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  • Marianne Unger avatar

    The Road To Happiness

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on May 29, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,001 views

    The Bible gives us clear directions to happiness.

    Psalm 1 The Road To Happiness Often times our religion has terminology that is specific to our life experiences. We often speak of our faith in words that try to describe a heavenly realm in earthly terms. Psalm 1 is chock full of metaphorical language to help us better understand God’s plans ...read more

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    Last Minute Details

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 10, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,599 views

    Signs of CHRIST return are everywhere. What kind of an effect are these signs having on you? Do they concern you? Do they move you to take care of some last minute details?

    LAST MINUTE DETAILS Matt 24:44 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. It is obvious to the earnest believer that the coming of the Lord is very near. Bible predicted signs are all around us. Politically worldwide, unnatural weather patterns, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    How To Kill A Church Without Trying

    Contributed by James Roberts on Jun 25, 2009
    based on 18 ratings
     | 7,607 views

    How to kill a church without doing a thing.

    HOW TO KILL A CHURCH WITHOUT TRYING Ephesians 3:20-21 Revelation 3:1-3 Paul is telling us that through the church God is to get glory. Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages. The church was instituted by Christ to further the Gospel story and to give all glory to God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sheep In Wolves Clothing

    Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Nov 24, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 20,098 views

    God has called us to carry the light in the darkness of this world. He has called us to be change agents. He wants us to shine His light so that men can see and be changed. The question is how do we consistently do this thing that God has called us to do?

    Sermon Series: Sermon: “Sheep In Wolves Clothing” Scripture: Matthew 5.14-16 Introduction: Do you guys remember the cartoon with Wiley Coyote and Ralph the sheep dog. I use to love that cartoon. Every morning Ralph and Wiley would meet at the time clock which was mounted on a tree. As they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Kill A Church Without Trying

    Contributed by James Roberts, Jr. on Feb 17, 2005
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,496 views

    How to go about killing a church without any effort at all.

    HOW TO KILL A CHURCH WITHOUT TRYING Ephesians 3:20-21 Revelation 3:1-3 Paul is telling us that through the church God is to get glory. Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages. The church was instituted by Christ to further the Gospel story and to give all glory to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hurry, Hurry

    Contributed by Ron Hicks on Sep 8, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,310 views

    If hero’s are they who save people from their calamities, how much more are they who get people saved from the wrath to come?

    HURRY, HURRY When we have an accident or a medical emergency we want emergency personnel to hurry because waiting could be fatal, and there is no way you can describe that feeling of urgency. Fear, impatience, anxiety, anger, all that is going through your mind is, hurry, please hurry. There is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Approaching Storm

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,821 views

    This sermon is about preparing for the return of Jesus Christ

    Intro: I, like many of you have viewed hours of television this past week concerning the destruction in New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama. They say this is now the worst natural disaster in American history. One question that has been posed is this, with a giant storm barreling down on this ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Each Person Is Accountable For Their Sin Series

    Contributed by Jason Smith on Oct 19, 2013
     | 12,149 views

    Why was God punishing his people? They thought God was unfairly punishing them for their father's sins. But it was their sin that made them subject to God's righteous judgment

    A favorite way that people today make excuses for their mistakes is to simply blame them on somebody else, and the blame most of the time is given to someone that is not there to defend themselves. It is our parents’ fault, our spouse’s fault, or even society’s fault. Whatever ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Mirror Mirror On The Wall

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 26, 2025
     | 136 views

    God’s Word is a mirror exposing hidden sin, inviting personal repentance, offering full pardon, yet warning of real-life consequences that remain.

    Introduction – When God Holds Up the Mirror Would you open your Bible with me to 2 Samuel 12? This is not just dusty history. What happens here could be ripped from today’s headlines. David—God’s anointed king, Israel’s poet-warrior, a man after God’s own heart—has just committed adultery with ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Awaiting The Glory Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on May 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,799 views

    Oh how I hate to wait... waiting is so difficult for me, but I have found that waiting is a 'universal' problem... it is just that some of us do it better than others and make better use of our time while we are waiting...

    Sermon Brief Date Written: May 3, 2012 Date Preached: May 6, 2012 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Sermon Title: Waiting on the Glory!! Sermon Text: Romans 8:18-25 [NLT] Introduction: Show verses as I read…following me 18Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Johnny A. Palmer Jr. avatar

    I Beg Your Pardon, God Has Promised A Rose Garden, Someday. Series

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Dec 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,370 views

    We have before us one of the most needed and significant promises in the Bible.

    Intro: 1. There is a flower called the corpse flower [ti-tan a-rum]. It can grow up to 10 feet tall. It has bright red blooms that look like rotten meat. It attracts flies and carion beetles. Matthew Opel, from the University of Connecticut said: "The corpse flower looks like ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Plans For You Is One Of Peace, Of Hope, And A Great Future

    Contributed by Derrick Thompson, Sr. on Oct 23, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 19,772 views

    God is looking out for you, and He has some great plans for you. Plans that will lead you in the right direction, and bring you to that desired end. Just be faithful in all that you do, and you will see what God will do.

    First Church of god in Harvey Sunday Morning – September 2nd, 2012 Let us pray Welcome…. This is the day, the day before labor day, which the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. What a great day to be alive? What a great day to have the Lord Jesus as your friend? ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    You Can Be Sure About Your Faith

    Contributed by David Hersey on Mar 26, 2015
     | 3,670 views

    We can be sure about our faith if we live in obedience to God's will as it is recorded for us by inspiration in the scriptures.

    You Can Can Be Sure (Part one) The text for our lesson is found in 1 John 5:11-13: "And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    Welcoming The Light Of Life Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 8, 2019
     | 7,077 views

    Welcoming the Light of Life Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) Brad Bailey – August 4, 2019

    Welcoming the Light of Life Series: Encountering Jesus (through the Gospel of Luke) Brad Bailey – August 4, 2019 #33 in series Text: Luke 11:27-36 Intro Today we going to engage the nature of light. Light may be the element in life that is taken most for granted. It just seems to be there when we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Knockin' On Heaven's Door Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 11,996 views

    What’s heaven like?

    *ILL>One Sunday morning a preacher asked the congregation, "How many want to go to heaven?" Hands went up everywhere. However one little boy on the front row didn’t raise his hand. The preacher, thinking maybe the boy hadn’t heard the question, asked again, "How many want to go to heaven?" Again, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist