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  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Be A Godly Employee

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,768 views

    Contentment is a rare quality in today’s culture, but it is extremely liberating! Materialism, striving for rank , back-stabbing, and discontent lead to emotional, mental, financial, and spiritual bondage

    HOW TO BE A GODLY EMPLOYEE 1. TRUST IN GOD ONLY. Trust in no one but GOD. People will disappoint you. God created you and has a wonderful plan for your life. He is too good to do wrong, and too wise to make a mistake. Let His peace abide in you. (Proverbs 3 :5-6) 2. WORSHIP GOD ONLY. Don’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Harm In Same Sex Marriage Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 16, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,795 views

    What's the harm in same sex marriage? (Material adapted from various sources and Marriage: What is it, why it matters, and the consequences of redefining it by Ryan T. Anderson)

    HoHum: Henry Rollins- “Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe!” WBTU: Many are saying that we are losing the fight over marriage in this country. A majority of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Pride And Going Beyond What Is Written

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 1, 2013
     | 4,387 views

    A textual sermon on 1 Corinthians 4:7 (Material adapted from Dave Swavely's book, Who Are You to Judge?, chapter 6 "Pride Questioned and Convicted)

    HoHum: C.S. Lewis said that the worst evil is pride. “According to many Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Justification

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 26, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,725 views

    A sermon on justification preached on a Sunday night (Material adapted from John Stott's book, The Cross of Christ, chapter 7 The Salvation of Sinners, section under Justification)

    HoHum: Let's say we where caught speeding down the highway. We are doing 100 mph, obviously slightly out of the acceptable speeding window. We go to court and just as the judge is about to throw the book at us, someone steps forward and says, "I will pay the fine. I will take the punishment." And ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Baptism And The Church Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 15, 2014
     | 7,149 views

    A sermon on how baptism relates to the church (Material adapted from Daniel Overdorf's book, Rediscovering Community, chapter 10 Sacramentally Participating pg. 241- 254)

    HoHum: How can one be baptized without the church? Christians are the church. If not a Christian then not part of church, if a Christian then part of church. We have no record of anyone in the NT baptizing themselves. Imagine someone coming to the point of wanting to be baptized, they come ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    One Second Coming

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 16, 2014
     | 4,241 views

    What will Jesus' Second Coming be like? (Material adapted from David Vaughn Elliott's book, Nobody Left Behind, Chapter 19, pgs. 304-316)

    HoHum: Herbert Washington, whom co-workers at Significant Plastics Inc. say was unduly concerned with the rapture and the second coming of Christ, suffered a serious heart attack when co-workers pretended they'd been caught away without him. "We didn't mean to scare him to death," said one woman. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Believe - Kickoff Sunday - Week 0 Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Nov 26, 2014
     | 9,780 views

    This is Kickoff Sunday of a new 30 week series called Believe. Material comes from Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, TX via Randy Frazee.

    Believe: Towards a Transformed Life September 7, 2014 2 Peter 1 An elderly man went to the doctor complaining that his wife could barely hear. The doctor suggested a test to find out just how bad her hearing problem was. He said, “Stand far behind her and ask her a question, and then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Getting Ready For Christmas

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Dec 4, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,905 views

    We all get ready for Christmas in different ways. most of this is material. Mary's song models for us how we should prepare ourselves spiritually for Christmas.

    Getting Ready For Christmas Luke 1: 46-55 Intro: Have you noticed that Christmas is coming? We started our service this morning with the lighting of the candles for the second Sunday of Advent. A time of preparation and anticipation. . I watched as my Pam and her nieces and my son D J’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Troublemakers

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 22, 2013
     | 6,577 views

    A sermon on troublemakers in the church (Outline and material adapted from Alan Carr at: http://www.sermonnotebook.org/romans/Rom%2016_17-20.htm)

    HoHum: An evangelist was speaking in a meeting when a heckler shouted, “Listen to him! And his father used to drive a wagon led by a donkey.” “That’s right,” said the evangelist, “and today my father and the wagon are gone. But I see we still have the donkey ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Gospel Has A Leveling Effect Series

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Aug 12, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,282 views

    We live in a world that promotes materialism and the sad part is, they have convinced us that we can't be happy without the newest item, newest gadget.

    James 1:9-12-Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Ultimate Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 17, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,953 views

    November 1989: We are at bottom grateful for spiritual values rather than material ones. Ultimate thanksgiving will be to sing praises in a global community and in recognition of our deliverance.

    On the surface, Thanksgiving seems like a holiday designed to celebrate the American experience of material fulfillment. On the surface, at least, it would appear that what we do at Thanksgiving is to celebrate our wealth, our material prosperity, and our achievements. We indulge in an orgy of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Holy Spirit And Spiritual Gifts Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 16, 2012
     | 6,180 views

    A sermon on spiritual gifts, serving and meeting needs (Material adapted from Dr. Jack Cottrell's book, "The Holy Spirit: A Biblical Study", chapter 7)

    HoHum: The former editor of Christianity Today, Kenneth Kantzer, commented once that he never knew what his gift was. He just served where he saw the need. If a man of this experience and caliber never knew what his gift was but just served where he saw a need, then this should serve as a good ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Against The Crystal Ball

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,594 views

    A sermon on Isaiah 48 and demons and how they can know the future (Material adapted from Dr. Jack Cottrell's book, God Most High, pg. 101)

    HoHum: Francis MacNutt quotes Walter Wink in his book “Deliverance from Evil Spirits" writes: "...if you want to bring all talk to a halt in shocked embarrassment, every eye riveted on you, try mentioning angels, or demons or the devil. You will quickly be appraised for signs of pathological ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Play Dough Or Pliable Clay?

    Contributed by Craig Benner on Jan 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,811 views

    Don't be a silly putty christian. Bouncing around and taking on all shapes and forms. The Potter is looking for material that He can mold and make into a vessel of honor.

    Pliable Clay or Silly Putty? Text: Jer. 18:1-6 What substance are you? If only a vase could speak. It started out as an ugly chunk of dough, placed upon the wheel of the potter, spun around uncountable times with pressure applied; shaping and reshaping. Then it was sent to a ferociously hot ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Come: To A Choking World

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 6, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,750 views

    What chokes the joy out of life? Too many cares that major on minors, and the relentless pursuit of material success. Jesus came to be authentically human among us.

    Nearly every time I take an airplane trip, I get a happy surprise. When we take off and rise through the congestion of earth and the grim gray clouds of our immediate atmosphere, there comes that astonishing moment when the plane bursts through the cloud cover into bright sunlight. I am always ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist