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  • Ronnie Thrower avatar

    Why A Christian Should Not Celebrate Halloween

    Contributed by Ronnie Thrower on Oct 25, 2001
    based on 334 ratings
     | 42,169 views

    Halloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? And how did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? Or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual?

    WHY A CHRISTIAN SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN Halloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? And how did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? Or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual? In North ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Halloween Can Help Christians

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Oct 27, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 4,520 views

    Halloween reminds Christians of several things and what we can do to help others think about death and life

    How Halloween Can Help Christians By Rev. Andrew Chan, Senior Pastor, PBC, Vancouver, BC 16 So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new-moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. 17 For these rules were only shadows of the real thing, Christ ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    A Christian Approach To Jehovah`s Witnesses

    Contributed by Eric Sellgren on Nov 19, 2001
    based on 170 ratings
     | 5,661 views

    WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY STAND AT YOUR DOOR

    In 1973 there were 67,500 Jehovah`s Witnesses in Britain. In the year 2,000 there were 126,000 of them, an 87% increase in 27 years. America has seen a similar rise in their numbers to nearly a million last year. The Christian Church needs to be aware that this sect, recovering from the failure of ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Qualities For Low Conflict Christians Ii

    Contributed by Mark D. Stetler on Feb 18, 2005
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,431 views

    Do you want relationships with little or no conflict? Look at part 2 of this series.

    Qualities for low conflict Christians Part # 2 John 15:12 “This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you!” Last week we talked about some low conflict qualities of Christians. We talked about the Grace of Humor, Grace of Humility, Grace of Empathy, Grace of Optimism. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Qualities Of Low Conflict Christians Iv

    Contributed by Mark D. Stetler on Feb 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,834 views

    Are low conflict relationships one of the desires of your heart? Part IV

    Qualities for low conflict Christians (Part IV) John 15:12 “This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you!” Relationships are very important! (Repeat as much as you sense is necessary) It is one of the desires of my heart to be in relationships that have very ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    All Y'all's Christian Church

    Contributed by Kory Wilcoxson on Feb 19, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,656 views

    We are called by God to be in community with each other. We are each a spiritual stone used by God to build the church. There’s no such thing as an individual Christian.

    Imagine a world where coming to church meant risking your life, a world where professing belief in Christ was the same as signing your own death sentence. Although that might be hard for us to comprehend, it is that world that our scripture invites us into this morning. 1 Peter was a letter ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "The Power Of The Christian In The World Of Today”

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Mar 24, 2005
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,443 views

    Not much is said about today concerning the Holy Spirit

    “The Power of the Christian in the World of Today” John Ch 16 INTRODUCTION: No one will ever forget the September morning in 2001 that changed the mindset of many Americans toward terrorism. Almost everyone who was alive at that moment can give testimony to exactly what they were doing when they ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Seeds Grow And So Do Christians Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Mar 25, 2005
    based on 134 ratings
     | 19,639 views

    God moves powerfully and lovingly in our lives to give us faith and to nurture that faith.

    Mark 4: 26-29 “Seeds Grow and So Do Christians” INTRODUCTION When does a miracle become invisible? It becomes invisible when it becomes commonplace. This parable talks about the miracle of growing seed. A farmer plants a hard, dead seed in the ground, and a few months later returns and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Why Every Christian Should Tithe

    Contributed by Charlie Ellison on Nov 28, 2005
    based on 35 ratings
     | 9,302 views

    A message on the subject of the Bibical Tithe

    Why Every Christian Should Tithe In a resent study its was revealed that only 3% of church members tithe in America. If this is true, then perhaps we have discovered one of the reasons why America is in such a terrible spiritual dilemma The purpose of this article is to share why every Child ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Joy In The Christian Life -- Digesting The Skim

    Contributed by Timothy Shumer on Aug 27, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,568 views

    This was a message in a series on “joy in the Christian life” based on the book and life of Nehemiah.

    PLACE "CHILDREN’S CHAT CHAIR" DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF PULPIT I have placed my "Children’s Chat Chair’ directly down in front today - Because I know something about my message - That I want to make sure everyone else knows - I hope my sermon raises some challenging questions today - I hope God uses ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Funeral Service: Elderly Christian Man

    Contributed by George Crumbly on Aug 28, 2005
    based on 61 ratings
     | 77,192 views

    A Funeral message for an elderly Christian man. (My Grandfather)

    FUNERAL SERVICE: Christian Elderly Man by George Crumbly Service for O.B. McGill (My Grandfather) March 12, 2002 Lake Wales Florida Church of the Nazarene Ecclesiastes 4:7-12 I count it an honor, a privledge, a blessing to stand before you today and bring this message for my Grandfather O.B. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Funeral Service Elderly Christian Woman

    Contributed by George Crumbly on Sep 3, 2005
    based on 97 ratings
     | 83,910 views

    Funeral service for My Grandmother

    FUNERAL SERVICE: ELDERLY CHRISTIAN WOMAN by George Crumbly Service for Emma Faye McGill (My Grandmother) December 22, 1995 2:00pm Lake Wales Church of the Nazarene Lake Wales Florida Acts 20: 36-38 "A Time Of Parting" We come today to pay our final tribute of respect to Mrs. Emma Faye McGill. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    How Do Christians Deal With Tragedy?

    Contributed by Jeff Francis on Sep 9, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,442 views

    A message presented the Sunday after Hurricane Katrina, intended to encourage those troubled over the destruction and worried about loved ones and to challenge us to get to work helping the hurting lives we encounter every day.

    Sunday AM—9/4/05 SPECIAL MESSAGE: How Do Christians Deal With Tragedy? Felt Need Intro: This has been quite a week hasn’t it? We all woke up last Sunday with news that a category 5 hurricane was heading somewhere between New Orleans and Biloxi, MS. People were trying to evacuate and many ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Naveen Balakrishnan avatar

    "The Christian's Labor” – 1 Of 6 Series

    Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 31, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,872 views

    This is the first part (triplet of exhortation) of a six part series on the Christian’s Labor from 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24.

    “THE CHRISTIAN’S LABOR” – 1 OF 6 1 THESSALONIANS 5:12-13 1. The COMING Day of the LORD. (5:1-3) 2. The CHILDREN of the Light. (5:4-8) 3. A COMFORTING Legacy. (5:9-11) 4. The CHRISTIAN’S Labor. (5:12-24) I. First Triplet of EXHORTATION. (vv. 12-13) a. Know the ones that labor among you and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gary Regazzoli avatar

    Explaining The Tsunami Disaster In The Context Of Christianity

    Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Jan 2, 2005
    based on 91 ratings
     | 2,942 views

    How does a Christian respond to the invariable question that is asked when natural disasters occur and hundreds of thousands are killed?

    Tsunami Tragedy Can’t let the terrible tragedy of this past week go by without spending some time on it • The question I want to ask today is one that invariably comes up when disasters like the Tsunami occur and that is, “This proves there isn’t a God or else He is a harsh vindictive God only ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church