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  • Scotty Killingsworth avatar

    Authentic Love

    Contributed by Scotty Killingsworth on Aug 6, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 9,999 views

    A Christ Followers involvement in the world is to be salt and light. What happens to a culture when the light is dimmed and the salt looses its saltiness?

    Authentic Christian love John 13:31-36 Beginning: The church is moment by moment becoming more and more like the world around it. Instead of changing the world we are being changed by the world. We have bought in to a deformed love that has a defective and inauthentic DNA. We have weakened our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Surrendering Our Speech Series

    Contributed by Harold Laubach Jr on Feb 4, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,713 views

    This sermon is about surrending our speech, the bad language, but also the lies, gossip and name calling. It points out surrender of speech also includes encouraging words, and building others up.

    Five weeks ago we began speaking about Surrender. We learned what God wants from us. The first thing, and essentially if you think about it, the only thing He wants from us. Everything else about having a life of faith, leading a holy life and being a follower of Christ, comes from fully ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Role Reversal

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 4, 2013
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,951 views

    A look at who "got it" when Jesus came and who did not. What you would expect is not what happened.

    Role Reversals Luke 8:4-9 Think about it for a moment. If you knew nothing about all the stories of the Bible, especially the New Testament stories about Jesus, who would you expect to be the most enthusiastic and welcoming to the idea of God visiting planet earth? Who would be those most ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    "A Big Sigh Of Relief"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 20, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,561 views

    Religion that focuses only on the details of things you’re allowed or not allowed to touch or eat is dealing with worldly and perishable things. God is much bigger than that!

    Colossians 2:6-23 “A Big Sigh of Relief” As Christians, it seems like we are always trying to add more stuff... …rules, regulations, don’t do this, don’t say that… “…you gotta have this, you gotta have that…” But in our Scripture ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • David Flowers avatar

    Buried Treasure Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Apr 21, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,082 views

    Part 2 in series Kingdom Stories. Examines what happens as the Kingdom gradually breaks in on human life, as shown in Matthew 13:44-46.

    Buried Treasure Kingdom Stories, part 2 Wildwind Community Church David K. Flowers March 11, 2007 Today we continue looking at the parables of Jesus where he talked about the Kingdom of God. Last week we learned four things about the Kingdom. We learned that God is the one who takes initiative ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Think About It Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Jun 12, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 14,123 views

    Solomon gives us some important things to consider

    SERIES: BE SATISFIED “THINK ABOUT IT” ECCLESIASTES 8:1-17 A young girl came into the kitchen one afternoon and complained that her stomach hurt. Her mother told her, “That’s because your stomach is empty. You just need something in it and you’ll be fine.” The mom fixed the little girl a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Guilty As Charged

    Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on Sep 14, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 4,456 views

    Caught with a hand in the cookie jar. It can happen to those within the walls of the church just as the one who runs with the ways of the world.

    Sermon Title: Guilty as Charged Text: Ephesians 2:1-10 Date: August 17,2003 Scripture Introduction: In typical fashion, the young husband and father rushed out the door and on his way out gave his wife and young child a kiss and grabbed the sack lunch on the counter by the back door of his ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Starting Out: Overcoming Your Past Series

    Contributed by Robert Massey on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 124 ratings
     | 30,500 views

    Your past, no manner how bad, doesn’t have to stop you from being in the plan of God. You can, with God’s grace and forgiveness, overcome your past.

    I heard the story recently of two friends who were talking to each other. One remarked to his friend and said, “Man, you look so depressed. Whatever could you be thinking about to depress you so?” His friend quickly replied, “My future”. “Your future?” his friend said. “Whatever in the world ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Keep The Light Burning

    Contributed by Darren Rogers on Aug 16, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 17,524 views

    What happens when we fail lo let our light shine - Don’t let the light go out.

    Keep The Light Burning! 1 Samuel 1:1 – 3 In this passage we see the contrast between the wickedness of Eli’s family and the faithfulness of the young boy Samuel. He ministered before the Lord under the guidance and supervision of Eli at a time when God was not speaking to His people very ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Still Has Purpose For You! Pt. 2

    Contributed by Rev. M Edmunds on Jun 25, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,864 views

    I believe many today are experiencing the anxiety, the pain, and the excessive burden of a bad decision. You feel like your locked in an invisible prison…recriminating about the mistakes you made.

    Elder M. Edmunds Co-Pastor of United Ordained Church June 2002 My foundational scripture will come from verse eight, which says, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” This is a companion of Psalm 51:8, which reads, “Then will I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    His Name Is Wonderful Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 17, 2013
     | 4,556 views

    a message to help my audience understand the ways that God’s name is to be rightly used and to take deliberate action to make that happen in their worlds

    Story - 2 elderly women in a church were discussing the problems of growing older. One said, "The worst thing is when your memory starts to go. I've known you all my life, and I can't think of your name. What is it?" The second lady thought for a moment and said, "Do you need an answer ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    God's Will For Your Life

    Contributed by George Crumbly on Nov 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,882 views

    To encourage the reader to seek out where they should be serving God

    GOD’S WILL FOR YOU by George Crumbly Humphrey UMC 02/25/2007AM Matthew 12:46-50 I started off this week thinking about God’s will. Tuesday at 5:20pm the District Superintendant called me from Pine Bluff to see if I could drive to Pine Bluff and meet with the credentials board. I had to be there at ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Kurt Lindgren avatar

    Dealing With Doubt Series

    Contributed by Kurt Lindgren on Dec 9, 2012
     | 4,365 views

    The issue in doubt in the Corinthian church is that one day people will be raised from the dead. Not every person in the Corinthian church believed it will happen.

    www.pastorkurt.com INTRODUCTION - Are you a Christian with doubt? What do you doubt about? I’ve had people say to me - I have a hard time believing DEFINITION - Doubt: A place between belief and unbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged fact. The issue in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robbie Parsons avatar

    Quit Dabbling In Sin!

    Contributed by Robbie Parsons on Aug 17, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 5,600 views

    Just as God demanded the Israelites to cast off the jewelry that they brought with them from Egypt, He commands us today to get rid of the former bad habits and sins in our life.

    GET RID OF THE BAD HABITS (SIN) God brought His people to the border of the land of blessing in verse one. In verse two, God promises to fulfill his promise, but without the exceptional delight of His presence, rather sending them in with an angel. In verse three, God proclaims their sin ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Servant Evangelism

    Contributed by Ben Emmons on Feb 13, 2005
    based on 110 ratings
     | 12,443 views

    Message on Servant Evangelism. Are we doing this thing right?

    Showing God’s Love In a Practical Way. WHO are we trying to REACH The Apostle Paul challenged Christians to relate to all people for the sake of spreading the gospel. The heart of Paul’s message was that Christians learn to understand each individual so that we might share our faith with them ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal