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  • Mike Hays avatar

    God Has Spoken

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Nov 16, 2000
    based on 103 ratings
     | 5,479 views

    Jesus is God's final word to the world -- the full expression and perfect reflection of God's heart.

    God Has Spoken! Hebrews 1:1-4 Each week televisions across America tuned in to watch the contestants try and meet the challenge. They watched the men and women of Survivor jockey for position, take on the physical challenge, and try and win the immunity challenge so that they could guarantee their ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Judgment Booth

    Contributed by Don Hutto on Dec 6, 2000
    based on 99 ratings
     | 5,359 views

    Sermon preceeding the 2000 Presidential Election.

    Judgment Booth Hosea 8:1-4 Many of you are familiar with the term "Judgment House." This is the name of a Halloween season event put on by many churches that presents the need for salvation by previewing the horrors of a godless hell. This morning I want to twist that term slightly and talk about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Call To A Collapsing Country

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 25, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 7,947 views

    This message deals with the futility of religious activity apart from obedience to God, and the similarities between the conditions of Israel during the days of Jeremiah and the churches of today.

    Call To A Collapsing Country Text: Jer.8: 1-12 Intro: The nation of Israel had enjoyed God’s blessings in an unprecedented way. God had personally chosen them to be His people from among all the peoples of the earth. According to the Scriptures, this was not due to any special attractiveness ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Weapons Of Our Warfare

    Contributed by Dr.johnson Cherian on Jun 6, 2002
    based on 116 ratings
     | 32,246 views

    The Believer’s Weapons in Spiritual Warfare

    Weapons of our Warfare ---------------------- By Dr.Johnson The apostle Paul writes, “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Where Your Credentials Come From Series

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jun 18, 2002
    based on 65 ratings
     | 12,476 views

    We are to be confident in God’s call.

    WHERE YOUR CREDENTIALS COME FROM Galatians 1:10-24 S: God’s Call Th: Grace-Full Living Pr: WE ARE TO BE CONFIDENT OF GOD’S CALL. ?: How? KW: Graces TS: We will find in our study of Galatians 1:10-24 four graces that reveal how we are to be confident of God’s call on our lives. The _____ grace ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Wise Up About Your Parents Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jun 18, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,034 views

    Four ways to treat your parents with wisdom.

    In Tuesday’s Los Angeles Times there was a interesting article about LA Lakers center Shaquille O’Neal (LA Times 6/6/02 "Biological Didn’t Bother"). It was really a story about Shaq and his biological father Joseph Toney. When Shaq was just six months old, his birth father Joseph Toney left, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Pour Out, Step Out And Break Out…have You Got The "Out's”?

    Contributed by Michael Quicke on Mar 26, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,225 views

    God POURS OUT out His Spirit into our hearts. As ambassadors we STEP OUT out into ministry and witness. Then we see the sovereignty of God BREAK OUT among us.

    INTRO Let me take you back to when George Bush, Sr, was president. When he and his military advisors decided to engage Saddam Hussein and his military forces, what was the first thing they did? They poured all the military strength of the United States onto the Saudi Arabian peninsula. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Teaching Our Children Respect For God - Part One Series

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Apr 8, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 20,461 views

    Lack of respect for God is epidemic. How can we change that? Part One of a three-part series focusing on teaching respect for God, others, self and leaders.

    April 7, 2002 Recently the leaders of our children and youth programs met to brainstorm ways of helping the young people of our church become better examples of “salt and light” in our community. We talked about many things, and there was some exciting and very promising dialogue. One of those ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    The Encouragement Of Discipline

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Apr 21, 2002
    based on 101 ratings
     | 17,188 views

    The training, correcting, and molding of our character by the Lord is one of His greatest blessings in life.

    The Encouragement of Discipline Hebrews 12:4-11 For the past two weeks we have been studying the twelfth chapter of Hebrews and learning how we can run the race of faith. The writer of Hebrews has used the illustration of a runner to teach us that we should cast aside everything that would ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Focusing On What Matters Series

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 14,608 views

    5 of 10 of the series Supernatural Transformation. One of the incredible abilities Jesus had was to stay on target. His life never got off track - He kept His life on course. His ability to focus is a strong characteristic of His life and it can be a ch

    FOCUSING ON WHAT MATTERS Ephesians 1:17-18; Romans 8:28; Ephesians 2:10; Romans 12:3; 1 Peter 4:2 Read at beginning of service: Ephesians 1:17-23 (NIV) 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Hope For The Hopeless Series

    Contributed by Darren Ethier on May 9, 2002
    based on 61 ratings
     | 11,859 views

    8 of 10 of the series, Supernatural Transformation. Jesus faced many difficult times in His ministry here on earth but probably none were more dark than the hour He was betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Yet, in this experience we find that Jesus had

    HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS Romans 12:12 Read at beginning of service: Romans 12:12 (NIV) 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. INTRODUCTION Matthew 26:46-56 (NIV) 46 Rise, let us go! Here comes my betrayer!" 47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    When Faith Falters Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 14,924 views

    David’s spiritual slump can be very helpful to us:encouraging to those of us who have fallen, to see that a great man like David wasn’t immune to failure and also a warning to us of the danger that comes from drifting away from God.

    WHEN FAITH FALTERS 1 SAMUEL 27 INTRODUCTION: I remember the day my daughter, Marlo let me know what she thought of the ministry. She was 10 years old and talking to her Mom about school and Deb asked her if anything new was happening and she said with excitement, "Oh, we’re going to have ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Writing On The Wall Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Nov 1, 2002
    based on 48 ratings
     | 14,146 views

    This sermon emphasizes the importance of remembering and being accounable for the things that God tells us.

    The Writing on the Wall Daniel 5 November 3, 2002 Intro: A. [It’s Over Your Head, Citation: C.D. Monismith, Salem, Ore. Christian Reader, "Lite Fare."] One quarter while teaching an adult Sunday school class, I decided, It’s time to be up-to-date and innovative. I need to try something new for ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Gospel, The Power Of God

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 11, 2002
    based on 90 ratings
     | 10,876 views

    LISTEN – for 2,000 years people like Paul have given it ALL up for Christ and His Gospel – Why? That’s what I want us to try to answer today – in a message about divine weapon #2 - The Gospel – the power of God.

    The Gospel, The Power Of God Divine Weapon #2 It was dark, it was cold – he had been in these cramped quarters for quit some time. He wasn’t sure whether it was day or night. Nor was he sure just how long he had been there. Now he had always wanted to come back to this city, but he had hoped it ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How Grace Changes Everything Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 4, 2001
    based on 224 ratings
     | 44,773 views

    When we encounter God’s grace, it changes everything because we die to our old way of live, are introduced to a new way of life, and find a new master.

    In his book "What’s So Amazing About Grace," Christian author Philip Yancey writes about a friend who invited him out for a cup of coffee one night (Yancey 179-80). This friend, it turns out, is contemplating leaving his wife after 15 years of marriage because he’s found someone younger and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational