiving of the Holy Spirit in the Book of Acts.

    Welcoming the Spirit of Pentecost Acts 19:1-7 It is my heart that we encounter a re-visitation of the Holy Spirit through Pentecostal experience, not merely the recognition of an annual event on the Christian calendar, but a rekindled passion for God and the work, which He calls us to perform… Jack ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    How Can I Trust The Bible

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on May 11, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,484 views

    The Bible is God’s Word, and we can trust if for living.

    How Can I Trust the Bible? 2 Timothy 3: 14-17 Perhaps you’ve heard of the Jesus Seminar. This is a group of biblical scholars (so-called) whose sole purpose is to investigate the life of Jesus Christ in an attempt to determine the “historical” Jesus. Their attempts to accomplish this task have ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Christmas Is Worship Series

    Contributed by Kerry Bauman on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,956 views

    Unbelievers and believers look at Christmas in very different ways. This sermon seeks to point out these differences.

    Christmas is Worship Text: Matthew 2:1-12 Introduction: Christmas isn’t just for Christians anymore. Nearly half of adult Americans report they personally know someone who doesn’t believe in God but will still celebrate the yuletide this year according to a survey of 1,001 people conducted by ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Gold Series

    Contributed by Troy Richards on Dec 20, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 10,379 views

    The first of three sermons looking at how God used the gifts of the wise men to tell about Jesus and His life.

    Review: Who were the wise men? [not known, but likely Chinese astronomers or Iranian scholars] How many wise men were there? [unknown, no names given] When did they show up? [also unknown, could be later than Bethlehem, most say two years later] What did they bring? [gold, frankincense and myrrh ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    God's Time Matrix Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,448 views

    God’s plan to restore the Kingdom to Israel and to bring in Millennial righteousness has been partly fulfilled but will be completely fulfilled in God’s times.

    God’s Time Matrix (Malachi 4:1-6) 1. Some problems have simple and quick solutions. “Our patient in the hospital was a big, burly former officer. Just after surgery, and still half out of it, he became agitated and confused, tearing at his IVs and trying to escape his bed. The nurses gamely ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Lost Carol Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Dec 25, 2010
     | 5,396 views

    A hymn from the earliest days of the Faith becomes the focus of a Christmas Eve meditation.

    “Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.” Everyone celebrates Christmas. This is not an exaggeration. A new ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Only One Translation? Series

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on Dec 17, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 9,805 views

    Third in a series on the reliability of the Bible, this messages deals with the debate about Bible translations. If the words of Scripture mattered to Jesus, they should matter to us.

    DISCLAIMER: The material in these three messages come from others who are better scholars than I! Contact me if I can credit anything in this series to its original source. Sermon Notes Only One Translation? Deuteronomy 4:1–14; John 8:12–26; 2 Timothy 3:14–17 (Third in the series Our Still Point ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Treasure Hunting

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on May 16, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,055 views

    Sermon on what you hold valuable and where you are storing those treasures.

    Treasure Hunting Matthew 13:44-46 Introduction Good morning, this morning I want to talk about treasures. Your treasures and my treasures. They may not be the same thing but they are things we hold dear in our lives. Illustration- If I gave you my wallet, that would be weird for both of us. ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Walls That Divide Series

    Contributed by Richard Vartenisian on Sep 7, 2015
     | 6,851 views

    prejudice

    Walls That Divide Ephesians 2: 11- 22 Under the disguise of night on Aug. 13, 1961, a wire barricade was stretched the middle of an ancient city. This barrier ended up 28 miles long and became one of the most controversial boundary lines of the 20th century. It not only ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Epiphany And All It Characters, The Full Story.

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Dec 4, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,424 views

    The Epiphany is all about the divinity of Jesus being revealed to the world; but not everyone like this news. This is a very interesting story with a variety of characters: eg. compare the characters of Jesus with Herod.

    This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 8th January 2012; St Oswald’s is a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. The readings for today are: Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 Psalm ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Go! And Stand Firm In The Truth Of Christ - 2 Timothy 2:8 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Mar 7, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,158 views

    One of the most important questions of our faith: How do we know Christianity is really true? The world is filled with many voices, philosophies, and religions, yet we, as followers of Christ, stand on the firm foundation of truth.

    Go! And Stand Firm in the Truth of Christ - 2 Timothy 2:8 Introduction: Today we ask one of the most important questions of our faith: How do we know Christianity is really true? The world is filled with many voices, philosophies, and religions, yet we, as followers of Christ, stand on the firm ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Church Of Thyatira: The Consequences Of Appeasing Jezebel

    Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Dec 23, 2023
     | 1,365 views

    Thyatira was the smallest of the seven cities mentioned in Revelation, Chapters 2 and 3. It is also the city about which little is known. Yet, it is to this church that Jesus addresses His longest letter.

    Thyatira was founded by the Macedonian conqueror Alexander the Great some 300 years before the birth of Christ. The name Thyatira means "unceasing sacrifice". It more than likely received this name because it was a military "buffer city", located some 40 miles southeast of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hosanna To The Lamb!

    Contributed by John Newton on Nov 22, 2021
     | 1,496 views

    A call to worship with the saints

    It was a dark, stormy and very windy night when disaster struck the cemetery. As a cold rain hammered against the sodden earth, a howling gale overturned tombstones, blew down branches and sent cobwebs flying into the dank night air. Lying in bed, Paul Hopkins heard the savage roar outside and ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal