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  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    How To Repent Of All Sins In Your Christian Life

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 27, 2021
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    Repentance is a beautiful thing. Repentance is a breaking free from the ties and bonds of this world, and the sins that so easily corrupt us, and a process of being transformed into the likeness of Christ.

    Mark 7:20-23 (ESV) And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Three Witnesses

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Apr 3, 2021
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    The following sermon is going to review three witnesses of Christ’s resurrection and suggest that celebrating His lordship, removing all doubts, and a restoration and a renewed desire to serve Him are but just three wonderful ways to celebrate Easter!

    The Witnesses John 20:11-18, 24-29, 21:15-17 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 There have been some amazing accomplishments over the course of human history. To the vast splendor of Pharoah Khufu’s (2540 BCE) Great Pyramid of Giza that was the tallest structure for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dan And Naphtali Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 9, 2022
     | 2,032 views

    Naphtali's descendants came to be known as the tribe of Naphtali, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

    Dan and Naphtali Naphtali was Jacob's sixth-born son and two sons by Rachel's maidservant, Bilhah. Naphtali's older brother was Dan. Rachel was so delighted at the birth of another son that she called the child Naphtali, which means "my wrestling." She chose this name because ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dan And Naphtali Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 9, 2022
     | 1,940 views

    Naphtali's descendants came to be known as the tribe of Naphtali, one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

    Dan and Naphtali [part 1] Naphtali was Jacob's sixth-born son and two sons by Rachel's maidservant, Bilhah. Naphtali's older brother was Dan. Rachel was so delighted at the birth of another son that she called the child Naphtali, which means "my wrestling." She chose this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Doug Fannon avatar

    Whatever Happened To Sin? Series

    Contributed by Doug Fannon on Feb 14, 2022
     | 3,169 views

    Our culture, our world, and even many in the church of lost the concept of sin. All quotes from scripture are from the NASB.

    Our society’s, our culture's concept of sin is very closely related to their concept of holiness, God’s holiness. Our culture has a lack of a belief in God, or at very least, if there is a belief in a higher power, our culture’s has a low estimation of God’s holiness. Our single biggest ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Kingdoms In Conflict (Christ The King Sunday 2021)

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Nov 19, 2021
     | 2,922 views

    Our text today, poses the question “How can God’s kingdom come on earth in the midst of conflict?” If Jesus is the King of all kings, and He is, then why does it appear that His never ending kingdom is in danger?

    KINGDOMS IN CONFLICT Text: John 18: 33- 37 John 18:33-37  Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"  (34)  Jesus answered, "Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?" ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Are You Listening?

    Contributed by Luther Sexton on Jun 1, 2021
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    The psalmist distinguishes between the life of the righteous compared to the ungodly.

    Are You Listening? Psalm 1:1-6 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3And he shall be like a tree ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Underestanding Anger Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Apr 12, 2018
     | 3,884 views

    30th in a series on Ephesians dealing with the issue of anger.

    Understanding Anger” Ephesians 4:26-27 REVIEW I. Our Wealth and Worth In Christ 1-3 II. Our Worthy Walk in Christ 4-6 A. Live in Unity 4:1-16 B. Live in Newness of life 4:17-24 C. Live in Love 4:17-24 1. Speak truth not falsehood 4:25 2. Be angry without sinning ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The God Who Sees Me

    Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 26, 2017
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     | 42,072 views

    Hagar was a woman who never thought God would take notice of her. She wasn't important or wealthy or full of faith. Her only claim to fame was that she ended up in the middle of a big, ugly, complicated, mess. Yet God knew who she was!

    THE GOD WHO SEES ME Genesis 16:1-14 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Paul Dickson has written a book entitled, What’s In A Name? In that book he shares some of the most unusual names he’s come across. How would you like to have any of these for your name? Cletus Clodfelter, Rotten Earp, Jinglebells ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    All In

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on May 10, 2019
     | 8,857 views

    A study in the book of Psalms 1

    Psalm 1: 1 - 6 All In 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    My Month Of Discipleship

    Contributed by Pastor Amos Dele Dada on Jun 17, 2020
     | 2,725 views

    It is with great delight that I welcome you to our month of discipleship. No doubt Jesus ministered to multitudes but he always spends more time with his disciples for obvious reasons.

    It is with great delight that I welcome you to our month of discipleship. No doubt Jesus ministered to multitudes but he always spends more time with his disciples for obvious reasons. Jesus wants us to be his disciples and as his disciples he wants us to disciple the nations. When Jesus called ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    The Body Of Christ-3

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jun 23, 2020
     | 1,739 views

    3 of 7. The apostle Paul maintained the significance of the Church's being the Body of Christ. What is exhibited by that entity known as the Body of Christ? The Body of Christ exhibits...

    The BODY Of CHRIST-III—1Corinthians 12:12-31 Attention: For the past two weeks we’ve been looking at God’s design for Unity & it’s importance in the Body of Christ, which is the Church. All the local-to-global manifestations of the Body of Christ are built upon a God-sourced Unity of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Leighton (Lee) Vary avatar

    More About The Apostles Life Series

    Contributed by Leighton (Lee) Vary on Feb 14, 2017
     | 7,293 views

    Fear not. Persecution promised. Murder promised. God will be with them (YOU).

    I. Introduction A. We live in a small town where we have a volunteer Ambulance Corp. We are blessed with many dedicated and fully qualified attendants, who staff our ambulances and give freely of themselves. I was chatting with one of the EMS responders one day and she could hardly stifle a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Temptation Or A Test?

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 5, 2017
     | 6,839 views

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    A TEMPTATION OR A TEST? (LUKE 4:1-13) When I was a boy in west Texas, we lived on the west fork of the Brazos River. In the summertime there was not enough water in the stream to rust a shingle nail. It was dry. In the wintertime, however, you could have kept a battleship afloat in it. One year we ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    God's Grace Is With Us! Series

    Contributed by Derek Geldart on Aug 13, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,223 views

    By God’s grace the “what ifs” of life and their associated doubt can be casted into the sea and replaced with the glorious truth that the Lord will grant any request we have as long as it is done in His name and in accordance with His will!

    God’s Grace is With Us! Exodus 4:1-12; Mark 9:24; Romans 8:14; Luke 12:12 If the Lord appeared to you tonight in a dream like He did king Solomon and said, “ask for whatever you want” (1 Kings 3:1-15), what would be your request be? For some maybe you would ask for a larger bank account, for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist