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The Walls That Contain You

Contributed by Terry Owens on Apr 25, 2001

based on 121 ratings

| 8,183 views

If Satan can’t keep you from serving God, he will try to keep you where you’re at. Find out the walls that contain you.

There is a satanic attack against the Christian in these last days. Some of you here this morning, Satan is doing everything he can to get you to backslide. Others of you, Satan is doing everything he can to keep you from going forward. There are many Christians that Satan has contained and has ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:11

Denomination: Church Of God

God's Plan For Fathers

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 17, 2001

based on 47 ratings

| 9,744 views

Fathers need to take leadership seriously and engage the family by exercising sacrificial leadership.

A prestigious private school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side has recently outlawed the celebration of family holidays. In a letter to parents, they said, “after much thought and discussion, [we] will not be celebrating Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.” One of the school’s directors explained that, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:11-17

Denomination: Methodist

God's Fair Wage

Contributed by James May on Jul 11, 2001

based on 69 ratings

| 15,103 views

God’s wages for service in His Kingdom will be fair and just for everyone.

Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Pulling Up Weeds

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jun 30, 2002

based on 210 ratings

| 35,189 views

How to discover make-believers in the church, and make-believing attitudes in ourselves.

Nobody likes weeds. Weeds are the bane of our existence. We do nothing, and weeds come up. We spray like crazy, and weeds come back. There’s one weed in particular that I dislike more than any other. I don’t know what they are called – but I have my own name for them: “Explode-a-weeds.” I’m sure ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Aren't All Religions The Same? Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 1, 2002

based on 196 ratings

| 24,320 views

A look at Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

Recently one of the major denominations met in Columbus to debate, of all things, whether or not Jesus Christ is the one true Savior of the world. Is he the universal Savior or might there be several? What about the other world religions and their claims? Some people wonder if perhaps there ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 2:5-13, Jeremiah 23:1-6

Denomination: Methodist

#1can You Invest A Little More:patience

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 1, 2002

based on 26 ratings

| 4,721 views

Many are looking for quick returns in ministry, we must learn long term investment of love and patirnce.

#1 INVESTING IN PATIENCE By Wade martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Part#1 Investing patience. TEXT: Hebrews 10:36 FOR YE HAVE NEED OF PATIENCE, THAT, AFTER YE HAVE DONE THE WILL OF GOD, YE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE. James 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh ...read more

Scripture: James 1:3, Hebrews 10:36

Denomination: Assembly Of God

An Embarrassing Question

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 2, 2002

based on 161 ratings

| 38,433 views

You know as well as I do that keeping a secret is a tremendous burden. But it can also be an advantage, especially if you can figure out how to let people know that you know a secret without telling them the secret. Right?

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH BROWNSVILLE, TX ILL. The bleachers are packed with family & friends. Excitement fills the air. There are feelings of pride & accomplishment, & also of relief. Present, too, are tears of joy & tears of sadness. Faded jeans & old tennis ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:33-50

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"The Revival Of Fatherhood?"

Contributed by Quintin Morrow on Jun 18, 2002

based on 64 ratings

| 4,222 views

A biblical survey of and admonition for Christian fatherhood.

"The Revival of Fatherhood?" THe Rev’d Quintin Morrow Father’s Day 2002 St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Ft. Worth, Texas In a speech a decade ago, then Vice President Dan Quayle criticized Murphy Brown, the lead character of a CBS sitcom of the same name, for choosing to bear and raise a child ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:4, 1 Thessalonians 2:10-12

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Defending Against Discouragement

Contributed by Keith Linkous on Jun 24, 2002

based on 89 ratings

| 9,782 views

We all face discouragement. So how do we defend against it. This message helps.

Anyone who has served within the arena of Christian service knows that we are not void or excluded from the pangs of discouragement. It may not always be a problem, but there is always the potential for discouragement. I believe the devil sees to it that this is the case. Discouragement is more ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:57-58

Denomination: Pentecostal

Skin Deep Series

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Sep 10, 2004

based on 10 ratings

| 3,966 views

Jonah depended on family and nationality as the basis of his Spirituality. His relationship does not go to the heart.

Last week we talked about free will. How Jonah was exercising his free will when he went and caught a boat going the opposite direction from where God send him. We looked over the scripture to determine Jonah’s qualifications. If he was being called for the first time as a Prophet. From the ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Congregational

Table Talk Series

Contributed by Marc Bertrand on Nov 5, 2004

based on 14 ratings

| 6,798 views

You see, it turns out that much that we think is reality is illusion; and things which seem of little significance may play the key role at the end of all time. A sermon in three parts.

(This message was preached in three parts separated by singing.) I. Finding Our True Place (This first segment is taught as a children’s object lesson. In preparation a number of chairs was set out equal to the number of children with one being especially nice and another being very shabby. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:7-24

Denomination: Baptist

How Do We Please God? Part 4

Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 7, 2004

based on 13 ratings

| 2,054 views

We please God as we allow God to make us “new creatures in Christ.”

A few weeks ago I said, “We are always learning – formally and informally. We never stop learning something each and every day of our lives.” A key part of learning is thinking. One of the things that we do when we think is to create opinions about people, places, events, and even ourselves. We ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Denomination: Church Of God

Church On Fire Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 6, 2004

based on 420 ratings

| 131,080 views

A church that’s on fire for God is not only endued w/ power, but equal in position, and evangelistic in priority!

Church on Fire Acts 4:31-33 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/ChurchOnFire.html Don’t worry—if the church were truly on fire we wouldn’t announce it in the bulletin or by way of a sermon. But I’m proud to announce that this church is officially ‘on fire for God!’ Village atheist was not a bad man, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:31-33

Denomination: Baptist

Freedom To Work And Work In Freedom Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Mar 5, 2004

based on 34 ratings

| 8,287 views

Moses, Pt 7 of 15

FREEDOM TO WORK AND WORK IN FREEDOM (EXODUS 18) How often workaholics wish for 25 hours in a day or that they could manage with one less hour of sleep a day. Too often people are caught in the hustle and bustle of things, scrambling here and there morning till night, working so hard with so little ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 18:1-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Preeminence Of Preaching Within The Church Series

Contributed by Duane Smith on Sep 8, 2005

based on 14 ratings

| 3,809 views

To encourage a full proclimation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ within the Church by preaching and then by the church in the streets by personal testimony.

THE PREEMINENCE OF PREACHING WITHIN THE CHURCH Acts 2:14-47 INTRODUCTION: A. In 1996 Thom Rainer published a book entitled Effective Evangelistic Churches 1. Surveys were sent out to 1400 Southern Baptist Churches which were considered “Evangelistic” this meant a. They had at least 26 ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:14-47

Denomination: Baptist

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