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  • John Gullick avatar

    The Way Down Is Up

    Contributed by John Gullick on Jun 9, 2015
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     | 5,282 views

    A sermon that looks at the dynamics of Mark chapter 3 20 - 35 and attempts to show how often in the Christian life in order to go up we need to go what the world considers as down.

    2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35 In 1982, David Pawson was invited to speak in New Zealand. His had a reputation as a bible teacher, so people the people of Wellington were surprised when he said that he had a prophecy. He carried two burdens that God had given him for our nation. One burden ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Jesus Was Lifted Up

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 14, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 11,655 views

    Palm Sunday Sermon about the sacrifice of Jesus.

    Jesus Was Lifted Up… Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-15 April 13, 2003 (Palm Sunday Note: this message inspired and partially based on an address by Rev. Keith Drury, of Indiana Wesleyan University, given at a seminar on teaching the Bible to adults. Introduction Today is Palm Sunday, and on this day ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Living Up To The Name Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 12, 2001
    based on 87 ratings
     | 8,784 views

    Believers were called Christians first at Antioch. What are the characteristics that made this church great.

    A Study of the Book of Acts Sermon # 22 “Living Up to the Name” Acts 11:19-30 “Now those who were scattered after the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jacked Up Life

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 13, 2023
     | 1,287 views

    JACKED UP LIFE IS A LIFE OF DISARRAY!

    JACKED UP LIFE DISORDER AND MAYHEM Numbers 10:28”This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.” I was awestruck as I read the book of Numbers where God has arranged everything in order, when the 6 Lakh people had to move from one place to another, because they ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Joe Rowland avatar

    Going Up In Christ

    Contributed by Joe Rowland on Sep 1, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,571 views

    As long as Jesus is with us we will continue to go up with Him. God gave me a dream that Jesus was in a hot air ballom with me.

    Going Up In Christ John 12:27-37 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. 28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29 The people ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Gather Up The Fragments

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Jul 29, 2024
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    A sermon for the Season after Pentecost, Series B, Lectionary 17

    July 28, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Ephesians 3:14-21; John 6:1-21 Gather up the Fragments Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. “Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.” Leftovers. I’m a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    What Is Up With The Will Of God?

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 8, 2001
    based on 35 ratings
     | 2,177 views

    Why God’s will seems to be absolute and yet not absolute.

    March 11, 2001 Luke 13:31-35 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.” 32 He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will drive out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Tilling Up The Mind

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Feb 6, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,449 views

    How open are you to the words of Jesus? Many of us are so hardened that His words bounce off, for others the past, present and future make our minds unable to process His thoughts. Today we examine the pliability of our minds.

    Puzzles can be fun or extremely frustrating. Some people look at the pieces of a puzzle poured out on a table and have no idea what to make of it. They pick up a piece or two and nothing seems to make sense. They can’t see the whole picture and they aren’t willing to work it out. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    Look Up And Live

    Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Mar 30, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 13,406 views

    Exploration of the typology of the bronze snake of Numbers 21 and what it means to believe.

    - - - - - - - - - Unless otherwise indicated all scripture is quoted from the New Living Translation of the Bible. - - - - - - - - - Some of you have perhaps heard of the US Government’s directive on dealing with an Anaconda attack. Anaconda’s, as everyone knows are large semi-aquatic snakes ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Come Up On The Mountain

    Contributed by James May on Jul 24, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 15,190 views

    We must climb higher in God to catch a true vision of what, and who, God really is. Without that proper vision we stand in danger of perishing,

    Come Up On the Mountain Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Pastor James May Why do people love to go up on the mountains? For most of us it is the experience of feeling on top of the world. It is as though you can look down on the world far below and for just a moment, catch a glimpse of how God must ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Never Give Up

    Contributed by James May on Nov 7, 2004
    based on 74 ratings
     | 15,928 views

    Never give up on prayer and trusting the Lord. In God’s time and in God’s manner, your answer will come.

    NEVER GIVE UP by Pastor Jim May Matthew 9:1-26 In 1972, NASA launched the exploratory space probe Pioneer 10. The satellite’s primary mission was to reach Jupiter, photograph the planet and its moons, and beam data to earth about Jupiter’s magnetic field, radiation belts, and atmosphere. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Hold Up The Light

    Contributed by William White Jr on Jan 20, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 11,113 views

    It is a textual sermon for I only use the one biblical text I supplied to the congregation.

    HOLD UP THE LIGHT-ISAIAH 49:3-6 I remember some three years ago I visited a nursing home with my mentor, Melvin Black. I was captivated by the singing, moving, and ongoings of the patients there but I took great interest in an African American man pushing himself in a wheelchair. After the ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Mary Erickson avatar

    Hold Up On That Roundup!

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Jul 20, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,656 views

    Jesus tells the parable of the wheat and the weeds to reveal characteristics of the Kingdom of God. God's kingdom isn't obsessed with judgment and eradicating evil, and neither should we.

    July 19, 2020 Hope Lutheran Church Pastor Mary Erickson Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Hold Up on that Roundup! Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. My father loved tending a garden and he passed that love along to me. When I was about 7 ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Reggie Corfield avatar

    Never Give Up!

    Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Aug 12, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,277 views

    Many of us are too quick to throw in he towel and give up on God; when we do that we are doing exactly what the devil wants us to do. We are to persevere and trust God to do the impossible.

    This morning I want to talk a little about the rewards of never giving up on God. Today’s gospel story is about a persistent woman and a disinterested God. It is also about a mother who would not take “no” as an answer. The woman was a Canaanite which meant she was a gentile. She ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    A Wake Up Call

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 17, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,354 views

    Jesus’ challenge to make His Father’s House a house of prayer

    Stody 18-01-04 John 2: 13-25: Jesus clears the Temple The theme of this morning’s service is the challenge of Jesus. And we are looking in particular Jesus’ challenge to make God’s Temple a House of Prayer. 1. Gentle Jesus meek and mild Our reading this morning blows a ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican