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  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    You Built A Prison, And Became The Prisoner?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 8, 2008
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    Contentions are like bars and can become a prison. Do you find faults incessantly? Are you quarrelsome, mean-spirited, cranky, nagging, and habitually pushing those you love away?

    YOU BUILT A PRISON AND YOU ARE THE PRISONER? CONTENTIOUS: PUSHING AWAY! SHORT FUSE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I do this lesson in two parts, TEXT: Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Pastor David T. Diskin avatar

    Persuading Or Evading

    Contributed by Pastor David T. Diskin on Aug 11, 2012
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    The apostle Paul said, let every man be persuaded in his own mind. Are you fully persuaded in your mind? Can a person be truly saved if they believe Jesus died for their sins but not believe that Jesus walked on water?

    Persuading or Evading? Pray. This morning I want to ask you a very simple question. As you live in this world as a child of God and come into contact with people every day of your life, Are you Persuading or Evading? Many times throughout the New Testament, the apostle Paul would use ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    Living Out God's Design

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 5, 2025
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    In Christ, we are redeemed and given a new life. We are called to live out the virtues of Christ, seek to bless others more than ourselves, and let the Word of Christ govern our lives.

    Col 3:12-17 - LIVING OUT GOD’S DESIGN In today’s passage, Paul paints for us a blueprint for living as God’s chosen people. • As Christians, being saved by Christ, we are changed by God’s grace and given a new life. And therefore a new way of living that reflects the character of Christ. • When ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jason Jones avatar

    "i Call It Like I See It" --Jesus Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 4, 2025
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    Today we must see that even those entrusted with the Kingdom can lose their focus and fail to produce the fruit in the Master’s Vineyard.

    Background to passage, Matthew 21:33-45: Remember this is the last week of Jesus’s life (and with conversations like this, it’s not surprising). Do know that everything happened just as God foreordained from before the foundation of the world. Jesus has been challenging the Jewish leaders from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Stanley Vasu avatar

    The Journey Of Faith

    Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jun 22, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
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    This sermon is about the various stages in the walk of faith in the life of a beleiver

    THE JOURNEY OF FAITH OUTLINE 1.CALLED 2.CHOSEN 3.COMMISSIONED 4.CLOTHED 5.CONTROLLED 6.COVERED 7.CROWNED THE MESSAGE THE JOURNEY OF FAITH 1.CALLED Isaiah 43;1 , I Thesselonians 5;24 Our journey of faith begins when we are called by God. It is an awesome privilege to receive a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Marc Bertrand avatar

    Communion: A Living Sermon

    Contributed by Marc Bertrand on Nov 5, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 9,290 views

    Communion pictured as a living sermon proclaiming I. Christ’s Death, II. Christ’s Church, III. Christ’s Coming

    Intro: A woman in the church once shared with me a humorous story about her son. Once after a church service he had complained to her that the adults had all been given a snack, but none had been given to the little children. At first Candy was unsure of what he was thinking, but when she asked ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike McGuire avatar

    The Fulfillment Of Evangelism Series

    Contributed by Mike Mcguire on May 6, 2016
     | 4,352 views

    A study of Acts 2 regarding what happens when a church follows the principles of biblical evangelism

    Introduction: Last week we looked at the promise that was to come. Jesus had promised the Comforter, the Holy Spirit to empower and indwell the believers. This week we will look at the results when his plan is followed and fulfilled. Once the Holy Spirit came, the Great Commission was not given ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sheldon Boyd avatar

    A Life Enjoyed Is A Life Shared Pt. 6 Series

    Contributed by Sheldon Boyd on Apr 22, 2009
     | 2,982 views

    Part of a lengthy series I am doing in the book of Philippians.

    HOW TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND STILL ENJOY LIFE A LIFE ENJOYED IS A LIFE SHARED Pt.6 Sunday March 10, 2008 Scripture Reference: Philippians 1:9-11 Intro. A. Last week as we continued our look into V.9-11 of chapter one we were talking about the results of this prayer Paul was praying for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Bob Briggs avatar

    Tempted? Series

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Jan 24, 2003
    based on 50 ratings
     | 4,199 views

    tired of temptations, looking for a way out?

    There is not a one of us in the room who has not been tempted to do something we know we shouldn’t. From sneaking a cookie to sneaking cash. Children instinctively respond to temptation at a young age and older people seem never to shake it. From birth to death we will always be hounded by ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Rick Brown avatar

    Where There Is Root There Will Be Fruit

    Contributed by Rick Brown on Feb 23, 2008
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    Inspecting the fruit of others life. Looking for acceptance or denial of Christ by the fruits a person bears.

    AWHERE THERE IS ROOT THERE WILL BE FRUIT@ 1 JOHN 3:4-10 INTRO: ILL: IF I WAS TO GO TO AN APPLE TREE AND SAY TO YOU THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ORANGE TREE TO ME AND I WANT AN ORANGE SO I AM GOING TO PLUCK AN ORANGE FROM THAT TREE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO ME? YOU CAN’T GET AN ORANGE FROM AN APPLE TREE. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Manuel Jr. Ocampo avatar

    Change My Heart, O God

    Contributed by Manuel Jr. Ocampo on Feb 27, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 9,462 views

    We must live a life of holiness before God.

    “CHANGE MY HEART, O GOD” TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-27 INTRO: Paul disciplined himself and subdues it for the fear of being a castaway or rejected at the last day. If the great Apostle Paul dreads about this after suffering many things for the sake of the Gospel, how much more are we if we don’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Tony Grant avatar

    Angel Gear

    Contributed by Tony Grant on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,308 views

    On Easter Morning, we put ourselves in a kind of spiritual “angel gear.” We turn off all our mechanistic doubts. We refuse to put the brakes on the faith. We cling to the steering wheel of Easter.

    Angel Gear John 20:1-10, Matthew 28:1-10 03/27/05 1375 words 1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    God's Word: The Strainer Of Truth Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 7, 2011
     | 5,754 views

    The Scriptures do not address all eventualities or issues; we still must use godly wisdom to fill in the cracks. Nonetheless, God's true will always passes the Scriptural strainer.

    God's Word: The Strainer of Truth (Acts 15:6-18) 1. I have only made applesauce once in my life, and that was a month or two back when the Newells brought all those apples to church for all of us. 2. I made sauce the easy way; I had a press down apple corer / section maker, and then threw the apple ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Danny Pinksen avatar

    Beatitudes (Part I) Series

    Contributed by Danny Pinksen on Oct 5, 2002
    based on 315 ratings
     | 34,316 views

    Being a Christian is more than just holding the title, but also walking the walk and talking the talk. And the Beatitudes are key is helping us understand what is expected. (First four)

    Title: A series on the Beatitudes of Jesus Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12 Introduction: [ILLUS: There he stood, in the midst of the Golden Corral restaurant, with Thousand Island dressing dripping from his hair, over his glasses, down his face, all over his jacket, pants, & shoes. And I’m not ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Terry Cavanaugh avatar

    New Life In Christ

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Jun 2, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,158 views

    This messages looks at the sin and salvation

    A few weeks ago I visited my family physician, Dr. Stuckert. After a few minutes in the waiting room the nurse took me back. The first thing she did was weigh me, then she took my temperature. Then she asked, why I had come to see the doctor. I told her, I was having headaches for the last ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist