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  • Horace Wimpey avatar

    Satan"S Subtle Strategy

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Apr 26, 2014
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     | 8,603 views

    Satan has a strategic plan and john warns us about those that will implement that plan.

    Satan’s Subtle Strategy 1 John 2:18-23 Intro: A young woman brought her fiancé home to meet her parents for thanksgiving dinner. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out about the young man. The father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk. "So what are your plans?" the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Blessings Of If

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 1, 2014
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    The little word, "if," is the key to many blessings as seen in John 13.1-17.

    1. St. Augustine Lighthouse, FL I am a bit of a lighthouse enthusiast. I started collecting and visiting them way before it was popular (kind of like "I was country when country wasn't cool"). One of the "lights" I have visited is in St. Augustine, FL. The lighthouse is very similar to the Cape ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Amazing Love Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 13, 2015
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    Message 16 from 1 John exploring God's love for us and through us.

    “Amazing Love” 1John 4:7-21 REVIEW God is life – abide in Him. God is light – walk in the light. God is righteous – practice righteousness God is love – love one another. INTRODUCTION We will return to the instruction to love one another we started last week ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Discerning Truth And Error Part 1 Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 13, 2015
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    Message 20 from 1 John dealing with how to discern truth from error.

    Discerning Truth & Error 1John 4:1-6 REVIEW The logic of John’s letter is really quite simple. God is light (pure) and God is love (passionate). Because of His great love, He invited us into His community or family. Through the sacrifice of Jesus and ministry of the Holy Spirit we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Marvelous Marks Of The New Birth Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 13, 2015
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    Message 22 from 1 John covering the wonder of the new birth and its evidence.

    “Marvelous Marks of the New Birth” 1John 5:1-21 REVIEW There are reoccurring themes throughout John’s letter. Purity, sonship, faith, belief, love, obedience, truth, righteousness. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I. THE GOD OF LIGHT AND HIS CHILDREN OF LIGHT 1-2 II. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Handling The Drive To Be Known Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 20, 2015
     | 5,142 views

    John the Baptist provides great insight into how to be known without being consumed by that.

    THE WHOLE COUNTRYSIDE: John had a lot of “known” yet he was not controlled by it. - Mark 1:5. - Because the passages about John the Baptist are fairly familiar, it’s easy to run past the details. One essential detail for our discussion this morning is in Mark 1:5 – the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Our Risen King: A Global Savior Series

    Contributed by John Dobbs on Apr 15, 2016
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    John's Revelation reveals our Risen King to us in various word picture descriptions!

    Our Risen King: A Global Savior Revelation 7:9-17 Introduction The International Space Station posted a picture of Cuba, Florida and the Bahamas a few days ago. Stunning images - a view of the Earth that we could never have from our perspective with feet on the ground. Our text today ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Stone Becomes Flesh

    Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Dec 16, 2014
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    A perspective on John 10: 22-30. What did it mean for the Israelites to loose their Temple?

    John 10: 22-30 Stone Becomes Flesh We are told in our text that Jesus was present during the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. This is a relatively new festival added to the Jewish calendar. It celebrates the rededication of the Temple in 164 BC. The history of this festival is an important ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Christian And Sin Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 22, 2012
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     | 11,213 views

    Christians sin, but cannot continue in sin. Why and what it means is covered by John in this passage.

    Sin and the Christian 1 John 3:1-9 When I worked for a huge family distribution business, several of us used to meet for lunch and play cards. We had to take an hour lunch and had nothing else to do. Of course, discussions normally ran all across the board, from sports, to politics, to religion, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Want To Know What Love Is Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 16, 2012
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     | 6,612 views

    John distinguishes the popular views of love and AGAPE, revealing the supernatural nature of Godly love.

    I Want to Know What Love Is 1 John 4:7-13 • Let me make one disclaimer before I begin because I don’t want to lead anyone down the wrong path. • Tonight I am going to speak about the supernatural on several occasions. • I am not talking about divine healing, speaking in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hammered Home

    Contributed by Steve Wilson on May 10, 2012
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     | 3,975 views

    This is a Monologue about how God grew John Mark into a mighty effective minister for the Lord

    HAMMERED HOME Acts 15:36-38; II Tim. 4:9-11 [John Mark] Background: 1. Read Scripture 2. Introduce the sermon by stating: “Imagine, if you would, a gathering of Roman believers. The time is A.D.63 or 64. Due to an increase ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Wept - Funeral Sermon

    Contributed by Robert Glass on Jun 8, 2011
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    A short but poignant funeral sermon taken from John 11:35, Jesus wept.

    Shall we pray? I thank you all for coming. We often gather together at different times. We gather for weddings. We gather for births. We gather for anniversaries. We gather for Funerals. It is this that we gather for today. He was a man with a long life, a good wife and a large family. It is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Power Of A Strong Connection

    Contributed by Henry Tolbert on Aug 13, 2012
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     | 24,261 views

    This sermon was preached in the midst of a 21 day fast as the church read through the book of John

    John 15 was absolutely powerful! Here is a brief outline of what God spoke to me. How many people want to see real, sustainable progression in their lives? But how do you get that? Often times we miss out on what we could have because of a bad connection. Connection is vitally important. ...read more

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    True Worship Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 3, 2018
     | 8,883 views

    Message 7 from John covering the powerful lessons on worship taught to the woman at the well.

    Chico Alliance Church “True Worship” Introduction For several weeks now we have joined the disciples in a most intriguing journey journaled by the Apostle John. In this account of their travels, John first introduced all of the themes he would illustrate from his journeys with Jesus. John revealed ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Food For A Longer Better Life Series

    Contributed by David Welch on May 7, 2018
     | 8,238 views

    Message 13 from John's Gospel exploring Jesus' claim to being the Bread of Life".

    Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “Food for a longer and better Life” REVIEW Chapter one serves as an overture to this remarkable work introducing a multitude of themes effectively developed throughout the book. Chapters 2-12 Focus on the public ministry of Jesus. Chapters 13-17 highlight ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance