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  • Thomas Swope avatar

    Not The Ones

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 22, 2019
     | 2,063 views

    A study in the book of Ezra 5: 1 – 17

    Ezra 5: 1 – 17 Not the ones 5 Then the prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. 2 So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Taking No Chances

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Feb 24, 2023
     | 2,383 views

    Incomplete obedience is disobedience. And yet, many fellow Christians attempt to serve God while living for the world. We need to discover the will of the Lord and courageously do that will.

    “In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, began to reign. He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the eyes of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Working Together In Unity (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Joel Santos on Dec 1, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 23,691 views

    This ministry of reconciliation cannot be separated from the preaching or sharing of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

    WORKING TOGETHER IN UNITY TO ACCOMPLISH GOD’S MISSION 2 Cor. 5.16-21 (Series) A. The Mission of the Church: Reconciliation of God and Man Paul called the Christian ministry as the “ministry of reconciliation” (2 Cor. 5.18). To reconcile is “to end a relation of enmity and substitute for it one ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are You Eager To Serve?

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 50 ratings
     | 6,922 views

    God has given each of us gifts so that we might use them to bring Him glory and to bless the lives of those around us.

    Are You Eager To Serve? 2 Corinthians 9:6:15 Tom Jackson and Chris Johnson were both members of the same church. Tom and his family had joined the church when they moved into the neighborhood and began searching for a new church home. Tom and Serena had three kids who were in school at the time. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Diamond In The Rough

    Contributed by Mark Engler on Apr 20, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 24,822 views

    We all have trials and tribulations in life. God will help us through them, we are all but pieces of coal and with enough help from God we can be diamonds in His kingdom

    Diamonds In The Rough Text: James 1:1-12 Subject: Faith Theme: Testing of our faith Proposition: It’s a joyful thing to have our faith tested. Interrogative: How is the testing of our faith joyful? Transitional sentence: It is joyful because of the results of the testing. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Wallace avatar

    The Bible, Ufos, Aliens, And The Paranormal Series

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006
    based on 18 ratings
     | 10,805 views

    What does the Bible say about UFOs ?

    The Bible, UFOs, Aliens, and the Paranormal Matthew 24:4, 24-25 1 Timothy 4:1 I spoke to a Christian woman last week who told me that her son, who was raised in church, was living with a girl and they weren’t married. She said, He know better, but she didn’t have any church background. Her mom ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Thieves Of Prayer

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 15, 2007
    based on 35 ratings
     | 30,877 views

    This is the fourth sermon in the series on prayer. This message deals with the things that rob our prayer.

    The Thieves of Prayer Mark 11:15-19 KJV And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; [16] And would not suffer that any man should ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dean O'Bryan avatar

    Godliness, Manhood And Leadership, Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Mar 5, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,924 views

    From a conference for college-age men on what it means to be a man, God’s man and God’s leader.

    Godliness, Manhood and Leadership As men, we’re in crisis. The crisis we experience is deeper and more pervasive than probably any of us realize. It’s a crisis which impacts us first as males -- then it shifts – and it twists and troubles relationships with others, especially with women. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When God Moved Into The Neighborhood Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 8, 2011
     | 7,626 views

    The incarnation of Jesus provides us with a model of how we are to interact with unbelievers in the world around us.

    For the past four weeks, we’ve been focusing on the beginnings of the life of Jesus and seen how the foundations that were laid very early in His life were important throughout His earthly ministry. So let’s take a moment to quickly review where we’ve come so far. And I’m ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sensing My Own Sinfulness Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 6, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,965 views

    My love for Jesus will be in direct proportion to my sense of my own sinfulness

    NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Becoming A Living Sacrifice Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 14, 2022
     | 3,464 views

    In God’s kingdom I must die in order to truly live

    NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Fox avatar

    New Year Resolutions - Killing The Monsters

    Contributed by Robert Fox on Jan 8, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,114 views

    How to keep your resolutions to overcome the monster inside. Not by strength or by willpower, but by falling in love with Christ’s vision for you. Student Ministry PowerPoint format.

    [New Year Resolutions – Killing the monsters] But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:13b-14) This material was originally presented in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Leave The Old Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 14, 2015
     | 4,923 views

    Ephesians 4 presents ... a divine wardrobe which will really change one’s life...a heavenly, eternal style which will never go out of date — a wardrobe which wears increasingly better with time.

    If you have been abroad, you know there is a worldwide fascination with fashion. Whether you travel to Chicago or London or Geneva or Beijingor Nairobi, you find fashion-conscious people making fashion statements. Much of this lure comes from fashion’s enticing promise of a “new ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Leave The Old Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 6, 2020
     | 3,204 views

    The worldly life is 1) Intellectually futile (Ephesians 4:17), 2) Ignorant of God’s truth (Ephesians 4:18), 3) Spiritually and morally callused (Ephesians 4:19a), and 4) Depraved in mind (Ephesians 4:19b).

    Ephesians 4:17-19 [17] Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. [18] They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Timothy Smith avatar

    The Da Vinci Code: Is It Real? Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on May 24, 2006
    based on 33 ratings
     | 6,398 views

    Part 1 of a 4 part of series on topics that tend to divide people from each other and from God.

    THE GREAT DIVIDE - PART 1 “The Da Vinci Code: Is it real?” Colossians 2:8-10, 1 John 1:1-2 INTRODUCTION: The book has sold over 40 million copies, it has been on the best seller list for almost 3 years and is presently the New York Times Best Seller as the #1 paperback fiction. The movie, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church