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  • Ken Pell avatar

    Trust And Children Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 25, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,343 views

    SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST WAITING TO SEE FAITH MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CHRIST’S FOLLOWERS.

    Trustbusters Sermon #2: Trust and Children Mark 10:13-16 Series Introduction: Some people are just waiting to see faith make a difference in the lives of Christ’s followers. They want to see it work. They are not asking too much. As God’s Spirit is allowed to inform and transform it builds trust ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    "When They Saw The Boldness Of Peter And John” Series

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Sep 27, 2007
    based on 76 ratings
     | 31,681 views

    four characteristics of a bold witness as illusrated in the life of Peter and John from Acts 4

    HOLY BOLDNESS “When they saw the boldness of Peter and John” Acts 4:1-22 There is a faint knock at your door. You open it to find a cowering man who timidly asks, “You wouldn’t want to buy a vacuum cleaner, would you?” Unless you either take great pity on this poor excuse for a salesman or you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Clarence Eisberg avatar

    When Life On Earth Ends.... What's Next? Series

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Sep 27, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 7,688 views

    This is the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Jesus helps us understand the there is life beyond this earthly life. The message compares some quotes by Dr. Elizabeth Kuebler-Ross and Fidel Castro and their opinion about life after death verses the word

    In Jesus Holy Name September 30, 2007 Text: Luke 16:22-23, 26…. between…, 31 Redeemer “When Life on Earth Ends – What’s Next?” In our gospel lesson today, Jesus pulls back the curtain to help us catch a glimpse of life on the other side of death. This story is unique to the Gospel of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Drifting From God

    Contributed by Bobby Bulger on Sep 27, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,516 views

    A simple warning to spiritual drifters.

    Drifting Proverbs 27:8 “As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.” 1Cor. 9:27 “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.” Proverbs 14:12-16 (12) ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jimmy Chapman avatar

    "The Brook Dried Up"

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 2, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 13,937 views

    Water was a basic need, essential for Elijah’s survival. Why would God allow the brook to dry up?

    I Kings 17: 1-7 “The brook dried up” While the long drought we have experienced this summer has been difficult to endure, it actually saved the life of eighteen year old college student Julian McCormick. On the morning of September 1, Julian left his Bowie State University campus to pick up ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • J. Curtis Goforth, O.S.L. avatar

    The Five Second Rule

    Contributed by J. Curtis Goforth, O.s.l. on Oct 3, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,184 views

    Sermon on the rich man and Lazarus that addresses the parable from the perspective of the hungry in our world. It reminds us that our faith is not just something between us and Jesus, but also something between us and Lazarus.

    “The Five Second Rule” Sermon on Luke 16:19-31 Pentecost +18-C September 30, 2007 Rev. J. Curtis Goforth, O.S.L. “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Keith Broyles avatar

    Can We Take Christmas

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 4, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,938 views

    For many of those that are among us, however, each Christmas becomes more and more difficult to endure. It is a joyous time, but there is also more loneliness, depression, heartache, and disappointment at this time than any other of the year. Can we en

    I read a story this past week about a woman who, in early December had stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few things on her lunch break. One of them was a cinnamon-scented air freshener. She had smelled a candle with the same scent in the store but wanted to know exactly what the air ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Who Is Jesus Christ To You? Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Oct 4, 2007
    based on 135 ratings
     | 54,498 views

    It’s the PERENNIAL question, a PERSONAL question, & a PROVIDENTIAL question. A Legend? A Liar? A Lunatic? Or is He LORD?! Link inc. to formatted text, audio & video, and PowerPoint Presentation.

    Who is Jesus Christ to You? Matthew 16:13-17 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/WhoJesusChrist.html Jesus and the disciples are about 120 miles from Jerusalem in northern Palestine. We’re closing in on the time when He will go to the Holy City and the cross upon which He will die. But before He ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Now You Hear It, Now You Don't Series

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,001 views

    Now you hear it, now you don’t is selective hearing and if we heard at all, before long it is gone away. What we really need is “Now I hear it… Yeah I still hear it.” Then the seeds of faith are growing in the richest soil of our lives.

    Most of you know, we spent Fourth of July weekend with my parents. My father has some hearing difficulty, but his greatest hearing difficulty is convenient hearing and not paying attention to what is being said around him. That can be said of many of us. Sunday afternoon he and I were watching ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Efren V. Narido avatar

    Do You Know The Beauty Of God?

    Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Oct 12, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,423 views

    Do you know God’s Supreme Attractiveness or His Divine Goodness? Do you think if someone would behold His Awesome Beauty, he could ignore or respond negatively?

    “One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple” (Psalm 27:4, NIV). Are you aware of “the beauty of the Lord”? Do you know God’s Supreme Attractiveness or His ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Curt Cizek avatar

    Soldier On!

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Oct 14, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,161 views

    We got through trials sometimes. Jesus said that we will have troubles in this life but that we should take heart because he has overcome the world. This was preached at a military chapel but it could easily be preached in a civilian church.

    -We’re in a war! -I know that the people in the military get that – they’ve deployed to fight in it -Their families know it – because they’ve missed their loved ones while they’ve been fighting -If you are a retiree you know it – because you’ve been there before -But I don’t think the American ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Gene Gregory avatar

    Why Do They Give Series

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Oct 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,104 views

    This expanded outline examines why we give/tithe. It is part of series on questions people have asked in the church. Specifically, it attempts to answer the question, "I don’t understand why people who have less money than I, continue to give to the chu

    WHY DO THEY GIVE? Several weeks ago I gave you some index cards and asked you to fill them out if you had questions or had been asked any questions about church, the Bible, things we believe or about Christianity in general. We got a number of responses. The first week I asked, we got a couple ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Hullah avatar

    Elijah - The Power Of Prayer Series

    Contributed by Mike Hullah on Oct 23, 2007
    based on 34 ratings
     | 19,131 views

    Elijah was a praying man. This sermon gives three keys to confident prayer. 1. God is Alive. 2. Believers stand before God in Prayer. 3. The Authority of Gods Word.

    THE ELIJAH CHURCH A PRAYING CHURCH 1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” James 5:17-18 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Otis McMillan avatar

    A Fatal Attraction Series

    Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Oct 26, 2007
    based on 21 ratings
     | 21,930 views

    It is really a fatal attraction to fall in love with things that have the potential to destroy our relationship with God, our fellowship with others and the peace in our lives. This is what happened in the Ananias and Sapphira story.

    Subject: “A Fatal Attraction” Text: Acts 5:1-11 Introduction: How dangerous it is to hate what God loves and to love what God hates. It is really a fatal attraction to fall in love with things that have the potential to destroy our relationship with God, our fellowship with others and the peace ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Greg Cooper avatar

    The Anointing Oil Part 2

    Contributed by Greg Cooper on Oct 26, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 14,869 views

    The ingredients of the oil as they apply to life.

    TITLE: THE ANOINTING OIL II TEXT: EXODUS 30:22-26 I. MYRRH –it was a pain killer; and a healing agent - The anointing will get you through some pain - Jesus received Myrrh 3 times in his life • First at his birth • Second on the cross he was given tenture of myrrh to deaden the pain but he rejected ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal