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  • Joseph Smith avatar

    One Bread, One Body, Many Idols

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 27, 2010
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     | 5,230 views

    Independence Sunday 1987: We are called to be a distinctive people within American culture, not to follow popular self-centered idolatries.

    The trouble with going to Ridgecrest conference center for a week is that you tend to forget how diverse a nation we are. If you were to spend too long at a place like Ridgecrest, you would get to thinking that everybody was Baptist, and Baptist of the southern variety, that everybody gobbled ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Cast Away Our Idols Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Apr 18, 2011
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    This atrocity & the seriousness of its repercussions forced Jacob to finally take action with His family & seek God’s intervention. He tells his family to “Cast away the foreign gods you have with you." This focal point is the basis for revival.

    GENESIS 35: 1-15 CAST AWAY OUR IDOLS [Ezekiel 18:21-32] Sometimes it takes massive impacting events that awaken us so that we begin seriously considering our need for revival. As we grow older and settle into the routine of life and become not much different from the average believer, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    History Class Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Feb 4, 2010
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    A study of the book of Ezekiel chapter 20 verses 27 through 44

    Ezekiel 20: 27 – 44 History Class Part 2 “Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “In this too your fathers have blasphemed Me, by being unfaithful to Me. 28 When I brought them into the land concerning which I had ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Patrick Nix avatar

    Love, Like, Live.

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Dec 10, 2010
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    This is a very simple thought that the Lord has been plowing into my heart the last several days. It seems like every circumstance for the past week or so has pointed back to this principle: Love People, Like Things, Live for God.

    This is a very simple thought that the Lord has been plowing into my heart the last several days. It seems like every circumstance for the past week or so has pointed back to this principle: Love People, Like Things, Live for God. ## Love People, Like Things. As you read through the gospels, it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jesse Bennett avatar

    The Religion Of Evolution

    Contributed by Jesse Bennett on Jan 25, 2009
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    Evolution is basically a religious philosophy. Cunningly devised fables, A fairytale for grownups. I am explaining to people that both creation and evolution are religious views of life upon which people build their particular models of philosophy, scien

    The Religion of Evolution Jesse Bennett Bible Baptist Shawnee Oklahoma 2 Peter 1:16-18 16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received from God the Father ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Nigel Heath avatar

    Unrequited Love - Is God The Centre Of Your Affections? Series

    Contributed by Nigel Heath on Feb 1, 2009
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    God created us for a relationship with Him in which he must come first, but our bias towards idolatry is the constant cause of all our ills.

    1.2.09 UNREQUITED LOVE Jer 18:1-17 INTRO Do you remember the days of your first crush – when you fell head over heels in love with someone, but found out to your pain that the other person didn’t feel the same about you. Unrequited love – or love that is not reciprocated can take other forms. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Out Of The Frying Pan

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 5, 2011
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    When the going gets tough, do you go with the flow or stand firm with confidence in God?

    I thought about calling this sermon “Denial is a river in Egypt” but decided after considerable struggle that it was just a little bit TOO clever. Just because you forgive most of my puns doesn’t mean that I have a permanent free pass. But denial is a big part of what this ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    False Trust

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Mar 19, 2015
     | 4,404 views

    To enumerate the false trust and get back the trust only on the LORD which deserves all kinds of trust.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you an idolater? No, I trust only in the LORD. Psalms 40:3 (Amplified Bible) 40:3 And He has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many shall see and fear (revere and worship) and put their trust and confident reliance in the Lord. Psalms 5:11 (Amplified ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    The One True God Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 3, 2018
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    God reveals Himself as the One true God who redeems Israel, warns them and finally judges them. Israel is called to worship the One and only God, and to show the nations that the Lord their God, the Lord is one. They failed.

    We’ve come to the last King of Israel and the end of the Northern Kingdom (2 Kings 17). • It ended this way - 2 Kings 17:5-6 5The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years. 6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Rebuilding Jericho

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 19, 2013
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     | 5,986 views

    The curse on Jericho, and the consequence of rebuilding.

    REBUILDING JERICHO. 1 Kings 16:34. In the recitation of the ten commandments we read that the LORD our God “visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.” It is important that we keep a balanced view of Scripture because the passage goes on, “but ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Gods We Serve

    Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Apr 23, 2013
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     | 9,133 views

    A sermon on the how the world today resembles the world during the time of Judges. i.e. where everyone did their own thing and followed false gods.

    It’s good to have you here today. I am glad you all braved the snow, the terrible weather. I have a question for you. Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow or not? Not. Now that’s a good thing, right? Because that means early spring. Well, that’s good. Anyway, today we are going to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Stay Away From Worldliness : King Ahaz Life

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jan 18, 2013
     | 5,635 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you worldly? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show worldliness will not benefit you. IV. TEXT: 2 Kings 16:2-4 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) Ahaz was twenty years old when he became kin

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you worldly? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show worldliness will not benefit you. IV. TEXT: 2 Kings 16:2-4 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. He did not do ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Terry Blankenship avatar

    American Idols Series

    Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Mar 13, 2012
     | 5,193 views

    God hates idolatry. It competes for His attention and He is a jealous God. We belong to Him. Are we living like it?

    Exodus 20:4-6 American Idols As I prepared this series, I realized how little we actually preach or teach on the Ten Commandments as if they are neither important nor relevant. They are both. It was very enlightening to me to preach through them. I learned a lot! I trust this series will ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Joseph avatar

    Superstition, Luck, And Halloween

    Contributed by Robert Joseph on Oct 26, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 16,487 views

    A warning against mixing the beliefs of the pagan world--like luck and superstition--along with our precious Christian beliefs. Superstition is idolatry!

    A pastor was in line at McDonald’s when the woman ahead of him became very upset. “Quick,” she told the clerk in an upset voice, “Add something to my order.” Usually, when someone wants another sandwich or extra order of fries, they are much calmer about it. So, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • William D. Brown avatar

    Isaiah 44:6-20 Worshipping False Gods

    Contributed by William D. Brown on Jun 1, 2013
     | 13,555 views

    Idolatry don't necessarily mean falling down before an image which common scents tells us is wrong, but today there are a lot of people worshipping any number of things other than the True and living God, to some it's money, to some it's their possessions

    Isaiah 44:6-20 WORSHIPPING FALSE GODS 6-1-13 Today I want to talk for a few minuets about "IDOLATRY"-- idolatry don't necessarily mean falling down before an image which common scents tells us is wrong, but today there are a lot of people worshipping ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist