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  • Rick Crandall avatar

    How To Give Your Christian Testimony - Part 1

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,746 views

    What if no one had ever shared the gospel with you? You would be hopeless, lost and unforgiven. This is why God wants us to share our faith. God wants you to give your Christian testimony, and Paul shows us how.

    How to Give Your Christian Testimony - Part 1 Acts 26:1-11 Sermon by Rick Crandall McClendon Baptist Church - March 26, 2008 (Background Acts 25:11-27) *What if no one had ever shared the gospel with you? -Everything would be different! -- No purpose, no meaning, no spiritual help, no foundation ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gifts Of Recognition

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Dec 21, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,090 views

    The wise men came to Jesus bearing gifts. The gifts recognize who Jesus was. They recognized him as divine, king, with their gifts. How do you recognize Jesus with what you give to Him and others?

    ntro: The background of this story would make any modern day soap opera, or prime time drama writer drool. The wise men meet with a self-absorbed, psychopath by the name of Herod the Great. He was a level headed, friend of the Romans who brought stability to the economy of Judea and built for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gospel Crisis

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Sep 26, 2008
     | 3,601 views

    Struggles to understand the truth of the gospel are not new. The early church record reveals how they also faced and overcame crisis moments.

    Acts 15 tells about the Jerusalem council where the church leaders struggled to deal with an issue that was splitting the early church. If we study carefully this account we see several principles for facing and dealing with issues that can help us today. First let’s read some background, then we ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Joseph A Righteous Father

    Contributed by Wesley Esquivel on Apr 18, 2008
     | 3,950 views

    Why did God choose Joseph to be His only Son’s foster father? Because Joseph ws a righteous man.

    Joseph a Righteous Father– Matthew 1:18-25 Introduction: Adoption Agencies look for a good father to care for adopted children. They investigate their criminal background, family history, mental state of being, financial dealings, and so forth. Adoptions agencies look for a man that has honesty, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Roots

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 24, 2006
    based on 38 ratings
     | 22,733 views

    Christ’s heritage

    "Roots" Matthew 1 4/6/97 Intro: This morning, we are going to start a new series that may take weveral weeks. We are going to begin looking at Jesus as we see him presented in the gospel of Matthew, and in so doing, look at what it means for us to be like him. This morning we’ll start in Matthew ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Worshipping With Others Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Nov 6, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,885 views

    This is the fourth in a series of messages in conjunction with Dwayne Moore’s "Thirty Days of Praise"

    Thirty Days of Praise Worshipping with Others 1 Corinthians 14:26 * I read about a family that put together jigsaw puzzles. They started with fairly simple puzzles and moved to the more complicated ones. One night, the father brought home the first thousand-piece puzzle for them to try. The family ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Is Jesus Making A Difference In Your Life Series

    Contributed by Steve Smith on Feb 8, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,938 views

    A reminder that our faith and love for others is not based on the circumstance of the day, but on the hope stored in heaven!

    INTRODUCTION 1. Background to Colossians Paul, while a prisoner in Rome, meets a runaway slave named “Onesimus”, who belonged to “Philemon”, one of the leaders of a church in the town of Colosse. Paul had led Philemon to Christ back when he started the church at Ephesus. Paul also leads Onesimus ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Introduction To First Peter Series

    Contributed by Greg Brown on Aug 2, 2014
     | 5,288 views

    Introduction to First Peter Expositions

    Introduction to First Peter Authorship The Apostle Peter is the author of this letter, with an estimated writing date of around AD 64 – 65. Several pieces of evidence support this belief, starting with the introduction of the letter. It says, “Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ” ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Hope, That Doesn’t Disappoint

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Dec 12, 2010
    based on 9 ratings
     | 11,110 views

    You don’t have to do anything to deserve God’s favor, and that’s one of the hardest things to learn about Gods goodness and Favor. The fact that you don’t have to do anything, just boggles a lot of peoples minds.

    A Hope that does not disappoint Romans 5:5 NKJ 5Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. But “hope” in the Bible is a confident and positive expectation of good. God wants you to have a confident expectation ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Commentary On Hezekiah

    Contributed by Narinder Choranji on Sep 8, 2017
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     | 31,839 views

    Hezekiah the king of Judah was faithful to God and trusted him through great opposition bringing revival to the nation when it was far away from God.

    **INTRODUCTION** Many people in the Bible are known for different things. King David was known for killing the giant Goliath. What would you say Moses was known for? What about Joshua, what was Joshua known for? Today we are going to learn about Hezekiah. Q. What was Hezekiah known for? A. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Word Of Christ Filled My Heart

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jun 7, 2016
     | 4,132 views

    To show that GOD through the LORD JESUS CHRIST will continue to admonish, teach and train us through spiritual songs, psalms, and hymns that we stored through memorization of the written scriptures.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you being taught by GOD? Yes, through the LORD JESUS CHRIST's WORDS that dwells in my heart. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers/unbelievers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that GOD through the LORD JESUS CHRIST will continue to admonish, teach and train us through spiritual songs, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How Did We Get It? Series

    Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Mar 2, 2016
     | 3,582 views

    To show how God gave us the Bible

    Opening Illustration. Turn to 2 Peter 1:20-21 If you were here last week, you know we began this 4 part series entitled ‘Text’ (touch series logo, video runs with books/texting from last week). And last week we discussed why (touch Why? logo from last week that gives way to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    We Need Each Other

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 9, 2012
     | 9,734 views

    St Paul makes it clear that in the Body of Christ all have a role to play and we need each other, without exception.

    1 Corinthians 12: 12-27 At the Carpenter’s tools annual meeting Brother Hammer was in the chair but some suggested he should leave as he was too noisy. Hammer replied, “If I leave then Brother Screw must also go. You have to turn him around again, and again and again to get him to ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Prince Of Peace Series

    Contributed by John Oscar on Jan 9, 2020
     | 5,392 views

    Sermon Series going through the names given in Isaiah 9:1-7 to the future Messiah Jesus. Heavily Adapted from a series offered by Sermon Central.

    Prince of Peace Sermons Series CCCAG Christmas Eve, 2019 Scripture- Isaiah 9 If you're visiting with us here tonight this is the last of a four part series where we went through the four names given to Jesus in Isaiah 9. We started off with talking about Jesus being our wonderful counselor , ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Stir Up The Gifts PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,451 views

    Encourage believers to recognize, stir up, and utilize their God-given gifts for His glory and the service of others.

    Good morning, church family! Today, we are going to explore a message from the Apostle Paul in his letter to Timothy. As C.S. Lewis once said, "God doesn't want something from us. He simply wants us." So let's dive into this message, knowing that God wants to work in and through us as we discover ...read more

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