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  • Mike DuBose avatar

    A Sight For Sore Eyes

    Contributed by Mike Dubose on Feb 10, 2002
    based on 83 ratings
     | 8,434 views

    A sermon on the Transfiguaration of Jesus. Jesus was transfigured in the sight of Peter, James, & John. It was a picture painted by God for all of us to see.

    A Sight for Sore Eyes Matthew 17: 1-9 February 10, 2002 I’d like to start this morning by saying we’ve had two persons in our church who have recently had eye surgery, Ms. Irene & Ms. Donna… I hope you’ve been praying for them; that their eyesight will be restored & corrected, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Changing Light Bulbs

    Contributed by Mike Dubose on Feb 25, 2002
    based on 711 ratings
     | 39,123 views

    How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? Jesus tries to explain this to Nicodemus and he couldn’t understand it? Do you?

    Changing Light Bulbs John 3: 1-17 February 24, 2002 Several weeks ago there was an email going around entitled “How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb,” I thought about that this week as I was preparing the message… You may have read the email or heard about ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Salvation: A Heart Transformation Or A Head Transaction

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Mar 18, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,579 views

    The Purpose of this message is to encourage us to examine our profession of salvation and make sure it is a possession of Christ and not just words.

    INTRODUCTION: A. This morning I want to bring a message concerning salvation, though it might not be in the manner you are used to or expecting. 1. I want to read you the beginning of an article that is posted on facingforever.org. It was written by Michael J. Vlach in an article entitled, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Unlikely Recipient Of The Glorious Announcement

    Contributed by James Powell on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,520 views

    The shepherds were the most unlikely ones to announce the Savior’s birth, but they were dependable in their job.

    The unlikely Recipient of the Glorious Announcement Turn in your bibles to Luke 2:8-20 John Hamby The telling of the Christmas story can be such a familiar and common experience that we miss the significance of it. With the annual repetitions the [knowledge] of the story of the shepherds can cause ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Forsaken No More Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 36 ratings
     | 25,945 views

    God has a wonderful end in mind for His people. Long ago He purposed the redemption, righteousness, & restoration of the people of Zion. They may anger Him by their sin & hard heartedness, but God stands ready to save & make them holy.

    ISAIAH 62:1-12 FORSAKEN NO MORE [Revelations 2:16-17, 3:11-13] God has a wonderful end in mind for His people. Long ago He purposed the redemption, righteousness, and restoration of the people of Zion. They may anger Him by their sin and hard heartedness, but God stands ready to save and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Meeting Needs

    Contributed by Christopher Martin on Jul 20, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,776 views

    Pentecost 7B/Proper 11 preached 7/19/2009 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Audubon, Iowa. Some material is from Concordia Pulpit Resources, Vol. 19, No. 3. This sermon talks about how Christ meets the phyiscal and spiritial needs of the crowd in the re

    In the 4th petition of The Lord’s Prayer, we are taught to pray the words “Give us this day our daily bread.” Our Gospel reading for this morning is a great illustration of how our Lord goes about answering this petition. And while we usually focus on how Jesus miraculously meets the physical ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Amazing Grace: Verse Four Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jul 24, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 16,764 views

    This is the fourth in a four part series adapted from David Jeremiah’s book, Captured by Grace. It explores the man, melody and message behind John Newton’s timeless hymn Amazing Grace. Email me for the PowerPoint slides.

    AMAZING GRACE: VERSE FOUR Scott Bayles, pastor Based on David Jeremiah’s Captured by Grace First Christian Church, Rosiclare, IL If you’re visiting with us this morning or you just happened to miss the past three Sundays, we’ve spent the last few weeks with our Bibles in one hand and a hymnal in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Mighty God And Everlasting Father Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 14, 2008
    based on 54 ratings
     | 45,369 views

    What is it about the titles "Mighty God" and "Everlasting Father" that can give us hope?

    OPEN: Steve Harvey – "Introducing Jesus" (found on godtube at this address: http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=905620397b19c9d24978) APPLY: When I first heard about this video I didn’t know what to expect. A comedian introducing Jesus??? I thoroughly expected him to get the audience ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Is Christmas

    Contributed by Harold Hansen on Dec 27, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,818 views

    This is about what is Christmas to me. What our Lord did for us.

    What is Christmas? Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Stone, The Stink, And The Glory Of God

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 16, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,401 views

    Remembrance Sunday, 1989: For us to see the glory of God in the face of death means that we have to move some obstacles and we have to live into the bitterness of what might have been; but then the great "Come Forth" can be heard.

    At Easter it was not hard to think and to sing of the glory of God, was it? Not hard at all to imagine that God’s in His heaven, all’s right with the world. Triumphant music played, pronouncements came forth about victory and power and honor to our God. It was not hard at Easter to dwell on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Qualifications For Soul Winning

    Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Oct 26, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,609 views

    A classic sermon on effective evangelism by D. L. Moody.

    1. Shake off the vipers that are in the Church, formalism, pride, and self-importance, etc. 2. It is the only happy life to live for the salvation of souls. 3. We must be willing to do little things for Christ. 4. Must be of good courage. 5. Must be cheerful. God had no children too weak, but ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Jason Jones avatar

    Blind Discipleship Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,388 views

    Exposition of Mark 10:46-52 about lessons regarding discipleship from the life of Bartimeus

    Text: Mark 10:46-52, Title: Blind Discipleship, Date/Place: NRBC, 4/27/08, PM A. Opening illustration: tell about Gordon Dykes preaching B. Background to passage: Mark continues with his discipleship theme, after several passages teaching about discipleship, he gives us an example. Bartimaeus is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Enigma Of Humanity Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 28, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,360 views

    Humanity is at the same time insignificant and the pinnacle of God’s work of creation

    The danger with a series of sermons on the theology of humanity, the danger of thinking about who we are, what we’re here for, what it means to be human, is that it could, very easily, turn into just another exercise in humanism. We could spend our time thinking about all the great things human ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Weddings & Miracles

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jun 3, 2007
    based on 27 ratings
     | 11,548 views

    A look at the wedding in Cana in it relation to the first wedding in Eden and the final wedding feast of the Lamb.

    MSNBC reported on an archaeological dig in Cana, Israel in 2004. The article read: “Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Michael Deutsch avatar

    The Kingdom's Fall Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Aug 29, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,800 views

    A journey through the Bible in 32 weeks, inspired by Randy Frazee and Max Lucado.

    The Kingdom’s Fall February 6, 2010 The Story 17 As we’ve been moving through the Story, amazingly we are coming towards the end of the OT teaching. It seems like we just got started and we’re very quickly moving through the Bible. We’ve been taking a look at the Bible ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist