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  • Richard Tow avatar

    How To Handle An Unjust Attack (Ii) Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 25, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,351 views

    This is the 2nd part of message begun previous week. This sermon comforts believers with assurance that God is working things together for their good and instructs them on how to respond to unjust attacks from other people.

    pt. 2 Matt. 10:29-31 10/30/16 Last weeki we introduced our text in Mark 10:29-31. “So Jesus answered and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's, 30 who shall not ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    The Slippery Slope Of Sin Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 29, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 12,541 views

    If you entertain thoughts about entering into a sexual relationship with a person and you begin to fantasize it and visualize it, then you can step over the line and you can commit adultery in your heart and it all began with a tempting thought.

    INTRODUCTION Please open your Bibles with me to Romans 1. We are going to start looking again at the passage of scripture that begins with verse 18 but culminates in the end of the chapter where we are today. The topic of the message today is on sin–and yes, I am against it. Grady Nutt, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Trust And Obey - The Only Way Series

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Dec 29, 2000
    based on 221 ratings
     | 23,977 views

    Trusting in God's commands will bring about the healing, restoration, and reconciliation needed in every relationship you have had or will ever have

    Remember the time the Disciples were with Jesus on the lake and a storm came that was so strong that men who had spent most of their life as fishermen, were terrified. This was one serious storm! “One day Jesus said to his disciples, "Let’s cross over to the other side of the lake." So ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Devil Made Me Do It??

    Contributed by Joe Harding on Aug 3, 2001
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,273 views

    Correct Theology teaches us that God is for us always regardless of life situations.

    THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT?? JAMES 1 :2-18 JULY 29, 2001 INTRODUCTION: A Priest is walking down the street one day when he notices a small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. However, the doorbell is just out of his reach. After watching the boy’s efforts for some time, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Older Brother

    Contributed by Edgar Mayer on Nov 10, 2000
    based on 89 ratings
     | 9,145 views

    A sermon on Luke 15:11-32.

    The Older Brother "Once a man had two sons. The younger son said to his father: 'Give me my share of the property.' So the father divided his property between his two sons." That's the dramatic beginning of a story that Jesus told. Who doesn't like to hear the end of it? Jesus had a knack for ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Beatitudes

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Sep 10, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 27,801 views

    A message on the Beatitudes

    INTRODUCTION Last week in our introductory studies, we learned that Jesus had just choose the twelve to be His Apostles from the group of all of His disciples. Shortly after Jesus chose the apostles, He laid the ground work for the transformation of their characters by preaching the Sermon on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Just Pluck It!

    Contributed by Shane Prewitt on Jan 5, 2002
    based on 29 ratings
     | 6,275 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to encourage the believer to identify those areas of life that causes them to habitually sin, and then to put into action a plan in order to root out habitual sins.

    JUST PLUCK IT!!! Matt 5:29-30 Introduction: “A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are punished” (Proverbs 27:12). I’ve been thinking a lot about the message of verses’ like this in Scripture. A person who is wise, a person who is prudent hides himself from evil, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Carefully Taught

    Contributed by Tammy Garrison on Nov 11, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,628 views

    The Lord went to a lot of effort to write us a love letter. We call it the Bible. We would be amiss not to read it.

    Letters are interesting and amazing things. They have been the main form of communication between two people or groups of people who are some distance apart, longer than any other form of communication. With the invention of the telephone, there was some threat that written correspondence may ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Mighty God And Everlasting Father Series

    Contributed by Chuck Boman on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 89 ratings
     | 18,614 views

    Isaiah 9:6-7 The child shall be called "divine and brings power, permanency and parenthood.

    TEXT - ISAIAH 9:6 Two women stopped in front of another store window at Christmastime. In the midst of all the merchandise was a small little Nativity scene. And one woman remarked to the other: "What do you know about that! Even the church is trying to horn in on Christmastime." That comment is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Holy Spirit: Source Of Freedom

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 24, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,764 views

    Expound the work of the Holy Spirit in liberating the believer as seen in the book of Galatians.

    Galatians has been called the emancipation proclamation of Christianity. In this letter Paul declares the freedom that believers have in Christ. In Galatians Paul is protesting against the corruption of the gospel of Christ. The essential truth of justification by faith rather than by the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Preaching Of The King - Part8 Series

    Contributed by Paul George on Jan 15, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,670 views

    Matthew 13 contains the prophetic parables of Jesus.

    Preaching of the King –Part 8 Mathew 13:1-13 Matthew 13 contains the prophetic parables of Jesus. For almost fourteen centuries, as "Church-history" clearly shows, prophecy was neglected. Those known as the "Church fathers," with only one or two exceptions devoted their time debating doctrines and ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Be Careful About The Family Name Series

    Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Sep 29, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 5,826 views

    As we must be careful about our family names, we must be careful not to bring dishonor to God’s family name.

    Why? Purpose Driven Life #7 Montreal/Cornwall September 13, 2003 How much do you value your name? Do you have a good name? God tells us, in Proverbs 22.1, that to have a good name is better than great riches. I think my mother must have taken this passage literally as she often reminded my sister ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Power Of Faith

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Feb 19, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 7,708 views

    What we believe about God we believe because of our faith.

    THE POWER OF FAITH Text: First John 5:4 Someone has said that "The CRITICS of the Christian religion have often contented that religious faith is a form of psychological "escapism". A man, they say, finding the problems and demands of adult life too much for him will attempt to return to ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Depression

    Contributed by Ted Mulder on Dec 11, 2004
    based on 17 ratings
     | 15,118 views

    Depression is a growing problem in America today. Every year the amount of people taking medication for depression is drastically increasing. Does the Bible talk about depression? Does God give us any answers here?

    Depression Have you ever watched a movie that you thought would end happy and it didn’t? It leaves you with sad, depressing feeling. A couple of weeks ago when Joanne was at camp – Kassie and I watched a movie and the main character dies. I jokingly said, “ I hate chick flicks.” In a guy movie – ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Restored By A King Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 150 ratings
     | 61,700 views

    Like Mephibosheth, all of us have been Crippled by a fall, sought by a King, found in a Far Country, saved for Another’s Sake, and restored to the King’s Table.

    RESTORED BY A KING The example of Mephibosheth II Samuel 9 INTRODUCTION: Today I want to examine another story from the Old Testament, and --- as I love to do --- I have found another obscure character most people don’t know much about and rarely hear preached about in a sermon. We will ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ