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  • Christopher Benfield avatar

    Exposed To The Truth

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on May 1, 2019
     | 1,699 views

    False teachers seek to add to the truth of Christ, going beyond what He taught. We must be know sound doctrine if we are to avoid false doctrine. Knowing truth will enable one to spot a counterfeit.

    Exposed to the Truth 2 John 9-13 The letter John wrote to the elect lady and her children was short and to the point. He was impressed with the testimony of their lives and their commitment to abiding in the truth. It is evident that John desired to encourage them in the faith, seeking to equip ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Exposed To The Truth

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on May 1, 2019
     | 1,642 views

    False teachers seek to add to the truth of Christ, going beyond what He taught. We must be know sound doctrine if we are to avoid false doctrine. Knowing truth will enable one to spot a counterfeit.

    Exposed to the Truth 2 John 9-13 The letter John wrote to the elect lady and her children was short and to the point. He was impressed with the testimony of their lives and their commitment to abiding in the truth. It is evident that John desired to encourage them in the faith, seeking to equip ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Exposed To The Truth

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on May 1, 2019
     | 1,624 views

    False teachers seek to add to the truth of Christ, going beyond what He taught. We must be know sound doctrine if we are to avoid false doctrine. Knowing truth will enable one to spot a counterfeit.

    Exposed to the Truth 2 John 9-13 The letter John wrote to the elect lady and her children was short and to the point. He was impressed with the testimony of their lives and their commitment to abiding in the truth. It is evident that John desired to encourage them in the faith, seeking to equip ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Exposed To The Truth

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on May 1, 2019
     | 1,750 views

    False teachers seek to add to the truth of Christ, going beyond what He taught. We must be know sound doctrine if we are to avoid false doctrine. Knowing truth will enable one to spot a counterfeit.

    Exposed to the Truth 2 John 9-13 The letter John wrote to the elect lady and her children was short and to the point. He was impressed with the testimony of their lives and their commitment to abiding in the truth. It is evident that John desired to encourage them in the faith, seeking to equip ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Revelation Of The New Self Series

    Contributed by Andrew Farley on Sep 25, 2009
    based on 15 ratings
     | 12,219 views

    The third in a series of messages on the complete sufficiency of the Gospel.

    The shocking and liberating revelation of the new self really happens when we can explain why we still struggle with sin. Some theologians and Christian authors have resorted to creative and often impressive mental gymnastics in their attempts to reconcile these two scriptural ideas: (1) the old ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    From Great To Good Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Jan 28, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,155 views

    When it comes to our personal relationship with God and with others, Jesus taught that personal goodness is more valuable than personal greatness.

    INTRODUCTION When I was a pastor in Alabama, we lived next to a cemetery. Most days I would jog through there; the residents never complained. I enjoyed reading the tombstones. I’ll never forget the short tribute one on large tombstone. A man’s name was listed and then it said, “He was a great ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Where's Your Worth? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 2, 2013
    based on 56 ratings
     | 63,591 views

    Where do you find your "self-worth"? Is it in God, or in yourself? The Pharisees looked for their importance in themselves and ended up robbing God of His glory to gain their own. How can avoid the traps that ensnared these highly religious leaders?

    OPEN: "Sometime, when you're feeling important Sometime, when your ego's in bloom Sometime when you take it for granted, You're the best qualified man in the room. Sometime when you feel that your going, would leave an unfillable hole, Just follow this simple instruction, and see how it humbles ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Climbing Higher

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 9, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,701 views

    Satan wants to keep us from making progress in our spiritual life. With the Lord’s help, though, we can keep on climbing. To avoid sin’s tragedy, learn Satan’s strategy.

    Opening illustration: Pastor Dale Kurtz laughed so hard that his sides ached. He was watching a frustrated squirrel trying to climb the metal pole supporting a bird feeder. The squirrel repeatedly got part way up, then slowly slid down the pole in a heap. In describing this incident, Kurtz wrote, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Is Good Series

    Contributed by Mark Lennon on Feb 3, 2003
    based on 15 ratings
     | 7,293 views

    Series 5. Everything that God gives is good and He gives us that which meets our individual needs regarding strength and victory in the trials and temptations of life.

    God is Good! James 1 16-18 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "What's So Periloous About The Perilous Generation?"

    Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Apr 27, 2005
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,529 views

    This message will surprise you. What makes living in the last generation so perilous? It is not so much because of "great persecution,: but more over because of the "great temptations!"

    Title of the message: “The Perilous Generation” Introduction: What is to be so perilous about living in the perilous generation? What is it that this generation will have to overcome? I have read the Book of Revelations. I know of the horrors that will ensue following the rapture of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dan Campbell avatar

    No Confidence In The Flesh Series

    Contributed by Dan Campbell on Apr 25, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,915 views

    All this leads me to an important subject I have been wanting to address. What is it? It is the temptation to believe that earthly honors will automatically result in heavenly rewards.

    IT’S TIME TO LAUGH NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH Philippians 3:1-11 A while ago I talked with a man who said that he needed to work harder at being happier. That got my attention. He said he’d been raised in an ultraserious home. He said, My parents taught us that we could achieve whatever we ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Service Or Serve-Us? Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 10, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,906 views

    Even within the churc we fall prey to the temptation to look after ourselves. Too often it is about what we get over what we give.

    1. Mark Twain once said that the only one who likes change is a baby with a wet diaper. That may be true, but change is inevitable. 2. Examples of change Service Stations have become Gas stations or Convenient stores – once full-service; now, self-service Grocery stores – bag and carry ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Hitting Rock Bottom: The Younger Brother

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 19, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,903 views

    The prodigal succumbed to temptations all of us face: money, sex and power. He survived because he stopped denying his reality and received the grace of the father.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC June 26, 1988 It is frequently said about alcoholics that they have to hit rock bottom before they can be helped. The usual understanding is that because of the nature of the disease, the behavior called alcoholism, the person who suffers as a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    John's Vision Of Jesus

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Aug 6, 2018
     | 9,752 views

    Jesus displays His presence and power so that we may be accountable to Him when temptations beset us and assured by Him when trials besiege us.

    The Book of Revelation was given by the Father to Jesus, who presented it through the Apostle John “to show to his servants the things that must soon take place” (Rev. 1:1). The prophecy was written in the mid-90s by John on the island of Patmos, where he was in exile “on account of the word of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    The Secret To Greatness Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Aug 12, 2014
     | 6,994 views

    We’ve been through the desert temptation, witnessed the calling of Matthew, the return of the Rabbi. . . This message takes us to about 14 days from the crucifixion.

    THE SECRET TO GREATNESS Mark 10.32-45 Lenten Message April 6, 2014 Chester’s FBC, Chester, IL A We’ve been through the desert temptation, witnessed the calling of Matthew, the return of the Rabbi. . . 1 This message takes us to about 14 days from the crucifixion. a He’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist