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    Love Is More Than A Theory Youth Sermon

    Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 4, 2023
    based on 4 ratings
     | 702 views

    Love requires action, not just theories. It's about stepping out of our comfort zones and loving those around us, despite the messiness and challenges.

    You know how you have all these ideas about what you're going to do when you grow up? You've got it all planned out, right? But then reality hits, and it's not as easy as you thought. That's kind of like love. We all talk about love, we hashtag it, we post about it, but do we really know what it ...read more

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    Loving Your Enemy PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 31, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 840 views

    This sermon explores the challenging Christian call to love our enemies, breaking barriers through love, and embodying Christ-like love in our daily lives.

    Good morning, beloved family of God. It's a joy to be gathered here today, standing on holy ground, in a house built not of stone and mortar, but of faith, hope, and love. It's in this warm embrace of fellowship that we find ourselves today, ready to unwrap the divine wisdom of God's word. We're ...read more

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    The Heart Of Flesh PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 9, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,168 views

    This sermon explores God's transformative power to change hardened hearts, His promise of restoration, and the hope found in spiritual renewal amidst life's challenges. Key

    Greetings, beloved, in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I am so thankful to be standing before you today, under the banner of His grace, ready to share the richness of His Word. We live in a world that often feels like a desert, parched and barren. The challenges of life can ...read more

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    Jesus: The Difference Maker PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 17, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 738 views

    This sermon encourages self-reflection on our faith journey, challenging us to overcome spiritual blindness and live out our faith with open-mindedness and discernment.

    Good morning, beloved congregation. What a joy it is to gather together in the house of the Lord, united in faith and purpose, to draw near to Him through His Word. There's a certain warmth, a certain comfort that comes from being among fellow believers, a mutual understanding that transcends our ...read more

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    What To Do When You Don't Know What To Do PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 27, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 121 views

    When overwhelmed and uncertain, honestly seek God in prayer, fix your eyes on Him, and trust Him to guide and deliver you through every challenge.

    Some days feel like you wake up to a wall of wind. The inbox pings with pressure. The headlines hum with heaviness. A diagnosis raises questions you never wanted to ask. A bill arrives that your bank account can’t meet. And your heart—your faithful, beating companion—feels like it’s carrying a ...read more

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    Living Into God’s 'a' PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 3, 2025
    based on 4 ratings
     | 160 views

    God’s presence gives us courage and strength to face new challenges, assuring us that we are never alone as we step forward in faith.

    Some of us walked in today with a smile for others and a storm inside. You’ve been staring at a calendar date that scares you. There’s a chair at the table that sits empty. There’s a decision lurking in your inbox with your name on it. Life does that. It brings us to riverbanks we’ve never crossed, ...read more

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    Gather For Unity Premium Sermon

    Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 8, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,256 views

    This sermon will explore the importance of unity within the church and society, especially during challenging times, drawing on teachings from Psalm 133 and Matthew 18:20.

    This is our last week in the We Are Gathered Here sermon series, and we have an immensely important topic to tackle. It’s hard to think of something we need more desperately in our culture right now than unity. We are as divided a nation as most remember being and unfortunately, it doesn’t look ...read more

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    Sermon Series: We Are Gathered Here

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    Head Start The Right Start

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on Mar 16, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,779 views

    A challenge to the faith community to early childhood education by having a fidelity to the cultural values of every child, by developing a fellowship that creates community for each child, and by furthering the advancement of a program that has proven it

    Sermon Preached on Sunday, September 24, 2006 “Head Start the Right Start” Paul’s Thanksgiving and Prayer 3 Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.4 Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy,5 for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let Him Save Himself (Whose Line Is It?) Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 20, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 9,626 views

    The Chief Preists and Teachers of the Law challenged Jesus to save Himself, come down off the cross... then they’d believe in Him. Why didn’t He do that?

    OPEN: April 15th was just this past week, and I ran across this bit of information about the IRS that I wanted to share with you this morning. According to the "Newhouse News Service:" Over the past 193 years, the federal government has received approximately $4 million in unsolicited funds from ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Old Truth In A New Age

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 23, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,397 views

    When I read John 14:6, I face a dilemma...with the challenge of following Jesus as Truth at a time when the concept of universal truth is in question.” (Chan, 2007)

    When I read John 14:6, I face a dilemma. I believe the truth, that is not the challenge. Dr. Mark Chan, scholar, theologian, author and professor at University of Nottingham, captures the problem for me. He wrote, “Our concern is with the challenge of following Jesus as Truth at a time when the ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    Who Ya Gonna Call? Series

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Mar 30, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,376 views

    Life offers many answers, but only one Answer. Hosea calls God’s people out for their lack of faithfulness to God’s Answer, and by implication, challenges us to faithfulness.

    If you’re a fan of comedy movies like I am, the title of today’s sermon will ring a bell. The theme song of “Ghostbusters” went something like, “When there’s something weird in your neighborhood, who ya’ gonna’ call? Ghostbusters!” There was something about the idea of a S.W.A.T. team ready to deal ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Our Victory Is Certain Series

    Contributed by David Scudder on Feb 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,940 views

    If anyone had ever had a reason to be afraid and discouraged it would have been Paul as we find him here in a Roman jail writing to one of his closest friends. How can we have a positive outlook when we are living in a negative situation?

    Our Victory is Certain II Timothy 4:16-18 Purpose: To describe the commitment we should have to serving Christ. Aim: I want the listener to be inspired to stand up for Christ every day without wavering. INTRODUCTION: If anyone had ever had a reason to be afraid and discouraged it would have ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Profitable Servant Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 20, 2012
    based on 114 ratings
     | 50,280 views

    I want to be a good servant for Jesus, but in this passage Jesus says I can do all kind of great ministry and still be an "unprofitable servant." What two things does Jesus say can stop me from being the profitable servant for Chris that I want to be?

    OPEN: The KJV translates Luke 17:10 this way: “So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.’” I don’t want to be an “unprofitable servant”. I want to be a profitable servant for ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Promises Of God’s Compassion Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jul 6, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 13,269 views

    A sermon on The Promises of God’s Compassion found in Psalm 145.

    We continue in our series on hope found here and this month our focus is on the compassion of God. This morning I want us to consider together The Promises of God’s Compassion by looking at a Psalm where King David speaks of God’s goodness, greatness, compassion and grace, Psalm 145. In the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Words: Consider The Source Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 31, 2021
     | 2,006 views

    Seriously, though, there is a difference. God’s Word has power to propel us through life in Godliness, the word of man has some power, and the word of agitators can have a good dose of negative power. When it comes to words, we need to consider the source.

    Words: Consider the Source (Proverbs 29:18, 19, 21, 22) 1. None of us doubt the power of words. This story illustrates it. 2. A group of Frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. All the other Frogs gathered around the pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible