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  • Rich Anderson avatar

    The Life Of Joseph - Part 4 Series

    Contributed by Rich Anderson on Feb 14, 2011
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    God's promises are just as much for us as they were for Joseph. His grace is still at work. His tender mercies accompany us from the pit to the pinnacle.

    Oh the life of Joseph, Jacob’s son. This treasured story is found towards the end of the first book of the Bible, Genesis. Up to this point we have read about Joseph’s faithfulness and patience, even when he was persecuted and treated poorly. Even when he was left alone, disowned and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Building The City Of God In The City Of Man Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Nov 18, 2011
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     | 11,905 views

    Nehemiah is often used to encouarge congregations to build a building. What Nehemiah did was encourage the remnant to rebuild the people and the walls of the city.

    Intro: Nehemiah has always been used by pastors/teachers to encourage church congregations to build new facilities and buildings. I believe that a major portion of what is going on in Nehemiah is missed if we focus on building physically and miss out on building spiritually. Jesus said in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Affects Of Worldly Affairs

    Contributed by Mark Lawing on Jun 25, 2010
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     | 6,604 views

    How the worldly affairs affects a Christians life.

    Brief overview of Abraham and Lot’s Life together—the reason that Lot chose the plains of Jordan and the cities-large assets and fighting between the Lot’s employees and Abraham’s employees. Read Genesis 19:1-26 The Affects of Worldly Affairs Introduction: What do I mean ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Working On The Wrong Church

    Contributed by Dorothy Napier on Jun 5, 2006
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     | 6,002 views

    Jesus said if we are going to build a Church on your moral existence, if you’ll going to build a Church in which you are going to live in all your life, you better build it well.

    WORKING ON THE WRONG CHURCH MATTHEW 16;18 Intro: "A pastor came home one day to find his daughter arguing with her friends in the bedroom. From the front hallway he could hear them yelling and calling each other names, so he quickly made his way up the stairs. "`What’s going on in here?’ ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Unexpected Yuletide Messenger Series

    Contributed by David Smith on Jan 12, 2010
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     | 6,024 views

    n the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesth

    Some of you may remember the answer to the question: ’What is green, has four legs, and if it falls on you from a tree and hits you it will kill you?’ The answer, of course, is a billiard table, though some of you may have been wondering whether the answer was ’Christmas’’, which is also green ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    “a Committed Christian Aspires To Holy Living” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Feb 8, 2014
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     | 7,848 views

    Peter outlines three steps to move toward holy living.

    Today, we are going to think about holiness. In our text, we are commanded to be holy because the One who has saved us is holy. “It is reasonable to expect that children will resemble their father.” - Anonymous Likewise, it is reasonable to expect children of God to resemble their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Poor Naomi And Ruth

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jun 14, 2015
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    Destitute and broken people are those God seeks to save. Who but the poor in spirit are prepared to receive the King of kings and enter the kingdom of heaven?

    Last week we began a study of the book of Ruth. We went through chapter one where Naomi is the chief character. Naomi is married and has two sons. They live in the bread basket of Israel, Bethlehem, but a famine hits and Naomi’s husband moves his family to Moab where he and both his sons ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Parable On Prayer

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Feb 3, 2020
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    What does persistence in prayer really mean?

    Title: A Parable On Prayer – “Always Pray” Text: Luke 18:1-8 Subject: (Does prayer work?) How do we commit to Prayer when injustice seems to rule? Complement: (Wait and see...) by faith in Christ’s coming kingdom Big Idea: Without Faith We Will Fail – With Faith We Pray And ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Pain Of Betrayal

    Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Aug 13, 2017
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     | 19,993 views

    The story of Joseph is a story of betrayal by those closest to you. But it is also a story of how God will see you through, no matter what you face, and how God can bring good out of the worst possible situation.

    Genesis 37:2-4, 12-28 The Pain of Betrayal Boy, does it hurt when someone betrays you! As the anonymous saying goes, “The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.” We went through a painful experience in one of my churches. A small group was full of people ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Milk And Honey Series

    Contributed by Wayne Du Toit on Oct 14, 2016
     | 5,377 views

    In our very first 3:16 and we find ourselves right in the middle of the curse being handed out to our first parents. It is like a movie that starts with a fight scene, you don’t know what is going on and you don’t know who’s side you should be on.

    Listen to the sermon: http://www.wayneamydutoit.com/Wayne/316s-part-1/ Genesis 3:16 - The Curse To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you.”(Genesis ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Walk Faithfully In The Lord

    Contributed by William Baeta on Jun 28, 2013
     | 17,348 views

    “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other” Gal. 5:16-17.

    Walk faithfully in the Lord Text: 2 Kings 2:6-14; Gal. 5:13-25; Luke 9:51-62 Man is a spirit, he possesses a soul and he lives in a body. The body can be likened to the clothes we wear. You get into them that is put them on and they move with you. You get out of them, that is take them off and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Gregory Lilly avatar

    The Lord Is

    Contributed by Gregory Lilly on Mar 8, 2013
    based on 7 ratings
     | 13,920 views

    How would you define the God you serve? Here our Psalmist tells us a few things about our Great God.

    Psalm 145:8-9 Introduction: When you think about the Lord and Who He is, you can define Him in so many ways-good, great, gracious, merciful, loving, longsuffering, self-sacrificing, giving, all-knowing, all-powerful, and ever present; just to name a few. Here David gives ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr John Singarayar SVD avatar

    Mary, Theotokos

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Jan 5, 2021
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     | 2,110 views

    New Year Reflection

    Mary, Theotokos Scripture: Luke 2:16-21, Numbers 6:22-27, Galatians 4:4-7. Reflection My dear sisters and brothers, Wish you all A Happy and Peaceful New Year - 2021! Today, we celebrate the solemnity of Mary, Theotokos and we have a text from the Gospel of Saint Luke (2:16-21): “The ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Ryan Ferwerda avatar

    In The Beginning

    Contributed by Ryan Ferwerda on Apr 2, 2023
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     | 1,483 views

    A look into what the Bible says about "the beginning"

    What makes a good story? For me, I am not an avid reader. I average reading probably only one book every three years or so. It takes me a long time to read a book, usually. Most often when I have a hard time reading a book it is because I have a hard time getting into reading that book, and it ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Father's Place In The Home

    Contributed by Michael Brown on Jun 7, 2024
     | 1,238 views

    A Bible study for Father’s Day on the role of dads in the Christian home

    The Father’s Place In The Home As a husband becomes a father, his responsibility to his wife becomes greater because it now reaches out to the new responsibilities created by the children born into the home. As the father, he becomes responsible not only for feeding & clothing them, but God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist