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  • David Owens avatar

    What's A Preacher To Do? Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Jun 20, 2022
     | 2,827 views

    After Paul's customary, brief introduction, he moved right into the challenges facing Timothy in his ministry in Ephesus. We can distill Paul's advice to Timothy down into four directives.

    Introduction: A. Ministry can be a challenge for ministers and for members – How’s that for an understatement? B. But imagine seeing this “want ad” for a preacher: 1. “Must have experience as a shepherd, CEO, office manager, educator, salesman, diplomat, referee, writer, theologian, politician, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Horse Sense Without The Horse Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 7, 2012
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     | 9,496 views

    We should never assume that common sense is common. We all have gaps in our wisdom spectrum, and we all need to review to stay sharp. Today we will look at four obvious bits of divine advice.

    Horse Sense Without the Horse Proverbs 20:15-18 1. I like horses okay, but they I am not a horse-person. 2. But for much of history, horses were crucial. As a result, we have developed a lot of idioms involving horses. 3. “Many terms and phrases in the English language harken back to a time not ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Going Out On A Limb

    Contributed by Christopher Roberts on Dec 11, 2001
    based on 70 ratings
     | 7,081 views

    Joshua dared to be a great leader for God. The crossing of the Jordan teaches very relevant advice on how we can also go out on a limb for Jesus. And there is joy in daring to pursue your call.

    Please e-mail me with any comments or if you use any part of this at your church at Mail4ChrisR@aol.com. I would love to hear about it. God Bless! - Chris Consider this: Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for lack of ideas. Walt also went bankrupt several times before he built ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Timely Tips For Troublesome Times From A Transformed Tentmaker To Timid Tim

    Contributed by Billy Kryger on Sep 23, 2002
    based on 73 ratings
     | 3,133 views

    Timothy, like many young people today, faced opposition in his endeavor to live for God. Each chapter of 2 Timothy offers advice from the Apostle Paul to his son in the faith.

    Introduction: · Timothy, like many young people today, was trying to serve God. · He faced many obstacles in the ministry. · This was discouraging to him. · Paul, his spiritual father, wrote to encourage him · Each chapter of 2 Timothy offers encouragement. Body: 1. STIR UP---1:6 A. Each of us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let God Be God

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,311 views

    Let Go and Let God is sage advice for any Christian. Our strength comes not from controlling God, but from allowing God to be who God is, powerful, wise, loving, and forgiving.

    Psalm 23 “Let God Be God” INTRODUCTION Role playing—the art of acting out a different player in life than ourselves—has been used for years to enable people to see life from a different perspective. In Psalm 23 the writer takes on a very different perspective. He views the world and his ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Share Jesus Without Fear Series

    Contributed by David Henderson on Feb 7, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 8,610 views

    This message speaks to a fear that every believer deals with at one time or another..the fear of sharing our faith.The sermon also deals with some practical advice on how to overcome this fear.

    Share Jesus Without Fear 2nd Timothy 1:5-9a For the last month we have been talking about the topic of fear… Both on Sundays and on Wednesday nights. We have talked about the fear of commitment, failure of, loneliness, this Wednesday, the fear of death. These are fairly common fears for many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Investment Tips For Dating

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Oct 22, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,111 views

    This sermon provides practical advice for keeping a dating relationship right in the eyes of God.For the video or audio version, visit our website at www.glenvillenewlife.com under Sermons, Pastor Rick

    Investments Tips About Dating 10/21/07 Proverbs Proverbs 4:20-27 1 Corin 7:32-40 One of the most difficult things about this process called dating, going together, going steady or whatever the term is for it today is that most of the time it ends up being a painful process for one or ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Seeds Of The Mouth

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 21, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 21,858 views

    This picture in Proverbs 18:20-21 of planting seeds in our lives from our mouths. We are given the choice of either planting bad seeds which planting bad seeds which produce poisonous fruit or good seeds which produce good fruit.

    SEEDS OF THE MOUTH PROVERBS 18:20-21 ILLUSTRATION… Planting seeds with your mouth (p) As we begin our time in God’s word this morning, I’d like you to use your imagination to act out in your mind the Bible passage that we will be focusing on… so put on your imagination ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Peace, Hope And Glory

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Aug 30, 2021
     | 3,145 views

    Well in our scripture text today there is both good news and bad news. The good news is that we have hope no matter what happens. The bad news is that we can expect tribulation. But again the good news is that even then, we can have hope.

    Alba 8-29-2021 PEACE, HOPE AND GLORY Romans 5:1-5 A large, two-engine train was making its way across Colorado. While crossing the mountains, one of the engines broke down. “No problem, we can make it to Denver and get a replacement engine there,” the engineer thought, and carried on at half ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Avoiding The Ditch

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 2, 2021
     | 2,121 views

    We usually tend to think of stories having a good guy and a bad guy. The good guy is always the hero and the bad guy is always the villain. This story adds a third dimension that makes us uncomfortable which is the indifferent category. This sermon is about avoiding the pain of others.

    AVOIDING THE DITCH (July 25, 2012) Text: Luke 10:30 -35 Luke 10:30-35  Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.  (31)  Now by chance a priest was going ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Love Rejoices In The Truth

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Dec 29, 2025
     | 19 views

    So if love is present, real love, agape love, there is no pleasure taken when bad things happen or are done, whether its to yourself or to others.

    Alba 12-28-2025 LOVE REJOICES IN THE TRUTH I Corinthians 13:6 A man told of the terrible experience he had with an advertisement he saw on television. He said that they told him that he could get one type of car for $100.00, and later they said he could get one house for $1000.00, but he would ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Three Fold Sin

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 10, 2011
     | 4,675 views

    A sermon on Romans 1:18-32 and how this relates to our society today (Material adapted from Harold Vaughan "The Three Fold Sin of Society" from Herald of His Coming [http://www.heraldofhiscoming.com/] September 2003 issue)

    Introduction: God is a Being of Moral Perfection and His Character is the law of the universe. How unlike the gods of Greek mythology who lived on Mt. Olympus. The Greek gods were even more immoral than the people. Xenophanes, a 6th century BC Greek philosopher, complained about the immorality ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Dare To Be Different

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Sep 4, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,888 views

    Daniel was different. He did not follow the ways of man, he followed the commands of his God. Dare to be a Daniel and make an impact on the world around you.

    Dare to be a Different Daniel chapter 6:15-27 Some thoughts are taken from Sermoncentral sermons and will be referenced from the pulpit where appropiate. This morning we are going to talk about being ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Eight Highway Signs That Lead To Hell

    Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Jul 31, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,952 views

    First let me tell you that this passage is addressed to people that have an aspiration to go to heaven but because of personal issues will not make it. This is not an advice to unbelievers but rather a strong warning to us Christians and Church going peop

    You are in a journey with Jesus Christ but there's always some choices we can make. There is a gate at the end of this journey. Jesus said that the road is not easy to follow and we will be tempted to take other roads. Matthew 7:13 (NLT) You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Debunking The Just World Theory

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Mar 24, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,009 views

    Who do bad things happen to good people? There are no easy answers; yet Jesus teaches there is not always a direct link between misfortune and sin. And every calamity is a wake-up all for all of us.

    Luke 13:1-9 Debunking the Just World Theory [Please contact me at kerry.n.haynes@gmail.com for sermon outline in Word.] In a “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip sometime back, Calvin says to his dad, “Why can't I stay up late? You guys can!” Then with a wide-mouthed protest he declares, “IT'S ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist