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  • Jim Kane avatar

    Playing Second Fiddle

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008
     | 2,220 views

    The first of a three part series, ‘Growing As We Go.’

    Slide 1 A few weeks ago, I shared some questions that Gordon MacDonald believes are being asked by people at different stages of life. Now not only did those questions really interest me and cause me to think about the questions that I am asking at this point in my life, the story that MacDonald ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Praying In The Spirit

    Contributed by John Gaston on May 2, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,973 views

    People buy generators so that when everyone's out of power, they still have it.That's what praying in the Spirit does; it builds up your spiritual man. It's an additional power source available to the Christian FREE! Why don't you turn it on?

    PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT Eph. 6:18 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. A man was taking his eight-year-old son to school. While driving down the freeway, the boy he noticed a large flatbed truck with a forklift on the back. 2. His eyes widened and he said, pointing to the forklift, "Boy, I sure would like one ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    I Value You For Who You Are

    Contributed by William Hooper on Jun 1, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,527 views

    Discovering what we mean when we give others affirmative words.

    “I Value You for Who You Are” Genesis 1:26-27 Psalm 8 Introduction We make value judgments every day about all sorts of things. We choose one product over another product. We choose one TV news program over another. We think carefully before investing a huge amount of money in a new ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Don’t Like The Script, Then Rewrite It!

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jun 6, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,937 views

    Life is to short, to fall for the tricks of the enemy, we should be just like “sweet brown” you know the lady that coined the term, “ain’t got time for that”

    Don’t like the script, then rewrite it! Ill. Ron Hutchcraft tells the story of Harold. Harold wanted to be in the annual Christmas play which was always a big production in his town. But Harold was not the top student in his class and seemed to have a lot of problems. The directors of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Can You Preach Christ Without The Scripture?

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on May 28, 2014
     | 3,421 views

    Paul did not quote Scripture to the Athenians in his sermon. But his sermon was Scriptural

    Can You Preach Christ Without the Scripture? Acts 17:14-34 Introduction It had been a most strenuous journey for Paul. He had responded to the man in the Macedonian vision and came over to preach Jesus. At Philippi, he and Silas had been beaten for the faith and cast into prison. Even so, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    He Dipped His Hands In Honey

    Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Jul 30, 2013
    based on 6 ratings
     | 22,422 views

    A lion suddenly roared at Samson, but God turned it into a marvelous testimony. Samson's sharing of the honey with his parents shows that the trials God causes us to pass thru become blessings for ourselves and others.

    He dipped his hands in Honey (Note to pastor's: spurgeon has an excellent message upon this text. It is, "Hands full of Honey," no. 1703, dated January 28th, 1883. He being dead yet speaketh!) I have included at the end of this text some thoughts I collected from around the web that helped me with ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Living By The Brook - Three Observations Series

    Contributed by Rich Young on Sep 22, 2012
     | 7,971 views

    This is the first sermon in a series of ten sermons on Elijah.

    Text: 1 Kings 17:1-7 Prayer of Illumination Our Father in heaven . . . holy, holy, holy is your name. As we turn to Your Word may you give us eyes to see your truth, may your give us ears to hear your voice, and may you grant us hearts that are open & receptive & responsive to you. ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Do The Word

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Feb 14, 2012
     | 7,149 views

    You know the slogan, 'Do the Dew'? Well, James has a new slogan for us; it's, 'Do the Word'. Let's find out why it's important to be a doer of the word and not just a hearer.

    DO THE WORD James 1:22-25 1) What are the dangers of being a listener only? • We are deceived (Vs. 22). We are deceived if we think that following God’s demands are optional. We are deceived if we think it’s no big deal if we remain a hearer and not a doer. Talk is cheap. We can ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Labor Of Love

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 5, 2012
     | 17,363 views

    A labor day sermon about our calling in the world.

    September 2, 2012 Colossians 3:23-24 Labor of Love Well, summer’s pretty much over. In a few more weeks the leaves will begin to change color and fall to the ground. Temperatures will turn cold and we’ll see that weird white stuff on the ground. Labor day weekend signifies a shift ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charlie Roberts avatar

    Choose...to "Accentuate" The Positive

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Dec 31, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,737 views

    he chose to dwell on the positive no matter what was going on in his life… And God rewarded The diligence and trust of his faith....and turned every situation he faced around miraculously for the good.

    Choose to "Accentuate" the positive Illus. The Tongue A biblical writer said, “The tongue can no man tame.” A Greek philosopher asked his servant to provide the best dish possible. The servant prepared a dish of tongue, saying: “It is the best of all dishes, because with it we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Battle Series

    Contributed by Timothy Enns on Jan 6, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,669 views

    The battle that wages between lustful/worldly desire and submission to God.

    Most of you have heard of the Hatfield’s and the McCoy’s. The two famous families from Kentucky, but most do not know why this feud lasted over a decade, or why at least 12 people died. It was over a pig, that’s right, it started over a pig It turned into timber rights Escalated ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Poor Man's Love

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jan 9, 2015
     | 3,782 views

    To show that only the LORD can provide pleasures and He has given us His HOLY SPIRIT as Wine and Oil to fill us with joy here on earth.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you a lover of pleasure? Do you always drink wine? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that only the LORD can provide pleasures and He has given us His HOLY SPIRIT as Wine and Oil to fill us with joy here on earth. IV. TEXT: Proverbs 21:17 (Amplified ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Evil Doers Hate Jesus

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jan 14, 2015
     | 3,348 views

    To expose evil doers as haters of LIGHT (JESUS) and to show that they need to hide in darkness so their deeds will not be exposed.

    I. EXORDIUM: Do you hate JESUS? Do you hate to come to Him? Do you hate people who leads you to the LORD? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To expose evil doers as haters of LIGHT (JESUS) and to show that they need to hide in darkness so their deeds will not be exposed. IV. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Michael Grant avatar

    The Emergent Church

    Contributed by Michael Grant on Sep 27, 2016
     | 4,554 views

    Exploring the dangers of the post-modern Emergent Church movement

    The Dangers of the Emergent Church Genesis 3:1-5 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Live Together Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Sep 30, 2016
     | 24,924 views

    The blessings of people living together

    Psalm 133 “Brothers living together” Introduction to Psalm: This is the fourteenth Pilgrim Songs or Songs of Ascents. David penned this psalm on the occasion of the union between the northern tribes and southern Judah. They all met at Hebron to make David their only king after the death of Saul ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist