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  • Donnie Martin avatar

    From Ruin To Redemption

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Oct 27, 2003
    based on 125 ratings
     | 10,748 views

    Christ’s power over evil is seen in (1) The Depths Of Satan’s Control, (2) The Deliverance Wrought By Christ, and (3) The Difference In This Man’s Conduct.

    From Ruin To Redemption Text: Mark 5: 1-6, 15 Intro: Today’s text vividly portrays the depths to which a person under Satan’s control can sink. But that’s not all that is in view here. We also see in sharp contrast to this former destructive condition the power of God to deliver one who ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Pitfalls Of Rejection

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Mar 12, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 13,335 views

    In some form or fashion we all have experienced rejection and felt the effects that it brings with it and will continue to feel them for many years to come. Rejection is a part of life that affects each of us at some point and it’s not limited to only on

    The Pitfalls of Rejection 1st Peter 3:14 Whither it was not being picked for the kickball game by the kids in the neighborhood, not making the football team, or the cheerleading squad, not going to the prom with the person you knew you would, or getting into the college you wanted, not getting ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    A Message For The Dried Up

    Contributed by Matthew Doebler on Jun 10, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 7,116 views

    When we are dried up and burned out in life, it is the Holy Spirit who refreshes us and empowers us for life.

    A Message for the Dried Up I just got my van back after $600 worth of repairs. Oh, what fun to deal with cars! Turns out it was the fuel pump. Apparently, the fuel tank was almost empty and the older fuel pumps in the tank use gas as a lubricant. The pump ran dry and burned out. Do you ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Spiritual Father's Instruction Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jun 14, 2003
    based on 13 ratings
     | 7,982 views

    What a blessing to have spiritual fathers in the faith to point us to God. Be one for someone!

    Happy Father’s Day Dads! Since today is Father’s day, I thought we might look at our lesson in light of a father’s message to his son and draw some lessons from that perspective. Paul speaks of Timothy as his son four times in the letters of 1 and 2 Timothy. You might even get the impression ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Pat Cook avatar

    The Surprise Worship Service Series

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Jun 15, 2003
    based on 30 ratings
     | 5,335 views

    The women worshiped the risen Lord, and this shows subtle but useful hints for worshiping. Sermon outline included.

    Matthew 28:1-10 – The Surprise Worship Service When Nikita Khrushchev died, a humorous story circulated in political circles. Apparently, the Communist party who’d cast Mr Khrushchev aside were uncomfortable about burying his body on Soviet soil. So they called the President of the United ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Can Have Joy In Suffering Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Sep 2, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,960 views

    Christians are notorious for talking about, reading about and preaching about joy and then not displaying it

    Sermon Series: “Help, I Can’t Find My Joy!” (A Study of Paul’s Epistle to the Philippians) Sermon #1 “You can have Joy in Suffering” Series Text: Philippians 4:4 OPENING JOKE: “Lack of Joy” Christians are notorious for talking about, reading about and preaching about ‘joy’ and then not displaying ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen?"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 5, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 8,402 views

    A ’sermonette’ if you will, in response to Katrina

    When tragedy strikes, when chaos reins, when calamity turns lives upside down, people ask questions. In their anger and their grief some of the most common questions are about God, even from people who otherwise ignore or even claim to disbelieve in Him. “Why does God let bad things happen?” ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Lessons From The Lion's Den

    Contributed by Don Schultz on Jun 20, 2003
    based on 99 ratings
     | 53,876 views

    People are watching you. But so is God.

    DANIEL 6: LESSONS FROM THE LION’S DEN Do you realize that you are being watched? Now more than ever, all of us are being watched, more than we realize. There are security cameras in most stores that you shop in, and as you shop, people are watching you. Certain intersections have cameras that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Overcome

    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Jun 21, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 9,467 views

    It is exciting to realize we are privileged to live at the end of this dispensation. when the conflict between Satan and his demons and Christ and His saints is fast moving toward a climax. The Word of God describes this period in the history of mankind a

    OVERCOME Scripture: 1 John 5:4 INTRODUCTION It is exciting to realize we are privileged to live at the end of this dispensation. when the conflict between Satan and his demons and Christ and His saints is fast moving toward a climax. The Word of God describes this period in the history of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Paddling Upstream Antidote To Drifting. Series

    Contributed by John Gullick on Jun 22, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 7,133 views

    A sermon that takes the "drifting" theme from Hebrews one discusses it and finds some solutions with Gideon in Judges.

    Hebrews chapter 2/ In this Tuesday’s Southland times there was a dramatic picture of a digger jammed under a bridge in Rockdale Road in Invercargill. The digger had been on the back of a truck that had not considered the 4.4 metre clearance warning that was on a sign before the bridge. The result ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Ricky Nelms avatar

    The Anointing Is The Difference Series

    Contributed by Ricky Nelms on Jul 31, 2010
    based on 34 ratings
     | 68,804 views

    This is the seventh message in the series "From The Problem To The Solution". The power of the anointing will help you from the problem to your solution. The outline is 1-The origination, 2-The agitation, and 3-The coronation of the anointing.

    From the Problem to the Solution #7 - THE ANOINTING IS THE DIFFERENCE This morning, we're continuing, right on through to years end, our series of messages entitled FROM THE PROBLEM TO THE SOLUTION And by way of review, we've told you already, that in order to get FROM THE PROBLEM TO THE ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Michael Bolin avatar

    Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Jesus

    Contributed by Michael Bolin on Aug 23, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,162 views

    A fourth of July Sermon Dealing with freedom; freedom displayed through letting go of influence or ownership of a relationship.

    Only in America can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in America do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions, while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. Only in America do we leave cars worth thousands of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Mission Impossible (But Accomplished!!) Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Aug 29, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,971 views

    Just like Joshua, we are called to lead to a new chapter of completing the mission which God has for us.

    Meeting the Challenge Mission Impossible, but Accomplished! Joshua 1:1-9 * For 400 years, the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, & Joseph lived in Egypt as slaves of the state. Oppression, expectation, and mistreatment, were the difficulty of that life. The Jewish people needed a deliverer and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dan Cormie avatar

    Chosen Yet Free Series

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Sep 13, 2010
     | 3,746 views

    If man is predestined by God then does human free will even exist? If there is no free will how can God hold men accountable for their sin?

    Dakota Community Church September 12, 2010 Chosen Yet Free Ephesians 1:1-14 1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3Praise be to the God and Father of our ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • David Cramer avatar

    If God Is Able.

    Contributed by David Cramer on Sep 13, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,200 views

    Learning to know if God is able.

    "IF GOD IS ABLE, " TEXT: Luke 1:37; 18:26-27; Matthew 17:20-21 Luke 1:37 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 18:26-27 26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? 27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. Matt 17:20-21 20 And ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational