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  • CLARENCE WEAVER SR avatar

    God Demands A Just Society

    Contributed by Clarence Weaver Sr on Oct 12, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,533 views

    God condemns the descendants of Josiah, who were unjust, and unrighteous towards the poor.

    GOD DEMANDS A JUST SOCIETY JEREMIAH 22:13-17, 21-23 By Clarence Weaver LESSON AIM After studying today’s lesson, students should understand that the Lord used His prophet Jeremiah to warn the people of Judah that He was greatly displeased with the unjust treatment the poor received at the hands of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    26 Pentecost A

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 3,506 views

    Jesus commends the servants who risk trusting the master and produce good return but scolds the servant who is motivated in fear and fails to trust the master.

    26Pentecost A Matthew 25:14-30 17 November 2002 Rev. Roger Haugen This summer, while we attended the Synod Convention in Swift Current, a friend pointed out one particularly fine house. It belonged to a person who was somewhat of a hero in the area. In that ranching area, one gains a certain ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Paying The Price Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 31, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,385 views

    Part 3 in Worship the King series, this focuses on Jesus our Redeemer King, in the context of His being a ransom. Good communion sermon.

    1 Timothy 2:5-6 – Paying the Price I read about a small boy who was consistently late coming home from school. His parents warned him one day that he must be home on time that afternoon, but nevertheless he arrived later than ever. His mother met him at the door and said nothing. At dinner ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Jesus Wore The Real "S"

    Contributed by Jon Hadler on Jun 6, 2003
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,186 views

    Palm Sunday sermon showing that Jesus is the real superman - the Super God-Man - who humbled himself for our sake and now reigns over all things.

    JESUS WEARS THE REAL “S” 1. He Was Our Suffering Servant 2. He Is Our Superior Savior Ever since the beginning of time, people have been fascinated by superhuman powers. Already in the Garden of Eden it was the lie of the devil that got Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit. “You will be like God,” ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    If You Worship Your Way In, Worship Your Way Out!

    Contributed by Scott Voss on Jan 16, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 13,691 views

    If you are in a trial of your faith because you have been faithful to God, you can worship your way out through the same faith!

    If You Worship Your Way In, You Can Worship Your Way Out! Dan 3:19-26 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Expect Great Things From God

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 4, 2003
    based on 121 ratings
     | 45,288 views

    Hold on to the promise of a loving God in the midst of affliction, for He remembers the faithful.

    Isaiah 54:1-10 EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM GOD Israel at this time was at a very low point in their history. They had gone through a succession of wicked rulers who had led them astray from God. The Kingdom had been divided and weakened. First the northern, and then the southern kingdom had ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Time To Rebuild

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 36,232 views

    Every new project or ministry has several hands in it: hand of God, hands of outsiders, hands of believers, and hands of opposition.

    A Time To Rebuild Nehemiah 2:17-20 Dr. Tom Doubt, Senior Pastor Four Mile Creek Baptist Church July 13, 2003 BACKGROUND: A. Parable: There once was a thriving little church in the country. Internal squabbles developed that tore the church apart. Attendance dwindled until the church died. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Foundation?

    Contributed by Tom Doubt on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 11,443 views

    What can we do about folks who are shooting arrows at the foundations of our faith?

    What Foundation? Psalm 11:1-7 Pastor Tom Doubt Four Mile Creek Baptist Church June 15, 2003 BACKGROUND: A. An old favorite hymn, How Firm A Foundation, has a 4th verse that goes like this: “The soul that hath leaned on Jesus for repose, I will not, I will not desert to His foes; That soul, through ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Where Is God When Life Tumbles In?

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 16, 2004
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,334 views

    This message is given to give people hope in times of hardships.

    Where is God when Life Tumbles In? As Christians how do we cope with tragedy and Crisis? What do we do when life tumbles in? We can face crisis in a number of ways: Unreal Optimism: We can become numb to pain and say, "All is okay." If anything good is going to happen it will happen to me. ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    If Jesus Did Not Say A Word

    Contributed by Devon Witherspoon on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,855 views

    What do you do when it seems like the LORD do not hear you.

    If JESUS did not say a Word Prayer Text: Matthew 15:21-28 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    02 Life Encounter: It's Battle Series

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Feb 25, 2008
     | 3,252 views

    ❶ WHO IS AGAINST ME? ❷ WHO IS FOR ME? ❸ NOTHING CAN BE AGAINST ME

    Romans 8:31KJV 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? -Sobibor - 1942-1943 - “Escape from Sobibor” – Movie 1987 - Hitler blamed the Jews for all of Germany’s losses in World War I - Hitler hated anyone and everyone who was not of the "Aryan race" - ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You The Samaritan?

    Contributed by David Trexler on Mar 1, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,579 views

    Not much has changed in the course of human history

    Sermon for John 4:5-42 Third Sunday in Lent February 24th 2008 Wow! What a text uh? I could probably put together 6-8 sermons each lasting about 45 minutes. What do you think of that? Well seeing that I only have about 20 minutes, I want us to look at a couple aspects of today’s gospel that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Unforgettable You

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jan 25, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 17,114 views

    Isaiah uses four word pictures to show us that we ought to trust God because of what he’s like.

    UNFORGETTABLE YOU Isaac Butterworth Isaiah 49:15-18 (NRSV) 15/ Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. 16/ See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jason Jones avatar

    How To React To Persecution Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 31, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,206 views

    Exposition of 1 Peter 3:13-17

    Text: 1 Peter 3:13-17 Title: How to React to Persecution Date/Place: LSCC, 11/27/05, AM I. INTRODUCTION A. Opening illustration: the persecution of the insurance companies, the suffering of the bricklayer—ill file B. Background to passage: Peter again takes up the subject of Christians being ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steven Chapman avatar

    Emmanuel

    Contributed by Steven Chapman on Feb 6, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 22,784 views

    In these 25 verses, most of which do read something like a phone directory, we have the theological stage set for all of the rest of Matthew’s gospel. And not only is the shape set forth for the rest of the gospel, the shape and form of the entire New Te

    Emmanuel Matthew 1 It was December 1944. Dietrich Bonhoeffer found himself celebrating his last Christmas on the earth. He was only 39. He had been a German pastor. Now, he was a Nazi war criminal. It was Christmas time. And he was pensive, with pen in hand, over his little diary. And the thought ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ