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  • Rick Bartosik avatar

    Passing The Torch Of Spiritual Leadership

    Contributed by Rick Bartosik on May 23, 2001
    based on 87 ratings
     | 7,513 views

    Joshua’s words to a new generation apply to each one of us who desires to be the kind of leader God wants us to be.

    "Passing the Torch of Spiritual Leadership" Joshua 23:1-11 Commencement Address Dr. Rick Bartosik International College and Graduate School May 15, 1999 INTRODUCTION: President Harvey Ching, members of the board, fellow faculty members and staff, alumni, families, friends and graduates of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Almost Perfect Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 8, 2002
    based on 106 ratings
     | 26,284 views

    Perfection is often thought of as being sinless. But there is more to the Biblical ideal of "perfection" than that. Opening illustration is humorous and informative.

    OPEN: This morning I’m going to give you a quiz, and I don’t want you to think real hard about your answers. I just want you to answer as you feel you should. Question #1: How many of you believe you are perfect? Question #2: How many of you believe it is possible for someone WHO IS STILL LIVING to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tommy Ellis avatar

    I Have Learned To Be Content

    Contributed by Tommy Ellis on May 10, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 8,717 views

    Sermon describes the difficulty of being content, even in the best of circumstances. Believers are then admonished to be content, even in the worst of circumstances--through faith in Jesus.

    I HAVE LEARNED TO BE CONTENT Have you ever suffered terribly, and somebody said to you, “I know how you feel?” Perhaps you wanted to slap them and say, “You’ve never been where I am–you do NOT know how I feel.” Today, we will read of the Apostle Paul’s admonition to be content in all ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Alan Stokes avatar

    Victory Attitudes

    Contributed by Alan Stokes on Mar 8, 2001
    based on 106 ratings
     | 8,891 views

    Mark 13 shows us the attitudes of being intent, confident, and expressive will bring us victory in the evil days in which we live.

    As we look at Mark chapter 13, we notice an overwhelming sense of doom in our future. We are told that "nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. And these are (just) the beginning of ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Larry Thompson avatar

    Beauty & The Beast Series

    Contributed by Larry Thompson on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 15 ratings
     | 7,682 views

    In our homes, believers must deal with the sin nature. Being in control of the Spirit rather than the flesh is the difference between Beauty & Beast.

    ¡§Happily Ever After¡K¡¨ ¡V Part One ¡V 2002 Family Sermon Series ¡§BEAUTY AND THE BEAST¡¨ OUR SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT MATE Ephesians 4:17-32 Introduction: Brief background of Fairytale ¡§Beauty and the Beast¡¨ followed by ¡§what they both discovered about themselves was the potential to have both ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charles Mallory avatar

    House Of Priority

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Aug 29, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 5,103 views

    Three ways we can "consider our ways" in making sure our "temples" are being built properly in body, mind, and spirit.

    NEARLY 2,521 YEARS AGO, ON AUGUST 29, 520 B.C., THE PROPHET HAGGAI DELIVERS A STERN MESSAGE OF IMPENDING JUDGMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH WHO WERE NEGLECTING THE TEMPLE OF GOD. FRESH OUT OF BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY THE PEOPLE HAD BECOME CONTENT IN THEIR FREEDOM. EVEN THOUGH THE KING OF PERSIA HAD GIVEN ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Dan Borchert avatar

    Ok, I Am Saved, Now What?

    Contributed by Dan Borchert on Feb 13, 2003
    based on 70 ratings
     | 9,104 views

    Salvation is not an end, it is a beginning. To often we focus on salvation then we stop dicipling after salavation. That should not be. Salavation is a beginning not an end

    Philippians 2:12-18 Ok I am Saved, Now What? Introduction A. For Christmas my brother gave me a (no not stickers this time (He probably was feeling guilty)) a really cook 3d puzzle among other things B. So I open this 3d puzzle and I look at it and here is 806 foam pieces just sitting there C. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Rodney Fry avatar

    Saul Or Paul

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Aug 9, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,587 views

    How God changes you and I just like he did Saul to Paul. Who are you still being a Saul or a Paul?

    Saul or Paul THERE WAS HIS FORMER LIFE Saul was the arch-persecutor of the church Saul was consumed with a fierce anger & wrath against Christ and His disciples He “breathed out threatening & slaughter. What is in the heart is what comes out, Saul actually hunted down and slaughtered ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Pat Cook avatar

    Paying The Price Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 31, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,483 views

    Part 3 in Worship the King series, this focuses on Jesus our Redeemer King, in the context of His being a ransom. Good communion sermon.

    1 Timothy 2:5-6 – Paying the Price I read about a small boy who was consistently late coming home from school. His parents warned him one day that he must be home on time that afternoon, but nevertheless he arrived later than ever. His mother met him at the door and said nothing. At dinner ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gordon Ross avatar

    In The Father's Hands

    Contributed by Gordon Ross on Feb 8, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 7,876 views

    A message on the security of our salvation being in the Father’s hands. Also, encouraging us to put other issues of life in the hands of God.

    John 10:22-30 A. Most things are best left in the hand of the pros. Sports, repairs, music, etc. B. The same item in different hands can bring about different results. C. That principle certainly applies to our redemption. I. Our Salvation is in the Hands of God A. He knew us from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Rickman avatar

    Look What The Lord Has Done

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Sep 27, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,426 views

    The benefits that we receive from being justified are many. When we stop to consider them the only natural response is to worship God.

    September 28, 2003 Morning Worship Text: Romans 5:1-11 Subject: The Effects of Justification Title: Look What the Lord Has Done I went to apply for a job one time. It was a job that I knew I was not qualified for. It was a good job that I did not deserve. But because I knew someone, who put in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Johann Neethling avatar

    Where You're Seated Makes All The Difference

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Jan 28, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,571 views

    Our being seated with Christ in heaven is a gift of God’s amazing grace, a present reality, and a declaration of who and whose we are.

    WHERE YOU’RE SEATED MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE Ephesians 2:1-10 1. Friday morning, as I was headed towards the nurse’s station at Swedish Issaquah Emergency Department, I passed a couple of the radiology techs in the hallway who were discussing the one tech’s new pair of individually designed and ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Bramwell Hayes avatar

    Blessings In High Places Series

    Contributed by Bramwell Hayes on Feb 16, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,779 views

    The first in a series on the riches of Christ in Ephesians, introducing the blessings won for us by Christ and the importance ofr them being ’in the heavenly places’

    Introduction We have just read the beginning of Paul’s letter to the Church at the city of Ephesus, in Asia Minor, or the country that is today called Turkey, although some people think that it was orginally a circular letter sent around from Church to Church. This is the first in a series in ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Rev. Bruce A. Shields avatar

    Part 4 - Unequally Yoked Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Aug 29, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,171 views

    In this sermon e will examine what the scriptures say about being unequally yoked, marriage, divorce and what to do if your spouce is unsaved.

    The Home as God Intended Part 4 – Unequally Yoked Rev. Bruce A. Shields First Baptist Church of Tawas City Michigan www.TawasBaptist.org WELCOME PRAYER Part 4 of our series on the home as God intended, we will examine unequally yoked marriage. We know from the scriptures what Gods plan for man ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Ron Hicks avatar

    Deception, Our Greatest Enemy

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 1, 2005
    based on 66 ratings
     | 17,231 views

    Don’t base your conclusions and actions on what you are being fed through worldly media, but on the truth of God’s Word

    DECEPTION, OUR GREATEST ENEMY Rev 20:3 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. Rev 20:7-8 7 And when the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God