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  • Jim Butcher avatar

    The Da Vinci Code: Fact Or Fiction (Part Four: Mary Magdalene's Big Role)

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 5, 2006
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,283 views

    This message looks at Mary Magdalene’s biggest scene in the Bible - not as Jesus’ wife, but as the first person to meet the risen Savior.

    The Da Vinci Code’s Claim: “Mary Magdalene’s most important role was being married to Jesus.” - As we noted last week, Dan Brown claims in his book that Mary Magdalene is of monumental importance because she was married to Jesus. (We also noted that Brown claims that she had a child with Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fan The Flame Series

    Contributed by Chris Santasiere on Dec 5, 2002
    based on 196 ratings
     | 50,672 views

    This is the beginning of a message series out of II Timothy in which Paul encourages Timothy to fan into flame his gift of ministry.

    How To Become An Effective Christian “Fan The Flame!” II Timothy 1:1-7 Introduction He was a man who was letting go of his life. He sat in a jail cell, resembling more of a dungeon than a cell. It was poorly lit. It was cold and damp. He was chained to the wall and waiting…waiting to die. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Fasting And Its Purpose Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Jul 22, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,069 views

    Ongoing series concerning questions

    Sermon Series: ¡§Questioning the Faith¡¨ Sermon #12 ¡§Fasting and its Purpose¡¨ Text: Matthew 6:16-18 OPENING JOKE: ¡§FASTING Conference¡¨ In a Church bulletin the following words were printed: "The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer conference includes meals." QUESTION: There are many ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Father Abraham Had Many Sons Series

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Jan 8, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,642 views

    How to develop an exponential perspective and start believing, trusting, and cooperating with God for miraculous growth in His Kingdom. A sermon of early preparation for a 40 Days of Purpose Campaign.

    FATHER ABRAHAM HAD MANY SONS Genesis 15: 1-6 1. At our Wednesday night gathering and with the group that met at Al and Birdie’s home on Thursday, to start getting a broad overview of our planned 40 Day’s of Purpose Campaign during Lent, we heard Pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church in Lake ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Turning On Your Bulldust Filters

    Contributed by Cameron Horsburgh on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,728 views

    The smartest of us sometimes forget to question things we hear when they come from a source of apparent authority. It is the duty of all people to turn on our bulldust filters, especially when we are listening to our Christian leaders.

    Introduction Time for a quiz! 1. The cells which make up the antlers of a moose are the fastest growing animal cells in nature. (True) 2. The planet closest to the sun is Mercury (True 3. Pi to three decimal places is 3.142 (True. Not 3.141—this is a rounding error) 4. The second General of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Answering Our Culture #3: "You Can't Trust The Bible." Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Oct 26, 2002
    based on 32 ratings
     | 6,216 views

    Third in a series on answering the objections people raise against Christianity.

    Answering Our Culture #3 – “You Can’t Trust the Bible Isaiah 40:8, Matthew 24:35 August 4, 2002 Introduction Before we get started, I just want to warn you that we will not get all the way through our outline today. I printed out the outline, hopeful that I would be able to cover everything ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Norm Story avatar

    Be Ready - Persevere

    Contributed by Norm Story on May 18, 2001
    based on 215 ratings
     | 25,779 views

    The challenge of faithfully living prepared and ready

    "Be Ready – Persevere for the Long Journey" Psalm 78:1-7 Matthew 25:1-13 When I was a Boy Scout, I remember how the younger scouts struggled and suffered on long hiking-camping trips; because they always seemed to bring so much of the wrong stuff. They’d come loaded down with ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Knowing Our Authority Series

    Contributed by Dave Martin on Jul 22, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 6,014 views

    When we speak of authority, what do we mean? It could mean flashing lights coming up fast from behind you.

    "Knowing Our Authority!" "Knowing" series part 3 of 4 Text: Eph. 1:17-23 & Selected Cross Creek Community Church Pastor Dave Martin - July 22, 2001 www.crosscreekcc.org God’s Word is Powerful, Relevant, and Life Changing! When we speak of authority, what do we mean? It could mean flashing lights ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Ed Owens avatar

    Set Free

    Contributed by Ed Owens on Jan 17, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 18,626 views

    Though freedom is often regarded as throwing off the restraints of religion, true freedom comes from obeying the scriptures.

    SET FREE PSALM 119:32,45 JANUARY 14, 2007 I read some real life warnings on products. The first one was found on a snow sled. It warned: “Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.” I wonder if that warning was for ignorant Floridian kids who have never seen snow. I mean ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Terry Blankenship avatar

    The Unchangeable, Irreplaceable, Timeless Word Of God

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Jan 25, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 12,814 views

    God’s Word has no equal. It is a transforming, life-changing, eternal Word.

    2 Timothy 3:16-17 The Unchangeable, Irreplaceable, Timeless Word of God Introduction - Memorized scripture @ Hanoi Hilton When Howard Rutledge’s plane was shot down over Vietnam, he parachuted into a little village and was immediately attacked, stripped naked, and imprisoned. For the next seven ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Believers Can Appropriate Romans 8:28 Series

    Contributed by William Barber, Sr. on Feb 23, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,789 views

    Here is a careful, expository look at Romans 8:28 with a view to building up the believer.

    How Believers Can Appropriate Romans 8:28 Introduction: A loved one is brutalized, a child is kidnaped or abused, a family is wiped out in a terrible accident, a marriage breaks apart, or perhaps a terrible disease has taken hold of someone and angry people cry out at God and ask, "Why did you ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Who Am I?

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Feb 25, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,254 views

    We spend so much of our lives unsure of the answer to this question. If I don’t know who I am, then what I stand for and what I believe in are easily swayed by circumstances. Knowing who I am is critical to getting through life.

    In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. (Psalm 19:14) Who am I? … We spend so much of our lives unsure of the answer to this simple question. We look at ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Joseph Rodgers avatar

    Our Marriage Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jul 18, 2007
    based on 31 ratings
     | 15,824 views

    The key to a successful marriage is following God’s prescription. This message focuses on the roles of husbands and wives to imitate the example Christ has set for them.

    Live Out Loud – Our MARRIAGE Ephesians 5:22-33 Funny: A week before his wife turned 45, a husband asked what she wanted for her birthday. She said, “I’d like to be 10 again.” So on her birthday, he got her up fed her Pop Tarts and Coco Puffs, and whisked her off to of Six ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jofrey Bustamante avatar

    When God Intervenes

    Contributed by Jofrey Bustamante on Dec 7, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,336 views

    When God intervenes, watch and see!

    Sometime in the last decade of twentieth century, a young pastor who was a fresh graduate from a renowned seminary was assigned to shepherd an old church in a remote village. The church was founded and built sometime in the late nineteenth century, and that makes the church about a century ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Godly Role Models: An Example Worth Following Series

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Jan 13, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,176 views

    Changed lives earn the reputation of being a model worth imitating.

    What types of role models have you chosen to follow in your life? We all have been impacted by a wide range of different people. Some of the examples have been good and helpful; others have been dangerous and harmful. We know that “bad company corrupts good morals” (1 Cor. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible