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  • Jefferson Williams avatar

    The Amazing, Incredible, Extravagant Grace Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Mar 14, 2021
     | 6,035 views

    In verses, 11-15 Paul gives Titus the motivation behind living a life that honors God - the amazing grace of Jesus.

    Amazing, Incredible, Extravagant Grace! Titus 2:11-15 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 3-14-2021 The Kitchen Sink After I proposed to Maxine, our mutual friend Terri had a serious talk with me. She said that now that I had committed to Maxine satan was going to throw the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Mending Of Our Minds

    Contributed by Richard Lankford on Jul 25, 2022
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     | 2,432 views

    Many of the things we hear and are exposed to on a regular basis shape the way we think throughout life. And for a majority of the time, our thoughts ultimately determine the actions that we take and the conclusions that we reach..

    One of the things that I have discovered... not only about my own life... but about the lives of all of us as Children of God... is that whenever we face days of conflict or days of adversity, our frame of mind (our mental attitude) (our thoughts) usually determine how we come out of these ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Destructive Nature Of Man’s Human Spirit

    Contributed by Gordon Brownlee on Apr 14, 2025
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    The Old and New Covenants meet with God in different ways. But few have asked whether these differences create spiritual powers that work against the Christian life. This maybe why Paul struggled with a Church in transition.

    The Destructive Nature of Man’s Human Spirit Life sets before us an interesting journey of discovery. Within that journey we record what our eyes perceive as beauty, what our hearts cherish as food for the soul and what our spirit learns of eternity. Hence every endeavor in life relies upon body, ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Use The Wisdom Of God To Overcome The World's Wisdom

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 44 ratings
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    Today it becomes increasingly tempting to rely on the world’s financial, scientific or educational wisdom. New insights are gained everyday. Knowledge doubles every five years according to Alvin Tofler in his landmark best seller Future Shock. Yet, throug

    1. Today it becomes increasingly tempting to rely on the world’s financial, scientific or educational wisdom. New insights are gained everyday. Knowledge doubles every five years according to Alvin Tofler in his landmark best seller Future Shock. Yet, throughout all dimensions of life we come to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Press On Series

    Contributed by Mark Connelly on Aug 24, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,264 views

    People will let you down. You will fail. So determine now to be people who PRESS ON to the end.

    In this series, I’ve been telling you stories of four heroes of the faith. My hope is that these heroes would stir your soul to follow Jesus more closely, and you’d have new stories of the faith to tell your children, and your children’s children. (Phil 3-typically go thru ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dennis Lee avatar

    The Kingdom Of God: "Kingdom Life Is Power”

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jun 23, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,866 views

    Paul said the kingdom of God isn’t in word, but power. The Kingdom of God is where the Kingdom is being manifested in people’s lives that are being changed and brought into alignment with God. This Sunday we’ll look what this power is and isn’t.

    The Kingdom of God “Kingdom Life is Power” 1 Corinthians 4:18-20 Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32UqfQiFSKI This morning, we’ll be looking at another aspect of the Kingdom of God that's not well understood. Further, these verses we will be exploring, Paul could ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    "God Knows" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,798 views

    Sermon 5 in a study in Hosea

    18th century theologian, Jonathan Edwards once preached a sermon called “Men Naturally Are God’s Enemies”. And by the way…I found this sermon on the web and copied and pasted it to my Word program so that I could extract the quote I’m about to read to you. I want you to know that I put it in ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    "The Enemy Within"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 8, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,240 views

    Will He meet you at Bochim, or Gilgal?

    The first thing I want to bring to your attention today, is where the book of Judges is located in the Bible. We have the first five books, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; then Joshua, and then Judges. God has created, raised up the nations, brought about a people for ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    The Word Of The Cross Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 22, 2004
    based on 36 ratings
     | 3,565 views

    God’s Word will do God’s work, in you, and through you.

    “For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will set aside”. Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    David's Might Men Arise Series

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Jul 31, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,051 views

    It is going to take courage to believe and live the Gospel of the Kingdom in the days ahead. We need to become like David’s Mighty Men.

    Introduction Pastor Tony- God has established times/seasons … Earth rotating around sun- new year According to the Chinese calendar … 2006 Year of the Dog 2007 Year of the Pig (begins Feb 18th) According to the Jewish calendar … 2007 is the year 5767 (began Sept 2006) ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Opposing Opinions Series

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 8, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,146 views

    God is always against those who are proud, and profit or power driven. He lifts up those who are humble and gracious. We, as His people, must always be the voice of the protection of the planet and the deliverance of the oppressed.

    Revelation 18 v. 9 and they shall weep and mourn about her, those kings of the earth who committed fornication with her and grew rich when they see the smoke of her burning. v. 10 they stayed a distance for fear of her torment, saying, “Woe! Woe! The big city of Babylon, the powerful city for in ...read more

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  • Timothy Peck avatar

    The Church God Uses Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 331 ratings
     | 30,850 views

    Five characteristics of the kind of church God uses.

    When your average unchurched person decides to go to church, that person is met with a bewildering array of different choices. There are so many different kinds of churches in our culture today, it can be very confusing trying to sort through them all. Churches come in different sizes. The average ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Peace Pottage Hot Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 19, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,691 views

    What is peace, how do we get it, and what are the consequences if we do not obtain authentic peace?

    Peace. All I want is an hour of peace! If I could just shut out the noise, pull the plug on the telephone, and send everybody packing for a couple of days, I’d be all right. Have you ever said that? Have you ever felt as though you were on the very edge of falling into an abyss? You were in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Praise His Holy Name Series

    Contributed by Rick Finitzer on Jun 10, 2008
     | 5,754 views

    God alone is worthy of our praise and our adoration.

    Cornerstone Church February 26, 2006 “Prayer 101 - Lord, Teach Us To Pray” Series LESSON 2: “PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME” Matthew ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Taking Responsibility For Our Lives Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 22, 2012
     | 7,966 views

    God desires to restore our wholeness…including our inner life….. emotional wholeness.

    Taking Responsibility for Our Lives Series: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Brad Bailey – March 11, 2012 Intro We are continuing in our series Emotionally Healthy Spirituality….focused on restoring some healthy understanding to our spiritual formation… that can lead to emotional ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational