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  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    Good News - Rejected Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jan 15, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,423 views

    Jesus' inaugural address is a bold proclamation that TODAY the Lord will move mightily in our lives and in our world.

    Luke 4:14-30 “Good News—Rejected” INTRODUCTION On January 21, President Obama will deliver his inaugural address. He will give that address before and expected crowd of 700,000 people gathered around the capitol and millions of viewers watching the television broadcast. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Withstanding A Fierce Assualt From Without Series

    Contributed by Troy Luttrell on Feb 10, 2014
     | 3,836 views

    A sermon that describes Satan's methods or tools he uses to knock a Christian off their foundation, Christ Jesus.

    Introduction: Background: • Charles Quarles: “This false teaching threatened to undermine the supremacy of Christ, rob the church of its peace and joy, and destroy the unity of the church that had characterized it from the beginning.” Lifeway Study, p. 37 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What To Do With God’s Revelation>

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jul 27, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,043 views

    Jesus came briging the truth, but it wasn

    Passage: Matthew 12:38-45 Intro: We love to have all the facts when we make a decision. 1. buy a car, a house, we want written guarantees, inspections, service records, etc. 2. if we are going to part with money, sign up for payments, we have conditions we want met, and when we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Wooed In The Wilderness, Part 3 Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Aug 7, 2014
     | 4,938 views

    The Gospel According to Hosea Wooed in the Wilderness, part 3

    The Gospel According to Hosea Wooed in the Wilderness, part 3 Hosea 2.2-23 David Taylor We are in our third message of our summer series, The Gospel According to Hosea, looking at God's faithful love for an unfaithful people. Blind to their own spiritual bankruptcy, Israel was coasting along as ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    03 The Sheep Need A Shepherd Series

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 28, 2011
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     | 4,168 views

    The names of God are found throughout Ps. 23 giving a picture of who our Shepherd really is

    TIME Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 “Hubble Finds Granddaddy of Ancient Galaxies” — about 13.2 billion light-years away — is a magnificent red blob that was recently discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope. -Organisms microscopic in size, hundreds, even thousands, can be found ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Include The Little Ones

    Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Jun 22, 2013
     | 2,789 views

    When we read the Word of God, it becomes evident that our choices affect our children and their future. History teaches us that whenever Israel turned their back on God and served idols and other Gods, their children paid a price for their actions.

    Include the little ones June 16, 2013 - Father's Day Joshua 8:35 - There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the strangers who were living among them. When we read the Word of God, it ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Free At Last!!

    Contributed by Joe Burke on Dec 27, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,440 views

    When the Son set us free, you are REALLY free!

    FREE AT LAST! The Denver Zoo decided that the polar bear should have the largest and most naturalistically built cage of all the animals in the zoo. So the engineers and construction crew went to work to build an enclosure that was big and natural in its representation of the artic terrain. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Who Are You In The New Year?

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 6, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,838 views

    God’s pressence is the answer to our identity in the New Year

    Who are you in the New Year? New Years 2006 Exodus 3:1-15 Matthew 28:18-20 The Children stayed in the service, so I began the sermon by reading "You Are Special" by Max Lucado to the children The Story – Joseph has brought his family into Egypt, they are given the Land of Goshen to raise ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Vison Of Obadiah Series

    Contributed by Jerry Smith on Apr 14, 2020
     | 4,820 views

    To learn the meaning and message of the prophet Obadiah

    Let’s break some new ground and learn what God has for us to know from Obadiah. I. The man Nothing is known about this prophet outside of his name. Although there are 10 men by the name Obadiah named in the Old Testament, scholars are in agreement none of them was this man. Many prophets share a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    If The Tomb Could Talk

    Contributed by Dr. Zachary Sizemore on May 5, 2020
     | 3,872 views

    The story of Easter is a story that can be best told from the lips of the empty tomb.God emptied the tomb to fill our hearts.

    If The Tomb Could Talk Proverbs 30:15-16 “…... There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. (The grave is never satisfied) There has ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Love Your Enemies

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 7, 2022
     | 2,073 views

    Christ said to love your enemies. That takes His grace and the power of the Holy Spirit to do because it is not in our nature.

    It is easy to see that Christians are surrounded by enemies on nearly every side. The irony is that while so-called Christians persecuted the Jews for centuries it is the Israelis who are our biggest friends. True, some of the Ultra-Orthodox may not think kindly of us, but other Jews see us as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope Shines Through Series

    Contributed by Brad Beaman on Mar 1, 2022
     | 3,182 views

    Out of the most desperate situations God is able to do a work of hope. The Messiah is a shoot from the stump of Jesse. From a stump God will raise up a ruler and king. Not just any king but the greatest the world will ever know, the Messiah, King Jesus.

    In what way would you describe the almighty power of God? One way would be to picture a forest. A giant comes along something like “Paul Banyan” who walks through swinging a two sided axe and chops down trees with each swing. It would be like swinging a cycle in a field of wheat. The imagery is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Understanding The Holy Spirit As A Soul Winner

    Contributed by Dr. Abraham Obadare on Jul 10, 2018
     | 6,819 views

    The Holy Spirit is a helper in all ways

    Often, we Christians associate the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues, but beyond that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity(Father, Son and Holy Spirit) who was there at creation, moving over the face of the deep to bring about form (Gen. 1:1-2, 26-27). He works by empowering human ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 9, 2018
     | 4,601 views

    We will ask God to “teach us to judge wisely the things of earth, and hold firm to the things of heaven.”

    Second Sunday of Advent 2018 Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord You may have been a bit surprised when you stood for the Introit today to find that we did not sing “O Come, Emmanuel,” which has become the musical heart of the whole Advent season. There is a good reason for that, which I’ll explain ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Hope That Comes From Brokenness Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jun 30, 2017
     | 5,783 views

    This is the 21st sermon in the series "3:16- Numbers That Bring Hope".

    Series: 3:16- Numbers That Bring Hope [#21] THE HOPE THAT COMES FROM BROKENNESS Lamentations 3:16 Introduction: After reading our text this morning, I have decided to start a new series, (not really). Lamentations 3:16 (NIV) “He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist