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  • Rev. Matthew Parker avatar

    Jesus Christ: The Alpha & Omega - The Same Yesterday, Today & Forever

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Nov 18, 2024
     | 758 views

    Jesus The Christ is the ground of our being, our hope, our Anchor.

    It’s been over 12 years now since Barbara and I travelled to the UK in August of 2012 for our 25th anniversary. We did something that I will never do again: we decided to travel to 10 different cities in Ireland, Scotland, England and finally Wales, in 21 days. I still can’t quite believe we did ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Choosing Sides

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on May 19, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,931 views

    You must choose sides in the spiritual war that is being waged.

    2 Timothy 2:3-4 Choosing Sides INTRODUCTION Over the course of the next three messages that I’ll be preaching, there’s an image I want you to get fixed in your minds – and that is the image of our supreme Commander-in-Chief, Jesus Christ, who wants to use our time together to speak to your hearts ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Becoming An Overcomer Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Nov 20, 2011
    based on 12 ratings
     | 29,535 views

    Instead of always being overwhelmed, God wants us to be overcomers.

    Becoming an Overcomer 1 John 5:1-10 Rev. Brian Bill 11/20/11 Two weeks ago our family was standing outside saying goodbye to our daughter Emily as she headed back to Iowa. I’m not sure if anyone else had shoes on or not, but I was just wearing my socks. There was a lot of commotion as dogs ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "I Go A Fishing”

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 9, 2022
     | 3,523 views

    We go through life asking and being asked questions.

    For example, one of the question that we ask often as we greet someone. • How are you? • How’s your day going? In asking this question to greet people, is this just a social exchange are do we really care about that person when we ask this question to someone? Personally, when I ask HOW ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    Hanging In There Through Anger Series

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 8, 2007
     | 2,449 views

    Anger is a God-given emotion. And all anger is not sin. But we need to control our anger so as not to destroy us from being the people God want us to be.

    We are following the theme: Hanging in There. Tonight I want us to look at the subject, “Hanging in There Through Anger.” Thomas Jefferson once wrote some rules for living. “When angry count to ten before you speak, if very angry, count to a hundred.” Seventy-five years later, Mark Twain, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gentle Giants! Series

    Contributed by Thomas Mccracken on Jan 14, 2015
     | 7,264 views

    Third in my sermon series, Being the Believing! A series through the Beatitudes

    Gentle Giants! Matthew 5:5 Introduction: There are eight beatitudes found in Matthew chapter five which are the start of the greatest sermon ever preached by the greatest Preacher that ever lived, Jesus Christ. They define and describe the responsibilities and expectations of the Christian and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Lee avatar

    Four Of The Hardest Words To Say

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Sep 18, 2011
    based on 126 ratings
     | 43,355 views

    A story about Naaman and the true meaning of being a sinner saved by grace.

    "Four of the Hardest Words to Say" Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour... (2 Kings 5:1a KJV) Intro: In the northwestern Mediterranean ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Are You Known For?

    Contributed by Chris Coker on Sep 5, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 10,552 views

    We are to be known for being a follower of Christ Jesus in everything we do

    Dominant Thought: We need to be known to God and people as being a follower of Christ? Points: 1. What is the Devil known for? 2. What is God known for? 3. What are you known for? Introduction Henry Ford is well known throughout history as introducing the world to mass production of the Model T. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What's Ahead For The Christian

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 16, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,824 views

    A look at four of the great things we can anticipate being in our future.

    The Big Idea: For the Christian, what’s ahead is better than what’s behind. - The specific context here is that things are going to be better for Israel. - In Romans 11 (see vv. 11-12, 28-29), Paul makes it clear that God is not done with Israel. - Those passages speak of how the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How To Speak To People Who View God As A Passive Agent

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,142 views

    How to communicate to people who see God as a passive supernatural being

    How To Speak to People Who View God as a Passive or Indifferent God (Acts 17:16-18) Quote: God is not dead nor does He sleep. Time magazine once asked the question "Is God Dead?" Let them read what Paul the apostle wrote. "For it is God who is at work in us both to will and to do of His good ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God’s Second Chance Ministry: God’s Ministry To The Stray Series

    Contributed by Keith Crouch on Feb 10, 2012
     | 5,824 views

    First sermon in the series dealing with God's children straying and being restored.

    God’s Second Chance Ministry: God’s Ministry to the Stray James 5:19-20 I. The Reality of Straying Christians “55 At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Todd Catteau avatar

    Trust In The Lord

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jan 12, 2023
     | 2,979 views

    A life of trust is a life of peace. A place all of us want to be.

    Trust Today’s message will address these three questions What is trust? Why do we need trust? Who will you trust? 1. What is trust? Trust - The sense of well-being and security which results from having something or someone in whom to place confidence. The feeling of being safe or secure. To be ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ray Ellis avatar

    A Forgotten Word In The 21st Century

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Nov 1, 2005
    based on 37 ratings
     | 3,757 views

    The goal of this message is to show that A life of contentment is being committed to marginal living.

    A Forgotten Word in the 21st Century Philippians 4:10-13 There are a number of words that are not forgotten in our 21st Century culture: Success – “How to achieve and maintain success” is a popular subject. “Bull” and “Bear” are topics that are debated. Power, Popularity, Poverty, Rich, ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Kissing Convenient Christianity Goodbye

    Contributed by Don Jaques on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 11,274 views

    Following Jesus means being willing to serve and be inconvenienced for the sake of the Gospel.

    Kissing Convenient Christianity Goodbye August 21/22, 2004 Don Jaques PROBLEM: We have many ministry needs unmet and the needs of a 3rd service coming up. Christians think that serving others is optional. Christians think that laying down your life is just something “figurative” and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ron Theis avatar

    Abel's Lamb

    Contributed by Ron Theis on Jul 8, 2010
    based on 29 ratings
     | 11,074 views

    Why Cain's sacrifice was not accepted then, and is still being rejected today.

    ABEL’S LAMB Genesis 4:1-8 Gen. 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. (2) And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. (3 ) And in process of time it came to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist