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  • Stephen Fournier avatar

    The Faith Of Four Friends

    Contributed by Stephen Fournier on Dec 1, 2000
    based on 228 ratings
     | 30,817 views

    Sermon on Mark 2:1-12

    “FAITH OF FOUR FRIENDS” or “HOW TO BRING PEOPLE TO CHRIST” MARK 2:1-12 There was once the small rural church. Now the church wad very small. So small that the pastor had to double up as the local barber to make ends meet. There happened to be a man in this small community who had invested ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Remember Me (Whose Line Is It?) Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 11, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 17,891 views

    The story of the thief on the cross is one of the most powerful in all the Gospels. But it is possible to get some wrong impressions from what this teaches us.

    OPEN: A minister was talking to a professing Christian and asked him if he was active in his local Church. The man responded, "No, but the dying thief wasn’t active in a local Church and he was still accepted". The minister then asked if the man had been baptized. He said, "No, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Sought To Be Killed

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 3, 2010
     | 2,712 views

    The Jewish leaders fabricated a way to destroy the Son of God.

    Text: “For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath” (John 5:16). Is it wrong to do good on the Sabbath? If someone is hurting or suffering and we know what to do or we can help that person, but it happens to be the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    I Never Asked For This

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Aug 27, 2018
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    A study in the book of 2 Samuel 4: 1 – 12

    2 Samuel 4: 1 – 12 I never asked for this 4 When Saul’s son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost heart, and all Israel was troubled. 2 Now Saul’s son had two men who were captains of troops. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Casting Your Cares On Him Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 30, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 18,692 views

    Life can be troubling and even scary sometimes. There will be times that we just don't believe anybody is going to be there for us... or that anybody cares. But the Bible says there IS someone who is there and cares. Do you know why that matters?

    OPEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltaFMO3BaNQ (a video clip from the TV series: “This Is Us”) It’s a dark and stormy night. It’s scary and Kevin is all by himself. His brother and sister are nowhere to be found and so he does what any little boy would do in that case… he goes to his parents ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • David Rogers avatar

    Search The Scriptures

    Contributed by David Rogers on Feb 9, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,902 views

    How we are to search the scriptures for Jesus

    Search The Scriptures John 5:17-47 Prayer Indtroduction People deny that Christ was who He said He was. People even deny believing that Jesus is God. Many People don’t believe that there is a God. They have bought into the lie that this life is all there is so we need to live our life to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    An Outline Of Acts 9:32-35

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Oct 29, 2021
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    Peter was in the city of Lydda, when he met a very sick man. What happened next? This outline could be used for a devotional or expanded into a sermon or part of a sermon.

    Introduction: The event in this passage took place, most likely, after Peter and John had gone to Samaria, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel to many other villages of the Samaritans (Acts 8:14-17, 25). Later, as stated in Acts 9:31, the churches “had rest throughout Judaea and Galilee ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Thirtieth Sunday In Ordinary Time

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 4, 2023
     | 963 views

    Love of God and neighbor protects us from stress

    Several years ago, a radio station ran a contest. "Just for fun," they said, "when you wake up to the sound of 106 FM, call and tell us the first words you spoke when you rolled out of bed. If you're the third caller, you'll win $106." The first morning, a buoyant disc ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Looking Beyond Your Situations Series

    Contributed by Norman Bernad on Aug 5, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,087 views

    When we started reading the Gospel of John we come across and see that John wrote this as an evangelistic work. His purpose and goal in writing this account was so that people would come to faith and believe in Jesus.

    Looking beyond your situations (Ungal Sulnaliki appal parunikal) Psalm 130 1. John: 5:1-11 2. 1 John 5:4-5 Our circumstances can drive and direct our life, unless we learn to live above them. Most of us live in disappointment, depression and stress when we allow circumstances to control our ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Whom Can I Blame?

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jan 4, 2003
    based on 146 ratings
     | 17,404 views

    Self-pity has become a lifestyle for many. We can break down the walls of self-pity through the word of God.

    January 5, 2003 Morning Service Text: John 5:1:15; Acts 8:1-8 Subject: Overcoming the Victim Mentality Title: Whom Can I Blame? I want to begin todays sermon with a story from Max Lucados "The Applause of Heaven". "I have everything I need for joy!" Robert Reed said. "Amazing!" I thought. His ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Riding The Storm Out

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Jul 18, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,224 views

    In Noah, we see an example of how to ride out the storms of life. We are to place our trust in God and become righteous as Noah was. We become righteous by accepting the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for our sins and having a relationship with him.

    Riding The Storm Out Genesis 7 (NLT) Intro: Chippie the parakeet was a happy little bird, content every day to sit on his perch, swinging and singing to his little heart’s content. One day Chippie’s owner took the initiative to clean out his cage. She took off the attachment from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Cosper avatar

    Healing Touch

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jan 7, 2014
     | 8,340 views

    Things were different in the days of Peter. When Peter was around, everybody got healed.

    So far we have seen Saul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. He was blinded for 3 days. God sent Ananias to heal Saul of his blindness. Saul was baptized, and was nourished with food and drink because he hadn’t eaten or drank anything during those three days. Saul ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Leighton (Lee) Vary avatar

    Healing The Paralitic Series

    Contributed by Leighton (Lee) Vary on Jan 20, 2017
     | 8,764 views

    Jesus is preaching in a house that is about to have its roof removed. Four friends were determined to get their paralyzed friend into Jesus presence. So determined that they tore the roof off the house to get him in. Jesus compassion was immediate

    Introduction A. The students in my third-grade class were bombarding me with questions about my newly pierced ears. "Does the hole go all the way through?" "Yes." "Did it hurt?" "Just a little." "Did they stick a needle through your ears?" "No, they used a special gun." Silence followed, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Raulerson avatar

    Understanding The Heart Of Jesus Series

    Contributed by John Raulerson on Sep 29, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 16,459 views

    The heart of Jesus is revealed through His healing of the man with an infirmity

    It Took a Miracle: UNDERSTANDING THE HEART OF JESUS John 5:1-16 7/27/97a BBC Jesus Christ desires to be in personal and intimate relationship with each of us. He knows us better than we know ourselves, but do we really know Him? Most relationships are only casual based on surface ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    He Is On The Job

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Apr 18, 2012
     | 5,068 views

    He you can depend on Him

    Joh 5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Joh 5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. Joh 5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal